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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The BC conservatives won't really have a platform because they're a hodge podge of grump gripe bigotry racism and white supremacy. And when they do hack a shit document together, it'll be filled with nebulous hate, paranoid victimization and neofascist anti […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar September 30, 2026 I haven't seen one in wayyyy too long.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Petition e-7738 - Petitions www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti… More detailed petition perhaps? This one closes in early November.

Petition to the House of Commons

Whereas:

EI parental benefits end abruptly upon experiencing a stillbirth or death of a child, forcing grieving parents to immediately report the tragedy, risk accidental overpayment liabilities from the CRA, or recount their loss every 14 days to receive sickness/disability pay.

We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to immediately, this October 2026, provide dedicated funding to bereaved parents:

1. 100% earnings for 1 year for mothers who experience stillbirth, commencing the day of the baby’s passing. Stillbirth to be acknowledged at 16 weeks gestation onwards;

2. Wherein a mother loses a child after birth, all mothers to receive 100% of earnings for one year from date of child’s passing.

3. Wherein a mother undergoes surgery and requires physical healing, an additional 6 months at 100% paid leave be granted, 18 months total time off, 100% earnings. This support will not be labeled under E.I. Illness/Disability but will be recognized under Maternity Care as it pertains to the delivery of a child;

4. Fathers who experience a stillbirth from the gestational stage of 16-20 weeks to receive 3 weeks paid leave at 100%, and from 20 weeks gestation up to full-term, 3 months paid leave at 100%. Fathers who experience trauma of stillbirth at full-term, to receive up to 6 months paid leave at 100%; and

5. For fathers who lose their child, 100% pay to be granted for up to one year, or up to 18 months if the mother forgoes surgery or physical healing whilst there are other children to take care of.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Petition e-7765 - Petitions www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti… Do you know anyone who's lost someone? You can sign this petition until January. 1/2 #cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:

Families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy termination, or other pregnancy loss do not always receive clear, compassionate, trauma-informed information about lawful options for the respectful disposition of pregnancy remains;
Such options may include burial, cremation, collective memorialization, religious or cultural rites, spiritual care, or other lawful arrangements consistent with conscience, culture, faith, and grief;
Federal health-service settings, federally administered health-care programs, and directly federally funded institutions, including the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Correctional Service Canada, should provide clear written information, compassionate communication, and appropriate faith and cultural accommodation after pregnancy loss; and
No family should be left alone, in the middle of grief, to ask whether their child can be treated with dignity.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Develop and implement a Pregnancy Loss Dignity Protocol within areas of federal jurisdiction, including federal health-service settings, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Correctional Service Canada, and other relevant federally administered or directly federally funded institutions; and
2. Encourage provincial and territorial health ministers to review their hospital, clinic, health-authority, burial, cremation, and pregnancy-loss policies to ensure that families receive clear information and respectful options after pregnancy loss.
History

Open for signature
September 16, 2026, at 4:47 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
January 14, 2027, at 4:47 p.m. (EDT)

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-32… Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale! These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below. I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"Lots of Canadians are upset because a predatory nation threatened Canada's ability to trade the way it wants, and threatened Canada's language and culture.

I totally understand your upset. Those are upsetting and unsettling threats.

While you are upset, I ask that perhaps you might sit with it for a moment, and then ask yourself, would Canada ever do what is being threatened against it? Would Canada ever another nation's ability to trade, another nation's language and culture?

I hope that answer is clear, but if it's not, I' simply state,

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Lloyd Dobler is an excellent role model for dudes. In this essay, we will see… dgivista.org/2026/09/01/lloyd-doble…

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

85ideas.com/blog/what-is-xcancel-co… Wowwwww: TLDR: XCancel is a privacy-focused alternative front-end for viewing content from X (formerly Twitter) without using the official platform interface. It allows users to browse […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Tuesday! Let's fucking end #billionaires? Hell yeah, fuck yeah. #hyfy I'm looking for a 25% #wealthtax /year on families worth more than $200m, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m. California is pondering a 1-time 5% tax on families worth us$1.1b. 60% […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Means Workwear www.meansworkwear.com/collections/s… The warehouse fire to guillotine pipeline? 25% wealth tax/year on families worth > $200m, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m. California is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

1. The federal ndp now has an ecosocialist leader 2. The bcndp is a right wing austerity, climate criminal government 3. The BC Greens are an ecosocialist party 4. Mannnnny people who voted for Avi Lewis may have now shifted to the BC Greens provincially 5 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A new polls shows the BC Greens doubling their support

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Ok look, it's injuries mainly, but I don't think they need to send the John to run a 7-11. #bluejays #topoli #toronto

A photo of an interview with the bluejays manager, with a 7-11 record.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2026

Systemic racism in Canada looks like: Around 2% of people are Indigenous women, but they comprise 48% of the federal prison population, up from 12% a couple decades ago. Then this: "Despite representing 3.7% of the Canadian adult population in 2021, Black […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The population of Black people in Canada charged with something, compared to their provincial and national populations.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

My feed looked like this at one point today... These 2 posts in sequence...cosmic fuckery like this happens about once a month. #cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ice #k12 #politicians

2 posts in sequence.

One piece references an article with the headline, " The trauma of ice raids is rippling through public school across the US."

The second post is from the onion, which mocks the Democratic party. The headline reads, "'You can't let this happen,' says fundraising email from sitting US congressperson."

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

"Happy new year, for all of us who can't get no satisfaction!" - Led Zeppelin, 2026.01.01, BBC1 #HNY2026 #ledzeppelin #bbc #bbc1

Led Zeppelin band picture, visiting the BBC on January 1, 2026.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/… #secession "The gap in life expectancy between the longest-lived and shortest-lived states has reached nine years, the largest in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The concept of Jesusland and the United States of Canada has evolved a lot since George w. Bush. This is a recent graphic, but not up to date for 2025. You get the point.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025

Andor, once again, shows the writers had a time machine, as all sorts of #mairikkkans are hiring people they call "illegals" then call #ice at the end of the day so they don't have to pay them, or whatever the reason. #cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A still image from Andor season 2, where somebody uses someone's labor, then turns them into the Empire fascists.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025

My favourite rabbi is Danya Guttenberg. She's left #substack because it's vile, mucous-filled & riddled with proto-nazis & consummate nazis. Fuck that place. Embrace this place […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The top of Rabbi Santa's website, with a celebration of it being 100% nazi-free.

Indiana Jones punches the fuck out of a nazi.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025

As a surprise to no one, #BigHands is a vile, poisoned-infused-mucous, demented, walking lymphoma cell. And I hate lymphoma more than other cancer cells because it attacks our ability TO FIGHT CANCER. #fuckcancer #fucktrump #cdnpoli #canada #mexico […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ann Telnaes posted a cartoon of trump, whose red tie morphs into a devil tail.

Nov 13, 2025

The Guardian reports on key takeaways from 20,000 pages of newly released Epstein files:

“I have met some very bad people,” Epstein wrote in a 2017 email. “None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.”

In other messages, Epstein described Trump as a “maniac” showing signs of “early dementia”

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

www.threads.com/@ganell_donnelly/po… I love this from threads: #bluejays #elbowsup I’ll start off by saying .. I. Hate. Everything. Yankees. Having said that, the Yankees being […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I’ll start off by saying .. I. Hate. Everything. Yankees.

Having said that, the Yankees being eliminated in such an embarrassing fashion is extra sweet this year.

#ETTD

1. They ‘honored’ racist Charlie Kirk after he was murdered.

2. They fawned all over Trump and posted this photo to social media.

3. The fact that it was the team from Canada that wrecked them makes it a special kind of sweetness.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley @maxfieldripken.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2025

The @thetyee took a very non-scientific snapshot of what ultimately 172 people thought of cutting #carney. Pretty lucky for the c/a/n/a/d/a project that it was unscientific, because 70% of people doing the survey like, or recently liked him. Let's hope it's […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

What do you think of PM Carney’s first months?

* Please note that all poll answers will be publicly viewable, but anonymous.

Choices Percentage Count

I’m still excited about PM Carney 44.19% 76
His shine has worn off for me 26.74% 46
I never liked the guy 25.00% 43
Total 172

Please note that Tyee Barometer polls are only intended as a quick and engaging non-scientific snapshot of our readers’ opinions on various topics that fit with The Tyee’s very broad editorial mandate. They are not intended to be seen as a representative sampling of BC opinion.
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