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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc... I grew up on the shores of Lake Ontario. My European ancestors called it Lake Ontario for 9 generations. My indigenous ancestors were calling it Lake Ontario for centuries before that. This article points to something much more sinister than just a fit of pique.
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Deadnaming the Lake
How a country agrees to be embarrassed
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner
Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Un equipo de campeones verdaderos… y un equipo vergonzoso de maleducados. El mejor de España, y por lástima también el mejor de Argentina. Spain and Argentina at their respective bests.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Eau Canada!
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A safer Ontario means affordable housing for everyone.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Gift article. The ATC “messed up”. BUT, the tower wasn’t fully staffed, there was already an emergency, LG had failed to install transponders on its ground vehicles, the truck failed to obey ATC’s correction, and two good young pilots died needlessly. Antoine & Mackenzie, fly in the Light.
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The Air Canada Crash: Before and After the Frantic Call to ‘Stop, Stop, Stop’
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Not one western media outlet seems willing to name these children who were burned alive and blown apart in an American double tap strike. Are their lives meaningless to us? Or is it because it isn’t a war crime if Hegseth orders it? SAY THEIR NAMES. www.middleeasteye.net/news/names-a...
middleeasteye.net
Names and ages of children killed in strike on Iranian school
MEE has collected the names and ages of some of those killed in the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school strike
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Payback for the jet, the investments in and general enrichment of the Trump family coffers? Subversion of democracy at home? Both of the above?
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Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch
An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Gift article, so no firewall. Masha Gessen reports on daily life in Ukraine after four years of Russian attacks. If the rest of the world had had the cojones to come to Ukraine’s aid immediately, things would never have come to this.
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Opinion | Ukraine Has Passed a Point of No Return
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Snyder lays out each step of lies and reinforcement of lies under Vance, in this case regarding the Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio. If he’s correct, more particularly American horrors are right around the corner.
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Fibre art by Sarah Gonsalves.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
@aircanada.bsky.social AC864 seems to have had an interesting arrival at Heathrow just now.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just watched AC864 coming in BESIDE the runway at Heathrow and aborting the landing at the very last second. Visibility was fine, winds were moderate … wonder what happened. Well, Air Canada?
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.nytimes.com Masha says everything I’ve been saying, but all in one article and more eloquently. Americans’ comfortable assumptions that November elections will be business as usual horrify me. The longer they wait, the harder the fight for electoral freedom will be. Please share.
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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The thing about genocide is that the gates on escape shut with very little warning. The Jews who left Germany early on, the Tutsis who fled Rwanda - all of them probably wondered whether they were overreacting. So did those who stayed … until suddenly it was too late to make the same choice.
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Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother of a 6 year old, was murdered by a federal agent today. Murdered and then blamed for her murder. DHS agents are now a proven extrajudicial force that will kill you, for no reason at all, just because they can. If there was ever a moment, it is now.
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‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is sickening in every sense of the word. Who is going to stand up and stand with the real heroes - the people who have everything to lose but still stand for what they believe is right?
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o... Gift link to Masha Gessen’s usual clear, well-informed - and today, chilling- analysis.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Tour U.SA., proposed next stops: Panama for the canal; Bolivia, Argentina and Chile for their oil and lithium; Peru for its minerals; Greenland for its minerals; Canada for its oil and minerals; Mexico because it’s become inconvenient; and the rest of the Americas just for good measure.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The American administration, while still pretending to be against antisemitism when it’s convenient, is now practicing the equivalent of Holocaust denial for the Americas … with the enthusiastic support of Facebook.
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MAGA Uses Residential Schools to Turn the Hate Screws
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any lower.
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
USA:
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Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Now that we’ve finally had rain, the fungi are beginning to put on a show.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
LICE 😂 Seattle, Washington No Kings
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
All the lights are flashing intense red now. The White House crowd has decided that the people who tried to stop Hitler from assuming power are the bad guys.
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)
Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Even as the clouds gather and darken, the good remains. Mike Brock offers us waybread for our journey, reflections to help us keep sight of the important things as our foundations seem to be crumbling.
open.substack.com
From Fear to Fidelity: How to Live Well in the Return of Normal History
Yesterday I asked my subscribers a simple question: What are you most worried about in your life right now?
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Once upon a time, very recently in geological time, Polaris was off to the side and we had an entirely different North Star.
nytimes.com
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date (Gift Article)
Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association have backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.” The Guardian.
genocidescholars.org
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Border town, summer of ‘25.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Giant heads of garlic, all descended from a single clove from the archipelago of Chiloé, Chile. Toonie for scale.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My happy story for the day.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A bumblebee rose-bathing. I love having a slow-mo app on my phone to watch them filling their pollen baskets. To the naked eye, they simply appeared to be swimming among the stamens.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The only objective in ending funding is further harassment, intimidation, and ostracism of LGBTQ youth. The Trump administration is attacking the most vulnerable and marginalized Americans … the very people who, incidentally, are least able to push back.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Sunrise on the first full day of summer. (The old bathtub used to be a water trough when we had horses.)
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Gift article, so no paywall. The phrase “gender ideology” is weaponized by the very people who prioritize their OWN ideology over a person’s right to the care recommended by their doctors, over all medical and scientific evidence that such care is appropriate, and over parental rights.
nytimes.com
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A summer evening, a kitchen window.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thinking a LOT about my American family and friends these days.
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An Updated Guide to Staying Safe at 14 June 'No Kings' Protests
Revised in response to federal military deployments and expanded surveillance powers.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o... A gift New York Times article, giving us a language to name and recognize the various elements of surging American authoritarianism.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Lilac and sandstone
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A glory of bees.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The tentacles of Project 2025 have wormed their way into many formerly safe corners of the world. Those of us currently in safe countries need to fight like hell to keep these countries safe for people in the gunsights of MAGA.
open.substack.com
Trans Woman: Why I Am Leaving the United States
The risk of persecution is too high to remain
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Dear Democrats + American "friends" Even when your president says it is "unlikely" that he will use military force against our country it still worthy of a resounding response. Right? But we hear crickets. You might be okay with the end of the rule of law. Not us. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
ctvnews.ca
Trump says ‘highly unlikely’ U.S. ever uses military force to annex Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump says it is 'highly unlikely' the United States would ever use military force to annex Canada.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
One: There’s a lot of money to be made incarcerating people. Private prisons need a continuous supply of “customers”. Which Trump donors stand to benefit? Two: If citizens tolerate incarceration of the “unwell”, they can be brought to tolerate the incarceration of other groups as well.
theguardian.com
The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment | Jordyn Jensen
From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Grouse moors are an abomination.
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Jennie @melipal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
If the Liberal and NDP respond to the vilification of trans Canadians with silence only, if they fail to stand up for the rights of ALL Canadians under the Charter, how can they claim to be good Canadians themselves?
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