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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Please send your own email to let the cadet and her instructor know how proud you are of them. The relevant email address can be seen in my example below. #canadastrong #canadianarmedforces #cadetprogram #elbowsup

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Helpful, digestible info. The only thing I'd add is that if/when you can't buy Canadian, there's nearly always a non-US option. #canadastrong #westandonguardforthee

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Coming to Cape Breton Island this Summer/Fall? I just listed an apartment in my old schoolhouse, on the world famous Cabot Trail, on Airbnb. Heading to October's famous music festival, writers festival, or just to take in the culture and stunning scenery? My place is central to it all. #capebreton

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Rental unit in Baddeck · ★New · 1 bedroom · 1 bed · 1 bath

Classroom 2, North River School

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

2+ years ago, I gave a friend some of my handmade inks which, at that point, were a year old. Historically, inks were made just before they were needed, but while they had airtight containers, they didn’t have our modern refrigeration to expand lifespan. She just tested them yesterday…#naturalink

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.” The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there. jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

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They're Coming for Our Daughters

The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Many Nova Scotians are looking for ways to defend & protect our country from emergencies & threats. The Nova Scotia Guard was established last year to ensure that people & supplies are available in an emergency, critical incident or other time of need. Sign up to volunteer on the web site.

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Home | Nova Scotia Guard

Whether you have the will, the skill or both, we have a place for you. We support the work of first responders and communities when they need it the most.

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A new independent news source, from the investigative journalist who broke the FB/Cambridge Analytica data scandal...

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

These folks put so much great work into providing guidance for those who want practical ideas about how to fight fascism. #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Cancel cable/streaming services that carry ABC &/or Disney. Consumers have so much un-exercised power in this fight for democracy. "The response must be loud and sustained. Viewers should boycott ABC and Disney until the show is restored and a public commitment to editorial independence is made."

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It's never about actually addressing a problem in an evidence-based way, otherwise no straight white man would be allowed to own firearms. Instead, the far right leverages every disaster to scapegoat and target already marginalized communities.#banstraightwhitemenfromowningfirearms

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I highly recommend this excellent podcast series. It says out loud the thoughts troubling most Canadians &, perhaps un-intuitively, is reassuring in the way that clearly facing any problem provides the possibility of a way forward. #truenorth #canadasovereignty www.youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod

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Gloves Off with Stephen Marche

An eight-part podcast series about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and what we can do about it. Hosted by journalist and author of The Next Civil War, Stephen Marche. What we may be witnessing is t...

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I'm in the extreme area. No real rain in months. Down to 3 minute showers every 3 days. Used dish washing water goes on my outdoor plants. It makes me think of my time in Africa, & the endless labour of women there walking hours each day to access water. #climatechange #canadadrought #conservewater

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

If the GOP really wanted to know who the other predators are, they would a) listen to survivors, & b) release the official files. Pardoning a pedophile & human trafficker in exchange for testimony signals they're buying testimony they want to hear - i.e. the names of adversaries only. #coverup

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A great, thoughtful resource list...

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

With the passing of the US billionaire bonanza bill yesterday, supercharging ICE/the gestapo, companies like Thiel's Palantir will get ever richer, and I think we'll also start seeing widespread corporate slavery/forced labour in the camps, as in every internment/concentration camp that ever was.

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How Trump’s Bill Creates a Super Police Force

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Great read. I'm stumped as to why more of my FB friends haven't migrated to Bluesky. It's so easy to recreate desirable online connections here (or, heaven forbid, real connections in the offline world), but without all of the enshittification of FB. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/engineered...

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Engineered Estrangement | An Interview with Cory Doctorow

The author, activist, and technology critic Cory Doctorow on reckless broligarchs and what their 'enshittified' platforms are doing to our future

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Canadian citizen/resident? Please sign this petition requiring all party leaders & other holders of high office (I didn't write the petition, but assume this means Ministers) to get security clearance. It's outrageous that PP is refusing to get his.

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Sign this Petition - Petitions

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I'm one of the 300K whose data was stolen in this awful failure by the utility. Called my credit union, credit card company, & credit agencies. I recommend folks also call the CRA, who were so helpful & can place multiple levels of additional protection/alerts on your accounts: 1 833 995 2336

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Personal data stolen in N.S. Power breach? Here's how to protect yourself from fraud | CBC News

Jeff Horncastle, a client and communications outreach officer with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and the RCMP, says it's up to impacted customers to ensure they don't become victims of identity fraud...

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

In every area of US federal administration, felon47 has installed someone who will kill as many people as possible... #fightfascism

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Why any head of state, or any serious person, is agreeing to an on-camera oval office 'meeting' with these fascists is beyond me. Mark Carney survived his, but every decent person needs to stop participating in these propaganda stunts. It's always, always, a set up by these ghouls. #fightfascism

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

What a great gig for literature lovers...

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Along with the appointment of 25 Faux News personalities to once serious government positions, and the meme-ification of official White House social media accounts, it's clear the objective is to entertain cult members into unending submission. #fightfascism

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OMG: Noem in talks to make migrants COMPETE for citizenship on reality TV show

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Just finished my last knit from this past Winter. Used up some of my own #madder and #butternut dyed wool, along with some undyed wool (soft grey), plus some synthetically dyed blue wool I bought at a farm on a roadtrip in southern Ontario >20 years ago! #naturaldyeonbluesky #knittersofbluesky

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Canada is such a majestic country. Please don't spend your vacation dollars south of the border. Become a tourist in your own magnificent land (or any land other than the US). My east coast island home routinely makes global lists of the most spectacular islands on earth. #supportcanada

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Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia – Official Travel Guide

Discover Cape Breton Island's hidden gem! Enjoy unique experiences, stunning landscapes, historical wonders, and local delights. Your adventure starts here!

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So refreshing to hear someone say it like it is. It's aggravating listening to so many journalists twist themselves into pretzels trying to normalize felon47's malignant narcissist language and behaviours. Thank you, Tom Mulcair for calling him out as a pathological liar, carnival huckster, etc.

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Mulcair says that while Trump 'is not an economic genius', PM Mark Carney is

YouTube video by CTV News

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This exhausted election worker just got home after a 15.5 hour stint at a polling location that involved driving across a mountain in the fog to get there, and back across in the dark to get home. Everyone should work as an impartial poll worker at least once in their life. Hurrah democracy!

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Research shows survivors of sexual assault are 10X more likely to attempt suicide than those who have not been sexually assaulted. If the assault(s) began prior to age 16, that ratio is even higher. RIP, warrior of truth. If you're a survivor, you're not alone and you deserve to live and thrive.

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Virginia Giuffre, accuser of Epstein and Prince Andrew, dead at 41

YouTube video by CBC News

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Please don't vote split and throw your vote away. Know which non-maplemaga candidate has the best chance of winning in your particular riding, and vote for them: smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede... #defenddemocracy #fightfascism

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Really great, in-depth conversation that so clearly demonstrates why Carney is the leader Canada needs right now. Unlike last night's English language leaders debate, he actually gets to talk here, rather than having snide, completely unqualified PP interrupting him every 5 seconds.

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Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order — with Mark Carney | Prof G Conversations

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

So ridiculous that the Bloc, which only runs candidates in one province - Quebec - is allowed to participate in the national leaders debate, but the Greens, who are running candidates across the entire country (but sure, not in every single riding) are not. Completely undemocratic.

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This graph is almost indistinguishable from what has happened in Canada in the last few months. People are waking up to the far right drift of former conservative parties and to the threat they pose to, we’ll, everything except the oligarchs’ bank accounts. #neverpoilievre #fightfascism #carneyforpm

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Beaver dam behind a house I am hoping to buy. What amazing engineers they are. Just spent hours reading about #beaverbaffles - a cruelty-free win-win for beavers and humans that protect their homes and ours. Thank you kind and clever people who figure out these solutions. #beaversareamazing

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

If you care about democracy, you should be following @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. Mainstream media is, for the most part, so far behind in grasping what's really happening. While they're distracted by tariffs and deportations (important topics), they're completely failing to grasp the main threat.

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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

YouTube video by TED

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Research study shows 20% reduction in development of dementia for those vaccinated against shingles. In Nova Scotia, the shingles vaccine is publicly funded for those 65+, so please let the elders in your life know about this. #vaccinessavelives

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Another measles death, pertussis news, a new Alzheimer's test, plus shingles and dementia study

YouTube video by American Medical Association (AMA)

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Congratulations & keep it up, US sistren & brethren. So encouraging to see a multi-organization, nationally coordinated movement emerging. On this side of the border, I'm off to the opening of my Liberal candidate's riding office today. Please vote strategically: smartvoting.ca #fightfascism

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Voices from the #HandsOff day of protest. #protest

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Exactly. The tariffs are a massive, world-wide shakedown to financially benefit felon47 and his enablers. But they're also one of the parallel tools being deployed to utterly destroy US democracy and replace it with a totalitarian state. #manufacturedrecession #fightfascism

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April 3, 2025

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Fascism has ever been correlated with economic depression. People struggling with high unemployment, economic instability, and social unrest are easy prey for authoritarians who promise order. Now, the unemployment, instability, and unrest are being intentionally manufactured. #manufacturedrecession

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow. I keep this book by my bed. I've read it twice and am on my third by reading one chapter (each is very short) every few nights. I highly recommend the full (very short) book, and this is a great introduction. #fightfascism #canadasovereignty

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Anyone who refuses to get relevant security clearance should be disqualified from serving in Parliament, never mind running to be PM. #whatispoilievrehiding #neverpoilievre #stopmaplemaga

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This deranged human being is only getting started. History will record him as a mass murderer.

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I'm happy for Canada. This is definitely our gain, and there are likely hundreds, if not thousands, of other academics, researchers, health care workers, etc. planning a move here from the US. But this is particularly telling, as all three are prominent scholars of fascism.

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Mel Sweetnam @melsweetnam.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Shocking, but not surprising. The Russia/US regime is staffed by unserious, amoral, inexperienced, and deeply unqualified bootlickers. This won't be the last rank amateur breach of security.

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