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The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers it poses to democratic rights, writes Eric Lee.

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Dangerous Warning Signs from the First-Ever ATRC Case

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers it poses to democratic rights.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 18h

Dallas Brodie and OneBC out here doing anti-Indigenous racism, masks off, day-to-day lives and in their election platform. #bcpoli

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Reconciliation

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Repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC

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Halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land, and control over public resources to band governments

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Restore oversight and accountability for Indigenous Band spending

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Demand constitutional reforms to repeal the Indian Act, transform reserves into townships, and unite all British Columbians under one law and political framework.

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Restore the original names of public institutions and public places — Names must primarily be in English

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End the practice of mandatory land acknowledgements within the government and government-funded institutions.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 21h

“Civil emergency” at Tsawwassen First Nation Truth and Reconciliation day event. Delta Police say it is a collision: “At this point it appears to be a medical incident. Four pedestrians have been struck and are being dealt with by Emergency Health Services.”

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Here's one small, practical thing you can do: learn the right words. Pick up this great book as a first step: ✅ Your local bookstore: www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores/ OR ✅ Nanaimo's Indigenous-owned bookstore: StrongNations.com

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Voluntary self-regulatory commissions are the blue ribbon panels of memorandums of understanding.

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The Old Kid @the-old-kid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG any bird whose first name starts with one of these letters. Here is a Great Egret #greatEgret #egret #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #wadingbirds #largebirds #🪶

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 01/08/2026

How did Denmark get from basically 0 to 80% new sale of EVs in 5 years? Here’s my slides from a recent presentation on what I think has been instrumental in achieving this.

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sdr-fla.bsky.social @sdr-fla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Breaking: Anthropic & OpenAI disclose in their IPO prospectus that their latest model traveled back from the future to save us from Meta's, Google's and China's evil AI's.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My story about Second Sons showing up in Kamloops and how experts say this is a wake up call to law enforcement, and to political parties who have been making space for residential school denialists. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee

‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A really good long read from @charlesrusnell.bsky.social on the report on how the UCP / AHS / OHS failed to protect workers at the Cargill plant, including lack of appropriate PPE, which led to unnecessary deaths.

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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee

A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧊🇨🇦 Speaking of Canada, the biggest ICE Air contractor GlobalX trades on your stock market and regularly flies NHL teams to Canadian cities; and the company that services ICE flights in Seattle is headquartered in Toronto ⤵️

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A spectacular view in my neighbourhood this evening. Moonrise this evening above Crome Island, in the Salish Sea, 70km north of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

A bright yellow moon is above distant mountains with a small island in the middle. The island has four white buildings with red roofs. The reflected light from the moon is shining in a strip below the island. The ocean is a medium blue, the mountains a slightly darker blue, and the sky is a lighter blue.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #borbs - This Western Flycatcher resting on the fence of my deck is a good model. 🪶

The photo shows a small roundish bird standing on a board of wood. The bitd has mostly yellow-green feathers that have been poofed out. The bird is facing toward the camera, slightly turned to the right.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The annual back to school COVID wave

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Aaron Becker @aaronjbecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You could find your way along the Nova Scotia coast blind, just by timing the blinks. Every lighthouse flashes on its own rhythm, a set interval and colour no neighbour repeats. Sambro Island off Halifax has burned since 1758, the oldest working lighthouse in North America. #lighthouse #NovaScotia

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors 🪶 I'll use the opportunity to post a video from 6 years ago when the neighbourhood bald eagles raised a pair of eaglets in a nest across the street from my house. youtu.be/e4qAwNQtuOc

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Deep Bay Eagles 2020

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Vancouver-area First Nation has issued a travel advisory for the US, after members were detained by ICE.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads. 🪶 A couple of photos of a common bird in my area - a Turkey Vulture.

A close-up of a turkey vulture. The bird is perched on a branch on a leaf-less tree. The bird is facing toward the camera. Brown feathers on the body with a red head with no feathers.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

British Columbians don’t want to be forced into a snap election by the BC NDP — but if Eby wants a performance review, we’re ready to give him one. You have the chance to vote for better than the crumbling status quo. Join the BC Greens. Link in bio. Authorized by BC Green Party (1-888-473-3686)

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026

Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee

The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Credit to daves_corner I love this guy from Quebec 🤣🙌🏼 that Québécois accent is on point 😏 He calls him bonhomme 🤣 and dum dum

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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 12/09/2026

Ts'msyen First Nations harvesters Rachel and Spencer Greening have a new Indigenous food knowledge cookbook, Gyetk (pronounced gy-e-tk and meaning “to feed the people”), that puts traditional food back on…

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First Nations cookbook fuses traditional Pacific Northwest Coast knowledge and modern cuisine

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/09/2026

Water and sewer systems built more than a century ago across the US are struggling with storms, heat and drought. The cyberattacks aren’t helping, either.

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Aging US Water Systems Are No Match for Climate Change

Water and sewer systems built more than a century ago are struggling with storms, heat and drought. The cyberattacks aren’t helping, either.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Move over, pumpkin spice: September belongs to the BOG HARVEST. While many flock to apple orchards, the world’s peatlands are hitting their peak. Far from muddy swamps; bogs are the secret agricultural powerhouses you didn't know you needed. Join me in protecting these undervalued landscapes! 🧵 1/

Photograph of ripening cloudberries on a bog surface.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Opposition to tyranny is not an uncommon occurrence, but it typically operates on the micro level. Instead what seems to be happening is the feds overplayed their hand, and it has elicited a widespread knee jerk reaction of resistance.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Weird result, I've never lived in Minnesota but the result says my dialect most closely matches northern MN.

A map of the USA with blue to red colors. Blue is in the southern I, red on the north and west, yellow in the north east

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In the lead-up to next week's (September 9) release of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of the incredible blurbs for the project. Many thanks to at David MacDonald for these kind words!

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Something is screwing around with GPS on these flights.

The flight path of an airplane is shown in a blue line. The line zigzags back and forth instead of in a straight line.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The French still hate the Americans for Freedom fries and that was 25 years ago.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hope this slop flops when scientists recognize that it puts them into the 'hands' of AI and not the reverse. Don't pay AI to take your research.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm a licensed Emergency Medial Responder and have years of first aid experience (Ski Patrol; Search and Rescue). This means that my FB feed contains a lot of first aid related content. Today's FB feed reel - A person with a nipple piercing should remove it before engaging in archery practice.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

UPDATE: It appears the order does indeed disallow our government from recognizing the existence of a Lake Ontario in any contract. That's exactly what I was talking about. Trump has now made it impossible for the United States to engage in diplomacy over this major body of water.

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The USA is being governed by a person who has the mentality of a 3 year old.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

259,346 signatures now - Turf Pete Hoekstra Please sign if you haven't, then check your email to verify your signature, email will come from our commons. Hoekstra continues to threaten Canada and our sovereignty. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7531 - Petitions

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Martin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I almost always played music before my university classes started. Occasionally, I played Time Warp but couldn't get my students to dance to it. I'm fairly sure I played 9 to 5 at least a few times.

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Vancouver Island Local History Society @vilocalhistory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Travelling The Great Land Grab exhibit has costs – we hire an installer and rent a truck. Help us make it affordable and accessible to small venues! We have a goal of raising $5,000. You can donate on our CanadaHelps page and receive a tax receipt: Canadahelps.org/en/charities/vilocalhistory/

Graphic with white text on green background. An image in the centre shows a person interacting with an exhibit piece. “Help us raise $5,000 and keep the cost of hosting the exhibit low for Vancouver Island communities.”

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Government of Yukon @yukon.ca · 24/08/2026

Last week, firefighters from across the Yukon assembled in Atlin for the Fire Rescue Yukon 2026 Conference, organized by the Association of Yukon Firefighters and Chiefs. Read more: yukon.ca/en/news/yuko...

Yukon firefighters meet for training conference.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

It's not just the attacks that are foreseeable, alas. Trump can always be relied upon - to break his word. Carney repeatedly caved to Trump, and in response, Trump has hit Canada with *massive* new tariffs - 50%! Remember: the "art" of every Trump deal is *renege*: www.pbs.org/newshour/eco... 28/

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What to know about Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods that just went into effect

The new levies are expected to affect about 5% of Canada's annual exports to the U.S., roughly $20 billion in goods ranging from hockey sticks to agricultural products.

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