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@robell66.bsky.social
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sports Coach, former academic, former pastry chef, former professional cook. won awards at a few things.

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this day in 1974, RCMP brutally attack the Native Peoples' Caravan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa following a cross-country trek starting in Vancouver. RCMP officers indiscriminately swing batons at Native women and children, as well as men. anticolonialhistory.com/event/299/
Flier for the caravan's arrival in Toronto (before heading on to Ottawa)

"Support the Native Peoples' Fight!
Indians Stand Up for Rights"
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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Honouring Alfred Kirkness, a hero who fought and made possible for everyone to remember children lost at Brandon Residential School - today’s #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation column www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Hero fought to remember children lost at residential school
The story of the gravesites of students who attended the Brandon Indian Residential School underneath the Turtle Crossing Campground is truly a Manitoba tragedy.
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Adele Perry @adeleperry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Keep your eyes on Ottawa, on old plans to take Indigenous lands are being dresses up in new clothes. See @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social in the Freep: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Opinion: Building Canada Strong Act just another way of sidestepping Indigenous rights
In 1846, Britain faced an emergency influenced by the Irish famine, so leaders repealed the country’s “Corn Laws” and restrictions on imported food and grain, transitioning to a system of free trade.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/09/2026
#OtD 30 Sep 1919 the Elaine massacre began in Arkansas, US, when hundreds of African-Americans were murdered and tortured by white racists and security forces, after Black farm workers tried to organise for better pay stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/09/2026
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill seven as ‘ceasefire’ violations continue aje.news/gnuh6f
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill seven as ‘ceasefire’ violations continue
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/sn25kdf...
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Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(You can hear more about how the left is too white, and by proxy, too far from the working class, at our podcast -- www.sandyandnora.com)
sandyandnora.com
A political podcast. Just Listen.
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Bad + Bitchy Podcast @badandbitchy.com · 28/09/2026
There is a straight line between Carney govt’s re-writing of SJAM history that purposefully ignores systemic Indigenous racism and ignoring residential school denialism (wasn’t included in the anti-hate bill) and anti-Indigenous hate. This is how the state tacitly weaponizes hate/approves violence
A post from Twitter from a local Kamloops paper talking about white nationalists showing up masked to a Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the geese thing is kinda true.....
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Winnipeg Smokewad @wpg-nate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cool map! TIL:”4 August 1990, the term "Two-Spirit", for Indigenous people "who embody diverse (or non-normative) sexualities, genders, gender roles, and/or gender expressions", was adopted at the 3rd Annual Gathering of Native American Gays and Lesbians being held in Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.”
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
these evictions, for the same reason, happen regularly in Winnipeg and nobody cares. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
actually, elite athletes are "formed" through late specialization in sport.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you watch one video today please watch this. The story of how the people of Orillia put the run on the Nazis is a model for putting the run on hate. Please watch and please share. @meidascanada.ca youtu.be/rf6Aw3CdIcg?...
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HOW TO PUT THE RUN ON FASCISTS IN YOUR TOWN
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
if the RTB actually did its job this wouldn't happen.
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 25/09/2026
Charlie Medd wasn’t ready for another adventure last October, when she moved out of the Wolseley Avenue apartment she had called home for 15 years.
winnipegfreepress.com
Tenants slam Alta.-based landlord, protest rent increases
Charlie Medd wasn’t ready for another adventure last October, when she moved out of the Wolseley Avenue apartment she had called home for 15 years.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 25/09/2026
“This is what Canadians elected us to do,” says Liberal Minister about policy never mentioned once during campaign (Podcast)
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"This is what Canadians elected us to do," says Liberal Minister about policy never mentioned once during campaign
“It was Implied!” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre and special guest Jocelyn Geddie) talk about Carney using the Trade War to govern even further to the right than Harper, Trump’s anger over Canada’s...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve noticed there seems to be a disconnect between what people understand Carney to be doing and what his policies actually do in practice. And I think I know why. Rather than telling you, I’m going to show you:
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Minister Anita Anand needs to do some explaining. Why is an international war criminal allowed to fly over our country especially when our judge on the ICC is being threatened? www.middleeasteye.net/news/canada-...
middleeasteye.net
Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant
Israeli PM’s route via four ICC member states prompts fresh scrutiny over their alleged breach of international law
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Hilary Evans @evansthestats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Olympics OTD Canada ruled the world of golf www.olympedia.org/results/40002
olympedia.org
Olympedia – Individual, Men
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Believing in it while contributing to it with new pipelines is sociopathic.
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
should be permanent.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026
"Quality of housing is the number one factor in how your life goes forward." Deputy Mayor of Hackney Dylan Law talks the impact of poor quality housing on people's life chances.
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the clear mandate was to stand up to the US and not be Pierre the useless liar.
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love this and it is, excellently, true
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a good look: arresting seniors calling on Mark Carney to not walk back our climate obligations. In my last 2 years as MP I ran a gauntlet of threat, swarming and harassment everyday from conspiracy ragers. House security and Ottawa police just watched. Seems instructions have been issued.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/09/2026
Turkish leader says UN has been forced into 'dysfunction' and was 'bleeding out' in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan.
aljazeera.com
Erdogan slams Israel's ‘genocidal mindset' in blistering UN address
Turkish leader says UN has been forced into 'dysfunction' and was 'bleeding out' in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan.
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
its way past time for a general strike.
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Released 48 years ago today Love Bites, the second studio album by the Buzzcocks, featuring the single 'Ever Fallen In Love' Here's a not so well known video Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love - Live Australia 1990 #punkrock #buzzcocks #lovebites #everfalleninlove #RipPeteShelley #punkrockhistory
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
not really a "may"
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Dan MacDonald 🇨🇦 @danmacphotos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Carol Off’s @caroloff.bsky.social book “Ghosts of the Medak Pocket” was my introduction to this subject. I highly recommend it. Good of Charlie to speak of the battle as I’m sure many Canadians remain unaware of it.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19/09/2026
#OtD 19 Sep 1868 the Camilla massacre took place in Georgia, US. Several hundred Black Republicans had marched in protest at Black and mixed race elected representatives being expelled. White racists opened fire, killing around 12 and wounding more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9147...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/09/2026
Child among three Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza aje.news/jde6pu
Child among three Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a hare standing upright facing left looking right  against a pink background with star shapes
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
and then get bailed out by govt......
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later, people will realise a general strike needs to happen.
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
one would have thought, that while in charge of the BoE, he would have noticed that every single privatised service (formerly govt owned/operated) cost more in subsidies and bailouts.......
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
anything that doesn't allow for free movement of people is only for big business
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
here's a thing, instead of Manitoba's residential tenancy board working the way its supposed to (keeping rents down) it allows landlords to raise rents however much they like, so the prov govt has to pay rent support. RTB should do its job.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/09/2026
This week, @mark-carney.bsky.social’s putting Canada up for auction to oil and gas execs and American billionaires. One of the projects on the table is Ksi Lisims LNG. Our new report reveals why this polluting project could drain Canadian’s wallets for decades to come. #InvestmentSummit
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/09/2026
EU asks Canada to join in hopes they take some stuff Britain left at their office
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EU asks Canada to join in hopes they take some stuff Britain left at their office
BRUSSELS – A recent statement by the European Union has clarified that the bloc’s main interest in Canada becoming an Associate Member is to get them to take away some of the junk the United Kingdom f...
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Did you know that Carney’s Liberal government’s Bill C-37 violates international law surrounding First Nations' clean drinking water, this includes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (1/3)
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Wankpanzer Childkiller SUV" is a brilliant phrase www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
its the 10yr anniversary of a good morning at the Rio Paralympics, neither Paul or myself much like mornings but this one was worth waking up for..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZixG...
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
they should be part of MB Health anyway
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 15/09/2026
When Australia privatized their airports, their Competition Bureau found that consumers paid $1.6 billion in extra fees.
abc.net.au
Lack of airport regulation costs consumers up to $1.6b in fees: ACCC
Airlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator...
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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
nobody else in Canada wants that.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Privatization wasn’t on the ballot when Canadians voted for Mark Carney. Really foul the way he’s using the blind trust so many continue to have in him to make massive, fundamental changes to Canada (hurting normal Canadians) so big companies can profit. Please pay attention.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026
hearing mark carney talk about how privatizing airports will free up money to invest in regional airports, transport links, broadband infrastructure makes me think of how nationalizing the pipeline was supposed to deliver revenues to pay for climate measures
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