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Derrick O'Keefe 🌹 @derrickokeefe.bsky.social · 4h
3. Soon after getting into power, ABC abandoned Vancouver's commitment to be a Living Wage city. School Board followed, and school bus drivers were among those hit with severe wage cuts. Vote COPE for School Board because we'll fight to restore a Living Wage for all those who work for our kids.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 17h
New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you know residential school survivors who want their truths to remain recorded, let them know about this & help get the word out to protect records that should not be destroyed: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Almost 40,000 residential school records will be destroyed. Not all survivors think they should be | CBC News
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2017 that the more than 38,000 records of residential school testimony collected through the IAP will be destroyed in 2027, unless individual survivors request the...
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 30/09/2026
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grateful to @miskoaki.bsky.social for holding this necessary conversation today #OrangeShirtDay #NationalTruthAndReconciliationDay: www.youtube.com/live/dLUjYvl...
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Reconciliation & The Right To Truth: Protecting Residential School Records
YouTube video by Yellowhead Institute
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still need Truth in so many ways today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHas...
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War, LNG, Epstein, Canada: Making Sense of it All
YouTube video by Dogwood
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Additionally, be aware of responsibility washing. See e.g. 📝 Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Cover image of Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
⚡️CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT: Nick Gottlieb for Skeena! bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...
BC Greens candidate announcement: Nick Gottlieb for Skeena!
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, the BC NDP and BC Conservatives engaged in a downward spiral of rip and ship resource extraction that will hand over more taxpayer dollars to American and multinational corporations.
B.C. NDP, Conservatives both pledge to boost province's resource development
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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some seriously good and thoughtful stuff in the COPE @copevancouver.bsky.social platform released today. Definitely winning me over in a big way. static1.squarespace.com/static/662c7...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With this snap provincial election coming up fast, please support Dogwood's work to organize people in BC to reclaim decision-making power over democracy & the lands where we live #BritishColumbia www.dogwoodbc.ca/donate/
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thank you
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You do not want to miss this!!!!
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Heads, the foreign shareholders who own most of the industry win; tails, we lose." People in BC are in a lose-lose situation with fracked methane gas because the NDP has fallen for industry propaganda (or worse, just sold us out): www.biv.com/news/comment...
biv.com
Opinion: B.C.’s royalty gas gamble means LNG wins while British Columbians lose
The government’s gas royalty bet could leave British Columbians paying more whether gas prices rise or fall
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When politicians misuse language, it's up to everyday people to call these fracked methane gas projects for what they are: a faster path to mass extinction and a violation of Indigenous law: stand.earth/ksi-lisims-l...
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Ksi Lisims LNG: Making Canada Weaker - Stand.earth
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Dogwood @dogwoodbc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the governments we elect in the 2026 B.C. municipal elections can either amplify fear and misinformation around Indigenous rights, or stand up to the backlash and advance reconciliation at the local level. read our latest: dogwoodbc.ca/news/the-rising-right-and-bcs-municipal-election/
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The rising right and B.C.’s municipal election
Right-wing influence on our communities and at all levels of government has been on the rise for the last five years – and local politics is no exception.
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Dogwood @dogwoodbc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Municipal governments have emerged as the final defence against a coordinated push by the federal government, the province, gas lobbyists and tech corporations to manufacture a market for AI data centres and the fracked gas that feeds them. Read our latest: www.dogwoodbc.ca/news/bcs-mun...
dogwoodbc.ca
B.C.’s municipal election could bust the AI boom
Municipal governments are the final defence against a coordinated push to manufacture a market for AI data centres and the fracked gas that feeds them.
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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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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/09/2026
We're wondering: In the midst of an ‘elbows-up’ trade war, why would we ‘elbows-down’ hand billions of Canadian tax dollars to U.S. billionaires? Learn more here:
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Ksi Lisims LNG: Making Canada Weaker - Stand.earth
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/09/2026
Right now the hands of billionaires are reaching for Canada's resources at @mark-carney.bsky.social's investment summit in Toronto. One of the projects on the table is Ksi Lisims LNG. 🧵 #GreenSky #SayNoToLNG #InvestmentSummit
Background photo of the B.C. coast. REPORT icon in top left corner. “The Truth about Ksi Lisims:
Why are we funding American billionaires?
A new report exposes a dangerous deal on the B.C. coast.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 17/09/2026
Our new report pulls the curtain back on how that couldn't be further from the truth. Read the full report at
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NVIDIA’s AI Climate Hoax: New Analysis on NVIDIA’s Rising Emissions and Greenwashing - Stand.earth
An expanded analysis of NVIDIA’s own climate reports shows that the Scope 3 emissions — primarily relating to the supply chain of chip manufacturing — have exploded by 725% since 2020. This is an incr...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 17/09/2026
ICYMI 🌊 Mark your calendars, folks in and around Vancouver, B.C.! Don’t miss this important event from the Seven Sisters campaign: Seven Sisters on the Salish Sea: Our Sacred Duty. Hope to see you there! 💚
Photo of LNG tankers off the B.C. coast at top of image and colorful gradient with Seven Sisters logo at bottom of image. Quote reads "Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?" Geswanouth Slahoot (Dan George). Former Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. “Se'Si Le presents.
Join First Nations People and the Seven Sisters standing up for the health of the Salish Sea.
Seven Sisters on the Salish Sea:
Our Sacred Duty
September 21, 2026” “St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
1022 Nelson St.
Vancouver, BC
6pm-8pm” Photos of each speaker with speaker names listed:
-TA-AH AMY GEORGE (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION) -CHARLENE ALECK (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION) -KAYAH GEORGE (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION)
- MARILENE SILVA KAIKUXIPA (MACUXI TRIBE, BRAZIL) -CYALTSA FINKBONNER (LUMMI) -ROBIN LOVELACE (TLINGIT, TAGISH) -KAYELONI SCOTT (SPOKANE/NEZ PERCE)”
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 17/09/2026
⌛The Major Projects Office comment period is about to close! We have 48 hours to get our comments in to tell ‘em: STOP THE WEST COAST PIPELINE. 🧵 #GreenSky #cdnpoli
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
thenarwhal.ca/bc-hydro-cle...
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BC Hydro just scaled back its clean electricity reporting
BC Hydro has to supply 100% clean energy by 2030. As the province stares down a supply crunch, the utility just made it harder for the public to track its progress
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excited for the Seven Sisters gathering on Sept 21 - LOVE & PROTECT THE SALISH SEA! #Vancouver www.facebook.com/share/p/1EdR...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Water is both the highest good and our common denominator. We cannot afford to sacrifice its health. www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
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Outgrowing Fascism by Rita Wong | CBC Books
The Vancouver writer is on the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist.
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excited for the Seven Sisters gathering on Sept 21 - LOVE & PROTECT THE SALISH SEA! #Vancouver www.facebook.com/share/p/1EdR...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Please speak up to protect the Burrard inlet from dredging - sign the petition and share with friends #Vancouver: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Please speak up to protect the Burrard inlet from dredging - sign the petition and share with friends #Vancouver: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Send Gazan Students to University! chuffed.org/project/1907...
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Send Gazan Students to University!
We are raising money for scholarships to send Palestinian students to university who are our family members, friends, and friends of friends. It has been a long process, but each of these students hav...
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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 03/09/2026
The largest school district in north america (800,000+ students!) bans AI in elementary and middle schools. Vancouver has the chance to do the same in October. Right now Copilot 13+ is available in VSB schools. 80% of BC teachers think it harms student learning, and research supports that.
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tell Premier David Eby: don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires! #bcpoli #bcpoli www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/eb...
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Premier Eby, don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires
Tell Premier David Eby: don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires! #bcpoli
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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
She lived love, wit and justice - many thanks to her husband Grand Chief Phillip, her children and many friends for sharing her with the world🧡 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Her impact was nationwide': B.C. NDP MLA Joan Phillip dead at 74 | CBC News
Joan Phillip, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Strathcona and wife of Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, has died.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This story is wild and disturbing BC seems to have overstated its natural gas royalties by $1.5 BILLION over 5 years Per the premier's office, it's an administrative error converting units and currency An SFU economist with expertise in royalty structures says that doesn't add up #bcpoli
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B.C. admits to $1.5B budget error following BIV investigation
Premier's office blames 'administrative error' for missing $1.5B in gas royalties; experts call the government's explanation confusing, and in some cases, demonstrably false
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“The people of B.C. are about to be robbed of billions of dollars over decades because a new royalty design is being chosen based on a mistake.” Beyond billions lost, breathable air, drinkable water, & reliable weather are priceless. And endangered by fracked methane gas. www.biv.com/news/budget-...
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Budget error could cost B.C. billions in gas royalties
B.C. hinges its economic future on a massive natural gas boom, but experts warn a critical budget oversight and concessions to industry risk wiping out billions in expected public revenues
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: TIFF must ban Israeli films. www.readthemaple.com/tiff-must-ba...
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TIFF Must Ban Israeli Films
By effectively banning Russian films, TIFF established a precedent it’s refusing to uphold.
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Access the Parents for Palestine YVR guide for Palestinian families and allies navigating anti-Palestinian racism (APR) in British Columbia schools: actionnetwork.org/forms/downlo...
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Download the guide to navigating Anti-Palestinian Racism in BC schools
Access the Parents for Palestine Vancouver guide for Palestinian families and allies navigating anti-Palestinian racism (APR) in British Columbia schools.
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
fracked methane gas IS NOT LOW CARBON. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/17/c...
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Canada’s Most Polluting Methane Gas Export Project Announced Today - Environmental Defence
Statement by Alex Walker, Energy Analytics Program Manager, Environmental Defence  Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
i think for the rest of the month of the #SealeyChallenge i will reshare our esims fund throughout since we are soon going to run out of funds! <3 bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When land protectors win, we all win. Even predatory corporations & oligarchs need a livable planet, though they think & act like we are all expendable. As government abandons us, we need to care for each other #climate #WetsuwetenStrong protects you more than #Canada raventrust.com/campaigns/we...
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The federal government's own impact assessments say two major projects in northern Ontario will have severe adverse affects – yet both got the green light. Niigaan Sinclair explains why he thinks that’s the case. Watch more on Truth & Politics: youtu.be/tQjujrUWzXY
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Chris McClure 🇨🇦 @chrisjmcclure.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When we lose the ability to grow basic crops due to climate change, we are in serious trouble. You think food prices are high now? Wait for a few more years. #climateEmergency #ClimateChange
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Basic humanity still matters. No to genocide-supporting people who would lead. So sign the Vote Palestine #Vancouver petition here @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
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Vote Palestine Vancouver
Vote Palestine, Vancouver! Palestine is the moral litmus test of our times. Please join us in supporting Palestinian human rights by pledging to vote for municipal candidates who endorse the Vancouv...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Scientists Warn Carney's Changes Will Bring 'Wilful Extinction' - it’s distressing to see #Canada acting as a #climate arsonist via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Don't let Ken Sim play you for a fool to distract from his own failures." - @stephanieformayor.bsky.social
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 13/08/2026
⏰LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22! It threatens 🇨🇦’ rights, #encryption, and privacy. Tell senators to reform it: openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky The bill will require digital services to retain metadata for 6 months and enable secret orders forcing apps, messaging services, and others to build backdoors!
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Scientists Warn Carney's Changes Will Bring 'Wilful Extinction' - it’s distressing to see #Canada acting as a #climate arsonist via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
please consider signing this petition - it is very late but not too late to show basic respect for the dead Indigenous and racialized people still buried in New Westminster's unmarked cemetery #NewWestminster #NewWest form.jotform.com/262185344331...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
please consider signing this petition - it is very late but not too late to show basic respect for the dead Indigenous and racialized people still buried in New Westminster's unmarked cemetery #NewWestminster #NewWest form.jotform.com/262185344331...
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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Basic humanity still matters. No to genocide-supporting people who would lead. So sign the Vote Palestine #Vancouver petition here @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
actionnetwork.org
Vote Palestine Vancouver
Vote Palestine, Vancouver! Palestine is the moral litmus test of our times. Please join us in supporting Palestinian human rights by pledging to vote for municipal candidates who endorse the Vancouv...
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