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Sabine LeBel

@sabinelebel.bsky.social
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Artist, academic, & sometimes activist she/her/hers Queer mycologies dedicant 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🍄🌺🪐

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In Episode 6.5 of NiCHE Conversations, @sabinelebel.bsky.social joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to break down why people latched onto these orca memes and what they tell us about human relationships with the more-than-human world. www.youtube.com/shorts/g2Q1Y...
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Orcas Target Luxury Yachts #envhist #envhum #climatechange #orcas #multispecies #ecogrief
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"In spite of the scientific uncertainty about why the orcas are ramming boats, the memes gleefully celebrate the orca behaviour and position the orcas as anti-capitalist eco-warriors." - @sabinelebel.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/13/c... #envhist #envhum #animalstudies #orcas #memes
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"Capsize the Rich": Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity
Orca memes humorously depict anti-capitalist, interspecies solidarity, framing yacht attacks as environmental resistance, blending cultural narratives, activism, and ecological critique.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"As charismatic megafauna that are beloved, widely recognized, and show up across media platforms, orcas are prime for meme-ification." - @sabinelebel.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/13/c...
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"Capsize the Rich": Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity
Orca memes humorously depict anti-capitalist, interspecies solidarity, framing yacht attacks as environmental resistance, blending cultural narratives, activism, and ecological critique.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.
Photo showing the burning of the books looted from the Magnus Hirschfeld library.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/04/2026
“Not only did ASU allegedly not communicate to its academic community that their lectures would be spliced up and cannibalized by an AI platform, but the resulting modules are just bad.”
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University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop
ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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You Do Not Need an AI Policy — Sonja Drimmer
You do not need an AI policy. Forget the crisis in plagiarism and cheating; that’s yesterday’s news. It is becoming increasingly common for my colleagues, both within my own university and elsewhere,...
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 20/03/2026
There’s $107 billion warehoused in the private foundations of Canada’s richest families. At least half of that should have been paid in taxes. Instead, it’s funneled to billionaires’ vanity projects: well-endowed universities and Israeli institutions, write @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & Neil Brooks.
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Canada’s super-rich are using foundations to funnel huge public sums to elite universities and Israel ⋆ The Breach
Over half of the money hoarded in Canada’s private foundations should have been paid as taxes. Instead, it’s being funneled to wealthy institutions and organizations complicit in Israel’s military occ...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our latest roundup of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social is now out! Find convos with @sabinelebel.bsky.social, @adelinekpiercy.bsky.social, Patricia Roussel, and Carmen Gilmore! niche-canada.org/2026/02/25/n... #envhist #cdnhist #envhum
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NiCHE Conversations Roundup #23
Find orca memes, flailing urban conservation efforts, and sensory gaming experiences in the latest roundup of NiCHE Conversations with Jessica DeWitt.
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
NEWS: Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison was planning to sell a warehouse for use as an ICE detention and processing facility. After pressure from the public, and from B.C. Green Party leader @emilylowan.bsky.social, Pattison's company has cancelled the sale www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026
"AI didn't just increase its footprint in Washington in 2025. It ate tech lobbying whole." www.axios.com/2026/01/23/a...
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Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick @ijvnbvji.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A young Indigenous man, Bronson Paul of Neqotkuk First Nation, was shot and killed by a police officer. Bronson leaves behind his loving partner and several children, whose lives have been forever changed. Donate to help Bronson’s family: gofund.me/3217eb9b7
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Donate to Help for Bronson Paul's Family, organized by Vincent Nicholas
As many of you are aware, a tragic event occurred on the evening of January 18, 2026, … Vincent Nicholas needs your support for Help for Bronson Paul's Family
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🌞🌻🌙 @honeyp0t.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good. This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it. A thread on how to do that 🧵
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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Today is the 300th anniversary of the signing of the 1725 Peace and Friendship Treaties in Boston by leaders of the Penobscot (acting as representatives of the Wabanaki Confederacy) and the British colonies of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts
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Theo J Cuthand🐻🪶🏳️‍⚧️ @tjcuthand.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Kill fascism, fund a trans filmmaker. Here is my patreon: patreon.com/tjcuthand
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Theo Jean Cuthand | Patreon
creating Videos/Video Games/Performances/Blogging
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This conversation was based on @sabinelebel.bsky.social's NiCHE article, "'Capsize the Rich': Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity" - niche-canada.org/2025/08/13/c... #envhum #envhist #orcas #memes #animalstudies
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"Capsize the Rich": Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity
Orca memes humorously depict anti-capitalist, interspecies solidarity, framing yacht attacks as environmental resistance, blending cultural narratives, activism, and ecological critique.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 01/12/2025
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Please, take a listen. 🇸🇩 youtube.com/shorts/yORJq...
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Hind Rajab’s mother opens Doha film festival with emotional plea
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Monday, November 24th at 10am EST on Instagram Live. @sabinelebel.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to chat about orca memes and anti-capitalist interspecies solidarity. Follow NiCHE on Insta here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada #envhum
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
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‘Devastating and demoralizing’: public service braces for wave of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s austerity plan risks hollowing out government and hurting service delivery
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Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Sabine LeBel @sabinelebel.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Anti EDI & anti science motion related to Tri-Council funding (major Canadian academic funding body) in the House of Commons. Please consider signing & sharing: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18/07/2025
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 27/08/2025
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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justpeaceadvocates.ca @justpeaceadvocates.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Davis Cup has scheduled Team Canada to play Team Israel on September 12-13, 2025 in Halifax. Join the call for No Sports Washing of Genocide, War Crimes & Apartheid: No Team Israel at the Davis Cup - they are not welcome in Kjipuktuk! !! Send a letter buff.ly/QgtJ7qY
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 19/08/2025
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Today we have "'Capsize the Rich': Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity" by @sabinelebel.bsky.social This is the 3rd post of the Finding Humour in the Environmental History of the Climate Crisis series edited by @nulybranch.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/13/c... #envhum
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"Capsize the Rich": Orca Memes and Anti-Capitalist Interspecies Solidarity
Orca memes humorously depict anti-capitalist, interspecies solidarity, framing yacht attacks as environmental resistance, blending cultural narratives, activism, and ecological critique.
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Annie Sprinkle @anniesprinkle.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjls20/2... The earth is a Badass Butch Dyke in Menopause. Check out the piece Beth and I wrote, it really fun and sexy.
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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Kim Dubé, a criminology professor at l’Université de Moncton, said the City of Moncton made the right call by cancelling the performance, noting that hate crimes have risen over the past five years. Full interview:
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City of Moncton revokes permit for far-right singer’s performance in local park
YouTube video by NB Media Co-op
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Neovagina Evangelion @gammarae.design · 22/07/2025
Call Parks Canada today. They're keeping track of how many calls they're getting about the hate rally in HRM they gave a permit to during Pride week
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Francesca Albanese's most recent report has profound implications for higher ed. None is more serious than this: administrators are *personally accountable* under international law for complicity in genocide for institutional entanglements w/ Israel and military-industrial companies. We explain:
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Canadian universities too should be in Francesca Albanese’s report
Canadian university administrators should remember that they too can be held accountable for genocide complicity.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/07/2025
Two Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes today, bringing the number of media workers killed since the war on Gaza began to over 230. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nr2igp
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/07/2025
NO. AI. FOR. WAR. CRIMES!!!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
If you are a faculty member, researcher, postdoc, or staff at a university in Canada, please sign this letter demanding Canada issue study permit to Gaza students to be delivered to the Minister of Immigration by tomorrow afternoon. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Tell Minister Diab to Issue Study Permits for Students at Risk
Please sign this letter urging Minister Diab to take action on delayed student study permits! Students in Gaza do not have the luxury of time. Two incoming PhD students at the University of Waterloo w...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Canadian Manuel Tapial, who is leading a delegation of the March to Gaza, is still missing after being dragged away by Egyptian police. Latest update from @yipengge.bsky.social: “Manuel Tapial’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been almost 24 hours since he’s been detained.”
Screenshot of a message from Yipeng Ge: “More info I’ve confirmed.
Yesterday, on June 14 at 2:30pm, there was a meeting between a few delegates of the Canadian group on the 11th floor terrace of Hotel Amin where Manuel Tapial was a guest and staying at. Around 3:24pm when the meeting wrapped up, and people began to leave the meeting, Baya who is Manuel’s wife was the first one to leave and shrieked, followed by both of them being dragged away by Egyptian police. This took place on the 11th floor of Hotel Amin. For the other witnesses who saw this happen and tried to take photos/videos with their phones, their phones were confiscated by the Egyptian police. The phones were eventually returned but factory reset and not working properly. Manuel Tapial’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been almost 24 hours since he’s been detained. His wife Baya was deported and put on a plane and is now already outside of the country.
4:07 AM”
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Mark Carney: The relationship of security cooperation with the U.S. is over also Carney: I can't stay mad at you bb let's work this out my latest for @breachmedia.ca on Canada-U.S. cooperation to stifle refugee claims breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...
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Carney’s border bill is a gift to Trump—and a roadmap to ‘mass deportation’ ⋆ The Breach
Mark Carney promised to stand up to Trump. His new bill continues the two countries’ long-standing pact on restrictive immigration policies
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pscsj.bsky.social @pscsj.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Canadian activist Manuel & his wife were detained in #Egypt while joining a peaceful convoy to Gaza. Demand Canada act NOW! @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social #FreeManuel #GazaSolidarity Please repost and mention your MP and the PM @ijvnbvji.bsky.social @ijvcanada.bsky.social
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 13/06/2025
CJPME is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to forcefully condemn Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran. Canada’s unwillingness to confront Israeli aggression gravely undermines the safety of everyone in the region. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_1...
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justpeaceadvocates.ca @justpeaceadvocates.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Israel has launched a massive attack on Iran. Please take a minute to email Prime Minister Mark Carney to demand he immediately condemn the rogue supremacist state’s monstrous attack. buff.ly/JAh3xt2
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WIRED @wired.com · 10/06/2025
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.
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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
ICYMI: A UNB professor plans to travel to Egypt next month, where he will join an international march to the border of the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPwT...
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Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick @ijvnbvji.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
New Brunswick prof travelling to Egypt–Gaza border to call for end of blockade @nbmediacoop.bsky.social nbmediacoop.org/2025/05/28/n...
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New Brunswick prof travelling to Egypt–Gaza border to call for end of blockade [video]
A University of New Brunswick professor plans to travel to Egypt next month, where he will join an international march
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JBB @notranslation.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Mark Carney is already betraying the voters who made him PM
Carney has made it clearer than ever that he will be a conservative prime minister, governing on behalf of the rich and powerful to maintain their grip on Canadian society. Many thousands of progressi...
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Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick @ijvnbvji.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Fredericton Palestine Solidarity and Soul of Falasteen present the 2025 Academy Award winning documentary - No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor Wednesday, May 7 at 5:30 PM Gallery on Queen, 406 Queen St., Fredericton
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Are you worried about Elon Musk using the X platform to interfere in our election? I need you to contact Elections Canada to keep the pressure on. All the information you need is in my latest piece for Substack. Contact info at the bottom: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM ELON MUSK
Canada’s Election Is at Risk - Here’s How You Can Help
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kaypear99.bsky.social @kaypear99.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Picture of Fredericton, NB City Hall with text announcing a rally at city Hall on Feb 8 from 1 to 2:30pm "calling for an end to Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine." Additional slogan reads "Public declaration of being sick of this shit"
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Sabine LeBel @sabinelebel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is gonna be great!
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