Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialSam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Statement from Belgian FA. 721485531
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 13/06/2026The Globe editorial board thinks it can get away with shilling for residential school denial because they know a vast majority of its readership never read a single goddamn page of the TRC report. Anyway, listen to this by @sandela.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social sandyandnora.com/episode-378-...sandyandnora.comEpisode 378 – Residential school denial gets Globe boost 34616
smathews.bsky.social @smathews.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Very disappointed with the BC education minister's response. Her defense of the funding of private schools based around 'parents choice' is not equitable and is in stark contrast to this government's decision to replace the democratically elected SD61 trustees with a government appointed trustee. 000
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York. 1008389459563
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026ffffuck i forgot about this 831160269
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 21/02/2026As I said yesterday, America, your usual tourist demographic from friendly countries don't hate you. We're not holidaying in America anymore because your police keep doing this and so you are considered an unsafe state to travel to. 1532082
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialAmanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 14/02/2026The way parents have been pushing back on divisive narratives and showing compassion for everyone impacted is a true show of community. It says so much about Tumbler Ridge. 230081
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 02/02/2026This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it. The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT. Let's talk about it. 302024747
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialSteffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians. This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights. SIGN.ourcommons.caPetition e-7027 - Petitions 15207153
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025If it was inevitable, they wouldn't work so hard to convince you. 8543154
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialKelly B @kellyblack.ca · 16/09/2025Im happy to report that my MP Will Greaves is now a signatory to the ArmsEmbargoNow.ca letter. Is your MP? Check the site ⬇️armsembargonow.caHome - Arms Embargo NowWe’re coming together to demand the Canadian government impose a full, immediate arms embargo on Israel. 052
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 10955954783
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialAlex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r... 357314549903
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 09/04/2025Tiny ballet flats, palm-sized flip flops, velcro-strap sneakers with movie character illustrations: Approximately 17,000 pairs of children’s shoes lined Pennsylvania Avenue in a memorial for Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military since October 2023.hyperallergic.com17,000 Children’s Shoes Line Pennsylvania Avenue in Moving Gaza MemorialThe pro-Palestine art installation in Washington, DC, coincided with anti-Trump marches across the country. 1322158
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.social🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Here's the video of the song Brian McHugh shared on CBC Radio's Newfoundland Morning today. It's a parody song written by Gord Moran, and sung by Sonya Zaback: youtu.be/8peiLVFsLdw?...youtu.beWe Will SurviveYouTube video by Jesse McFaul 12610
smathews.bsky.social @smathews.bsky.social · 24/02/2025My friend mentioned starling murmurations as a model for community building today. The birds engage with their 7 closest neighbours to form the spectacular flocking patterns of a thousand birds 000
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialSteph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Canadians, this is what I've signed today: ban Trump from Canada www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... revoke Musk's Can citizenship www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... get gov't comms off X www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... enough with X already! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #Canpoliourcommons.caPetition e-5359 - Petitions 043
smathews.bsky.social @smathews.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Great news Victoria! Now we need to reopen UVic's McKinnon Pool 020
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialKay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Friends in BC, please join me in supporting Options for Sexual Health by writing to your MLA. Pro-choice and inclusive health, education, and counseling services are at risk win.newmode.net/optionsforse...win.newmode.netNew/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore 194
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialOrla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 17/12/2024 SARS-CoV-2 detected in 9 % of aerosol samples from community indoor spaces (study in Spain) “Highest frequency of detection was in elderly care homes & healthcare settings” Cleaning the air in hospitals & care homes is simple cheap solution to stop infection www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSARS-CoV-2 detection in aerosol from community indoor environmentsSince its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly and extensively affected global health and society. Numerous studies have focused on detecti… 9228117
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialKashif Pirzada, MD @kashprime.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Looks like one has been written up: 1183
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialStacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I work at a warehouse up the street from my house. It is very hard work! I typically work a 10 hour day and pack over 2000 packages. 113238
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 27/11/2023The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%. 481451417
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialFair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22/11/2024What is proportional representation and how could it work in Canada? See our latest explainer video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0P...youtube.comProportional Representation 101YouTube video by FairVoteCanada 11911
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22/11/2024Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specificallythebeaverton.comOpinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specificallyThey just… blocked me. Like I’m some kind of annoyance, rather than the iconoclastic and fascinating truth-teller which I know myself to be. 13160801563
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.social🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"If you’re a health-care worker who sees a patient in a mask, put one on for them. Don’t make them ask. Don’t psychologize them. Don’t betray the trust they’ve shown you. They’ve put their lives in your hands. Don’t take that for granted, it’s not an easy thing for many of us to do"healthydebate.caA plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients - Healthy DebateHealth-care workers have a responsibility to protect their vulnerable patients. Our lives are in your hands. 771998742
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/11/2024brb gonna make a Cringe Shitlib playlist for tomorrow night Taylor and Bruce and “Hamilton” and “Fight Song” and everything white women like it’s gonna feel like a mix CD you’d pick up at the Starbucks cash register with your pumpkin spice latte and I will blast it with pride 1725227
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialFuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 31/10/2024youtu.be/B0P0Uj6h_SY?...youtu.beNot Losing You: a two minute PSA micro-movie supporting trans youth during the election #voteYouTube video by Angry Gay Grandpa 43315
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialCaptain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/10/2024New blog post, about oversharing and what to do when it comes for you. captainawkward.com/2024/10/29/1...captainawkward.com#1446: Preventing Random Acts of Trauma-Dumping“Dear Captain Awkward, how can I prevent awkward conversations?” You can’t. You can only control how you respond. 66914
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/10/2024nothing has ever been more “how do you do, fellow kids” then a bunch of men in their eighties blindly guessing what Gen Z likes and coming up with “cartoon mascot” instead of “trans rights” 1019937
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/10/2024“During the faculty study-in, professors silently read materials on free speech and dissent while placing signs on the tables in front of them.” 618655
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/10/2024October is Pedestrian Safety Month, so don’t forget to blame pedestrians themselves for dying at the highest rate in 40 years. 1424352
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialAndrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 24/09/2024"My op-ed saying I do not harbour feelings of racism and misogyny is raising a lot of questions already answered by my op-ed" www.princegeorgecitizen.com/coronavirus-...princegeorgecitizen.comPrince George-North Cariboo Candidate Sheldon Clare issues statement denying 'rumours'BC Conservative says he's been accused of racism, misogyny and more 2103
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialKelly B @kellyblack.ca · 05/09/2024Just a reminder that you should take 5 minutes with your cup of coffee and listen to the Daily News from @nolore.bsky.social. A great brief of headlines with a bit of analysis, too. open.spotify.com/show/5HyykWB...open.spotify.comThe Daily NewsPodcast · [object Object] · Daily headlines from Sandy and Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 033
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 14/08/2024Related/unrelated: a few months ago, Waymo gave a presentation to my neighborhood association b/c they were going to start testing cars here in Highland. Last week, the presenters' accounts were hacked and every day I get fake DocuSign emails from them reminding me to sign up as a "new driver" 🤪 34616
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 10/08/2024She's playing on the fuckin Refugee Olympic Team That should be allowed to be her flag 331288301
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialScarleteen @scarleteen.com · 10/05/2024If you're protesting, we have a guide to help you do so in a way that takes COVID precautions and accessibility into mind, including ways for those who cannot get out onto the streets to support the causes they believe in. www.scarleteen.com/read/culture... #activism #protest #disability 05935
Reposted by @smathews.bsky.socialMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 10/02/2024Thinking about Garrett Morgan, whose inventions saved so many lives. If you’ve never been in a traffic accident, thank him.scientificamerican.comBlack Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic LightsIn 1916 he strapped on his “safety hood” and dragged rescuers to safety, but racism prevented him from being hailed as a hero 10681172
