Reposted by Susan KiddieDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 6hTwo-state solution but one state restricts when and where the other can hold elections. bsky.app/profile/rk70... 072
Reposted by Susan KiddieIsis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 5h"How the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide" by Benjamin Moser www.equator.org/articles/we-...equator.orgWe Have Talked Enough About Ourselves • EQUATORHow the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide 022
Reposted by Susan KiddieThe Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 10/10/2026The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism says she ‘repeatedly’ heard concerns from Indigenous people that their right to free, prior, and informed consent is not consistently implemented across Canada. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/09/c...hilltimes.comCanada has ‘serious problems’ respecting UNDRIP obligations, UN racism envoy says - The Hill TimesThe United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism says she ‘repeatedly’ heard concerns from Indigenous people that their right to free, prior, and informed consent is not… 11718
Reposted by Susan KiddieDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 11hTwo-state solution but one state controls the other's roads for some reason. 2239
Reposted by Susan KiddieRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"From reporting under bombardment to capturing the resilience of ordinary people, Bisan shares her deeply personal account of what life has looked like on the ground, the ongoing humanitarian crisis, and what the world continues to overlook." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfm...youtube.comBisan Owda: 3 Years Surviving the Genocide in GazaYouTube video by Mondoweiss 054
Reposted by Susan KiddieSamira Mohyeddin @smohyeddin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Thousands marched in Toronto protesting against three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and calling on Canada to impose a two arms embargo. 301522370
Reposted by Susan Kiddiefsnaris @fsnaris.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oh look, the President of Toronto wants to spend $48M ripping out bike lanes in Toronto when that money would probably help communities in Northern Ontario, just so he and his cronies can (seemingly) speed thru the city on their way to do absolutely nothing. 1175
Reposted by Susan KiddieCult MTL @cultmtl.com · 10/10/2026Homelessness in Quebec: The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of fixing the problem “It costs $95,284 annually to support each homeless person in the province — roughly 16 times higher than the average Quebecer. There are an estimated 12,077 people in Quebec who are visibly unhoused.”cultmtl.comHomelessness in Quebec: The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of fixing the problemA report from the Union of Quebec Municipalities finds that it costs Quebec $1.15-billion per year year to support the homeless population. 26631
Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026NGL, I make it a rule not to listen to USian politicians (Mamdani exception applies) but I watched this because you posted it. Amazing!! 000
Reposted by Susan KiddieBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's World Homeless Day, and I'll just say: Homelessness isn't some great unsolvable mystery. People are homeless because they don't have homes. This suffering persists not for lack of solutions, but because enormous wealth and power are invested in maintaining the very structures that produce it. 212311911
Reposted by Susan KiddiePalestine News @palestinenews.smitsky.nl · 09/10/2026Gaza Ceasefire Exists in Name Only, Say More Than 100 Orgs. #palestine #israelpalestinenews israelpalestinenews.orgGaza Ceasefire Exists in Name Only, Say More Than 100 Orgs.Israel has killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, hospitals are ravaged, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger. 097
Reposted by Susan KiddieMédecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 10/10/2026One year ago, a ceasefire was announced in Gaza. Today, Israel continues to: ⚫ Kill Palestinians and destroy civilian infrastructure ⚫ Restrict aid and cut essential services ⚫ Force people into an ever-shrinking space This is not a ceasefire, this is a genocide. 02724
Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026So, so happy to see my dear friend Adham here again. Bluesky should be open and welcoming to all. 💜💜💜 111
Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Thanks. It's true what they say: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything 010
Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 10/10/202610 years ago, after going through chemo, I had a headshot taken and, mustering all the courage I could find - cancer kicked the hell out of my self-esteem - I posted it. Someone promptly commented that the photo wasn't "doing me any favors". I haven't been able to look at pictures of myself since. 110
Reposted by Susan KiddieJohn Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Groups are calling it "antidemocratic" and an "evisceration" of the environmental safety net, but the special committee handling this omnibus legislation is pushing fast ahead and limiting study to a virtual minimum.nationalobserver.comSpecial committee to steer Carney’s controversial bill C-39 plans to move fastEnvironmental, labour and Indigenous groups are calling the prime minister’s proposed legislation “antidemocratic” and an “evisceration of our environmental safety net” as the government kicks off nex... 24122
Reposted by Susan KiddieAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 09/10/2026We won’t stand by while Mark Carney launches the biggest attack on workers’ rights, Indigenous rights, and the environment that we've seen since the Harper era. Join our emergency town hall on October 14th, and let’s build the power to stop Bill C-39 together. RSVP here: www.ndp.ca/stop-bill-c39 14372128
Reposted by Susan KiddieJeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I just received updated info about Nuvaxovid pharmacy ordering in Ontario from Sanofi so I have redone part of this thread and made a document available to download/print (thanks @penelopejmorrow.bsky.social for the idea). 0289
Reposted by Susan KiddieMark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A reminder that #ICE still has five offices in Canadian cities - Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. The presence of ICE, indeed its very existence as a law enforcement agency, makes us all less safe. We shouldn't have to wait for someone to be shot to do something about it. 1137
Reposted by Susan Kiddieconsbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mr Environment is lying to Canadians. Again. No wonder he cancelled anti-greenwashing policies. He would be unable to gaslight us, himself. “Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...nationalobserver.comFeds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessmentsThe change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning. 45729
Reposted by Susan Kiddie+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 09/10/2026Gaza’s lost generation: The students left behind by three years of war For 700,000 children, tent classrooms are now the closest thing to school. But these cannot restore the education, routine, and community they once had. www.972mag.com/gaza-lost-ge...972mag.comGaza’s lost generation: The students left behind by three years of warFor 700,000 children, tent classrooms are now the closest thing to school. But these cannot restore the education, routine, and community they once had. 01915
Reposted by Susan KiddieYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Haaretz's detailed story on the Israeli gulags, in which nearly 10,000 Palestinians are held, vast majority of them have not been charged or convicted. These are crimes against humanity. archive.ph/LdVXQarchive.ph 12509279
Reposted by Susan KiddieAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/10/2026Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.aljazeera.comIsrael kills or wounds Palestinian every 90 minutes in Gaza since ceasefireIslamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen. 313299
Reposted by Susan KiddieKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 207125783122
Reposted by Susan KiddieStill COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Are you looking for information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada? You can visit our website — it will be updated regularly, as we find more details about vaccination programs. stillcoviding.ca/en/resources... #COVID #vaccinesstillcoviding.caCOVID-19 vaccines 15743
Reposted by Susan KiddieTom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026FT: Israel’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Ceasefire in Gaza “They are conducting a scorched-earth policy,” Crisis Group’s [Amjad] Iraqi said. “They are basically erasing entire villages and towns and depopulating as much as possible to make it difficult for people to return.” www.ft.com/content/fca6... 036
Reposted by Susan KiddieLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We absolutely should be horrified by reports of planned public executions and see them as an overt re-embrace of spectacle lynchings--while also understanding that the story of the "modern" death penalty in this country is inextricable from that history, rooted in racial violence & white supremacy.theintercept.comAlabama’s Lynching Memorial and the Legacy of Racial Terror in the SouthAt the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss. 3611185
Reposted by Susan KiddieRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Liberals and Conservatives teamed up again today — funny how that keeps happening — to get Bill C-39 over the hurdle of its first vote. The massive, 243-page bill bulldozes environmental protections, Indigenous rights and attacks the right to strike. Here's what this means: 12428156
Reposted by Susan KiddieHanna Kienzler @hannakienzler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How Israel's relentless killing of over 1000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2025 can be called a "ceasefire" is beyond me- its brainwashing. Aljazeera noted: Israel attacked Gaza on 325 of the past 361 days, leaving only 36 days with no reported attacks, deaths or injuries. 20346145
Reposted by Susan KiddieT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Elbows down. www.readthemaple.com/david-mcguin...readthemaple.comDavid McGuinty Announces $4 Billion For F-35 Jet InfrastructureThe Liberal government has committed to purchasing 16 F-35 fighter jets made by American arms company Lockheed Martin. 88336
Reposted by Susan KiddieThe Innocence Project @innocenceproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“We have learned through painful experience that innocent people are wrongfully convicted of murder, wrongfully sentenced to death, and wrongfully executed," said Christina Swarns, executive director of the Innocence Project.innocenceproject.orgIt’s Time to ‘Stop Tinkering With the Machinery of Death’Case after case has exposed the continued unreliability of our capital punishment system, writes Innocence Project Executive Director Christina Swarns. 1117
Reposted by Susan KiddieMarkwayne Carney ☭ @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Imagine if the Canadian government was as gung ho about Truth and Reconciliation as it was about AI and sucking up to the states 2446
Reposted by Susan Kiddiechristoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The argument I've seen from MANY liberals is that Carney is building an oil pipeline so that he can fund social programs So why is he simultaneously building a pipeline while cutting national pharmacare? www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/05/n...hilltimes.comNational universal pharmacare 'dead in the water,' says pharmaceutical policy expert - The Hill TimesIn 2024, the federal budget set aside $1.5-billion for a national pharmacare program, but under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the top priorities have significantly changed and experts say they don't exp... 76727
Reposted by Susan KiddieBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"But even though many Jews experience Zionism as a core part of their religious or ethnic identity, Zionism is fundamentally a political ideology. All political ideologies – especially ones that are linked to actual state structures, as Zionism is – should be subject to critique. ..." Gift link.theglobeandmail.comAnti-Zionism and antisemitism should not be conflatedZionism is fundamentally a political ideology, and thus should be subject to critique 23513
Reposted by Susan KiddieRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Carney has a chance to show us there’s actually still a difference between his government and the one we’d have if Poilievre had won the election. Will he take it? Federal funding to help LGBTQ rights groups survive the attacks on their humanity is about to expire. He can do something about it: 2029085
Reposted by Susan KiddieDavide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 08/10/2026NEW: Here are the names and profiles of the people who make up the Israel lobby in Canada. www.readthemaple.com/here-are-the...readthemaple.comHere Are The People Behind The Israel LobbyThese are the lobbyists working for pro-Israel groups in Canada. 03826
Reposted by Susan KiddieGuy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026More police doesn't reduce addiction. More police doesn't reduce mental illness. More police doesn't reduce homelessness. More police doesn't reduce poverty. More housing,more healthcare,more treatment,more outreach, more resources & more support does. That's how you build healthier communities 17732
Reposted by Susan KiddieAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...thespec.comIdle MRIs at hospitals while Ontario funds private clinicsOntario Health Coalition says HHS and St. Joseph's could run MRIs longer as the province shifts publicly funded scans to private clinics. 142
Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Due respect, but any assumption that the police would deal with allegations more thoroughly or respectfully is a big leap, imo. 110
Reposted by Susan KiddieDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 08/10/2026Incredible representation of what should be an incomprehensible amount of data and cross-references. 2218
Reposted by Susan KiddieThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 07/10/2026“I would call what’s happening now the myth of the ceasefire,” says Walid Batrawi, an award-winning Palestinian journalist. “It wasn’t a peace deal. These terms—ceasefire, peace deal—are only to comfort ourselves that we don’t have to do anything.” thewalrus.ca/one-year-on-gaza... 0115
Reposted by Susan KiddieAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Canada's new "lawful access" bill would force changes that negate "the very purpose of encryption itself," Signal VP says. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...theglobeandmail.comMessaging service Signal says minister’s changes to lawful access bill will not persuade it to stay in CanadaSignal and provider of web-browser Firefox say bill still poses threat to their users’ privacy 02218
Reposted by Susan KiddieBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fighting foreign interference should be a core Canadian national security priority. But if even being at a conference where the United States is named -- accurately -- as a foreign interference actor is a bridge too far for this government, then they've already conceded the game. 211358
Reposted by Susan Kiddiescott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 07/10/2026Gaza. The West Bank. Jerusalem. The attacks on Palestinians spread ever wider. 023
Reposted by Susan KiddieErin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From Cornell to Canadian Hockey: How men learn to dehumanize women Published today in @ricochetmedia.bsky.social ricochet.media/justice/from...ricochet.mediaFrom Cornell to Canadian Hockey: How men learn to dehumanize womenThe Cornell 7 case is not an isolated horror story. Elite fraternities, hockey teams, and other cultures of male entitlement teach men to treat women as objects — while powerful institutions shield th... 32719
Reposted by Susan KiddieConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*Chooses the below, since U.S. threats apparently don't matter now.* "The U.S. “Cloud Act” gives the American government the authority to obtain data held by U.S.-based tech companies regardless of whether the data is stored in the U.S. or in a foreign country." www.readthemaple.com/national-def... 342
Reposted by Susan KiddieLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Banklemonde.frIsraeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West BankJaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack. 37496334