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Cranky queer elder on the west coast of Canada. I did 35 years in the US so don't tell me about the joys of privatized healthcare. Library and public transit enthusiast. It was ADHD all along. She/they (gendermeh)

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Script @script.health · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Charges against DULF members thrown out—Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have succeeded in their constitutional challenge. So what does the future look like for DULF?
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BREAKING: Charges against DULF members thrown out
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have succeeded in their constitutional challenge
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're all having such a bad time
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M @trinlisabeth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live. That Petrol Emotion Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Pixies Tom Waits The Cramps Los Lobos Dead Kennedys Butthole Surfers The Pogues Siouxsie and The Banshees
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In the future, historians will marvel at how a U.S. political party documented their project to destroy America (aka Project 2025), won the elections and set about to dismantle everything that made America great without any mainstream discourse or accountability. Fuck the Heritage Foundation.
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Dusty Evely 🎃 @dustyevely.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Having a completely normal day.
A sign that reads SHOPLIFTERS WILL BE
SACRIFICED TO THE MOSS GODS.
JON'T MAKE THIS AWKWARD.
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BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) @bcgeu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Provincial funding for B.C.'s public libraries has been frozen since 2010. Workers are stretched thin, libraries are cutting back hours, and the services communities count on are at risk. Will you sign the petition for sustainable library funding? www.mylibrarybc.ca/?recruiter_id=48…
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Sign the petition to fund B.C.'s public libraries!
Library funding has been frozen since 2010. Let's change that.
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This isn't directly what Kate is talking about here (different country/context!), but I have a couple friends who are pregnant right now in Québec, and the provincial govt refusing to cover COVID-19 boosters for pregnant people makes me incandescently angry as a repro justice issue. Go buy the book!
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
And of course, my friends, a reminder from the ruins of Lindisfarne priory, to always look up.
The rib vault of an archway spans two ruined pillars, with nothing around it but sky.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19/07/2026
As a committed prison abolitionist, it is my sincere belief that the Tate brothers should be sent back to England in a ship, which mysteriously sinks to the bottom of the ocean
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M @trinlisabeth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
'And of course, fascists love to be able to categorize people in order to oppress or destroy them, and anti-trans liberals are helping them determine “womanhood” as an immutable category. Fascists will build a prison for cis women built out of trans people’s bones.'
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Canada has some of the most evil mining corporations in the world that plunder resources internationally so this is actually a perfect fit globalnews.ca/news/1190912...
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Kristi Noem hired in strategic advisory role for B.C. mining company | Globalnews.ca
In March, Kristi Noem was reassigned from Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after serving in the role for 13 months.
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thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 12/06/2026
Bodybuilding is everything to Jules Sherred. But when he was barred from competing, the Duncan based advocate took his fight to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. We sat down with him to learn more about why he continues to fight in a world that is becoming increasingly hostile towards trans athletes.
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Q&A: Jules Sherred Takes Fight to BC Human Rights Tribunal – The Discourse.
Sherred talks modern Pride, the struggle to be included in sports and why he keeps fighting for the entire trans community
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 06/06/2026
Trump isn’t gay and calling him gay as a schoolyard insult is homophobic. www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Trump isn’t gay & calling him gay as a schoolyard insult is homophobic
People would rather call Donald Trump gay than call him out for hurting women.
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M @trinlisabeth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Book recommendation. Ask your public library to get it. I've avoided "the classics" all my life because I was wary of how idealized they were by monied white men. This was just the introduction I needed and it happens to be hopeful at a time when we need more of that.
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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 10/05/2026
You do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to" Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A note I found yesterday while walking in Portland.
Handwritten note taped to a power pole that reads: if you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer I promise that we are going to make this world a place worth living in by any means NECESSARY. I ain't giving up. I swear.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The bosses always go after vulnerable communities first, but they’ll get ‘round to everyone. That’s why ONLY solidarity works. “Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land youtu.be/Ac0-fBK0LVQ
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“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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M @trinlisabeth.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Same with HR depts complaining about the use of sick time without addressing what has changed.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/04/2026
Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.
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CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits
The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2026
it’s true, there are no middle class white kids in the american education system. they have all been excluded by invidious racial discrimination
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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Have you seen this yet? This is wrong. Parliament is supposed to be a civic space — the one room in this country where every faith, and no faith, stands on equal ground.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Some more from Donner Pass today:
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Happy 68th Birthday to the great Gary Oldman 🎂 First time I saw him was in '86 in Sid and Nancy, then '87 Prick Up Your Ears. I knew then he'd be a force to be reckoned with.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My latest, published yesterday: On the Brink of World War Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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On the Brink of World War Trump | The Tyee
Attacking Iran without securing the Strait of Hormuz is bringing grim consequences around the globe.
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 18/03/2026
WHITEDATE: The Canadian Anti-Hate Network has identified an alternative wellness clinic owner as a paying member of the white supremacist dating site WhiteDate. 🧵 www.antihate.ca/the_fully_re...
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The ‘Fully Redpilled’ ‘Barbarian King’ Acupuncturist of British Columbia
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network has identified nearly 200 Canadian users of the white supremacist dating site WhiteDate.
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Dr Paul Mackey @auscandoc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Canada has been slow to study health in relation to the oil and gas industry, with most studies being done in the United States. He says there's never been a comprehensive assessment of the industry in B.C.” #fracking
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Doctors calling for independent assessment of health impacts from oil and gas industry | CBC News
Public health physicians in B.C. are calling for an independent assessment of health impacts from the oil and gas industry. The request comes from the Health Officers’ Council of B.C., who passed a resolution in November 2025 outlining the need for an assessment.
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
A woman in a mask
Headline:
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee

Photo from Adobe
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
If you haven't already, consider subscribing to @thetyee.ca -- they do amazing work and I'm so grateful to them for partnering with me on this story!
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
War (What Is It Good For)
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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New! STAYING POWER by Zena Sharman is a remarkably frank memoir about interdependence, grieving, and parenting as a queer femme that doesn’t leave out the messy or the erotic. 👉 Out now in Canada & the US: arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Stay...
The cover of the book "Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose" by Zena Sharman. Stacked text above reads, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book's title and subtitle and the author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com. The background is lilac-coloured and abstract, with the logo of the publisher (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in the top-right.

On the book cover, taking up the top half is the book title, “Staying Power,” and the subtitle, “On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose,” against a black background. In the bottom half is a block of four textured panels depicting bruises in varying shades of pinks, reds, and purples. The author’s name, “Zena Sharman,” appears in the bottom right corner of the block. The cover is illustrated in an abstract painted style.Zena Sharman, photographed by Jamie-Leigh Gonzales.
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Batshyte crazy stuff. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 02/03/2026
NEW FROM ME: While US and Israeli forces launched strikes against Iran this weekend, Global News' The West Block host Ben Mulroney reposted video of fighter jets that had been miscaptioned as American F-15s attacking Iran I double-checked. Ben was actually sharing footage from a video game
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Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a Video Game.
The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran
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Rachelvira 🦇 @nottheroyalairforce.cc · 28/02/2026
Important potato technology.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 23/02/2026
Pierre Poilievre has launched a “free speech” petition in support of Barry Neufeld, an anti-LGBTQ+ bigot and antisemitic conspiracy theorists with a history of filing anti-free speech SLAPP lawsuits against his critics www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pierre Poilievre:

“This is insane and Orwellian.

Governments and kangaroo courts now chill freedom of expression instead of fighting crime, censoring people who dare to speak their minds. Just ask the B.C. school board trustee who got slapped with a $750,000 fine for saying there are two genders.
Enough is enough. We must defend the truth and free speech against these mad censors.
Sign here to support free speech”

NATIONAL POST
The Canadians being punished by the state for not believing in gender ideology
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 23/02/2026
The filmmaker who was supposed to make this residential school denial film had a YouTube account full of Nazi propaganda, Holocaust denial, caustic racism and antisemitism and conspiracy theories. Too much even for Juno News.
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Juno News scraps plan to run residential school denial film after investigation by CNO
The decision comes after Canada's National Observer determined a producer listed on the film's trailer credits — Simon Hergott — has published several videos and comments on his public YouTube channel...
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Some More News @somemorenews.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
New episode of #EvenMoreNews with @margaret.bsky.social! We discuss her experience reporting from Minneapolis, how people there are organizing and providing mutual aid, Trump's threats to "nationalize" elections, and how he wishes Kaitlan Collins would smile more. Link: youtu.be/V_Cpz4xOfAw
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The Trump Administration Is Losing In Minneapolis - EVEN MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment??? What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Taylor Rehmet's win in a Texas state senate shocked pundits. But, as I found in interviews with people close to the ground, it's not so surprising. A lot of it is about the books bans. People hate the book bans. Even some Republicans! An analysis. www.salon.com/2026/02/06/s...
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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Langston Hughes (1943)
NOTE TO ALL NAZIS, FASCISTS, AND KANSMEN

You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat
Of my dream.

If you keep on,
Before you're through,
I'll make mince-meat
Out of you.
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Tal🏳️‍⚧️ ⭐️he/they @artoftalya.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
That ‘can we go back to regular police brutality’ comment has me reeling. Because once you hear it, you realize that even when it’s not phrased that bluntly, that’s the underlying demand a lot of white people are making. I'm not going to pretend that is okay.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Entirely predictable.
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Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We could all learn a lot from Finland's approach It's brilliant that they're just adding AI education to the existing media literacy curriculum www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...
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Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It’s protection against Russian propaganda
The battle against fake news in Finland starts in preschool classrooms.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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peanut spice latte @vepid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
this needs an overwhelming amount of genuine signatures. canadians pls add yours
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