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chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism (U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰 🌐 chrishouston.ca
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My Starter Pack of accounts focused on Peace & Justice go.bsky.app/BK3mrYp

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Don't glamorise war. Don't celebrate war. "We live in times where being aggressive is wrongly correlated with good political leadership." chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...

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António Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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The United States has bombed Iran. www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

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Hi, @craigspencer.bsky.social 10 years ago today.

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I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

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About a thousand of these tiny spruce trees are popping up here. Some pine too. I’m delighted.

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June is pride month. It’s difficult to find the right words for how cruel this choice was. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I planted this iris last year. I wasn’t sure if it would survive the winter. It’s back with flourish. I’m happy. Also today saw hundreds of spruce shrubs popping up.

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My local radio station is reporting on my advocacy and surprised me with this 2024 photo they have on file of me! www.mybancroftnow.com/69229/news/h...

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The words of a very stable genius?

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Do you care about press freedom? (You should). So, here's a starter pack of accounts that focus on press freedom. go.bsky.app/TybDdZA

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The US has spent nearly $1 trillion on disaster recovery and other climate-related needs over the 12 months ending May 1, equivalent to 3% of GDP Costs include: rising insurance, uninsured damage, clean-up costs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.” Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran

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My column today talks about the need for a homeless shelter in Bancroft, Ontario. It includes links to the open letter that hundreds have signed, CBC & other media reports on our campaign. chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...

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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

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Our open letter continues to make news. BancroftShelter.ca

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Bancroft, the hub of North Hastings, needs a homeless shelter. The County's own stats show the rate of homelessness is above Belleville's, a city that declared a state of emergency, and a city that has a shelter. Listen to my CBC radio interview on the topic here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Is it weird to have a baseball cap calling for change while you are a president in your second term?

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Is it weird to have a baseball cap calling for change while you are a president in your second term?

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I'm one of 250+ people who have signed an open letter demanding a homeless shelter in Bancroft, Ontario. The open letter: bancroftshelter.ca News on this: www.intelligencer.ca/news/bancrof...

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Things we should not need to say. But do: “Don’t Celebrate War” chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...

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Physicist Brian Cox on the risk that AI could become more intelligent than humans: "I might be quite relieved, but I'm not sure they could fuck it up at the level that we're fucking it up."

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“There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enf...

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Does anyone know why they are dressed like they need to camouflage themselves in an arid/desert context? Or is that just the standard dress of US military now?

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Physicist Brian Cox on the risk that AI could become more intelligent than humans: "I might be quite relieved, but I'm not sure they could fuck it up at the level that we're fucking it up."

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Our open letter made the news: www.intelligencer.ca/news/bancrof...

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Men without uniform, wearing face masks, jumping out of unmarked vehicles and pointing guns at people is not a hallmark of a well functioning democracy.

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My November piece: PEACEFUL PROTESTS WORK (even ones that disrupt and annoy people) www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/27/p...

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My November piece: PEACEFUL PROTESTS WORK (even ones that disrupt and annoy people) www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/27/p...

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This shop has 8 magazines on air fryers

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From 2016: "Melania Trump’s sketchy immigration history, explained "If a new Associated Press report is right, Melania Trump herself was once an “illegal” immigrant. www.vox.com/2016/11/5/13...

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Today, our Jewish community exercised its right to peacefully, freely, safely and proudly express what they believe, and who they are, walking through the streets of Midtown Toronto. Together, we celebrated the arrival of a new Torah to the Chabad at Yonge & Davisville.

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Scotland, May 2021: Glasgow protesters rejoice as men freed after immigration van standoff Hundreds of people surrounded vehicle men were held in and chanted ‘these are our neighbours, let them go’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...

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Are we to believe that Trump only realised he could save money by cutting Elon Musk's contracts once he fell out with him? Or are we to believe that he didn't share this cost-cutting idea because they were friends? How's everyone's corruption/nepotism radar doing on this?

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Los Angeles: cop shoots journalist with non-lethal round. Honestly, looks utterly intentional. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/u...

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Please join @debjeffrey.bsky.social, myself and 100+ others in calling for a proper homeless shelter in Bancroft. Our community has a rate of homelessness over double the rest of the County, but currently lacks the support services needed. cc @kawarthanow.bsky.social, @natesmelle.bsky.social,

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