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It's worth recalling, at this moment, how Trump spoke admiringly of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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I thought I would be safe if I positioned myself with all the cable news crews off to the side away from all of the protesters. But nope. I was wrong. The feds shot pepper balls at us, forcing us down Alameda Street with everyone else. @lataco.bsky.social

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@melbuer.bsky.social and @acatwithnews.bsky.social providing essential on the ground reporting from the anti-ICE protests in Paramount, California 👇

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I don’t know, but this doesn’t look like a safe third country to me! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...

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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

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SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was injured and detained by federal agents in Los Angeles today while observing ICE activity. This is video of his arrest. Statement from SEIU in next post.

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We refuse to stay silent while ICE terrorizes working class communities. We are turning out and standing united in solidarity with @seiuca.bsky.social calling on the release of SEIU President David Huerta!

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the late 90s/early 2000s madonna is STRONG with this one open.spotify.com/track/01fzY6...

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CW: #mortality . " #DisabledPeople tend to know that #health is not earned, nor irrevocable, that it is fragile..I respected #COVID19 because I knew my #body was no different from the bodies of the dead being thrown in mass grave.": buff.ly/hNHAEWo by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social

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In the biggest land back in CA history & largest dam removal in US history, the last lands are returned to the Yurok: redwood forests that protect against climate change, habitat for Humboldt marten and northern spotted owl, a salmon sanctuary along the Klamath River. grist.org/indigenous/i...

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Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

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logging on to bluesky dot com this afternoon

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Save Our Local News campaign launches in New Westminster, Tri-Cities and Burnaby unifor2000.ca/save-our-loc...

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The union at the Canadian Press wire service says that some of its members "can no longer afford to live in the communities where they work and report."

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"Those of us broadly engaged in challenging corporate consolidation, economic injustice, tech oligarchy, and rising authoritarianism need to contend with the AI industry or we will lose the end game... This is true whether or not the technology even works well, on its own terms; it often doesn’t."

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Wildfires across Canada are causing smoke to spread across North America, as far as Florida. A reminder that particulates in wildfire smoke can cause short- and long-term health issues. An excellent way to protect yourself is to wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.

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wrote about Vancouver skramz punks Emma Goldman's full-length debut for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's list of the 25 best albums of 2025 so far exclaim.ca/music/articl...

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guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

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On @pressprogress.ca 🔴SOURCES🔴 ep39 City in Colour's Rahil Adeli joins @emmaarkell.bsky.social to break down some of the systemic barriers to workplace justice in a conversation exploring how to make work safer for racialized immigrant women. www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pre... 🔶

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Nice of @cajournalists.bsky.social to recognize @davidpugliese.bsky.social’s decades of public service journalism Last year, former Conservative MP Chris Alexander hid behind parliamentary privilege and spread completely unhinged lies about Pugliese and his work pressprogress.ca/former-conse...

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well-deserved recognition of this important work by @bethanylindsay.bsky.social about the government's approach to systemic crises its a facade, a shell game in @theijf.org #bcpoli theijf.org/bc-publicly-...

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Congrats Emma Arkell for winning the Silver CWA Canada+CAJ Award for Labour Reporting for "Canadian teachers face harassment in wake of ‘parental rights’ policies!" Félicitations Emma Arkell pour avoir remporté le Prix SCA Canada+ACJ argent pour les Reportages sur le travail https://loom.ly/SD5Bge8

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Last year, former cabinet minister Chris Alexander made the absurd claim (behind parliamentary privilege) that David Pugliese was a Russian spy. Tonight, Pugliese shared the CAJ’s top award from president Brent Jolly. “If David is guilty of anything, it is being a thorn in the side of power.”

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Congrats to Emma Arkell, Silver winner of the CWA Canada / CAJ Labour Reporting Award!

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It’s a great article. I’ve said for about 15 years now that parents don’t have ‘rights’ in the way conservatives seem to think when it comes to their kids or anyone else’s kids. Parents have responsibilities.

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honored to win the silver prize for labour reporting at this year's @cajournalists.bsky.social awards! 🥈 thank you to the team at @xtramagazine.com, especially my wonderful editor @tmziniuk.bsky.social, and to everyone who took the time to speak with me for this story ❤️

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Congratulations @emmaarkell.bsky.social !! Read Emma's award-winning story here: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

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If you haven't already, buy you masks, air purifiers, and spare filters NOW. I like Coway and Levoit models with HEPA filters, but you can also DIY a Corsi-Rosenthal box. I also buy my Powecom KN95 masks with head straps from Bonafide Masks (they have a 25% sale right now with the code BFM25).

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congratulations @debriefcomms.bsky.social! it's been so inspiring to see this worker-owned operation grow 🥹

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Any folks with long Covid want to talk with me about navigating vaccine access going forward with the recent imposed restrictions? It's for a piece for @thesicktimes.bsky.social . Thanks!

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"Safe supply improved most health outcomes for people who use opioids as effectively as methadone, found a new study out of Ontario, Canada." "The group prescribed [safe opioid supply] had much higher retention rates than the group on methadone." #Ontario #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare

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Good news: On June 1 B.C.'s min wage increases 2.6 per cent to $17.85 an hour. Less good news: migrant farm workers have to wait an extra six months before their wages will get a 2.6 per cent boost. How much hand harvesters get paid depends on what they're picking: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

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My latest for @filtermag.bsky.social digs into a study that shows safe supply was as effective at improving health outcomes as methadone.

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Former Los Angeles Times reporter Maya Lau filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Los Angeles County, former Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others, alleging that a criminal investigation into her activities as a journalist violated her 1st Amendment rights. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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"There is a crisis simmering just below the surface, and without collective care, it risks erupting."

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The very first story I wrote for Xtra as a baby freelancer in 2017 was about the impact that reading Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home" as a young adult had on me. Young people deserve access to queer and trans stories. xtramagazine.com/power/findin...

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A thorough, informative piece

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Great article on the labour dispute between CUPW & Canada Post, with analysis by @brocklabour.bsky.social’s @alisonbraley.bsky.social. #canlab

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