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Former specialist in Indigenous education, translation, listener of birdsongs & maker of great pesto. Anglais/français Former avid gardener & reader, but now a spoonie. Humor that is an admittedly acquired taste. substack.com/@jillsapphiregoldberg
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@michellegoldberg.bsky.social 's piece is so excruciatingly pertinent. It is not an easy read, or more specifically, it is discomforting to consider the implications, but I don't want to turn away from anything that reveals a bit more insight into the cruel Regime. *Gift article

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If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade

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Let the voice of this Joni get inside your head, not that other one. "I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain Like the hexagram of the heavens Like the strings of my guitar Amelia, it was just a false alarm..."

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I don't usually comment on how people dress but Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan has struck me as incredibly special in this regard. I encourage anyone to embrace their culture, whether it is Indigenous (her beaded earrings) or something else. www.startribune.com/peggy-flanag... And Joni Ernst can bugger off!

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I call bullshit.

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No, this is not to assist in reunification of migrant children separated from their parents under Trump-45; it's in case of the commission of future crimes. No privacy laws prevent this? This is only the end of the 19th week of this Regime, and, well, no one needs to hear me finish that sentence.

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Any Pennsylvanians out there? Are people aware of this latest trip and its purported objectives?

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Canada may be ahead of the US in important ways, but it’s not a competition. Quebec in particular continues to fail its First Peoples. Please take 2 minutes to be better informed. This is from TheRover.ca Thank you, migwetch to @titocurtis.bsky.social And if you’re in QC raise your voice 4 UNDRIP

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No worries. Trump'll pardon him.

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Out of curiosity, what possible justification would there be to prevent American scientists from publishing in the Lancet, NEJM, etc.? #publichealth

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In Key West’s infamous cemetery, one epitaph in particular caught our attention: “I told you I was sick,” it reads. I guess they can use something like that throughout the country where people will not have gotten quite what they hoped for after voting for this travesty.

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Cool beans Trump to Fox: Hey, could you float some story about Canada maybe joining the US? Fox: You bet! #Elbowsup (aka: #feckinelbowsup)

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Do Americans realize how huge this stance is? "Going its own way" is one thing, but preventing its allies from carrying out their interests is interference. Imagine if the tables were turned. Putin is held to *0* account time and again.

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Not only the "what," but the "how": When I read this morning about how the US has stopped holding student visa appointments, I was surprised by my own surprise. It would be one thing to (vengefully) quash international students from attending Harvard (+), but another to do it effective immediately.

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Even if we're all...#ElbowsUp, we also like to hug it out. 🇨🇦 youtu.be/0raUwo2S70A

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A travesty for some, a death sentence for others

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Thank you @mark-carney.bsky.social for what you helped make happen today.

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Are you familiar w the International Democracy Union (IDU)? We all should be. Chaired by Fmr Canadian PM Harper, including member political parties like AfD, GOP, CPC & other far-right parties. These are not member "states," but together, they create a "deep state" as real as any. See comments

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