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The AGIAMOE (Awkward Gesture In A Moment Of Enthusiasm), a salute performed at right-wing political rallies in the USA in which the right arm is abruptly extended at an upward angle, palm down, fingers together, and elbow straight, differs from the Sieg Heil in that the media says it's not the same.

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Donald Trump says Canada has no right to exist. I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps. But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation. Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social

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"In December, Auditor General Shelley Spence revealed that the province spent a total of $103.5 million on advertising in the previous year... Much of the language used in the publicly funded ads mirrored talking points used by Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party..." $103. Million.

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I already boosted this, but I want to add more emphasis. I think every Canadian citizen of the Fediverse ought to sign this petition to get the Government of Canada off Xitter: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5359 Could anyone who has any Canadian followers […]

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When they suggest a backdoor to encrypted comms "only for fighting terrorism," remember: the definition of terrorism inevitably expands to include whatever those in power dislike. Initially drugs, then advocacy for Palestinian rights, and eventually all dissent. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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The tar sands aren't coming back... Trump’s tariffs aren’t going to kill investment in new oil (tar!) sands plants. Fracking already did that.

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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

submitted 6 days ago • 1251 comments

Knowledge is power…

submitted 7 days ago • 1039 comments

I would not characterize this as “a major diplomatic breakthrough.” I would instead call it human trafficking. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...

submitted 9 days ago • 68 comments

Poilievre's Indigenous policy looks a lot like a threat. This is him saying the feds will cut funding for ISC, replace it with tax room - and if we allow resource development in our territories, we can tax it to replace the money the feds took. I.E. let the pipeline through, or no drinking water.

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

have they considered not doing war crimes

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This is from 2022, but Cassidy (a medical doctor) is today the senior United States senator from Louisiana. He is the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05...

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"The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been recovered from a mass grave in a desert in south-east Libya..." "The grave was discovered north of Kufra, just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm in the same city." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day

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The Trump administration's stop-work order on USAID left thousands of volunteers around the world w/ experimental drugs + medical devices in their bodies – cut off from care by researchers running clinical trials, in violation of the fundamental principles of research www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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An acre of land can power a car to go 13,000 miles per year using biofuel (corn ethanol), or 900,000 miles per year using solar.

submitted 19 days ago • 42 comments

All this talk about Musk being the “richest person in the world” isn’t about money as such, it’s about the value of shareholdings. Speaking just hypothetically, were Tesla’s share price to collapse…

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What he's actually calling for is violent ethnic cleansing, not just permanent displacement. I mean, he can try. Palestinians won't leave.

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

These evil fucks

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

THE AUDACITY OF AMERICA: A Canadian perspective The US is taking Mexican and Canadian firefighting aid, as it cuts aid spending. It cites NATO military spending guidelines, the only nation to activate NATO. Read my latest: www.wilsoncountynews.com/articles/the...

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Calls and text messages have flooded me in the last 72 hours from friends and colleagues in Sierra Leone and elsewhere: Are my meds going to be cut off? Am I going to die? I don't know what to tell them. I don't know what to tell anyone. Hope is my whole jam, but I feel very distant from it.

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Remembering the Québec City mosque shooting January 29th is Canada's National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia. chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...

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Ever since @ivangayton.bsky.social described prisoner fire fighters as slaves, I have thought about this issue every day.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

submitted 29 days ago • 693 comments

The Trump Administration is launching nothing less than a giant affirmative action program for straight white men, a great many of whom, including Trump and Vance, are utterly unqualified for their positions and would be mocked for their hubris if they were women or Black or gay or.....

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I should have invited @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social to use the 🟩🟨🟧🟥 graphic that @hassanvalji.bsky.social shared with me to help answer the question we all need to ask more: HOW'S YOUR MENTAL HEALTH? My article: www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/28/h...

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Contrasting Reality: Treatment of Israeli and Palestinian Prisoners.

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