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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 2h

Sure, keep telling yourself that.

You're not at risk of being grabbed by ICE, right?

Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 2h

Pep talk time.

How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 2h

Sometimes being an activist can feel defeating.

But then I remember that humpback whales were considered so endangered that an entire Star Trek movie was made about them in the 80s.

Now, because of the work of thousands, humpbacks are now a classified as a ‘species of least concern’.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 2h

Ad nauseam. 🤷

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 3h

Mskwaasin Agnew (Cree and Dene), an Indigenous rights advocate & harm reduction worker, was on the Gaza flotilla. “It was important to express my solidarity, and Indigenous solidarity, with the understanding that none of us are free until we’re all free,” she said. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Activists released from Israeli detention share their experiences

Two Canadian flotilla activists who were released from Israeli detention, including Mskwaasin Agnew, are sharing their experiences.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 2h

I worry that young #BIPOC will take this to heart and get hurt.

She's a lawyer implying people should fight back, rather than worry about getting killed or maimed by ICE. DESPITE masked ICE agents being caught on video violently attacking people for merely observing.

Reckless endangerment of kids.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

It's a national embarrassment, actually.

We should all be embarrassed that this flies in Canada.

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3h

This is beyond cringe. I just can’t tell who it’s more embarrassing for: the writer or the subject.

nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Justin Trudeau ‘just too vanilla’ for Katy Perry, says Canadian ‘super fan’ who voted Conservative

"To be honest with you, I think he kind of stole my thunder," Braiden Palumbo said of the former prime minister

nationalpost.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

Sadly no.

Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

It's always the same crap.

1. Disagree with my experiences and perceptions as an Indigenous person.
2. Demand that I conform to their (white) rules of engagement.
3. Insults and name calling after they look into my background (which I don't hide, as they do).

Next they will say they aren't white.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

Little fish refuses to go away.

Fine, take your spotlight.

I'll oblige if it keeps your toxicity away from others.

8thDegreeSavage @actuallymossman.bsky.social · 3h

You are an immature little troll of a person who shouldn’t hold office or govern anyone

Trying to deflect won’t change who you are, Breen.

Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

Can't take the heat.
Doesn't get the message.
Keeps coming back for more.

You're not welcome here.
Especially your opinions.
Keep telling on yourself.

8thDegreeSavage @actuallymossman.bsky.social · 3h

You are not the type of personality that should hold office in Canada

Weaponizing your following to harass people that disagree with you is a trolls response to being criticized and it’s entirely unbecoming of anyone holding office in the country

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

ICE aren't going to follow the law. They'll kill.

Her message undermines lessons we teach our children to avoid getting killed by cops.

We don't want or need white privileged people putting out contrary bravado about interacting with police. Especially lawyers speaking with a measure of authority.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

ICE aren't going to follow the law. They'll kill.

Her message undermines lessons we teach our children to avoid getting killed by cops.

We don't want or need white privileged people putting out contrary bravado about interacting with police. Especially lawyers speaking with a measure of authority.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 10h

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgement in Sandy Hook shooting

ca.rogers.yahoo.com/news/supreme...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary Schoo...

ca.rogers.yahoo.com

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No’eau Aitonui/Heiani Mareva Hoata @mudaship39.bsky.social · 6h

Even with accessibility and accommodations I will still be disabled My disability doesn’t magically go away Just makes things easier At the end of the day I will still be autistic neurodivergent chronically ill and mentally ill disabled

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 4h

Is this legal advice?

If not, make that clear.

If it is legal advice, someone should report it to your regulator. They make take a dim view of inciting people to resist arrest at risk to their life.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 4h

A seasoned attorney can't work out that ICE will maim and kill any #BIPOC who resists.

Grade A white privilege.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 4h

A seasoned attorney can't work out that ICE will maim and kill any #BIPOC who resists.

Grade A white privilege.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 5h

Liberals make these claims about Indigenous people.

Especially so as elections near.

Oppressed people are not responsible for refusing to support marginally better oppressors.

Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 6h

Block whatever the fuck this is.

tshenkman....
Follow
@tshenkman....
It was the black voters who failed to turn out for Hilary & Kamala. Get your facts straight. Those responsible are the self involved non voters She was not flippant.
She was saying if you resist that is not a crime & courts need to recognize that. Yes blacks have bern mistreated for decades so VoTE!
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM

tshenkman.bsky.
social @tshenkman.bsky.social
381 followers 206 following 1.8
Animal lover book lover & hoarder. Lover of Democracy.
Hope someday vaccine to cure & prevent stupid
Followed by Mike Nellis,

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 8h

Criminal Code of Canada:

Section 264.1 (1) (a):

"Every one commits an offence who, in any manner, knowingly utters, conveys or causes any person to receive a threat to cause death or bodily harm to any person;"

There is no exception for vigilante politicians.

Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Premier Doug Ford says he threatened an alleged shoplifter at a Toronto @HomeDepotCanada store with a “beating” after apprehending him on July 19. Ford had eluded his @OPP_News security detail. He made the comments today in front of 1,000 people.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Doug Ford says he threatened Home Depot shoplifter with ‘a beating’

Premier Doug Ford said he personally stopped a shoplifter at a Home Depot in July and warned him he would "kick your ass all over the parking lot" if he

www.thestar.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 9h

Everyone in this boat needs to decide soon, who do you vote for next, if not Carney or Poilievre?

And get behind that party in a big way IN YOUR RIDING.

Performative gestures won't cut it. Building up your best local third party option is the best chance to enjoy another minority government.

Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 10h

Carney's only real climate policy so far has been to bend the knee to Big Oil & Gas: dropping the consumer carbon tax & EV mandates. He got my vote & many others for being climate savvy. By losing those votes he's guaranteed to be a one-term PM. #ClimateCrisis
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Carney’s climate vision to deprioritize emissions targets, focus on economic advantages

‘Climate competitiveness strategy’ expected this month as Prime Minister seeks to reframe Canada’s approach to environment, energy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 9h

Reaping that which he has sowed.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 9h

The genocide case against Israel is proceeding, as it should.

War crimes don't vanish after the conclusion of war.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9h

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xhyzpq

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 9h

I waste the time of people like this to take time away from them bothering others.

Their lame taunts don't bother me, so why risk them bothering others instead.

Simple pleasures.

8thDegreeSavage @actuallymossman.bsky.social · 1d

Stop trying to weaponized your following against a stranger who doesn’t like your posts

Loser fuck, no wonder the only thing you are famous for is quitting and not being honest

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 9h

I will waste your time with replies all day long.

It keeps you away from harassing others.

So keep replying, please. It's a perfect look for you.

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MN Mike @fiveman.bsky.social · 17h

Fixed the headline:

America’s abuse of one of its closest allies is hurting its own businesses.

Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 1d

"This was all about some ugliness that we’re not part of. We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims."

Everyone is "in politics" in a democracy.

Tell these American whisky guys to vote harder or cope harder.

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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