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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3h

As Palestinians cling to a fragile ceasefire after suffering horrific genocide, I ask those who remained silent and complicit for the last two years—was it worth it?

Was it worth it to know this is how history, your children, your descendants, will remember you?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-does-i...

How Does It Feel To Have Remained Silent?

An Open Letter to Those In Power Who Silently Watched Genocide And Said Nothing

www.qasimrashid.com

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 17d

The fact that cross-border traffic from Canada is down by only one-third is a gd mystery. Not exaggerating to say that it’s possible I will never again go to the US

🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 18d

Unbelievable!

This is a US Border Agent chasing a Canadian couple heading towards the border back to Canada.

He yells at them:

“Never come to the US again”

🚨 DO NOT GO TO THE US
IT IS NOT SAFE.

#Canada
#FascistUSA
#BoycottUSA

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza"

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.

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Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement.

zeteo.com

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 2h

What the report will look like when it’s released to the public.

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 2h

"People save more energy if they think others expect them to – showing that social norms are a powerful influence on our behaviour."

My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 11h

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Why some people turn off the lights, and others don’t

Find out more: theconversation.com/why-som...

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Why some people turn off the lights, and others don’t

Knowing about the environmental cost of using energy does not drive people to use less, according to a new study.

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 2h

It's missing the most important choice.
#1. Vote for leaders who act on climate.

Community-Led Restoration @globalstewards.bsky.social · 2h

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 2h

Good news out of Toronto: a single-use plastics bylaw has dropped waste by a third, with more reductions planned.

Toronto slashes single-use waste by third, plans to expand bylaw

The city wants to expand its successful Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy and Bylaw to large events, sports venues and restaurants that still rely on throwaway containers for dine-in se...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 2h

Albertans, government officials and organizations from across the province attended to hear Bill Heidecker, president of Alberta Surface Rights Federation condemn the province’s strategy for dealing with unprofitable wells (some 88% of oil and gas wells in Alberta).

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 LIVE now: "MAS is a strategy for industry, not for landowners and Albertans." - Bill Heidecker, president of the AB surface rights federation, speaking to the Warburg-Pembina surface rights group about the government of Alberta's "Mature Asset Strategy" (MAS). [1/n] #ABLeg #ABPoli

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's tariffs are luring automakers back to the US. China's punishing Prairie canola farmers b/c of Canada's 100% tariff on Chinese EVs.

Is there a smart solution to Canada's predicament?

We might have one.

Join us at 2 pm PT/3 pm MT/5 pm ET

Click: www.youtube.com/@energimedia

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 3h

The existence of food banks points to a policy failure.

Alberta Views Magazine @albertaviews.bsky.social · 3h

Should We Have Food Banks? Experts discuss.
albertaviews.ca/should-we-ha...
#CDNpoli #ABpoli #ABleg

Should We Have Food Banks? - Alberta Views

Do food banks let government off the hook? In a jurisdiction where food banks shut down the government doesn't step in to solve the issue.

albertaviews.ca

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 3h

Youth litigant and renowned climate advocate @sophiamathur.bsky.social spoke to a crowd of decision-makers at former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s book launch last month.

Can you guess who was in the audience?

PM Mark Carney of course.

Let’s hope he listened. 👀

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 9h

"struck"?

by lightning? by illness? by fate?

a driver hit a woman as she crossed the street

"A woman and a child were taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle," is copypasted from the VPD statement which reveals their bias: traffic violence is normal

@visionzerovancouver.ca

CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 12h

Woman pushing stroller struck in Vancouver intersection, police say

A woman and a child were taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Vancouver’s west side Tuesday afternoon, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 4h

Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

www.theguardian.com

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C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine an economy where everyone, including the planet, wins – that's the promise of sustainable prosperity. The latest issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy explores what this looks like in cities: https://utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2

Visual for the Journal of City Climate Policy & Economy featuring headlines: Transitioning to Post-Growth Cities - New policy directions with examples from Brussels, Barcelona & Naples; Placing Residents at the Heart of Decisions - Lessons from London Borough of Islington; and Between Climate and Culture - How rural migrant women tackle life in Karachi & Lahore

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Jaymie Heilman @jaymieh.bsky.social · 5h

The Alberta government's Mature Action Strategy will make Alberta taxpayers pay to clean up the toxic messes left by oil and gas companies. "MAS is a strategy for industry, not for landowners and Albertans." #ableg #abpol @nagwanyyc.bsky.social

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 LIVE now: "MAS is a strategy for industry, not for landowners and Albertans." - Bill Heidecker, president of the AB surface rights federation, speaking to the Warburg-Pembina surface rights group about the government of Alberta's "Mature Asset Strategy" (MAS). [1/n] #ABLeg #ABPoli

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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 21h

Great piece from @canarymedia.com on farming with #solarenergy panels on the land. Agriculture & #solarpower can exist together, create energy, diversify income for the farmer & keep land in production www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Can farmland thrive with solar? This Virginia nonprofit is finding…

The agrivoltaics demonstration project is experimenting with growing crops under solar panels to determine what works and help educate a wary public.

www.canarymedia.com

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 3h

Whenever we discussed improving diversity on our boards and commissions, you could count on the laziest (and corrupt as it turns out) councillors piping up about "merit".

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

Pierre Poilievre says he wants to “restore merit.” He needed to be handed arguably the safest, most impossible to lose conservative seat in all of Canada after losing his own seat.

Seems like the opposite of merit. #Poilievre

(oh, and he still refuses to complete a check for a security clearance)

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4h

“What we’re seeing today in the U.S. is increasingly fascist. MAGA, I believe — and I study fascism, I don’t say this lightly — is a fascist movement.”

Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering

We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...

www.democracynow.org

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

“Portland isn’t a war zone. It’s a bookstore with the city around it.”

Keep fighting in your weird, wonderful way, #Portland. I didn’t think I could like you more, but I do now.

Buckle Up Betsy @buckleupbetsy.bsky.social · 1d

We made some awesome protest stickers!
Check 'em out - say hi - tell a friend!
Made in So Cal by an interracial couple that are card-carrying Antifa, pissed off at the state of our beloved country, and channel our rage into snarky stickers. 🫠
#antifa
buckleupbetsy.etsy.com/listing/4386...

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 18h

www.rawstory.com/oil-climate/ #BigOil

New film accuses Big Oil of using 'sophisticated and successful' Big Tobacco-style lies

With less than a month until the next United Nations climate summit, filmmakers and campaigners on Tuesday released an animation that calls out the fossil fuel industry’s use of Big Tobacco’s public r...

www.rawstory.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21h

This is as horrific as it is disgusting

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you to Tom Howell and CBC Ideas for having me on to talk through the contradiction at the heart of new Canadian pipeline projects.

Believing we can escape the consequences of expanding fossil fuels doesn’t make a 2 degree future less deadly!

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Can we have new pipelines and curb climate change, too?

Podcast Episode · Ideas · 10/07/2025 · 54m

podcasts.apple.com

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