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Smiling Bill

@billdit.bsky.social

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Cdn media worker watching from behind the scenes. Mixtape maker, tech wrestler, comedy connoisseur, first name forgetter , sleep enthusiast, daydream believer. (Sunglass sitter-onner).

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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · Nov 11

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Debbie Brockman of WGN in Chicago has hired an attorney and plans to fight back against her unlawful arrest and detention by ICE.

Freedom of the press is under attack.

Tackling and arresting journalists is another step towards state run media.

Bring on the lawsuits.

WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal avenues’ after ICE detention

Debbie Brockman and her legal team “adamantly deny” allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 7h

This is significant.

Karen Dippity 🐾 🌵 🎀 🐸✌🏻 @karendippity.bsky.social · 15h

More of this please

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Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · 14d

It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism"

www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 1d

As a parent (and reasonable human) I guess this is required reading now.

I'm glad for this resource though. Unfortunate that we need this "Who's Who in the Zoo of Assholes"

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 6d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 2d

Is this an idea whose time has come?

Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · 4d

"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"

An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...

Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

www.youtube.com

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 6d

I hope initiatives like this help turn the tide of misinformation in Canada. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12d

"Therefore, suggesting that the Nazis were socialists was Nazi propaganda created directly by Hitler. Spreading this lie is spreading Hitler's propaganda 80 years after his death." - Abe Oudshoorn

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12d

"Socialism was not the goal, not the process, and not the reality. "Socialist" was propaganda and every historian ever since has clearly explained this."

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12d

"This was an intentional lie, deliberate propaganda, to hide their solely far-right, hyper-nationalist, fascist agenda to seize complete power and actually enrich themselves and their wealthy, property- and business-owning friends.

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12d

"...it is crucial to note that Hitler chose a party name of national socialists to deceive the general public, in particular the working class, to grow the base and strength of the Nazi Party.

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12d

truths-and-loves.ghost.io/a-canadian-p...

A Canadian politician is openly spreading Nazi propaganda

Do you ever see something that is absolutely horrifying, the implications of which are terrible, and no one else seems to really notice? These two tweets are one of those things for me: Anyone with a...

truths-and-loves.ghost.io

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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 13d

“Every individual matters.
Every individual has a role to play.
Every individual makes a difference.”

“What you do makes a difference,
and you have to decide what
kind of difference you want to make.”

Jane Goodall

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Ash Batoche @ashbatoche.bsky.social · Sep 4

This isn’t made up. If you don’t know about Canada’s participation in the IDU, please read up on it. Now is the time to put a stop to this dangerous crap. #Canada #CdnPoli

kazzanmz.bsky.social @kazzanmz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pee pee is the idu talking head in Canada 🇨🇦 repeating the same fascist ideology try to divide Canada 🇨🇦
Together we stand divided we fall

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 17d

@gandersocial.bsky.social has published a nice little video outlining how the Gander Social app is shaping up. There is a lotta promise here! 🤞😊🇨🇦
youtu.be/CGWVN0Atfv4
#GanderSocial #CanadaStrong

Gander Social: Highlights from Our First Release

YouTube video by Gander Social

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 22d

Yes. And if you aren't going with some sort of IPTV solution as an alternative, (and you're a bit of a film buff) you may also consider The Criterion Channel. ($100/year) www.criterionchannel.com/browse

The Criterion Channel

A movie lover’s dream, the Criterion Channel offers classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by the Criterio...

www.criterionchannel.com

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 22d

This is the one for me: Charles Bradley - The World is Going Up In Flames
youtu.be/IlNZlGWegcc

Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)

YouTube video by DaptoneRecords

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 22d

Funny as it sounds, I used to respect him for staying away from politics as a broadcaster; keeping to entertainment news. Now, with his obvious political ties, he plays the "Fox/Hannity Card" and claims not to be a journalist while cosplaying as one. pressprogress.ca/ben-mulroney...

Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics

New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

pressprogress.ca

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 25d

Here’s an image I made. Feel free to share.
Voici une image que j'ai réalisée. N'hésitez pas à la partager.

Strong & Free
Fort & Libre

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 26d

These two headlines pretty much answer one another on my Canadian subreddit page. Not a mystery.

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · Sep 10

Polievre's "Shadow Cabinet"(?) is twice the size of Carney's ACTUAL cabinet! Umm... are Canadians paying for this? 🤔

Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · Jun 5

Pierre Poilievre recently dropped his shadow cabinet… 74 “ministers.” Zero actual power. It’s giving ✨participation ribbon factory✨ vibes. Cosplay politics at its finest.

🎥 From 'Whatever This Is' with Zain Velji. Watch full episodes at WhateverThisIs.ca.

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · Sep 7

Go for the Stargazing, stay for the hashbrowns. 👍

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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · Aug 28

While Canadian novelist Douglas Copeland did not invent the term "Generation X," his use of it in the title of his novel "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" led to widespread use of the term.

Generation X in Canada

Generation X describes the generation of people born roughly between 1965 and 1980. (See Population of Canada.) In Canada and many other Western countries, Gen...

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · Aug 29

😂👍

Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · Aug 29

Had to click on this to see WHICH government. Oh great... mine. 💩👍