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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 13h

They split a couple years ago

Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

And it was like, oh yeah, life after politics is sure to be rough for a good-looking dude with a famous last name, friends in high places, and generational wealth.

But they were so convinced the whole world hated him as much as they did, because they were exposed to nothing else.

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

There was a time when MCGA Twitter was often talking about how Trudeau would try to hang onto power as a “dictator” forever in part because if he wasn’t prime minister he’d be jobless, destitute and a total pariah run out of society with pitchforks

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Sort of as an aside to the news of Justin Trudeau canoodling with Katy Perry, I’m reminded how certain discourse about him revealed how totally people are submerged in their media bubbles

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Indisputable fact

Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

am making a career transition to full-time generative media AI hater. this weekend’s column

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: As AI simulacra get ‘better,’ life sure to get worse

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Totally. I wish I’d had a more room because we talked about that a lot — the FIT program at MCIC has that ethos built in. With this product, a lot of grant went to helping the women train in like, marketing and value-added production. Hugely valuable skills and can (and will) be applied to anything

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Anyway, it was super cool to see how organizations in Manitoba can play a role in the wider global community. Thanks to MCIC for inviting me and to @winnipegfreepress.com for giving me the green-light to go.

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 2d

There was a lot I didn’t have space to get into. One of the more interesting — especially in this political climate — was that the latest grant had room for the new product it funded to fail. The women were free to *try* something, knowing the skills built in trying have far wider applications.

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 2d

It was incredible to see how women of the Yapacani region, who largely grew up in subsistence farming, have taken Canadian development grants to explore fish farming and run with it, building new businesses, testing out innovative new products, and leading real community-driven economic growth.

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 2d

A couple weeks ago, I had the incredible chance to visit Bolivia with a team from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, to learn about work they’re supporting that is led by — and bringing economic self-determination to — Bolivian women.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Winnipeg-based organization injects federal funds into innovative, women-powered business in Bolivia

With practised grace, Antonia Olpo slides down the bank of the long, shallow pond and plunges fully clothed into the muddy water. On the grass above, other women and their male helpers unfurl the net,...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Appears that a missile strike took out power to the entire left bank of the capital. Video here.

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Реальний Київ | Украина

🤯 Момент блекауту після одного з вибухів у Києві ㅤ Надіслати новину @novosti_kieva_bot 👉ПІДПИСАТИСЯ

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 4d

these “divisive issues” are always like, “would Jesus want us to round up poor immigrants, tear them away from their children and throw them in camps,” and it’s really hard to read the Bible and come to any conclusion other than “no, seems like not”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Kyiv being hit hard tonight, drones and missiles. An acquaintance’s apartment was hit by a Shahed; thankfully she’s ok. Watching from afar hurts. So does knowing I couldn’t handle one more of these nights if I’d stayed. Please, all, stay safe.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 5d

I have some serious unanswered questions about the Lindbergh Baby

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 5d

They’re going to run through reviewing every conspiracy theory in the book until they cough up the Epstein files, aren’t they

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 5d

the “but my taxpayer dollars!!” people continue to find fascinating uses for taxpayer dollars

CNN @cnn.com · 6d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.