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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 8h

“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 · 22h

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
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 8h

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...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 15h

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
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 11h

This is as horrific as it is disgusting

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 11h

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

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 13h

"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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

What ceasefire? What "historic" peace deal? Israel is back to killing and starving Palestinians with support from U.S. taxpayer dollars.

Trump got played and is playing corporate media.

Debra Shushan breaks it down on thelefthook.substack.com

Live. No Paywalls. Join us.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack

A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 13h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Aryn Toombs @aryn.bsky.social · 1d

The $87 billion climate cost has always been, very clearly so, a long-term cost to the economy and not a direct City of Calgary cost to taxpayers—in fact many stories, and admin have pointed this out.

But some candidates keep using this number to campaign on.

livewirecalgary.com/2025/10/13/8...

Is there an $87 billion Calgary climate strategy funded by city taxpayers? Y/N... Candidates respond - LiveWire Calgary

Since the climate emergency declaration on the heels of Calgary’s 2021 municipal election, an $87 billion cost claim has been the rallying cry of opposition to the city’s climate strategy. Only, as re...

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 1d

God speed.

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

There is a #GlobalClimateMajority. We need to start acting like it www.theguardian.com/environment/... #GlobalClimateMajority #ClimateChange

A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority

www.theguardian.com

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · May 25

We need to get back there #GlobalClimateMajority ubyssey.ca/opinion/powe...

Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?

Climate action isn’t as politically popular as it used to be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Climate activists have shaped our perceptions before with movements like Fridays for Future, and they...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

If you're happy the 20 Israeli hostages are home (as I am) but silent on the 10,000 Palestinian hostages still languishing in Israeli prisons without charge or due process of law—then you'll have to stop pretending its hostage taking you were ever upset about.

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 1d

Dude thinks he's going to hell. God speed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 1d

The road to fascism has always been paved with those telling us we're overreacting.

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Myke Atkinson @mykeatkinson.bsky.social · 8d

🗳️ Advance voting starts today at 10AM!

Progressives split the vote in 2021. We can’t afford to do it again.

This is the campaign with the momentum to win, we just need to come together now and take it across the finish line.
#yyc #Ward7 #yyccc

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Progressives split the vote in 2021. We can’t afford to do that again.

YouTube video by Myke Atkinson

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d

#BVGEC provides a vehicle for tangible climate action, an outlet for local environmental and social benefits all the while supporting local prosperity… what’s not to love?! #Calgary #YYC #BowValley #GreenEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #Sponsorship

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d

The Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative is a grassroots, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing community-owned #CleanEnergy solutions in the #BowValley & beyond, empowering Albertans to save money, actively reduce emissions & transition to a more #sustainable energy future. #yyc

ALT Background of solar panel array. Headline is "SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT" - BOW VALLEY GREEN ENERGY COOPERATIVE - ROCKY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTRE

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 1d

It shows what the global South already knows, that Americans believe the world is theirs for the taking.

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Polifun Pwonk 👊🇨🇦🔥 @schwantz.bsky.social · 2d

We love you Neil!

We're always here for you.

@neilyoungarchives.bsky.social

variety.com/2025/music/n...

Neil Young to Remove His Music From Amazon: ‘Buy Local’ Because ‘Bezos Supports This Government’

Neil Young will soon be removing his music catalog from Amazon in an effort to encourage others to 'buy local' and in opposition of Jeff Bezos.

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SavvySuzy @savvysuzy.bsky.social · 2d

State and local police need to start charging & arresting the Gestapo

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America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal?

Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests...

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Richard Einarson 🇨🇦 @richardeinarson.bsky.social · 1d

I find it strange that American media has largely decided to describe direct threats to annex our country and destroy our economy as "hurtful comments".

The non-reaction of Americans, and especially the centre-left and centre-right, was a wake up call that will reverberate here for decades.

Brian Pincott @bpincott.bsky.social · 1d

Missing the point, completely. 🛫 www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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