@eritskes.bsky.social
Writer, editor, taker of pictures. Dad of four.
Living on Unceded Quw'utsun lands (Vancouver Island).
Living on Unceded Quw'utsun lands (Vancouver Island).
And, also, this.
Imagine writing this years after Justin Trudeau bought Alberta a $4billion pipeline and their shrieking only got louder. Either John Ivison is a fool or thinks we are 😐
John Ivison: Carney's focus on Alberta's prosperity will help calm separatist movement
If nothing else, the MOU sends a signal that Alberta is being heard — even if B.C. is complaining it has been left out of the conversation.
nationalpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And, also, this.
This.
"Simply put, the agreement elevates Alberta to a quasi-sovereign actor to be treated as an equal with Canada, while BC, site of any future hypothetical pipeline terminus, is not part of the framework discussion at all."
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
MOU Problems
While intended to heal the rift in Canadian unity, the agreement between federal and Alberta provincial governments risks leaving the country even more divided
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This.
Some thoughts for those who are saying #Carney is playing chess and we all need to relax, the pipeline isn't actually going to be built...
Danielle Smith and her government are attempting to bring Trumpian, deeply conservative values and policies to Alberta at every turn.
Danielle Smith and her government are attempting to bring Trumpian, deeply conservative values and policies to Alberta at every turn.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some thoughts for those who are saying #Carney is playing chess and we all need to relax, the pipeline isn't actually going to be built...
Danielle Smith and her government are attempting to bring Trumpian, deeply conservative values and policies to Alberta at every turn.
Danielle Smith and her government are attempting to bring Trumpian, deeply conservative values and policies to Alberta at every turn.
In full support of these nations and their commitment to fight future pipelines and increased tank traffic. ✊
Coastal First Nations have released a statement reasserting their commitment to keep oil tankers off the north coast.
First Nations and B.C. must have a seat at the table, not be cut out of pipeline and tanker ban discussions by Alberta and the federal gov.
coastalfirstnations.ca/resources/cf...
First Nations and B.C. must have a seat at the table, not be cut out of pipeline and tanker ban discussions by Alberta and the federal gov.
coastalfirstnations.ca/resources/cf...
CFN Denounces Rumoured Alberta – Ottawa Pipeline MOU: Any Tanker Ban Carve-out Would Require Indigenous Consent
Coastal First Nations remain committed to keeping oil tankers out of coastal waters across Haida Gwaii and BC’s North Coast.
coastalfirstnations.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In full support of these nations and their commitment to fight future pipelines and increased tank traffic. ✊
These are wildly high numbers for a "ceasefire" and in any other place would not be tolerated, but somehow the world continues to give Israel a pass....
On Nov. 22, Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people and injured over 80 in #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Since Oct. 11, over 339 Palestinians have been killed and more than 870 been injured.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
These are wildly high numbers for a "ceasefire" and in any other place would not be tolerated, but somehow the world continues to give Israel a pass....
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Governments everywhere seem to think intensifying cruelty is a policy solution. They know it is not. But they keep doing it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Governments everywhere seem to think intensifying cruelty is a policy solution. They know it is not. But they keep doing it.
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
@rotowear.bsky.social please bring back your honkbal shirt for the WBC and all Dutch baseball fans 🙌
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@rotowear.bsky.social please bring back your honkbal shirt for the WBC and all Dutch baseball fans 🙌
I know people think that Minecraft is an educational game, but I just asked my 8yr old how he got so many horses in his game and he told me, "I have a horse egg."
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November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I know people think that Minecraft is an educational game, but I just asked my 8yr old how he got so many horses in his game and he told me, "I have a horse egg."
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😂😂😂
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😂😂😂
It's honestly mind blowing how many of the Indigenous icons of past generations have turned out to be.... not Indigenous.
So much has already been written/unpacked but...
I am grateful that there are new generations of Indigenous leaders who are accountable and connected to actual communities.
So much has already been written/unpacked but...
I am grateful that there are new generations of Indigenous leaders who are accountable and connected to actual communities.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's honestly mind blowing how many of the Indigenous icons of past generations have turned out to be.... not Indigenous.
So much has already been written/unpacked but...
I am grateful that there are new generations of Indigenous leaders who are accountable and connected to actual communities.
So much has already been written/unpacked but...
I am grateful that there are new generations of Indigenous leaders who are accountable and connected to actual communities.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial. Until we are finally willing to remember the horrors we’ve already wrought, there will surely be more to come."
"The past two years of continuous violence made Gaza impossible to ignore, requiring more active modes of forgetting—and now a concerted effort to solidify a whitewashed national narrative that exonerates Israel of wrongdoing."
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
Israel’s Collective Amnesia
Even as Israel continues killing Gazans, its liberals are ready to forget the genocide.
jewishcurrents.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial. Until we are finally willing to remember the horrors we’ve already wrought, there will surely be more to come."
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This cannot be reformed.
It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto police officer who shot man in park gets suspended sentence, conditional discharge
Expert tells court police should have used de-escalation in February 2023 incident. Because of his sentence, Const. Andrew Davis will have a chance to keep his job.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This cannot be reformed.
That the NP continues to give Flanagan air time should indicate their quality is on par with Fox News, Rebel News, and the like. They cannot be taken as a serious news publication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
That the NP continues to give Flanagan air time should indicate their quality is on par with Fox News, Rebel News, and the like. They cannot be taken as a serious news publication.
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11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
This man (and the regime he is part of) is gross on so many levels:
1) He continues the rhetoric that diversity and immigration are to blame for everything under the sun, with zero facts to back it up (it's not true)
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
1) He continues the rhetoric that diversity and immigration are to blame for everything under the sun, with zero facts to back it up (it's not true)
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
JD Vance blames immigration for Canada's 'stagnating' living standards | CBC News
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all th...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This man (and the regime he is part of) is gross on so many levels:
1) He continues the rhetoric that diversity and immigration are to blame for everything under the sun, with zero facts to back it up (it's not true)
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
1) He continues the rhetoric that diversity and immigration are to blame for everything under the sun, with zero facts to back it up (it's not true)
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Breaking we have shut down Cbsa!
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Breaking we have shut down Cbsa!
The return of the rain means the return of waterfall season, a magical part of Vancouver Island's winter!
#vancouverisland #waterfall #photography
#vancouverisland #waterfall #photography
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The return of the rain means the return of waterfall season, a magical part of Vancouver Island's winter!
#vancouverisland #waterfall #photography
#vancouverisland #waterfall #photography
Why are we allowing this woman to waste so much time while spewing hate speech and racism in our provincial legislature?!
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
One BC's Dallas Brodie is at it again, introducing a bill that would end BC observing Truth and Reconciliation Day as a holiday
Her introduction is full of residential school and genocide denialism, revisionist history and colonial sentiment
It's going to division at first reading #bcpoli
Her introduction is full of residential school and genocide denialism, revisionist history and colonial sentiment
It's going to division at first reading #bcpoli
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why are we allowing this woman to waste so much time while spewing hate speech and racism in our provincial legislature?!
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
In 1930s/40s Nazi propaganda, behind every 'bad' thing (homosexuality, economics, Communism, decline of Germany, foreign interference, etc) was the Jew.
It's been replaced with "the criminal illegal" but if we cannot see the connection and take action, we have failed the call for 'never again'.
It's been replaced with "the criminal illegal" but if we cannot see the connection and take action, we have failed the call for 'never again'.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In 1930s/40s Nazi propaganda, behind every 'bad' thing (homosexuality, economics, Communism, decline of Germany, foreign interference, etc) was the Jew.
It's been replaced with "the criminal illegal" but if we cannot see the connection and take action, we have failed the call for 'never again'.
It's been replaced with "the criminal illegal" but if we cannot see the connection and take action, we have failed the call for 'never again'.
More than 100 killed or wounded in just the latest "wave" of attacks...
How in the world can anyone call this a ceasefire with a straight face?!
How in the world can anyone call this a ceasefire with a straight face?!
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.
Israel kills at least 28 Palestinians in wave of Gaza ‘ceasefire’ attacks
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More than 100 killed or wounded in just the latest "wave" of attacks...
How in the world can anyone call this a ceasefire with a straight face?!
How in the world can anyone call this a ceasefire with a straight face?!
This Hoekstra guy is a blowhard and a bully. So, it makes sense that he works for the tangerine terror.
Instead of airing more ads, let's kick him out of Canada and see if he and his boss get the message we're sending that way....
#cdnpoli
Instead of airing more ads, let's kick him out of Canada and see if he and his boss get the message we're sending that way....
#cdnpoli
The initial ad prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend trade negotiations with Canada.
globalnews.ca/news/1153333...
globalnews.ca/news/1153333...
U.S. envoy warns Canada to ‘seriously consider’ avoiding anti-tariff ads | Globalnews.ca
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra took aim at the Ontario government-funded ad campaign that aired in the U.S., saying the timing of the ads amounted to political interference.
globalnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This Hoekstra guy is a blowhard and a bully. So, it makes sense that he works for the tangerine terror.
Instead of airing more ads, let's kick him out of Canada and see if he and his boss get the message we're sending that way....
#cdnpoli
Instead of airing more ads, let's kick him out of Canada and see if he and his boss get the message we're sending that way....
#cdnpoli
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As a constituent, I have similar question for these four counselors:
#northcowichan
www.sixmountains.ca/article/7ef7...
#northcowichan
www.sixmountains.ca/article/7ef7...
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As a constituent, I have similar question for these four counselors:
#northcowichan
www.sixmountains.ca/article/7ef7...
#northcowichan
www.sixmountains.ca/article/7ef7...