Hello Bluesky. I am not too active here. More of a lurker. However a dear old family friend has suffered an accident overseas, and I have set up a GoFundMe to cover his medical expenses. If you are the kind of person who likes to donate to worthy causes, please share: gofund.me/749744bb1
Donate to Oraf's Emergency Surgery Fund, organized by Françoise Raunet
(DEC 4th -- SEE UPDATE BELOW )
Many of you know our photographer friend Oraf Orafsson,… Françoise Raunet needs your support for Oraf's Emergency Surgery Fund
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Hello Bluesky. I am not too active here. More of a lurker. However a dear old family friend has suffered an accident overseas, and I have set up a GoFundMe to cover his medical expenses. If you are the kind of person who likes to donate to worthy causes, please share: gofund.me/749744bb1
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“This campaign was electrifying. It was a lightning rod of hope.”
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
New Green Leader Emily Lowan Vows to Challenge NDP | The Tyee
Climate activist says her campaign reached people ‘disillusioned with politics.’
thetyee.ca
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“This campaign was electrifying. It was a lightning rod of hope.”
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
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Terrifying. How 4 untrained civilian tech bros just leapfrogged 16 ranks to Lieutenant Colonel in order to gain access to US military databases without having to jump through any pesky oversight hoops.
Terrifying. How 4 untrained civilian tech bros just leapfrogged 16 ranks to Lieutenant Colonel in order to gain access to US military databases without having to jump through any pesky oversight hoops.
LetsGetIntoIt2025 on Substack
Here is a video just released from “Politics Girl” regarding the four tech bros turned lieutenant colonels.
I posted about this hidden story this morning.
I don’t care what source is deemed as more...
substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
substack.com/@letsgetinto...
Terrifying. How 4 untrained civilian tech bros just leapfrogged 16 ranks to Lieutenant Colonel in order to gain access to US military databases without having to jump through any pesky oversight hoops.
Terrifying. How 4 untrained civilian tech bros just leapfrogged 16 ranks to Lieutenant Colonel in order to gain access to US military databases without having to jump through any pesky oversight hoops.
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We currently have 3 white men, Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump, wreaking havoc on the world. Fuck each one of them!
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We currently have 3 white men, Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump, wreaking havoc on the world. Fuck each one of them!
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1/3 🚨 FRESH POLLING: Nanaimo–Ladysmith 🚨
Paul Manly (Green) is still the only progressive within striking distance of Poilievre’s Conservatives.
A new poll by OraclePoll Research (April 23-24) surveyed 800 local voters by live person-to-person phone calls.
Paul Manly (Green) is still the only progressive within striking distance of Poilievre’s Conservatives.
A new poll by OraclePoll Research (April 23-24) surveyed 800 local voters by live person-to-person phone calls.
April 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
1/3 🚨 FRESH POLLING: Nanaimo–Ladysmith 🚨
Paul Manly (Green) is still the only progressive within striking distance of Poilievre’s Conservatives.
A new poll by OraclePoll Research (April 23-24) surveyed 800 local voters by live person-to-person phone calls.
Paul Manly (Green) is still the only progressive within striking distance of Poilievre’s Conservatives.
A new poll by OraclePoll Research (April 23-24) surveyed 800 local voters by live person-to-person phone calls.
I was down the road at an all-ages gig waiting for the first band to start playing when the river of ambulances and sirens started whipping up Fraser. Sending strength, love, and the sincerest of condolences to all the families waking up to the horror of losing a loved one.🕊️💕🫂 #Vancouver #LapuLapu
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I was down the road at an all-ages gig waiting for the first band to start playing when the river of ambulances and sirens started whipping up Fraser. Sending strength, love, and the sincerest of condolences to all the families waking up to the horror of losing a loved one.🕊️💕🫂 #Vancouver #LapuLapu
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We went through this in Toronto, Vancouver & I know how you are feeling. Don’t obsess over footage. Make sure your people are safe. If you have anxiety meds, take them. Reading everything available all night will make you crazy. A hug 🫂 or icepack on the chest will help calm your nervous system.
April 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
We went through this in Toronto, Vancouver & I know how you are feeling. Don’t obsess over footage. Make sure your people are safe. If you have anxiety meds, take them. Reading everything available all night will make you crazy. A hug 🫂 or icepack on the chest will help calm your nervous system.
Crazy that an op-ed gets one deported from 🇺🇸, kidnapped by masked men while walking down the street, and sent to a jail halfway across the country in defiance of explicit orders from a judge these days…
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily
The independent student newspaper of Tufts University
www.tuftsdaily.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Crazy that an op-ed gets one deported from 🇺🇸, kidnapped by masked men while walking down the street, and sent to a jail halfway across the country in defiance of explicit orders from a judge these days…
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Crazy that this op-ed can get one deported from the USA, kidnapped by masked men while walking down the street, and sent to a detention camp halfway across the country in defiance of explicit orders from a judge these days…
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
March 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Crazy that this op-ed can get one deported from the USA, kidnapped by masked men while walking down the street, and sent to a detention camp halfway across the country in defiance of explicit orders from a judge these days…
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
Praying for peace and light in these dark times. #elbowsup
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US losing the hockey game means that Trump has lost the mandate of heaven, right? :V
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
US losing the hockey game means that Trump has lost the mandate of heaven, right? :V
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white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
February 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
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Your good new story for the day.
I just received a message from a landlord in Florida. He has lost over $30,000 in rentals since Canadians began the boycott.
Canadians are doing their part.
LET'S TAKE THE BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL.
We invite allied nations to boycott all things American.
I just received a message from a landlord in Florida. He has lost over $30,000 in rentals since Canadians began the boycott.
Canadians are doing their part.
LET'S TAKE THE BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL.
We invite allied nations to boycott all things American.
February 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Your good new story for the day.
I just received a message from a landlord in Florida. He has lost over $30,000 in rentals since Canadians began the boycott.
Canadians are doing their part.
LET'S TAKE THE BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL.
We invite allied nations to boycott all things American.
I just received a message from a landlord in Florida. He has lost over $30,000 in rentals since Canadians began the boycott.
Canadians are doing their part.
LET'S TAKE THE BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL.
We invite allied nations to boycott all things American.
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Someone in Kitsilano has a very funny sense of humour. Apparently this isn’t their first installation either 😂
February 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Someone in Kitsilano has a very funny sense of humour. Apparently this isn’t their first installation either 😂
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America is worth defending. Canada is worth defending. Ukraine is worth defending. Taiwan is worth defending.
Democracy is worth defending.
Democracy is worth defending.
February 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
America is worth defending. Canada is worth defending. Ukraine is worth defending. Taiwan is worth defending.
Democracy is worth defending.
Democracy is worth defending.
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Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
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Canadians and Americans fought together against fascists in Spain.
The "fighting Canucks" were in the Mackenzie–Papineau brigade. The Americans in the Lincoln brigade.
Nilo Makela, a miner from my town was a battle leader.
He fought and died with Milton Herndon a steelworker from Chicago.
The "fighting Canucks" were in the Mackenzie–Papineau brigade. The Americans in the Lincoln brigade.
Nilo Makela, a miner from my town was a battle leader.
He fought and died with Milton Herndon a steelworker from Chicago.
February 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Canadians and Americans fought together against fascists in Spain.
The "fighting Canucks" were in the Mackenzie–Papineau brigade. The Americans in the Lincoln brigade.
Nilo Makela, a miner from my town was a battle leader.
He fought and died with Milton Herndon a steelworker from Chicago.
The "fighting Canucks" were in the Mackenzie–Papineau brigade. The Americans in the Lincoln brigade.
Nilo Makela, a miner from my town was a battle leader.
He fought and died with Milton Herndon a steelworker from Chicago.
The times we’re in, with Trump’s “51st state” talk and a Russian mood of devil-may-care expansionism, have me thinking it’s high time I rewatch “Occupied”. Canada’s resources make us highly vulnerable to the kind of silk glove invasion depicted in the series. Gulp.
February 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The times we’re in, with Trump’s “51st state” talk and a Russian mood of devil-may-care expansionism, have me thinking it’s high time I rewatch “Occupied”. Canada’s resources make us highly vulnerable to the kind of silk glove invasion depicted in the series. Gulp.
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A good, workhorse building we should build more of: Either 12 units for singles or 6 family-sized units. Everyone gets a balcony. Easily fits on a standard 5,000 square-foot lot. Fits around six parking spaces in the back. And yet, illegal to build in the typical US residential neighborhood.
February 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A good, workhorse building we should build more of: Either 12 units for singles or 6 family-sized units. Everyone gets a balcony. Easily fits on a standard 5,000 square-foot lot. Fits around six parking spaces in the back. And yet, illegal to build in the typical US residential neighborhood.
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Hannah Arendt says the most evil thing about fascism weren't the atrocities but the willingness of people to go along.
Trump has cut funds to the most desperately poor.
He threatens Canada.
But he can't tell you where to spend your money.
His economy needs our tourism $$.
You know what to do.
Trump has cut funds to the most desperately poor.
He threatens Canada.
But he can't tell you where to spend your money.
His economy needs our tourism $$.
You know what to do.
February 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hannah Arendt says the most evil thing about fascism weren't the atrocities but the willingness of people to go along.
Trump has cut funds to the most desperately poor.
He threatens Canada.
But he can't tell you where to spend your money.
His economy needs our tourism $$.
You know what to do.
Trump has cut funds to the most desperately poor.
He threatens Canada.
But he can't tell you where to spend your money.
His economy needs our tourism $$.
You know what to do.
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
www.canada.ca
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
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Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
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"Buy Canadian Instead" signs going up in BC Liquor stores
February 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Buy Canadian Instead" signs going up in BC Liquor stores
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As someone on here once said, when the grocery store AND the airport play your fav jams, it's time to incorporate a multivitamin into your routine
January 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As someone on here once said, when the grocery store AND the airport play your fav jams, it's time to incorporate a multivitamin into your routine
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Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin