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hipmum29 🇨🇦

@hipmum29.bsky.social

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All around nerd & kind of a stickler for equal rights & basic human decency 🤷🏼‍♀️ On the traditional & unceded lands of the Coast Salish Nations of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 21h

#IAmAntifa #AntiFascist #Cdnpoli #BoycottUSA #NoKings #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

The Alberta teacher strike that has affected more than 700,000 students isn’t just another labour dispute.

It’s the latest front in a long campaign to undermine education — closely linked to the right-wing Project 2025 initiative to transform America.

@ximenaka.bsky.social writes. #abpoli #uspoli

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 18h

#bcpoli ##Cdnpoli #climatecrisis

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 19h

Dawson Creek, B.C. has declared a state of local emergency as ongoing drought drops water supply to its last 150 days www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dawson Creek, B.C., declares state of local emergency amid record drought | CBC News

The small northeastern B.C. city of Dawson Creek has declared a state of local emergency as unprecedented drought continues to drain its only supply of drinking water.

www.cbc.ca

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 20h

#Cdnpoli Unacceptable #RCMP

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23h

'I don’t drink': A Mi’kmaw Elder was tasered twice by two members of the RCMP for refusing to give a breathalyzer.

Mi’kmaw is Fred Sylliboy’s first language. He said he asked the RCMP for a translator numerous times.

Mi'kmaw Elder says he was tasered after refusing breathalyzer

A Mi'kmaw Elder says he was tasered outside his home in Eskasoni by the RCMP after refusing to take a breathalyzer.

www.aptnnews.ca

hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 21h

Okay, I am the farthest thing from a country music fan but this is so fucking awesome. This is what everyone with a conscience & a platform must be doing now.
Stand up and speak out!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 21h

#IAmAntifa #AntiFascist #Cdnpoli #BoycottUSA #NoKings #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 2d

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

@queergranddad.bsky.social: This is the classic populist playbook: sow grievance, divide communities and promise to “restore” morality.

OneBC party leader Dallas Brodie’s message isn’t about fixing what’s broken — it’s about convincing people it’s broken so they can offer themselves as the cure.

In OneBC’s World, Political Opposition Is Branded as Harassment | The Tyee

The party’s message isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about creating fear and resentment.

thetyee.ca

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

It’s time to move beyond sympathy for unhoused youth and start building up — at scale — the solutions that we know work.

#TyeePresents #Sponsored

Youth Homelessness Is a Call to Action | The Tyee

In Vancouver, there are more unhoused youth than there are shelter beds. Family Services of Greater Vancouver is working to change that.

thetyee.ca

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 2d

New Post! “We’re Paying the Price With Our Way of Life”: Indigenous Women Fight for Strong Mercury Protections

www.momscleanairforce.org/indigenous-w...

“We’re Paying the Price With Our Way of Life”: Indigenous Women Fight for Strong Mercury Protections - Moms Clean Air Force

This Indigenous People’s Day, we’re revisiting three powerful interviews with Indigenous moms about toxic mercury pollution in their communities, rooted in the importance of fishing as a tradition.

www.momscleanairforce.org

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 2d

13 year age difference. And an American. And vacationing in the US.
Not the best choices right now but they are his to make.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

From Kelowna-based LGBTQ2S+ rights advocate @queergranddad.bsky.social: 'OneBC's message isn’t about fixing what’s broken — it’s about convincing people that it’s broken so they can offer themselves as the cure.' thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

In OneBC’s World, Political Opposition Is Branded as Harassment | The Tyee

The party’s message isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about creating fear and resentment.

thetyee.ca

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 2d

After watching John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight last night and his exposé on Bari Weiss this makes total sense they would publish this ass kissing piece.

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 2d

We have government liquor stores & government cannabis stores (in BC) so why the hell not government run grocery stores? This makes so much sense I can’t believe it hasn’t been done yet.
#Cdnpoli #BCpoli

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TekkMatt @tech15.bsky.social · 2d

Important reporting: "The Alberta teacher strike...isn’t just another labour dispute. It’s the latest front in a long campaign — with its roots in the United States — to undermine public education, closely linked to the right-wing Project 2025 initiative to transform America." #abpoli #cdnpoli

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a black shirt is pointing up at the word this in pink letters

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 3d

These are so good.
Becky Barnicoat, British Cartoonist.
Series of 5 1/ #TrumpIsUnfit

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 3d

Priorities. #cdnpoli

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3d

THE WEAVE: How Trump’s Chaos, Cruelty, and Gibberish Get Sold as Genius

"The Weave" is the weaponization of stupidity — chaos repackaged as genius, lies sold as leadership. It’s not weaving — it’s unraveling. A nation tangled in golden lies, mistaking noise for truth. Pls share NEW SUBSTACK 👇

THE WEAVE: How Trump’s Chaos, Cruelty, and Gibberish Get Sold as Genius

Every meltdown, every mistake, every incoherent rant is now branded “The Weave” — a desperate attempt to reframe delusion as design, and insanity as intellect.

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Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians.

We have a lot to be thankful for.

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hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social · 3d

#NaziAmerica #boycottUSA

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The Colvin Study @ajcoog.bsky.social · 3d

The viciousness of Trump's gestapo is without bound. Let every POC be warned. Nowhere is safe; wherever laws can be perverted to snatch the innocent from the arms of Justice, Trump's menacing masked ICE goons will find a way to tear you from her. Depend on it.

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