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Rosella Melanson

@rosellam.bsky.social

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Femme Acadienne Otrovertie Descendante des migrantes qui sont devenues les Acadiennes Colon - c'est entre colonisateur et colonisé « Je suis un Acadien. Je suis Canadien dans la mesure où le Canada m’aide à demeurer Acadien » - Léger Comeau (1920-96)

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · Dec 22

J'ai commencé une Trousse de démarrage Acadie Atlantique et Louisiane.
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L’important.fr @limportant.bsky.social · Aug 15

Afghanistan: «Je regrette d'être née fille ; nous sommes moins valorisées que les animaux qui jouissent de plus de liberté que nous» #HabibKhanT #Rediff https://twitter.com/AWCSWO/status/1840463703835119912/video/1

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 4h

«Mali: 55 % des filles sont mariées avant 18 ans. Dans les zones rurales, le taux est encore plus élevé et s'explique par plusrs facteurs: traditions familiales, difficultés écono., accès limité à l’éducation donc jeunes filles doivent quitter l’école &sont mariées à des hommes bien plus âgés»

Léo @leoauteur.bsky.social · 6h

Au #Mali, des communautés rurales se mobilisent contre le #mariage précoce pour #protéger l'avenir des jeunes filles

fr.globalvoices.org/2025/08/27/2...

Au Mali, des communautés rurales se mobilisent contre le mariage précoce pour protéger l’avenir des jeunes filles

En 2018 au Mali, les jeunes filles représentent environ 2 430 068 (24.1%) sur une population de 20 442 030 habitants. Plus de la moitié de ces filles sont mariées avant l’âge de 18 ans, particulièreme...

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 5h

one of them is a state senator, no ?

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 5h

«To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the U.S. people»
- former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), in an editorial in May 1918.

Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 5h

Today I learned this about treason.

«The Statute of Treason of 1351 (England) ... Petty treason applied to a wife who murdered her husband or a servant who murdered his or her master. Both were regarded as a betrayal of loyalty»
– The Law is a Ass, Ronald Irving.

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doctorhenryct.bsky.social @doctorhenryct.bsky.social · 10h

1968- Nixon tells N. Vietnam not to negotiate peace b/c he will give them a better deal.
1980-Reagan tells Iran to hold the hostages until after the election leading to Iran Contra.
2024- Trump calls Netanyahu & tells him to reject Biden's peace deal so he can win the election.

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 6h

«Ça fait 51 ans auj q ns avons gagné, de peine
et de misère, la bataille de la dualité en éducation.
Ce fut l’objet de batailles intenses à Grd-Sault, Dalhousie, Bathurst &Moncton. Le gouvt cons. Hatfield
était plutôt francophile &le Parti acadien faisait ses premiers pas» JMNadeau, Moniteur acadien

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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 1d

Prioritising the rights of men who wish they were the opposite sex is misogyny.

The lack of imagination in prioritising men over women, socially, legislatively, politically, is misogyny.

There are other ways to protect trans identifying people without destroying women's rights!

I'm so sick of it.

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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 1d

A quick (incomplete) list of reasons I challenge "trans rights activism" as it currently manifests ...

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 7h

Bravo.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

very annoying that we had to endure about a month of these people going “calling us nazis hurts our feelings” to then immediately be revealed saying nazi shit and going “yup, we want gas chambers. so what libs”

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 7h

Bravo.

Acadie Nouvelle @acadienouvelle.bsky.social · 7h

www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2...

La Ville de Caraquet s’excuse auprès des travailleurs de l’usine Bolero

Le conseiller municipal de Caraquet qui représente le quartier de Saint-Simon, Jean-Claude Doiron, s’est excusé officiellement auprès des travailleurs étrangers de l’usine de transformation Bolero, lo...

www.acadienouvelle.com

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 9h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 8h

that's how boycotts and strikes work. Your leverage is to inconvenience others.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 10h

Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders

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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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jules @juleswp.bsky.social · 12h

Sur Wikipédia, des internautes ne cessent de tenter d'associer le parti nazi ou Hitler à la gauche, et caviardent leur rattachement à l'extrême droite.

Capture d'écran de diff sur l'article Wikipédia "Parti national-socialiste des travailleurs allemands" remplaçant la mention "extrême droite" par "de gauche" et celle "nationaliste" par "socialiste".

Capture d'écran de diff sur l'article Wikipédia "Adolf Hitler" supprimant la mention "extrême droite".

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Nicolas Hervieu @nhervieu.bsky.social · 11h

C'est vertigineux.

Les héritiers politiques *directs* du fascisme & des nazis critiquent le fait que l'on associe l'extrême droite à... la Shoah.

Alors que l'extrême droite *EST* responsable de la Shoah.

C'est littéralement cette vidéo (qui, hélas, n'a plus rien de parodique aujourd'hui) :

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 11h

LOL. We're told we mustn't criticize US because they're defending us against Russia and China.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing

The U.S. is not the partner that it once was, but in a world at risk of major war, it is doing exactly what we all need it to do.

www.hilltimes.com

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election-atlas.ca @electionatlasca.bsky.social · 21h

the only provincial Liberal premier left now is Susan Holt.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

🔥 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.”

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2d

Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby on Christopher Columbus:
jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used...

I used to defend Columbus as 'magnificent.' I don't anymore.

IN 1997 I wrote a column for Columbus Day weekend that opened on a smart-alecky note: "Say," I asked, "is it OK to admire Christopher Columbus again?" Ever since the quincentennial of Columbus's first...

jeffjacoby.com

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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 12h

«The group chat members spoke freely about the pressure to cow to Trump to avoid being called a RINO, the love of Nazis within their party’s right wing and the president’s alleged work to suppress documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex crimes.»

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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 12h

Le héros du jour - Le dessin de gros ✏️

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A plan circulated among Trump officials and the Netanyahu government for rebuilding Gaza includes some 30 companies as part of the proposal. Turns out, many of them tell @wired.com they have no involvement.

@carolinehaskins.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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