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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · 1d

niagaraturtle.org

Friends of the Niagara Turtle

Join us to reawaken the Turtle in Niagara Falls as a site for indigenous arts and culture

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · 1d

One Dish, One Mic is pre-recorded today.

Video of interview is available at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt7...

#OneDishOneMic

Niagara Falls Needs to Awaken the Turtle

YouTube video by One Dish One Mic

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Sep 30

My contribution to the discussion on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

#ndtr #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools

r.flora.ca/p/genocide-a...

Violence against Indigenous people "very clearly" is genocide

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025

r.flora.ca

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 18

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.

When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.

I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · Sep 18

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 18

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Sep 20

I have read many Indigenous women (to the continent that Handmaid's Tale was written) saying the same thing.

It becomes obvious once you've spent the time to think about it.

Not having to think about or already be aware of it is one of the obvious privileges Whiteness is granted.

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Chris Larsen @chrislarsen.bsky.social · Sep 19

With everything going on in the US, it feels like a good time to remind everyone that the only real difference between fascism and colonialism is whether or not it's used against white people.

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Sep 20

I am glad this is being shared...

The censorship with Jimmy Kimmel fits neatly into the settler-colonial left-right debate of USA&Canada -- so is safe to talk about.

Blind loyalty to settler-colonial ideology that exists across that left-right spectrum within USA&Canada can't be questioned.

duck poop administrator 𓅺☭ @caquitadepato.bsky.social · Sep 20

This is the only non-boring kind of discourse around this thing. Everything else is kind of like the January 6 nonsense, just noise and inconsequential culture war. "But it sets this and that precedent!" Not really. It's just the reform/reaction cycle. We've seen worse before.

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · Sep 18

All this outpouring for Jimmy Kimmel is performed by the same group who disregarded ppl’s right to publicly oppose a genocide. I didn’t see this much support for the students protesting genocide

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Sep 20

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Tricia Ann Fenmore @triciaafenmore.bsky.social · Sep 16

They can't figure why Canadians don't want to go to Plattsburgh, NY to celebrate the first time USA tried to make Canada (Upper Canada now Ontario), the 51st state! Their pride is our disgust. #Never51 #BoycottUSA

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Nataliya Zadorozhna @cnd25.bsky.social · Aug 23

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David Graham @daviddbgraham.bsky.social · Aug 24

Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years. The big telecom companies are mad, and I hope we make them a whole lot madder still. It is time f...

The Right Move On Fibre Optic Internet Access

Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years.

www.davidgraham.ca

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TinAstina 🇺🇦☮️ @tinastina.bsky.social · Aug 24

If it wasn't clear before, do you see it now? US is rUSsia.
When will people revolt?

#boycottUSA
#trumpisputinspuppet

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

Once a party has a US-style leadership convention, rather than having caucus decide leaders, it becomes merely a corporation you can "vote" for instead of voting for a person.

www.davidgraham.ca/p/leadership...

So much of what is wrong with the #NDP relates to top-down corporate culture.

Leadership by Caucus

Every pundit and their sibling will write about the Liberal leadership race over the next few weeks, but few will say what truly needs to be said: it is the wrong way to choose a national party leader...

www.davidgraham.ca

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Jul 25

“All Gaza will be Jewish"
"There’s no hunger in Gaza."
"We don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”
"The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”
~Minister Amichai Eliyahu

Can we call it a genocide now?

The Times of Israel "Minister says Israel racing ahead to wipe out Gaza, will make it Jewish"

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Berlin conference (1884 to 1885) that divided up Africa.

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FairVote @fairvote.bsky.social · Jul 26

NYC's #RankedChoiceVoting primaries showed what can happen when you empower voters to choose candidates who are accountable to them, rather than a narrow base.

Read more from FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social ⬇️

New York City’s Ranked Choice Voting: Democracy That’s Accountable to Voters

New York City’s election has gotten a lot of attention over the last few weeks, and ranked choice voting is a big part of the reason why. Heads turned when 33-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani…

thefulcrum.us

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of things I have also felt for so much of my life.

r.flora.ca/p/dont-assum...

#ActuallyAutistic

Don’t assume I must not be trying because “it’s easy” (for you).

I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of things I have also felt for so much of my life.

r.flora.ca

Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

"What the author of the critique of this painting wrote is more likely accurate, as it matches what a male would paint given what males are taught in this culture about how women think."

r.flora.ca/p/also-not-a...

#cdnpoli #Incel #RapeCulture #GenderBinaryMyth

I’m also not an art historian, but I am a systems analyst

Does a painting represent the model, the artist, or the culture?

r.flora.ca

Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

I don't think this is about individuals. Canada has a Rape Culture.

r.flora.ca/p/also-not-a...

I wish it wasn't seen as a male-vs-female thing, as it is cultural.

"I can not share how many of the females I knew had told me stories of rape and other sexual violence committed against them."

I’m also not an art historian, but I am a systems analyst

Does a painting represent the model, the artist, or the culture?

r.flora.ca

Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

"I am glad to be from and still at this place -- but I'm not proud of "Canada", the current brand of what was more honestly called the "Dominion of Canada" at my birth and in my youth."

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

"I wish people thought of Canada and the USA as a set of Governments/institutions, and not believe those are names of places or groups of people."

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

"Or the long-standing terrorist groups that are now controlling the Israel government. Prior to the "magic wand" waived by what is now WEOG in the UN in 1948 these were even recognized as terrorist groups. There is so much gerrymandering of timelines to try to sell specific narratives.
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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

I am hearing the "one network, one stream".

Is this about other radio stations, or is this about the missing podcast feed?

www.610cktb.com still says "coming soon", and #OneDishOneMic is no longer listed as a podcast on www.iheart.com/podcast/

610 CKTB – Website Coming Soon

www.610cktb.com

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Russell McOrmond @russellmcormond.bsky.social · Jul 26

I texted:

"Hamas is a terrorist groups created in response to Irgun/Likud which is a much longer standing series of terrorist groups. Any mention of Hamas that doesn't also mention Likud is propaganda."

Canada needs to move past subjective recognition of terrorism and genocide.

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