Aengus Kane (he/him)
@aenguskane.bsky.social
Just a guy in Treaty One from Whitbourne, Newfoundland & Labrador by way of Kenora, Ontario and Fukui City, Japan.
Reading, talking and listening sets the table. Doing makes the meal.
Humanity. Empathy. Compassion. Agape Love.
Reading, talking and listening sets the table. Doing makes the meal.
Humanity. Empathy. Compassion. Agape Love.
Pinned
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"Our faith is a living thing, and it can be crippled or chained. It can be killed by denying us enough food or clothing, by blasting away our personalities and keeping us in constant fear."
Universal basic income brings freedom from want for all. Happy Thanksgiving and may we all gain that freedom.
Universal basic income brings freedom from want for all. Happy Thanksgiving and may we all gain that freedom.
Gratitude
Thanksgiving thoughts
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November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Our faith is a living thing, and it can be crippled or chained. It can be killed by denying us enough food or clothing, by blasting away our personalities and keeping us in constant fear."
Universal basic income brings freedom from want for all. Happy Thanksgiving and may we all gain that freedom.
Universal basic income brings freedom from want for all. Happy Thanksgiving and may we all gain that freedom.
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What an honour to be hosted by Ireland’s ambassador to Canada, John Concannon at the Embassey last night to launch my new book. Thanks to all who came out.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What an honour to be hosted by Ireland’s ambassador to Canada, John Concannon at the Embassey last night to launch my new book. Thanks to all who came out.
Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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They refuse to acknowledge that a huge reason Canadians aren't coming there is because they're led by a man who gets off on throwing innocent people in Venezuela torture prisons and checking our phones at the border for subversive memes. It's almost fascinating.
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U.S. senators say tariffs causing ‘cultural break’ in relations with Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
Maine Senator King said the lingering rift between Canadians and Americans is particularly troubling in a state that borders on New Brunswick and Quebec.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
They refuse to acknowledge that a huge reason Canadians aren't coming there is because they're led by a man who gets off on throwing innocent people in Venezuela torture prisons and checking our phones at the border for subversive memes. It's almost fascinating.
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Poverty isn’t neglect.
Most kids in foster care aren’t there because of abuse, they’re there because their parents couldn’t afford food, housing, or childcare.
The solution isn’t foster care. It’s ending poverty.
#adopteesky
Most kids in foster care aren’t there because of abuse, they’re there because their parents couldn’t afford food, housing, or childcare.
The solution isn’t foster care. It’s ending poverty.
#adopteesky
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Poverty isn’t neglect.
Most kids in foster care aren’t there because of abuse, they’re there because their parents couldn’t afford food, housing, or childcare.
The solution isn’t foster care. It’s ending poverty.
#adopteesky
Most kids in foster care aren’t there because of abuse, they’re there because their parents couldn’t afford food, housing, or childcare.
The solution isn’t foster care. It’s ending poverty.
#adopteesky
I grew up being told I was Welsh, Scottish, UEL & Pennsylvania Dutch.
I knew none of it was true but felt I couldn’t say anything until my parents were gone.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#NAAM
I knew none of it was true but felt I couldn’t say anything until my parents were gone.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#NAAM
‘Inconvenient Indian’ Author Thomas King Reveals He Has No Cherokee Ancestry
His shocking admission follows a 2020 documentary adaptation of his 2013 book being pulled from the Sundance Film Festival after the director’s own Indigenous identity was called into question.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I grew up being told I was Welsh, Scottish, UEL & Pennsylvania Dutch.
I knew none of it was true but felt I couldn’t say anything until my parents were gone.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#NAAM
I knew none of it was true but felt I couldn’t say anything until my parents were gone.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
#NAAM
1) In Canada, being denied access to our full adoption files runs counter to our needs for identity.
It’s a violation of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ie "security of the person.”
Security of the Person protects our bodily integrity.
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/...
It’s a violation of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ie "security of the person.”
Security of the Person protects our bodily integrity.
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
1) In Canada, being denied access to our full adoption files runs counter to our needs for identity.
It’s a violation of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ie "security of the person.”
Security of the Person protects our bodily integrity.
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/...
It’s a violation of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ie "security of the person.”
Security of the Person protects our bodily integrity.
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/...
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Texas would rather women die than get abortions.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Texas would rather women die than get abortions.
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Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
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A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
1) Olmo (Santiago) Gómez Aldaz is a man who tried to get his adoption annulled due to being trafficked in a fraud scheme as a baby in Franco's Spain.
He now has a legal relationship with both his biological parents and his adoptive parents.
🥚
memoriarepressiofranquista.blogspot.com/2025/07/una-...
He now has a legal relationship with both his biological parents and his adoptive parents.
🥚
memoriarepressiofranquista.blogspot.com/2025/07/una-...
Una sentencia inédita devuelve la filiación biológica a un hombre adoptado a través de una trama de bebés robados
https://www.publico.es/politica/tribunales/sentencia-inedita-devuelve-filiacion-biologica-hombre-adoptado-traves-trama-bebes-robados.html ...
memoriarepressiofranquista.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1) Olmo (Santiago) Gómez Aldaz is a man who tried to get his adoption annulled due to being trafficked in a fraud scheme as a baby in Franco's Spain.
He now has a legal relationship with both his biological parents and his adoptive parents.
🥚
memoriarepressiofranquista.blogspot.com/2025/07/una-...
He now has a legal relationship with both his biological parents and his adoptive parents.
🥚
memoriarepressiofranquista.blogspot.com/2025/07/una-...
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i speak, as always, for precisely one #adopted person when i say that i cannot muster a feeling of gratitude for having been the product of a system so corrupt and so unjust that i believe it should not exist.
here are 5 screenshots of a post from a social media campaign called “I’m Adopted.” It’s as finely crafted a piece of pro-adoption propaganda one could wish for: an adoptee who claims to honor the complexity of the experience but still manages to find a place in his heart for deep gratitude. 🥚
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
i speak, as always, for precisely one #adopted person when i say that i cannot muster a feeling of gratitude for having been the product of a system so corrupt and so unjust that i believe it should not exist.
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one of the biggest lies people believe about #adoption is that it is a solution for people who do not want to raise their children instead of being a system designed to extract children from those who do.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
one of the biggest lies people believe about #adoption is that it is a solution for people who do not want to raise their children instead of being a system designed to extract children from those who do.
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One of the biggest #adoption secrets is that it allows those who impregnated the mothers to remain hidden from view.
Long live the patriarchy !
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Long live the patriarchy !
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one of the biggest lies people believe about #adoption is that it is a solution for people who do not want to raise their children instead of being a system designed to extract children from those who do.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of the biggest #adoption secrets is that it allows those who impregnated the mothers to remain hidden from view.
Long live the patriarchy !
🥚
Long live the patriarchy !
🥚
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
Federal Court Shuts Down Arkansas Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
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Canada is a fully-fledged #Petrostate run by a #Petrocacy that bends the knee to Big Oil for their petrobucks. For those not paying attention, petrostates have the SAME moral equivalency as narcostates, profiting from the misery of others. #FossilFuelPhaseout
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Canada is a fully-fledged #Petrostate run by a #Petrocacy that bends the knee to Big Oil for their petrobucks. For those not paying attention, petrostates have the SAME moral equivalency as narcostates, profiting from the misery of others. #FossilFuelPhaseout
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.