Amanda Palmer
@apalm024.bsky.social
A community builder and facilitator for social change living on the unceded territories of Algonquin Anishinabe Nation in what is currently known as Ottawa, ON.
Survivor enthusiast, amateur gardener, avid reader and podcast listener.
Survivor enthusiast, amateur gardener, avid reader and podcast listener.
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Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
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Falling for anti-migrant racism doesn't protect workers, it entrenches capitalism by making workers more vulnerable & exploitable! Our enemy arrives in limousine, not someone on a boat fleeing colonial devastation.
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Falling for anti-migrant racism doesn't protect workers, it entrenches capitalism by making workers more vulnerable & exploitable! Our enemy arrives in limousine, not someone on a boat fleeing colonial devastation.
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!
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If Canadians really want to support trans folks in the U.S., they have to fight like hell against the same anti-trans rhetoric and policies here at home. We literally have provinces passing anti-trans legislation. Canada is not safe.
March 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If Canadians really want to support trans folks in the U.S., they have to fight like hell against the same anti-trans rhetoric and policies here at home. We literally have provinces passing anti-trans legislation. Canada is not safe.
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Ramping up mining and gas extraction - who pays the biggest price when imperialist colonial powers squabble? Indigenous folks, the lands and waters - and ultimately, you too.
Just hours after U.S. President Trump’s imposed short-lived but sweeping tariffs across the country last Tuesday, B.C. Premier Eby took the stage to announce a budget intended to weather incoming economic storms, including ramping up resource development like mining and gas extraction.
Ecosystem Protection Took a Hit in BC’s 2025 Budget | The Tyee
As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.
thetyee.ca
March 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ramping up mining and gas extraction - who pays the biggest price when imperialist colonial powers squabble? Indigenous folks, the lands and waters - and ultimately, you too.
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While I am excited for the good work that the future HART hub at Somerset West Community Health Centre will do, the fact that the Ford govt forced them to close their supervised consumption site and needle exchange is already leading to more public drug use. ottawacitizen.com/news/more-pu...
Expect more public drug use after closing of supervised consumption site, officials warn
After a supervised consumption site in Ottawa's Centretown closed, officials said public drug use is expected to increase.
ottawacitizen.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
While I am excited for the good work that the future HART hub at Somerset West Community Health Centre will do, the fact that the Ford govt forced them to close their supervised consumption site and needle exchange is already leading to more public drug use. ottawacitizen.com/news/more-pu...
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“When we look at the history of mass atrocities against particular groups, we always see a period where the information landscape is shaped away from recognizing the humanity of the targeted group." www.404media.co/meta-is-layi...
Meta Is Laying the Narrative Groundwork for Trump’s Mass Deportations
Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta's recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.
www.404media.co
January 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“When we look at the history of mass atrocities against particular groups, we always see a period where the information landscape is shaped away from recognizing the humanity of the targeted group." www.404media.co/meta-is-layi...
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And here is where, again, we need to stop talking about "the public sphere" as if it ever existed. There were always multiple publics - some w/ more power & access to mainstream spaces like media where political deliberation happens - there are dominant publics, counterpublics, and more.
December 8, 2024 at 3:47 PM
And here is where, again, we need to stop talking about "the public sphere" as if it ever existed. There were always multiple publics - some w/ more power & access to mainstream spaces like media where political deliberation happens - there are dominant publics, counterpublics, and more.
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Homelessness is a policy choice.
A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
December 3, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Homelessness is a policy choice.
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What does it tell you about Canada that every major political party committed itself to completing the TRC's 94 Calls to Action yet, 9 years in, only 13 have been completed—with no new completed calls whatsoever in 2023 or 2024? The failure of reconciliation has been, quite frankly, shameful.
December 2, 2024 at 2:09 PM
What does it tell you about Canada that every major political party committed itself to completing the TRC's 94 Calls to Action yet, 9 years in, only 13 have been completed—with no new completed calls whatsoever in 2023 or 2024? The failure of reconciliation has been, quite frankly, shameful.