Dawn Alene
@dawnalene.bsky.social
American Expat living in beautiful British Columbia. I’m pragmatic and believe in reciprocity
Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live
Feminist
Mother
Ally
Everything is political
eclectic empath
free floater
awkward outlier
Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live
Feminist
Mother
Ally
Everything is political
eclectic empath
free floater
awkward outlier
Pinned
Dawn Alene
@dawnalene.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Women felt empowered by #MeToo so instead of evolving and learning to respect boundaries bro culture surged and retaliated. Do I have this right? They couldn’t not rape, control and brutalize? Women lost reproductive rights within this Broligarchy. The real or perceived loss of control scared them.
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Same as the old boss
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Same as the old boss
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Canada has had record breaking forest fires that show no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping, and Carney decides we can all stomach it so oil magnates can get more billions.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Canada has had record breaking forest fires that show no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping, and Carney decides we can all stomach it so oil magnates can get more billions.
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Wild how this article frames a full climate retreat as a friendly federal-provincial handshake. Alberta has spent a decade sabotaging the simplest climate policies in the country, and Carney’s response is to reward the obstruction by setting us back from meeting the Paris Agreement targets.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wild how this article frames a full climate retreat as a friendly federal-provincial handshake. Alberta has spent a decade sabotaging the simplest climate policies in the country, and Carney’s response is to reward the obstruction by setting us back from meeting the Paris Agreement targets.
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Is he playing her for the toddler she is? I don’t know. There’s a long timeline to any new pipeline and it may not happen in the end but the political capital that will be risked on Carney’s part (especially in BC) isn’t small.
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Is he playing her for the toddler she is? I don’t know. There’s a long timeline to any new pipeline and it may not happen in the end but the political capital that will be risked on Carney’s part (especially in BC) isn’t small.
Seriously, have you ever seen Premier Smith this happy?
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Seriously, have you ever seen Premier Smith this happy?
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Every Trump appointee is committed to ignoring the difference between holding a responsible office of the United States and being a partisan advocate hack. It's bad across the board, but it's catastrophically bad in the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the Directors of the FBI & CIA.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Every Trump appointee is committed to ignoring the difference between holding a responsible office of the United States and being a partisan advocate hack. It's bad across the board, but it's catastrophically bad in the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the Directors of the FBI & CIA.
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Under Trump, the U.S. has made it clear that it will screw over all foreign partners without warning. It has earned a reputation as a pariah state.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Under Trump, the U.S. has made it clear that it will screw over all foreign partners without warning. It has earned a reputation as a pariah state.
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
Rustad is a buffoon. He says there is First Nation support, but can’t disclose any specific bands.
youtu.be/pCiHxLgIttc?...
youtu.be/pCiHxLgIttc?...
B.C. Opposition ‘optimistic’ Alberta pipeline pitch will become real project | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rustad is a buffoon. He says there is First Nation support, but can’t disclose any specific bands.
youtu.be/pCiHxLgIttc?...
youtu.be/pCiHxLgIttc?...
Why isn’t the current TMPL good enough? What happened to moving away from fossil fuels?
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Why isn’t the current TMPL good enough? What happened to moving away from fossil fuels?
Willfully ignorant or dumber than a sack of hammers? We despise this prick.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Willfully ignorant or dumber than a sack of hammers? We despise this prick.
If the Fed govt can simply override a Premier, that would include Dani
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If the Fed govt can simply override a Premier, that would include Dani
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Wrote this up on a comment thread at FB and decided to bring it over here too. Happy US Thanksgiving— or, as some of my Canadian friends call it, Yanksgiving, which is even more appropriate than they intend because it really is a Yankee holiday.
Weirdest day to be an American emigrant or expat.
Weirdest day to be an American emigrant or expat.
November 23, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Wrote this up on a comment thread at FB and decided to bring it over here too. Happy US Thanksgiving— or, as some of my Canadian friends call it, Yanksgiving, which is even more appropriate than they intend because it really is a Yankee holiday.
Weirdest day to be an American emigrant or expat.
Weirdest day to be an American emigrant or expat.
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday
Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I raised concerns about the lack of western representation in cabinet in general back in the spring (and lack of BC presence in particular). It raised the likelihood that the government might make miscalculations here, and I world suggest we're seeing that play out. bsky.app/profile/stew...
Looking at Carney's cabinet, there are 4 ministers from west of Kenora. In comparison, there are five from the Atlantic provinces. Puts a lot of pressure on Jill McNight, Gregor Robertson, Eleanor Olszewski, and Rebecca Chartrand to speak up for the western parts of the country at that table.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I raised concerns about the lack of western representation in cabinet in general back in the spring (and lack of BC presence in particular). It raised the likelihood that the government might make miscalculations here, and I world suggest we're seeing that play out. bsky.app/profile/stew...
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Specifically, I was worried about this. Without BC (and AB) and Indigenous voices around the table the government will be much more likely to overlook core considerations of each community. bsky.app/profile/stew...
Substantive: simply put, having people from different parts of the country make it more likely that cabinet will hear about the concerns particular to that part of the country/gender group/marginalized community. Fewer ministers from BC and the prairies makes it harder to capture those interests.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Specifically, I was worried about this. Without BC (and AB) and Indigenous voices around the table the government will be much more likely to overlook core considerations of each community. bsky.app/profile/stew...
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It just hit me that Nuzzi is probably soaking up the salaries of multiple laid off Teen Vogue staffers.
Scoop: As questions swirl around Olivia Nuzzi, I’ve learned she’s been relatively absent in the day-to-day at Vanity Fair, as the magazine continues to weather the storm the controversial hire brought through 1 World Trade Center
www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Condé’s Nuzzi Conundrum
Inside Condé Nast's media drama: Gabriel Nuzzi's revelations spark controversy, exposing internal tensions and unfolding newsroom dynamics with dramatic flair.
www.status.news
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It just hit me that Nuzzi is probably soaking up the salaries of multiple laid off Teen Vogue staffers.
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god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
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