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If you challenge the genocide of Gaza, this is what you are up against:
'Antisemitism' narratives that say Musk doing Nazi salutes and supporting the far-right aren't anything to be concerned about - but that you are “facilitating deranged and murderous Jew-hatred” by opposing Israel's atrocities
'Antisemitism' narratives that say Musk doing Nazi salutes and supporting the far-right aren't anything to be concerned about - but that you are “facilitating deranged and murderous Jew-hatred” by opposing Israel's atrocities
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you challenge the genocide of Gaza, this is what you are up against:
'Antisemitism' narratives that say Musk doing Nazi salutes and supporting the far-right aren't anything to be concerned about - but that you are “facilitating deranged and murderous Jew-hatred” by opposing Israel's atrocities
'Antisemitism' narratives that say Musk doing Nazi salutes and supporting the far-right aren't anything to be concerned about - but that you are “facilitating deranged and murderous Jew-hatred” by opposing Israel's atrocities
Today in Ottawa, protest & sit-in outside CBC to push for media coverage of the #ArmsEmbargoNow #CloseTheLoopholes bill in Parliament.
181 Queen St, 12pm-2pm. #CdnMedia
#Palestine #Solidarity
181 Queen St, 12pm-2pm. #CdnMedia
#Palestine #Solidarity
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today in Ottawa, protest & sit-in outside CBC to push for media coverage of the #ArmsEmbargoNow #CloseTheLoopholes bill in Parliament.
181 Queen St, 12pm-2pm. #CdnMedia
#Palestine #Solidarity
181 Queen St, 12pm-2pm. #CdnMedia
#Palestine #Solidarity
USA paranoia hasn't changed much over the decades.
USA always fosters a benevolent self-image too.
USA always fosters a benevolent self-image too.
Guys, Putin is behind this entire downfall of America.
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
USA paranoia hasn't changed much over the decades.
USA always fosters a benevolent self-image too.
USA always fosters a benevolent self-image too.
The market forces on individuals when the industry shifts to being very individual-centric
It makes me wonder how similar it is, fundamentally, to the shift from taxis to uber: gig workers with way more precarity and fewer earning living wage, but it's celebrated as new, modern, convenient & better
It makes me wonder how similar it is, fundamentally, to the shift from taxis to uber: gig workers with way more precarity and fewer earning living wage, but it's celebrated as new, modern, convenient & better
When I criticize the Liberal government in any way at all, no matter how reasonable, my free and paid subscribers on Substack go down. This dynamic creates a perverse incentive, which I refuse to give in to.
But this is a major problem.
But this is a major problem.
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The market forces on individuals when the industry shifts to being very individual-centric
It makes me wonder how similar it is, fundamentally, to the shift from taxis to uber: gig workers with way more precarity and fewer earning living wage, but it's celebrated as new, modern, convenient & better
It makes me wonder how similar it is, fundamentally, to the shift from taxis to uber: gig workers with way more precarity and fewer earning living wage, but it's celebrated as new, modern, convenient & better
Trump after Charlie Kirk shooting:
"Call us fascist and we'll put you away for a long time"
Trump now:
"Nobody stood up and objected."
"Call us fascist and we'll put you away for a long time"
Trump now:
"Nobody stood up and objected."
Trump: We’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. I said it this morning. We had a lot of the world’s leaders there. Nobody stood up and objected. Nobody smiled. Nobody rolled their eyes.
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Trump after Charlie Kirk shooting:
"Call us fascist and we'll put you away for a long time"
Trump now:
"Nobody stood up and objected."
"Call us fascist and we'll put you away for a long time"
Trump now:
"Nobody stood up and objected."
Reposted by greg macdougall (613)
“She has low self worth so she accepts abuse.”
Incorrect and victim blaming statement.
Abusers use coercion, physical abuse, and other means to hold a victim hostage and it has NOTHING to do with their self worth. Abusers don’t start abusing till deep into a relationship.
Incorrect and victim blaming statement.
Abusers use coercion, physical abuse, and other means to hold a victim hostage and it has NOTHING to do with their self worth. Abusers don’t start abusing till deep into a relationship.
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“She has low self worth so she accepts abuse.”
Incorrect and victim blaming statement.
Abusers use coercion, physical abuse, and other means to hold a victim hostage and it has NOTHING to do with their self worth. Abusers don’t start abusing till deep into a relationship.
Incorrect and victim blaming statement.
Abusers use coercion, physical abuse, and other means to hold a victim hostage and it has NOTHING to do with their self worth. Abusers don’t start abusing till deep into a relationship.
“I always use the analogy of being lost in the bush. Once you’re lost, you stop believing the things that you should believe."
- retired teacher talking to CBC about falling for cryptocurrency scheme after seeing AI fake video of Rosemary Barton interviewing Mark Carney about govt-supported crypto.
- retired teacher talking to CBC about falling for cryptocurrency scheme after seeing AI fake video of Rosemary Barton interviewing Mark Carney about govt-supported crypto.
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“I always use the analogy of being lost in the bush. Once you’re lost, you stop believing the things that you should believe."
- retired teacher talking to CBC about falling for cryptocurrency scheme after seeing AI fake video of Rosemary Barton interviewing Mark Carney about govt-supported crypto.
- retired teacher talking to CBC about falling for cryptocurrency scheme after seeing AI fake video of Rosemary Barton interviewing Mark Carney about govt-supported crypto.
Today is #Ottawa's first -12 windchill of the season, which is the 5th-latest on record. Typical first is November 18. Record earliest is Oct 23, 1969; latest Dec 18, 1998. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lots of people were pretty good at spreading the "Israel/Trump peace plan" propaganda though. How were Trump and Putin to know theirs might not be received so favorably?
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Lots of people were pretty good at spreading the "Israel/Trump peace plan" propaganda though. How were Trump and Putin to know theirs might not be received so favorably?
Very very well worth listening to message from Adrienne Codett of Black on Black, CHUO 89.1 FM radio Ottawa.
The station is at risk of going off air in less than two weeks.
Support *independent* media.
Support **community** media.
chuo.fm
Full 8-minute video: www.instagram.com/p/DRqw7yhgDqu/
The station is at risk of going off air in less than two weeks.
Support *independent* media.
Support **community** media.
chuo.fm
Full 8-minute video: www.instagram.com/p/DRqw7yhgDqu/
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Very very well worth listening to message from Adrienne Codett of Black on Black, CHUO 89.1 FM radio Ottawa.
The station is at risk of going off air in less than two weeks.
Support *independent* media.
Support **community** media.
chuo.fm
Full 8-minute video: www.instagram.com/p/DRqw7yhgDqu/
The station is at risk of going off air in less than two weeks.
Support *independent* media.
Support **community** media.
chuo.fm
Full 8-minute video: www.instagram.com/p/DRqw7yhgDqu/
Sarah Hurwitz was in the news for saying this exact thing two weeks ago, about how TikTok makes young people think Israel is doing bad things.
Hurwitz was formerly the speechwriter for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, then got hired by Obama as his speechwriter once Clinton ceded the race.
Hurwitz was formerly the speechwriter for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, then got hired by Obama as his speechwriter once Clinton ceded the race.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sarah Hurwitz was in the news for saying this exact thing two weeks ago, about how TikTok makes young people think Israel is doing bad things.
Hurwitz was formerly the speechwriter for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, then got hired by Obama as his speechwriter once Clinton ceded the race.
Hurwitz was formerly the speechwriter for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, then got hired by Obama as his speechwriter once Clinton ceded the race.
Ottawa people/protestors take note:
Mark Carney - Mark Sutcliffe public breakfast, hosted by Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal: Monday, Dec. 8th at 7 am, at a location to be announced. Details: business.ottawabot.ca.
Mark Carney - Mark Sutcliffe public breakfast, hosted by Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal: Monday, Dec. 8th at 7 am, at a location to be announced. Details: business.ottawabot.ca.
Parliamentary Calendar: Mark to Mark: PM Carney sits down for breakfast chat with Ottawa Mayor Sutcliffe on Dec. 8
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ottawa people/protestors take note:
Mark Carney - Mark Sutcliffe public breakfast, hosted by Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal: Monday, Dec. 8th at 7 am, at a location to be announced. Details: business.ottawabot.ca.
Mark Carney - Mark Sutcliffe public breakfast, hosted by Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal: Monday, Dec. 8th at 7 am, at a location to be announced. Details: business.ottawabot.ca.
I think Axios is a satire site... /s
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think Axios is a satire site... /s
NEWS: Ottawa Crown seeks 2-year sentence for ex-city lawyer who defaced National Holocaust Monument with "FEED ME" graffiti (re: Gaza genocide) www.cbc.ca/9.6998540
I wrote this bit ⬇️ to counter the dominant #antisemitism narrative on this case. @mspratt.bsky.social is the defence lawyer. #ottnews
I wrote this bit ⬇️ to counter the dominant #antisemitism narrative on this case. @mspratt.bsky.social is the defence lawyer. #ottnews
![“FEED ME” and red paint on the National Holocaust Monument
In the early hours of 2025-06-09, the words feed “FEED ME” were graffitied onto the side of the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, along with splashes of red paint. The culprit eventually pled guilty to a charge of ‘mischief to a war memorial.’
The vandalism was widely perceived and portrayed as an act of antisemitism: “This is pure hate against Jews” – Iddo Moed; “This doesn’t feel like it’s about Israel” – CIJA; “It’s ridiculous to say that this was not motivated by hate” – Lawrence Greenspon. In a bail ruling, the judge stated it “could be seen as weaponizing through extreme hatred, targeting the vulnerabilities of a section of our community.” In his plea, the culprit acknowledged the pain caused to the Jewish community; his lawyer explained afterwards, “He looks forward to demonstrating that his motivation was rooted in a desire to call attention to human suffering, not to cause harm or spread intolerance.”
The Monument commemorates the Jewish and other victims of Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and is also a tribute to the survivors. Its Committee has a duty to “ensure that the atrocities that occurred during this dark period of history are remembered and that we never forget the lessons of the past.” So while the graffiti on the Monument is seen by some as an attack on Jews, it can also be perceived as aligning with the overarching principles the Monument represents against genocide in general.
But Monument Committee co-chair Lawrence Greenspon stated, “It’s high time that the leaders of the world, including our own prime minister, stop blaming Israel for the situation in Gaza. It is not a situation that was created by Israel, nor is it one that is being continued by Israel,” and that this ‘unfounded’ criticism of Israel “is fueling the fires of hatred which cause these types of crimes.”
The other perspective can be understood via Omer Bartov...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEWS: Ottawa Crown seeks 2-year sentence for ex-city lawyer who defaced National Holocaust Monument with "FEED ME" graffiti (re: Gaza genocide) www.cbc.ca/9.6998540
I wrote this bit ⬇️ to counter the dominant #antisemitism narrative on this case. @mspratt.bsky.social is the defence lawyer. #ottnews
I wrote this bit ⬇️ to counter the dominant #antisemitism narrative on this case. @mspratt.bsky.social is the defence lawyer. #ottnews
They also do comment on the positives and negatives of bussing, and while they mainly enjoy it, one of the two is clear on their goal of getting a car when they're an adult.
This is frying me 😭😭😭
CBC News: Saskatoon students share what it’s like to ride the bus for free
Student: SIXX SEVENNN 🫴🫳
CBC News: Saskatoon students share what it’s like to ride the bus for free
Student: SIXX SEVENNN 🫴🫳
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
They also do comment on the positives and negatives of bussing, and while they mainly enjoy it, one of the two is clear on their goal of getting a car when they're an adult.
"Some social media users agree with #BuyNothingDay.
Others fall more into the YOLO camp, and Little Treat culture. They believe that since larger life goals such as buying a house and saving enough for retirement are out of reach..., smaller treats like shopping sprees shouldn’t be frowned upon."
Others fall more into the YOLO camp, and Little Treat culture. They believe that since larger life goals such as buying a house and saving enough for retirement are out of reach..., smaller treats like shopping sprees shouldn’t be frowned upon."
While global shopping events such as Black Friday have been around for decades, anti-consumerist movements like Buy Nothing Day are now gathering more followers to combat overconsumption.
How Buy Nothing Day emerged as an antidote to Black Friday
While global shopping events such as Black Friday have been around for decades, anti-consumerist movements like Buy Nothing Day are now gathering more followers to combat overconsumption.
l.euronews.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Some social media users agree with #BuyNothingDay.
Others fall more into the YOLO camp, and Little Treat culture. They believe that since larger life goals such as buying a house and saving enough for retirement are out of reach..., smaller treats like shopping sprees shouldn’t be frowned upon."
Others fall more into the YOLO camp, and Little Treat culture. They believe that since larger life goals such as buying a house and saving enough for retirement are out of reach..., smaller treats like shopping sprees shouldn’t be frowned upon."
The thing is with the USA, they go and assassinate people left, right, and centre all over the world, they got Osama Bin Laden started, etc etc... but they are so much more 'able' to see what evil foreigners do than being able to see what their own country does.
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The thing is with the USA, they go and assassinate people left, right, and centre all over the world, they got Osama Bin Laden started, etc etc... but they are so much more 'able' to see what evil foreigners do than being able to see what their own country does.
"The reality is that fascism is a historical product conditioned by the development of capitalism, and it obtains its characteristics from the context and epoch where it emerges; however, this precisely makes possible a variety of forms that share a basic feature: to protect a capitalism in crisis."
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"The reality is that fascism is a historical product conditioned by the development of capitalism, and it obtains its characteristics from the context and epoch where it emerges; however, this precisely makes possible a variety of forms that share a basic feature: to protect a capitalism in crisis."
Not sure how important this is to note, but it is relevant...
"More than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were deployed in August. About 160 of them volunteered last week to extend their deployment until the end of the year, while the others returned home just over a week ago." -AP
"More than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were deployed in August. About 160 of them volunteered last week to extend their deployment until the end of the year, while the others returned home just over a week ago." -AP
National Guard troops don't sign up to be used as political pawns. They sign up to serve their country, not needlessly deploy to American cities to pick up garbage. These two soldiers should be alive right now and at home with their families for Thanksgiving. I'm furious.
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Not sure how important this is to note, but it is relevant...
"More than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were deployed in August. About 160 of them volunteered last week to extend their deployment until the end of the year, while the others returned home just over a week ago." -AP
"More than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were deployed in August. About 160 of them volunteered last week to extend their deployment until the end of the year, while the others returned home just over a week ago." -AP
Aaron Swartz died for your sins.
I dont think pirating books is evil or anything, obviously sometimes that happens for whatever reason but i find it fundamentally bizarre to act like its a revolutionary act
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Aaron Swartz died for your sins.
"I one the election!"
Is it AI, or is it ... who in the white house wrote that?
Is it AI, or is it ... who in the white house wrote that?
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"I one the election!"
Is it AI, or is it ... who in the white house wrote that?
Is it AI, or is it ... who in the white house wrote that?
CBC News seriously reports Bolsonaro's son claims that Jair is being "psychologically tortured" and that it would give him 'peace of mind' for Brazil to pass the law giving politicians amnesty.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
CBC News seriously reports Bolsonaro's son claims that Jair is being "psychologically tortured" and that it would give him 'peace of mind' for Brazil to pass the law giving politicians amnesty.
One of the iconic 'concept' music videos (by Michael Moore).
Reporter: "That band is anti-family and it's pro-terrorist"
🎶 "So raise your fists and march around
Just don't take what you need
I'll jail and bury those committed
And smother the rest in greed" 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4w...
Reporter: "That band is anti-family and it's pro-terrorist"
🎶 "So raise your fists and march around
Just don't take what you need
I'll jail and bury those committed
And smother the rest in greed" 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4w...
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now in the Fire (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One of the iconic 'concept' music videos (by Michael Moore).
Reporter: "That band is anti-family and it's pro-terrorist"
🎶 "So raise your fists and march around
Just don't take what you need
I'll jail and bury those committed
And smother the rest in greed" 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4w...
Reporter: "That band is anti-family and it's pro-terrorist"
🎶 "So raise your fists and march around
Just don't take what you need
I'll jail and bury those committed
And smother the rest in greed" 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4w...
The funny thing about social media and virtual life is that it socially conditions you to do this no matter what political position you claim.
The funny thing about social democrats posting this image all the time is that this is exactly what they do to any actual revolutionary socialist government
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The funny thing about social media and virtual life is that it socially conditions you to do this no matter what political position you claim.
Occasionally I like going on the 'Progressive Canadian' reddit groups where if you post criticism of Mark Carney they think you are a Conservative.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Occasionally I like going on the 'Progressive Canadian' reddit groups where if you post criticism of Mark Carney they think you are a Conservative.