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“The problem here is that taking stock of all that Trump has done in 2025 means confronting the new reality of an America where the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for its own sake is both possible and permissible. It can happen here …because it is happening …”
“The problem here is that taking stock of all that Trump has done in 2025 means confronting the new reality of an America where the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for its own sake is both possible and permissible. It can happen here …because it is happening …”
Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful
A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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“The problem here is that taking stock of all that Trump has done in 2025 means confronting the new reality of an America where the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for its own sake is both possible and permissible. It can happen here …because it is happening …”
“The problem here is that taking stock of all that Trump has done in 2025 means confronting the new reality of an America where the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for its own sake is both possible and permissible. It can happen here …because it is happening …”
“Vancouver is a confluence of every single capitalist engine of misery, and that’s leading people to die on the streets. And that makes people uncomfortable. Which they should be,” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs
Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?
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September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Vancouver is a confluence of every single capitalist engine of misery, and that’s leading people to die on the streets. And that makes people uncomfortable. Which they should be,” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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New season unveiled at New Works: www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
Pop Up Dances and Isak Enquist’s Fall(se) Cirque(us), as New Works reveals 2025-26 season — Stir
Packed program features Dance Film Masterclass, Jezebel at the PuSh Festival, residency showings, and more
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August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New season unveiled at New Works: www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
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Artists Judith Colibrí, Sudhesna Mohapatra, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James are performing at the upcoming edition of New Works's All Over the Map.
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All Over the Map brings capoeira moves, traditional Nahuatl songs, and more to Granville Island, August 17 — Stir
Part two of New Works series highlights artists Sudhesna Mohapatra, Judith Colibrí, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James
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August 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Artists Judith Colibrí, Sudhesna Mohapatra, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James are performing at the upcoming edition of New Works's All Over the Map.
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
Really great opening weekend at #DOTE!
June 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Really great opening weekend at #DOTE!
“People need off-ramps: treatment, long-term care. But we don’t offer them any of that.”
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May 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“People need off-ramps: treatment, long-term care. But we don’t offer them any of that.”
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@victoria.ca @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
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@victoria.ca @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
“We’ve got to learn to differentiate between good ideas that we disagree with and downright foolish talk. … those notions that are patently ridiculous need to be set aside.” Peter L. Biro
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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May 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“We’ve got to learn to differentiate between good ideas that we disagree with and downright foolish talk. … those notions that are patently ridiculous need to be set aside.” Peter L. Biro
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Enjoyed this review on many levels:
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’
The former Take That singer’s show features line drawings filled with therapy speak, greeting-card banter and meaningless affirmations. Can this really be presented as art?
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May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Enjoyed this review on many levels:
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
No surprises here. Hoping that the American majority finds the will to fight back.
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
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“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
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Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage
The recent wave of GOP-led bills comes as Trump becomes emboldened in orders against LGBTQ+ communities
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March 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No surprises here. Hoping that the American majority finds the will to fight back.
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
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#Terrifying ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com
‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes
The president’s full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbook
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February 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#Terrifying ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com