MacKnotter
@macknotter.bsky.social
Vertically challenged fibre artist and friend to four legged creatures. Lover of sunrises and sunsets. Lives in hope of seeing a peacefully coexisting planet. No DMs. No requests for money (why do I even have to put that?)
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Say his name, remember him. He was a human being trying to live his life just like most of us. Do not forget him or his family. Do not forget that ICE killed him. Do not forget the evil that created this situation.
Father of two, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, senselessly killed by ICE
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Say his name, remember him. He was a human being trying to live his life just like most of us. Do not forget him or his family. Do not forget that ICE killed him. Do not forget the evil that created this situation.
Me too.
Everyone was shocked when no one stood up for the reporter he called Piggy.
On behalf of all the little girls who were called this and no one stepped up for them either, I see you.
On behalf of all the little girls who were called this and no one stepped up for them either, I see you.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Me too.
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They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. Here's how #BritishColumbia #Saffron
In Abbotsford, B.C., a farmer is innovating with saffron, and inspiring others to do the same
Saffron is now also being grown in many other Provinces in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In Abbotsford, B.C., a farmer is innovating with saffron, and inspiring others to do the same
Saffron is now also being grown in many other Provinces in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. Here's how | CBC News
As golden hour settles over Avtar Dhillon’s farm in Abbotsford, B.C., rows of delicate purple flowers are in full bloom. Inside lies an ancient spice some Canadian farmers are beginning to get excited...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. Here's how #BritishColumbia #Saffron
In Abbotsford, B.C., a farmer is innovating with saffron, and inspiring others to do the same
Saffron is now also being grown in many other Provinces in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In Abbotsford, B.C., a farmer is innovating with saffron, and inspiring others to do the same
Saffron is now also being grown in many other Provinces in Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Quetion for rural Alberta? support a dying industry that leaves a toxic wasteland that has no funding for cleanup, or support a growing clean responsible industry that pays its bills?
Tough one.
Tough one.
Rural Alberta's $70-million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
Rural Alberta is experiencing something remarkable — a steady, reliable stream of revenue that doesn’t depend on oil prices, doesn’t require new taxes and keeps flowing year after year. In 2025, wind ...
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Quetion for rural Alberta? support a dying industry that leaves a toxic wasteland that has no funding for cleanup, or support a growing clean responsible industry that pays its bills?
Tough one.
Tough one.
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Wow. Watch this...
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wow. Watch this...
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"We should not need to be reminded of the value of human life."
~Jamal Khashoggi
~Jamal Khashoggi
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"We should not need to be reminded of the value of human life."
~Jamal Khashoggi
~Jamal Khashoggi
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Apparently, Danielle Smith and the #UCP have decided they’re going to have to destroy health care in order to save it.
That’s about the most positive spin that can be put on their plan, revealed by the Globe and Mail Tuesday. #abpoli
That’s about the most positive spin that can be put on their plan, revealed by the Globe and Mail Tuesday. #abpoli
Danielle Smith’s Secret Plan to Destroy Public Health Care | The Tyee
A leaked document reveals the UCP is bringing in two-tier care.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Apparently, Danielle Smith and the #UCP have decided they’re going to have to destroy health care in order to save it.
That’s about the most positive spin that can be put on their plan, revealed by the Globe and Mail Tuesday. #abpoli
That’s about the most positive spin that can be put on their plan, revealed by the Globe and Mail Tuesday. #abpoli
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Canada needs a national citizens assembly on healthcare.
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
Learn more 👇
Learn more 👇
Public and private health care
The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.
www.cma.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Canada needs a national citizens assembly on healthcare.
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
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#alberta #abpoli #ableg #canada #calgary #edmonton #UCP
The UCP are the enemy of democracy and of our way of life.
The UCP are the enemy of democracy and of our way of life.
Alberta’s Big Health Care Lie: Inside Danielle Smith’s Plan to Rip Apart Canadian Free Medicare
open.substack.com/pub/wade9175...
open.substack.com/pub/wade9175...
Alberta’s Big Health Care Lie: Inside Danielle Smith’s Plan to Rip Apart Canadian Free Medicare
Danielle Smith’s government is doing it through draft amendments that read like a blueprint for dismantling universal free health care from the inside out.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We’re heading that way too in Alberta @queenie3.bsky.social
Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause on everything that doesn’t suit her agenda. How one person can single-handedly dismantle democracy and a province because they are not held accountable by their caucus beggars belief!
Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause on everything that doesn’t suit her agenda. How one person can single-handedly dismantle democracy and a province because they are not held accountable by their caucus beggars belief!
I’m one of them‼️🤨
I’m currently on my haunches financially but this former Drug Dealer and current Mob Boss wants me on my knees then my belly.
Soon in a tent and shortly thereafter…a coffin😕
HELP‼️
Get educated about the quiet violence and destruction of the Ford government. 🙏🏻
I’m currently on my haunches financially but this former Drug Dealer and current Mob Boss wants me on my knees then my belly.
Soon in a tent and shortly thereafter…a coffin😕
HELP‼️
Get educated about the quiet violence and destruction of the Ford government. 🙏🏻
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We’re heading that way too in Alberta @queenie3.bsky.social
Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause on everything that doesn’t suit her agenda. How one person can single-handedly dismantle democracy and a province because they are not held accountable by their caucus beggars belief!
Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause on everything that doesn’t suit her agenda. How one person can single-handedly dismantle democracy and a province because they are not held accountable by their caucus beggars belief!
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Good. I love this for them.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good. I love this for them.
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Albertans need to realize that Smith and the UCP aren't the problem, they're the symptom
Albertans who vote conservative, and will continue to vote conservative, no matter what sh*t gets thrown at them...
They are the problem
Because there's no justifying the UCP
There's only ignorance
#ableg
Albertans who vote conservative, and will continue to vote conservative, no matter what sh*t gets thrown at them...
They are the problem
Because there's no justifying the UCP
There's only ignorance
#ableg
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Albertans need to realize that Smith and the UCP aren't the problem, they're the symptom
Albertans who vote conservative, and will continue to vote conservative, no matter what sh*t gets thrown at them...
They are the problem
Because there's no justifying the UCP
There's only ignorance
#ableg
Albertans who vote conservative, and will continue to vote conservative, no matter what sh*t gets thrown at them...
They are the problem
Because there's no justifying the UCP
There's only ignorance
#ableg
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My editorial cartoon in the Wednesday Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My editorial cartoon in the Wednesday Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
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The
‘Not Withstanding Clause’
free for all Con. Premiers to use and abuse must be stopped 🛑
‘Not Withstanding Clause’
free for all Con. Premiers to use and abuse must be stopped 🛑
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The
‘Not Withstanding Clause’
free for all Con. Premiers to use and abuse must be stopped 🛑
‘Not Withstanding Clause’
free for all Con. Premiers to use and abuse must be stopped 🛑
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Good writing about terrible leadership:
“In Mr. Amery’s and Ms. Smith’s world, the Charter of Rights exists to protect legislatures and governments from the people whose rights they intend to trample!”
It’s really the most upset I’ve ever been about Alberta politics in 33 years of living here.
“In Mr. Amery’s and Ms. Smith’s world, the Charter of Rights exists to protect legislatures and governments from the people whose rights they intend to trample!”
It’s really the most upset I’ve ever been about Alberta politics in 33 years of living here.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good writing about terrible leadership:
“In Mr. Amery’s and Ms. Smith’s world, the Charter of Rights exists to protect legislatures and governments from the people whose rights they intend to trample!”
It’s really the most upset I’ve ever been about Alberta politics in 33 years of living here.
“In Mr. Amery’s and Ms. Smith’s world, the Charter of Rights exists to protect legislatures and governments from the people whose rights they intend to trample!”
It’s really the most upset I’ve ever been about Alberta politics in 33 years of living here.
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The ties between Canada and Sweden are founded on shared values and decades of cooperation in defence, trade, and investment.
To expand that further, we just launched a new strategic partnership to connect our industries and workers in key sectors like critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
To expand that further, we just launched a new strategic partnership to connect our industries and workers in key sectors like critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The ties between Canada and Sweden are founded on shared values and decades of cooperation in defence, trade, and investment.
To expand that further, we just launched a new strategic partnership to connect our industries and workers in key sectors like critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
To expand that further, we just launched a new strategic partnership to connect our industries and workers in key sectors like critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
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I don’t have words for this. 😢
⚡️ A 17-year-old Ukrainian kickboxing champion was killed by a Russian strike while running for shelter.
Karyna Bakhur was days away from turning 18 and heading to Austria for the World Cup.
Karyna Bakhur was days away from turning 18 and heading to Austria for the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don’t have words for this. 😢
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This man’s family survived the Nazis only to be persecuted by ICE 70 years later.
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This man’s family survived the Nazis only to be persecuted by ICE 70 years later.
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
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Today in Winnipeg, we commemorated the life of Louis Riel.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today in Winnipeg, we commemorated the life of Louis Riel.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
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The booers should be ashamed of themselves! Carney’s done nothing to deserve that sort of treatment (Smith, Ford, Moe, Scheer, & PP have though!). I can only think this was & is because of the lies & vitriol being espoused by the Conservative Party: why else boo a PM working his ass off for Canada?
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The booers should be ashamed of themselves! Carney’s done nothing to deserve that sort of treatment (Smith, Ford, Moe, Scheer, & PP have though!). I can only think this was & is because of the lies & vitriol being espoused by the Conservative Party: why else boo a PM working his ass off for Canada?
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Objectionable lack of objectivity in someone supposed to be a journalist!
Rosie refuses to give the Liberals the win! Saying that it was nothing for them to gloat about. PP on the other hand can “ hold his head up high”! I really cannot stand her!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Objectionable lack of objectivity in someone supposed to be a journalist!
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He figured prominently in the Epstein files if for nothing else than money laundering- billions!
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
He figured prominently in the Epstein files if for nothing else than money laundering- billions!
Huge sigh of relief!
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Huge sigh of relief!
What a loathsome orange blob. 🤢
It seriously blows my mind that the other reporters present let him get away with that. That they didn’t show support for their colleague, and stand up for their profession.
Cowards.
Cowards.
"Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
What the actual hell?
What the actual hell?
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What a loathsome orange blob. 🤢
Well of course because it’s what NONE of us asked for! Direct attention away from the corruption going on in our provincial government.
Oh for the love of God, 😤🤬!
Province tables bill to add mandatory citizenship markers, personal health numbers to Alberta IDs
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Well of course because it’s what NONE of us asked for! Direct attention away from the corruption going on in our provincial government.