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Maryann Abbs
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Anti-fascism, climate justice, solidarity, I block tankies.
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ericdoherty.bsky.social
Seapeak isn't just a UK company. It has a regional office in #Vancouver, Canada. #bcpoli
kyivindependent.com The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d
⚡️ UK shipping company helped Russia raise $3.2 billion in LNG trade revenue in 2025, campaigners say.

Seapeak's share of Yamal LNG's trade in 2025 amounted to 37.3%, more than any other company, according to Urgewald's analysis based on Kpler data.
UK shipping company helped Russia raise $3.2 billion in LNG trade revenue in 2025, campaigners say
Seapeak's share of Yamal LNG's trade in 2025 amounted to 37.3%, more than any other company, according to Urgewald's analysis based on Kpler data.
kyivindependent.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
A grim day to note that Canada Pension Plan Investments has ~$264M in PALANTIR, which is enabling muderous ICE + its horrific terror campaign. Pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy!!! (see👆post re BCI)
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’
A conversation with an author who had a six-year-long window into the most interesting MAGA conversion in Silicon Valley.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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ericdoherty.bsky.social
On a short visit to downtown #VictoriaBC today, I saw three people riding mobility scooters on the protected bike and roll lanes. Only got photos of two. You don't have to ride a bicycle to use 'bike lanes'! #yyj #pwd #bcpoli
Two people on bikes riding towards camera, and on person on a mobility scooter away from camera on Fort St (2 way) protected bike and roll lane. Person on bicycle passing person on mobility scooter on Pandora protected bike and roll lane.
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
Yep - and beyond being the cause of wars, #FossilFuelsFundFascists
Fascist 🇷🇺 depends on fossil exports for to fund its barbarous war against our ally 🇺🇦. And it relies on 6 special LNG tanker ships managed by Seapeak Maritime (Glasgow), which are co-owned by Seapeak LLC, with HQ in VANCOUVER !!!
razomwestand.bsky.social RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @razomwestand.bsky.social · Dec 15
Razom We Stand, along with 40 Ukrainian & international NGOs, urges the EU & UK to impose coordinated #sanctions on all 15 Arc7 LNG tankers enabling Russia’s Yamal LNG exports.

Read the full letter - bit.ly/OpenLetterAr...
January 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Map of event locations for #ICEforGood
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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democracyrisingnow.bsky.social
🚨Democracy Rising Action:
ICE OUT FOR GOOD — MARCH THIS SATURDAY

📅 Saturday, Jan 10 — 12–2pm
📍 Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Steps)
March to the U.S. Consulate (Meet at Noon)

Please join us.
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
maryannabbs.bsky.social
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Statement of the KVPU on the Critical Situation in Ukraine after Russian Attacks - КВПУ, Конфедерація вільних профспілок України
On the night of January 9, 2025, Russia once again carried out a massive terrorist attack on Ukraine, using drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and a hypersonic weapon capable of carrying a n...
kvpu.org.ua
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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nsharma101.bsky.social
Worth pointing out that the last president of a Latin American nation-state who was tried and convicted of drug and weapons trafficking in the US - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández - was pardoned by Trump less than a month ago.
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
maryannabbs.bsky.social
Social Movement Ukraine statement on US aggression in Venezuela
ukraine-solidarity.eu/2dd83e5aef90...
Social Movement: What’s wrong with US aggression against Venezuela?
The morning of 3 January marks the beginning of a widespread attack on democracy and the relative peace of the peoples of Latin America – and far beyond.
ukraine-solidarity.eu
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
December 6: BCI has ~$27.73M in Southern Company, one of the US’s biggest utilities + GHG emitters.🎁 A poster child for climate denial + delay,❄️ including decades-long disinfo campaigns vs. climate action and fighting pollution rules + clean energy, Southern plans to keep using lots of gas + coal.🛷
Southern Company extends life of coal plants to power data centers, appears to abandon net zero goal
New filings show Southern Company is seeking to extend the life of three coal-fired power plants representing approximately 8,200 megawatts.
energyandpolicy.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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ericdoherty.bsky.social
Sadly folks on reddit r/Victoria are reporting that Bowker Creek flooded last night. The climate crisis, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels, is making damage like this much more frequent. #yyj #bcflood #bcstorm
Inside of home basement with water around two feet deep. Outside of house surrounded by flood water, with top of heat pump barely visible.
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
December 12: BCI has ~$43.83M in Caterpillar Inc (CAT), the US construction equipment maker.🔔 Pension funds + Norways’s sovereign wealth fund have dropped CAT for its links to Israel’s abuses and crimes in the West Bank + Gaza, including the use of CAT bulldozers to destroy Palestinian property.🎄
Norway wealth fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
☃️🎄ADVENT CALENDAR🎄🎅
Here we are now in the holiday fests,
Discover some firms where BCI invests!
Pipelines, tobacco, and more stranded assets,
Sons of Apartheid, MAGAs and fascists,
Regime supporters, genocide enablers,
Human rights abusers in 24 flavours.
Oil, gas and coal, with barely a mention, …
christmas decorations hanging on a string with numbers 1 through 24
Alt: christmas decorations hanging on a string with numbers 1 through 24
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
Your daily reminder that #FossilFuelsFundFascists
Fascist 🇷🇺 depends on fossil exports for its survival and to pay for its barbarous war against our ally 🇺🇦. And it relies on 6 special LNG tanker ships managed by Seapeak Maritime (Glasgow), which are co-owned by Seapeak LLC, with HQ in VANCOUVER !!!
razomwestand.bsky.social RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @razomwestand.bsky.social · Dec 15
Razom We Stand, along with 40 Ukrainian & international NGOs, urges the EU & UK to impose coordinated #sanctions on all 15 Arc7 LNG tankers enabling Russia’s Yamal LNG exports.

Read the full letter - bit.ly/OpenLetterAr...
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social
Fascists supporting fascists. Putin's Russia supplied 45% of refined #fossilfuels to Netanyahu's regime during #Gaza genocide - @oilchange.bsky.social oilchange.org/wp-content/u... Attn @razomwestand.bsky.social #fascism
Behind The Barrel: An update on the origins of Israel's fuel supply. November 2025. Oil Change International. Background graphic of black oil oozing over Palestinian flag.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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unicornriot.bsky.social
NEW: Over 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth org of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Gießen, Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police violently beat blockaders.
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Why do I feel that “reconstruction” of Ukraine means stealing minerals and building concentrations camps in occupied territories.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social
Media Release: #CleanBC Review directs government to cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation direction. bikehub.ca/about-us/new... #bcpoli #cycling @ericdoherty.bsky.social @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social @we-can.bsky.social @navdeepsingh.bsky.social @guydauncey.bsky.social
Media Release: CleanBC Review directs government to cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation direction | HUB Cycling: Bike Events, Education, Action in Metro Vancouver
The newly released independent CleanBC Review shows how implementing the existing CleanBC plan would improve affordability, health, and safety.“Protecting children and future generations from climate ...
bikehub.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social
“This is how we avoid building more multi-hundred-million-dollar [highway] interchanges... More people will turn to cycling if it’s safe the whole way” @capitalbike.ca advocacy chair @robbernhardt.bsky.social www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p... #yyj #bcpoli #CleanBC
Project to widen busy Galloping Goose Trail section to start in spring
A four-kilometre section of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, from the Selkirk Trestle south, will be widened with separate areas for cyclists and pedestrians.
www.timescolonist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
Tell Canadian banks to stop financing fossil fuel projects!!!
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changecourse-ca.bsky.social Change Course @changecourse-ca.bsky.social · Nov 6
🔥 BREAKING: STUDENTS FIGHT BACK. From coast to coast, students on 9 campuses are rising up to #StopTheZombiePipeline calling out Canada’s Big 5 banks and Carneys "Building Canada Strong" Budget on their billion-dollar fossil fuel deals.

Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Red textured background graphic. Bold textured black text with white outline reads “ STOP THE ZOMBIE PIPELINE” on the right cutout magazine lookalike reads in Black and white “Breaking News”. In the center open faded mouth in the background with Bold text in first Black reads STUDENT and in White text reads “ DAY OF ACTION” below in smaller font in white reads #BANKSOFFCAMPUS below the Change Course Logo in white. In the background traced in Black the Canadian Parliament building and over a text in Bold white reads “ Students on 9 campuses across “ Canada” Demand Banks divest from fossil fuels respond to Carneys’ “ Building Canada Strong “ budget We demands funds for a just transition! Red textured background graphic. Bold textured black text with white outline reads “ STOP THE ZOMBIE PIPELINE” Text below in white reads “ Students are calling on the Big 5 Canadian banks (RBC, BMO, TD, CIBC, and Scotiabank) to stop financing fossil fuel expansion and to respect the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous people in all financing decisions. In particular, students are demanding that Canadian banks not finance new liquified natural gas (LNG) build-out in British Columbia, including the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT), which the Gitxsan and Gitanyow nations oppose.” In highlighted black and white bold text reads “ BIG 5 BANKS' FOSSIL FUEL FUNDING SINCE 2021 (IN BILLIONS)” Below a graph illustration of the 5 Banks on the left biggest bubble RBC faded logo with $181.4 Billion below, TD faded logo in a emission bubble over a factory and below reads “$141.2 Billion” on the left same graphic with Scotia Bank logo with below reads “ $131.4 Billion”, on the left same graphic with BMO logo below reads “ $98.8 Billion” anf finally CIBC logo below reads “$109.6 Billion” Below the graphic on the left reads in white “ Source: 2025 Banking on Climate Chaos Report” and the Change Course logo on the bottom right in white. Red textured background graphic. Bold textured black text with white outline reads “ STOP THE ZOMBIE PIPELINE” Text below in white reads “ Young people are fed up and are protesting the new federal and provincial legislation, which may be used to roll back environmental reviews and has no guarantee of ‘free, prior, and informed’ Indigenous consent being on “projects of national interest.”Opening the doors for Canada’s big 5 banks to pour even more money into climate-wrecking LNG projects. Below in a bubble white box a text reads in black “Students are responding to the recently announced federal budget, which includes $81 BILLION in WEAPONS, BILLIONS MORE for FOSSIL FUEL subsidies, while imposing cuts to public services that will result in the loss of 40,000 jobs. Traced building at the back and change course white logo on the bottom right. Red textured background graphic. Bold textured black text with white outline reads “ STOP THE ZOMBIE PIPELINE” Below in bold Black reads “ Action Alert” and below in smaller and white reads “ WHAT CAN YOU DO SUPPORT STUDENT DOA? 3 bubble white boxes with text reads “ Take our digital action linked in bio” “Tag Journalist!” “Boost our content everywhere” With 3 icons first a hand touching and megaphone icon, a tag follow icon and like heart icon. In the background an open mouth and the parliament building traced in black and the vhange course logo in white below.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
Great work on climate finance👇 @stand.earth “has piloted a Youth Climate Finance Fellowship where fellows are placed with partners in the climate finance movement to grow key organizing skills and provide support to partners.”
@climatesafepension.bsky.social
stand.earth Stand.earth @stand.earth · Nov 5
Young people have been driving institutions to divest from fossil fuels since the launch of the fossil fuel divestment movement.

Taking a look at the Divestment Database, educational institutions now make up 16% of divestment commitments. ✨
Stand.earth’s Climate Finance Youth Fellowship Supports Next Generation Climate Leaders - Stand.earth
Stand.earth piloted a Youth Climate Finance Fellowship with partners in the climate finance movement to grow key skills.
stand.earth
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
maryannabbs.bsky.social
No to fracking! No to logging old growth. #yyj #NDP #bcpoli
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
maryannabbs.bsky.social
Hanging out at the BC NDP convention this am. #yyj #NDP
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM