Olivia Anderson
@ollioil.bsky.social
Retired librarian, curious cook & adept baker, undaunted gardener, insect lover, cyclist and devoted reader of all manner of fiction and quirky nonfiction. Anti-capitalist, conservationist and deeply concerned by our ‘interesting’ times.
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Olivia Anderson
@ollioil.bsky.social
· Feb 21
This slim, fascinating, stunningly beautiful and deeply human novel has given me solace in this disorienting, immoral and fraught time.
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The My Voice, My Choice campaign gets a vote on Wed. in the European Parliament. It would enable women from EU countries that restrict abortion to have free abortions in another member state. It's expected to pass but the European Commission must still decide whether to adopt the proposal.
Europe to vote on scheme to help abortion access
PARIS, Dec 17 - The EU's parliament will vote on Wednesday on a scheme that would enable women from nations restricting abortion to terminate pregnancies in another member state free of charge. Read m...
www.straitstimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The My Voice, My Choice campaign gets a vote on Wed. in the European Parliament. It would enable women from EU countries that restrict abortion to have free abortions in another member state. It's expected to pass but the European Commission must still decide whether to adopt the proposal.
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D@mn. RIP Joe Ely.
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Joe Ely Grey Whistle Test May 1981 (3 songs)
YouTube video by livemusic55
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December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
D@mn. RIP Joe Ely.
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youtu.be/7EgcmJZNJ4I?...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Say what you want about paedophiles but at least they drive slowly passing schools...
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Say what you want about paedophiles but at least they drive slowly passing schools...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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Bring back cancel culture.
I liked Liam Neeson but I am done with super rich public figures promoting anti-vaxx bullshit that will have a impact on the lives of so many.
I liked Liam Neeson but I am done with super rich public figures promoting anti-vaxx bullshit that will have a impact on the lives of so many.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bring back cancel culture.
I liked Liam Neeson but I am done with super rich public figures promoting anti-vaxx bullshit that will have a impact on the lives of so many.
I liked Liam Neeson but I am done with super rich public figures promoting anti-vaxx bullshit that will have a impact on the lives of so many.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
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Extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent because of burning fossil fuels (like fracked gas exported as LNG). Maybe time to get serious about climate action in BC? (Are the repairs from the 2021 atmospheric river finished yet?) #bcpoli #climatecrisis #Sumas
BREAKING: Evacuation alerts issued for large parts of western Sumas Prairie. This includes large parts of Highway 1 and all bits west of the old Sumas lakebed.
www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne...
www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne...
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent because of burning fossil fuels (like fracked gas exported as LNG). Maybe time to get serious about climate action in BC? (Are the repairs from the 2021 atmospheric river finished yet?) #bcpoli #climatecrisis #Sumas
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Flood Warning for Fraser Valley East. Rivers have exceeded riverbanks or will exceed them soon in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and east to Manning Park. Stay clear of riverbanks. Updates: EmergencyInfoBC.gov.bc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Flood Warning for Fraser Valley East. Rivers have exceeded riverbanks or will exceed them soon in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and east to Manning Park. Stay clear of riverbanks. Updates: EmergencyInfoBC.gov.bc.ca
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1/ The Prairies gave Canada Medicare. Today, the Alberta government passed a bill to take it away and replace it with American-style, two-tier healthcare, all while Carney looks the other way.
That's not who we are. That's the system our party fought to leave behind.
That's not who we are. That's the system our party fought to leave behind.
Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature.
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
1/ The Prairies gave Canada Medicare. Today, the Alberta government passed a bill to take it away and replace it with American-style, two-tier healthcare, all while Carney looks the other way.
That's not who we are. That's the system our party fought to leave behind.
That's not who we are. That's the system our party fought to leave behind.
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“A woman is killed every 10 minutes, and it's most often by someone she knows. Violence against women is a society that continues to frame violence against women as a ‘women's issue' when it's an issue almost always caused by men.”
#16DaysOfActivism
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#16DaysOfActivism
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“A woman is killed every 10 minutes, and it's most often by someone she knows. Violence against women is a society that continues to frame violence against women as a ‘women's issue' when it's an issue almost always caused by men.”
#16DaysOfActivism
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#16DaysOfActivism
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
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“Violence against women is a toxic online culture that allows young men to feel entitled to women's attention and to react with violence when they don't get it, leading to a 14-year-old girl in NDG recently being stabbed in the face for rejecting a boy's advances.”
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysOfActivism
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Violence against women is a toxic online culture that allows young men to feel entitled to women's attention and to react with violence when they don't get it, leading to a 14-year-old girl in NDG recently being stabbed in the face for rejecting a boy's advances.”
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysOfActivism
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Go for it Donald.
Trump is crushing the American farm belt. MAGA farmers have had a disastrous year from disappearing markets and the tariff war.
Adding a severe tariff on fertilizer will wipe them out.
Trump is crushing the American farm belt. MAGA farmers have had a disastrous year from disappearing markets and the tariff war.
Adding a severe tariff on fertilizer will wipe them out.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Go for it Donald.
Trump is crushing the American farm belt. MAGA farmers have had a disastrous year from disappearing markets and the tariff war.
Adding a severe tariff on fertilizer will wipe them out.
Trump is crushing the American farm belt. MAGA farmers have had a disastrous year from disappearing markets and the tariff war.
Adding a severe tariff on fertilizer will wipe them out.
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Video footage shows Israeli bulldozers forcibly uprooting hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut, a village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Video footage shows Israeli bulldozers forcibly uprooting hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut, a village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
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Thank you, @leahgazan.bsky.social! We need a public option for food and groceries to take on the big chains that are gouging us at the till.
People across Canada know that the Liberals’ back door deals with CEOs haven’t made groceries any cheaper.
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thank you, @leahgazan.bsky.social! We need a public option for food and groceries to take on the big chains that are gouging us at the till.
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The Polytechnique massacre wasn't just a mass shooting — it was a mass femicide. The gunman explicitly targeted women and blamed feminists for the troubles in his life. We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Polytechnique massacre wasn't just a mass shooting — it was a mass femicide. The gunman explicitly targeted women and blamed feminists for the troubles in his life. We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
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The Alberta government's harmful two-tier healthcare bill is in front of the Legislature now. And they are cutting off debate early to avoid scrutiny and allow them to leave on early holiday vacation.
We need to show them Alberta is paying attention.
Send a message now: notwotier.ca/sendmessage
We need to show them Alberta is paying attention.
Send a message now: notwotier.ca/sendmessage
URGENT: Stop Two-Tier Healthcare. Send a Direct Message Now.
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
notwotier.ca
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The Alberta government's harmful two-tier healthcare bill is in front of the Legislature now. And they are cutting off debate early to avoid scrutiny and allow them to leave on early holiday vacation.
We need to show them Alberta is paying attention.
Send a message now: notwotier.ca/sendmessage
We need to show them Alberta is paying attention.
Send a message now: notwotier.ca/sendmessage
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
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time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
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"Violence against women is Donald Trump responding to reporter April Ryan's legitimate questions about the Epstein files with 'Quiet, Piggy,' and not a single person in the room saying or doing a damn thing.”
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Violence against women is Donald Trump responding to reporter April Ryan's legitimate questions about the Epstein files with 'Quiet, Piggy,' and not a single person in the room saying or doing a damn thing.”
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny