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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩

@bryankj.bsky.social

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Full-time writer, part-time comic, unapologetic beer snob, porphyrophile, & dad to Dylan, Aodhan, & Saoirse. Opinions are my own. (he/him) #FreePalestine 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 7h

Demand Canadian universities divest from WSP. #BDS
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Demand Canadian Universities Divest From WSP

WSP is actively participating in both of the Israeli and Indian occupations. They are aiding and abetting the expansion of these settler-colonial projects amounting to war crimes.

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 8h

The Enormous Cost of Being the One Who Holds Everything Together tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 1d

Lenny Bruce

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 14h

1066: Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy & his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II, who is killed in the battle.

1322: Robert the Bruce defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing him to accept Scotland's independence. #todayinhistory

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Now that the final 20 Israeli hostages are free, remember: those claiming violence “began on 10/7” want us to ignore that Israel was forced to free 2,000 Palestinians hostages—some 20 years w/o charge—& 8,000 remain.

If Hamas holding 20 is violence—& I agree it is—what is when Israel holds 8,000?🤔

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is the greatest evil we've seen since the 1940s.

Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 1d

How to Be a Good Explorer in the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 1d

Full Circle: Reclaiming the Me I Thought I’d Lost tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 1d

Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms action.eko.org/a/eu-wide-ba...

Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms

Seafood corporations want to turn Europe into a testing ground for octopus factory farms, locking these intelligent animals in tiny tanks where suffering is so extreme they even turn to cannibalism.An

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide

That’s adorable. That’s precious. Not gonna happen, but it’s cute that they thought it would.

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They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide — And Other Notes

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 1d

1307: French King Philip IV has the Knights Templar charged with idolatry & corruption.

1537: Queen in 1553 for 9 days, Jane Grey born in Bradgate, England.

1812: British army officer who successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812, Isaac Brock dies in battle at 43. #todayinhistory

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 2d

Hear that, Pam Bondi! Trump wants you to arrest whoever was president on January 6, 2021!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 3d

How to See the Milky Way: Instructions for Being More Alive www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 3d

1138: Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000 people.

1945: Chinese Civil War begins between the Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek & Mao Zedong's Communist Party.

1975: "Saturday Night Live" premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host. #todayinhistory

Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 4d

It's not over until Palestine is free and Israel is no more.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. #FreePalestine

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ALT: a flag with a red white and green triangle on it

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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 4d

The Trauma Keeps Talking—But My Voice Is Now Louder tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha

Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 @bryankj.bsky.social · 4d

How Not to Be a Victim of Success www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬