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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · Aug 5

'...The participation of people with good intentions doesn't change a system that exists to cause harm. In fact, the participation of good people ensures its success...'

(Patty Krawec [@daanis.ca], 'Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future', 82).

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 17h

I have a feeling that Paul Tillich would haven't any trouble navigating this.

Years back, someone told me the late Geo. Grant'd simply enter McMaster U.'s pool and tread water for twenty minutes or so and then get out of the pool; that action, treading vs 'lengths' or 'widths', seems telling to me.

RNS @rns.org · 18h

OPINION: This seismic shift in American life will change our democracy.
religionnews.com/2025/10/02/n...

Nonreligious Americans might not be as spiritual as we thought

(RNS) — Our research shows that nonreligious Americans report being significantly less spiritual than people who identify with established traditions such as Christianity, Judaism or Islam.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 21h

I wanna posit this really big and awkward question: What does "Canadian digital sovereignty" mean for Indigenous Peoples here when Canada is not only giving up its pretences for "Reconciliation", but also increasingly hostile to Indigenous Peoples who oppose Canada as a resource extraction colony?

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 21h

Y'all, this $50 HARD COVER book is $3— 94% off. Held my nose and got it, donating when I'm done.

"The two largest transitions from unfree to free labor of many that occurred in Europe and the Americas during the 19th century took place in the U.S. and in Russia… both partially successful"
#History

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

There was a poll on CBC about this and apparently more "Canadians" are now in favour of a strong economy over environmental protections. We are apparently happier burning this place to the ground for money than anything else.

I'm reminded of @wordsandguitar.bsky.social's novel, 'And Then She Fell'.

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 21h

“For all his talk of reconciliation, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to accelerate the next wave of nation building has exposed a familiar fault line: when economic ambition collides with Indigenous consent, ambition usually wins,” writes Wendy Kaur. thewalrus.ca/a-subjugation-fi...

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RNS @rns.org · 21h

Read the full story: religionnews.com/2025/10/01/p...

Pope Leo XIV enters US political fray, challenging 'inhuman treatment of immigrants'

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The first American pope weighed in on a controversy roiling the Chicago diocese, telling journalists the Catholic Church’s political positions include more than opposing abortion.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 21h

yep, meanwhile they are trying to push projects to steal even more water from the drought-prone watershed: kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/08/12/e...

The impacts of an AI company's expansion into Waterloo Region

What could the development of an AI data centre look like? Experts weigh in as a Quebec AI company eyes Waterloo Region for expansion.

kitchener.citynews.ca

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

I did not know of this. Sweet mother of god.... Thanks for sharing it about.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

That's, of course, only in place until said places unionize as they should.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

It'd be good if we could also stop buying booze from non-union shops (like gas stations and convenience stores), too, though.

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Show Up Toronto @showuptoronto.ca · 21h

Today at 3PM: Kid & Family Community Gathering (Regent Park). From Turtle Island to Palestine to Sudan, Congo and beyond, we know that families worldwide live on the front lines of colonial violence. Gather with Toronto Families and Kids for Palestine in love, grief and solidarity. There will be...

Kid & Family Community Gathering

From Turtle Island to Palestine to Sudan, Congo and beyond, we know that families worldwide live on the front lines of colonial violence. Gather with Toronto Families and Kids for Palestine in love, grief and solidarity. There will be lots of activities, a small rally, grief support, and a bake sale and art sale. All proceeds will go to mutual projects in Gaza, Sudan, and Indigenous sovereignty work here in Turtle Island. Please bring a water bottle, pots/pans to bang, kites to fly, art and/or baked goods for the mutual aid table, and of course, your loved ones!

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micchiato 🍉 @micchiato.bsky.social · 21h

“Reduced hours is the only measure of economic reform which consults the interests of the laborers as consumers. Now, this means a higher standard of living for the producers, which can only be acquired by possessing and consuming a larger share of their own product”
— Albert Parsons (1886)

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

Amen and amen.

Chris Lilley ✠ 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @frostinthepines.bsky.social · 21h

If your version of “standing up for Jesus” requires dehumanizing and erasing trans* and gender non-conforming people, you’re not following Christ. You're denying the Gospel. #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

ExACTly. They do just enough to say they 'did' something, and then blame Indigenous peoples. I was there for the March against Nestle, years back now, actually was honoured to bear a wampum belt (for settlers to carry), and not a thing on water has shifted for Indigenous peoples' betterment since.

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

Good on you for covering it and good on @matthewgreen.bsky.social for keeping it up.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

Pace @laura-babcock.bsky.social, I'm thankful people are standing up against this 'dignified prime minister'. We aren't 'true north, strong, and free'; this place is a legal fiction and its gov't is committing genocide against sovereign Indigenous peoples. Be grateful for dissent, this Thanksgiving.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 21h

I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

On Six Nations, they got $10.7m for high-speed Internet and $0 for potable water. I'm not against Internet access but let's prioritize what people need, first.

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 22h

The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head —
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you for sharing this. I've put whatever of his the library has on hold for reading sometime down the trail.

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Lyla Miklos @lylamiklos.bsky.social · 21h

A poignant thought for the day from Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai who won the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature. 🇭🇺

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

Getting upset about the lack of fur in the late Supreme Ct Justices' vestments is peak "Canada". THIS is what we're about....

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

'...Canada is a nation of laws, and the Constitution is the highest law in the land.... It doesn't matter what you think of Indigenous peoples and their rights. Section 35 rights are separate from Charter rights. They cannot be overruled by the notwithstanding clause...'.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

(cf. "Public board launches fund for schools to grow existing nutrition programs - Idea was sparked by a $15,000 private donation received at the end of June", from today's paper of record):

My rationale was that we were adults and could get by on tea and water for a two-hour meeting, once a month.

joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 21h

At Apr 2025's Teachers' Council, I moved a motion that our catered food's costs and any unspent monies in our budget would be foregone for the last two months of the school year and the amount donated to school nutrition programmes for students. It was roundly voted down. I resigned in protest

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