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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 7h

fuck all this.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 10h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 9h

"we thought of the people we've been ignoring, and decided to do EVEN LESS for everyone, so it will be fair. EQUITY!"

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Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 18h

We need to be honest on climate movement. We are failing.

- The temperature keeps rising.
- True problem is structural, NOT individual behavior!
- Industry has masterfully marketed individual's fault.
- Collective civic action to change policy
- Say pollution, not emissions
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 11h

IIO report raises serious questions about Surrey death

www.surreynowleader.com/letters/lett...

LETTER: IIO report raises serious questions about Surrey death

Vanessa Rentera Valencia's death shows gaps in the system, this criminologist says

www.surreynowleader.com

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

thread.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Jan 25

this went on for years in plain sight and nobody did anything because DRUUUUUUUG USERS

He also objected to the amount of unpaid labour the program allegedly required from its residents. While work experience is a common part of residential drug and alcohol treatment programs, Hayward wrote that all residents, regardless of their health or fitness, were required to do unpaid work for JVA businesses a minimum of six days a week, eight hours a day, with additional hours sometimes bringing their weekly total to 56 hours a week.

"Registry staff were informed that if a resident does not fulfill additional periods of work requirements imposed by JVA, they will not receive a completion certificate from JVA stating that they have completed the required years of work," Hayward wrote. That would leave them with no proof of their work experience after two years.

The work was also strenuous and physical, either for John Volken Academy Moving, a moving company based in Surrey, at the now-closed Volken Market and Furniture Store, or at the Volken Academy Farm, which raises bison and water buffalo in Langley.

"One resident interviewed in October 2023 stated, 'there is no recovery going on here, and all we do is work,'" Hayward wrote.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

went on for years.

www.langleyadvancetimes.com/local-news/b...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth."

– Raoul Vaneigem

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

more police

News headline

'Not enough income' is leading cause of homelessness

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Jen Raso @jenraso.bsky.social · 21h

I often urge law students to be precise when and where they use passive language, and to notice the work it does when used by others (judges, politicians, reporters, and anyone describing actions being done without actors). This is a great, but awful, example.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 2d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

and, the democrats are *really* bad at politics

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 12h

no no come on

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 23h

"Some people regard [the War on Drugs] as a success because it's doing what it's designed to do, which is destroy communities and [..] lives in order to have political control."

"[E]very harm we associate with drugs is either caused by or exacerbated by prohibition."
#Maryland #USA #Drugs #Policing

Baltimore is watching the consequences of prohibition unfold before its eyes

The Baltimore Police Department's enforcement of prohibitionist policies continues to get drug users killed. Yet city officials have mostly sat on their hands as the drug supply wreaks havoc on…

mobtownredux.news

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 13h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 12h

last VPD board meeting

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · Sep 11

Chief Rai: Says recruiting and retention is big issue in region. July 4, swore in 20 new officers. Had 32 regular police officers sworn in at new facility. Hired over 50 new civilian professionals, and 6 experienced officers.

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 13h

Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫

😂😂😂

Snapshot of dallas brodie tweet:

"ANTIFA is a leftwing terrorist organization."

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Brad on Bluesky @theonlystowie.bsky.social · 13h

OpenAI wants to "help" Canadians by allowing another nation to support this fuckin Ponzi scheme. The return on initial capital investment is forever going to be negative, so new victims is the only way to support it.

It's not intelligence, it's just really fast googling, and it's pathetic.

Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...