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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 2h

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Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 1d

this is the stage we are at now.

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 12 Oct 1919 150 Royal Navy sailors mutinied and broke out of their ships at Port Edgar upon hearing they were being sent to the Baltic to fight against the Russian Revolution. The desertion prevented the First Destroyer Flotilla from departing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8435...

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#OtD 12 Oct 1919 150 Royal Navy sailors mutinied and broke out of their ships at Port Edgar upon hearing they were being sent to the Baltic to fight against the Russian Revolution. The desertion prevented the First Destroyer Flotilla from departing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8435...

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 1d

meanwhile the govt commits to doing nothing about the causes of forest fires....

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

WINNIPEG – Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year’s wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country.

Learning lessons from Canada's wildfire season, Manitoba evacuations

WINNIPEG – Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year’s wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 1d

having lived in a country with private vehicle insurance, I'll take MPI every single time.

The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d

DEVERYN ROSS COLUMN: Good drivers in Manitoba are being forced to subsidize bad drivers in the province and, because MPI has an auto insurance monopoly, there is nothing those good drivers can do about it. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

Opinion: An unfair way to treat good drivers

Like many of you, I have a clean driving record. My only speeding ticket was more than 40 years ago, and I have never been in a car accident in which I was at fault. As a result, I qualify for the…

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 2d

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".
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ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 1d

also CBC, CTV, BBC and pretty much all 'print' media

Bjorn Radstrom @bjornradstrom.bsky.social · 1d

“If Jimmy Allred says it’s raining, and W. Lee O’Daniel says it isn’t raining.” Mewhinney wrote. “Texas newspapermen quote them both, and don’t look out the window to see which is lying, and to tell the readers what the truth is at the moment.”

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

The Great derangement syndrome:
People telling me to stop talking about a burning planet when our Prime Minister has a "nation-building" plan to build oil pipelines, repeal the tanker ban, kill the emissions cap.
Trump is a convenient excuse for the plant burners. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap

As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the tanke...

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 2d

10 yrs post 1st pass. then every 5yrs, and then over 60 years old every 2nd year. over 60's don't have to pay for the test. and make the examiners harsh. and limit retakes to 2.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Lets make different political choices says Zack Polanski.

Like taxing billionaires instead of blaming poor people.

#bbcqt

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 3d

somebody force Carney to understand this.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 3d

we desperately need a Canadian politician like this.

TryingMyBest @tryingmybestuk.bsky.social · 3d

Finally an episode worth watching - fantastic job @zackpolanski.bsky.social

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d

Time to drop some f bombs and talk about the face of gangster fascism.
Gone are the grey uniforms and goose-steps in are the baseball caps and botox.
But the fascist playbook is redefining politics. We need to call it out.
This is my latest.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTlr...

DROPPING F BOMBS ON FASCISM

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 3d

The federal government is trying to have a lawsuit over biological experiments on Inuit dismissed over technicality, according to the lawyer representing the plaintiffs.

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit

Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.

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Christopher Walton @christo-walton.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see the right-wing lies being totally demolished. Poverty & the increasing inequality gap has been a political choice in the U.K. for far too long.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Deafening applause as Zack Polanski tells Zia Yusuf that people's concern over immigration is because he spends all his time spreading misinformation and fear.

#bbcqt

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 3d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 3d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 4d

I would like to restrict any 'reporting' on shit the Cons say.

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 4d

OTTAWA – The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents

OTTAWA – The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtube.com/shorts/WkgL9...

This didn't start on October 7. Here's a little history lesson.

YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

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Robert @robell66.bsky.social · 9d

here in Winnipeg, I have a 3 foot wide, 5 feet deep hole in the middle of the road (literally) that has been reported several times. its now month 6 and no fix yet.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 9d

Here is the speech I gave at University of Regina on the disinformation storm that is coming and MAGA's attack on education.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmMl...

MAGA'S WAR ON EDUCATION

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 9d

Has any Canadian media once called a single Israeli attack "savage"?

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 9d

Dozens were injured in a “savage” Russian drone strike Saturday on a Ukrainian railway station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s rail and power grids ahead of the fourth winter since its all-out invasion.

Dozens injured in 'savage' Russian drone strike on Ukrainian railway station

Dozens were injured in a “savage” Russian drone strike Saturday on a Ukrainian railway station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s rail and power grids ahead of the fourth winter since its all-out invasion.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 9d

There is a storm of race hatred brewing online.
Blaming refugees. Blaming hard working immigrants.
Don't fall for this kind of shit.
I think of the Syrian families who built the north with passion, hard work.
If your relative spreads hate shit tell them to knock it off.

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