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Survival International @survivalinternational.org · 19h

In the week we launched our report Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples: at the edge of survival, we also remember our friend Paulo Paulino. Paulo was a strong and determined Guajajara Guardian from the Brazilian Amazon, who was murdered by loggers.

Why?

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Johanne Boucher 🇨🇦 @johanneboucher.bsky.social · 20h

Québec went to war against doctors.

Alberta went to war against teachers.

Ontario went to war against renters.

Canada is going to war against public servants.

Who will come out the winners of this, if not the millionaires?

Yet regular folks keep getting fooled.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 16h

Doug Ford is a very strange politician.

Totally car-brained, awful to cyclists. But is also funding the biggest transit expansion in North America.

Tougher than Carney on the US and tariffs. But is also the only person in the world I’ve ever heard say something good about Ambassador Pete Hoekstra.

Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 16h

Cannot believe I'm saying this, but Doug Ford has a greater sense than Mark Carney, I think, of how Canadians want to see our diplomacy conducted rn. The provocative ad campaign satisfies those who think we aren't standing up for ourselves, balanced out with things like this WSJ olive branch op-ed.

Doug Ford: Why Ontario Ran the Reagan Ad

Your editorial “Reagan vs. Trump on Tariffs” (Oct. 27) begins by pointing out that Ronald Reagan and his legacy still matter to Donald Trump. There’s nothing wrong with that. The 40th president still matters to me too.
I’m not American, but like millions of Canadians I admire Reagan and his commitment to free trade, free markets and closer ties between our two countries. His friendship with another great leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, set the stage for decades of cooperation and shared prosperity on both sides of the border.
The numbers don’t lie: Last year cross-border trade between the U.S. and Canada hit nearly $1 trillion. Every day, millions of Americans wake up, go to work and earn a paycheck making something for or providing a service to a company based in Canada. Together we have built the most secure, prosperous and mutually beneficial partnership between any two countries in the history of the world.
I believe that is Reagan’s legacy—built on free trade.
It’s now at risk. Tariffs are threatening millions of American jobs. They’re making life more expensive for American families, raising the cost of everything from homes to gas and groceries. They’re driving a wedge between Canadians and Americans when we need to be united against external threats from such adversaries as Russia and China.
Our government ran an ad featuring the words of President Reagan because we all benefit from being reminded of his wisdom. As the Gipper said, “protectionism” is “destructionism,” and the “way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition.”
In 1987, President Reagan celebrated the new Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement by saying that it would “strengthen the bonds between our nations and improve the economic performance and competitiveness of both countries.” The pact, he added, would “provide an enduring legacy of which both nations can be proud.”
Rather than tarnish that legacy, let’s build on it.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 16h

He just like me fr fr

Mamdani patting a cat in a store and asking in Arabic “How are you chief?”

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23h

NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...

No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.

emmettmacfarlane.substack.com

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

sure it's frighteningly easy to manipulate trump. but somehow vance is even worse. he will be and do anything his handlers dictate. marry a south asian and write a book about being a hick yes mistress chua. convert to catholicism and be a nazi yes master thiel. terrifying cipher of a man

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onion person @junlper.beer · 19h

new episode of ill conceived where we read matthew yglesias’ insane book titled ‘one billion americans’

Matthew Yglesias: One Billion Americans

Podcast Episode · Ill Conceived · 11/01/2025 · 1h 50m

podcasts.apple.com

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 4d

Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/

Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life

www.americansurveycenter.org

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20h

Mr. Obama sir we tried to tell you that you were running with a bad crowd (billionaires), they’re bad news

www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...

People who know Obama say he has been surprised and appalled in how many of the rich people who now form his social circle have made concessions to Trump. He's
reaching out to business and other institutional leaders, urging them not to bend to the current administration even if it
helps their bottom lines.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

"Department of Defense (DOD) officials told Democratic lawmakers in a brief on the U.S. military’s strikes against boats off the coast of northern South America that the military is not identifying the occupants of the boats before they bomb them."

Pentagon Admits to Striking Caribbean Boats Without Identifying Victims’ Purported Drug Links

The White House cannot “satisfy the evidentiary burden” to prosecute those they have been killing, one lawmaker said.

truthout.org

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

I also spent a solid 20 minutes trying to get the moment directly before a tern dives into the water. I wasn't successful, but I did get some really pretty tern shots 😍

A tern exiting the water after going for a dive and starting to shake off its wings to dry them

A tern flying against yellow sky above a blue ocean

A gull chasing a tern for a fish as the sun goes down, a bright orange sky with the sun to the bottom left above the ocean.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty impressive - if you believe Wikipedia, that would put it in the top 20 largest quarterly losses of all time.

Still well short of AOL-Time Warner, tho - Sam has still got some work to do. www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎

The Nature of David Suzuki | The Tyee

The celebrated Vancouver scientist turns 90 next year. And shows no signs of slowing down.

thetyee.ca

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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 1d

New article just published! I address Bill Gates' recent pivot away from climate change, and explain why his message is both dangerous (emboldening climate deniers) and incoherent (climate change mitigation is inextricably bound up with alleviating global poverty). GRRRR!!!

Why Bill Gates’ Pivot Away from Climate Change Is So Dangerous (and Totally Incoherent)

My apologies for not having published an article earlier this week — I’ve been moving, and so have had much less time than usual to write!

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com

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AL @seriouscynic.bsky.social · 1d

FYI I think there is a missing word (perhaps 'mitigation') in the clause "but climate change is a form of foreign aid."

Gates' implication that responsibly addressing climate change exacerbates poverty is nonsense; thanks for making that clear!

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!

This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...

CULTURE TRENDS
SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
One mother claims taxpayers must feed her children as
SNAP benefits face cuts
By Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi • Fox News
Published October 31, 2025 2:16pm EDT

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Nirvana releases its legendary "MTV Unplugged" concert album 31 years ago today — seven months after Cobain’s passing.

“In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."

#RIP

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AL @seriouscynic.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon closed all its warehouses in Quebec after one of them unionized (more than half the workers in that warehouse had been injured on the job)

Amazon’s Quebec closures are a wake-up call for Canada’s labour movement - CCPA

Amazon’s January 22 closure of all seven of its warehouses in Quebec is a shocking and unprecedented attack on North American workers. Not only does this decision leave as many as 4,500 workers sudden...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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AL @seriouscynic.bsky.social · 1d

The values of la belle province and its metropole have diverged, tragically. Our fundamental rights are at stake. We can and must prevent rogue teachers from creating hostile environments like at Bedford *without curtailing basic freedoms or persecuting minorities.*

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.

Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...

Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces

The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...

montreal.citynews.ca

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Ezra Lavant said it was weird that JD Vance threw his wife under the bus to please groypers and had to delete the comment after the Vice President put him on blast. Now he's furiously posting clips of Nick Fuentes calling JD Vance fat gay and a race traitor

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What a disgusting comment, and it's hardly been the only one along these lines.

First off, the question was from a person seemingly to my left, about my interfaith marriage. I'm a public figure, and people are curious, and I wasn't going to avoid the question.

Second, my Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife--as I said at the TPUSA--is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage--or any interfaith relationship--I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I'll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she's my wife.

Third, posts like this wreak of anti-Christian bigotry. Yes, Christians have beliefs. And yes, those beliefs have many consequences, one of which is that we want to share them with other people. That is a completely normal thing, and anyone who's telling you otherwise has an agenda. https://x.com/ezralevant/sta/ezralevant/status/1984072547357618408

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Nick Fuentes on Vice President Vance:

"He is literally a fat, gay, race traitor that married a *slur*"

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

Racist, fascist bullshit in Quebec.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.

Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...

Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces

The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...

montreal.citynews.ca