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Mary's Elm

@thewolseleyelm.bsky.social

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Winnipeg’s famed symbol of non-conformity. Deep roots in Manitoba. Defiant since 1860. #environment #socialjustice #reconciliation #wpgpoli #mbpoli #cdnpoli 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/winnipeg-women-stop-removal-wolseley-elm-1957

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · Nov 11

Welcome to BlueSky, fellow Winnipeggers! go.bsky.app/SdkfKLQ

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 6h

Canadian Tire to bring back the Hudson’s Bay blanket

Retailer will direct all profits from sale of blankets to Downie-Wenjack Foundation, continuing Hudson’s Bay initiative

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 6h

New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...

Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal

Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 18h

"Poilievre pushes for white supremacy, social inequality and exclusion". There, fixed it for you.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 19h

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 18h

Young people need to be better prioritized by the provincial government when it comes to wildfire preparedness and response, says the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth.

Manitoba advocate says Indigenous children disproportionately affected by wildfires | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 3d

The loss of empathy is the start of barbarism

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 5d

“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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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 6d

One of Manitoba’s highest honours, the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, has been bestowed upon a long list of groups that battled the flames during the worst wildfire season in decades.

Order of the Buffalo Hunt conferred on teams that fought wildfires

One of Manitoba’s highest honours, the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, has been bestowed upon a long list of groups that battled the flames during the worst wildfire season in decades.

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 7d

Not that rare, dear.

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 7d

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Rare white beaver wows Ottawa-area wildlife watchers | CBC News

Ottawa wildlife photographers have captured stunning images of a rare leucistic beaver.

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 9d

They have.

Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 9d

How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 10d

Free Greta!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11d

"If it’s not clear by now, allow me to spell it out for you: I JUST WANT TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION WITH A FEMALE MEMBER OF MY OWN SPECIES BEFORE THE LIGHT OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS IS EXTINGUISHED FOREVER."

“All I Want for My Birthday Is to Fuck Another Mayfly,” by a Mayfly

I’m going to keep this brief. Tomorrow I will shed my nymphal skin and exoskeleton and burst forth in all of my winged adult mayfly glory. I’ll hav...

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome to the Dark Side. We have cookies.

Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 15d

If your business can't afford to pay a living wage, you can't afford to be in business. You deserve bankruptcy.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 15d

Smith defends not increasing Alberta's minimum wage, set to be lowest in Canada nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/30/s...

Smith defends not increasing Alberta's minimum wage, set to be lowest…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 19d

The publication of Silent Spring, more than anything else, was the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Carson was attacked when she made the science accessible to a general audience, something that has become fashionable again. #RachelCarson

History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 19d

63 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 23d

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

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Oly Backstrom @olybackstrom.bsky.social · 22d

“What matters most to Isabel isn’t finding someone to blame, since she likes herself the way she is. What matters to her is continuing to build a meaningful life with the social supports and opportunities that were unavailable to people with autism in the past.” NYT gift article

Opinion | We Are Not Going to ‘Solve’ Autism. And That’s OK.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 21d

My piece in today's @winnipegfreepress.com: why EV mandates are necessary. Ford, GM & Stellantis practice malicious non-compliance focusing on expensive luxury EVs so they can claim there's no demand. But other countries have ALREADY hit 100%! #EVmandates.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: Why EV mandates are necessary

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 21d

Manitoba begs to differ.

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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 21d

A 25-year-old climate activist, who campaigned on increasing taxes for the wealthiest and putting a stop to fossil-fuel extraction, has been voted in as leader of the B.C. Greens in a decisive victory. Find out more:

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Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, voted in as new leader of B.C. Greens

Emily Lowan has promised to push for a moratorium on fossil-fuel extraction and threatened to rip up the Green's agreement with the NDP.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 21d

Good piece by @mmarginet.bsky.social on the new Winnipeg Transit routes.

No new operating funding for transit while continuing to budget hundreds of millions of dollars to expand Kenaston (to save, at best, 12 seconds of travel time in one area of the city) and road budgets with ongoing “record levels” of investment, makes it clear to transit riders: your comfort and convenience is not as important as those who drive.

Transit is crucial for our cities as they continue to grow. It costs cities seven to nine times more per trip to move a person in a personal vehicle versus on a bus.

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Mary's Elm @thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 21d

A new impeachable offense every single day.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22d

The NYT reports on 2025 Trump corruption in the UAE.

If only the NYT could remember *its own prior reporting* indicating that the UAE illegally aided Trump in the 2016 election.

It almost seems like there is a NARRATIVE here.

(Read Proof of Conspiracy, Macmillan, 2019).

Trump Aides’ Involvement in Giant Chips and Crypto Deals Draws Ethics Scrutiny

www.nytimes.com

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