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Treaty 7 by birth, meeting new friends in Treaty 6. No longer sure which way is up unless I'm standing beside a tree. Policy geek, woodworking hack

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · Nov 10

As I prepared to erase [twitter] I realized I couldn't leave Dad behind when his values meant so much to me: he belongs here, I hope y'all don't mind.
This is a reproduction of a thread from Dec 2019 that reminds me to stand with my neighbours. And yes, he was laid to rest in a toolbox.

Dad's urn, a black toolbox with a plaque showing his years

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 2h

Two! ❤️

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 2h

Gah! I'm a bit farther east...will be sure to enjoy my coffee outside while I can! Thanks for the heads up!

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 20h

Ermigawd! ❤️

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 1d

😂 oh shoot!

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 1d

😂 Are you sure you're actually exuding it or is it just stuck in your nose?

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 1d

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 8d

Wait for it....😂

Dinner in Alaska 🏴‍☠️ 🫎 @dinnerinalaska.bsky.social · 8d

This here is what we call an “Alaskan standoff” 😂

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 8d

Final Thought: Debt is violence. Bullshit jobs are oppression. Financial cleverness is a trap. Recognize the class war that surrounds you, and take steps to reclaim your life from the extractors.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 8d

Every day, billions of people are trapped in a system designed to make them indebted, distracted, and divided. The so-called “economy” is not a neutral machine—it is a weapon, a game, and a class war. This is how it works.

Debt, Bullshit Jobs, and the “Clever” Economy

How Debt, Bullshit Jobs, and Financial ‘Cleverness’ Keep the Masses Obedient—and the Top 0.1% in Power.

futuredude.substack.com

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 8d

FFS

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 8d

Only in Alberta...

Does the mandate letter for the minister of environment include...

- Increase the use of plastic products
- Decrease protections for endangered species
- Fight for looser emissions controls
- Build an argument that Alberta's burning forests are Carbon sinks.

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 8d

Event thread below.
More events upcoming:
Www.cleanupyourmess.ca

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 8d

Newsom: "If any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding – including Cal Grants – instantly. California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom"

California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact’

Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign ‘radical agreement’ to cuts to departments, students and speech

www.theguardian.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 10d

"Never again is for EVERYONE"

KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 10d

This is #FANTASTIC

#IsraeliTeensBurnDraftCards

youtube.com/shorts/9zzbb...

Israeli Teens Burn Draft Papers in Defiance of Army Service

YouTube video by AJ+

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10d

" They will experience the consequences of this, but we have to be the consequence..."

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 10d

This is one of my all time favorite plants. When the berries are ripe their mealy flesh tastes a bit like licorice

Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 10d

Planted some silverberry/wolf willow into the (extended) BioGarden this afternoon. I dug runners out of my gardens at home earlier this year, and brought them to UM. Métis use seeds for beads, and Plains folk used the stems for arrows. The flowers are inconspicuous but the scent is incredible.

Recycled pots containing small saplings of a silver-leaved plant, Eleaegnus comutata.

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 10d

I learn every day from my Indigenous colleagues and friends, from their families and community interactions. I have seen first hand the ongoing impacts of the violence visited upon them by the state and urge you to not take this day lightly.
#OrangeShirtDay

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10d

LIVE: Remembering the Children

Watch the multilingual commemoration in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here: www.youtube.com/live/Nb4gTI3...

Remembering the Children | APTN News

For 160 years, Indigenous children were taken and put into institutions across Canada. September 30 is a day to remember the children.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20d

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warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 19d

"Opening officers up to persecution would likely limit recruitment"
...um, yeah.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 20d

In response to California passing a law limiting law enforcement officers' ability to conceal their identities, the president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California contends that police are not subject to democratic control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Brian R. Marvel, the president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, which represents over 87,000 public safety officers, said he was outraged by the passage of the law.

He said in a statement that he believed that California did not have the authority to regulate federal agents, so it would ultimately apply only to local law enforcement officers, which he called a “troubling betrayal that California’s local law enforcement community will not soon forget.” He said that limiting face coverings and opening officers up to prosecution would most likely hurt recruitment and drive officers from the state.

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 19d

Asimov is one of my favorite writers of all time.
This is why.
See also "violence is the refuge of incompetence"

Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19d

We Should Be So Much Further Ahead….

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov.

warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social · 20d

Meanwhile, the Nations have been working their assess off *without funding* since last year to build a parallel plan in good faith.

This case is complex, but not complicated: when you don't support kids, populations suffer.
#canada

Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 21d

The federal government is wasting taxpayer money fighting an order that requires them to simply present a plan with evidence to not discriminate against First Nations kids and to not apply an agreement from one region to the rest of the country. Not reconciliation.

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 21d

On Thursday, Sobeys began a lockout in Balzac that is affecting over 250 workers. The union is calling on Albertans to support locked-out Sobeys workers by avoiding Sobeys, Safeway, FreshCo, Voilà, M&M Meat Shops, and Petro-Canada convenience stores.