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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 6h

Dropped off Sambusas a few days ago for @bcgeu.bsky.social strikers. Clearly the BC gov exploits workers while in solidarity with a genocide. As Israeli wine stays on shelves while Russian vodka was pulled. This isn't neutrality; it's complicity.“Elbows up" should be for a consistent moral standard.

Image of BCGEU strikers, holding signs and some are resting while others are walking. You can say the sidewalk up ahead you have about 10 people striking and the street is lined with trees.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 7h

“The disparity between the luxurious aircraft and its shackled, vilified passengers must have been quite a sight…”

@gbrockell.bsky.social reports how an Israeli-American billionaire family flew 10 migrants out of the US, as part of ICE deportations.

Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 10h

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 10h

“In one of the more brazen examples, a Tennessee man was arrested and held on a $2 million bond, for posting a somewhat uncivil meme on Facebook.”

I’ve said it before, civility is a white-anglo liberal society grift that the right has strategically been able to flip and politically capitalize on.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 10h

The "jokes" in the clips lay the white nationalist grievance bare. These aren't just rantings they're revealing revanchist plans to Make Portland KKK Again. A Trump-Miller white nativist obsession stemming from the 1920s, when the city had the largest mainstream per-capita KKK membership in the U.S.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for putting me on to this, and adding me to it Brent! It’s a dope starter pack.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jan 4

In case you missed it, this was my starter pack for voices and organizations in Canadian Urbanism specifically. I’ve been adding to it over time, so even if you explored it before, you might want to see who’s been added. And sharing it would be much appreciated! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/QWdmJjk

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Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲 @andrealearned.bsky.social · 1d

I wish this for every U.S. city, too. (and yes, I still see a leadership path forward on this). Vote for local leaders who are known themselves to ride a bike or take transit for local trips. That’s your shortcut cue for a policy maker who knows their community. #ClimateInfluence

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 23h

This video is a chilling reminder of what one aspect of street-violence looks like, particularly with a deadly weapon.

People and public spaces must be protected from this kind of deliberate lethal entitlement from drivers that have a disregard for pedestrian well-being and human life. #visionzero

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 4d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 3d

Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

My week of "going Dutch": Consulate event for @modacitylife.com new book✓ Active transport workshop✓ organized by Voor Urban Lab @dutchphoto.bsky.social
Now feeling an irrational confidence to cycle in a hurricane while carrying children and a flat-pack sofa. The transformation is nearly complete.

A woman stands in front of a projector wearing black and an orange and yellow patterned scarf. The project reads “women changing cities.”

A man wearing a grey suit with a mic in his hand stands in front of a large projector, on the projector are examples from the Agnes Greenway Project in the City of New Westminster, a city initiative to create a 1.2-kilometer greenway along Agnes Street that prioritizes walking, cycling, and rolling. Images of a dog park, green infrastructure and landscaping, indigenous designed cross-walk, and street furniture.

Image of a large room, with the backs of the heads of people looking forward at a projector with 2 people (a man in a blazer and a woman with short hair at the front) on the projector is an image of an “pedestrianized street”

Image of Dutch consulate entrance large orange let’s of NL for Netherlands , a orange stand-up banner

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 2d

Ken Sim promised to keep the elected park board, then tried to axe it after getting elected.

We're encouraged by Premier Eby & Minister @christineboyle.bsky.social standing up for democratic values & our public parks.

We look forward to a robust public debate.

#vanpoli #bcpoli #ProtectOurParks

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 2d

My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east

theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland

The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

theconversation.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

he does not regret to inform you and neither do I

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 2d

Always provide a counter-discourse in times when institutions want to create a certain normalization of oppression.

- Edward Said

Especially when the occupier and oppressor has commandeered all mainstream outlets to propagandize themselves as the aggrieved or downtrodden.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 3d

I will also note that the mayor is also putting out incorrect information over his own motion.

We’ll see what the proposed budget looks like in a month or two, what the discussion is like, and when the actual vote is scheduled.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

US commentator Van Jones has apologised for making a joke about Palestinian babies killed by Israeli attacks, but he is not alone when it comes to dehumanising comments about Gaza aje.io/33pm5k

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 3d

Once we realize nativist grievances are fueled by a white racial civil war within capitalism, not from the white poor, everything is clearer. This reality explains the anti-immigrant/anti-black white lash. From the KKK to the Proud Boys and to libs like Ezra Klein pushing for white reconciliation.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Trump just posted what looks like an old DOJ memo about President Kennedy’s use of the National Guard in Alabama to desegregate schools in 1963.

It’s a gross comparison, given the fact that Trump is basically George Wallace and he wants to use the Guard to invade cities, not advance civil rights.

Trump: U.S. Code. Those provisions authorize the President, when faced with such unlawful obstructions against the authority of the United States as existed in Alabama, to "call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary" (10
U.S.C. § 332) and to use
"the militia or the armed forces,
or both, or
• other means" (10 U.S.C. $ 333). The
militia of the United States includes the national guard, meaning the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the several states. 10 U.S.C. § 311 and $ 101 (9), (10), (12) .
In furtherance of the President's order the Secretary of Defense immediately called into active military service all of the units and members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Alabama to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders.
This call was transmitted by the Secretary of the Army, acting by direction of, and under delegation of authority from, the Secretary of Defense.
Copies of the Department
of the Army message (No. D.A. 340638, June 11, 1963) were furnished immediately to the Governor of Alabama and to the commanding officers of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the State of Alabama.
It is apparent that the Alabama National Guard was properly called into federal service pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
§5 332-4, and in accordance with the procedure provided in those sections. Since the call to federal service did not invoke the authority of 10 U.S.C. $ 3500, referred to by Mr. Bowen, the procedure prescribed by that section was
not
used.
I trust that the foregoing information will be of
assistance to you.
Sincerely,
¡enera.
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10/7/25,

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 4d

This aged pretty well 😎

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · Aug 25

The state of Israel has long deployed this demented "double tap" killing tactic in its genocide in Gaza.

On par with assassinating famine victims at aid distribution.

Canada should be isolating and sanctioning Israel with every tool in the diplomatic and economic arsenal.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Aug 25

Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a “double-tap” strike on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza Monday, killing at least 20 people including five Palestinian journalists. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/25/gaza_journalists

Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC

Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people Monday, including five Palestinian journalists. Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a “double-tap” strike on the hospit...

www.democracynow.org

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

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Yaaqoub @ahcrg.bsky.social · 5d

My son Sohaib was running after a food truck to get us something to eat, but he stumbled and fell, breaking his teeth. The pain on his little face breaks my heart — not just from the wound, but from a harsh reality that has stolen his childhood and innocence 💔😥😭😭
chuffed.org/project/1515...

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 4d

As someone watching in real time, it was a random resident being attacked by a Councillor who not only wanted to debate this resident but when they couldn’t he then mumbled a flippant remark about them “just dropping by.”I don’t know the beef you’re trying to detail here, it was still a wild display

Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 4d

The liberal abandonment of Greta Thunberg is no shock. Her mortal sin? Acting against genocide rather than waiting for a people’s elimination to issue an apology. She resisted the militarized racism essential to colonialism. This is why her former champions are silent about her kidnapping by Israel.

Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists say

Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.

www.aljazeera.com

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