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BC public sector pension members seeking more ethical investments.🌱🌎 Led successful fight to divest $450M from Russia in 2022. Now calling for exit from fossil fuels, tobacco and Putin enablers. https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/chair_test/
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BCI is Actively Working to Sell Remaining Russian Securities
BCI takes action to sell remaining Russian securities, prioritizing commitment to responsible investment and fiduciary duty
www.bci.ca
Hey BCI + BC Public Sector Pensions Plans! In March 2022 you agreed to divest👇 from Russian firms. How about taking the next step and dropping the awful Western firms that continue business in/with 🇷🇺? Their taxes + tech fuel the Kremlin’s genocidal war on 🇺🇦! For example… 🧵 www.bci.ca/bci-is-activ...
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and I still vividly remember being confused and traumatized alongside my classmates.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Today is the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and I still vividly remember being confused and traumatized alongside my classmates.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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That’s a good summary of how we feel. CPPIB isn’t the only big pension fund investor in Canada to hold Palantir though - BCI does too👇 (likely others as well).
Excellent day to note that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans (covering ~775,000 British Columbians) have big $$ invested in PALANTIR, which is enabling the ICE secret police and its horrific terror campaign.
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 AM
That’s a good summary of how we feel. CPPIB isn’t the only big pension fund investor in Canada to hold Palantir though - BCI does too👇 (likely others as well).
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Indeed. The tech bros in general are a curse. Podcast below interviews Karp’s biographer, and… scary.
…and the IDF (to assist its “war-related missions”).❄️ Two Palantir founders, Chair Peter Thiel + CEO Alex Karp, support Trump’s regime (PT mentored + backed Vance for VP).🛷 Both have scary views at odds with human rights.🎄 Our pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy.☃️
Palantir: the world’s ‘scariest company’? – podcast
How far will tech firm Palantir go to ‘save the West’? With Michael Steinberger and Johana Bhuiyan
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Indeed. The tech bros in general are a curse. Podcast below interviews Karp’s biographer, and… scary.
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Totally! And we need to demand our pension funds divest immediately from fascist-friendly firms. For instance, CPP Investment Board seems to be cool with Palantir and the Gestapo.
A grim day to note that Canada Pension Plan Investments has ~$264M in PALANTIR, which is enabling muderous ICE + its horrific terror campaign. Pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy!!! (see👆post re BCI)
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’
A conversation with an author who had a six-year-long window into the most interesting MAGA conversion in Silicon Valley.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Totally! And we need to demand our pension funds divest immediately from fascist-friendly firms. For instance, CPP Investment Board seems to be cool with Palantir and the Gestapo.
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Canada is done with Hoekstra and the other MAGA fascists.
And we’re encouraging our friends in the UK and around the world to boycott the US!
And we’re encouraging our friends in the UK and around the world to boycott the US!
If you haven’t done so already, please boycott US products as much as possible and not travel there (and encourage your friends/family to do the same). The Trump regime has been repeatedly threatening 🇨🇦 too, and so in return Canadians have inflicted severe financial pain by cutting travel + imports.
Elbows up in 2025: How a year of Canadian boycotts on U.S. products played out | CBC News
Here are a few of the ways Canadians tried to put more power behind their purchase and travel choices in 2025 — and how those decisions may have impacted the U.S. economy.
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Canada is done with Hoekstra and the other MAGA fascists.
And we’re encouraging our friends in the UK and around the world to boycott the US!
And we’re encouraging our friends in the UK and around the world to boycott the US!
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Excellent day to note that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans (covering ~775,000 British Columbians) have big $$ invested in PALANTIR, which is enabling the ICE secret police and its horrific terror campaign.
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Excellent day to note that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans (covering ~775,000 British Columbians) have big $$ invested in PALANTIR, which is enabling the ICE secret police and its horrific terror campaign.
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
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Thanks for sharing. In related news, might be interested in this - CPP Investment Board appears to be cool with Palantir + the Gestapo.
A grim day to note that Canada Pension Plan Investments has ~$264M in PALANTIR, which is enabling muderous ICE + its horrific terror campaign. Pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy!!! (see👆post re BCI)
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’
A conversation with an author who had a six-year-long window into the most interesting MAGA conversion in Silicon Valley.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Thanks for sharing. In related news, might be interested in this - CPP Investment Board appears to be cool with Palantir + the Gestapo.
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A+ Great way to underline the risk of being found legally complicit!
January 28, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A+ Great way to underline the risk of being found legally complicit!
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Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
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And there’s a great precedent for boycotting a major sports event because the host dictatorship is invading other countries.
Luckily, as ever, our friend History offers us a useful precedent to consider - and here’s what the US STATE DEPARTMENT has to say about it:
“In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.”
“In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.”
The Olympic Boycott, 1980
The Olympic Boycott, 1980
2001-2009.state.gov
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
And there’s a great precedent for boycotting a major sports event because the host dictatorship is invading other countries.
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Totally agreed. This thread 👇 summarizes approach in several countries to preparing for crises of all sorts, and recent thinking about how Canada can become more resilient.
Mere months ago, the following words would have seemed wildly hyperbolic: Canada🇨🇦 must strengthen its defences vs. the US, fast. Our democracy + sovereignty is in serious jeopardy. We only have a few months to get going.
Luckily, we can learn from other small democracies, like 🇫🇮+🇸🇪+🇳🇴, with long… 1/x
Luckily, we can learn from other small democracies, like 🇫🇮+🇸🇪+🇳🇴, with long… 1/x
Sweden, Finland and Norway release new advice on surviving war
Sweden said the new advice follows a worsening security situation, by which it means the war in Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Totally agreed. This thread 👇 summarizes approach in several countries to preparing for crises of all sorts, and recent thinking about how Canada can become more resilient.
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In fairness, he prefers to go by “Reichsminister Miller”.
Miller is one of the more odious members of the Drumpf regime - “Dime-store Goebbels”, as others have referred to him. Some of his own relatives aren’t big fans.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
In fairness, he prefers to go by “Reichsminister Miller”.
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Would almost be laughable if it wasn’t so dangerous for Canada at this perilous point in history.
High-fives all around in both the Kremlin and Mar-a-Lago as Smith + the Alberta separatist 5th columnists undermine Canada. The ‘U’ in UCP stands for ‘Useful Idiots”.
And like Brexit, a referendum in Alberta seems particularly ripe for Russian meddling to undermine 🇨🇦. Especially with so many credulous conservatives already lapping up disinfo. Fascist Russia is already at war with Western democracies and this is a golden opportunity from Putin’s point of view.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Would almost be laughable if it wasn’t so dangerous for Canada at this perilous point in history.
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Yes indeed. Our pensions are complicit.
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid
The app shows potential deportation targets on a map.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Yes indeed. Our pensions are complicit.
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Gross.
On a related note, might be interested to know that both BCI + CPP Investment Board seem to be cool with using millions of our pension $$ to invest in the Gestapo’s favourite company, Palantir.
See posts👇
On a related note, might be interested to know that both BCI + CPP Investment Board seem to be cool with using millions of our pension $$ to invest in the Gestapo’s favourite company, Palantir.
See posts👇
Excellent day to note that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans (covering ~775,000 British Columbians) have big $$ invested in PALANTIR, which is enabling the ICE secret police and its horrific terror campaign.
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Gross.
On a related note, might be interested to know that both BCI + CPP Investment Board seem to be cool with using millions of our pension $$ to invest in the Gestapo’s favourite company, Palantir.
See posts👇
On a related note, might be interested to know that both BCI + CPP Investment Board seem to be cool with using millions of our pension $$ to invest in the Gestapo’s favourite company, Palantir.
See posts👇
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And while kinda hard to boycott US as someone living there, I’m trying to buy more Canadian stuff (most of which was never on my radar). Just ordered some Stanfield’s winter gear, made in Truro NS where some of my ancestors are from.
If you haven’t done so already, please boycott US products as much as possible and not travel there (and encourage your friends/family to do the same). The Trump regime has been repeatedly threatening 🇨🇦 too, and so in return Canadians have inflicted severe financial pain by cutting travel + imports.
Elbows up in 2025: How a year of Canadian boycotts on U.S. products played out | CBC News
Here are a few of the ways Canadians tried to put more power behind their purchase and travel choices in 2025 — and how those decisions may have impacted the U.S. economy.
www.cbc.ca
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
And while kinda hard to boycott US as someone living there, I’m trying to buy more Canadian stuff (most of which was never on my radar). Just ordered some Stanfield’s winter gear, made in Truro NS where some of my ancestors are from.
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The ocean photo in this article reminds me of the smell at the beach in Vancouver after the heat dome. It cooked all the intertidal animals. We apparently learnt nothing from the experience and our fossil fuel hypocrisy continues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air
The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The ocean photo in this article reminds me of the smell at the beach in Vancouver after the heat dome. It cooked all the intertidal animals. We apparently learnt nothing from the experience and our fossil fuel hypocrisy continues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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THIS
Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 AM
THIS
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This is the way.
ICE watch volunteer: "We have shown up day after day for 8 weeks to protect each other and to protect our neighbors."
Chris Hayes "Can you outlast them?"
"I don't see any signs of slowing. What I see is more and more people stepping into their courage and moving together with one voice."
Chris Hayes "Can you outlast them?"
"I don't see any signs of slowing. What I see is more and more people stepping into their courage and moving together with one voice."
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is the way.
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Might also find this BC connection to Palantir + ICE awful.
Excellent day to note that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans (covering ~775,000 British Columbians) have big $$ invested in PALANTIR, which is enabling the ICE secret police and its horrific terror campaign.
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
Time to divest from fascist-friendly firms!
(See posts👇 from our awful advent calendar.)
December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Might also find this BC connection to Palantir + ICE awful.
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Indeed. And CPP Investment Board has an even bigger stake in Palantir.
A grim day to note that Canada Pension Plan Investments has ~$264M in PALANTIR, which is enabling muderous ICE + its horrific terror campaign. Pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy!!! (see👆post re BCI)
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’
A conversation with an author who had a six-year-long window into the most interesting MAGA conversion in Silicon Valley.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Indeed. And CPP Investment Board has an even bigger stake in Palantir.
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Exactly. Never compromise with fascists.
Karl Popper’s sage advice for democracies - don’t tolerate the intolerant!
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Exactly. Never compromise with fascists.
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Exactly. And anyways there are a million great places to see in Canada and other democracies.
Hey 🇨🇦 - if in doubt about whether to visit the US right now, ask yourself any of these fun questions!
-Would you have visited Italy in 1925?
-Or Germany in 1938?
-How about the USSR in 1968?
-Cambodia in 1976?
-Or Argentina in 1982?
-Serbia in 1999?
-Russia in 2023?
-What about Israel in 2025?
-Would you have visited Italy in 1925?
-Or Germany in 1938?
-How about the USSR in 1968?
-Cambodia in 1976?
-Or Argentina in 1982?
-Serbia in 1999?
-Russia in 2023?
-What about Israel in 2025?
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Exactly. And anyways there are a million great places to see in Canada and other democracies.
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In the fight against the misinformation aimed at us from the United States and Russia, Canadians have to stick together. Knowledge is power.
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 AM
In the fight against the misinformation aimed at us from the United States and Russia, Canadians have to stick together. Knowledge is power.