Echo π¨π¦ πΊπΈ
@echowrites.bsky.social
A sometimes fiction writer based in the Great White North. Currently in BC with eyes Eastward.
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Billionaires are inherently immoral.
No exceptions.
Empathy *is* humanity.
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Billionaires are inherently immoral.
No exceptions.
Empathy *is* humanity.
*PROPORTIONAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING* www.fairvote.ca
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I have just recently embraced the fact that I have always been (still am?) a swamp witch, and not a prairie witch as I so often declared from the swamp in which I used to live. I aspire to be a mountain witch, so that's where I am now, but I suspect I'll end up a bog witch.
I don't hate it.
I don't hate it.
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Walz has in fact mobilized the National Guard.
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Walz has in fact mobilized the National Guard.
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ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
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Not all men⦠but always a man.
January 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Not all men⦠but always a man.
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I have been feeling a lot of anger lately due to our political climate.
Dolly made this video today for her 80th birthday to benefit pediatric cancer.
We canβt lose hope.
youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE
Dolly made this video today for her 80th birthday to benefit pediatric cancer.
We canβt lose hope.
youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE
Dolly Parton - Light of a Clear Blue Morning ft. Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah & Reba
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I have been feeling a lot of anger lately due to our political climate.
Dolly made this video today for her 80th birthday to benefit pediatric cancer.
We canβt lose hope.
youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE
Dolly made this video today for her 80th birthday to benefit pediatric cancer.
We canβt lose hope.
youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE
Not all men⦠but always a man.
January 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Not all men⦠but always a man.
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I didn't want to link to Fox, but don't worry, they're selling out.
Mass. bakery says it keeps selling out of 'Fβ ICE' cookies, despite death threats
The cookies have led to threats of assault, rape, and death against the bakeryβs employees and their families, but that hasnβt stopped them.
www.boston.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I didn't want to link to Fox, but don't worry, they're selling out.
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. Theyβll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. Theyβll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
Y'all know we wiped out an entire line of flu B (Yamagata) during our piddly attempts at masking and (apparently performatively for many) caring about others' health?
I can't stand it when people dismiss covid as "just a flu" when the flu kills 300k-650k people annually, either.
I can't stand it when people dismiss covid as "just a flu" when the flu kills 300k-650k people annually, either.
A flu strain has likely gone extinct since 2020
Flu viruses spread every year and cause seasonal outbreaks. But one type, called influenza B Yamagata, may have completely disappeared.
ourworldindata.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Covid never stopped, seems like some people are actually acknowledging it. Especially now that measles are making a big comeback.
I still mask, have the whole time.
I still mask, have the whole time.
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Covid never stopped, seems like some people are actually acknowledging it. Especially now that measles are making a big comeback.
I still mask, have the whole time.
I still mask, have the whole time.
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
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A strike avoids a frontal standoff with the repressive forces of the state while at the same time hitting it when it hurts the most: profits.
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
A strike avoids a frontal standoff with the repressive forces of the state while at the same time hitting it when it hurts the most: profits.
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Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
Heβs soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
Heβs soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
Heβs soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
Heβs soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
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Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. n.pr/4bzqnrR
Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
n.pr
January 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. n.pr/4bzqnrR
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News
The five-year agreement, which is not legally binding, also involves the federal Department of Natural Resources. The deal calls for exchanges and joint research on modern wood construction.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News
Shouldnβt have helped those scorpions. πΈπ¦
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Shouldnβt have helped those scorpions. πΈπ¦
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BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, βbeyond anything weβve tried before,β a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, βbeyond anything weβve tried before,β a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
www.dr.dk
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, βbeyond anything weβve tried before,β a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, βbeyond anything weβve tried before,β a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
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This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
I think it would be prudent to pass on any invites to the states for a while.
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I think it would be prudent to pass on any invites to the states for a while.
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Be all the disgusting you can be. Theyβre killing us.
January 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Be all the disgusting you can be. Theyβre killing us.
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it