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"Kindness covers all of my political beliefs." Roger Ebert
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NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
Gov. Tim Walz said state officials were monitoring a “chaotic” situation “and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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The refusal to criticize your chosen candidate makes you a cheerleader, not an informed voter.
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The refusal to criticize your chosen candidate makes you a cheerleader, not an informed voter.
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Emergency shelter housing in Finland - a bed, desk & chair, fridge, window, cupboard, and a door that locks.
This is just temporary until permanent housing can be arranged.
Photo is 25 years old. A centre-right politician got this passed into law bc it's cheaper on the public than not doing it.
This is just temporary until permanent housing can be arranged.
Photo is 25 years old. A centre-right politician got this passed into law bc it's cheaper on the public than not doing it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Emergency shelter housing in Finland - a bed, desk & chair, fridge, window, cupboard, and a door that locks.
This is just temporary until permanent housing can be arranged.
Photo is 25 years old. A centre-right politician got this passed into law bc it's cheaper on the public than not doing it.
This is just temporary until permanent housing can be arranged.
Photo is 25 years old. A centre-right politician got this passed into law bc it's cheaper on the public than not doing it.
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Man violently assaulted at St. Boniface gas station: WPS
Man violently assaulted at St. Boniface gas station: WPS
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with what police called a violent assault at a St. Boniface gas station.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Man violently assaulted at St. Boniface gas station: WPS
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Niigaan Sinclair is an Indigenous Studies professor, columnist and a national bestselling author.
Tonight on Face to Face, he explains that despite there being many reasons to feel like the world is burning, it’s a remarkable time to be an educator.
Tonight on Face to Face, he explains that despite there being many reasons to feel like the world is burning, it’s a remarkable time to be an educator.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Niigaan Sinclair is an Indigenous Studies professor, columnist and a national bestselling author.
Tonight on Face to Face, he explains that despite there being many reasons to feel like the world is burning, it’s a remarkable time to be an educator.
Tonight on Face to Face, he explains that despite there being many reasons to feel like the world is burning, it’s a remarkable time to be an educator.
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Oscar-contending animated short film Inkwo: For When The Starving Return is based on Richard Van Camp’s original short story "Wheetago War" from Night Moves.
Watch Inkwo now for free on the National Film Board website or listen to the Night Moves audiobook
www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob...
Watch Inkwo now for free on the National Film Board website or listen to the Night Moves audiobook
www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Oscar-contending animated short film Inkwo: For When The Starving Return is based on Richard Van Camp’s original short story "Wheetago War" from Night Moves.
Watch Inkwo now for free on the National Film Board website or listen to the Night Moves audiobook
www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob...
Watch Inkwo now for free on the National Film Board website or listen to the Night Moves audiobook
www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob...
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As always, watch the elected conservatives who launder this banner and absorb it into their policy choices. The CPC is already on its way, there
“The organized white nationalist movement in Canada is the biggest it's been in modern history. A big part of that is Second Sons Canada, the Dominion Society, Diagolon, the Active Club movement.”
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As always, watch the elected conservatives who launder this banner and absorb it into their policy choices. The CPC is already on its way, there
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CEO pay is so absurd, and CEOs so generally shitty, that we would probably have *better results* with lower CEO pay.
Maybe we should try an experiment with CEOs and their pay.
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
CEO pay is so absurd, and CEOs so generally shitty, that we would probably have *better results* with lower CEO pay.
On X, Second Sons posted that it held a combat training session in the city before protesting.
Oh, cool! My home town is on the CBC.
Ahhhh, JFC.
(There is, without question, a seedy underbelly of racism, bigotry, and xenophobia in that city.)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ahhhh, JFC.
(There is, without question, a seedy underbelly of racism, bigotry, and xenophobia in that city.)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On X, Second Sons posted that it held a combat training session in the city before protesting.
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Carney's first federal budget delivered half a "Canada Strong" loaf to Canadians.
A pro-[private]investment budget.
We need that.
We also need a pro-[public]investment budget. One that invests publicly in more than just the trade-exposed sectors.
A pro-[private]investment budget.
We need that.
We also need a pro-[public]investment budget. One that invests publicly in more than just the trade-exposed sectors.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Carney's first federal budget delivered half a "Canada Strong" loaf to Canadians.
A pro-[private]investment budget.
We need that.
We also need a pro-[public]investment budget. One that invests publicly in more than just the trade-exposed sectors.
A pro-[private]investment budget.
We need that.
We also need a pro-[public]investment budget. One that invests publicly in more than just the trade-exposed sectors.
Saskatchewan potash and fertilizer producer Nutrien is bypassing the Port of Vancouver in favour of one near Vancouver, Washington.
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
Canadian potash company Nutrien to build terminal in U.S. and not B.C. | Globalnews.ca
B.C. Premier David Eby said on Monday that he questions this decision as it would put a Canadian product at the mercy of the U.S. administration.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Saskatchewan potash and fertilizer producer Nutrien is bypassing the Port of Vancouver in favour of one near Vancouver, Washington.
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
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All in all I can’t complain. I’ve been on this ride they call Earth for 67 cycles around the sun and the number of times I’ve been the windshield far outnumbers the times I’ve been the bug.
Compassion, communication, collaboration, confidence & critical think really do make life much better.
Compassion, communication, collaboration, confidence & critical think really do make life much better.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
All in all I can’t complain. I’ve been on this ride they call Earth for 67 cycles around the sun and the number of times I’ve been the windshield far outnumbers the times I’ve been the bug.
Compassion, communication, collaboration, confidence & critical think really do make life much better.
Compassion, communication, collaboration, confidence & critical think really do make life much better.
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At age 74 I tiled the bathtub walls and floor. Recovery time: 6 months, not including the torn meniscus. I have tiling PTSD, and no one is allowed to bathe in that bathroom. 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
At age 74 I tiled the bathtub walls and floor. Recovery time: 6 months, not including the torn meniscus. I have tiling PTSD, and no one is allowed to bathe in that bathroom. 🤣
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And even more for the Bomber peeps...
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
And even more for the Bomber peeps...
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From what I can tell, this represents a 30% cut compared to the most recent round of funding. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Canada's cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Canada's reduced pledge to The Global Fund reflects recent aid cuts, a shift from its previous leading role in fighting AIDS, TB, and malaria.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
From what I can tell, this represents a 30% cut compared to the most recent round of funding. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
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I was interviewed today about the missing pole-mounted Christmas lights that have been a fixture downtown since 1999.
Here's a post about the history of the downtown Christmas lights which began in 1929:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/12/winn...
(Images: Xmas lights in 2007, 1974, & 1929)
Here's a post about the history of the downtown Christmas lights which began in 1929:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/12/winn...
(Images: Xmas lights in 2007, 1974, & 1929)
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I was interviewed today about the missing pole-mounted Christmas lights that have been a fixture downtown since 1999.
Here's a post about the history of the downtown Christmas lights which began in 1929:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/12/winn...
(Images: Xmas lights in 2007, 1974, & 1929)
Here's a post about the history of the downtown Christmas lights which began in 1929:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/12/winn...
(Images: Xmas lights in 2007, 1974, & 1929)
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Many 🇨🇦 mining companies have awful human rights records. They operate in conflict & post-conflict contexts, often at great cost to civilians. Many are implicated in crimes against humanity.
There are fears this is now happening in #Tigray www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #bizhumanrights
There are fears this is now happening in #Tigray www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #bizhumanrights
When Tigray became a ‘Wild West’ of illegal gold mining, Canadian firms staked a claim
A postwar gold rush in Ethiopia razed the landscape and sowed seeds for conflict. The Globe looks into Canadian-licensed sites at the heart of it, and their ties to Beijing
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Many 🇨🇦 mining companies have awful human rights records. They operate in conflict & post-conflict contexts, often at great cost to civilians. Many are implicated in crimes against humanity.
There are fears this is now happening in #Tigray www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #bizhumanrights
There are fears this is now happening in #Tigray www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #bizhumanrights
A rubber duck museum based in Point Roberts, U.S.A., is set to move to B.C.’s Tsawwassen Mills mall next month as owners say business has become unsustainable due to increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News
Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A rubber duck museum based in Point Roberts, U.S.A., is set to move to B.C.’s Tsawwassen Mills mall next month as owners say business has become unsustainable due to increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ICE Gestapo just dumped this guy in the middle of nowhere after they realized he was a US Citizen 🤦🏻♀️. I’m going to be LOL for days when Justice comes for these ICE Idiots! #iceout #northcarolina
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
ICE Gestapo just dumped this guy in the middle of nowhere after they realized he was a US Citizen 🤦🏻♀️. I’m going to be LOL for days when Justice comes for these ICE Idiots! #iceout #northcarolina
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
