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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 21h

Disagree

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 7d

In his 1987 address to Canada’s Parliament, Reagan hailed free trade as an act of faith in freedom itself, “the open door of cooperation over the closed gate of isolation.”

Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 7d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Dr. Hedy Fry @hedyfry.bsky.social · 7d

Do you work in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, videography, filmmaking, or digital creations? Apply to be Canada's very first Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate: a 2-year term beginning in April 2026. Visit lop.parl.ca/About/Parlia... for details.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 9d

WE Y'ALL
TOLD
THIS WOULD HAPPEN
~SIGNED
B LK
PEOPLE

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 8d

#NoToPierre #PoilievreProblems

Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 9d

#SayNoToCPC #ForwardNotBack #CPCClownShow

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 9d

Oh no, I clicked the share button by mistake. Oops 🙊

This is the ad the P€do in Chief of the United States woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral. 😏

❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10d

Say Goodbye To Pristine Wilderness and Hello To Chump's
Big Oil Donors. Chump's Greed
Is Killing Our Wildlife, And Our
Planet.......

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 11d

𝐈 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐤'𝐝 𝐢𝐭✔️. 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄.

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 10d

Bull. Trump doesn’t care about the war. Sanctions on Russian oil aren’t about stopping Putin. They boost prices and fatten the pockets of U.S. oil majors and billionaire donors who poured millions into his campaign.

Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 10d

An Ohio pastor who told a school board that Heartstopper was “dangerous for kids” has been arrested for child sexual abuse.

Pastor Silas H. Shelton, of Blanchester Community Church, now faces rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and gross sexual imposition charges.

Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 10d

A Texas worship minister and Christian singer, Jon Paul Sheptock, was arrested for child exploitation and child-abuse-material charges.

The same people crying about drag queens “harming kids”?

Guess what — it wasn’t a drag queen.

#ProtectKidsNotBigotry #TruthMatters

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11d

Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 14d

#cityofpg

Dr. Hedy Fry @hedyfry.bsky.social · 14d

Proposals for Health Canada's Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) for substance use is open for 2026/27. The deadline for applications is November 4, 2025. Please visit www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... for details.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14d

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 14d

Some of them, like Trump, publicly live on fast food and have chronic venous insufficiency and other health issues. Can’t wait!

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 14d

#ResistHate #StandForTruth #SpeakUp #PowerToThePeople #NoToHate #ProgressOverPolitics #PeopleOverPolitics

Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 15d

It feels like outrage never ends—and that’s the point. Some political groups use social media as a weaponized echo chamber, repeating messages until they dominate. Outrage gets clicks, algorithms reward it, and real issues get buried. The best defense? Notice the pattern and ask: who benefits?

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 16d

Day of Action for Trans Visibility — Oct 18th 2025

We stand against MLA L. Doerkson’s support of a bill that aimed to deny transgender youth care. Though defeated, its intent was harmful. Trans youth deserve care, dignity, and protection.

#TransEquality #WilliamsLakePride #BCPolitics

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 16d

Day of Action! 🏳️‍⚧️
Trans Visibility Saturday – Oct 18
Smithers, BC, Canada

Stand up for trans rights and visibility as we respond to Bill No. 79.

MLA Sharon Hartwell: we’re watching and advocating for equality.

#TransRights #TransVisibility #SmithersBC #DayOfAction #Bill79

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Joshua @joshuajustin.bsky.social · 17d

#TrumpIsATraitor #OrangeMenace