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Rick Harp

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🎙️ Host, APTN News Brief podcast https://podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief 🎙️ Host/producer, MEDIA INDIGENA podcast https://podfollow.com/mediaindigena

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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 8d

VANCOUVER! Whatcha doing Fri Oct 24? Come see our free public panel, "Beyond Fire & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes," part of a larger invitational gathering of climate-related storytellers, hosted in MOA Great Hall at UBC!

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pictographic for "Beyond fires and floods: Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes," a free public panel featuring veteran journos Tanya Talaga, Mark Trahant, Judy Kochon and Paul Seeseequasis, moderated by me! October 24th, 6:30 PM, Museum of Anthropology, UBC.

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Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 17h

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 8h

A reader of The Alberta Worker sent in a $200 donation yesterday!

I am so grateful. Generosity like this keeps The Alberta Worker going.

Remember, The Alberta Worker is funded entirely by its readers.

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Support independent journalism

The independent journalism you have grown to love here at The Alberta Worker depends on the generous support of readers like you. Become a monthly supporter. Become an annual supporter. Send a one-…

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 5h

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

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 15h

From a new post of mind, explaining the role I am taking in News Creator Corps. It's a startup that offers training to creators who want to bring new skills into their work. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news... Journalism-adjacent creators, you might say.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 15h

Supporters gather outside the Federal Court in Ottawa to back Kebaowek’s efforts to block a proposed radioactive waste disposal site at Chalk River, Ont.

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APTN News Brief: October 9, 2025—Appeal case begins in effort to undo Kebaowek First Nation’s halt on nuclear waste site

Our lead story: as proceedings begin at the Federal Court of Appeal, some 50 supporters gather outside to back Kebaowek First Nation’s efforts to keep blocking proposed radioactive waste disposal...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 17h

Plans to expand the Port of Montreal threaten an endangered fish found only in Quebec. Advocates for the copper redhorse fear the project — now on Mark Carney's major projects list — will deal a critical blow to a species already on life support. thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

Endangered Quebec fish at risk from Port of Montreal expansion | The Narwhal

A planned expansion of the Port of Montreal in Contrecoeur, one of Mark Carney’s priority projects, threatens the endangered copper redhorse

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 15h

The rapid growth of data centers has fueled global concerns over the fire risk inherent to these often hastily constructed facilities — and the question of who pays the cost. futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

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stevelambert.bsky.social @stevelambert.bsky.social · 2d

Updated: www.thereminder.ca/provincial-n... #mbpoli

Manitoba legislature approves fines for former premier and cabinet ministers

WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers were fined Tuesday for violating the province's conflict of interest law in pushing for a mining project.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

Kebaowek First Nation stages a news conference in Ottawa to talk about their legal challenge to the construction of a nuclear waste disposal site at Chalk River, Ont.

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APTN News Brief: October 8, 2025—Kebaowek First Nation discusses judicial review of their legal challenge to construction of nuclear waste disposal facility

Our lead story: the Kebaowek First Nation stages a joint press conference in Ottawa ahead of a judicial review of their legal challenge to construction of a nuclear waste disposal site at Chalk Riv...

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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change is making wildfires, floods, droughts and storms more frequent and severe.

Without action on adaptation, the costs of these events pile up. See how with our interactive tool.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 2d

In syilx territory, humans are building beaver dams. It's part of an effort to recreate the benefits beavers have on wetland ecosystems, and hopefully encourage a resurgence of real beavers, too. A story first published by @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/wetlands-bea...

Bringing beavers back to syilx homelands | The Narwhal

Building artificial beaver dams could restore B.C. Interior wetlands and encourage the return of native species — including the long-absent beaver

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 3d

Once a fringe conspiracy, residential school denialism is becoming more mainstream.

On the latest APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens speaks with Métis student Benjamin Kucher about why confronting denialism is critical to reconciliation.

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InFocus: Confronting residential school denialism: How a new generation is pushing back against a growing threat

This week on APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens examines the growing threat of residential school denialism in Canada. Once confined to the internet’s fringes, denialism has entered the mains...

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

Blaming immigrants is not new in Alberta. My latest for The Tyee.
'Shameless': How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Shameless’: How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants | The Tyee

Divisive scapegoating, including showing a slanted video, fits the populist playbook, says an expert.

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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 3d

"Greening the global economy does not have to be done through unjust fuel extraction; societies can choose fairer paths to net-zero emissions." Perfectly put.

Love this glowing review of @triofrancos.bsky.social's EXTRACTION in @nature.com

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From fossil fuels to ‘green capitalism’: the dilemmas of a just energy transition

Greening the global economy does not have to be done through unjust fuel extraction; societies can choose fairer paths to net-zero emissions.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 3d

Come connect with me, Judi, Mark, Tanya and Paul in 18 days for a free, live public panel on Indigenous climate narratives!

UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca · 3d

Join us on Oct 24 at @moaubc.bsky.social, as journalists, experts and storytellers explore the ways Indigenous narratives work to engage with what climate change means on Indigenous terms.

Read more here: https://f.mtr.cool/teoofwhzrs

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Truthout @truthout.org · 3d

A federal judge in Oregon issued a new and broader order to halt Trump from deploying any National Guard troops — regardless of their state of origin — to Oregon, Illinois, or elsewhere, as Trump attempted to mobilize 400 National Guard troops out of Texas to deploy to Oregon.

Judge Blocks Trump From Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon — for Now

Gavin Newsom had challenged an order to send California troops, and warned that the US is on the “brink of martial law.”…

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 3d

At the request of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Indigenous Services Canada says it will share more details from a forensic audit of the organization’s spending.

Hear more on APTN News Brief

APTN News Brief: October 6, 2025—Feds to provide Fed'n of Sovereign Indigenous Nations more details of disputed forensic audit

Our lead story: at the request of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Indigenous Services Canada says it will share greater details from a disputed forensic audit of FSIN spending.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 3d

The cycling community has been quick to react, questioning the safety, logistics, and ethics of sharing bike lanes with what some have dubbed “20mph burrito bots.”
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DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag

DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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Jonathan Trevithick @jontrevithick.bsky.social · 4d

Monty Python's Flying Circus aired for the first time on this day, 56 years ago.
It was one of the first BBC shows to be transmitted in colour (in the London region only).
5th October, 1969

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

I think often about the Amazon engineer who wrote in an open letter to the company that Ring was “incompatible” with a free society.

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4d

Asked about the possibility of regime change in Venezuela, Trump's counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka replies: "We do believe, as a prior president said, in something called the Monroe Doctrine."

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