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saifiles.bsky.social
Sai On Blue Sky
@saifiles.bsky.social
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Zero tolerance for tyrants and fascists. Former academic, writer/editor for the charitable sector. Libraries, literature, the arts matter. Wild about wildlife and nature. Fiercely, proudly Canadian. 🍁
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 6h
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Hopelessness Is a Resource for the Tyrannical: Katie Couric with David Frum
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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 23h
Fact checking the CPC and Poilievre is a full time job.

The fact that none of our news organizations do this is ridiculous.

There should be a ticker on every session of the HoC live that fact checks claims made.

The truth isn’t partisan. It’s the truth. Start telling it.
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 19h
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Hey America,

THIS is Antifa !

💠 👊 💠
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 20h
Con @elperiodico.com
Mark Bray: 'Esta Administración Trump es más fascista y autoritaria. Necesitamos resistencia de masas'
El historiador, profesor en la Universidad de Rutgers y autor de ‘Antifa’, se exilia con su familia en España tras ser víctima de ‘doxing’ y presiones del grupo de Charlie Kirk y recibir amenazas de m...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d
You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 12h
This Ukrainian author was executed by the Soviets, but his legendary novel ‘The City’ lives on share.google/MpF5k9hacZWB...
This Ukrainian author was executed by the Soviets, but his legendary novel ‘The City’ lives on
Overwhelmed by the buzzing nightlife of Khreshchatyk Street in central Kyiv, Stepan Radchenko, the despondent protagonist of Valerian Pidmohylnyi’s novel “The City,” looks up at the moon for solace an...
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 19h
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Good Morning Portland,

I wish you a peaceful day !

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 13h
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17h
⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
"Today it is being organised and mobilised by the wide grin of the new fascism and is spreading across the globe."

If you want to understand what Ece Temelkuran means by the Radical-male, I urge all to read her important book: Together. 10 Choices for a Better Now.
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Together
An argument for hope and a powerful vision for a better world, from the acclaimed author of How to Lose a Country.Now is the time for the new, the ...
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
What’s in Trump’s Gaza peace deal? Here are the details so far - National | Globalnews.ca share.google/FgISI7uawxpf...
Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
Uncontacted Amazon Indigenous group should be left alone: survivor share.google/VlhEHUEx7P50...
Uncontacted Amazon people should be left alone, survivor says, describing leaving ailing father to die over grave
Atxu Marima survived the flu that killed his family after a jaguar attack drove them from their Indigenous group in the Amazon -- but he cannot return for fear of endangering his people.
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s*w*a*c @swac.bsky.social · 1d
Here's a majestic fella we met in Gros Morne.
A bull moose enjoys the bucolic surroundings of Gros Morne National Park.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 1d
This is terrifying. @davidgilbert.bsky.social spoke to Rutgers professor Mark Bray, who wrote a book about antifa and is now being deluged by death threats.

Bray and his family tried to flee for Europe this weekend. Their tickets were mysteriously canceled right before they boarded the plane.
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d
At the Canadian War Museum, there is a replica of Lester B. Pearson's Nobel Peace Prize on display.
Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his role in resolving the Suez Crisis through the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force.
A display case containing a replica Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Lester B. Pearson, on loan from Foreign Affairs Canada (IL 199605-01). The case holds a gold medal suspended above a black ribbon, with a label detailing the award. The background features a textured wall with abstract patterns, and a plaque describes the United Nations mission, including peacekeeping troops, established from 1973 to 1984.
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
The Book that Canada’s Outgoing UN Ambassador Turns to Again and Again -

1984

Not a guide book - it was a warning

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The Book that Canada’s Outgoing UN Ambassador Turns to Again and Again
Bob Rae also gets candid about Trump speeches, U.S.-Canada ties and global disorder.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d
War-ravaged Portland. 😂🤣👇
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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 2d
When Stephen Miller said the phrase "plenary authority" the reporter should have specifically asked him what he meant by "plenary authority". Stop tiptoeing around these monsters! Ask the hard questions as if our country's future depends on it, because it does!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d
This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
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‘No wonder they don’t like speed cameras’: Toronto mayor comments on Ford cabinet vehicles | Globalnews.ca
Documents show vehicles assigned to Ford's cabinet ministers racked up 23 speed camera tickets in the past three years, totalling more than $3,300 in fines.
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 1d
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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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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 7d
Three key differences between US 2025 & Germany 1935, Trump: (1) really unpopular (2) really incompetent (3) rather than using state to employ & build & pull out of recession/inflation, Trump deliberately undermining employment & infrastructure & pulling US into economic stagnation/inflation.
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