Sai On Blue Sky
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Zero tolerance for tyrants and fascism. Former academic, writer/editor for the charitable sector. Libraries, literature, the arts matter. Nature matters. Fiercely, proudly Canadian. 🍁
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Big surprise. That's the only thing they know how to do.
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech
The party's criticisms of an agreement between the Liberals and Bloc Québécois on Bill C-9 could have been legitimate and substantive. Instead, they chose to rile up their supporters by lying to them.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Big surprise. That's the only thing they know how to do.
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Here's a battle groups have been fighting for years, protecting our water against large corporations, and he's just going to hand it over. Damn.
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required
Ontario is proposing changes that would allow hundreds of mineral exploration companies to take water for early-stage work without a permit.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here's a battle groups have been fighting for years, protecting our water against large corporations, and he's just going to hand it over. Damn.
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
You can sign petitions and submit comments, but the Ford bulldozer government just goes right ahead. I know. I've been submitting comments since he was first elected.
The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com
Ford strips protections from Wasaga Beach to sell for development
Under its controversial omnibus Bill 68, more than one per cent of the park — with some estimates suggesting up to 60 per cent — has been removed from protection. Wasaga Beach is the province’s most v...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You can sign petitions and submit comments, but the Ford bulldozer government just goes right ahead. I know. I've been submitting comments since he was first elected.
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There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
"Their products are everywhere. They have billions of users. And to really rein that in, I think, you have to deprive them of that level of power and sheer accumulation of resources."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: Democracy has survived two world wars and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Can it survive Trump and the oligarchs?
The Star interviews American journalist Jacob Silverman about the rising influence and increasing militancy of the global tech elite.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Their products are everywhere. They have billions of users. And to really rein that in, I think, you have to deprive them of that level of power and sheer accumulation of resources."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Warner Bros Discovery includes CNN, HLN, Science Channel
This is all part of Project 2025 & seven mountains takeover of:
Arts & Entertainment
Business
Education
Family
Government
Media
Religion
Canada, remember this when Poilievre talks about defunding CBC
#BoycottUSA
Warner Bros Discovery includes CNN, HLN, Science Channel
This is all part of Project 2025 & seven mountains takeover of:
Arts & Entertainment
Business
Education
Family
Government
Media
Religion
Canada, remember this when Poilievre talks about defunding CBC
#BoycottUSA
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Warner Bros Discovery includes CNN, HLN, Science Channel
This is all part of Project 2025 & seven mountains takeover of:
Arts & Entertainment
Business
Education
Family
Government
Media
Religion
Canada, remember this when Poilievre talks about defunding CBC
#BoycottUSA
Warner Bros Discovery includes CNN, HLN, Science Channel
This is all part of Project 2025 & seven mountains takeover of:
Arts & Entertainment
Business
Education
Family
Government
Media
Religion
Canada, remember this when Poilievre talks about defunding CBC
#BoycottUSA
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Who won't be able to practice because provinces refuse to get their shit together.
Ottawa announces new immigration measures for foreign-trained doctors www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Ottawa announces new immigration measures for foreign-trained doctors
Ottawa is introducing a new Express Entry category for foreign-trained physicians in an effort to address health workforce challenges in Canada, the federal government announced Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Who won't be able to practice because provinces refuse to get their shit together.
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If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
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It doesn’t matter to me if people say “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays,” or “Fuck Trump”—it’s the thought that counts.
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It doesn’t matter to me if people say “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays,” or “Fuck Trump”—it’s the thought that counts.
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The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
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I gotta get me one of these
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I gotta get me one of these
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In 15 to 20 years the United States is going to resemble early Victorian England with a vast underclass of chronically ill and needlessly damaged people unable to work or function, with no health or social supports.
“This has a great potential to cause harm, and I simply hope that the committee will accept its responsibility when this harm is caused."
RFK Jr.’s handpicked panel just voted to end hepatitis B guidance for newborns, cementing a longtime goal of the anti-vax movement.
RFK Jr.’s handpicked panel just voted to end hepatitis B guidance for newborns, cementing a longtime goal of the anti-vax movement.
RFK Jr.'s handpicked panel votes to end hepatitis B guidance for newborns
The committee now endorses "individual-based decision-making" for pregnant people who test negative for the virus.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In 15 to 20 years the United States is going to resemble early Victorian England with a vast underclass of chronically ill and needlessly damaged people unable to work or function, with no health or social supports.
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A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
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With Bill 14, Danielle Smith joined the separatists and is now clearing all legal obstacles to Alberta separating from Canada.
#ForeverCanadian movement won’t sit idle and watch Canada being torn apart!
Albertans, register as supporters at Forever-Canadian.ca
All Canadians can donate.
#ForeverCanadian movement won’t sit idle and watch Canada being torn apart!
Albertans, register as supporters at Forever-Canadian.ca
All Canadians can donate.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
With Bill 14, Danielle Smith joined the separatists and is now clearing all legal obstacles to Alberta separating from Canada.
#ForeverCanadian movement won’t sit idle and watch Canada being torn apart!
Albertans, register as supporters at Forever-Canadian.ca
All Canadians can donate.
#ForeverCanadian movement won’t sit idle and watch Canada being torn apart!
Albertans, register as supporters at Forever-Canadian.ca
All Canadians can donate.
Piggy gets his peace prize.
Oink.
Oink.
No single human, at any point in history, has ever had so much of the world unite in ridicule.
An utter tragedy of man.
(📸 AP)
An utter tragedy of man.
(📸 AP)
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Piggy gets his peace prize.
Oink.
Oink.
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Six ways to commemorate victims of Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6 montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Six ways to commemorate victims of Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6 montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
No single human, at any point in history, has ever had so much of the world unite in ridicule.
An utter tragedy of man.
(📸 AP)
An utter tragedy of man.
(📸 AP)
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Cue epic whine.
Elon Musk’s X hit with $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules | CNN Business
Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators Friday for breaching EU online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation that wil...
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cue epic whine.
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This Alberta pediatrician captures something clinicians everywhere feel but rarely articulate this clearly:
Systems fail in patterned ways.
Families absorb the cost.
Governments sell “choice” while walking away from their duties.
Worth your time:
Systems fail in patterned ways.
Families absorb the cost.
Governments sell “choice” while walking away from their duties.
Worth your time:
New CHW Perspective:
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
an Alberta pediatrician describes how structural gaps in care are shaping families' lives, and argues that the province’s new “dual-practice” model risks making things worse.
Full analysis:
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This Alberta pediatrician captures something clinicians everywhere feel but rarely articulate this clearly:
Systems fail in patterned ways.
Families absorb the cost.
Governments sell “choice” while walking away from their duties.
Worth your time:
Systems fail in patterned ways.
Families absorb the cost.
Governments sell “choice” while walking away from their duties.
Worth your time:
Poilievre's name didn't even make this list. 🤣
Poilievre who?🦉? 🤣
Canada’s 2025 Year in Search share.google/8QmpIf5Qr5OC...
Poilievre who?🦉? 🤣
Canada’s 2025 Year in Search share.google/8QmpIf5Qr5OC...
Canada’s 2025 Year in Search
Nostalgia, new slang, and national pride: here’s what Canadians were searching for this year.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Poilievre's name didn't even make this list. 🤣
Poilievre who?🦉? 🤣
Canada’s 2025 Year in Search share.google/8QmpIf5Qr5OC...
Poilievre who?🦉? 🤣
Canada’s 2025 Year in Search share.google/8QmpIf5Qr5OC...