Spinster
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As long as we refuse to address white supremacy culture, we will not be able to address the climate crisis.
Artist, Jamaican(Igbo)/Dutch, western canada, LandBack everywhere, Black liberation by any means necessary.
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Artist, Jamaican(Igbo)/Dutch, western canada, LandBack everywhere, Black liberation by any means necessary.
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"Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction.
Black liberation will fuel regeneration."
Black liberation will fuel regeneration."
Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology
Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction. Black liberation will fuel regeneration.
www.yesmagazine.org
This is what I mean when I say "If we do not address white supremacy culture, we will not be able address the climate crisis."
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Police brutality has failed to create safety for 250+ years, and it will fail this time too.
Cutting jobs and slashing the arts will make life less affordable.
Ken Sim hates Vancouverites, which is why he's choosing to undermine democracy by ignoring us.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli
Cutting jobs and slashing the arts will make life less affordable.
Ken Sim hates Vancouverites, which is why he's choosing to undermine democracy by ignoring us.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli
Budget day for the City of Vancouver!
Debate has started on the $2.4 billion 2026 budget, which includes a property tax freeze on the local section, $50 million more for the VPD, and cuts to several other departments, including Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Debate has started on the $2.4 billion 2026 budget, which includes a property tax freeze on the local section, $50 million more for the VPD, and cuts to several other departments, including Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'I'm proud of this one': Mayor Ken Sim talks budget with $50 million more for police amid property tax freeze | CBC News
In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze, and $50 million more for police, balanced by major cuts to arts, culture, community ...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Police brutality has failed to create safety for 250+ years, and it will fail this time too.
Cutting jobs and slashing the arts will make life less affordable.
Ken Sim hates Vancouverites, which is why he's choosing to undermine democracy by ignoring us.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli
Cutting jobs and slashing the arts will make life less affordable.
Ken Sim hates Vancouverites, which is why he's choosing to undermine democracy by ignoring us.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli
List of companies to boycott:
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
List of companies to boycott:
Better question: Should talks happen at all without BC's consent, and particularly without Indigenous consent?
Don't position us as 'stakeholders' equal to people who don't live here + another province with no jurisdiction.
Don't position us as 'stakeholders' equal to people who don't live here + another province with no jurisdiction.
Should B.C. be included in talks about a potential oil pipeline passing through the province?
Should B.C. be included in talks about a potential oil pipeline passing through the province? - Poll
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he told Prime Minister Mark Carney "how unacceptable" it was for Alberta and Saskatchewan to talk with the federal government about a potential pipeline without input from his province.
www.castanet.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Better question: Should talks happen at all without BC's consent, and particularly without Indigenous consent?
Don't position us as 'stakeholders' equal to people who don't live here + another province with no jurisdiction.
Don't position us as 'stakeholders' equal to people who don't live here + another province with no jurisdiction.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Why is Carney turning his back on international human rights and gender equality? (1/5)
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why is Carney turning his back on international human rights and gender equality? (1/5)
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November 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
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Don't stop supporting Jamaica.
Solidarity with everyone going through it right now.
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Don't stop supporting Jamaica.
Please support Jamaicans in the wake of Hurricane Melissa:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
Melissa - Episode 10. Di crassiz ooman
YouTube video by Fae A. Ellington
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Please support Jamaicans in the wake of Hurricane Melissa:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
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UCP calls for a referendum on “late term abortion”
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
UCP calls for a referendum on “late term abortion”
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
We actually should not be so eager to make financial deals with a fascist state. Our complicity is in hell right now. Many canadians are joining white supremacist groups because they've decided money is more important than ethics, and this definitely should not be our national policy.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
'He should care': Conservatives slam Carney on Trump comments #Ottawa
'He should care': Conservatives slam Carney on Trump comments - Canada News
Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.castanet.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We actually should not be so eager to make financial deals with a fascist state. Our complicity is in hell right now. Many canadians are joining white supremacist groups because they've decided money is more important than ethics, and this definitely should not be our national policy.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Why is canada hell-bent on destroying every single water source in this country. Every single boil-water advisory on reserves was 100% preventable, but was apparently not more important to the gov't than corporate greed. SHAME.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
#cdnpoli #onpoli
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop #mining near drinking #water source.
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
#onpoli
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
#onpoli
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source
In a community grieving five recent deaths after a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent
ricochet.media
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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in a month the police will say that there’s a shoplifting epidemic and the police need more police
Abbotsford businesses join forces with local police to target shoplifters
Abbotsford businesses join forces with local police to target shoplifters
Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are teaming up with local businesses for a project that aims to crack down on shoplifting in the city.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
in a month the police will say that there’s a shoplifting epidemic and the police need more police
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Once you allow an autocrat/dictator to deny rights of others, yours are next, do not be complicit. They will continue to erode everything until all that is left is scraps for you to fight over. This is not hyperbole, this is real, it is happening worldwide, the far-right wants power and control.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Once you allow an autocrat/dictator to deny rights of others, yours are next, do not be complicit. They will continue to erode everything until all that is left is scraps for you to fight over. This is not hyperbole, this is real, it is happening worldwide, the far-right wants power and control.
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my favorite flower is forget-me-nots… so i beaded earrings that remind me of the field of flowers i spent the summer enjoying
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
my favorite flower is forget-me-nots… so i beaded earrings that remind me of the field of flowers i spent the summer enjoying
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Aida Overton Walker (1880 -1914), US vaudeville performer, known as 'Queen of the Cake Walk', after a 1900s dance craze. The Cake Walk, originally performed by enslaved people, mocked slave owners & high society #womensart
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Aida Overton Walker (1880 -1914), US vaudeville performer, known as 'Queen of the Cake Walk', after a 1900s dance craze. The Cake Walk, originally performed by enslaved people, mocked slave owners & high society #womensart
THERE IS NO CEASEFIRE. A ceasefire is either respected completely, or it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as 'testing' a ceasefire. FFS. Israel has always intended to continue the genocide, which they have said plainly.
Israel launches new strikes in Gaza against Hamas in ceasefire's latest test (Gaza)
Israel launches new strikes in Gaza against Hamas in ceasefire's latest test - World News
Israel's military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children.
www.castanet.net
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
THERE IS NO CEASEFIRE. A ceasefire is either respected completely, or it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as 'testing' a ceasefire. FFS. Israel has always intended to continue the genocide, which they have said plainly.
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🎥 NEW EPISODE: This week on ‘Whatever This Is’ we unpack why Danielle Smith’s plan for two tier healthcare is the most dangerous shift Alberta has seen in decades. Other countries tried this and their public care fell apart.
Follow us here for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli
Follow us here for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
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Shut the hell up, Canadian government. YOU get a real job!
At least a writer has never defunded public services to give billions to US corporations and weapons manufacturers.
At least a writer has never defunded public services to give billions to US corporations and weapons manufacturers.
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Shut the hell up, Canadian government. YOU get a real job!
At least a writer has never defunded public services to give billions to US corporations and weapons manufacturers.
At least a writer has never defunded public services to give billions to US corporations and weapons manufacturers.
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Alarming CBC reporting shows Canadian-branded weapons ending up with Sudan’s RSF — a force accused of mass atrocities.
Did the PM raise this while signing a trade pact in the region?
Canadians need answers. The Liberals must launch a full investigation and close the loopholes now.
Did the PM raise this while signing a trade pact in the region?
Canadians need answers. The Liberals must launch a full investigation and close the loopholes now.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Alarming CBC reporting shows Canadian-branded weapons ending up with Sudan’s RSF — a force accused of mass atrocities.
Did the PM raise this while signing a trade pact in the region?
Canadians need answers. The Liberals must launch a full investigation and close the loopholes now.
Did the PM raise this while signing a trade pact in the region?
Canadians need answers. The Liberals must launch a full investigation and close the loopholes now.
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All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 221 of The Continent
Nigeria’s security crisis deepens: 26 girls abducted in Kebbi State, more kidnappings elsewhere, and a top general killed — symptoms of a long-running, underfunded, corruption-riddled breakdown.
More inside: bit.ly/221_TC
Welcome to Issue 221 of The Continent
Nigeria’s security crisis deepens: 26 girls abducted in Kebbi State, more kidnappings elsewhere, and a top general killed — symptoms of a long-running, underfunded, corruption-riddled breakdown.
More inside: bit.ly/221_TC
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 221 of The Continent
Nigeria’s security crisis deepens: 26 girls abducted in Kebbi State, more kidnappings elsewhere, and a top general killed — symptoms of a long-running, underfunded, corruption-riddled breakdown.
More inside: bit.ly/221_TC
Welcome to Issue 221 of The Continent
Nigeria’s security crisis deepens: 26 girls abducted in Kebbi State, more kidnappings elsewhere, and a top general killed — symptoms of a long-running, underfunded, corruption-riddled breakdown.
More inside: bit.ly/221_TC