Veldon Coburn
@veldoncoburn.bsky.social
Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn
Associate Professor - McGill
PhD Political Science
Associate Professor - McGill
PhD Political Science
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Let’s also not pretend that Canadian values didn’t included subordinate support of American imperialism especially in the Americas
January 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Let’s also not pretend that Canadian values didn’t included subordinate support of American imperialism especially in the Americas
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The death of neoliberalism does not necessarily mean something better. Or something anti-capitalist.
the Actual Death of neoliberalism would firstly mean a reversal of Carney's policies, starting with austerity and, well, all of them
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The death of neoliberalism does not necessarily mean something better. Or something anti-capitalist.
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Help create a more sustainable and just city with @freetransitottawa.bsky.social's New Vision for Public Transit; @ecologyottawa.bsky.social Mapping Care and Climate Equity workshop; @scan-ottawa.bsky.social's Finding Common Ground with @veldoncoburn.bsky.social greenlivingottawa.com/2026/01/17/n...
New Year, New Ottawa? Ideas and Events
May this new calendar year bring you renewed energy for the paths ahead—to move through sometimes overwhelming challenges toward a more sustainable and just world. The concept of “new year…
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January 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Help create a more sustainable and just city with @freetransitottawa.bsky.social's New Vision for Public Transit; @ecologyottawa.bsky.social Mapping Care and Climate Equity workshop; @scan-ottawa.bsky.social's Finding Common Ground with @veldoncoburn.bsky.social greenlivingottawa.com/2026/01/17/n...
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Hard to imagine behavior more pathetic than this.
January 15, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hard to imagine behavior more pathetic than this.
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Political pickme
WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize to recognize his commitment to her country.
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Political pickme
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If there is a single thing I’d like you to takeaway from @pressprogress.ca’s journalism, it is how many people in positions of power in Canada start making R2D2 short-circuiting noises when you ask them to elaborate on their statements
Just received the following response from the Director of Communications for the Office of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to my questions about the credibility of this website:
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
"I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
If there is a single thing I’d like you to takeaway from @pressprogress.ca’s journalism, it is how many people in positions of power in Canada start making R2D2 short-circuiting noises when you ask them to elaborate on their statements
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Rob Shaw is nervous that if the politicians he writes about start fleeing the non-consensual sex image generation website he posts on, his account with 33,000 followers will be useless
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Rob Shaw is nervous that if the politicians he writes about start fleeing the non-consensual sex image generation website he posts on, his account with 33,000 followers will be useless
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Kinda incredible it was only four days ago that the US launched an unprovoked attack on another country, kidnapped its head of state and announced it was now “running” it and there have already been 2 or 3 other crises since then that have bumped it from the top of the news cycle
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Kinda incredible it was only four days ago that the US launched an unprovoked attack on another country, kidnapped its head of state and announced it was now “running” it and there have already been 2 or 3 other crises since then that have bumped it from the top of the news cycle
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We need to change the way we use Indigenous names for streets, towns, buildings, etc... substack.com/@rjjago/note...?
Robert Jago (@rjjago)
Controversial Opinion: if you are naming something in the public realm in an Indigenous language, and that language doesn’t use the standard alphabet, it should come with a transliteration below it in...
substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We need to change the way we use Indigenous names for streets, towns, buildings, etc... substack.com/@rjjago/note...?
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white state agents stealing from non-white people at gun point: America really is Great Again
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
white state agents stealing from non-white people at gun point: America really is Great Again
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"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
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How many more statements of meaningless denunciation - empty of one single consequence for unrelenting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity - must Palestinians endure Minister @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
Joint statement on the approval of the creation of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank
“We, States of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom condemn the approval by the Israeli security cabi...
www.canada.ca
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
How many more statements of meaningless denunciation - empty of one single consequence for unrelenting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity - must Palestinians endure Minister @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
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They’re now calling this a K-shaped economy. Guess which part of the K most of us are?
What we have now is a two-tiered society with a wealthy few at the top and the vast majority of Americans struggling to make ends meet.
It’s corrosive to our economy and democracy.
It’s corrosive to our economy and democracy.
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
They’re now calling this a K-shaped economy. Guess which part of the K most of us are?
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Normal behaviour.
President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to talk about the economy.
He ended up explaining how his wife organizes her lingerie drawer.
He ended up explaining how his wife organizes her lingerie drawer.
Trump talks about neuroses, purchasing chairs and his wife’s underwear drawer in latest affordability speech | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to talk about the economy.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Normal behaviour.
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Two cabins were torched over the weekend at the Mi’kmaw Land Protectors Hunter’s mountain camp.
One burnt to the ground while the other sustained major damage.
According to the land protectors, this was an alleged hate crime.
One burnt to the ground while the other sustained major damage.
According to the land protectors, this was an alleged hate crime.
Two Mi’kmaw cabins were torched over the weekend in alleged hate crime | APTN News
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December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Two cabins were torched over the weekend at the Mi’kmaw Land Protectors Hunter’s mountain camp.
One burnt to the ground while the other sustained major damage.
According to the land protectors, this was an alleged hate crime.
One burnt to the ground while the other sustained major damage.
According to the land protectors, this was an alleged hate crime.
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British Columbia's newest far-right party has become embroiled in conflict, after suddenly removing its leader.
OneBC’s implosion appears to stem from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda:
pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
OneBC’s implosion appears to stem from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda:
pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
BC’s newest far-right party, OneBC, entangled in conflict after removal of leader
The party’s implosion appears to have stemmed from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda
pressprogress.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
British Columbia's newest far-right party has become embroiled in conflict, after suddenly removing its leader.
OneBC’s implosion appears to stem from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda:
pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
OneBC’s implosion appears to stem from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda:
pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
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The BCOne collapse is basically this Community meme.
Or maybe it’s Casablanca, and BCOne leadership is shocked, shocked! To see anti-semitism sneak into their wholesome Injun hating genocide denialist group.
Or maybe it’s Casablanca, and BCOne leadership is shocked, shocked! To see anti-semitism sneak into their wholesome Injun hating genocide denialist group.
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The BCOne collapse is basically this Community meme.
Or maybe it’s Casablanca, and BCOne leadership is shocked, shocked! To see anti-semitism sneak into their wholesome Injun hating genocide denialist group.
Or maybe it’s Casablanca, and BCOne leadership is shocked, shocked! To see anti-semitism sneak into their wholesome Injun hating genocide denialist group.
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So Trump is asserting Reiner’s son murdered his father because he was angry about his father’s views on Trump?
And… He doesn’t actually condemn his supporters murdering their parents..?
And… He doesn’t actually condemn his supporters murdering their parents..?
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So Trump is asserting Reiner’s son murdered his father because he was angry about his father’s views on Trump?
And… He doesn’t actually condemn his supporters murdering their parents..?
And… He doesn’t actually condemn his supporters murdering their parents..?
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It is, and I really mean this, indefensible for the University of Oklahoma to remain accredited as an institution of higher education.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It is, and I really mean this, indefensible for the University of Oklahoma to remain accredited as an institution of higher education.
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Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History.
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APTN News Brief: Dec. 10, 2025—Century-old kayak among repatriated Inuit items newly unveiled to public
Our lead story: Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are newly unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History shortly after their repatriation fr...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History.
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Hear more on APTN News Brief: