Pam 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@a-le-map.bsky.social
6th gen settler in the unceded homelands of the Mi'kmaq; in life, an imperfect follower of Christ; in work, a follower of John Snow (not Jon Snow)
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Glad Canada signed a letter condemning this horrific action by Israel. Now, we need to add consequences - strong words are hollow if not paired with strong actions.
Never normalize genocide!
Glad Canada signed a letter condemning this horrific action by Israel. Now, we need to add consequences - strong words are hollow if not paired with strong actions.
Never normalize genocide!
"'[A]pproximately a third of healthcare facilities' in Gaza 'would be forced to immediately close.'"
"A situation that is already horrific will be made more horrific."
"The changes will be immediate, and they will be ruthless."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Genocide
"A situation that is already horrific will be made more horrific."
"The changes will be immediate, and they will be ruthless."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Genocide
Critics Warn Israeli Ban on Aid Groups in Gaza 'Will Cost the Lives of Palestinians'
"Such arbitrary suspensions make an already intolerable situation worse for the people of Gaza," said the United Nations human rights chief.
www.commondreams.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Glad Canada signed a letter condemning this horrific action by Israel. Now, we need to add consequences - strong words are hollow if not paired with strong actions.
Never normalize genocide!
Glad Canada signed a letter condemning this horrific action by Israel. Now, we need to add consequences - strong words are hollow if not paired with strong actions.
Never normalize genocide!
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Canada needs to get Republican ownership out of Canadian news media. We can't trust anything from Republican-controlled Sunmedia and Postmedia.
There's a Parliamentary petition asking the house to restore limits on foreign ownership of news that were stripped away by Harper, please sign and share.
There's a Parliamentary petition asking the house to restore limits on foreign ownership of news that were stripped away by Harper, please sign and share.
Petition e-6821 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Canada needs to get Republican ownership out of Canadian news media. We can't trust anything from Republican-controlled Sunmedia and Postmedia.
There's a Parliamentary petition asking the house to restore limits on foreign ownership of news that were stripped away by Harper, please sign and share.
There's a Parliamentary petition asking the house to restore limits on foreign ownership of news that were stripped away by Harper, please sign and share.
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None of this talk about a brain gain makes any sense unless funding for research is dramatically increased across the board in Canada.
Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/
Canada Can Be a Refuge for America’s Grad Students - Macleans.ca
A new scholarship model is scooping up skilled researchers, newly untethered after disastrous funding cuts down south
macleans.ca
January 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
None of this talk about a brain gain makes any sense unless funding for research is dramatically increased across the board in Canada.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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If one of your New Year's resolutions is to support independent media, here is a comprehensive list of independent newsrooms.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
🌀Source List🌀
Here is the current source list of independent journalism for Harms Committed. This thread provides additional information about each source, along with ways to support them.
Here is the current source list of independent journalism for Harms Committed. This thread provides additional information about each source, along with ways to support them.
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to support independent media, here is a comprehensive list of independent newsrooms.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
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"Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest medical organizations currently operating in Gaza, is among the 25 humanitarian groups that will be suspended at the start of the new year."
They "serve nearly half a million people in Gaza."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
They "serve nearly half a million people in Gaza."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
Many in Gaza to 'Lose Access to Critical Medical Care' as Israel Suspends Doctors Without Borders
"The humanitarian response in Gaza is already highly restricted, and cannot afford further dismantlement," the renowned organization warned.
www.commondreams.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest medical organizations currently operating in Gaza, is among the 25 humanitarian groups that will be suspended at the start of the new year."
They "serve nearly half a million people in Gaza."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
They "serve nearly half a million people in Gaza."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
Sigh. 😔
If a person is placing bets on famine, they seriously need to examine their soul.
If a person is placing bets on famine, they seriously need to examine their soul.
This is so much worse than sports betting. At least you're only losing money with sports. This kind of mess is where people lose their souls.
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sigh. 😔
If a person is placing bets on famine, they seriously need to examine their soul.
If a person is placing bets on famine, they seriously need to examine their soul.
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Canadian registered charities prevented from their essential life saving and supporting work include Doctors Without Borders
action.msf.ca/site/Donatio...
action.msf.ca/site/Donatio...
Make an Impact
Your gifts will help allow us to provide medical humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict, disaster, outbreaks of disease and lack of access to medical care.
action.msf.ca
December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Canadian registered charities prevented from their essential life saving and supporting work include Doctors Without Borders
action.msf.ca/site/Donatio...
action.msf.ca/site/Donatio...
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Canada has a duty to act, write your MP
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Israel will ban dozens of aid groups from Gaza starting on New Year's Day | CBC Radio
Israel is banning more than two dozen humanitarian organizations from Gaza for failing to comply with new registration rules.
www.cbc.ca
December 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Canada has a duty to act, write your MP
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Excellent commentary.
Thanks for the Sci Amer reference! @panaccindex.bsky.social
One gift of the pandemic was meeting such an interesting and diverse community of people.
One other gift was getting an editorial in SA - I grew up reading it and marvelling.
Thanks for the Sci Amer reference! @panaccindex.bsky.social
One gift of the pandemic was meeting such an interesting and diverse community of people.
One other gift was getting an editorial in SA - I grew up reading it and marvelling.
There has been a coup of American medicine. The PAI's latest is a deep dive into just how it works: www.panaccindex.info/p/the-ebm-co...
The EBM Coup of Modern Medicine
Specialized Knowledge Matters
www.panaccindex.info
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Excellent commentary.
Thanks for the Sci Amer reference! @panaccindex.bsky.social
One gift of the pandemic was meeting such an interesting and diverse community of people.
One other gift was getting an editorial in SA - I grew up reading it and marvelling.
Thanks for the Sci Amer reference! @panaccindex.bsky.social
One gift of the pandemic was meeting such an interesting and diverse community of people.
One other gift was getting an editorial in SA - I grew up reading it and marvelling.
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Here’s a snapshot of the services MSF provided in #Gaza in 2025. We’ve received no updates on our Israeli registration process for 2026 and it is unclear if we will be able to continue activities.
- 800,000 consultations
- 22,700 surgical operations
- 700 million litres of water
- 800,000 consultations
- 22,700 surgical operations
- 700 million litres of water
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here’s a snapshot of the services MSF provided in #Gaza in 2025. We’ve received no updates on our Israeli registration process for 2026 and it is unclear if we will be able to continue activities.
- 800,000 consultations
- 22,700 surgical operations
- 700 million litres of water
- 800,000 consultations
- 22,700 surgical operations
- 700 million litres of water
More genocidal actions on the part of the Israeli government.
Israel just became the first country in the world to ban Doctors Without Borders
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
More genocidal actions on the part of the Israeli government.
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The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Doctors Without Borders among dozens of aid groups Israel moves to shut down in Gaza
Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Meanwhile, Israel’s new registration rules for international non-governmental organizations like Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières may prevent them from providing critical and life-saving care to the people of Gaza & the West Bank.
Israel’s genocide has destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure, leaving thousands of Palestinians with treatable diseases at risk of blindness.
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
Gaza eye care crisis leaves thousands on brink of blindness
A silent health crisis in Gaza is leaving thousands at risk of permanent blindness amid destroyed hospitals, medicine shortages and closed crossings.
ow.ly
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Meanwhile, Israel’s new registration rules for international non-governmental organizations like Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières may prevent them from providing critical and life-saving care to the people of Gaza & the West Bank.
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These aren’t claims. Indigenous land rights have been recognized in our legal system since the 1700’s. Governments just spent a few hundred years trying to pretend they didn’t exist, and/or making it practically impossible to enforce them.
The decision to recognize the indigenous claim to Canadian land is a misstep, @davidfrum.bsky.social writes: “Just when Canada most urgently needs to jump-start the country’s economic growth, the country’s courts are inventing new obstacles to development.”
Good Intentions Gone Bad
How Canada’s “reconciliation” with its Indigenous people went wrong
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These aren’t claims. Indigenous land rights have been recognized in our legal system since the 1700’s. Governments just spent a few hundred years trying to pretend they didn’t exist, and/or making it practically impossible to enforce them.
Absolutely criminal.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has been a light in the darkness for the people of Gaza.
Never Normalize Genocide.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has been a light in the darkness for the people of Gaza.
Never Normalize Genocide.
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Absolutely criminal.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has been a light in the darkness for the people of Gaza.
Never Normalize Genocide.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has been a light in the darkness for the people of Gaza.
Never Normalize Genocide.
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My dear verified friend Amal is greatly struggling in this horrid weather. Their tent was broken, so they are crammed in with relatives right now.
Naser’s surgery, which you all generously funded, is scheduled for next week.
But they need warm clothes & a new tent.
Donate: gofund.me/6970ef08b
Naser’s surgery, which you all generously funded, is scheduled for next week.
But they need warm clothes & a new tent.
Donate: gofund.me/6970ef08b
Donate to Help Us Give Our Children a Chance at a Peaceful Childhood, organized by Emily Miller
My name is Naser Musllam, and I'm 32 years old. I studied Busi… Emily Miller needs your support for Help Us Give Our Children a Chance at a Peaceful Childhood
gofund.me
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My dear verified friend Amal is greatly struggling in this horrid weather. Their tent was broken, so they are crammed in with relatives right now.
Naser’s surgery, which you all generously funded, is scheduled for next week.
But they need warm clothes & a new tent.
Donate: gofund.me/6970ef08b
Naser’s surgery, which you all generously funded, is scheduled for next week.
But they need warm clothes & a new tent.
Donate: gofund.me/6970ef08b
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“If there is any urgency left in international concern for Gaza, winter should make it impossible to look away. People need proper shelter now, prefabricated homes delivered immediately. Not statements, not promises, but materials, access and action. My students deserve at least that much.”
During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza
During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza
This time of year is the true beginning of winter: the 40 coldest and harshest days of the season. One resident of Gaza City describes the reality for Palestinians living with little shelter and no electricity or heating
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“If there is any urgency left in international concern for Gaza, winter should make it impossible to look away. People need proper shelter now, prefabricated homes delivered immediately. Not statements, not promises, but materials, access and action. My students deserve at least that much.”
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1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.
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If you're feeling lost and don't know how to begin working against *gestures vaguely at everything* you can start a reading group.
Do it intentionally. Don't be afraid of learning political theory. Learn together. That basis will help you take actions that bring change.
Do it intentionally. Don't be afraid of learning political theory. Learn together. That basis will help you take actions that bring change.
Because here's the thing: besides the messianic religious fanatics wanting to build the Third Temple and the tech oligarchs wanting to circle the planet in data centres, EVERYONE - across the political spectrum - hates where they are taking us.
December 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you're feeling lost and don't know how to begin working against *gestures vaguely at everything* you can start a reading group.
Do it intentionally. Don't be afraid of learning political theory. Learn together. That basis will help you take actions that bring change.
Do it intentionally. Don't be afraid of learning political theory. Learn together. That basis will help you take actions that bring change.
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“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
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Bluesky managing to delete an account immediately after I share it 🙄. Here is a video Amir made of where he is staying right now- he is really hoping to be able to rent a room ❤️
December 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Bluesky managing to delete an account immediately after I share it 🙄. Here is a video Amir made of where he is staying right now- he is really hoping to be able to rent a room ❤️
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This is an essential follow
🌀Introduction🌀
Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence.
This thread explains what to expect and how it functions.
1/12 🧵
Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence.
This thread explains what to expect and how it functions.
1/12 🧵
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is an essential follow