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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7h

A useful illustration of the limits of liberal identity politics.

It's astounding to see self-described progressives lose their minds over the successes of a Jewish female entrepreneur and intellect in @bariweiss, and a wildly successful Black man in @VanJones68. I guess equity, diversity, and inclusion don't mean as much as they've told us.

Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 5h

What this looks like in practice is 1) apologizing for what you said, 2) Raising hell with Bluesky moderation for their shitty practices and 3) Not making a public critique of Black people protecting themselves again. You got this!

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 5h

White lady to white lady: our
job is to dismantle the anti-Black racism that makes it necessary for Black people to need to build their own spaces, not critique Black people for protecting themselves. You can learn this and you can change your mind and do different in the future!

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 5d

This also impacts your pets, because research about veterinary medicine is published on PubMed. It also impacts veterinary medicine around the ENTIRE world, because this is the searchable repository for all of veterinary medicine. #VetMedSky

Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 5d

It is incredibly funny how the Bluesky team thinks that everyone is here because of their cool new coding system and framework to build your own siloed communities meanwhile 99% of their user base has no clue about any of that shit and is only here because it is like Twitter before Elon bought it

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 5d

That is a BIG spood.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 5d

Hey #CanadaSky,

This is an important parliamentary petition that demands a framework to hold politicians accountable for misinformation in public statements. 🇨🇦

✅ Please sign!

#canpoli #cdnpoli #medialiteracy

Petition e-6679 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 5d

🚨New video🚨

As Canadians, we like to think we’re strong and free. But, when it comes to the wealth gap, we’re looking more like America Lite—better manners, but almost all the inequality.

#CdnPoli #CanadaSky #Wealth #EconSky

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

Think about ways to expand what's good and improve on the good.

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 5d

May your name be inscribed in the book of life, and may Jewish people the world over know safety and peace.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote this piece about 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

On the costs of speaking the truth in today's world.

And how Jamal's memory still stalks Saudi Arabia--- and the Washington Post.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

open.substack.com

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

I spoke w/ over 2 dozen birth mothers for this story. Though I could only include a fraction of their stories here, all they shared about their experiences since placement, their love & their grief, & their hopes for their children helped inform this piece & deepen my understanding of open adoption.

At first, she had no reason to doubt that her wishes would be honored. The adoptive couple attended her prenatal appointments and birthing classes, and they were present for the delivery of her baby girl, she said. After the birth, planning visits was easy, because the two families lived close to each other. Lindsay was invited to birthday parties; the families exchanged emails, texts, and photos. When her biological daughter turned 7, however, something shifted. She said that her daughter had apparently started asking the adoptive parents questions about her adoption, and that they asked that Lindsay not discuss the subject with their daughter unless they were present. She agreed but then was not invited to the next birthday party. And when she asked the adoptive parents for letters and updates, it began to feel “like pulling teeth.” Eventually, she said, the adoptive mother told her that the father would no longer allow visits. Lindsay has never been given an explanation.

Her daughter is now 13. Lindsay told me that she occasionally reaches out to the adoptive parents, “just to kind of remind them that I’m still here; I still very much love my daughter and want to be part of her life.” It has been more than two years, she said, since she received any photos or updates. Her primary reason for choosing an open adoption was to be available to answer her daughter’s questions. Losing contact, she told me, “is like having one of my biggest fears come true.”

The PACA, Erin explained to me, stated clearly that she wanted to see her child twice a year. But shortly before her daughter’s first birthday, she said, the adoptive parents informed her that they were moving abroad—something they had long hoped to do yet had not mentioned before the adoption.

Erin told me that the family has made trips back to the U.S., but that she has seen her now-8-year-old only once in person since the family relocated. She said that she recently had a virtual call with her daughter, and that she hopes to establish a closer relationship with the adoptive parents, whom she considers to be excellent parents. She explained that she does not wish to involve a court; in the past, she was also advised that, because the adoptive parents now live outside the United States, holding them to their original, legally binding agreement would be challenging. Although Erin told me that she appreciates her agency’s efforts to help her reestablish regular communication with the adoptive family, she also wishes that she had added “tougher” language to their initial contact agreement, to more explicitly protect her rights. She had chosen open adoption “leaning on the fact that no matter what happened, I would get to see my daughter, and I’d get to be a part of her life,” she said. “That’s not what happened."

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 6d

This is the height of weaponized white womanhood. Lindsay Shepherd cannot paint herself as a sympathetic Madonna figure while she lies and dehumanizes the murder of others mother’s children.

Lying in public has and should have consequences, and Lindsay can and should experience them. #cdnpoli

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 6d

Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.

An X post that reads: Today, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad fired me from my position as Comms Officer with the Conservative Party of BC Caucus. It was because of this tweet.

I am a mother of two young children, and I am 32 weeks pregnant -- I was about to go on maternity leave.

More to come.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 7d

I'm gonna shamelessly cherry-pick this quote:

"Despite understanding themselves as critical thinkers, reactionary centrists are conformists at heart. And they are so unmoored in our current age because, increasingly, there is no social consensus for them to conform to."

That's it right there.

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Horizon Ottawa @horizonottawa.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 JOINT LABOUR SOLIDARITY RALLY TODAY 🚨

🕚: 11:00 AM
📍: PMO, 80 Wellington

Join us in rallying with striking workers from CUPW, UNIFOR, and OPSEU, and other labour allies and help us take a stand for labour rights in our city and across the country!

Labour Solidarity Rally
Workers at OPSEU, Unifor, and CUPW are all currently on strike.
Labour is under attack and we need to remind our leaders that everyone deserves a fair contract and safe working conditions.
It's time to push back!
Wednesday, Oct. 1 @ 11am
Office of the PM, 80 Wellington

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 8d

"Why are we still wearing orange shirts?"

Because of this:

www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2025/03/05/t...

I call on PM Carney to lead the implementation of all 94 calls to action. 14 completed calls to action is unacceptable. Survivors told us what needed to be done; it is incumbent upon us to DO IT.

TRC Calls To Action Status: September 1, 2025 - Indigenous Watchdog

www.indigenouswatchdog.org

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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for that learning! Agreed that it is unacceptable and a stain on Smith and she should act swiftly to remove him.

Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 8d

There should be no public acceptance of elected officials calling on violence against children in this fashion. This is not the USA. Canada is signatory to the UN Rights of Children. It is illegal to beat your kids here. Bruce McAllister should resign in shame. #abpoli #cdnpoli

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 8d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 9d

"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."

What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression

I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 9d

So exhausting..

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Erin Wraithburn 👻 @erinraeburn.bsky.social · 12d

"The solution for service inequality isn't to make it worse for everybody else."

YES! THANK YOU!

This is in relation to Canada Post and losing door-to-door mail delivery, but it's true for everything.

Good government should address inequality by improving things for everyone. Aim higher, folks!

Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 12d

So would everybody getting door to door service.

The solution for service inequality isn't to make it worse for everybody else.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 11d

“We should want to take advantage of the post office’s unique, nationwide infrastructure to provide more and better services to Canadians instead of dismantling something that we may never be able to rebuild.” @parismarx.com

Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post

There is an unwillingness to entertain a future in which Canada Post’s role can evolve to serve the needs of Canadians. The degradation of delivery work by Amazon is accepted as a fait accompli, inste...

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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 11d

Oh boy, the Auditor-General's report due next Wednesday, better blow the doors off this 2.5 billion$, yes BILLION$ boondoggle.

2.5 billion for "private" skills training while starving community colleges which have laid off 10,000!
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Millions from Ontario training funding went to dentists’ brokerage with ties to then-labour minister’s wife

Dentacloud received more than $2 million through the Ford government’s Skills Development Fund

www.thetrillium.ca

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 13d

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

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