AJ Stone
@amiecreative.bsky.social
CdnMedia & poli sci student, graphic designer, homeschool mom, yoga lover, & coffee addict. Follows ≠ endorsements. My views & opinions are my own.
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AJ Stone
@amiecreative.bsky.social
· Jul 9
While it's important to vote, that's the bare minimum one can do to be part of democracy.
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
My Poli Sci instructor in college.
I graduated with a diploma in Arts and Science and transferred to university to finish my poli sci and writing degrees. His parting words got me through my first semester of university (it was rough for a variety of reasons).
I graduated with a diploma in Arts and Science and transferred to university to finish my poli sci and writing degrees. His parting words got me through my first semester of university (it was rough for a variety of reasons).
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My Poli Sci instructor in college.
I graduated with a diploma in Arts and Science and transferred to university to finish my poli sci and writing degrees. His parting words got me through my first semester of university (it was rough for a variety of reasons).
I graduated with a diploma in Arts and Science and transferred to university to finish my poli sci and writing degrees. His parting words got me through my first semester of university (it was rough for a variety of reasons).
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
A cartel wrapped up in a war with another cartel is supposedly hiding a Canadian they, and Mexican police, claim they don't know.
US says Wedding is a "kingpin."
At this point, the cartel seems more credible, but why is the US going after Wedding?
US says Wedding is a "kingpin."
At this point, the cartel seems more credible, but why is the US going after Wedding?
In the Sinaloa cartel's Mexican heartland, Ryan Wedding is just a name on the news | CBC News
In an interview with CBC News, an operative with the Sinaloa cartel says he only recently heard the name of Ryan Wedding from news reports and social media posts about the alleged Canadian drug kingpi...
www.cbc.ca
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A cartel wrapped up in a war with another cartel is supposedly hiding a Canadian they, and Mexican police, claim they don't know.
US says Wedding is a "kingpin."
At this point, the cartel seems more credible, but why is the US going after Wedding?
US says Wedding is a "kingpin."
At this point, the cartel seems more credible, but why is the US going after Wedding?
Trump took American consumer/business $ and is now giving it to military personnel before the Supreme Court delivers their ruling on tariff legality.
Trump thinks the world will respect them. Heads of state have literally laughed at him. Will the world respect the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump thinks the world will respect them. Heads of state have literally laughed at him. Will the world respect the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump announces 'warrior dividend' for troops as he defends economic record
In an address, Trump touted his achievements during 11 months back in office, and blamed Democrats for lingering economic pain.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump took American consumer/business $ and is now giving it to military personnel before the Supreme Court delivers their ruling on tariff legality.
Trump thinks the world will respect them. Heads of state have literally laughed at him. Will the world respect the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump thinks the world will respect them. Heads of state have literally laughed at him. Will the world respect the US?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
While universal health care continues to increase worldwide, Cons, especial UCP in Alberta, are trying to dismantle it.
Please sign the petition to have universal health care and education protected as constitutional rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign the petition to have universal health care and education protected as constitutional rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
While universal health care continues to increase worldwide, Cons, especial UCP in Alberta, are trying to dismantle it.
Please sign the petition to have universal health care and education protected as constitutional rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign the petition to have universal health care and education protected as constitutional rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Dr. Jane Goodall leaves behind a powerful message after living an inspirational life.
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall leaves behind a powerful message after living an inspirational life.
Pains me to say this, PP is right on this one.
Also, this is what the official opposition is supposed to be doing. Calling out the parts of Bills being debated that are bad for Canadians.
Then we can tell our MPs we don't like it.
THAT'S how it's supposed to work.
THAT'S what was broken.
Also, this is what the official opposition is supposed to be doing. Calling out the parts of Bills being debated that are bad for Canadians.
Then we can tell our MPs we don't like it.
THAT'S how it's supposed to work.
THAT'S what was broken.
Conservatives won't support Liberal border bill without major changes: Pierre Poilievre | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal Liberals must either heavily amend their border bill or introduce a new piece of proposed legislation if they want support to pass it into law.
www.cbc.ca
October 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pains me to say this, PP is right on this one.
Also, this is what the official opposition is supposed to be doing. Calling out the parts of Bills being debated that are bad for Canadians.
Then we can tell our MPs we don't like it.
THAT'S how it's supposed to work.
THAT'S what was broken.
Also, this is what the official opposition is supposed to be doing. Calling out the parts of Bills being debated that are bad for Canadians.
Then we can tell our MPs we don't like it.
THAT'S how it's supposed to work.
THAT'S what was broken.
China for First Time Promises to Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
For all the people who said caring about climate change didn't matter since China wasn't doing anything, what's your excuse now?
#cdnpoli
For all the people who said caring about climate change didn't matter since China wasn't doing anything, what's your excuse now?
#cdnpoli
China for First Time Promises to Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
China for First Time Promises to Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
For all the people who said caring about climate change didn't matter since China wasn't doing anything, what's your excuse now?
#cdnpoli
For all the people who said caring about climate change didn't matter since China wasn't doing anything, what's your excuse now?
#cdnpoli
This is a game changer. How will it effect negotiations of CUSMA?
Canada, Mexico vow to deepen economic ties during Carney visit — The Globe and Mail
Two leaders sign pact on two-way trade and investment against backdrop of U.S. protectionism
apple.news
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is a game changer. How will it effect negotiations of CUSMA?
In BC, on average, international students pay 400% higher tuition fees than domestic students. There is also no cap on increasing tuition fees whereas there is for domestic students.
Institutions rely on international students because of prov & fed govt cuts to funding post-secondary education.
Institutions rely on international students because of prov & fed govt cuts to funding post-secondary education.
International student visas for Canada plummet | CBC News
Permits for students from abroad to study in Canada plummeted in the first half of this year, with nearly 90,000 fewer issued than a year earlier, when the federal government introduced a cap on inter...
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
In BC, on average, international students pay 400% higher tuition fees than domestic students. There is also no cap on increasing tuition fees whereas there is for domestic students.
Institutions rely on international students because of prov & fed govt cuts to funding post-secondary education.
Institutions rely on international students because of prov & fed govt cuts to funding post-secondary education.
I wrote about the financial difficulties post-secondary education is facing due to the international student visa caps at Nexus. It's extremely grim.
The BC govt needs to reverse the education for profit model Christy Clark put in place and properly fund post-secondary education. But will they?
The BC govt needs to reverse the education for profit model Christy Clark put in place and properly fund post-secondary education. But will they?
Layoffs pile up at B.C. post-secondary schools after Ottawa places limits on international students | CBC News
More faculty positions are being cut at post-secondary schools across the province, like Langara College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, as a result of new government policies that limit internat...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I wrote about the financial difficulties post-secondary education is facing due to the international student visa caps at Nexus. It's extremely grim.
The BC govt needs to reverse the education for profit model Christy Clark put in place and properly fund post-secondary education. But will they?
The BC govt needs to reverse the education for profit model Christy Clark put in place and properly fund post-secondary education. But will they?
Canada wants to hold who accountable? They don't say.
Meanwhile, Israel has taken responsibility for the airstrike. So why can't the Canadian govt name Israel?
Journalists are the eyes & ears to what's going on in Gaza. Without them, Israel controls the narrative.
Meanwhile, Israel has taken responsibility for the airstrike. So why can't the Canadian govt name Israel?
Journalists are the eyes & ears to what's going on in Gaza. Without them, Israel controls the narrative.
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Canada wants to hold who accountable? They don't say.
Meanwhile, Israel has taken responsibility for the airstrike. So why can't the Canadian govt name Israel?
Journalists are the eyes & ears to what's going on in Gaza. Without them, Israel controls the narrative.
Meanwhile, Israel has taken responsibility for the airstrike. So why can't the Canadian govt name Israel?
Journalists are the eyes & ears to what's going on in Gaza. Without them, Israel controls the narrative.
The court hs decided removing hospital privileges for a doctor who refused the covid vaccine was a consequence of her actions, and that the Charter doesn't apply.
Justice Wilson also said IF the Charter applied, it doesn't protect the right to work in a particular field.
Justice Wilson also said IF the Charter applied, it doesn't protect the right to work in a particular field.
Doctor fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses appeal in B.C. Supreme Court | CBC News
Dr. Theresa Szezepaniak had asked the court to overturn a decision by the Hospital Appeal Board, which found her refusal of the shot during the pandemic amounted to neglect of her obligations as a hos...
www.cbc.ca
August 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The court hs decided removing hospital privileges for a doctor who refused the covid vaccine was a consequence of her actions, and that the Charter doesn't apply.
Justice Wilson also said IF the Charter applied, it doesn't protect the right to work in a particular field.
Justice Wilson also said IF the Charter applied, it doesn't protect the right to work in a particular field.
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Never forgive men for treating programming as a meaningless thing your secretary did while women were inventing and developing the field, then, once they realized it was going to be important, shoving women out of it and claiming only Male Logic Brains could perform it.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forgive men for treating programming as a meaningless thing your secretary did while women were inventing and developing the field, then, once they realized it was going to be important, shoving women out of it and claiming only Male Logic Brains could perform it.
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Okay I am going to need everyone who identifies as a "leftist" of any stripe, whether an anarchist or a communist or a socialist or something else, to STOP TELLING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THEY DON'T NEED LAWYERS.
No, ignoring an eviction or criminal summons is ABSOLUTELY NOT "boycotting the system."
No, ignoring an eviction or criminal summons is ABSOLUTELY NOT "boycotting the system."
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Okay I am going to need everyone who identifies as a "leftist" of any stripe, whether an anarchist or a communist or a socialist or something else, to STOP TELLING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THEY DON'T NEED LAWYERS.
No, ignoring an eviction or criminal summons is ABSOLUTELY NOT "boycotting the system."
No, ignoring an eviction or criminal summons is ABSOLUTELY NOT "boycotting the system."
Sure, it won't be a problem if my kid takes the large suitcase and the carry on suitcase to Europe for six weeks. I'm not going anywhere.
Less than a week later... I need a suitcase for an emergency trip to visit family.
Gotta love how universe works sometimes.
Less than a week later... I need a suitcase for an emergency trip to visit family.
Gotta love how universe works sometimes.
July 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sure, it won't be a problem if my kid takes the large suitcase and the carry on suitcase to Europe for six weeks. I'm not going anywhere.
Less than a week later... I need a suitcase for an emergency trip to visit family.
Gotta love how universe works sometimes.
Less than a week later... I need a suitcase for an emergency trip to visit family.
Gotta love how universe works sometimes.
"This flood of joke candidates doesn't just waste voters' time. It actively hurts serious Independent and third-party candidates who are working hard to give this riding real alternatives."
Valid point for not running "The Longest Ballot Protest" during the Crowfoot-Battleford by-election.
Valid point for not running "The Longest Ballot Protest" during the Crowfoot-Battleford by-election.
'This is a scam': Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants Canada's election laws changed to prevent long ballot protests — as he is set to face another one next month.
www.cbc.ca
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"This flood of joke candidates doesn't just waste voters' time. It actively hurts serious Independent and third-party candidates who are working hard to give this riding real alternatives."
Valid point for not running "The Longest Ballot Protest" during the Crowfoot-Battleford by-election.
Valid point for not running "The Longest Ballot Protest" during the Crowfoot-Battleford by-election.
An AI that has had nicknames referencing Hitler is now going to be used by the US govt.
Putting that in perspective, while ICE rampages through the US, the Department of Defense gets an antisemitic AI.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Putting that in perspective, while ICE rampages through the US, the Department of Defense gets an antisemitic AI.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk’s controversial AI model
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI said its models are now available to federal agencies. The DOD said it awarded $200 million contracts to xAI as well as Google, Anthropic and OpenAI.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
An AI that has had nicknames referencing Hitler is now going to be used by the US govt.
Putting that in perspective, while ICE rampages through the US, the Department of Defense gets an antisemitic AI.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Putting that in perspective, while ICE rampages through the US, the Department of Defense gets an antisemitic AI.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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People have asked me who are not on #cdnpoli Tiktok for the source material about the scandal, here it is and I hope we can all make better choices about who we platform from now on.
July 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
People have asked me who are not on #cdnpoli Tiktok for the source material about the scandal, here it is and I hope we can all make better choices about who we platform from now on.
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Meet the new CEO of X: this ouija board that speaks directly to Hitler's ghost
Meet the new CEO of X: this ouija board that speaks directly to Hitler's ghost
TEXAS - Following Linda Yaccarino's departure as CEO of X this morning, Elon Musk wasted no time holding a press conference to announce her successor: a ouija board with a direct supernatural connecti...
www.thebeaverton.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Meet the new CEO of X: this ouija board that speaks directly to Hitler's ghost
Telling people birthright citizenship is a custom, rather than law, is misleading to further a particular political agenda, IMO.
Propaganda
1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Oxford Dictionary
Propaganda
1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Oxford Dictionary
I have sympathy for media outlets discussing complicated legal issues, but it is outright false for @nytimes.com to describe birthright citizenship as a "custom."
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
not to be the flyspeck nyt copy as if it's the most important thing guy, but seriously wtf is this?
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Telling people birthright citizenship is a custom, rather than law, is misleading to further a particular political agenda, IMO.
Propaganda
1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Oxford Dictionary
Propaganda
1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Oxford Dictionary
The funding crisis in post-secondary education is happening across Canada.
The longer govts wait to significantly increase funding, and not just inflation increases, the more they put our post-secondary education at risk.
The longer govts wait to significantly increase funding, and not just inflation increases, the more they put our post-secondary education at risk.
New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year
Post-secondary layoffs and program cuts — spread across 24 public colleges — have hit both urban and rural communities and nearly every discipline.
www.thestar.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The funding crisis in post-secondary education is happening across Canada.
The longer govts wait to significantly increase funding, and not just inflation increases, the more they put our post-secondary education at risk.
The longer govts wait to significantly increase funding, and not just inflation increases, the more they put our post-secondary education at risk.
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While it's important to vote, that's the bare minimum one can do to be part of democracy.
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
While it's important to vote, that's the bare minimum one can do to be part of democracy.
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
We are part of the checks & balances of govt. If we don't tell our MPs what we want, we leave them guessing.
If you disagree with Carney or Bills that are introduced, don't wait to vote, CALL YOUR MP!
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This can't become normal. You loose an election in one riding then just try a second time in a differentriding....in the same electron cycle!!!
July 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This can't become normal. You loose an election in one riding then just try a second time in a differentriding....in the same electron cycle!!!