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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 51m

Imagine the stupidity of saying, “You know that legal brief we filed? Just forget about it.” Bravo Conservatives!

Conservative premiers call on Ottawa to back down in Supreme Court case on notwithstanding clause

Ottawa’s proposal threatens national unity by seeking to undermine provincial sovereignty, premiers say in letter

www.theglobeandmail.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h

There’s a word for work without pay:
Slavery. Americans are now slaves.

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h

Slavery still exists in America. Because work without pay is slavery.

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 20h

LIVE: Leaders of Kebaowek First Nation are in Ottawa ahead of a case in Federal Court over a nuclear disposal site on the Ottawa River.

Kebaowek First Nation holds news conference in Ottawa over Chalk River proposal | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine if federal workers took this to open a wildcat strike. They should!

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 18h

History teaches EVERYONE has a genocidal core. Germans, Chinese, Canadians--no exceptions. But the Israelis let it out, vengefully and clothed in Amalek garbage, and they deserve to be judged accordingly.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 19h

Two years ago everyone felt sorry for Israelis and their terrible loss.

Today it seems everyone hates them right to their bloodthirsty, genocidal core.

Top job Bibi. You rock.

Israelis mark two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on

People converged on southern Israel to mourn the dead, while Israel and Hamas pressed forward with indirect peace talks in Egypt

www.theglobeandmail.com

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 19h

After sentencing, Lich lawyer Greenspon says appeal is being considered of mischief conviction. Repeats several times Lich engaged in "peaceful assembly". Sorry, Lawrence, it was anything but peaceful! The lack of peace, in fact, was one of the chief harms!

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 19h

Time for all federal workers to walk. They won’t be paid if they choose to work during the shutdown.

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

Israelis, with rare exception, are not good people and this shows it.

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention

Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep

www.theguardian.com

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 2d

Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...

The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa

Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is trying to change the narrative one swimming dock at a time

ottawacitizen.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

No way should synagogues get publicly-funded security. Canada is a secular country, not a religious one. Pass the plate and bloody pay for it yourselves.

Jewish organization calls on Ottawa to increase security at Canada’s synagogues

CIJA says rising antisemitism, violence on Jews forced communities across country to spend millions on private security

www.theglobeandmail.com

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahahahahaha

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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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

What the fuck @aircanada.bsky.social! Why is there NOBODY at your transfer desk in Montreal?

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

If Trump provokes a civil war, he’s the person the framers of the Second Amendment had in mind.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

The last time her grifting face explained her dad’s health problems, he was addicted to benzos and doing detox in Russia.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

lets all stay dignified and remember that jordan was doing (canadian) politics the right way

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

There are ostriches.

And then there are chickenshits like Poilievre scared to talk about them.

Why everyone suddenly cares what Pierre Poilievre thinks about ostriches

Why the Conservative leader is weighing in on the fate of more than 300 birds after avian flu was discovered in the flock.

www.thestar.com

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not sure either. Smart people can disagree. But even if I am wrong, I always feel like I need a hot shower after being on X, and that speaks to me loudly.

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2d

I did, but I think your framing of “harm reduction” is simply mistaken. The current raison d’être of X is to cause harm. You cannot reduce harm by bringing eyeballs to it, as you do. The only ethical course is to walk away.

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