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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 17h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h

US commentator Van Jones has apologised for making a joke about Palestinian babies killed by Israeli attacks, but he is not alone when it comes to dehumanising comments about Gaza aje.io/33pm5k

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 15h

Once we realize nativist grievances are fueled by a white racial civil war within capitalism, not from the white poor, everything is clearer. This reality explains the anti-immigrant/anti-black white lash. From the KKK to the Proud Boys and to libs like Ezra Klein pushing for white reconciliation.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just posted what looks like an old DOJ memo about President Kennedy’s use of the National Guard in Alabama to desegregate schools in 1963.

It’s a gross comparison, given the fact that Trump is basically George Wallace and he wants to use the Guard to invade cities, not advance civil rights.

Trump: U.S. Code. Those provisions authorize the President, when faced with such unlawful obstructions against the authority of the United States as existed in Alabama, to "call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary" (10
U.S.C. § 332) and to use
"the militia or the armed forces,
or both, or
• other means" (10 U.S.C. $ 333). The
militia of the United States includes the national guard, meaning the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the several states. 10 U.S.C. § 311 and $ 101 (9), (10), (12) .
In furtherance of the President's order the Secretary of Defense immediately called into active military service all of the units and members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Alabama to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders.
This call was transmitted by the Secretary of the Army, acting by direction of, and under delegation of authority from, the Secretary of Defense.
Copies of the Department
of the Army message (No. D.A. 340638, June 11, 1963) were furnished immediately to the Governor of Alabama and to the commanding officers of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the State of Alabama.
It is apparent that the Alabama National Guard was properly called into federal service pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
§5 332-4, and in accordance with the procedure provided in those sections. Since the call to federal service did not invoke the authority of 10 U.S.C. $ 3500, referred to by Mr. Bowen, the procedure prescribed by that section was
not
used.
I trust that the foregoing information will be of
assistance to you.
Sincerely,
¡enera.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

This aged pretty well 😎

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · Aug 25

The state of Israel has long deployed this demented "double tap" killing tactic in its genocide in Gaza.

On par with assassinating famine victims at aid distribution.

Canada should be isolating and sanctioning Israel with every tool in the diplomatic and economic arsenal.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Aug 25

Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a “double-tap” strike on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza Monday, killing at least 20 people including five Palestinian journalists. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/25/gaza_journalists

Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC

Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people Monday, including five Palestinian journalists. Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a “double-tap” strike on the hospit...

www.democracynow.org

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

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Yaaqoub @ahcrg.bsky.social · 2d

My son Sohaib was running after a food truck to get us something to eat, but he stumbled and fell, breaking his teeth. The pain on his little face breaks my heart — not just from the wound, but from a harsh reality that has stolen his childhood and innocence 💔😥😭😭
chuffed.org/project/1515...

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

As someone watching in real time, it was a random resident being attacked by a Councillor who not only wanted to debate this resident but when they couldn’t he then mumbled a flippant remark about them “just dropping by.”I don’t know the beef you’re trying to detail here, it was still a wild display

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

The liberal abandonment of Greta Thunberg is no shock. Her mortal sin? Acting against genocide rather than waiting for a people’s elimination to issue an apology. She resisted the militarized racism essential to colonialism. This is why her former champions are silent about her kidnapping by Israel.

Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists say

Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.

www.aljazeera.com

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 2d

Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Canada’s historic wildfire season hits Indigenous people hardest

Indigenous people make up 5 percent of Canada’s population but have accounted for more than half its wildfire evacuees this year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

Wild to watch the unprofessional conduct of Fontaine, who made a flippant comment about a delegate presenting to Council, when he wasn't able to debate the resident once they stated they wouldn't take questions.Yet, ppl still question why residents aren't comfortable delegating at CityHall #newwest

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

Homelessness is a structural issue, not a personal failure. For Homelessness Action Week #NewWest is moving beyond mere awareness to challenging the stigma that isolates unhoused neighbors.

Learn more by joining the Community Walk on Sat Oct 11 & support work that builds a more compassionate city.

Homelessness Action Week (HAW) - New Westminster Homelessness Coalition Society

Homelessness Action Week (HAW) 2025 Every October, Homelessness Action Week sees communities around the province raise awareness around homelessness by hosting a variety of events to engage the commun...

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

Some people are really gaslighting themselves with 4 words, “it’s not that deep,” that are going to lead them right into fascism.

Image reads “IF YOU EVER FEEL HEAVY
BECAUSE YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT INJUSTICE, SUFFERING AND ECOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION, REMEMBER THAT A TRILLION DOLLAR PROPAGANDA MACHINE WAS BUILT TO MAKE YOU NUMB AND IT DIDN'T WORK ON YOU.”

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 2d

When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 2d

RED ALERT: Ken Sim Plans to Drop HUGE CUTS on Vancouver's Public Services THIS WEDNESDAY

That could mean cuts to:
❌ Libraries
❌ Community Grants
❌ Road Safety
❌ Homelessness supports
❌ Arts & Culture
❌ Reconciliation
❌ Climate change programs

Write to council now:
www.votecope.ca/stopsim

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 2d

Watching the unceasing flotillas to Gaza, I see history echo: in 1847, the Ottomans sailed to break Britain's famine in Ireland. Now a large contingent of people from across the world, including many Irish, sail against the Israeli-British instigated genocide in Gaza. The people's power is unceasing

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 3d

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags.

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

Some good news:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/b...

Uber and Lyft drivers in California win the right to unionize | CNN Business

More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin ...

www.cnn.com

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New West Foodielaureate (aka Big Butter aka Rohan) @caribbeansunshine.bsky.social · 4d

Cookies, community and communal meeting space! It was a great kick off for the Uptown Plaza in #newwest

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Brad Cavanagh @canspice.bsky.social · 7d

Trees going in! #NewWest

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 4d

Despite never watching Ezra Klein previously, I found his interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates to be ABUNDANTLY clear that he is urging liberals to appeal to violent white nativisim, while proposing that Black ppl narrow their historical scope for political gain. This is how liberalism ushers in fascism.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

Mamdani’s controversial stance is the he believes an arrest warrant by the ICC needs to be respected regardless of the accused. Those who disagree believe that international law must never be applied to the people they like. It really is that simple.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6d

Zohran Mamdani: “If Netanyahu comes to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next year while I am mayor, I will move to honor the ICC arrest warrant issued in The Hague against him — just as I would against Putin."

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 9d

These unexpected trees in Kenya have stunned researchers by not only providing sweet fruit, but also fighting the changing climate by turning carbon into stone!

Researchers stunned after discovering trees that grow literal stone: 'A significant, underexplored opportunity'

Certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than providing sweet fruit; they're quietly locking harmful carbon pollution away for the long haul.

www.thecooldown.com

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8d

With September 30 marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN News looks at how many of the 94 Calls to Action have been answered since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivered its final report in 2015.

How many of the TRC’s Calls to Action have been answered? | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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