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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸
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Settler | retired | against genocide, foreign or domestic | Independent candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot 2025 | she/her
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More blood on Canada's hands, @maloneyj.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
dropsitenews.com Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d
Originally posted Jan. 16, 2026:

One-year-old Mohammed Bassiouni died of exposure to the cold on Tue. It was his first birthday.

That night, as winter storms lashed Gaza w/ cold winds & torrential rain, his family was shivering in a battered tent in Deir al-Balah where they had been displaced...
That night, as winter storms lashed Gaza with cold winds and torrential rain, his family was shivering in a battered tent in Deir al-Balah where they had been displaced after fleeing Beit Lahia in northern Gaza “It was a night of rain and wind. We were up all night, his mother and I,” Mohammed’s father, Maher Bassiouni, told Drop Site. “At 4 a.m., the wind and rain calmed a little and me and his mother slept a bit. I woke up at 6 a.m. and I found the boy dead.” He spoke holding his son’s lifeless body wrapped in a purple blanket. “We belong to God and to him we shall return. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. I have nothing more to tell you. He is one year old. Today is his birthday. January 13th is his birthday, the day he died.” Mohammed is the seventh child to die from hypothermia since the onset of winter, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, including four since the beginning of the year—among them a baby just seven days old and a four-year-old girl. Another 25 Palestinians have been crushed to death as storms caused damaged buildings and walls to collapse on families seeking shelter inside or in tents nearby. Israel’s continued strangulation of essential supplies during winter has left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians shivering in the wet and cold and nearly three dozen dead. Read the full Drop Site report from Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with videos from @AbdSabbah91 in Gaza. Our story is linked in reply. 🎥 Interviews below from @comrawire : comra @comrawire Gaza’s Civil Defense has warned of catastrophic repercussions as a new winter storm hits the enclave, while Israel deliberately continues to block shelter materials. [comra] reporters in Gaza have documented the despair of Palestinians with nowhere safe to take cover.
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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alonso-gd.bsky.social
The one good thing that will come out of the US descending into fascism is that it will forever throw out the window the misconception that Nazism was a quintessentially German perversion of Western civilization as opposed to the logical end-result of radical Westernism
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
They’re saying the Nazi part out loud.
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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kpateonthehill.bsky.social
A decade after Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on governments to end the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in custody, that commitment remains unmet. Statistics Canada’s latest report underscores the urgent need to grapple with the consequences of mass incarceration. 1/4
Dark background with large pink text reading “The Reality of Mass Incarceration in Canada.” A white text box below states: “New Statistics Canada data shows Indigenous and Black adults remain vastly overrepresented in prisons.” The handle @kimpateonthehill appears at the bottom, with a pink arrow pointing to the right. Slide titled “Overrepresentation of Indigenous adults in Canadian custody.” A subheading reads “A long-standing and deeply rooted issue.” Text includes a quote from Statistics Canada stating that the causes of overrepresentation are complex and interconnected but indisputably linked to colonialism, displacement, socioeconomic marginalization, intergenerational trauma, and systemic discrimination. The slide lists important Supreme Court rulings: “R v Gladue (1999),” which affirmed that courts must meaningfully consider the unique systemic and background factors affecting Indigenous offenders at sentencing, and “R v Ipeelee (2012),” which reinforced and expanded Gladue, emphasizing that these considerations are not optional for courts. The handle @kimpateonthehill appears at the bottom. Slide titled “Call to Action #30.” Text explains that in 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada issued Call to Action 30, calling on federal, provincial, and territorial governments to commit to eliminating the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in custody over the next decade and to issue detailed annual reports monitoring progress. A highlighted text box states: “More than a decade later, Canada has not met its commitment. Progress has been largely symbolic rather than transformative, and the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in custody remains a persistent human rights failure.” The handle @kimpateonthehill appears at the bottom.
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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jonathanstegall.bsky.social
From @harshawalia.bsky.social, a must read:
I've been part of movements calling for the abolition of ICE since 2003, so of course its meaningful when a position that was seemingly fringe is gaining traction and more people are organizing against the tragic and horrific violence of ICE unfolding. And, yet, like most things that gain popular legitimacy, it can mean incomplete or distorted understandings, so three things: 1. ICE is a relatively new enforcement apparatus (2003, post 9/11). It has become the most visible terrorizing arm of immigration enforcement, but the calls to Abolish ICE can't be separated from the calls to end all detentions and all deportations, including at the border where Border Patrol operates. Did you know that over 17,600 !!!) federal, state & other government agencies in the US can have enforcement jurisdiction against migrants?!? It's not just ICE, it's a whole apparatus to be dismantled 2. ICE kidnappings draw from centuries of ongoing anti-Black and anti-Indigenous kidnappings as a method of eliminating Indigenous people and controlling Black people. Some of the earliest border militias in the US swelled their ranks from slave patrols. Calling for the abolition of ICE requires a grounding in the Black abolitionist tradition and understanding that it's impossible to think about the politics of migration outside of especially anti-Black racial carceral logics & settler colonial violence. 3. I am forever dying on this hill: technologies of border violence are increasingly externalized and are out of our sight in the so-called imperial core. ICE violence is horrific (as is CBSA etc, and people should mobilize against these ghouls wherever we are are, *and* also keep in mind that imperial immigration enforcement is actually largely being externalized or outsourced to countries in the periphery. For example, championed through successive US govt agreements especially Obama, Mexico now deports more Central Americans than the US does. Border imperialism and migration agreements are now a cornerstone of all imperial soft power and this is not a solely "domestic immigration" issue. Which is to say that abolish ICE cannot and must not be separated from abolishing all bordering regimes, abolition of all policing, and ending all imperialism.”
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
The decision to end their hunger strikes came as it was revealed that Elbit Systems UK was denied a vital £2bn army training contract with the Ministry of Defence, a key demand.
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Palestine Action-linked prisoners end hunger strike - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-prisoners-end-hunger-strike
Palestine Action-linked prisoners end hunger strike
They chose not to continue their hunger strike after the government refused to give a £2bn contract to Israeli arms company Elbit Systems
www.middleeasteye.net
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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jessica.substack.com/p/ice-shooti...
From One Fucking Bitch to Another
These two words made Renee Nicole Good’s murder undeniable
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January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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ypwoo.bsky.social
NEXT WEEK

Register here: tinyurl.com/s7vtvduz
Promotional poster for a Zoom webinar titled “Understanding the Foreign Interference Transparency and Accountability Act.” Hosted by Canada–China Focus and Canadians United Against Modern Exclusion. The event takes place January 19 at 4 pm PT / 7 pm EST / 8 pm AST. The speaker is Senator Yuen Pau Woo of the Independent Senators Group, shown in a headshot wearing a suit and glasses. The poster text explains that the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (FITAA), currently under consultation, may unintentionally contribute to the exclusion and intimidation of Chinese Canadians. A “Register Here” call to action appears at the bottom.
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
My own group - the largest in the Senate - is the Independent Senators Group or @senindepend.bsky.social - and we were the first parliamentary caucus in Canada to quit X. (Please reward our audacity with a follow.)
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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ypwoo.bsky.social
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @globalaffairs.canada.ca Can we please do more than just issue tut-tuts? Israel is a rogue state that is annexing Palestinian land and committing genocide against Palestinians. I get you didn’t like Maduro; Netanyahu is worse. Say it.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Israel clears final hurdle to start construction on controversial West Bank settlement project | CBC News
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two, according to a government ...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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longestballot.bsky.social
“I am running in BRC because I agree with my fellow Longest Ballot nominees that our electoral system needs reform, and that those reforms will only come to pass as a result of pressure from ordinary Canadians” - Independent Candidate Barry Rueger
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
August 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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longestballot.bsky.social
Statement from the organizers of the Longest Ballot Committee
#cdnpoli #electoralreform #battlerivercrowfoot #citizensassembly
August 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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longestballot.bsky.social
“The goal is to try to show how terrible the first-past-the-post system is. And it's disruptful, and there is collateral damage to a certain extent, but I feel like at this point it's the best way to provoke change.” -Indy candidate Nicola Zoghbi
www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
Politics! Poilievre's crucial byelection, Carney's tariff tightrope | CBC Radio
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre needs to win a byelection in Alberta this month to regain a seat in the House, but he's facing opposition both from locals and electoral protesters. Meanwhile, Pri...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Gideon Levy compares Israelis who deny starvation is happening in Gaza with Holocaust deniers.
July 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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longestballot.bsky.social
Elections Canada runs our elections, an independent, permanent, nonpartisan body. ✅

We need a similar body, call it Election Rules Canada, to oversee democratic reform.

MPs only change election rules to help themselves and this is a big flaw, one we’re asking be fixed. ❤️
#citizensassembly
July 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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nolore.bsky.social
Yesterday, @davidmaccdn.bsky.social posted his analysis of the kinds of cuts we should expect in various federal departments. I talked about it here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hpqoeX/
Breaking down Mark Carney's federal cuts. #canadianliberals #CCPA @policyalternatives
TikTok video by Sandy & Nora Talk Politics
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July 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
deborah6720.bsky.social
Excited to be on the ballot. I only wish I had an inspiring music video like Preston Hoff's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XLd...
July 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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We did it, fans!
The Famous Sandhogs - The Song-Poem Store Volume 33
In little over a month - August 18th, to be precise - there will be a by-election in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in Alberta. This is the riding where the Conservative MP, Damien Kurek, stepped do...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
deborah6720.bsky.social
On Fragility, Caterpillars & Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/britgrif...
On Fragility, Caterpillars & Gaza
There was something of the little man about him, the way his leg dangled from Raven’s beak.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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nolore.bsky.social
simpsons screen grab of homer saying 'no it doesn't'
June 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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nolore.bsky.social
US: Let's use negotiations as a cover to work with Israel to fuck up Iran

Canada: We call on all parties to get back to the negotiating table!!!!!
June 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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thebeeguy.bsky.social
It’s #Friday folks!

Have the best #weekend you can.

You know the drill:

Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees.

Unless your country is being stolen/destroyed by billionaire backed Nazis or your family are being exterminated by a genocidal bitch-ass criminal…then fuck nice and fight dirty!
thebeeguy.bsky.social The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · Jun 20
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 142

Over 75% of the 115 leading crop species are dependent upon/benefit from animal pollination. Only 28 of these 115 crop species are wind & self-pollinated.
We need #bees #insects #birds #animals.
We need to realise this.
Fast.
#nature
🐝🌍
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM