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United Nurses of Alberta @albertanurses.bsky.social · 51m

🪧📢 Alberta nurses stand with Alberta teachers in their fight for fairness and respect from the provincial government.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 49m

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 1h

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

migrantinsider.com

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 5h

These 3 young women from N.L. are among the Canadians abducted by Israel as they tried to break the blockade of Gaza while delivering food and medical supplies.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

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sammiejoe @sammiejoe.bsky.social · 14h

This is the boat from the original Global Sumud Flotilla that got held back for repairs and ended up joining this second wave (Freedom Flotilla Coalition) of 9 boats that left after the GSF was intercepted. It was carrying medical personnel and supplies.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 14h

Footage from the Israeli Occupation Forces assault on #Conscience, shortly before dawn. In international waters, close to Palestinian territorial waters. Another act of state piracy by the rogue, lawless Israeli occupation.
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...

Live from Conscience Boat to Gaza, FFC & TMTG (Live 3)

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

www.youtube.com

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grahams55.bsky.social @grahams55.bsky.social · 12h

@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
Got anything to say about the kidnapping of Canadians in international waters by another state? Or the illegal halting of aid to starving people?

canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 12h

Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
youtube.com/shorts/TtlDz...
#EndGazaBlockade

🆘 Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.

YouTube video by CanadaBoatGaza

youtube.com

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 1d

There is an important conversation that should be going on (maybe at the UN level?) about this, as it will become worse with time (as more satellites are orbited).

Nations worked together to build the Montreal Protocol to protect the Ozone Layer.

These constellations threaten all of that work.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

earthsky.org

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 13h

During the night, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped activists after illegally boarding several of the Freedom Flotilla coalition ships in international waters.

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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 12h

Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
youtube.com/shorts/TtlDz...
#EndGazaBlockade

🆘 Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.

YouTube video by CanadaBoatGaza

youtube.com

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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 1d

Ep. 202

Hear from Mskwaasin Agnew, a Toronto based Dene/Cree harm reduction worker - now aboard the Conscience, yet another Freedom Flotilla ship bound for Gaza.

🎧 pod.fo/e/338267

bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/wave-after...

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Wave After Wave: Freedom Flotilla

Mskwaasin Agnew, an Indigenous Harm Reduction worker and activist from Toronto, from aboard the Freedom Flotilla's the Conscience ship.

bpofdisruption.substack.com

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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian Boat to #Gaza campaign on board #FreedomFlotilla
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social : once again Sailing against the Blockade of Gaza.

Indigenous #Solidarity from #TurtleIsland to #Palestine.
canadaboatgaza.org/2025/09/29/c...

CBG on board Freedom Flotilla: once again Sailing against the Blockade of Gaza - Canadian Boat to Gaza

Dear supporters and friends, Many of you will have been watching as the global Sumud flotilla is attacked as it draws closer to its destination: Gaza. On Saturday eight more boats from the Thousand Ma...

canadaboatgaza.org

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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 15h

Nearing #Gaza: message from on board the #Conscience, part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social #FreedomFlotilla
canadaboatgaza.org/2025/10/07/f...
#EndGazaBlockade #LetThemSail #SailToGaza

Nearing Gaza: message from on board the Conscience - Canadian Boat to Gaza

FREEDOM FLOTILLA NEARS GAZA New Flotilla Almost at Interception Point With MPs, Medics and Journalists Onboard Demands Safe Passage as Global Outrage Grows— Any Blockade a Diplomatic and Economic Risk...

canadaboatgaza.org

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Kyle Ross @kylefromquinte.bsky.social · 14h

My biggest issue with this statement is that they were not protesting "the imposition of emergency measures..."

The emergency measures were imposed BECAUSE of their "protest." It is straight up gaslighting to suggest the use of the emergency act caused their behaviour and not the other way around.

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

Mr. Tough-on-Crime wishes the convoy leaders a peaceful and happy life.

@PierrePoilievre
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber peacefully protested the imposition of emergency measures that the Federal Court found to be unlawful and unconstitutional.

Instead of pursuing rapists, drug dealers and other monsters, the Crown sought lengthy prison sentences.

Justice Perkins-McVey rightly rejected the Crown's request, and sent Tamara and Chris home to their families.

We must get to a justice system that ensures the security and freedom of all Canadians.

I wish Chris and Tamara a peaceful and happy life.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

Destroy all of your environmental regulations, or else!

CANADA
Danielle Smith says she's giving Carney until Grey Cup to fix nine 'bad laws'

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

Possibly the dumbest part of all of this is that the federal factum pretty much aligns with that Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision from August, and Manitoba has taken the same position the federal government did on the major points. This is just performative nonsense.

Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause

OTTAWA - Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 21h

US Attorney General Pam Bondi was left speechless while testifying about whether the FBI had found photos of Trump with naked, possibly underage girls among Epstein’s possessions.

Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20h

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel “plunged the region into a devastating war.”

That’s how an Associated Press article opens – one that some of Canada’s largest news outlets published today.

But Oct. 7 wasn’t the day this started.

Today, with @cjjpmedia.bsky.social, I'm giving a history lesson:

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21h

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

Of course there's also the elegant and attractive Chinese term "new energy," and given that Trump has ceded the 21st Century to China, we might as well get used to using Chinese Communist Party discourse...

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grahams55.bsky.social @grahams55.bsky.social · 22h

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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 22h

“It bears repeating the antisemitism that we endured at the hands of the state of Israel was so wild.”

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

"As one of the few Jews on [the flotilla]...they asked me if I was Jewish...threw me in front of the Israeli flag... we were strip-searched & zip-tied & blindfolded, & sent to this detention camp."

Horrifying testimony to Zeteo from freed activist David Adler:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23h

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Oct. 7 said those who built Nord Stream 2, not those accused of sabotaging it, "should be ashamed and remain silent," adding it is "not in Poland's interest" to hand over the suspect.

Ukraine war latest: 'Not in Poland's interest,' to hand over Ukrainian in Nord Stream probe, Tusk says

Key developments on Oct. 7: * 'Not in Poland's interest,' to hand over Ukrainian in Nord Stream 2 probe, Tusk says * Slovakia sends first nonlethal defense aid package to Ukraine since Fico took of...

kyivindependent.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23h

This is great investigative journalism.

Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 28d

They desperately want Albertans to forget the very well-documented ‘hustle in the oil patch’: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Hustle in the oil patch: Inside a looming financial and environmental crisis

Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing. It’s a brisk trade in junk assets — and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay ...

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 23h

Convoy livestreamer "Patriot Smoothie" (Jonathan Villeneuve) seemingly pretending he doesn't know who Mathieu Venne is, describes him only as an unidentified "man who has been previously seen at Ottawa protests"

Here's Villeneuve literally standing next to Venne and naming him in a Facebook post:

Patriot Smoothie: "Brian Derksen got into a fight with a man outside the Ottawa courthouse. I didn't see what started it but police arrested the other man, who has previously been seen at Ottawa protests.

Brian Derksen was later taken into the courthouse by police."

Patriot Smoothie: "On the hill with Dacey Chris, SG Fawkes and Mathieu Venne"

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Henry L Niman PhD @hlniman.bsky.social · 23h

#H5N1 confirmed in commercial and non-commercial poultry in Alberta
Parkland County (non)
Warner County

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