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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

the most important thing to remember when under attack by spiritual forces is to preserve your own brand

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 2d

The angel of history painting Walter Benjamin referenced, but done in the style of two hooting wojacks pointing at something

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 2d

Ever smoke a bunch of weed and think about modernity

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The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 4d

In a video posted to social media after the Conscience launched on Sept. 30, Mees says she has “a duty to take action” against Israel’s genocide since the Government of Canada has made Canadians complicit #cdnpoli #Palestine #Israel
theindependent.ca/news/lji/car...

Carney government silent as Newfoundland activists headed for Gaza face likely interception by Israel – The Independent

A growing chorus of voices say it's Canada's duty to protect its own citizens, especially when they are not breaking the law

theindependent.ca

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 5d

Wasn’t that productive

Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

Gonna take a little break from here as the last week demonstrated it’s a major time suck when I could be doing something productive

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

Gonna take a little break from here as the last week demonstrated it’s a major time suck when I could be doing something productive

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

They already are pretending to be other nationalities while travelling

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

Enormously cringe for some Canadian white guy influencer saying without any shred of irony, “my country is not your costume”

CNN @cnn.com · 20d

Over the last few months, some US tourists have revived a decades-old practice of masquerading as Canadians in order to avoid anti-American sentiment abroad under the Trump administration. https://cnn.it/4nuJ1Uw

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

I mean that makes sense if you don’t recognize that period as when capital and the state went on the offensive against the working class in the developed west. It was an era of strife too.

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

Some nominative determinism for young Freek lol

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 20d

Canada’s “elbows up” nationalism may look like resistance to Trump, but it risks repeating the colonial violence it claims to oppose. Ellen Gabriel and @seancarleton.bsky.social warn that patriotism built on erasing Indigenous struggles makes real reconciliation impossible.

Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism

Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patr...

canadiandimension.com

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 20d

“[It] causes kids to shrink themselves and not participate in school. School is supposed to develop the whole child and now we’re seeing kids drawing away from that.”

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

edmontonjournal.com

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

I’m sure the Grits will seriously consider the demand and meet them half way

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 20d

How long till we have smug Canadian tories demanding the federal govt ban various left wing group because “our close ally has declared them dangerous terrorists”?

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 21d

The main driver of this harassment campaign ironically appears to be a former U of A and Gateway alum—the National Post's Jamie Sarkonak.

BREAKING: U of A law professor put on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk's death - The Gateway

A professor in the faculty of law has been placed on non-disciplinary leave following "concerning online comments."

thegatewayonline.ca

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 21d

Me when I’m served a pasta dish

Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 21d

Yeah the Dems only understand politics as an exercise in list building

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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 21d

I calculated how much wildfire smoke is costing the average Calgary worker ... while struggling to breathe from wildfire smoke.

Listen here: pca.st/episode/ef0d...

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 21d

This was part of a protest action to its installation and I was the media point person

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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social · 21d

I am unfortunately on record saying i would not personally deface a churchill statue

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21d

The highest-ranking officer in the room where Heffernan was killed by police, Staff Sergeant Lon Brewster, was let off without a disciplinary hearing because "too much time had passed" and he "wasn't involved in the alleged excessive force."

Hierarchy is only a system of reward, not responsibility.

Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21d

#Calgary people, you may have missed this amid all the ~\_0_/~

but the remaining two officers facing disciplinary hearings in the 2015 killing of Anthony Heffernan by Calgary police have been dropped, because *too much time had passed*
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...