@jammer1981.bsky.social
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Carney's Canada.
Canada has spent more than $78 million deporting over 18,000 people in the 2024-25 fiscal year, the most since the government of Stephen Harper, according to data obtained by the Star from the Canada Border Services Agency.
Canada spent $78 million deporting 18,000 people in 2024 — the most since Stephen Harper
Most of those deported were asylum seekers whose refugee claims were rejected, according to data obtained by the Star from the CBSA.
www.thestar.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Carney's Canada.
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Relax. Flu is *checks notes* just a flu.
Or, you know, clean the air FFS and stop minimizing infectious diseases.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Or, you know, clean the air FFS and stop minimizing infectious diseases.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Relax. Flu is *checks notes* just a flu.
Or, you know, clean the air FFS and stop minimizing infectious diseases.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Or, you know, clean the air FFS and stop minimizing infectious diseases.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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The story of what's driving rising beef prices is yet another canary in the climate coal mine. It sure would be nice if we started listening a little harder. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Why sky-high beef prices are a lesson in supply and demand
After years of drought, North America’s legacy industry – and consumer steak holders – face a climate hostile to cattle ranching
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The story of what's driving rising beef prices is yet another canary in the climate coal mine. It sure would be nice if we started listening a little harder. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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A coalition of Jewish groups has condemned the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for creating the so-called Mamdani Monitor, calling it a "blatantly Islamophobic" and racist targeting of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Jewish groups condemn ADL's Mamdani Monitor as 'blatant Islamophobia'
A coalition of Jewish groups signed a letter criticising the Anti-Defamation League and vowed to work with the NYC mayor-elect
www.middleeasteye.net
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A coalition of Jewish groups has condemned the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for creating the so-called Mamdani Monitor, calling it a "blatantly Islamophobic" and racist targeting of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
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PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
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Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing
The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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On Oct. 4, 1957, the Avro Arrow was unveiled with the intention of it being the RCAF's primary interceptor in the 1960s.
Less than two years later, the program was abruptly cancelled and 14,528 Avro employees were put out of work.
This is the story of the Arrow.
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Less than two years later, the program was abruptly cancelled and 14,528 Avro employees were put out of work.
This is the story of the Arrow.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Avro Arrow was unveiled with the intention of it being the RCAF's primary interceptor in the 1960s.
Less than two years later, the program was abruptly cancelled and 14,528 Avro employees were put out of work.
This is the story of the Arrow.
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Less than two years later, the program was abruptly cancelled and 14,528 Avro employees were put out of work.
This is the story of the Arrow.
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Each weekend, EITM publishes the Lavender Ledger, your drop on the important LGBTQ+ news that someone else covered before us.
This week features trans immigrants treatment under ICE, FBI firing a worker over a Pride flag, and new Trump attacks on universities.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This week features trans immigrants treatment under ICE, FBI firing a worker over a Pride flag, and new Trump attacks on universities.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The Lavender Ledger: Your Strategic LGBTQ+ Reader By Erin In The Morning
Our service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Each weekend, EITM publishes the Lavender Ledger, your drop on the important LGBTQ+ news that someone else covered before us.
This week features trans immigrants treatment under ICE, FBI firing a worker over a Pride flag, and new Trump attacks on universities.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This week features trans immigrants treatment under ICE, FBI firing a worker over a Pride flag, and new Trump attacks on universities.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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9. With the added pressure of far-right influencers to remove shows for going against their worldview, such shows may have even more difficulty finding placement. This means that there could be less representation for LGBTQ+ families, who make up a significant portion of American life.
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
9. With the added pressure of far-right influencers to remove shows for going against their worldview, such shows may have even more difficulty finding placement. This means that there could be less representation for LGBTQ+ families, who make up a significant portion of American life.
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8. The renewed targeting of LGBTQ+ animators and storylines is troubling. Given the animation industry’s recent downturn and difficulties in finding work, LGBTQ+ storylines may be even harder to place just by virtue of the economy around animation.
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
An Industry Worker Explains Why The U.S. Animation Industry Is Collapsing
The U.S. animation industry might look bleak right now, but it could still get a lot worse.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
8. The renewed targeting of LGBTQ+ animators and storylines is troubling. Given the animation industry’s recent downturn and difficulties in finding work, LGBTQ+ storylines may be even harder to place just by virtue of the economy around animation.
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
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7. In recent years, platforms like Disney have curtailed LGBTQ+ programming. In 2022, Disney+ Junior Mode removed shows with LGBTQ+ characters, such as the popular Owl House. More recently, the platform removed references to a transgender character’s gender identity in the Pixar series Win or Lose.
Disney Plus faces accusations of blocking LGBTQ+ content for minors with new update
Disney Plus may be unintentionally hiding content with LGBT+ themes and characters from viewers 18 and younger.
wegotthiscovered.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
7. In recent years, platforms like Disney have curtailed LGBTQ+ programming. In 2022, Disney+ Junior Mode removed shows with LGBTQ+ characters, such as the popular Owl House. More recently, the platform removed references to a transgender character’s gender identity in the Pixar series Win or Lose.
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6. Musk himself boosted posts targeting shows well beyond children’s fare, singling out adult programming with transgender characters or themes, including Sense8, Tales of the City, The Umbrella Academy, Disclosure, and Will & Harper
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
6. Musk himself boosted posts targeting shows well beyond children’s fare, singling out adult programming with transgender characters or themes, including Sense8, Tales of the City, The Umbrella Academy, Disclosure, and Will & Harper
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5. Within a day, her outrage metastasized into a broader campaign against all LGBTQ+ content, with posts from conservative influencers targeting shows featuring Pride flags and demands that Netflix adopt a Don’t Say Gay-style policy across the platform.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
5. Within a day, her outrage metastasized into a broader campaign against all LGBTQ+ content, with posts from conservative influencers targeting shows featuring Pride flags and demands that Netflix adopt a Don’t Say Gay-style policy across the platform.
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4. It began when LOTT posted a Dead End: Paranormal Park clip where the character Barney comes out as trans. “I’m trans norma, and everyone at school knows, and everyone at home knows… and being here, it’s like a whole new place. I can just be Barney, and I can choose if and when I tell people,”
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
4. It began when LOTT posted a Dead End: Paranormal Park clip where the character Barney comes out as trans. “I’m trans norma, and everyone at school knows, and everyone at home knows… and being here, it’s like a whole new place. I can just be Barney, and I can choose if and when I tell people,”
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3. Within days, Twitter’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, was leading a boycott campaign against the streaming platform, using his perch to punish it for daring to feature LGBTQ+ characters—representation that reflects the families of millions of kids.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
3. Within days, Twitter’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, was leading a boycott campaign against the streaming platform, using his perch to punish it for daring to feature LGBTQ+ characters—representation that reflects the families of millions of kids.
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2. On Monday, Libs of TikTok—the far-right account notorious for stoking violent threats against LGBTQ+ people—erupted over a kids’ show featuring a transgender character. The target was Dead End: Paranormal Park, and the outrage quickly snowballed.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2. On Monday, Libs of TikTok—the far-right account notorious for stoking violent threats against LGBTQ+ people—erupted over a kids’ show featuring a transgender character. The target was Dead End: Paranormal Park, and the outrage quickly snowballed.
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1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
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If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans-affirming prison policies are threatened by a wave of right-wing transphobic attacks in Canada and the United States. We need a new approach to advocacy for Two-Spirit and trans prisoners—one that is based on Indigenous rights.
Trans prison policies aren’t just about gender—they are about Indigenous rights | Xtra Magazine
Trans-affirming prison policies are being revoked in parts of Canada and the U.S. We need to protect Two-Spirit and trans people in prisons
xtramagazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trans-affirming prison policies are threatened by a wave of right-wing transphobic attacks in Canada and the United States. We need a new approach to advocacy for Two-Spirit and trans prisoners—one that is based on Indigenous rights.
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Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister.
Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.
Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.
September 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister.
Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.
Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.
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She’s not wrong.
September 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
She’s not wrong.