Max Burke
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
GO JAYS
Go Jays
Go Jays
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
GO JAYS
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It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.
Slightly diminish a band: Pennyback
Slightly diminish a band: U1
Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Pennyback
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Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...
Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought
Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates
www.timescolonist.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...
Wonder if any of the Sharepoint sites hosting the Epstein docs that the FBI is combing through were affected: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... cc: @muellershewrote.com
Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say
Unknown attackers exploited a “significant vulnerability” in Microsoft’s SharePoint collaboration software, hitting targets around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wonder if any of the Sharepoint sites hosting the Epstein docs that the FBI is combing through were affected: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... cc: @muellershewrote.com
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This is horrifying and heartbreaking. Sending so much love to the Filipino community right now. I can’t imagine how you’re feeling.
You deserve to feel safe celebrating your culture. This is devastating. 💔
You deserve to feel safe celebrating your culture. This is devastating. 💔
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is horrifying and heartbreaking. Sending so much love to the Filipino community right now. I can’t imagine how you’re feeling.
You deserve to feel safe celebrating your culture. This is devastating. 💔
You deserve to feel safe celebrating your culture. This is devastating. 💔
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Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.
Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longsta...
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.
Sure sex is good but have you ever written Strom Thurmond out of the record books?
April 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sure sex is good but have you ever written Strom Thurmond out of the record books?
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I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom.
If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?
If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?
April 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom.
If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?
If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?
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1/What the hell?!?!
God damn cowards.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social is very, very, good at what she does. If you are following me and not her yet, you really need to.
But this decision by CTV to capitulate conservative crying certainly exposes a few things.
God damn cowards.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social is very, very, good at what she does. If you are following me and not her yet, you really need to.
But this decision by CTV to capitulate conservative crying certainly exposes a few things.
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
1/What the hell?!?!
God damn cowards.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social is very, very, good at what she does. If you are following me and not her yet, you really need to.
But this decision by CTV to capitulate conservative crying certainly exposes a few things.
God damn cowards.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social is very, very, good at what she does. If you are following me and not her yet, you really need to.
But this decision by CTV to capitulate conservative crying certainly exposes a few things.
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This should INFURIATE you
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This should INFURIATE you
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
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By their definition, any notable accomplishment achieved by someone who was not a straight white male -- no matter how or when it happened -- counts as "DEI" and "bias against whites."
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
March 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
By their definition, any notable accomplishment achieved by someone who was not a straight white male -- no matter how or when it happened -- counts as "DEI" and "bias against whites."
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
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A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
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If the Democrats give up on trans people then why should any member of a minority trust them ever again?
March 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If the Democrats give up on trans people then why should any member of a minority trust them ever again?
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Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
March 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
It would be a minimal kindness that every member of DOGE spends the rest of their life looking over their shoulder and peering into shadows, terrified of the people whose lives they have ruined.
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It would be a minimal kindness that every member of DOGE spends the rest of their life looking over their shoulder and peering into shadows, terrified of the people whose lives they have ruined.