Mary Ellen
@maryellenarmstrong.bsky.social
Communications consulting and smartassery.
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I bet the first one of these will be applied quite selectively.
"There are four hate propaganda offences: advocating genocide; public incitement of hatred; willfully promoting hatred; and willfully promoting antisemitism."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"There are four hate propaganda offences: advocating genocide; public incitement of hatred; willfully promoting hatred; and willfully promoting antisemitism."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Government to table bill Friday criminalizing use of certain symbols to promote hate | CBC News
The Liberal government is introducing new legislation on Friday to make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbol...
www.cbc.ca
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I bet the first one of these will be applied quite selectively.
"There are four hate propaganda offences: advocating genocide; public incitement of hatred; willfully promoting hatred; and willfully promoting antisemitism."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"There are four hate propaganda offences: advocating genocide; public incitement of hatred; willfully promoting hatred; and willfully promoting antisemitism."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Still, it does seem like a lot of people who *don’t* look for that kind of content and *aren’t* interested in it are still being exposed to graphic footage of the Kirk shooting on the big social media platforms (which don’t seem to be moderating it out as much as one might assume)
I follow a lot of creators on Instagram who are losing their shit because they saw him get ganked… and if that’s not an advertisement against hate watching RW content (or watching it to stitch with it and argue against it), I don’t know what is.
You see the algorithm you create.
You see the algorithm you create.
September 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Still, it does seem like a lot of people who *don’t* look for that kind of content and *aren’t* interested in it are still being exposed to graphic footage of the Kirk shooting on the big social media platforms (which don’t seem to be moderating it out as much as one might assume)
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Our kids deserve to be safe at school.
School staff deserve to be safe at work.
Violence has risen by 77% since Doug Ford became Premier.
globalnews.ca/news/1133355...
#OntEd
School staff deserve to be safe at work.
Violence has risen by 77% since Doug Ford became Premier.
globalnews.ca/news/1133355...
#OntEd
‘Significant crisis’: Number of violent incidents reported in Ontario’s schools grows | Globalnews.ca
New data obtained by Global News reveals the rate of violence reported in Ontario's schools is growing, up almost 80 per cent compared to 2018-19.
globalnews.ca
August 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Our kids deserve to be safe at school.
School staff deserve to be safe at work.
Violence has risen by 77% since Doug Ford became Premier.
globalnews.ca/news/1133355...
#OntEd
School staff deserve to be safe at work.
Violence has risen by 77% since Doug Ford became Premier.
globalnews.ca/news/1133355...
#OntEd
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cnn editor: u got that story on ice?
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
Analysis: Meet the new national police force | CNN Politics
The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers, and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police ...
www.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
cnn editor: u got that story on ice?
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
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Psst, we don't really need any more electricity in Ontario. 🤫
We often produce excess, and we give it away.
This scam is meant to enrich some construction mobsters so Ontario can host data centres for AI and the US military.
As per Ford's proposal, Fortress Am-Can.
We often produce excess, and we give it away.
This scam is meant to enrich some construction mobsters so Ontario can host data centres for AI and the US military.
As per Ford's proposal, Fortress Am-Can.
May 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Psst, we don't really need any more electricity in Ontario. 🤫
We often produce excess, and we give it away.
This scam is meant to enrich some construction mobsters so Ontario can host data centres for AI and the US military.
As per Ford's proposal, Fortress Am-Can.
We often produce excess, and we give it away.
This scam is meant to enrich some construction mobsters so Ontario can host data centres for AI and the US military.
As per Ford's proposal, Fortress Am-Can.
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Cory Booker is talking for hours, for no reason at all, except to create an opportunity to send out his fundraising emails.
April 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cory Booker is talking for hours, for no reason at all, except to create an opportunity to send out his fundraising emails.
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Criminal negligence causing death. Bonnie Henry shouldn't be in the running for Chief Public Health Officer of Canada; she should be in jail.
March 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Criminal negligence causing death. Bonnie Henry shouldn't be in the running for Chief Public Health Officer of Canada; she should be in jail.
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I am hearing credible rumblings that Dr. Henry is currently in France for four months, learning French in order to finally qualify to fail upwards and replace Dr. Tam as Canada's CMOH. One of the few people in the world to have botched two different SARS-CoV outbreaks (plus the Seven Oaks thing).
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On March 11, 2020, when much of the world was screaming for things to be locked down, Dr. Henry, herself no stranger to pandemics, told the country and the world that "we have very low risk."
Time was lost, and because of this so were lives.
There's never been an accounting of these failures.
Time was lost, and because of this so were lives.
There's never been an accounting of these failures.
March 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I am hearing credible rumblings that Dr. Henry is currently in France for four months, learning French in order to finally qualify to fail upwards and replace Dr. Tam as Canada's CMOH. One of the few people in the world to have botched two different SARS-CoV outbreaks (plus the Seven Oaks thing).
🤦♂️
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Quick little health-related thread:
There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates.
I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.
There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates.
I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Quick little health-related thread:
There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates.
I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.
There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates.
I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.
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:There was a coup in America, and no one noticed. It was a slow-moving coup, decades in the making, forged by redefining laws and loyalty until the contours of betrayal blurred."
--THEY KNEW (2022)
--THEY KNEW (2022)
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
:There was a coup in America, and no one noticed. It was a slow-moving coup, decades in the making, forged by redefining laws and loyalty until the contours of betrayal blurred."
--THEY KNEW (2022)
--THEY KNEW (2022)
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"Deja News" is a term I came up with to describe old information being continually presented as new so that the corrupt can dodge accountability and the media can enable them.
Excerpts from my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW, published in 2020 and 2022:
Excerpts from my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW, published in 2020 and 2022:
February 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Deja News" is a term I came up with to describe old information being continually presented as new so that the corrupt can dodge accountability and the media can enable them.
Excerpts from my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW, published in 2020 and 2022:
Excerpts from my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW, published in 2020 and 2022:
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Literacy is activism.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
February 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Literacy is activism.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
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Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years
Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years
Epicenter of latest outbreak had one of state’s highest immunization exemption rates for 2023-24 school year
The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to at least 90 cases, reaching historic levels, according to officials.
Since late January, 90 cases of…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years
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February 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump checking in with his boss.
LATEST: President Trump says he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine.
Trump says he spoke to Putin about ending the war in Ukraine
The president said he would immediately inform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about a plan to restart negotiations.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump checking in with his boss.
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Donald Trump is Putin's pet.
Shameful propaganda.
Shameful propaganda.
February 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Donald Trump is Putin's pet.
Shameful propaganda.
Shameful propaganda.
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And then I kept telling everyone in Washington I was all about protecting Ontario workers and no one even asked me about Bill 124.
February 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And then I kept telling everyone in Washington I was all about protecting Ontario workers and no one even asked me about Bill 124.
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Tested and true.
February 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tested and true.
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When people ask me what tools I use to create my political images, I tell them PowerPoint and rage.
#OnPoli
#NeverVoteConservative
#OnPoli
#NeverVoteConservative
![A Mad Lib called Conservative Math shows a picture of Doug Ford smiling and pointing. The sentences at the top say: Sorry, folks! We don’t have any money for [choose from column A].
We’re spending it all on [choose from column B].
Column A
• health care
• public education
• nurses or teachers
• paid sick days
• autism supports
• ODSP increases
• long-term care
Column B
• parking garages
• court challenges
• gifts to donors
• deals for developers
• an Austrian mega spa
• booze in 7-Elevens
• election bribes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uk2wnfiht4fj23jxvffdrok4/bafkreiaiiemnfmxjyqtwnwtopqe7x3uclmsu246yijttj76b67p6bxn6ae@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When people ask me what tools I use to create my political images, I tell them PowerPoint and rage.
#OnPoli
#NeverVoteConservative
#OnPoli
#NeverVoteConservative
WhatsApp is owned by Zuckerberg and Meta, same as Facebook and Instagram.
You have no rights or privacy on WhatsApp.
You have no rights or privacy on WhatsApp.
As Labour is embroiled in a scandal over leaked messages from a WhatsApp group, some people have been left wondering about their rights on the app, and what the rules are for employers when it comes to online surveillance and privacy.
So, can your boss read your WhatsApp messages?
So, can your boss read your WhatsApp messages?
Can my boss read my WhatsApp messages? Rules around work and privacy explained
Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to widen the party’s investigation into alleged inappropriate messages on WhatsApp - but what are the rules surrounding employers and employees when it comes to online sur...
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
WhatsApp is owned by Zuckerberg and Meta, same as Facebook and Instagram.
You have no rights or privacy on WhatsApp.
You have no rights or privacy on WhatsApp.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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they couldn't have booed just a LITTLE harder???? 💔
February 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
they couldn't have booed just a LITTLE harder???? 💔