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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 1d

The irony of Lich and Barber being sentenced to a year long lockdown in their respective homes isn’t lost on me 😂😂😂

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

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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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 2d

The recent victory that Portland, Maine activists won against LiveNation is huge—but not without precedent, as it follows the Chicago Independent Venue League’s successful fight. Understanding this history is important, because there’s so much that can be learned. pitchfork.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Indie Clubs Band Together to Fight New Live Nation Venues

Empty Bottle, Metro, Schubas, the Hideout, and more team up to delay the $5 billion Lincoln Yards development

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d

Prediction: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will call an early election before she allows a referendum to proceed to a vote with the wording promoted by former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian petition.

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli

The ‘Forever Canadian’ Petition Could Bring a Snap Alberta Election | The Tyee

Danielle Smith is unlikely to allow a referendum based on the pro-Canada question promoted by Thomas Lukaszuk.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 2d

"Canada saw the most dramatic fall, with U.S. spirits exports plummeting 85% ..."

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns reut.rs/4h7o2Ft

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns

Exports of U.S. spirits fell 9% in the second quarter, according to a report by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States published on Monday, which warned that trade tensions were hitting demand in key markets.

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Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social · 10d

20 years of Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary!
Wolf Parade were brought to our attention by Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock. In fact, Isaac, along w/ engineer Chris Chandler, recorded much of this album at Audible Alchemy in Portland, OR.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.”

My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 3d

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Children Of Men Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - YouTube

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 3d

Bob Dylan Goes Punk on Late Night with David Letterman, Playing “Jokerman” with the Latino Punk Band, the Plugz (1984)

Listen to Bob Dylan's studio albums all you like; you don't know his music until you hear the live versions. That, at least, is the conclusion at which I've arrived after spending the better part of t...

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 3d

The proposed bill would let:

* mail be searched without a warrant
* allow intelligence officials to cancel immigration documents
* give access to online activity without a warrant

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association worries it may violate charter rights

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Conservatives won't support Liberal border bill without major changes: Pierre Poilievre | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal Liberals must either heavily amend their border bill or introduce a new piece of proposed legislation if they want support to pass it into law.

www.cbc.ca

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 3d

Loved this essay on the Chemainus River thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Down a Forgotten River | The Tyee

Travel with me along the Chemainus, a ribbon of life defined by logging, floods, droughts, a lawsuit — and hope.

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 4d

Default assumption is that any Fed account is 100% bullshit.

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Rickshaw Theatre @rickshawtheatre.bsky.social · 5d

🎟 On Sale Now 🎟
Tickets at www.rickshawtheatre.com

#rickshawtheatre #yvr #livemusic #vancity #vancouvermusic #vancouver #vancouverconcerts #whattodoinvancouver #ontour #keithmas #keithmasxv #keithrichards #therollingstones #thehallucinaton #anapopovic #thumpasuaurs #justannounced #onsalenow

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 5d

This should be a general strike

Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 5d

it's what they say in Valhalla

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 5d

thank goodness saving the US shaving cream industry from foreign small batch suppliers is a matter of national security

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 5d

maybe we need a little less goosesteppin' and a little more Geese-listenin' youtu.be/tw91e6Nurfc

Geese – Taxes

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 5d

only so many clicks with a gift link I guess

Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. @dougsaunders.bsky.social bluntly saying what needs to be said here. Gift link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5a1c29c...

United States may split into warring federal entities. Let’s side with the better one

Recent developments contain the seeds of a United States divided into two competing federalisms – and even a potential civil war

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 6d

I believe in you :)

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 7d

I knew the first half of this story— that Gary Larsen’s cartoon joking Dr. Goodall was sleeping with chimpanzees caused her Institute to lawyer up only for her to find the comic super amusing upon her return from the field— but I’d never heard Larsen got attacked by a chimpanzee!

Wikipedia screenshots from the Jane Goodall entry. It reads: Gary Larson cartoon incident
In 1987, Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon of two chimpanzees grooming, in which one discovers a blonde hair and says,
"Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?" The Jane Goodall Institute called the cartoon an "atrocity" in a letter drafted by its lawyers to Larson and his syndicate. Goodall, who was in Africa at the time, later found the cartoon amusing. She went on to name it her favorite depiction of herself in pop culture.

Another Wikipedia screenshot: Larson offered profits from sales of a shirt featuring the cartoon to the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall wrote the preface to
The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy. She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. In 1988, Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, and was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.

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Mike @mikeofthewest.bsky.social · 7d

lol

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 7d

Ahead of Smith's announcement, BC Premier David Eby said the proposal to build a new pipeline across BC is "not a real project"

It's just more "taxpayer-funded wedge politics" from Smith, according to Eby

#bcpoli

Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 7d

BREAKING
Danielle Smith says Alberta itself will be the proponent for a new pipeline to the BC coast.

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Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social · 7d

Watch TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe's magnetic Live on KEXP session featuring selections from his new solo album, 'Thee Black Boltz' out now-> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6LT...

Tunde Adebimpe - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 7d

This, but just about every definition, is fascism. The only question now is whether everyone lets it continue. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed some years ago that fascism is quite hard to define. It is not an ideology, she said. “I think it is a method,

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 8d

If I may redirect your attention north of the border to our own disturbing uses of power: this is, to use @amberbracken.bsky.social's phrase, chilling.

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show

Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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