Mae Dae 🇨🇦
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Doesn’t think an easy life is a better life.
Settler on unceded territories of the Coast Salish.
Doesn’t think an easy life is a better life.
Settler on unceded territories of the Coast Salish.
Love thy neighbour as you love yourself.
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Love thy neighbour as you love yourself.
“When one country builds a shield, others build better swords”
Golden Dome is an escalation of nuclear and space arms, and ends the stability of an unarmed space. Russia and China will escalate to build better swords.
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Golden Dome is an escalation of nuclear and space arms, and ends the stability of an unarmed space. Russia and China will escalate to build better swords.
open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...
What you need to know about Trump’s Golden Dome threat
A guide to Canada’s involvement in America's space weapons plan
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October 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“When one country builds a shield, others build better swords”
Golden Dome is an escalation of nuclear and space arms, and ends the stability of an unarmed space. Russia and China will escalate to build better swords.
open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...
Golden Dome is an escalation of nuclear and space arms, and ends the stability of an unarmed space. Russia and China will escalate to build better swords.
open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...
An amazing story! Renaturalizing the mouth of the Don River in Toronto in Ookwemin minising - or the place of rhe wild cherries - revealed century long buried plants and animals (single cell, worms and water fleas) came out of dauer and revived
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Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront — Guardian US
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
apple.news
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
An amazing story! Renaturalizing the mouth of the Don River in Toronto in Ookwemin minising - or the place of rhe wild cherries - revealed century long buried plants and animals (single cell, worms and water fleas) came out of dauer and revived
apple.news/A2i2niK7rRyG...
apple.news/A2i2niK7rRyG...
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I knew shaking hands has been around forever, but just learned it was popularized by the Quakers in the 17th century as a more egalitarian alternative to bowing/curtsying
And somehow that turned into a business thing in the US. Which...is on brand, god I hate it here.
And somehow that turned into a business thing in the US. Which...is on brand, god I hate it here.
September 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I knew shaking hands has been around forever, but just learned it was popularized by the Quakers in the 17th century as a more egalitarian alternative to bowing/curtsying
And somehow that turned into a business thing in the US. Which...is on brand, god I hate it here.
And somehow that turned into a business thing in the US. Which...is on brand, god I hate it here.
Today’s NYT story about Shirley Chisholm, 1st 🤵🏾♀️ elected to Congress, & white supremacist Wallace. His assassination attempt in 1972, left him paralyzed. She came to his bedside, stayed there for about 15 minutes. They prayed together,he wept. The hospital visit nearly cost her re-election.
#Quakers
#Quakers
September 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today’s NYT story about Shirley Chisholm, 1st 🤵🏾♀️ elected to Congress, & white supremacist Wallace. His assassination attempt in 1972, left him paralyzed. She came to his bedside, stayed there for about 15 minutes. They prayed together,he wept. The hospital visit nearly cost her re-election.
#Quakers
#Quakers
Speaking up is a Quaker responsibility. An excellent essay by Ayishat Akambi contained the insight that self silencing removes “critiques grounded in care” leaving critique to those who will ground it in contempt.
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Speaking up is a Quaker responsibility. An excellent essay by Ayishat Akambi contained the insight that self silencing removes “critiques grounded in care” leaving critique to those who will ground it in contempt.
www.cbc.ca
news/canada/british-columbia/international-students-allege-private-college-made-them-campaign-for-conservative-candidate-1.7631453
news/canada/british-columbia/international-students-allege-private-college-made-them-campaign-for-conservative-candidate-1.7631453
International students allege private college made them campaign for Conservative candidate | CBC News
Two international students formerly enrolled at Pacific Link College in Burnaby, B.C., allege their school compelled them to campaign for a federal Conservative candidate in a 2024 byelection. The col...
www.cbc.ca
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
www.cbc.ca
news/canada/british-columbia/international-students-allege-private-college-made-them-campaign-for-conservative-candidate-1.7631453
news/canada/british-columbia/international-students-allege-private-college-made-them-campaign-for-conservative-candidate-1.7631453
My mom is a retired home ec. Teacher in Canada. She has this treasure still in her possession- nutrient info on Walrus, seal, porcupine, polar bear and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1sw-3...
September 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My mom is a retired home ec. Teacher in Canada. She has this treasure still in her possession- nutrient info on Walrus, seal, porcupine, polar bear and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1sw-3...
Happily choosing cringe most of the time.
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Happily choosing cringe most of the time.
Theda Skocpol reference: Trump admin using immigration to establish a police state, as presidents control of “foreign affairs” is a work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship.
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July 7, 2025
At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...
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July 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Theda Skocpol reference: Trump admin using immigration to establish a police state, as presidents control of “foreign affairs” is a work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Know very little about Iran? Rory McLeod provides an incredible 2 minute explainer at minute two of this podcast
#therestispolitics
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#therestispolitics
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Question Time: The History of Iran vs. the West
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 2025-06-25 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Know very little about Iran? Rory McLeod provides an incredible 2 minute explainer at minute two of this podcast
#therestispolitics
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
#therestispolitics
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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#Quaker peace activist David Hartsough (1940-2025):
“This is my faith—that we can be co-creators w God in helping to build a world of peace, justice, & human dignity for all people."
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist
“This is my faith—that we can be co-creators w God in helping to build a world of peace, justice, & human dignity for all people."
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist
June 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#Quaker peace activist David Hartsough (1940-2025):
“This is my faith—that we can be co-creators w God in helping to build a world of peace, justice, & human dignity for all people."
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist
“This is my faith—that we can be co-creators w God in helping to build a world of peace, justice, & human dignity for all people."
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist
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Excerpt from this week’s No Mercy / No Malice by @profgalloway.com. Full post: profgalloway.com/pomp-vs-prot...
Fun fact: nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent movements.
Fun fact: nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent movements.
June 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Elon Musk says Trump is in the Epstein files:
“Time to drop the really big bomb: [Donald Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
“Time to drop the really big bomb: [Donald Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Elon Musk says Trump is in the Epstein files:
“Time to drop the really big bomb: [Donald Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
“Time to drop the really big bomb: [Donald Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
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Rest in peace Jonathan Joss
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rest in peace Jonathan Joss
I had quite the moment at the Web Summit in Vancouver.
May 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I had quite the moment at the Web Summit in Vancouver.
Today someone defined “cool” as “calmly audacious” and that delights me. I will now describe my #coolfriends as calmly audacious and see if it hangs together.
May 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today someone defined “cool” as “calmly audacious” and that delights me. I will now describe my #coolfriends as calmly audacious and see if it hangs together.
When making budget choices, increasing taxes on the top 1% has an outsized positive impact on GDP, second only to reducing healthcare costs.
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When making budget choices, increasing taxes on the top 1% has an outsized positive impact on GDP, second only to reducing healthcare costs.
60 days into the seige, 2 million people in Gaza are at risk of starvation. www.ochaopt.org/content/stat...
Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Pal...
Two months ago, the Israeli authorities took a deliberate decision to block all aid to Gaza, and halt our efforts to save survivors of their military offensive. They have been bracingly honest that th...
www.ochaopt.org
May 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
60 days into the seige, 2 million people in Gaza are at risk of starvation. www.ochaopt.org/content/stat...
A tipping point w toxic drugs, dealing, the societal harms and broken systems. But cycles need to be broken.
Skidegate on Haida Gwaii went hardcore-Haida: shunning 7, pulling down the house of a drug dealing family, refusing service. haidagwaiinews.com/skidegate-ho...
Skidegate on Haida Gwaii went hardcore-Haida: shunning 7, pulling down the house of a drug dealing family, refusing service. haidagwaiinews.com/skidegate-ho...
Skidegate Homes Demolished, Community Enforces Ban - Haida Gwaii News
HAIDA GWAII - Following the tragic death of Luke Pearson, the community has united to enforce a ban on Skidegate homes demolished in recent events.
haidagwaiinews.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A tipping point w toxic drugs, dealing, the societal harms and broken systems. But cycles need to be broken.
Skidegate on Haida Gwaii went hardcore-Haida: shunning 7, pulling down the house of a drug dealing family, refusing service. haidagwaiinews.com/skidegate-ho...
Skidegate on Haida Gwaii went hardcore-Haida: shunning 7, pulling down the house of a drug dealing family, refusing service. haidagwaiinews.com/skidegate-ho...
👏🏻Quebec on the #cellphoneban
Quebec expanding its cell ban in schools to the entire school day to ⬆️ socialize & prevent cyberbullying. “There will be more concentration, less distraction, less intimidation, more socialization – students talking to each other instead of being on their cell”
Quebec expanding its cell ban in schools to the entire school day to ⬆️ socialize & prevent cyberbullying. “There will be more concentration, less distraction, less intimidation, more socialization – students talking to each other instead of being on their cell”
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
👏🏻Quebec on the #cellphoneban
Quebec expanding its cell ban in schools to the entire school day to ⬆️ socialize & prevent cyberbullying. “There will be more concentration, less distraction, less intimidation, more socialization – students talking to each other instead of being on their cell”
Quebec expanding its cell ban in schools to the entire school day to ⬆️ socialize & prevent cyberbullying. “There will be more concentration, less distraction, less intimidation, more socialization – students talking to each other instead of being on their cell”
Devastating news about the car-based attack on peaceful people celebrating Lapu Lapu - a Filipino event in Vancouver BC. Police say the suspect was known to them. Details still coming in but even a child was killed. This is a mass murder.
April 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Devastating news about the car-based attack on peaceful people celebrating Lapu Lapu - a Filipino event in Vancouver BC. Police say the suspect was known to them. Details still coming in but even a child was killed. This is a mass murder.
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Hearing word that 338 is down in parts of the country (not everywhere, strangely). Trying to fix the issue with host.
In the meantime, use Qc125 Canada. Same data and numbers, but in French! (with different host) → qc125.com/canada
In the meantime, use Qc125 Canada. Same data and numbers, but in French! (with different host) → qc125.com/canada
Qc125 Canada | Sondages et projections électorales
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April 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hearing word that 338 is down in parts of the country (not everywhere, strangely). Trying to fix the issue with host.
In the meantime, use Qc125 Canada. Same data and numbers, but in French! (with different host) → qc125.com/canada
In the meantime, use Qc125 Canada. Same data and numbers, but in French! (with different host) → qc125.com/canada