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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 11h

These 3 young women from N.L. are among the Canadians abducted by Israel as they tried to break the blockade of Gaza while delivering food and medical supplies.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Spinster @spinster777.bsky.social · 19h

Two parliamentary petitions to reject C-2:

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#cdnpoli #stopbillC2

Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 20h

Carney is trying to create Trump-style borders and surveillance with his Strong Borders Act. Demand he respect our rights & treat people with care and dignity. Withdraw Bill C-2! #stopbillC2 act.gp/40oxP2E

Tell Carney: We don’t want Trump-style borders & surveillance state!

Sign this petition to defend our human rights and privacy

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to save water, apparently “most people” have switched to litter boxes.

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 1d

Seaport Social ($39, dessert is extra), True North Diner ($23), Colleen’s Pub, Courtyard by Marriott ($49)

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 3d

Still no definitive word from the Canadian gov’t or 🇨🇦 media - who could easily contact flotilla organizers/friends, family - on the whereabouts of Canadians kidnapped by Israel in international waters off the Gaza coast.
* CBC, however, does have a story on why U.S. politicians swear a lot.

Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 4d

According to organizers, six Cdns (named in photo) were aboard the Cdn boat Conscience when it was illegally intercepted by the IDF and its crew kidnapped. A CBC story quotes Global Affairs Canada as saying it knows of 2 Cdns but is unable to confirm how many Cdns were onboard. 1/2 #Sumudflotilla

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 4d

2/2 So why don’t the feds don’t know more about the illegally detained Cdns and WHY is this off the radar of almost all 🇨🇦 media?

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 4d

According to organizers, six Cdns (named in photo) were aboard the Cdn boat Conscience when it was illegally intercepted by the IDF and its crew kidnapped. A CBC story quotes Global Affairs Canada as saying it knows of 2 Cdns but is unable to confirm how many Cdns were onboard. 1/2 #Sumudflotilla

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 4d

At the Old Burying Ground in Halifax, trying unsuccessfully so far to find the grave of Benjamin Kent, the first lawyer in the U.S. to win a case to free a slave (Jenny Slew in 1766). There should be more resources put into this historic gem to help its non-profit foundation keep history “alive.”

A view of some graves at the Old Burying Ground in Halifax. The tallish one in the background is the tomb of Major-Gen. Robert Ross, who led the historic burning of the White House.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall was a hero who used her life to make the world a better place. If the world uplifted and amplified people like her over fascists and billionaires, the world would be a very different place. #3E

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 7d

When Jane Goodall visited Halifax in 2011, @rickconrad.bsky.social and I had the privilege of moderating her online public chat. She was a hero for her work on behalf of animals and the planet, a trailblazer for women in science and the loveliest of humans. I’m heartbroken that she’s gone.

Jane Goodall looks at a computer screen as her travelling companion Mr. H, a stuffed monkey, watches.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 9d

"There is a war on children"

A clarion call for action and accountability from Dr. Thaer Ahmad who served in Gaza.

He reads the 'will' of a 10-year-old girl who Israel killed, as a way to honour her.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed

Dr. Thaer Ahmad gives an emotional statement at a high-level UN event about Israel's war on children in Gaza.

open.substack.com

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Niki Jabbour @nikijabbour.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, I have 999 followers! (Thank you all) 😊 Who wants to be lucky 1000? 😁🌱

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 11d

NYT to Charlie Kirk (again):

Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 11d

🤭🤭🤭

𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 14d

An important message from the president of Antifa 😂 🤭

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 12d

ICE is firing pellets and pepper balls at journalists in Broadview outside Chicago today, but they're local journalists so it feels like the national media will not care at all. I hope I'm wrong.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Breaking News: A London judge dismissed a terrorism charge against a member of Kneecap, the Irish-language rap group. The rapper had been charged over displaying a Hezbollah flag onstage.

Kneecap Rapper’s Terrorism Charge Is Dismissed by U.K. Court

A rapper in the popular Irish-language group was charged over displaying a Hezbollah flag onstage.

nyti.ms

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15d

MAGA’s been ready to start a war over the stopped escalator all day btw…

Catch up on the latest 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 15d

“In past years, images have circulated in Iran showing officials who were visiting New York loading up vehicles with goods, including a television and cereal boxes.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d

As the UN General Assembly met in New York, the Trump administration blocked the Iranian delegation from shopping at Costco or other wholesale retailers, an apparent bid to inflame Iranian public opinion.

Iranian Diplomats Are Barred From Shopping at Costco While Visiting U.S.

As the U.N. General Assembly met in New York, the Trump administration forbade the Iranian delegation from shopping at discount wholesalers, an apparent bid to inflame Iranian public opinion.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15d

Washington Post reporter Joe Heim confirms this Trump-Epstein “Friendship Month” statue has been placed on the National Mall

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 17d

From her very public profile on the web, she’s a vegan (so am I) and animal rights activist.
If you really want people to “transcend their silos,” you really lost me with this takedown based on who she works for, and calling a young woman “strident” for her beliefs.
Sometimes a 🦆 is just a 🦆.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19d

Cartoon by ArtandResponse.com.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19d

It’s been sad this year watching how the White House press corps refuses to back each other up. Here a female journalist is insulted and denigrated and the next male reporter just moves on to a new question. You’re all in this together, folks. Time & again, they won’t stand up for their colleagues.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump to a female reporter who tries to ask him about his plans for Memphis: "Quiet. You're really obnoxious ... I'm not gonna talk to you until I call on you."

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