Robert
@robell66.bsky.social
sports Coach, former academic, former pastry chef, former professional cook. won awards at a few things.
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Today is a watershed moment for women’s sports. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments relating to how Title IX will be enforced going forward.
Title IX was created to expand, not exclude. It ensured that everyone could participate, and promised to protect opportunity, access and dignity for all. 👇🏻
Title IX was created to expand, not exclude. It ensured that everyone could participate, and promised to protect opportunity, access and dignity for all. 👇🏻
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Today is a watershed moment for women’s sports. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments relating to how Title IX will be enforced going forward.
Title IX was created to expand, not exclude. It ensured that everyone could participate, and promised to protect opportunity, access and dignity for all. 👇🏻
Title IX was created to expand, not exclude. It ensured that everyone could participate, and promised to protect opportunity, access and dignity for all. 👇🏻
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#OtD 13 Jan 1943 19-year-old Ukrainian anti-Nazi resistance fighter Ulyana Matveevna Gromova was executed by German forces. She endured days of brutal torture but refused to disclose the names of any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8476...
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
#OtD 13 Jan 1943 19-year-old Ukrainian anti-Nazi resistance fighter Ulyana Matveevna Gromova was executed by German forces. She endured days of brutal torture but refused to disclose the names of any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8476...
this is exactly the point. start indicting the members of the military (sailors, airmen etc)
A question not enough Americans are asking is:
When will the generals and admirals start to disobey illegal orders?
When will the generals and admirals start to disobey illegal orders?
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
this is exactly the point. start indicting the members of the military (sailors, airmen etc)
whats that? knock down a heritage building and then not want to make apartments affordable? classic
A vacant lot where an Osborne Village heritage building once stood might remain empty if the city insists on forcing developers to make half of the suites affordable and add additional parking spots.
Density pilot ‘kills this project’ if mandated, developer says
A vacant lot where an Osborne Village heritage building once stood might remain empty if the city insists on forcing developers to make half of the suites affordable and add additional parking spots.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
whats that? knock down a heritage building and then not want to make apartments affordable? classic
at the last winter Olympics, Beijing 2022, I helped coach a silver medal for Australia while at confusion corner in a blizzard in Winnipeg.
A pair of Manitobans are heading to the Winter Olympics as members of the Canadian women’s hockey team.
Ste. Anne’s Jocelyne Larocque and Winnipegger Kati Tabin will compete for gold next month in Milan.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Ste. Anne’s Jocelyne Larocque and Winnipegger Kati Tabin will compete for gold next month in Milan.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Pair of Manitobans named to women’s Olympic hockey roster
A pair of Manitobans are heading to the Winter Olympics as members of the Canadian women’s hockey team. Ste. Anne’s Jocelyne Larocque and Winnipegger Kati Tabin were included in the 23-person roster a...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
at the last winter Olympics, Beijing 2022, I helped coach a silver medal for Australia while at confusion corner in a blizzard in Winnipeg.
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A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT
At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids
ictnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
would be so much simpler not to waste money widening them and put the money into social services and public transit.......Winnipeg City Council sprinting back in time instead of moving forward
Following concerns that megaprojects to widen Kenaston Boulevard and extend Chief Peguis Trail would spark the removal of hundreds of trees, the city is sharing its plan to replace them.
City says it has plan to replace removed trees
Following concerns that megaprojects to widen Kenaston Boulevard and extend Chief Peguis Trail would spark the removal of hundreds of trees, the city is sharing its plan to replace them.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
would be so much simpler not to waste money widening them and put the money into social services and public transit.......Winnipeg City Council sprinting back in time instead of moving forward
what kind of joke is this? I rent and until prices are halved its still very much unaffordable.
While Winnipeg continues to be a seller’s market for homeowners, it’s now a renter’s market, too, as supply went up and demand decreased in the past year, a new report says.
2025 ‘story of demand, of strong demand’
Winnipeg real estate sales ‘soldiered on’, armed with affordability; average rent decline smallest in Canada: WRREB
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
what kind of joke is this? I rent and until prices are halved its still very much unaffordable.
too many reckless drivers injuring other drivers gets fixed, injure a pedestrian and wait decades for anything......
City experts will explore if new safety measures are needed to reduce collisions at the intersection of North Town Road and northbound Kenaston Boulevard, due to concerns over multiple crashes at the site.
Study to explore safety measures at city intersection
City experts will explore if new safety measures are needed to reduce collisions at the intersection of North Town Road and northbound Kenaston Boulevard, due to concerns over multiple crashes at the site.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
too many reckless drivers injuring other drivers gets fixed, injure a pedestrian and wait decades for anything......
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#OtD 8 Jan 1811 maybe biggest uprising of enslaved people in US history took place on Louisiana coast. 100s of enslaved people attacked their masters and marched towards New Orleans burning plantations & fighting local militia until more troops arrived shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#OtD 8 Jan 1811 maybe biggest uprising of enslaved people in US history took place on Louisiana coast. 100s of enslaved people attacked their masters and marched towards New Orleans burning plantations & fighting local militia until more troops arrived shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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We’re one week into 2026, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is already reaching new levels of impunity.
So uh, could a Canadian leader with a backbone please stand up??
I'm back, and I'm pissed about this cowardice (and in some cases, outright acquiescence):
So uh, could a Canadian leader with a backbone please stand up??
I'm back, and I'm pissed about this cowardice (and in some cases, outright acquiescence):
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
We’re one week into 2026, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is already reaching new levels of impunity.
So uh, could a Canadian leader with a backbone please stand up??
I'm back, and I'm pissed about this cowardice (and in some cases, outright acquiescence):
So uh, could a Canadian leader with a backbone please stand up??
I'm back, and I'm pissed about this cowardice (and in some cases, outright acquiescence):
I've never been personally, but its been my favourite skeleton track since 2022........ 😉
The IBSF World Cup makes its way to sunny St. Moritz and the only track still built out of snow and ice every winter.
They've been sliding from St. Moritz to Celerina over well over 100 years and the track has remained largely unchanged.
Here's a run down the track and a thread with curve names
They've been sliding from St. Moritz to Celerina over well over 100 years and the track has remained largely unchanged.
Here's a run down the track and a thread with curve names
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I've never been personally, but its been my favourite skeleton track since 2022........ 😉
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They think they can murder anyone.
Don’t forget, Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any votes.
They shot a scared mom in the face three times.
And they’re lying about her, calling her a domestic terrorist.
They think they can literally do anything.
Anything.
Don’t forget, Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any votes.
They shot a scared mom in the face three times.
And they’re lying about her, calling her a domestic terrorist.
They think they can literally do anything.
Anything.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
They think they can murder anyone.
Don’t forget, Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any votes.
They shot a scared mom in the face three times.
And they’re lying about her, calling her a domestic terrorist.
They think they can literally do anything.
Anything.
Don’t forget, Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any votes.
They shot a scared mom in the face three times.
And they’re lying about her, calling her a domestic terrorist.
They think they can literally do anything.
Anything.
funny, people have been aware of this, and called it that, for more than 25 years
⭕️ The UN human rights office has released a major thematic report on Jan. 7, 2026 concluding that Israel’s rule over the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, amounts to a system of racial segregation and apartheid under international law.
The report documents decades of discriminatory...
The report documents decades of discriminatory...
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
funny, people have been aware of this, and called it that, for more than 25 years
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The number of homicides recorded in Winnipeg in 2025 was the lowest in more than 20 years.
City records lowest number of homicides in more than two decades in 2025
The number of homicides recorded in Winnipeg in 2025 was the lowest in more than 20 years.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The number of homicides recorded in Winnipeg in 2025 was the lowest in more than 20 years.
there are only 2 slices of a pie, and that reminds me, I need to get another pie........
Area Man Forges Ahead In Pursuit Of Numbness With Third Slice Of Pie https://theonion.com/area-man-forges-ahead-in-pursuit-of-numbness-with-third-slice-of-pie/
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
there are only 2 slices of a pie, and that reminds me, I need to get another pie........
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last year, centrists lost their minds when Green Party leader Zack Polanski dared to suggest that NATO is over. Fast forward to now, #Trump is threatening to invade a NATO member while Labour politicians squirm: Turns out it was Trump that undermined NATO and Zack was insanely correct.
Labour's 'NATO' attack ad on Polanski comes back to bite them
Polanski said NATO is over in the age of Trump, and now Trump has announced plans to invade a NATO member. Your move, Labour Party.
www.thecanary.co
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
last year, centrists lost their minds when Green Party leader Zack Polanski dared to suggest that NATO is over. Fast forward to now, #Trump is threatening to invade a NATO member while Labour politicians squirm: Turns out it was Trump that undermined NATO and Zack was insanely correct.
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"We see little-to-no media outrage about the crime of homelessness, rather than the crime of having to see the homeless." www.columnblog.com/p/people-fee...
People "Feel Unsafe" Because Visible Poverty Is Everywhere
Media hysteria around “rising crime” works because it touches on something real: a palpable increase in visible human suffering. What matters is how we alleviate that suffering.
www.columnblog.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:43 PM
"We see little-to-no media outrage about the crime of homelessness, rather than the crime of having to see the homeless." www.columnblog.com/p/people-fee...
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
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NEW 🎙️ Our return to all-new podcasts opens our series of reflections on “Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of ‘Collaboration’.” First up, @candiscall.bsky.social on concurrence of Indigenous movements w/the rise of Indigenous people working in media
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 1 (ep 360)
ON THIS EPISODE: Interrogating 'the white possessive.' And according to Indigenous scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson, countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S. are best understood as 'white posse...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
NEW 🎙️ Our return to all-new podcasts opens our series of reflections on “Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of ‘Collaboration’.” First up, @candiscall.bsky.social on concurrence of Indigenous movements w/the rise of Indigenous people working in media
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Since the invasion of Venezuela Trump has trashed all the arguments he used to justify the invasion.This was a shakedown. Since day one of the Trump regime I have used the term gangster fascism to describe his actions.
It has serious implications for Canada.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
It has serious implications for Canada.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Venezuela & Canada
MAGA'S Language of Threat
substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Since the invasion of Venezuela Trump has trashed all the arguments he used to justify the invasion.This was a shakedown. Since day one of the Trump regime I have used the term gangster fascism to describe his actions.
It has serious implications for Canada.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
It has serious implications for Canada.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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That's what America wants: to undermine the foundation of that international order.
So does Russia, of course.
So does Russia, of course.
France at the UN Security Council:
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
That's what America wants: to undermine the foundation of that international order.
So does Russia, of course.
So does Russia, of course.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
they made more than me yesterday (January 1st) before I went to bed (1:15am).
By the time you’ve finished your morning coffee today, chances are Canada’s top-earning CEOs will have earned more than you’ll make all year.
Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs make 248 times more than average Canadian worker
By the time you’ve finished your morning coffee today, chances are Canada’s top-earning CEOs will have earned more than you’ll make all year.
cheknews.ca
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
they made more than me yesterday (January 1st) before I went to bed (1:15am).
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#OtD 1 Jan 1804 Haiti became an independent republic, the culmination of the Haitian revolution abolishing slavery and freeing itself from French rule. It began as a rebellion of the enslaved in 1791. Learn more about this and other Black revolts here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...
January 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 1 Jan 1804 Haiti became an independent republic, the culmination of the Haitian revolution abolishing slavery and freeing itself from French rule. It began as a rebellion of the enslaved in 1791. Learn more about this and other Black revolts here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...