Melinda Joy
@thatmjs.bsky.social
Lawyer specializing in Indigenous rights & governance | Foodie | North Vancouverite | Caretaker to Coco
I spend most of my spare time going to concerts, reading, wandering around in the woods & camping on beaches.
I spend most of my spare time going to concerts, reading, wandering around in the woods & camping on beaches.
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Let’s see who gets this.
May 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Let’s see who gets this.
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it’s highly anticipated because you sat on the land for 17 years after getting a $211 million interest free loan
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
it’s highly anticipated because you sat on the land for 17 years after getting a $211 million interest free loan
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A massive crowd of lawyers packed Manhattan’s Foley Square today to publicly reaffirm their oaths to the constitution and against the Trump regime.
(📹 @klasfeldreports.com ) #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay
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(📹 @klasfeldreports.com ) #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay
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May 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A massive crowd of lawyers packed Manhattan’s Foley Square today to publicly reaffirm their oaths to the constitution and against the Trump regime.
(📹 @klasfeldreports.com ) #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay
www.allrisenews.com/p/law-day-de...
(📹 @klasfeldreports.com ) #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay
www.allrisenews.com/p/law-day-de...
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
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April 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
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Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
April 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.
This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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The problems Pierre Poilievre has with the fact that if he wants to win, he has to REALLY attack Trump:
1. He doesn’t WANT to, because he supports Trump.
2. Many of his supporters support Trump too, and could abandon him to vote for the even more extreme right.
3. No one will believe him anyway.
1. He doesn’t WANT to, because he supports Trump.
2. Many of his supporters support Trump too, and could abandon him to vote for the even more extreme right.
3. No one will believe him anyway.
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The problems Pierre Poilievre has with the fact that if he wants to win, he has to REALLY attack Trump:
1. He doesn’t WANT to, because he supports Trump.
2. Many of his supporters support Trump too, and could abandon him to vote for the even more extreme right.
3. No one will believe him anyway.
1. He doesn’t WANT to, because he supports Trump.
2. Many of his supporters support Trump too, and could abandon him to vote for the even more extreme right.
3. No one will believe him anyway.
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Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians
Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians
OTTAWA - Following a tumultuous weekend in which Donald Trump threatened Canada with steep tariffs on all goods, only to back down, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre angrily criticized the US presi...
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March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Furious Poilievre criticizes Trump tariffs for uniting Canadians
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
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There are SO, SO many!
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There are SO, SO many!
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Can the riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat recall Premier Smith? It will cost $500. Will need to collect 40% of the riding with in person signatures. Of 35000 eligible voters, only 13000 (or so) voted for Smith. Someone from the riding has to initiate. #ableg #cdnpoli www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall Process - Elections Alberta
Recall is a process to remove a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from office between elections, by collecting signatures in the Member’s electoral division. Who Can Apply for a Petition to Rec...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Can the riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat recall Premier Smith? It will cost $500. Will need to collect 40% of the riding with in person signatures. Of 35000 eligible voters, only 13000 (or so) voted for Smith. Someone from the riding has to initiate. #ableg #cdnpoli www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
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Fascism doesn’t start with gas chambers.
It starts with book bans, propaganda,
and blaming minorities for everything wrong in society.
It starts with book bans, propaganda,
and blaming minorities for everything wrong in society.
March 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fascism doesn’t start with gas chambers.
It starts with book bans, propaganda,
and blaming minorities for everything wrong in society.
It starts with book bans, propaganda,
and blaming minorities for everything wrong in society.
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Quisling (noun): a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force.
March 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Quisling (noun): a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force.
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Don't be afraid to call things by what they are. MAGA is a terrorist organization, ICE is a secret police force conducting Ethnic Cleansing, Elon Musk is an oligarch, and Trump is a foreign backed coup d'état figurehead. This is not an administration, this is a regime, and your country is occupied.
March 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Don't be afraid to call things by what they are. MAGA is a terrorist organization, ICE is a secret police force conducting Ethnic Cleansing, Elon Musk is an oligarch, and Trump is a foreign backed coup d'état figurehead. This is not an administration, this is a regime, and your country is occupied.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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Stressed and depressed? Me too. You should check out this open access online Land Back course by the Yellowhead Institute instead of continuing to doomscroll.
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A Yellowhead School Online Course Land Back An open access online course about the ways Canada dispossesses Indigenous people of the land -- and the strategies communities are using to get it back. Th...
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March 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Stressed and depressed? Me too. You should check out this open access online Land Back course by the Yellowhead Institute instead of continuing to doomscroll.
learnonline.yellowheadinstitute.org
learnonline.yellowheadinstitute.org
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Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event.
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show
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March 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event.
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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For those countries, including mine, that are having national elections soon, let this all be a stark reminder that, in fact, politicians AREN’T “all the same.”
February 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For those countries, including mine, that are having national elections soon, let this all be a stark reminder that, in fact, politicians AREN’T “all the same.”
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Get the message?
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Get the message?
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
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This one is doing the rounds, for obvious reasons.
February 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This one is doing the rounds, for obvious reasons.
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Yes, he explicitly continues to say that he wants Canada to be securely inside the border of the United States.
Trump: "I'm going to use economic force to conquer Canada."
Trump: "The Canada-U.S. border is an artificially drawn line."
Trump: "What I'd like to see is Canada become our 51st state."
Poilievre: "I think he just wants us to take border security more seriously guys."
Trump: "The Canada-U.S. border is an artificially drawn line."
Trump: "What I'd like to see is Canada become our 51st state."
Poilievre: "I think he just wants us to take border security more seriously guys."
February 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yes, he explicitly continues to say that he wants Canada to be securely inside the border of the United States.