Just saw The Stand (2024)about the 1985 Haida blockade of Lyell Island logging. Amazing original footage of RCMP arresting Haida women elders, & the impressive Miles Richardson, Haida pres, vs. cringey, paternalistic, industry shill/TV host Jack Webster. #bcpoli collection.nfb.ca/film/the-stand

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

Who is being protected? Who do you serve?

One thing I'm not sure is known very well is that aside from French and English nationwide, plus regionally appropriate Indigenous languages, CBC/Radio Canada also provides Canadian news in 7 other languages worldwide for local and diaspora audiences ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en

Love it and....write letters to your elected officials about what is important to you. What do you want them to pay attention to? To stand up to? Use your power as a citizen AND a consumer.

So uplifted by @caroloff.bsky.social's talk in Castlegar last night. Some takeaways>if you want good journalism PAY for it. Once it's gone, it's gone. We have more power as citizens, rather than consumers - resist, speak up! write letters! Humanity is the antidote! 👏 Read her book for more.

If you want to rock this shirt, you can also support libraries at the same time! 😊✨

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A post racking up nearly 800,000 views on X last week claimed that the U.S. Agency for International Development, better known as USAID, provided eight Canadian public research universities with over $4.4 billion “funding the woke indoctrination of our youth.”

It didn’t.

Please support those less fortunate in our communities. I'm part of a team walking this year for CNOY. Thank you! You can donate here: secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...

The CBC Listen app, has an enormous number of wonderful podcasts as well as radio shows. It’s a great resource for Canadians & an increasingly important independent media source, for our American friends. #CBC

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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3/3: "Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events. Build community: Share the cognitive load. Different folks track different issues. Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance."

2/3 "When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. Action: Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power."

Shared by a friend. ‘Wise words from sociologist Jennifer Walter: 1/3 "Your overwhelm is the goal. 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies N.Klein's 'shock doctrine' using chaos to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to resist.