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equitableeducation.beehiiv.comSome timely links, plus invite for Sunday 'Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving' guided walkAsinabka, Palestine, MMIWG+, Brazil, Tewin, Turtles.

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👇 demonstrates the reason that USA put sanctions on the International Criminal Court and is a lead facilitator of dismantling what little efficacy international law currently has sanctions mean they can criminalize anyone who collaborates or does business with the ICC. banks stay clear of sanctions

4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social

This 👇

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle

@drdoylesays.bsky.social

10h

There is someone reading this right now for whom just staying alive & showing up in the world today is taking more effort than they will ever externally acknowledge. I see you. I've been you. I won't patronize you. Take today minute by minute & remember, visualize what you like.

16h

It's personal, and/but it's also collective. We (I) need to start thinking more this way about people who won't do shit about climate or fascism or etc. They'd rather have a good career and able to afford expensive entertainment and eateries and vacations and toys (cars/electronics/etc).

Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle@drdoylesays.bsky.social

The pain of abandonment or betrayal by the people who should have our back is awful. No need to deny it or disown it. And also no need to turn their abandonment or betrayal into a reason to abandon, betray, or sabotage ourselves. That won't help or fix or soothe anything.

"the center (or, center-right in this case) never holds to fascism... if you govern like the “right-wing lite,” people will eventually vote for the party offering the actual, full right-wing deal. This is how and why we see the liberal, milquetoast center collapsing literally everywhere." - H. Walia

Here's other good commentary re British Columbia election: "Say what you will about the American cesspit, but there's at least a direct awareness among a larger fraction of the populace that we're in a fight with irredeemable monsters. The "we're too civilized for that" shit that infests Canada..."

William Gillis 🏴@rechelon.bsky.social

Canadians had 10 years to recover from smug lib disease and realize democracy is a sham and we're all in a global fight to the death with fascists, but on the same day that neonazis openly rallied in front of the BC capital...

Here are the neonazis rallying at the British Columbia legislature on Monday morning; photo taken by woman who saw them on her way to work. “It was shocking to see men all in black like that with masks, and it made me think about some of the groups you see in the U.S., like Patriot Front,” she said

"While it would be easy to paint every Conservative voter with the same brush - a bigot, a privileged asshole etc, I invite us not to do so. For example, in Surrey, the campaign was mainly run on the health care crisis & school crisis, and massive organized abandonment & neglect of public services"

#Brazil #Brasil #Elections

Junino ✨🌽COMMS ABERTAS📢@ninopalmirito.bsky.social

The public transport was HEAVILY sabotaged in cities where Lula won or was favourite in the first round. pro-Bolsonaro mayors kept the buses from circulating and Esquerda Online estimated that 12 million electors were affected.

"Either we win. Or we win. You've been warned." - Bolsonaro party member Nikolas Ferreira. Sounds ominous. From the Guardian live coverage: "Bolsonaro’s campaign is showing signs that it may be preparing the ground not to concede if he is defeated." www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

This makes sense

one dozen bats at a keyboard@panasonicdx4500.bsky.social

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

#Brazil #Brasil #Elections

Junino ✨🌽COMMS ABERTAS📢@ninopalmirito.bsky.social

Other corporate interference in Brazil election, report from @theintercept.com Brasil [auto-translate]: Microsoft displays fake news about Lula on Windows and MSN portal Content was made by a partner site of the platform, which has among its members a candidate for federal deputy by the PL in 2022

memes do better than news in elections these days

eva@glorianas.bsky.social

lula

#Brazil #Brasil #Elections

Junino ✨🌽COMMS ABERTAS📢@ninopalmirito.bsky.social

commondreams.orgResearch Shows Meta Algorithm 'Actively Boosting' Bolsonaro Ahead of Brazil Election"Meta is interfering in Brazil’s elections in plain sight—boosting Bolsonaro and suppressing Lula content."

"research published Friday shows that Instagram is “actively boosting” Bolsonaro and conservative content in the days ahead of the country’s high-stakes runoff election." Note that WhatsApp is really where it's at in Brazil... It is also owned by Meta. #MediaConcentration #ForeignInterference #Coup

Common Dreams@commondreams.org

"Meta is interfering in Brazil’s elections in plain sight—boosting Bolsonaro and suppressing Lula content."

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The Objective

@objectivejournos.bsky.social

In the year of 2026, who is funding feminism? @theflytrapmedia.com, @lafronde.bsky.social, @mothership.blog, and @readlux.bsky.social are betting that people will. They're building a new media ecosystem for feminist cultural reporting and critique. buff.ly/qV2Xwvp

buff.lyIn 2026, feminist media wants it allFrom Lux Magazine to The Flytrap Media and La Fronde, a growing feminist media landscape is publishing cultural reporting and critique for generations of young women of color to see themselves in.

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Probably not sexy or appealing to talk about, but: Go back 3-4 years and find people warning about how society-wide long-term impairment from multiple COVID infections was going to cause more vehicle accidents / collisions. There's no specific person/policy to blame on that aspect of the problem.

Pay for the Bahamas cruise, go to Halifax “I think we are halfway to the North Pole, where Santa Claus is from.“ Other tourists were less optimistic... “I’m very disappointed, I am already from Canada, and I wanted to go to the Bahamas.” @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social

“My husband said to me, this is a joke, right?” said Marie Durning of New Jersey, who added she was given several hours’ notice before boarding the ship, then left scrambling to repack her bags & prepare for a breezier, chillier Nova Scotia “I have my winter hat and earmuffs, but I forgot my scarf”

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠

@johnhyphen.bsky.social

absolutely hate framing like this it's not a blow to "climate campaigners" in the way that a loss by a football team is a blow to their fans it's a blow to everyone who relies on a stable climate, breathable air and drinkable water climate chaos is a physical fact, it's not an issue of opinion

Probably not sexy or appealing to talk about, but: Go back 3-4 years and find (smart, well-informed, forward-thinking) people warning about how society-wide long-term impairment from multiple COVID infections was going to cause more vehicle accidents/collisions Not saying it's the only factor, but

Sean Devine@seandevine9.bsky.social

What the heck is happening on Ottawa's roads?!🚨 4 fatalities of vulnerable road users in 6 days. A driver rams into a bakery. 4 collisions involving serious injuries yesterday. And today, another pedestrian killed in Barrhaven. Am I the only candidate in this election talking about this? 1/

Of course it was George Soros, not the far-right people who hype the Soros conspiracies and actually were "dark" #ForeignInfluence in the Alberta referendum. And of course #RebelNews gets to lead off the questions at an Alberta press conference. Because why not?

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

Premier Smith's press conference begins with a question from Rebel News on if she will appoint an investigator to look into George Soros' interfering in the Alberta referendum and looking into Forever Canadian's "dark money". She uh says no.

thetyee.caPete Fry Is Mayor, But COPE Is Powerful | The TyeeVancouver’s mayor and his Greens must contend with the more radical party that holds four slots on council.

Ottawa municipal candidates could learn a lot: "COPE proved it could devastatingly message and mobilize against a multimillion-$ political machine... COPE also made a major concession to the Greens... when its own mayoral candidate... suspended her campaign to avoid splitting the progressive vote"

%100 pancakes@riboflaven.bsky.social

@nolore.bsky.social after listening to today’s Sandy and Nora I wanted to highlight an article about the Vancouver election. I’ll admit I am part of COPE and it feels good to have good press about us for once, but the plan we started after Sean was Elected worked. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

And here's the most recent poll, from Quoros Consulting. The undecideds were 33%, but of those with a preference: Sutcliffe 42% Leiper 35% Saravanamuttoo 10% Lawson 7% others 6% But #NeilForMayor is saying "it's anyone's race". All bsky replies are asking him to drop out bsky.app/profile/neil...

To be technical, the 33% of the survey isn't "undecideds", it is "respondents [who] said they either don't know, won't vote or prefer not to say."

thetyee.caPete Fry Is Mayor, But COPE Is Powerful | The TyeeVancouver’s mayor and his Greens must contend with the more radical party that holds four slots on council.

%100 pancakes@riboflaven.bsky.social

*: Sutcliffe's revised website for the current election campaign has no land acknowledgement at all, at least not on the main page where it used to be, nor anywhere else I could see. **The article (by me) about the Protocol quoted in the previous post screenshot is here: archive.org/details/algo...

youtube.comCBC Ottawa's 2026 mayoral debateYouTube video by CBC News Ottawa

Anyway here is the actual #Ottawa #mayor debate by CBC with Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper, Neil Saravanamuttoo, and Alex Lawson. #AllWhitePanel I listened to about half; not very exciting. But when they got to the "yes/no" questions, the answers sure weren't direct "yes" or "no" for the most part lol

thetyee.caPete Fry Is Mayor, But COPE Is Powerful | The TyeeVancouver’s mayor and his Greens must contend with the more radical party that holds four slots on council.

%100 pancakes@riboflaven.bsky.social

The questions I sent in for the #Ottawa mayor candidates debate tonight: 1) Neil Saravanamuttoo previously said he was against splitting the vote, and implied that he'd drop out if he was behind and his candidacy could undermine a potential defeat of incumbent Mark Sutcliffe. So, what about now?

2) Mark Sutcliffe's website had* land acknowledgement stating "Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory." The problem is the official Civic & Cultural Protocol makes clear the name is Anishinabe Algonquin Nation, to be used in all city communication. So how come the mayor doesn't?

@kpateonthehill.bsky.social

Malcolm Gladwell on CBC "The Current" this morning on his new book "The American Way of Killing": (paraphrase) 'People need to understand that police in USA are massively understaffed/funded. When there are more police, they're much better behaved; when there are less police, they're more violent.'

greg macdougall (613)@equitableeducation.ca

"Before there was Black Lives Matter, there was Malcolm Gladwell writing a book to absolve NYC cops of shooting Amadou Diallo 41 times" "Prior to his fame, Gladwell was put through a series of right-wing internship and training programs to ensure he would appeal to the public with precise messages"

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Senator Kim Pate

Today marks 19 years since 19-year-old Ashley Smith died in a segregation cell at Grand Valley Institution after being subjected to conditions of torture and isolation.

Niche post, but the Redblacks won! 2nd last game, and they finally got a W !!! They got a touchdown with six seconds left, and the point after put them up 40-39. The announcer's yelling, "NO MORE CLEVELAND BROWNS! NO MORE DETROIT LIONS!" (the two teams that have gone a whole season without a win)

the Scaramucci watch on mute to focus on the body language

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cbc.caAppeal court refuses to expand duty to consult in pivotal federal UNDRIP case | CBC NewsKebaowek First Nation in Quebec has lost a critical appeal court case over whether the federal government must implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples when consult...

bad news Appeal court refuses to expand duty to consult in pivotal federal UNDRIP case Kebaowek [Anishinabe Algonquin] First Nation loses; approval upheld for nuclear waste dump near Ottawa River The court says UNDRIP doesn't override Canadian law until the gov't establishes a process for it to.

A "terrorist camera" as the IDF like to say. Seriously that is what they say to legitimize attacking/killing journalists.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

skepchick.orgUkraine did not Stop the Russian BotsTranscript: No, Ukraine wiping out Russian data centers did not, in fact, lead to a direct reduction in the number of MAGA and other rightwing fascists’ posts on social media. Sorry. That did not h…

I was going to share the CBC article about this yesterday. TL;DR the parallel is, if you bomb a Google data centre, yes it will in fact take down a lot of automated activity online (aka 'bots') but it doesn't mean you took out all the disinfo agents in the USA.

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org

Ukraine took out Yandex, (aka Russia's Google). Contrary to viral posts, this did NOT reduce the number of far-right social media posts. That was just misinformation about misinformation. skepchick.org/2026/10/ukra...

paydayreport.comAs Lula Passes Shortened Workweek, Polls Show Race Tied Up –- Bolsonaro Attacks Unions in CourtElectoral momentum allowed Lula to achieve a landmark workers' rights victory.

Anyone following the Steven Galloway UBC rape-defamation case... and have sources of analysis they would recommend other than Margaret Atwood, Brad Cran, Quillette etc? It seems worth paying attention to, as many people are talking about Cornell, but it can be defamation if it's unproven accusation

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Mike Elk

@mikeelk.bsky.social

Lula has tied the race up as he passed the shortened Brazilian workweek. Bolsonaro is now suing to block 50 union leaders from social media! paydayreport.com/as-lula-pass...

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Carl Meyer

@meyer.bsky.social

A document meant for a behind-closed-doors group of fossil fuel advocates earlier this year got right to the point: Canada’s policies to fight the climate crisis, protect nature and defend Indigenous Rights are a “problem” and environmental organizations are “opponents” thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...

thenarwhal.ca‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalistsNew research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change

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Tracy Quan

@tracyquannyc.bsky.social

THIS.

Arc Poetry Magazine@arcpoetry.bsky.social

We are extremely pleased to announce that the book of sentences by rob mclennan is the winner of the 2026 Archibald Lampman Award! Congratulations, rob! For more information about rob's collection and the other two finalists, visit our website: buff.ly/NvONrTZ

For anyone misinterpreting Sally Rooney's situation: Her books didn't get banned. But because she said she'll take her share of the proceeds from sales and give $$ to Palestine Action, it means anyone who helps sell them can also get in legal trouble. Thus, her books aren't being sold in UK.

News report was implying Musk is throttling Ukraine's use of Starlink, but... maybe sabotage is what is causing it. Interesting an ex-Ukrainian military is now on trial (war crime charges) for sabotaging the Nordstream pipeline at the bottom of the sea. Infrastructure attacks aren't only one-sided

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

11 of 17 Starlink antennas were set on fire at a guarded facility near Sofia, Bulgaria. Two masked individuals reportedly carried out the attack. Infrastructure supporting Ukraine is being targeted across Europe with growing frequency. At what point does “concern” become a response?

theflytrapmedia.comAsk The Flytrap: My Partner Scolds Me About What I EatSometimes I just want my comfort foods!

imagine a social media world where adults didn't scold other adults "I don't care what the situation is: Adults don't scold other adults. Not if they want to be in relationships built on mutual respect. Period. End of."

The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com

In this week's Ask The Flytrap, @andreagrimes.com advises a reader on how (not) to live with a self-appointed member of the Food Police

good thing i know i am not everybody i also know some other people who aren't everybody motherfucker dont push pipelines no matter what your point is

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Avi Lewis: "Everybody across the political spectrum seems to be in favour of publicly owned pipelines. How about a steel mill?"

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This one for anyone in #Ottawa without better plans this afternoon: 'Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving guided walk' of Akikodjiwan/Asinabka a.k.a. the Chaudiere Falls site. Starting 2pm from the National Library & Archives, 395 Wellington St. This is the 5th time I've led it - 1st public one since 2019.

gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social

#MakeAmericaDistractedAgain doing well again

greg macdougall (613)@equitableeducation.ca

its so easy to be a popular viral commentator these days. (while we're speaking of "the mindkiller")

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@gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social

Here is a cartoon I did of Danny Trejo & Harvey Keitel. Fuck ICE. Pen and ink on paper.

Here's a kinda cool image for World #MentalHealth Day For more in-depth, incisive analysis on how mental health is treated in our society, read Bruce E. Levine. Ex: "Getting Rid of the Pain Before Answering Its Questions: Psychiatry’s Damage to Self and Culture" www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/08/g...

taskandpurpose.comNational Guard says it is 'actively addressing' incident of troops near DC ballot drop boxThe District of Columbia’s Board of Elections sent a formal request after National Guard members were spotted near a drop box on Thursday.

BREAKING: Ballot drop boxes in USA now indistinguishable from trash cans. President quoted, "Democracy wasn't doing good. Now we're making it great! Thanks for your attention."

Nicholas Slayton@nslayton.bsky.social

Joint Task Force DC says it is aware of the photos of National Guard members standing in front of a ballot drop box and says it is "actively addressing" the matter. taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...