ColiNiBurrowes

ColiNiBurrowes

@wmpodcast.bsky.social

Student, podcaster, journalist, author, cat lover, listener, vocalizer, doer of lots of shit. #twitterquitter

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ColiNiBurrowes
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And I was there! My experience and its influence on me has been documented in my @microcosm.bsky.social #zine #Fugazi Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole! microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine... #Fugazisavedmylife #Howpunkmademelessofanasshole

microcosmpublishing.comFugazi Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole | Microcosm PublishingSometimes all it takes is one band, even just one show, to alter the course of your life. This zine in our series about music and transformation follows the...
fugazetteer@fugazetteer.bsky.social

33 years ago today, on Wednesday the 8th of September 1993, Fugazi played Peter Clark Hall University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada with Burn 51 and Shudder to Think. www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_... #fugazi #otd

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Grievous Angels
@grievousangels104.bsky.social

"Take a look at my hands they're white as death from the jackleg drills from crushing ore to feed the mills. Wherever you go, remember these hands." @grievousangels104.bsky.social @hotelwolfeisland.bsky.social Saturday Sept 5 two shows: hotelwolfeisland.com/events/griev... youtu.be/MWMtUrwuBzE?...

youtu.beGrievous Angels - White Fingers - Strummerfest - The Jazz Room - Waterloo, Ontario - August 14, 2026YouTube video by Colin Burrowes
ColiNiBurrowes
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Not #fakenews, but what people used to call #fiction. Is that still a thing when people base #beliefs on “their own truth?” A story of kitchen prep for #Christianfellowship juxtaposed & laid bare against a life reduced to #solitaire. Atrophy Approximately wood-stein.ca/2026/08/28/a... #Canadagoose

wood-stein.caAtrophy ApproximatelyThis is not fake news. This is what people used to refer to as fiction. Is that still a thing in a world where people base beliefs on “their own truth?” A story of kitchen prep for Christian fellow…
ColiNiBurrowes
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This episode features #TheLibraryVintage in #FayettevilleArkansas, a community hub for the #queer & #trans community. They discuss the decision against non-profit status and highlights its diverse events, inclusive resources, and current #GoFundMe campaign. wood-stein.ca/2026/08/15/t... #2SLGBTQIA+

wood-stein.caThe campaign to keep The Library Vintage thriving and vibrantThis episode features Banah el Ghadbanah, communications manager at The Library Vintage in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a community hub for the queer and trans community. Ghadbanah discusses the library…

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Rachel Gilmore
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social

Canadian politicians have been condemning an effigy strung up at a recent pro-Palestine protest. To hear them tell it, it was vile antisemitism: a Jewish person hanging from a noose. But that’s a lie -- one now being used to criminalize protest and vilify protesters. Let’s talk about the truth:

ColiNiBurrowes
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No! @mark-carney.bsky.social please stop investing my money in AI. And while we're at it stop investing my money in Israel.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com

Ottawa is encouraging the Canada Pension Plan to invest in "sovereign AI." Experts have questions, including, "what is that?"

nationalobserver.comOttawa wants CPP investments in 'sovereign' AI, but some wonder if it's even safeSince taking office last year, the Carney government has made building "sovereign" AI central to its efforts to boost the economy and reduce Canada's dependence on the US. But some observers question ...

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Garth Mullins
@garthmullins.bsky.social

I get called less by journalists since the moral panic against harm reduction got started a couple years back. Even the good ones stand a little further back. Plus, we can no longer get meetings with cabinet ministers. These are clearly the least important metrics of backlash, but there it is.

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

"Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children,” the Judge wrote. “This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law... “Unserious leaders are unsafe." www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

advocate.comFederal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.
ColiNiBurrowes
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I agree with this. For me, in my musical alphabet the letter F stands for Fugazi. microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...

microcosmpublishing.comFugazi Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less of an AssholeSometimes all it takes is one band, even just one show, to alter the course of your life. This zine in our series about music and transformation follows the...
Tony Dunnell@tonydunnell.bsky.social

"Post your favourite band or solo artist that starts with the letter F — past or present." 🎸 #musicsky Fugazi, my favourite band of all time. #Fugazi #posthardcore

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

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Charlie Angus
@charlieangus104.bsky.social

The media focus on Trump's erratic behaviour. They give a free pass to Israel who has never deviated from its attacks on civilians, health centres, neighbourhoods, schools. Israel is a terror state. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

independent.co.uk‘It was like an earthquake’: Rescuers describe Israel’s attack on medical centreIn the past two weeks, Israel has pounded vast swathes of Lebanon, killing at least 850 people, according to health authorities. Health facilities are also being targeted, causing widespread casualtie...

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Microcosm Publishing
@microcosm.bsky.social

This is still going on!

Microcosm Publishing@microcosm.bsky.social

We've partnered with the lovely folks at @humblebundle.com to bring you a new pay-what-you-can bundle, a group up of nearly 40 zines and more, designed to give you the tools you need to get out there, get involved, and support your communities. Check it out at microcosm.pub/humble

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test... McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

ColiNiBurrowes
@wmpodcast.bsky.social

I'm not a microbiologist but fuck the olympics.

instagram.comcrescent justice collective 🌙 on Instagram: "Protests have erupted in #Italy against the Winter Olympics, with thousands marching to condemn #Israel’s participation, the presence of ICE agents with th...421 likes, 5 comments - crescentjusticecollective on February 8, 2026: "Protests have erupted in #Italy against the Winter Olympics, with thousands marching to condemn #Israel’s participation, the pre...
ColiNiBurrowes
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instagram.comgreenpeace_canada on Instagram: "Doug Ford thinks it’s great ICE ordered armoured vehicles from Ontario 🫠 Are we ready to close the loopholes yet in the Canada-US …"Doug Ford thinks it’s great ICE ordered armoured vehicles from Ontario 🫠 Are we ready to close the loopholes yet in the Canada-US arms trade deal?? The company - Roshel - also happens to be owned by Roman Shimonov, a former IDF soldier who immigrated to Canada. One of his companies still provides services to the IDF - and in interviews, he has noted a close collaboration with Israel’s major defence manufacturer IAI in developing the vehicles (for access to “unique” and “cutting edge” technologies).What is unfolding in the US is horrific. ICE is terrorizing human beings and ripping families apart.AND, democracy has not crumbled overnight. The process has a history as long as social structures defined by domination and control. Many who were shielded from the effects of the violent exploitation the super rich have imposed on people and land “over there” for the sake of profit are opening their eyes.For decades, violence has been carried out “over there” against colonized, occupied, racialized and marginalized people. Militarized policing, indefinite detention, psychological warfare, starvation, disappearances, surveillance, no due process, etc.Whether “over there” represents a skin colour that isn’t yours or a “faraway land” overseas - these systems were tested on people deemed disposable.Now they’re here.And suddenly it feels unthinkable.Canada is not a neutral bystander in this moment. From armoured vehicles supplied to ICE, to cooperation agreements with ICE quietly renewed, to making deals with Palantir, to enabling repression while offering reassurance on global stages — the contradiction is there. Comforting words about stability and order cannot coexist with material support for state violence.Marginalized communities have warned: the cracks in democracy are lived in first by those with the least protection. What looks like “authoritarian drift” to some is just “authoritarian spread” to those who have always experienced state sanctioned violence.Now is a moment to connect dots, weave threads and find our way back to each other in a shared reality from which we can take action.Not to go back to normal. Because normal never was.

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Rodney Anonymous
@rodneyanonymous.bsky.social

It's nice to see a politician who can be trusted around kids.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

ColiNiBurrowes
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Note to self: listen later.

Alex Mitrani@alex-mitrani.bsky.social

Public Enemy, 1994-12-29 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA. The rap and the banter flow together making this compelling and fun listening despite cuts and audio issues. Loads of profanity but good-natured - Chuck and Flava make it clear which side they're on. 1h 20m. archive.org/details/publ...

archive.orgPublic Enemy - Fillmore - 12/29/94 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchivePublic Enemy - Fillmore - 12/29/94
ColiNiBurrowes
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It's Bandcamp Friday so grab my new Fugazi zine and avoid funding my corporate masters. chachionacid.bandcamp.com/merch/fugazi... #Fugazi #zine #BandcampFriday #Fugazisavedmylife #zines #personalzine #punkzine #musiczine #Howpunkmademelessofanasshole #Bandcamp #politicalzine #punk #Fugaziliveseries

chachionacid.bandcamp.comFugazi Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole from Chachi On AcidFugazi Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole from Chachi On Acid

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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Parkrose Permaculture
@parkroseperma.bsky.social

Anne Frank died of typhus she contracted in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. Not the gas chambers. Dilley Concentration Camp currently has a measles outbreak. It's full of women and children. Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. End the Holocaust Republicans are beginning against immigrants.

sacurrent.comSource: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facilityDPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the South Texas Family

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.

mprnews.org‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respondICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send

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Anonymous
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump is 79 years old with brain damage. If he waited for others, he would not be able to destroy your country as fast as he has. What the ever loving fuck are you waiting for? a written invitation? Join today, find a protest or rally. #3E #GoodvsEvil #generalstrike #iceout

ColiNiBurrowes
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Microcosm Publishing@microcosm.bsky.social

A bunch of us (including the social media team) are taking today off for the general strike. And some of us are continuing to put our shoulders behind getting needed information and resources out there. Your efforts have value! Yours in resistance and resilience, Microcosm