Nicola Vulpe
@nicolavulpe.bsky.social
Poet, writer, sometime thinker, indignado 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🍉 🇺🇦 🇮🇸 🇨🇺
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... If you want to understand what happened in #Syria, this excellent conversation with #LoubnaMrie is both humane and as insightful as anything I've heard or read. @loubnamrie.bsky.social @faisalalyafai.bsky.social @finbaranderson
How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria
Podcast Episode · The Lede · 9 February · 1hr 12min
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Thank you, Chief #Mercredi and all #Treaty8 #FirstNations for standing up for us all. #Alberta #Canada
Grand chief vows First Nations will 'look at all avenues' in fight against separatist referendum | CBC News
Trevor Mercredi, the grand chief of the Treaty 8 First Nations, said comments made by Alberta's premier suggest the province is shirking its duty to consult with First Nations about separation, puttin...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Why does this look like the US trying to bully #Canada into further subsidizing its military-industrial complex? If you find this reference quaint, look up #Eisenhower --a #Republican, by the by.
Pentagon doubles down on Canada rebuke with demand for NATO spending road map, F-35 decision | CBC News
After publicly freezing a historic Canada-U.S. defence forum earlier this week, senior Pentagon officials sharpened their criticism Thursday, accusing Ottawa of failing to produce a credible NATO spen...
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Guernica author @nicolavulpe.bsky.social (On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier) will be hosting 'Books and Biscotti' in Ottawa on June 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Click link for details. italianweekottawa.ca/event/books-...
Attention Book Lovers! 📚We hope you can join us for our final spring launch 🌷at Supermarket in Toronto. It will be a thrilling book-filled afternoon. #TOevents #BookLaunch #authorreadings
Heads up: Community Writing Workshop with the Writers Collective of Canada. Sunday, May 31, 2026 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. National Gallery of Canada Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 2) 380 Sussex. Free with admission. Drop-in activity. No registration needed. www.gallery.ca/whats-on/cal...
Community Writing Workshop with the Writers Collective of Canada
Join the Writers Collective of Canada for a creative-writing session. Connect with other writers while gathering inspiration from the light-filled work of Canadian artist Helen McNicoll.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Good on #PedroSánchez Good on #FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #Palestine
Spain awards UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours
Honour recognises Albanese’s work ‘documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza’
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Thank you, Mark and @arcpoetry.bsky.social
GUERNICA EDITIONS@guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 4mo agoCheck out Mark Frutkin's review of @nicolavulpe.bsky.social's "On the News That Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier," featured in @arcpoetry.bsky.social. BIG thank you, Mark and Arc. arcpoetry.ca/editorials/o...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Meanwhile, let's buy some Swedish planes. #Gripen #Canada #Carney #CUSMA
Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News
The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told R...
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elpais.com/america/2026... @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social @elpais.com Now here is someone with morals, intelligence and respect. #Lula #Brasil
Lula: “Trump no tiene derecho a levantarse por la mañana y amenazar a un país”
El presidente de Brasil habla en exclusiva con EL PAÍS, en Brasilia, sobre el desorden mundial, las elecciones con otro Bolsonaro, su carrera y su visita a España para reunirse con Sánchez y otros líd...
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Join co-authors @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & Neil Brooks for a discussion of their new book, Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax 🗓️ Wed April 22 ⏰ 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 Abbotsford House, 950 Bank St, Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/wealthtax
Carney: "The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over." *thunderous applause*
Oh my! @lpgcanada.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social Congratulations #EvelynLau and #JosephDandurand
@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 5mo agoCongratulations to the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize shortlist, including LPG members @anvilpress.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social and @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social!
It's a BIG day today! ✨Happy publication day to these book beauties.🎂📚
Join us as we celebrate spring 🌷and launch more springtacular titles📚 on Sunday, April 26, 3:30 pm at Supermarket in Toronto!
Good to oppose, but where are the sanctions? www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social #Canada #Israel #Palestinr
Israel's new death penalty 'systematically targets Palestinians': Minister Anand | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is condemning Israel's new death penalty law, saying it "systematically targets Palestinians."
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"We are a sovereign country that does not wish to take part in illegal wars.” Spain won’t allow US to use its airbases for its war on Iran: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war
It follows a decision by the Spanish government to deny the US use of the two jointly run military bases in Andalusia.
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"So for today, so until further notice I’m not answering, not picking up." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Cockroach by @nicolavulpe.bsky.social (2023 Carousel Magazine) carouselmagazine.ca/c50-vulpe/
NICOLA VULPE – CAROUSEL
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I am humbled & honoured, but mostly astonished. Congratulations to all! #PurdyPrize
@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 6mo agoCongratulations to the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize longlist, including LPG members @anvilpress.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social & Signature Editions! The shortlist will be announced April 2.
Ikea launches its first book, and it's in Spanish. Too funny!
Literland@literland.bsky.social · 7mo ago
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Just a little legal sanity, and humanity. #Free #Palestine No to #genocide
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands of people arrested for supporting group since anti-terrorism proscription are in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic... How about #Alberta #separatists who want to leave #Canada and join the #US do just that? It's a short bus ride south. They can renounce their Canadian citizenship on the way out. then enjoy for-profit healthcare, guns, guns, guns, ICE hunting them down, and bad spelling.
B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason' | CBC News
British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over ...
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