DiscordantMuse
@discordantmuse.bsky.social
Just a paradoxical mountain hermit exploring life on the periphery. 🧜🏻♀️ 46 year old 🏴☠️ mama, lifelong internationalist c☭mrade. 🌲⛰️Immigrant in Northern BC⛰️🌲 Talks: #cdnpoli #bcpoli #scifi #space #Linux
"With the end of those missions, Canada’s only commitment to UN peacekeeping would be a contribution of four personnel to a truce-monitoring mission in Jerusalem." Beyond parody.
Literally the end of an era. Canadian peacekeeping over. www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/04/c...
He is killing us, the planet and the whales with this nonsense. Mark Carney cares about nothing but power and wealth, and none of it for you. #CdnPoli #BCPoli
1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...
I don't think we truly appreciate the depth of the connections we make on social media until tragedy strikes someone we like and interact with
CBC's coverage of the Westjet strike was almost entirely focused on inconvenienced passengers instead of the reality that people were being forced to work without pay
Going to the big city (Vancouver) all by myself to pick up a new (to me) car on Wednesday. 14 hours there and back if all goes well. Sigh. Double sigh. It'll be non-stop anxiety until I'm back home.
Fossil fuel industries get an estimated 7 trillion in subsidies. We are paying for our own mass death and destruction.
Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou
Mark Carney has: -scrapped consumer carbon tax -scrapped oil/gas emissions cap -cut $1.3B from environment Canada -weakened industrial carbon pricing -axed 2 billion trees program -approved 1M barrels/day pipeline -weakened greenwashing laws While this is happening:
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky
The reason liberals never fix anything is because they want comfort not progress 
Across the border--my closest friend is often homeless in Spokane. I spoke with him the morning this broke out and I haven't heard from him since. 😭
600 homes burned to the ground. 60K people evacuated. This is huge and we’re barely even noticing anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Doug Ford left First Nations in Ontario to burn ricochet.media/indigenous/d...
Doug Ford left First Nations in Ontario to burn
As wildfires spread across the north, First Nation communities say they were abandoned without warning, support or evacuation plans. The catastrophe was years in the making, driven by a government tha...
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Never, ever buying their salad kits again.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Blackstone, Singapore’s GIC and other major investment firms are expected to participate in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s September summit in Toronto rabble.ca/political-ac...
Confront Carney’s CEO Summit
On September 14–15, Mark Carney will host what he describes as "the world's largest investors" at a conference in Toronto.
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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
Please help. Karen needs water, a cord charger, a place to rest the head. Please send something, and please share. Please?
update: feel better but it’s too hot. i need somewhere to live or whatever. What’s wrong with this GIFfenator could anyone spare a twenty E-transfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com head hurts from heat outside
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We need more land defenders NOW.
“Someday they will ask me what we did about the climate emergency. We tried so hard, I will say. We knew, we organized, we pushed for change. I hope I will be able to say we finally came to our collective senses.” Maggie Knight writes. 🌎 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
'Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta' changes name to 'Treaty 8 Sovereign Nations' in response to what they call "unprecedented political climate being fostered by the current Alberta government.”
These incidents should lead to a reduction of fishing gear waste! The whales are getting entangled because of ocean littering. It should be strictly enforced by DFO. apple.news/AyQAPPaCcQPi...
Two humpback whales rescued in one day off Vancouver Island — CTV News
Two humpback whales are swimming free after Fisheries and Oceans Canada responders completed two separate disentanglement operations in a single day off Vancouver Island.
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Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 "The project was approved by Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin despite an impact assessment finding the project would negatively impact fish and bird habitats, water quality, Indigenous people and Canada's ability to meet its climate goals."
Feds approve Crawford Nickel Project in Ontario, promising it'll create 5,000 jobs during build | CBC News
The federal government has approved the Crawford Nickel Project in Northern Ontario saying the mine will draw in $5 billion in investment and create 5,000 jobs during its construction and another 1,30...
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