Transmission #51247 from KH-11 KENNEN (ATOMAL) 1. Whispering Sorceries
Left Wexit
@iosegun.bsky.social
Maps, History, Socialism, Cape Breton, @albertaadvantage.bsky.social researcher and writer, Calgary/Northern BC
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - “A Prince George city councillor is challenging billionaire Jim Pattison to personally hand out final paycheques to workers losing their jobs at Canfor's Northwood Pulp Mill.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC News BC #BCPoli #Canfor #CityofPG #Forestry #PulpAndPaper
City councillor calls on billionaire Jim Pattison to personally deliver final cheques to laid-off mill workers | CBC News
Hundreds of jobs have been lost as Canfor and other major companies close mills across B.C. with the Vancouver-based multinational calling the decisions 'gut-wrenching.'
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what a horrifying “day” and now I must go to tinseltown and eat food in the air conditioning If anyone could spare a 20$ e-transfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com
karen ward@kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 5d agoupdate: 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
I don’t think they’ll ever have a funnier president
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the beautiful ballroom and military center. It's a military center. We have a drone port on top. Look at the grass in front of the White House being all replaced with the top stuff. Scotts. You know Scotts? Scotts Miracle Grow. They do great grass. Got to give them a plug."
Andy Burnham promises to complete the bourgeois revolution in Britain www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Devolution plans strengthen case for written UK constitution, says Burnham
PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state
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My forthcoming book was named one of Indigo’s most anticipated books. You can both pre-order it AND eat into Indigo’s profit margins until Aug. 2. www.indigo.ca/products/dar...
I have been eating this every workday since February lol. I’m amazed I’ve lasted so long at it, but its good!
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · last wk.Overnight Oats are an easy way to start your day with something cold and clammy, a textural nightmare, a sensory prop labeled "iced brains" in a haunted house
here’s a partial update: I broke my phone, I’m homeless, looks like laptop screen went kerplooey from the heat. i gotta figure out some plans and im not exactly Captain Functional atm So here’s me, passing the hat. Need some help e-transfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com
karen ward@kwardvancouver.bsky.social · last mo.hi my difficulties continue and i need to pass the hat around to ask for help, if anyone is able to chip in a few bucks, its greatly appreciated e-transfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com here is a GIF
Everyone loves the cyclops Polyphemus and his famous defining feature: two eyes
NEW HISTORICAL BANNERS FROM ALHI CALGARY Here's one of 10 historical education banners produced by ALHI Calgary to commemorate the 100th anniversary of labour's success in forcing a rerun of Calgary school board elections that resulted in maintaining free school textbooks for grades 4 to 8. #yyc
Rehearsing this song for our Packingtown show to commemorate Gainers #meatpacking #strike in Edmonton 40 yrs ago. I wrote Heart in Hand inspired by Renee Peevey’s #oralhistory interview w @ablabourhistory.bsky.social on the picket line for decent wages, pension & work conditions
Maria Dunn – Heart in Hand (from Joyful Banner Blazing, 2021)
Heart in Hand - from Maria Dunn album “Joyful Banner Blazing” (2021). http://www.mariadunn.com Heart in Hand © Maria Dunn, 2015 The 1986 Gainers Strike in northeast Edmonton’s meatpacking district…
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Newfoundland and Labrador maximalist claim in their border dispute with Quebec
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 2w agoAnyone have more irredentist land claims they want to defend?
The Alberta government’s recent book ban suggests that a moral panic is well underway in Canada, as bigoted groups prey on the natural concerns of parents to erase minority voices from the cultural discourse. Read more about this in my latest piece for @thetyee.ca
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
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Born & raised in Northern Ontario. My great-grandfather fought in the war then came home to be the president of the union at Inco mines. To break strikes, Inco would hire fascists as replacement workers because they were inhumane, spineless fucks. We have a *long* history of fascism in the North.
Jewish advocacy organization, North Bay mayor condemn 'Bigotfest' planned near the city | CBC News
The mayor of North Bay and a Jewish advocacy organization are condemning a weekend gathering that appears to be taking place somewhere in the area— that organizers themselves are calling “Bigotfest”— ...
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Maybe the real Sea People are the people we see along the way
I spent a weekend in Durham once and rode the bus extensively, and the passengers on it really looked like they could use a fare cap. I was shocked how high local transit fares were in Britain, and also that city buses are all privatized.
Pete Fraser@petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2w agoOk, talking about class in vox pops is now banned until it starts making any sense.
This is kinda the plot of the film Buried on Sunday about Nova Scotia fishing town that acquires a Soviet nuclear deterrent and declares independence
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump says communists are trying to blow up Mount Rushmore
The idea is to turn healthcare into just another commodity. And that means, of course, only the wealthy have access. This is what Albertans get for having ever elected fucking shithead Smith. I debated her in Alberta Views in 2018 where she revealed what a POS she is. albertaviews.ca/rightful-rol...
Dialogue: The Rightful Role of Government
Danielle Smith and Alvin Finkel differ (respectively) on the role of government.
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Full body MRIs without a reason are not ever recommended by most doctors, for very valid reasons.
mark carney letting this go ahead because making us pay for healthcare will be good for gdp in the short term
Left Wexit@iosegun.bsky.social · 2w agoCurrently my provincial govt is trying to privatize the healthcare system. Is this what it’s like to be American, getting MRI advertisements from your phone company?
Currently my provincial govt is trying to privatize the healthcare system. Is this what it’s like to be American, getting MRI advertisements from your phone company?
Ladies should be supportive of their sensitive marxist boyfriends, especially when these ladies are earning way above the US median income www.thecut.com/article/youn...
Call Her Mommy
Gen-Z women are paying for, and parenting, their boyfriends.
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I am endlessly fascinated by right wingers' obsession with Sparta. I can understand an initial vibes based appeal I guess - like if you opened the first page of a book on timocracy and were twelve. but the thing about history is you can find out what happened to those guys
Gingerspiced@gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w agoPete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
