Jules Marlowe
@julesmarlowe.bsky.social
Cabinetmaker, arts worker, Reply Guy.
British Columbia is logging its last old growth and protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
B.C. is logging its last old growth and protesters are trying to stop it
Vancouver Island’s old growth rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on Earth and protesters are trying to stop the logging there.
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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Obviously, the non-American world has a digital sovereignty problem - Trump has means, motive and opportunity to order his tech companies to shut down any public official, large corporation, or individual who displeases him: pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/t... 1/
NEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...
Frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights shows Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign is escalating – again
Seven apparent ICE removal flights in the last few days – including third-country removals, prolonged shackling, and failed deportations – reveal an agency ratcheting up.
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The death & likely extinction of this orca whale population will be because of @mark-carney.bsky.social & @juliedabrusin.bsky.social's decision to pay & build a new tar sands pipeline from Alberta to the coast. There's no mitigation measures possible. #greensky #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be 'devastating' for them, experts say | CBC News
Multiple environmental groups are concerned the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline route poses a risk to southern resident killer whales. They are protected under the Species At Risk Act, but ...
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This list just hit 170 items. Voting strategically to prevent Conservative policies, then rationalizing and defending the same policies done by your candidate is one of the worst attitudes to take. bsky.app/profile/trya...
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 7mo ago"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/??
We… really need to learn that money isn't meaningfully real before we're all destroyed by the fact that some of the worst people in the world have learned to hack our shared consensus hallucination of a value store. …I mean, "the crash following the 'AI' bubble popping is going to be extremely bad"
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk."As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Everything humans are doing needs to stop getting so demonstrably worse and start getting better, right now, i mean jfc
I just submitted a comment to Toronto City Council for consideration this Wednesday, demanding they pass a Moratorium on AI Data Centres NOW! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/mora...
FLOOD CITY COUNCIL'S MOTION COMMENTS — AI DATA CENTRE MORATORIUM NOW!
On Wednesday, July 29th, Toronto City Council is considering two motions on AI Data Centres in the GTA: The Hyperscale Stack Data Centre in Scarborough and the Microsoft Data Centre in Etobicoke. Bi...
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“If we really want to end the violence and depravation that plagues Canada’s remote Aboriginal communities, we need to help them leave these communities, forever. [If not,] the least we can do to help is to send them a backhoe as they keep digging graves.” Scott Gilmore, now part of Team Carney
APTN News@aptnnews.bsky.social · 2w agoFirst Nations commentators are reacting to Scott Gilmore being appointed as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s senior advisor after inflammatory comments he had made after a tragic shooting in La Loche, Saskatchewan back in 2016.
Headstone for Eugene Williams, whose murder was the first in a wave of racialized violence in Chicago in the summer of 1919. 102 years after his death, a group of people determined to see him remembered & honored were successful in getting his grave marked.
Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone. A bike ride today will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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You actually can fight it. That is absolutely something you can do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."
In light of the rising costs and recalls at grocery stores, I'd like to share this link to the Black Farmers Index, which is a directory of Black farmers in the US. You can buy direct from them. Also, please donate if you can. #BlackFarmersIndex #BlackFarmers #BHM blackfarmersindex.com
Black Farmers Index
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There are some handy hints on how to push back on the survey’s bias, here environmentaldefence.ca/nojetsto/
Say No to Jets at the Island Airport - Environmental Defence
Forests, Greenbelt, Farmland and Waterways are under threat! The redundant highway would not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but encouraged more greenhouse gas pollution, pushing our climate ...
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I've been thinking about this since yesterday. This implies that you trust people who live in your city. It's also "surprising" to some people because the assumption is immediately that people will do "crime." bsky.app/profile/mayo...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w agoThis summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
This week on twitter the prime minister of Canada made: 17 posts promoting the military industrial complex 6 posts promoting oil and gas interests 1 post talking about the wildfires
Correct. And we have a PM who is gutting climate science agencies, rolling back climate protections, and pushing for more and more fossil fuel use. Canadians have zero reason to be smug.
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 3w agoCanada actually has higher ghg emissions per person than the US. Of the two biggest fights in the US in recent years over oil one (keystone XL ) has been about Canadian oil - specifically tar sands which is one of the most polluting oils on earth.
"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social · 3w agoI want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
The Liberals continue to fight against First Nations water rights, both in court and with their new Bill C-37. "'It’s another example of what Amnesty International confirmed: a rapid rolling back of Indigenous rights by the Carney government,' Gazan said.”
Liberals continue court fight against First Nations drinking water rights, despite new bill | CBC News
The Carney government continues to fight First Nations in court to deny Canada has any legal duty to ensure they have safe drinking water on reserve, even as the Liberals advance legislation aiming to...
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Nice! @mark-carney.bsky.social gotta do the actual work bud. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Chiefs tell AFN it cannot negotiate on major projects on their behalf
On day two of the summer assembly of the AFN, chiefs voted to limit the AFN's role to advocacy only-and not negotiate on major projects.
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A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants
The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.
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Canadians voted for a stronger future, not weaker environmental protections. Tell the federal government to protect Nature. Don't Fast-Track Risky Projects. #envirodef act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/194586/...
Protect Nature. Don't Fast-Track Risky Projects.
Canadians voted for a stronger future, not weaker environmental protections. There is still time to stop these dangerous rollbacks. Act now! Tell the federal government to protect Nature. Don't Fast-T...
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A rally has been planned for Bangor. I hope to see some of you there.
Andrea LaFlamme@andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is unacceptable. We must keep speaking out and showing up for each other. There is a rally planned for noon today in Mechanics Park in Biddeford to show solidarity in opposition to ICE. I’m unable to attend, but will be there in spirit. Please attend if you can and be safe.
(3/3) "That industry is down some 61,000 jobs since a recent peak in January 2025 as U.S. tariffs continue to weigh on the sector, Statistics Canada said.... "While an encouraging result overall, one shouldn't mistake this as a show of strength," Porter wrote in a note to economists." Full article:
Canada added 18,000 jobs in June as unemployment rate edged down | CBC News
Canada's economy added 18,000 jobs in June, continuing the momentum in the job market seen the month before and helping to edge down the unemployment rate slightly to 6.5 per cent.
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Not linking to the whole article is pretty misleading & your overall approach puts workers at risk & erodes rights. From your CBC article (1/3) "chief economist Doug Porter says the figures shouldn't be taken as too much of a positive sign as the hiring might be temporary around the World Cup..."
Unions warn Carney government is considering sweeping changes to labour law | CBC News
Ottawa is currently consulting on potential changes to the legislation that protects more than a million Canadian workers in federally regulated industries — a process the jobs minister says is needed...
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Conor Curtis@conorcurtis.bsky.social · last mo.Yeah, what's your plan for those workers after the oil & gas projects you've sunk a ton of public money into (we will never get back) fail because there was no market and you ignored every single warning sign? 1 Billion committed to Bay du Nord from the taxpayer now tens of billions for a pipeline.
All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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The men who were with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo say the govt is lying: Araujo never tried to run over agents. Agents weren't even in front of or behind the van. After shooting Araujo, officers threw him to the ground and one said, “You wanted to escape, right?” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 4w agoSo the Trump admin’s story is… they stopped the wrong van and the driver, who has been law-abiding resident in the U.S. for 35-years and was on his way to work,, just decided to ram federal agents. *That’s* *their* story. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
