Mary Shine
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🇨🇦 Dis/mis-info harm democracies, societies & individuals. Covid isn't flu. Masks work. Kindness is free but so is blocking. Act accordingly 🙂
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Live-streaming Trump undermines Canadian journalism: “Donald Trump has no business being live-streamed on the CBC. This is no different from platforming Hitler, or a white supremacist.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
CBC needs to stop live-streaming Trump’s disinformation
CBC News needs to stop live-streaming Trump’s disinformation.
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trump expert here! this is not funny, trump only posts like this when he's in distress
Trump has drastically weakened and debased the United States. To get through this we will have to listen to our friends. (Lesson 16 of "On Tyranny"). www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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One of the cool things about Bluesky is how you can just click "post" then suddenly a wind chime rings in the distance and the Western Standard's front page magically revises itself like one of those newspapers in Back to the Future
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 5d agoBut I'm burying the lede! I stepped down from PressProgress at the start of this week. Trolls are celebrating, but that's a proof point of how much my journalism got under their skin I left on my own terms, was not fired or laid off. It was not due to "financial pressures" or a lawsuit. I'm A-OK 👍
Amazing & important thread. The separatists don’t have to win to “win” a permanent foothold for their movement that can always be exploited in the future - with marginalized Albertans as collateral damage. After the vote, then what? The fight for our home is just beginning. #abpoli
Kurt Phillips (ARC Collective)@arccollective.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Over the past several months that I’ve watched the Alberta separatists, it probably won’t be a surprise that there is a significant amount of bigotry and far-right conspiracy rhetoric in the ecosystem. One could do a big thread on that story, but this time went about that.
People are more likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them do. www.psypost.org/anti-democra...
Anti-democratic attitudes are highly contagious, new psychology study finds
The rise of anti-democratic sentiments might be driven by social contagion. Researchers have discovered that citizens often adapt their personal support for authoritarian rule to align with the politi...
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This is American news claiming that a Russian attack on Ukraine was a Ukrainian attack on Russia. The only way Russia wins this war is when we spread its propaganda, as we are doing here.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.Why is ABC doing false stories based on Russian propaganda?
On propaganda, political conversions, chaos agents, strategic communication, & public education. 🧵👇
Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 2w agoRecently, the Laura “Lori” Loomer conversion has made quite a few waves online. Personally, I made plenty of memes about her in my time, because not long ago she was one of the loudest American voices repeating russian propaganda about Ukraine.
My problem with the constant blame game by the US government: Maybe if you fucking realized that if the North burns, that’s a bad thing, our Glaciers are melting, may be gone within the next 100 years & you take no action to fix it, US emissions are the 2nd highest in the world next to China
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · 3w agoMap of North and South America, it’s not just Canada 🔥‼️🚨 Link firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:...
In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...
We understand your concern, but your government needs to find a way to remove the rot in this administration, he is trying to destroy us, you have to see that, until you fix the problem nothing will change
Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 4w agoCanada's boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers. I'm urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions, and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.
Malignant MAGA liar & propagandist, #PeteHoekstra, also welcomed a variety of RW media propagandists (when will #RebelNews finally be declared a foreign funded disinformation operation meant to destabilize 🇨🇦?) as well as many #CPC MPs & gun lobbyist, Tracey Wilson. CPC = #MapleMAGA #cdnpoli
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · last mo.US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city
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It was an honour and a pleasure to attend the 4th of July American Independence Day celebrations at the Ambassador's residence in Ottawa. I had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Hoekstra and thank him, the President, and the American people for their heartfelt support throughout the Freedom Convoy and ever since. @ChrisBarber1975
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Fedorov is speaking about a newly developed Ukrainian precision-guided glide bomb called the #Vyriivniuvach which translates to "Equalizer" Developed from scratch over a 17-month period by a Ukrainian defense firm it represents a major milestone for Ukraine's domestic arms production 🧵 1/5
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last mo.🔴 Ukraine deploys domestic guided glide bombs. Speaking at Brave1 Advantage, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that Ukrainian forces have begun using locally developed guided glide bombs against Russian troops.
To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
On Tyranny — Special 250th Edition
With friends, on video, to recall and to rebel
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Apparently this account was hacked and now it's sending DMs 👇 Do not click on the links👇 @mackaycartoons.bsky.social
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · last mo.Rebel Media shared the Montreal shooter's manifesto after watermarking it. Wherever that version appears, you know its source. After Rebel uploaded it, the watermarked manifesto was posted in forums for incels and in forums where people watch gore and death videos. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
What "protection program" is Johnson referring to?
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last mo.Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · last mo.We have studied the Montreal shooter's manifesto, discussed it in a community of experts, and read the coverage and reactions. This article is a good start. Other commentary has focused on the wrong parts and covered up violence towards women. So let's talk. 🧵 montrealgazette.com/news/local-c...
In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.