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it's not delivery; it's digiornalist freelance writer/editor/researcher - work in Guardian, G&M, Tyee, Filter justice, drugs, housing, health co-founder: @debriefcomms.bsky.social they/them/thembo

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‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’ | The Tyee Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us.

So far more than 19,053 British Columbians have been killed since early 2014, when unregulated fentanyl started showing up in the illicit drug supply.

thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

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Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979

Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979

Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran

Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran

Bari Weiss is pushing the “50 year war” narrative at both the Free Press and CBS. The erases both American culpability for the current war (since Iran started in 1979!) and the reasons why a theocratic anti-American regime took power in the first place.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...

04.03.2026 15:47 👍 1143 🔁 301 💬 94 📌 104

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as PM Goldman Sachs loves an audience of corporate and government elites.

(He really, really needs to do a sit-down interview where the target audience is ordinary Canadians. This isn't a normal approach to communications -- especially in a crisis.)

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A chart showing the editorial stances of 6 papers on 11 wars/regime change efforts.

A chart showing the editorial stances of 6 papers on 11 wars/regime change efforts.

Editorial boards have supported Canada’s war and regime change efforts since the First World War 98 per cent of the time.

www.readthemaple.com/newspaper-wa...

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The age of extinction
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade
Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food

The age of extinction is supported by
theguardian.org

Phoebe Weston
Wed 4 Mar 2026 13.00 GMT

The age of extinction ‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food The age of extinction is supported by theguardian.org Phoebe Weston Wed 4 Mar 2026 13.00 GMT

I think I would rethink this phrasing if I were the guardian

04.03.2026 15:39 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

“Ellis, a registered nurse who is Haitian-American, said she is outraged and called for an investigation into Damas' death, which she said came weeks after the man first complained of tooth pain to Florence staff.

'Nobody should die from a toothache,’ Ellis said. 'Something has to be done.’”

04.03.2026 15:13 👍 179 🔁 78 💬 1 📌 3

as someone who would strongly support a city councillor like @seanorr.bsky.social distributing a predictable & regulated drug supply, i've never heard an inkling of this happening. Ken Sim's seeming inability to parse fact from fiction remains his primary mayoral trait
bsky.app/profile/isab...

03.03.2026 23:40 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

See you today at 4pm

03.03.2026 15:32 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Canada needs an independent podcast community.

It's Day 15 of our Winter 2026 fundraising campaign help us reach our goal of 50 new Harbinger supporters.

Challenge right-wing and corporate media - support socially and politically progressive Canadian podcasts at

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BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.

A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

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New BC daily record of nearly 300 overdose calls reported, 20 in Nanaimo NANAIMO - While fewer people died from toxic drugs in the province last year, there's been a troubling surge o...

this is the second consecutive cheque issue day that has set a *New Record* for overdose calls in the province.

nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/02/27/n...

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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

02.03.2026 12:45 👍 7579 🔁 2227 💬 101 📌 108

While Carney supports the illegal U.S./Israel aggression against Iran, even though Iran was negotiating in good faith, other middle powers Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Spain are condemning Israel and the U.S.

Does Carney truly believe this statement will keep Trumps ambitions for Canada at bay?

28.02.2026 20:29 👍 37 🔁 15 💬 5 📌 1

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 👍 23565 🔁 5963 💬 141 📌 66

at what point do morals override national economic self interest*? and it should be noted, Carney's statement wasn't just the usual mealy mouthed "we're concerned" nothing statement. it was an endorsement.

*maybe not the best way to describe the actions of a man who is hollowing the public service

28.02.2026 18:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lots of academics I really respect are highlighting this misunderstanding, which I’ve apparently also fallen prey to.

But there’s an important point here:

What did Carney think laymen would take away from his speech when he spoke of taking a sign out of a window in the face of a bullying regime?

28.02.2026 16:52 👍 219 🔁 42 💬 31 📌 11

[2 years in the future] no, you see, if Carney put out a statement criticizing Trump for bombing Regina, he would tariff us and that would be bad

28.02.2026 17:07 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

hey Max, where do you draw the line? what level of depravity can we not endorse for the sake of the economy

28.02.2026 17:00 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

when Carney said "we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim," that wasn't a critique

28.02.2026 16:45 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

it's taken less than a day get to the point of air striking a school

28.02.2026 16:29 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

Remind me, when you slaughter 85 young school children, are you the Good Guys?

28.02.2026 16:07 👍 493 🔁 220 💬 19 📌 11

I’m 52. This is the third time since high school AMERICA has done this.

I’m so tired of this fucking world the USA has created.

28.02.2026 16:22 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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28.02.2026 07:49 👍 5341 🔁 1595 💬 68 📌 62

years are fake, there are exactly three ages: Normal Aged (however old me and my friends happen to be at any given time), Youth and Seniors

by this measure the ratio of youth to seniors is always growing, so really there is no looming aging population issue if u think about it

27.02.2026 19:45 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Bill 9 Weakens Access in BC

BCNDP just continuing its years-long assault on freedom of information
fipa.bc.ca/2026-bill-9-...

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I'm sorry but if the city giving the VPD MORE money to float Westbank from going under isn't a major scandal, what is?! Developer Cop circle jerk.

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