@saifiles.bsky.social
Zero tolerance for tyrants and fascism. Former academic, writer/editor for the charitable sector. Libraries, literature, the arts matter. Nature matters. Fiercely, proudly Canadian. π
Says Pr β¦Smithβ¬β© , her voice dripping w/ duplicity as she repeatedly holds Canada hostage to her demands, while fomenting separatism:
βsaying that being part of βTeam Canadaβ means co-operating on getting her provinceβs oil to market.β
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
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21.11.2025 20:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Trump administration specifically banned participation at Halifax out of its on-brand crusade against globalism or whatever. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
21.11.2025 19:24 β π 102 π 21 π¬ 5 π 2Photo of HISF president Peter Von Prague at a podium under a logo that says DEMOCRACY (in "Ukraine yellow"
This weekend I'm at the Halifax International Security Forum, which β for the first time β has no official delegated from the U.S. government. I'll post some occasional thoughts from the Forum over the weekend, below π
21.11.2025 19:19 β π 273 π 66 π¬ 9 π 9Ah, the fascists are always slamming Canada. They just hate anything decent that actually works.
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21.11.2025 19:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lol, even fox is screwing over Trump now. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
21.11.2025 19:40 β π 42 π 16 π¬ 1 π 1#Authoritarianism in #Alberta
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
I like salad. Salad is good for the heart.
21.11.2025 19:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So, you know who JD Vance is.
And you know who Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani MP is.
And you know how they were bestest friends to one another at Yale Law School and how JJJJ attended JDVβs inauguration as Fascist Vice President.
Well hereβs what JJJJβs bestest friend thinks of Canada. Just like JJJJ.
As a Canadian (and perhaps on behalf of Greenlanders?) more than a little alarming at the bit near the end of this podcast where the comms guy for the Quartermaster General's office says they've been told to work on cold-weather fighting gear. www.articlesofinterest.co/podcast/epis...
21.11.2025 17:38 β π 28 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1AI companies, funders, and government are all intertwined in one big heaping trillion dollar blob. Here's what it means. www.wired.com/story/ai-ind...
21.11.2025 17:36 β π 65 π 15 π¬ 1 π 3Despicable
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this presidentβs modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
"...this is not really a peace plan at all, but articles of surrender, legitimising Russiaβs brutal invasion of Ukraine and the illegal annexation of its territory while brazenly dividing the spoils of war."
#StandWithUkraine π»
#DownWithPutin #DownWithTrump
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Le prΓ©sident ukrainien a assurΓ© quβil ne Β«trahiraΒ» pas son pays en acceptant ce plan amΓ©ricain, perΓ§u comme favorable au Kremlin.
21.11.2025 17:32 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" β which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism. n.pr/3JKHags
21.11.2025 17:32 β π 274 π 83 π¬ 2 π 5via bill bramhall
21.11.2025 17:33 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: βTo end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.β
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Wow. Blackmailing a victim. It is so american nowadays. #UAView
21.11.2025 12:40 β π 999 π 364 π¬ 93 π 45Alberta π¨π¦
Be in the know
She is trying to make it that her government can talk separation.
She has gone full maga
youtu.be/fYVmpsRo_u0?...
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
In a word: Stepford.
Tell me again that fascism is not a backlash of the misogynistic patriarchy.
Zelenskyy has posted a deeply difficult, tenβminute national address. It is honestly heartbreaking to watch. Iβm sure translations are already circulating and youβll find it online, but the first point you need to hear is this:
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. ,