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@juneetta.bsky.social

art, making, climate concerns, Indigenous peoples, death and dying, simple joys, Quakers, Buddhist teachings, democracy

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The Eyeopener Toronto Metropolitan University's Independent Student Newspaper Since 1967

For detailed report: theeyeopener.com

23.09.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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VIDEO: TMU reassigns security guards after student violently detained in pro-Palestine protest - NOW Toronto Toronto Metropolitan University says security officers have been β€œreassigned” following a violent detainment of a pro-Palestine protester.

Trigger warning: unacceptable, shocking violent arrest of Toronto Metropolitan University student by TMU security. Descriptive event report link in comments. Tell TMU this is not acceptable: Saeed Zolfaghari, TMU Vice President, 416) 979-5006, vpao@torontomu.ca to te

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23.09.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Canoeing in Banff National Park: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

04.09.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13010    πŸ” 1435    πŸ’¬ 493    πŸ“Œ 155

The β€œproblem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

04.09.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 26836    πŸ” 7847    πŸ’¬ 583    πŸ“Œ 458
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Circuses vs. Roses: Notes on Pleasure and Scold Culture Someone made this extra-grumpy meme about the fact that football player and podcaster Travis Kelce proposed to pop superstar Taylor Swift and now they're engaged, or rather about the fact that of cour...

Had a fun time writing about bread and circuses vs. bread and roses and whether in crises we're allowed to have fun. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...

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The Beautiful Poem That Will Bring You to Tears | #OWNSHOW | Oprah Online
YouTube video by OWN The Beautiful Poem That Will Bring You to Tears | #OWNSHOW | Oprah Online

Ross Gay reads his beautiful poem that will bring you to tears with its celebration of tenderness and connection although in a "city like most, that has murdered its own people" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aT0...

24.08.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Marvin Gaye   What's Going On Live 1972
YouTube video by Markos Dutra Marvin Gaye What's Going On Live 1972

What's going on - Marvin Gaye 1972, and more pertinent than ever today www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPkM...

21.08.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please, all Canadians, please seriously consider taking a moment to write all political party leaders, and asking one other person to do the same>

19.08.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/14 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ HISTORIC CANADIAN COURT RULING RECOGNIZES INDIGENOUS TITLE ON PRIVATE LAND πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

BC Supreme Court makes Canadian legal history in Cowichan Tribes case.

First-ever recognition of Aboriginal title over private property.

ZoΓ« Yunker reports for The Tyee.
#IndigenousRights #LegalHistory #BCpoli

19.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ Canada needs to do this!! πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
@mark-carney.bsky.social

17.08.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Netanyahu is moving into his final solution phase in Gaza - the forced expulsion of a starving population. The west makes statements but makes no steps to impose sanctions or charge Canadians serving in the IDF death machine. Meanwhile the grandmothers are refusing to be silent.

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15.08.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a thing, a roundup of some of the resistance going on.

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Patty Krawec, Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds | The New York Society Library Join the New York Society Library and acclaimed Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec for an exploration of her new "Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds." This powerful literary ...

An online event on September 27th with the New York Society Library as well as Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum. This is open to anyone and will include a Q&A. You can register here:

www.nysoclib.org/events/bad-i...

11.08.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Chief executive of Amnesty International, Sacha Deshmukh, said people outraged by the "ongoing genocide" in Gaza were "entitled under international human rights law to express their horror".

10.08.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#CanadaSky
@cbcgem.bsky.social
@jdemontreal.bsky.social
@lapresse.ca

08.08.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is not a Monarch butterfly caterpillar, but rather a Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillar.

05.08.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A morning bouquet from my daughter.

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Monarch butterfly caterpillar chomping a Milkweed in our community garden, and a crane at the bird sanctuary down the road in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.

02.08.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paramedic fired over Israel comments wants to know if politicians played role | CBC News A York Region paramedic who says she was fired over a social media comment that criticized Israel's military actions in Gaza says she wants to know whetherΒ politicians were behind her termination.

Here in Canada: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.08.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers? – podcast Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence

Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers? – podcast

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Image of an older miniature poodle, now turned grey, sitting on a step in the sunlight. Her pink toy dinosaur lies belly up on the step below her

Image of an older miniature poodle, now turned grey, sitting on a step in the sunlight. Her pink toy dinosaur lies belly up on the step below her

Dear Rosie, the grand old lady, and my faithful companion.

27.07.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same thing over here in Canada, where the recent, nationally disgraceful outcome of the sexual assault trial of hockey players demonstrated once again.

27.07.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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even warned about account misuse. But it’s a phishing scam. Here’s what my son wrote me...

1. Apple doesn’t text users about purchases.
2. It came from a random number.
3. Apple Pay isn’t directly tied to your Apple ID like that.
4. The number isn't Apple’s.
5. The text tried to rush you to call

25.07.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯WARNING: Apple Pay Scam AlertπŸ’₯
I received a text today saying:

β€œYour Apple ID was used for a $461.96 Apple Pay purchase in Orlando, FL… If not you, call Apple Support: 1-810-261-5529…”
Looked fairly legitβ€”had a case ID, mentioned getsupport.apple.com, #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

25.07.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm hoping Canada has the courage to follow suit, #MarkCarney

24.07.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: Men are 230X more likely to be raped (by another male) than to be falsely accused of rape.

24.07.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.

If this is true then it is treason.
High treason.
Canada must investigate whether Trump' dangled $500 million to support the break up our country.
Danielle Smith needs to come clean with Alberta and Canada on any backroom negotiations to aid the destruction of Canada.
www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...

23.07.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1292    πŸ” 670    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 134
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Just believe the survivors! We know they were buds. #hallelujah #comedy #parody

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