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A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience A firm that represents Pete Hegseth and once represented Donald Trump now employs the co-executor of the disgraced financier’s estate.

Tim Parlatore was a star lawyer in Trump world, @shaneharris.bsky.social writes. So, it’s more than a little surprising that, in the fall of 2022, “he hired a close associate of one of the most notorious villains in the extended MAGA universe: Jeffrey Epstein”:

Potential cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada could take us back to the Harper days - CCPA On April 28, women voters delivered a major victory for the Liberal party, turning around the electoral fortunes of a party that had been trailing its major opponent by 25 points in the year leading u...

"It is the same story playing out in Washington—the only significant difference is that Canadian policymakers are doing it without the hateful rhetoric." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnpoli

Google Canada claims pregnancy is not a protected ground under Ontario's human rights code in defence of lawsuit In a statement of defence as part of a lawsuit involving a pregnant employee, Google denies discrimination and wrongful dismissal.

“I believe that Google is trying to import American law into Canada and is willfully ignoring Canadian human rights law that protects women from pregnancy discrimination.” nationalpost.com/news/google-... #onpoli

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I need 🇨🇦 women to pay attention after the announcement that Carney is cutting the WAGE ministry. We have warned everyone that this bill will be used to surveil and police women and now he is showing you who he is. Do not be complacent, we will end up like 🇺🇸 #Canadasky

Video doorbell, I don't even have an old fashioned doorbell.

That would just encourage people to PRESS them and expect a response.

I don't want to answer the door.

Potential cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada could take us back to the Harper days - CCPA On April 28, women voters delivered a major victory for the Liberal party, turning around the electoral fortunes of a party that had been trailing its major opponent by 25 points in the year leading u...

"It is the same story playing out in Washington—the only significant difference is that Canadian policymakers are doing it without the hateful rhetoric." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnpoli

I Prefer Weeds to Ivy Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.

Read @shannonmattern.bsky.social's beautiful, heartbreaking reflection on abandoning her tenured full professorship for a system that better reflects her values and doesn't demand unending life sacrifices. The Metropolitan New York Library Council and all the people it serves are lucky to have her.

This is an EXCEEDINGLY beautiful book.

APTN National News: July 11, 2025 – Land dispute roadblock, 35 years since The Oka Crisis YouTube video by APTN News

Tonight on APTN National News: Community members of the Innu Nation set up a road blockade in Labrador, pausing work on a proposed hydro-electric dam on land the Innu say is theirs.

Commemorating 35 years since the 1990 Siege on Kanehsatake began.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has pulled back from his crusade to weaponize the province’s energy in retaliation against Donald Trump. Did Ford realize his threats would do little to contain the US president’s mercurial impulses? thewalrus.ca/ontario-energy-t...

Canadian man dies while in ICE custody in Florida Johnny Noviello, 49, was detained pending deportation proceedings before being pronounced dead Monday

Canadian dies in ICE detention: "Despite having Canadian citizenship, Noviello had been in the U.S. since 1988 and became a lawful permanent resident in 1991" ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

Coco Chanel’s Guide to ICE Or, how to tell if the person without ID pulling you into a van is actually an ICE agent

"Your clothing should tell a story about you! Just not who you are or that you are acting in any kind of official capacity." @petridishes.bsky.social on the ICE dress code:

‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley He was young and broke when he became grime’s first documentarian. Then his book Don’t Call Me Urban captured the energy of the grittier first wave – and an expanded edition is finally here

‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley

Trump administration, drop the case against FL reporter who exposed Kanye's hate | Opinion For his efforts to expose this bigotry and a network’s efforts to hide it, Florida investigative report Tim Burke is facing prosecution.

"Tim Burke did what any good journalist would do. He found the truth, and he exposed it."

Drake’s new track gives Ontario cities, like Waterloo, a shoutout Drake is showing some new Canadian cities some love – at least lyrically.

Drake’s new track gives Ontario cities, like Waterloo, a shoutout www.cp24.com/news/enterta... #Waterloo

Drake’s new track gives Ontario cities, like Waterloo, a shoutout Drake is showing some new Canadian cities some love – at least lyrically.

Drake's new collab with Smiley shouts out small cities in Southern Ontario, including Waterloo. I talk about that here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...

Members of the Fulbright scholarship board resign, accusing Trump of meddling Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships on Wednesday resigned in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients, according to a statement they issued.

11 of 12 Fulbright board members resign in protest over Trump-era meddling. Hundreds of awardees canceled; 1,200 foreign scholars face extra review.

A pillar of U.S. academic diplomacy is under threat.

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‘I shouldn’t have gone at all’: Jagmeet Singh regrets being spotted at Kendrick Lamar and SZA concert Jagmeet Singh is apologizing for attending a Kendrick Lamar concert in Toronto after being called out by Drake and spotted by fans inside the Rogers Centre.

Drake is still being a little bitch. People are allowed to be from Canada and still NOT like you babe. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

If only somebody wrote a book about this.

UN warns of starvation in ‘hunger hotspots’ Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

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A one-year-old gets an MMR vaccine at a Texas clinic in a March 2025 file photo. In the last month, Manitoba has twice expanded eligibility for the measles vaccine as cases climb in the province.

More than 400 Manitoba infants got measles vaccine since eligibility expanded www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcnews.ca

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As disinformation and hate thrive online, YouTube quietly changed how it moderates content | CBC News YouTube, the world's largest video platform, with 20 million videos uploaded each day, appears to have changed its moderation policies to allow more content that violates its own rules to remain onlin...

"YouTube, the world's largest video platform, appears to have changed its moderation policies to allow more content that violates its own rules to remain online." www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

YouTube video by APTN News Nunavut MP says Inuit, Arctic communities must be included in defence spending decisions | APTN News

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says Inuit and Arctic communities must be included in defence decisions.

This comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his plan to boost defence spending, including paying more attention to the North.

RFK is going to be responsible for a lot of death and suffering

More than 800 handmade blankets to go on show at Glasgow Green As part of the Glasgow 850 initiative, 850 handmade blankets have been created through the Close Knit Project, led by Rev Janet Mathieson.

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US orders non-essential embassy staff out of Iraq amid growing Middle East tensions State department move comes amid increasing concerns about nuclear talks between US and Iran that appear to b deadlocked

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RFK Jr. ousts CDC's entire vaccine advisory committee | CBC News U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

Shedding light: We address the flawed Going Dark Report - European Digital Rights (EDRi) The HLG Going Dark presented its final report and recommendations for an agenda of maximal access to personal data.

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