@dontvotesplit.bsky.social

This is shameful.

America has become a fascist dictatorship.

Trump’s immigration crackdown, has masked ICE agents targeting immigrants at routine appointments Jacob Soboroff, NBC News Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss his reporting at 26 Federal Plaza, in Lower Manhattan where ICE agents have been routinely targeting imm...

spoke with @nicollewallace.bsky.social about what we saw. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...

just went to immigration court in Lower Manhattan to see with my own eyes how masked and armed federal agents are apprehending people in the hallways as they walk out of their scheduled hearings.

Yep! Telus & their brands dropped Vancouver Pride so I’ll get a different internet provider when my contract ends in October.

If the Canadian Prime Minister still considers Vancouver Pride a must-attend event, then Telus can support their home province’s premiere Pride event.

Or I can switch.

Thank you for being realistic -this is how rational people see it in Canada as well.

I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.

Gen X: The Only Generation of American Women to Live With Rights My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...

I will turn 50 this September. I was born in 1975, and I represent the only generation of American women born with full rights that have been lost in the same lifetime.

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the Elizabeth Warren CNBC hit that triggered Trump: "Trump ran for office saying he'd lower costs on day 1. Cost of groceries are up, cost of housing is up, healthcare is up. And where is Trump? He's passing a signature bill to throw people off healthcare so he can do tax cuts for billionaires."

1. A recent conversation with a colleague threw into sharp relief exactly why I am so inspired to develop technologies to prevent pathogenic infection. So, if you'll indulge me, let me explain. In early 2002, I had what to all intents and purposes was a cold. Sniffles, cough etc.

Donald Trump truly doesn’t understand you can’t take more than 100% off the price of things. That’s how fucking stupid this asshole is.

Headline from Harvard Crimson: "Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump."

Text of story: Harvard prez Garber says report of a deal "was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials." NYT ran with it as a story.

Important details from this story:

1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."

3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

No, we should not be okay with techbros, insurance company bloodsuckers and sus private companies like (in Canada) Shoppers having unfettered access to your private medical information and with them passing it around amongst one another.

'Alarmingly low' monarch butterfly population calls for international conservation strategy: Guelph professor | CBC News In the last 15 years, the monarch butterfly populations in North America have dwindled to "alarmingly low" levels, University of Guelph associate professor and ecologist Ryan Norris. He was part of a ...

'Alarmingly low' monarch butterfly population calls for international conservation strategy: Guelph professor

Strategy requires $30 million a year in funding, ecologist Ryan Norris says #Ontario

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tell the prime minister: Push back against reckless rollbacks! Ford and Smith want to gut federal environmental laws. Tell Ottawa: Strong laws matter.

Premiers Doug Ford & Danielle Smith have already gutted environmental protections in their provinces. Now they’re pressuring Ottawa to follow suit, to weaken federal laws like the Species at Risk Act and Impact Assessment Act, Canada’s last line of defence for nature.
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A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump

On the one hand, a patriot with decades of experience defending America. On the other hand, a conspiracy theorist who hates Americans and American institutions. Presented here as "two visions of America under Trump"

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

The Sadies are just one of the multitude of great acts playing the Kitchener Blues Festival next weekend. Make your way to K-W! 🇨🇦 #MusicFestival #AltCountry #LiveForLiveMusic

So a transient busker can travel to our country from America, cause controversies everywhere he goes, then waste everyone’s time and money bringing Trump-style lawsuits against everyone who points out that this transient busker is causing controversies everywhere he goes?

Canadian random person here:

In Canada, insurance companies share your private medical information using codes via a US third party to "blackball" you so when you are declined for e.g. life insurance with 1, you'll be declined with them all.

Privacy safeguards are also needed for Canadians

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Tesla ordered to pay $375 million in fatal autopilot crash Jurors awarded the estate of Naibel Benavides Leon and her former boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, $US129 million in compensatory damages, plus $US200 million in punitive damages.

Victims of a fatal 2019 crash caused by an #autopilot failure in a #TeslaModelS will receive $US243 million in damages after a jury found #ElonMusk 's electric vehicle company liable who also dismissed most public servants supervising #Tesla www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... #DonaldTrump #Republicans

Trump says he’s footing this $200 million bill for a swanky new White House ballroom out of his own pocket. If you believe that, I’ve got a border wall in Mexico paid for to sell you.

He’s NOT personally footing this ballroom with HIS own money ~ NEVER!

Instead, how about funding programs that the average person needs ????

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

A charitable explanation. I'm not okay with this.

Stay tuned. Big news coming for creating an alternative anti-fascist, pro-resistance information network here in Canada with @meidastouch.bsky.social

For Canadians, I can't be the only one completely grossed out that @mark-carney.bsky.social stayed over at Premier Drug Fraud's cottage.

Ford is corrupt and destroying Ontario. HE IS HURTING PEOPLE. A Trumper. Nothing me makes lose faith in & view Carney more skeptically than this. Poor judgement.

YouTube video by CityNews City of Winnipeg denies permits for planned concert by controversial U.S-based Christian musician

More disappointment for Sean Feucht in Canada! Thank you, Winnipeg!

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The President of United States firing the commissioner of the statistics bureau because the unemployment numbers are not good reminds me of that classic Stalin moment, executing the statisticians because they reported too many deaths the 1937 census

www.jstor.org/stable/2639947

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to minimum security prison camp Maxwell recently secured "limited" immunity from the DOJ.

Being moved to a minimum security facility is generally the first step to being released…

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