Gus Watanabe 渡部がす (he/him)

Epstein accuser
'disgusted' at Maxwell pardon speculation

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it has been in decades, experts and survivors are warning.

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NFL to take 10% stake in ESPN in new media rights deal | CNN The NFL and ESPN announced on Tuesday that the league and the cable television giant had agreed to a deal that will see the NFL Network channel and other NFL assets headed to ESPN in exchange for a 10...

JUST IN: NFL and ESPN announce deal that will see the league's NFL Network and other media assets headed to the cable giant in exchange for a 10% stake. cnn.it/472jihB

Foster parents charged with murder in death of child A Stanley couple made their initial appearances in North Central District Court on Monday to face charges in the March death of a 3-year-old foster child. Raymond F. Johnson, 62, and Jamie L. Johnson,...

🥚 Trigger warning: the abuse this innocent child was subjected to is beyond horrific. 💔💔
These monsters should never be allowed to walk among us again.

WHERE is the humanity and decency of all of the people responsible for this?

#StopAllHumanTrafficking

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Everyone is rightly calling for aid in Gaza. 📢✊🏼

Sudan needs aid too. Millions are suffering. The world needs to show the same care everywhere. 🇸🇩🕊️

#Sudan #ActionNow

Unloaded from panniers and on my kitchen counter: Beets, Cabbage, Kale, Artichokes, Onions, Carrots, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Shiso, Shisito peppers

i love the farmer. he’s such a pessimist. i was telling him that the ride was pleasantly cool today because of the hazy sky and he said “yep, trading in melanoma for lung cancer” (wildfire smoke)
🚲🥕🍅🥬 🥒

A picture of a man holding a small child on the cover of "The Real Face of Men's Health, 2025 Canadian Report," Movember Institute of Men's Health, Mustaches Love Research with mustache logo. Available at: https://movember.com/uploads/files/2025/The%20Real%20Face%20of%20Men's%20Health%20Report%202025%20-%20English%20Canada.pdf

Report by @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and John Oliffe (UBC, Men's Health Research Program) described in the @winnipegfreepress.com article "Dying early, suffering in silence: the harms of toxic masculinity"
Important work!
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Winnipeg Free Press Banner Settlement dollars paying fort broken promises, missed opportunities, devastated lives By Niigaan Sinclair Friday, August 1, 2025

Another clear eyed evaluation of what the Government of Canada reneged on & still owes Indigenous Peoples from @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social.

What could have been; long-missed opportunities to build, provide & facilitate fuller lives alongside settlers.

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Blatant baby selling with "voluntary" relinquishments for those underage teen moms who give up their babies to big money university donors.🥚

An aerial view of collapses building and destruction in the Gaza Strip (October 2023) Copyright UNRWA Photo 2023 (Ashraf Amra)

Destroyed buildings in the Nur Shams camp in the occupied-West Bank .Zain Jaafar / AFP via Getty Images

Two side by side maps with parts of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. Trump's Proposal for a Palestinian State Note: Boundaries are approximate and base on available data provided by the White House, some of which was obscured. The administration is proposing that Israeli settlements in the West Bank become the site of future Israeli "enclaves." Source: White House - By The New York Times

There is no peace keeping to be had.

It has to be a peace making miliary force for Gaza and the West Bank.

The Right's obsession with child trafficking doesn't seem to help them clue in to how the adoption system is child trafficking.🥚

Trump Was Warned of Epstein’s Behavior Around ‘Younger Girls’ in 1992: Author Barry Levine detailed how the president wanted to host a party with just Epstein and 28 women as guests at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump was reportedly warned about Jeffrey Epstein’s conduct around “younger girls” over a decade before he was exposed as a pedophile.

Canada airdrops aid into Gaza as Netanyahu defies mounting ceasefire pressure Air deliveries of aid, criticized for being inefficient and dangerous, have been made necessary by Israel’s restrictions on overland shipments

I’m glad Canada is doing SOMETHING- but full on Israeli BOYCOTTS are needed also

“UNRWA spokeswoman Tamara Alrifai told The Globe and Mail that 10 trucks could deliver as much aid as 300 airdrops”

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Texas redistricting standoff escalates with threat to arrest absent Democrats – US politics live Civil warrants issued in state’s House to bring back lawmakers cannot be enforced outside Texas

TX Gov. Greg Abbott (GOP) quickly escalates POTUS's gerrymandering plans into a national story, threatening arrests of Democrat state lawmakers who left the state to avoid a quorum for a vote. Many analysts say he has no legal authority to arrest them.
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ICYMI: fantastic conversation with Mayor Scott Gillingham and my brother in pods @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social on Portage & Main re-opening, homelessness and safety, and the move to create more pedestrian malls Downtown.

a police car is driving down a highway in a rear view mirror with the words slow down below it Alt: A phalanx of police cruisers are driving down a highway in a rear view mirror with the words “Slow down!!!” below it

An RCMP officer stationed in Headingley once told me the issuance of tickets to raise money for funding i in the traffic unit was true.

His point was the public has a choice to slow down, have tickets fund the unit or have no traffic unit at all to keep traffic in check.

When will the people involved in hockey wake up?

This includes the parents of players who seem to think the behaviour is okay.

Map of western Canada’s wildfires.

Map of central Canada’s wide fires.🔥

Map of eastern Canada’s wild fires.🔥

Heat map of North America.

The CBC interactive forest fire tracker is a solid resource.🔥
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#Climate
#WildFires

BLACK SABBATH’s Geezer Butler Reflects On Ozzy Osbourne: “If Anything, He Was The Prince Of Laughter” Geezer Butler pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, recalling their final performance and calling him “the Prince of Laughter.”

BLACK SABBATH’s Geezer Butler Reflects On Ozzy Osbourne: “If Anything, He Was The Prince Of Laughter”

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Post someone who looks good in a hat.

You’re quite right!!

It’s still ongoing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Worst-case famine scenario unfolds in Gaza “What we’re watching in Gaza is everyone wasting away. And we are clearly at a tipping point now."

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We @whigstandard.bsky.social have been reporting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza since the start of the war. And we have documented the increasing dire situation. Our latest includes interviews with 3 humanitarian NGOs that are on the ground in Gaza.

Of course they did. They’re no dummies!

Barb assiduously avoided mentioning Room 622.
#SixWordStory
#WritingCommunity

Loni certainly played her part in disrupting the image of the dumb blonde bimbo in her role as Jennifer Marlowe.

The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election...

Besides the plan to hypergerrymander Texas, this is the kind of thing that makes spending $200M on a ballroom in the White House make more sense.

3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:

3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon

a woman in a leather jacket is saying i did n't catch your name Alt: A beautiful woman with a mocha complexion and long, lustrous hair wears a leather jacket as she says (with a tilt of her head), “I didn't catch your name.”

I used to think I was part Beothuk (an exterminated Indigenous People from the island of Newfoundland) when I was younger. Then I thought I may be part Portuguese.

In the end, I’m Irish & English from Newfoundland & Labrador.

I’ve had three family names and a pseudo-fourth.

Just call me Gus (がす).

Instead of assuming I'm "ungrateful" for my adoptive family, you can start assuming that I would walk through hell itself to find my biological family. Loving someone even in their absence takes courage. I will not be broken ✊️❤️🥚 #adoption www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/a...