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Charlotte sees second day of Border Patrol arrests and protests around the region Gov. Stein blasted the Border Patrol agents on social media for “racially profiling” people around Charlotte and “stoking fear.”

NC Gov. Josh Stein accused Border Patrol agents of “targeting American citizens based on their skin color, racially profiling and picking up random people in parking lots and off of our sidewalks” during ongoing Charlotte operation. (Via Desiree Mathurin) www.newsobserver.com/e-edition/li... #ncpol

“I was shocked by the dehumanization of Palestinians in this country.”

Mahmoud Khalil speaks to @simonerzim.bsky.social about witnessing the Columbia University, Biden, and Trump administrations dehumanize Palestinian existence here in the US.

Watch it here:
zeteo.com/p/the-moment...

People are curious about where Somalis got our top-tier trolling skills from; to keep it real white chauvinist Europeans (i.e MAGA) have been crying about the defiant nature of Somalis for centuries. Since, we trolled Anglo-Richard Burton in 1854 for being the son of dogs and having beardless cheeks

Images shows the front face of the wildfires bookstore on 12th street.

Image shows 3 people on stage as panelists, and the back of the heads of 6 people looking forward at the panelists. The bookshop is on 12th street in New Westminster and carries a diversity of books, The event was held at the wildfires bookshop literary lounge and was titled Reading and Panel Discussion with Dr. Samah Jabr on Dec 3rd and was for the launch of Dr. Samah’s new book titled Radiance in Pain and Resilience: the global reverberation of Palestinian historical trauma

Image shows two women (one of whom is me) and the owner of Banette holding up peace signs and smiling

Image shows a burger meal, with the branding of the business “Banette” on it and a salad.

It’s still buy local week and I wanted to hype two businesses. First, Wildfires Bookshop a radically rooted and cozy spot with a literary lounge hosting the best events in #newwest and Banette, a bakery cafe on 6th/6th where my homegirl Jenny bakes fresh pastries every day and has the best burgers.

We all know that ICE is violating human rights in the U.S.

But did you know a Canadian company is profiting off ICE? And that this same company has been ramping up its lobbying efforts?

Now, in my latest for @thetyee.ca, the government won't tell me if this is a red line for procurement:

I used to mention anti-Somali racism, which comprises, anti-Black, anti-African, anti-Muslim & a form of Horn of Africa orientalism, for yrs only to have ppl stare at me like it “wasn’t a thing.” So it’s something to begin to see pundits recognize it, at a time Somalis are told to walk with ID cards

this is the right question, and we need to ask incessantly and get an answer from the government

What the hell are we doing

Alberta Separatist Pushes for Removal of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference ‘In a free Alberta, Aboriginal rights should not exist,’ argued Fraser Institute fellow and WeUnify panelist Bruce Pardy.

One reason why Alberta separatists want the province to leave Canada? Ending Indigenous rights.

@desmog.com reporter @daniparadis.bsky.social went to a rightwing conference in Calgary and heard truly unhinged remarks about what an independent AB would look like.

www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/a...

😁!

Photo shows image of 4 women standing in front of a sign marker on a mountain that reads “Kilimanjaro National Park, Second Cave.” With the snow peaked mountain in the background.

Photo shows image of 4 women and a man standing with their backs facing the camera as they look towards the snow packed peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Photo shows me in several layers wearing a large black jacket and a smile at the top of Kilimanjaro mountain where the sign reads “Mount Kilimanjaro, Congratulations, Uhuru Peak.”

Photo shows image of 4 women holding certificates that we climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Going through old photos remembering that time I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, despite having mild altitude sickness and an awful upset stomach, with friends and ended up ascending the last stretch of Africa’s largest snow-capped peak in more layers than what I’d wear in -50°C Edmonton with the windchill

It was time a decade ago. It's way past time now.

Enviro studies graduates tell me that the only jobs on offer are in oil and gas.

That is cruel.

They desperately want to be part of building a thriving future, not burning it down.

They have the skills, they deserve the opportunities.

People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.

Finally, ICE agents are about to get mashed up in Minnesota. It’ll be just like the U.S military mercenaries sent into Somalia in ‘93 as cover for American oil baron interests at the time, who were immediately chased out of Mogadishu by resistance fighters. Which they keep making movies about.

“These aren’t people that say, ‘Let’s go, come on. Let’s make this place great.’ These are people that do nothing but complain. They complain, and from where they came from, they got nothing.”

Meanwhile, Somalia has an estimated 30billion oil reserves so methinks this obsession isn’t coincidental.

‘Critics say’ that Hitler’s remarks on the Roma, were bigoted.”

I’ll say it again, you can never out troll a Somali, and you can never bully us to leave anywhere. Trump learned the first round and he’ll be out-trolled in round two by Somalis again. We eat this ish for breakfast.

Also if he stopped dropping bombs on Somalia, maybe there’d be somewhere to go..

During a recent lecture, Peter Thiel called Greta Thunberg the "Antichrist"- wild, as she was just detained on a flotilla delivering aid to the starving people of Gaza, while he sells software used to facilitate a genocide.
I'll let you decide which 1 is worse( Jason Bassler on X)
#gaza #flotilla

The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine

Trump says he is striking boats off Venezuela to stop drugs, mostly cocaine per reports.

Yet he just pardoned the Honduran ex-president who helped push more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S., took a $1 million bribe from El Chapo and bragged he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”

Morning all.

Photograph by Martin Parr Moss Side, Manchester, England, 1971.

Palestinian flag to be raised over Belfast City Hall Councillors in Belfast have voted to erect the Palestinian flag over City Hall.

Councillors in Belfast have voted to raise the Palestinian flag over City Hall.

Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.

Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.

I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):

It was great! I really enjoyed hearing people’s thoughts and insights.

Image shows a map of Queensborough, specifically with a focus on the Wood Street Route marked in yellow, and the legend that depicts options: LEGEND Active transportation improvements (open for influence) Safety improvements (not open for influence)

Image shows Mayor Patrick Johnstone smiling, me smiling, Kane Tse smiling and Councillor Ruby Campbell smiling and in the background is a cross walk and some single family homes.

Street view of the block. As you can see the street has parking on both sides, no dedicated sidewalks, and insufficient street lights. Canvassed this specific end of Wood Street.

Went door knocking in Queensborough with #newwest Mayor @pjnewwest.bsky.social Councillor @campbellnw.bsky.social & QRA Pres Kane Tse to discuss the Active Transportation pedestrian plan. It was great to see city leaders engaging the blocks affected by quick-build projects and implementing feedback.

Brian Goldstone appears on a PBS News Weekend, speaking from a room lined with bookshelves. A lower-third caption reads: “BRIAN GOLDSTONE — Journalist and Author, ‘There Is No Place for Us.’”

"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."

I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Interesting use of street-level graphics to transform a cross-walk into a data visualization in the Tuzla Municipality of Istanbul, to depict the stark and devastating figures of the number of people killed and injured (20,000) over the last 10 years at cross-walks across the country.

City Hall in Philly has a carousel you can see in the center of the courtyard

Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.

"Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D), who was first elected in 2020, has brought the city’s homicide rate down by treating violent crime as a public health crisis... a symptom of multiple factors, including racism, poverty, and past violence."

National media ignores this bc the solution isn't police.

Yesterday was powerful gathering against Apple exploitation and complicity in genocides in Congo & Palestine

I was arrested & facing bogus charges

Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent

1/ Today on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, I want to share my solidarity and support for Palestinians here at home and around the world.