Nelson W Bird's Avatar

Nelson W Bird

@nelbird.bsky.social

I’m a former mainstream journalist (CTV News) & I live in Regina SK Canada, and I’m a member of Peepeekisis Cree Nation. These days I’m a lecturer at FNUniv & I’m happily married to Judy Bird. Opinions here are my own.

133 Followers  |  51 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 23.11.2024  |  1.8533

Latest posts by nelbird.bsky.social on Bluesky

Video thumbnail

What shot in a film has stayed with you? 🎥

I’ll start… 🖤

07.08.2025 19:26 — 👍 147    🔁 22    💬 55    📌 9

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

06.07.2025 21:00 — 👍 17064    🔁 4916    💬 453    📌 170
Preview
Danielle Smith has news for the people of Canada: you have ‘the lowest living standards in the world’ - Alberta Politics I’ve been writing these little meditations on the state of politics in Alberta now longer than it takes an infant to grow old enough to vote and in that time I have had many opportunities to observe c...

Danielle Smith has news for the people of Canada: you have ‘the lowest living standards in the world’ albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/dani...

09.06.2025 05:17 — 👍 65    🔁 23    💬 24    📌 13

NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS EVER SUBMITTED TO ANY FOREIGN LEADER, let alone an enemy of our system and interests! He owes PUTIN BIG TIME! No other explanation makes sense! & he owes MUSK, who bought his election @the tune of over 280 million! We are walking toward the loss of our democracy, FOR WHAT??

04.03.2025 00:37 — 👍 151    🔁 23    💬 6    📌 3

When has an UNELECTED billionaire, who made his fortune with OUR ( gvrnmnt) money, ever been allowed to cut our SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICAID, or fire thousands of government WORKERS? We are being HAD!!!

04.03.2025 00:40 — 👍 197    🔁 37    💬 13    📌 4

@netflix.com if you give any money to Andrew Tate we’re canceling our subscription. There’s plenty of great content out there now.

03.03.2025 14:32 — 👍 123    🔁 26    💬 4    📌 2
Post image

Welcome home Leonard.

18.02.2025 19:48 — 👍 5110    🔁 672    💬 200    📌 49
Preview
The 'I am Canadian' ad is back in a big way. Its star has mixed feelings  | CBC Radio Before he was a staple of CBC Radio, Jeff Douglas was best known as Joe from Molson’s wildly popular “I am Canadian!” television commercials. Now, 25 years later — amid a looming trade war with the U....

TIL Jeff Douglas of CBC's Mainstreet Nova Scotia is "Joe" from the I am Canadian ad.
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

10.02.2025 17:21 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.

30.01.2025 14:25 — 👍 48945    🔁 5997    💬 1842    📌 289
Video thumbnail

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

28.01.2025 16:01 — 👍 101930    🔁 24095    💬 3235    📌 2757
Video thumbnail

I used to like Greenday. Now I love them!

20.01.2025 23:57 — 👍 25027    🔁 3428    💬 450    📌 280
How a new association plans to support Indigenous journalists | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News How a new association plans to support Indigenous journalists | APTN News

Benjoe is currently the interim president of IMAC and spoke to us from Saskatchewan.

17.01.2025 21:49 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

LEAVE CANADA ALONE!
LEAVE GREENLAND ALONE!
LEAVE THE GULF OF MEXICO ALONE!

FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP
FUCK DONALD TRUMP

07.01.2025 23:35 — 👍 16477    🔁 2975    💬 686    📌 170

It’s a parody, and hilarious 😆

11.12.2024 00:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

We’re getting another round of snow ❄️ in Regina, but Wilbur doesn’t mind. He’s keeping us on our toes wanting in and out every few minutes 😊

23.11.2024 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

What a difference one week makes in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (the land of living skies). The orange hue on earlier picture is from the sunrise.

23.11.2024 17:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

I’m new to BlueSky and just wanted to say hello 👋 to everyone and hope you’re all doing fine and being the best you can 😊 Enjoy your day.

23.11.2024 12:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

@nelbird is following 18 prominent accounts