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interdependent indy media making, grassroots activism / organizing / education, >25 yrs. most of my best stuff is at EquitableEducation.ca , youtube.com/@equitableeducation & equitableeducation.beehiiv.com

Berger’s programs are intentionally constructed to avoid current politics. “We’re never political,” she told The CJN. “This is teaching about antisemitism before and after the Holocaust to the present day.” Once administrators and teachers understand, she says, “We go back and they’re welcoming. There’s just one stipulation: We don’t talk about Israel or Gaza. It cannot be mentioned.” Board encouraged individual teachers “Holocaust education can’t be left to individual teachers’ discretion,” says Berger. But overall, she agrees the EMSB is very supportive, noting other English boards also promote Holocaust education.
The Canadian Jewish News Berger says the reluctance of teachers and questionable materials are part of a “very concerning trend” to include pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel narratives as part of the school curriculum, “under the umbrella of diversity, equity and inclusion. What’s effectively happening is a politicization of our schools to indict Israel’s genocide. So we have to be very much on top of this, and obviously, we are.” She says normalizing such language risks emptying it of real meaning. “Personally, as a daughter of Holocaust survivors, it’s how they’re throwing around the word. But it’s also a huge fear that we’re going to see more parents of students writing these letters and saying they don’t want Holocaust presentations in our schools, but demand presentations on the ‘Holocaust’ being committed in Gaza. That, to me, is a dagger in my heart.” Her foundation has felt the brunt internally, when partners who participated in school visits about their own community’s genocide demanded a purity test of the FGE. She wouldn’t specify who, only that “they wanted a declaration on our website that Israel is committing a genocide. We weren’t going there, at all, so they abandoned us, and in doing so, hurt their own community.”
The Canadian Jewish News “We explain to teachers, and are very, very clear about what a genocide is, and we explain to their students the difference of what they’re seeing on social media and the truth about genocide.” Asked to refrain from political messages, Berger says “We’re very clear. We call Hamas a terrorist antisemitic organization that wants to obliterate the State of Israel and kill every Jew in the world, but we stop there, because we’re there to talk about the Holocaust based on survivors’ stories.” A recent presentation by the daughter of a Holocaust survivor resulted in angry emails to the principal and the board by a couple of parents accusing the presenter “of weaponizing the Holocaust to platform Zionist views,” said Berger, who would not identify the English school in Montreal, “because we’re still in contact with them. We’re afraid that they’re not going to ask us back.” The speaker did not talk about Shoah survivors going to Israel, or Israel as a refuge for persecuted Jews. “No. None of that,” she said. “It was just about being Jewish and being a victim of the Holocaust… Teachers tell us they don’t want to trigger students’ emotions. But we fight back. We call the school board, the principal, and we’ve been successful in getting called back.”
July 23 - CHUO Volunteer Involvement & Organizing Meeting Thursday July 23, 7pm at Tom Brown Arena (141 Bayview Station Rd by the LRT, corner of Scott St). We will be using this meeting to focus on organizing volunteer capacity and involvement. We will be initiating a formal Working Group to support the station's operations. This is important to get going, to ensure the station can meet its current obligations for remaining on-air and also to build towards a better-functioning and successful station.. So we are requesting anyone who is interested in helping with the station, to attend: If you cannot attend July 23 but do want to help, please sign up via the form at: http://www.linktr.ee/891chuo Reminder that you can also review the video recording of the July 8th Community Townhall at the linktree. If you have any questions, please email: restorechuo-admin@lists.riseup.net
The “Canada Well” destroyed by Israel — one of 30 that month In July 2024, with no military purpose and while not in active engagement with Palestinian military forces, IDF soldiers willfully and deliberately planted explosives on a large water treatment facility and reservoir in Rafah, and detonated them. It was known as the “Canada Well,” built with CIDA funding in 1999. One of the soldiers recorded the operation and posted it to social media, saying “in honor of Shabbat.” According to Reuters, it was one of 30 wells in Gaza the IDF destroyed that month. Canadian officials of course issued words of concern demanding an independent investigation, and Israel officials of course issued words denying it was part of IDF policy — repeating a very worn-out dynamic that leads to no accountability or change. ‘Starvation’, technically, refers not only to access to food but also to water and other necessities of life. Lack of clean water is a major cause of increase in diseases. References: 2024-07-26 video (youtube); 2024-07-30 Reuters article; 2024-08-01 CBC article; and with additional context, 2024-08-03 Canada Talks Israel Palestine
Meanwhile, Iraq said it shot down attack drones over the city of Irbil. Jordan's state-run Petra news agency said the kingdom's air defence systems had downed Iranian missiles, while air sirens sounded multiple times in Bahrain throughout the day and in Saudi Arabia in the morning, according to their governments. The secretary general of the six-country Gulf Co-operation Council, Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, accused Iran of war crimes for strikes on infrastructure and civilian facilities. U.S. strikes hit infrastructure in Iran U.S. airstrikes hit an electricity and desalination plant in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, Iranian state TV reported. IRNA said the Bonji desalination plant was destroyed, cutting off water supplies to about 10,000 people, and that a desalination plant on strategic Qeshm Island inside the strait was damaged. Overnight strikes damaged two tunnels and a bridge, disrupting one of the main highways toward Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port that sits near the narrowest part of the strait, according to Iran's state-run news agency. IRNA said three bridges were hit Saturday, including one on a route to Bandar Abbas.
Screenshot of web text, with the url in the top bar: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/17/the-repulsiveness-of-neera-tanden/ [Text:] For decades, corporate Democrats have embraced identity politics for much the same reasons corporate media does. It’s an effortless way to identify inertia as movement. It allows a reassuringly defined electoral world where Kamala Harris is Shirley Chisholm. A world where elections are not lost due to blithering timidity, but because ungrateful fools are too racist and sexist to appreciate the best-we-can-expect-from-our-donor-base half measures at which Neera and her Center for Incremental Progress excel. Unfortunately for Neera, issues of class and political economy are becoming impossible to insult away as zany, unworkable, and pie in the sky. More and more people are seeing the Democratic Socialists of America not as vile but viable. Needless to say, Neera and fellow Clintonites like Matt Bennett at Third Way are apoplectic that cash and duplicitousness may not carry the day. In fact, Bennett became unhinged enough to break a cardinal rule of politics and speak the absolute truth: “They don’t give a rat’s a– about the Democratic Party in its current form, and they’re trying to change it,” Matt Bennett, the executive vice president for public affairs at moderate think tank Third Way, told The Hill. “We’re trying to stop them.” Those are the political sides right now. Democratic Socialists and the possibility of a better country on one… Neera Tanden on the other. No decent person should need Pete Seeger to figure this out.
Kevin Vuong Yesterday at 14:33 · UK designated them terrorists. Canada hasn’t.… See more Palestine Action 01 Proscribed as a terrorist organization by the UK - uphold by the Court of Appeal, June 2026 02 July 12, 2026: the group's Canadian chapter claimed an action against a manufacturer in Concord, Ontario.
Screenshot: "Multiple fact-checks and contemporaneous transcripts conclude he did not explicitly instruct Americans to drink or inject bleach, though his words were widely interpreted as proposing the idea and led to real-world confusion and official warnings [3][4][5]" https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/did-trump-say-use-bleach-to-treat-covid-f21464
Book cover for "The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution", edited by Bryan Shih and Yohuru Williams.
Three-post thread from Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social · 24m The real sanity-destroying thing about the rise of the global far-right is how long anti-racists spent warning people. Ich Bin Ein Ausländer came out in 1994. The rise of the far-right was already a problem in 1994 and people ignored it as just a handful of weird freaks. · 24m Now that handful of weird freaks runs the US, has infiltrated every mainstream political party in the UK, has a stranglehold on India and is making gains everywhere else. The political mainstream had 30 years to respond to loud warnings on this and squandered every opportunity. 7:40 AM · Jul 12, 2026
Greg Macdougall 1m We're getting some moderately bad air now because of the fires in northern Quebec (near Chisasibi). It got into the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" level yesterday mid-afternoon - the measurement is in PM2.5 which is a measure of the particles; there are also gases or 'VOC's from fires which aren't in the measurements. FOR PARTICLES: Masks - the N95 or KN95 types - work for the particles outdoors or indoors; air purifiers, including D-I-Y- Corsi Rosenthal boxes, work for particles indoors. FOR VOCs, the only air purifiers that do anything are ones that have activated carbon; you can also put together a D-I-Y solution using the technique for smell-reduction of indoor marijuana growing (a duct fan and a canister of activated carbon) and that will do a lot more than the sheets of activated carbon that the less expensive air purifiers use. There are masks ('elastomeric respirators') that can work for VOCs, you need to buy cartridges that have the activated carbon and replace them fairly often. Links of screenshot sources: Air quality: https://aqicn.org/city/ottawa/m/ Fire smoke: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ News: CBC See less
Ottawa Air Quality 114 Unhealthy for sensitive groups. There are three graphs over time, the first one is PM2.5 and it indicates yellow for most of Friday and into Saturday, some green from 6am-2pm Saturday, then a bit of yellow but then into orange levels from Saturday 8pm onwards.
Naomi Klein ‪@naomiaklein.bsky.social‬ Follow I truly fucked up not doing my due diligence on Platner before offering high praise for his communication skills. Enough was out there at the time that I should have been more cautious. Especially because I met adventurer dudes like him reporting in Iraq. Deep respect to all who got it right. 1/2 11:50 AM · Jul 7, 2026 Everybody can reply 223 reposts 122 quotes 2.4K likes 21 saves Write your reply ‪Naomi Klein‬ ‪@naomiaklein.bsky.social‬ · 1h I won't take down the bad post because that looks like hiding. But please know that I'm truly sorry I disappointed folks who trust me to be more careful. Most of all I'm sorry to the women who came forward only to be disbelieved and smeared. You deserved better and I feel absolutely gutted. 2/2 ‪Soraya Nadia McDonald‬ ‪@sorayanadiamcdonald.com‬ · 55m Real leadership demands humility. You're a real one, Naomi. 💗 ‪Lucy Pick‬ ‪@lucykpick.bsky.social‬ · 58m Most people with Nazi tattoos are not great people. Some of them are amazing communicators though.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Papamobile" redirects here; not to be confused with Papabile. The popemobile (Latin: papacinetum or papocinetum; Italian: papamobile) is a specially-designed motor vehicle used by the pope for public appearances.[1] It is the successor to the sedia gestatoria (portable throne) and is designed to make the pope more visible when greeting large crowds. There have been many different designs for the pope's method of vehicular transport. Some are open-air, while others have bulletproof glass walls to enclose the pope, deemed necessary following the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Some allow the pope to sit, while others are designed to accommodate him standing. The Roman Curia selects an appropriate vehicle for each usage depending upon the level of security needed, distance and speed of travel, and the pope's preferences.
Internet video star weightroom janitor with the heavy mop Anatoly is being laughed at by a bunch of pumped-up police officers
Invitation to all those who support CHUO 89.1 FM and campus/community media! **Who:** The “Restore CHUO” campaign group **What:** invite you to a community townhall **Why:** to clarify what has been happening with CHUO, to mobilize energy and ideas to rebuild the station, & to help recruit people for the key roles in doing so **How:** in-person, and online (livestream): An informational presentation followed by Q&A, with additional methods to contribute ideas and interest **When:** Wednesday July 8, 2026 at 7:00pm **Where:** Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St (in Ottawa Arts Court) **More info:** www.LinkTr.ee/891chuo
Photo of large sign attached to the middle of a hockey stick (used to hold it up, with the blade at the top), with handwritten "Reparations for Colonialism Globally" written on it. The sign/stick are laying on the grass for the photo.
Photo of a sign with handwritten "Reparations for Colonialism Globally" attached to a hockey stick, laying on the grass.
[CBC text, highlighted section denoted by **] One more economic problem While many Ukrainians have been posting videos and memes celebrating Russia's fuel woes, Maksim Blant — an economic analyst ** with Radio Liberty, an international broadcaster deemed "undesirable" by the Russian government ** — says the crisis can further weaken an already struggling economy. "The current fuel crisis is taking place against the background of the budget crisis ... [with] an unprecedented budget deficit," he told CBC News in an interview via Zoom from his home in Riga, Latvia. Blant, who used to work in Russia's banking sector, says the fuel shortage is one of the reasons officials with the country's central bank may not be able to cut interest rates further, despite calls from financial executives. Russia's interest rate is currently pegged at 14.25 per cent. "The gasoline crisis could become a trigger that could cause the whole economy to go down," he said.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987), formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and scholars[3][4] as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a major figure in the dissemination of Buddhism in the West,[5] founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method. The 11th of the Trungpa tülkus, he was a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Among Trungpa's contributions are the translation of numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts,[6] the introduction of the Vajrayana teachings to the West, and a presentation of Buddhism largely devoid of traditional trappings. Trungpa popularized the term "crazy wisdom", referring to some spiritual masters' unconventional and flamboyant teaching methods.[7] Some of his own methods and actions, particularly his heavy drinking, sexual predation, and his ordering of the sexual assault (forced stripping) of a student and his girlfriend, caused controversy during his lifetime and afterward.[8][9]
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News - Canada - Montreal Stephanie Carvin, an associate professor at Carleton University who studies extremist movements, told CBC News she viewed the text, which appears to combine misogynistic "incel" (involuntary celibate) ideology with anti-government extremism and a variety of other topics from the extreme left to the extreme right. "The continuing thread throughout is a hatred of women," Carvin said. "He's also very upset at pornography." Some local media have reported the suspect targeted that particular area of the city because of its proximity to the offices of MindGeek, the Montreal-based company that operates Pornhub.
CBC Lite Sections News • World Shooter, 7 others sentenced to decades in prison after violent incident at Texas ICE facility The Associated Press | Posted: June 23, 2026 5:30 PM | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Benjamin Song sentenced to 100 years in prison, others get sentences from 30 to 70 years
Wikipedia text: Moshe Blech, a volunteer for the ZAKA volunteer emergency response service, identified the civilian victim as Jewish Canadian, Michael Mizrahi, a member of the Jewish community.[8][9] However, the announcement was later reversed and now states that Mizrahi was severely wounded and is currently in treatment.[10] Motivation The shooter was allegedly linked to incel subculture after a violent and over 100 page manifesto targeting women was found in a hotel room.[11][4][12] The shooter wrote in a manifesto that online pornography, including Pornhub, was responsible for a large part of the suffering of men.[13] The shooting occurred at the headquarters of Aylo, the owner of Pornhub. The shooter also called for the destruction of liberalism and capitalism by armed revolution.[13] References "Three Dead, Including Rabbi, in Montreal Jewish Community Shooting". ifcj.org. June 22, 2026.
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Honest Reporting Canada [Facebook post] 17 June at 15:30 · Hey CBC News, there is an important lesson that you, and many other Canadian news media organizations, need to take from this incident: [Highlighted sectiob:] Stop giving a platform to individuals and organizations that claim to speak on behalf of entire communities, peoples, or causes when they do not actually represent them. [end of highlight] Too often, news outlets elevate fringe voices as authoritative representatives, while ignoring the majority of the community they claim to represent. This creates a distorted public understanding of how the actual community feels about situations. The lesson here is simple: do better due diligence and verify who these individuals and groups actually represent before presenting them to the public as the voice of a community. National Post See less
Website screenshot from www.holocaustmonument.ca which lists the Embassy of Israel in Canada first under the "Partner Agencies" section.
Western Quebec mom told she can't wear hijab at after-school event: parent committee Ottawa | 2 hours ago Gwyneth Paltrow ad for Israeli luxury highrise called 'dystopian,' 'tone deaf' online Entertainment | 3 hours ago SpaceX stock jumps after record IPO, making Musk the first trillionaire Business | 1 hour ago
reddit comment thread, in r/billsimmons: [deleted account] •3y ago I don't think Gladwell was particularly involved in Epstein's extracurricular activities, but it has always struck me as fairly interesting that after it came out he was included in Jeffery's little black book, Malcolm became super invested in defending Paterno and Sandusky pretty much out of nowhere despite literally calling their sport evil for years before that point. 192 upvotes Used_Letterhead7067 OP •3y ago This! Also, remember his ultra bizarre Nigeria / Caribbean basketball all rant on Bill’s podcast? It didn’t make any sense whatsoever and if I had to put my tin foil conspiracy hat on, this was a sneaky SEO move so the only search result when googling “Gladwell” and “Bahamas” / “Caribbean” was that weird ass take. It’s a wild one and I have no evidence to prove it, but it’s something that has been done by other public figures eg Boris Johnson in the UK giving a bizarre interview about his hobby being painting cardboard buses which was an obvious move to bury his embarrassing Brexit bus tour story 312 upvotes scarlet_fire_77 •3y ago Wow, that is a great SEO move. Lock up those keywords in the SERPs. Like Disney naming the Elsa princess movie “Frozen” to own the keyword “Disney frozen” and keep people away from researching Walt Disney’s frozen head. 97 upvotes
Book cover, in old-style font: The Dramatic Works of Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Erneast, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. In Three Acts by Oscar Wilde. Price One Shilling and Sixpence. [etc]
The proposed exhibit focuses on the so-called “nakba,” an Arabic word meaning catastrophe, referring to the attempted Palestinian-Arab genocide of Jews in 1948 as part of Israel’s War of Independence. When the effort to exterminate Israel failed, there was a subsequent wave of Arab refugees, who then termed their attempted mass murder of Jews a “catastrophe.” Given the scandalous nature of such a project,
Tweet 735 a.m. 26 May 2026 from Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA about "a hanged Jew effigy paraded in the streets of Montreal" - but the tweet does not make clear who the effigies are of (Israel PM Netanyahu and Minster Ben-Gvir)
Black Panther People's Free Ambulance Service Joseph Waddell People's Free Ambulance Service Research Notes Last updated: April 9, 2025 The Winston-Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party started an ambulance service in 1973 to provide better ambulance service to the black community. Members took EMT and first-aid classes at Surry Community College and were certified as emergency medical technicians. The service was named the Joseph Waddell People's Free Ambulance Service. Reported the Charlotte Observer on September 13, 1973, they had 27 trained volunteers and only four of whom were party members. The service was also free, versus the county- run system that charged $20 per emergency trip. They were granted their ambulance franchise in October 1973, reported the Greensboro News and Record on October 24. They had four ambulances ready to roll: one "modern, fully-equipped emergency vehicle" and three "non-emergency vans." And a garage was being erected behind the party headquarters at 1333 Patterson Avenue. Their emergency service would be available 24/7 and convalescent transport would be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. And under the terms of the franchise agreement, they would work closely with the county-operated ambulance service, which
DucDuckGo [Question in search bar:] What was life like for poor people in 1700s USA [Answer summary via 'Search Assist':] Life for poor people in 1700s USA was extremely difficult, with many living in crowded, one or two-room houses and working from a young age. They often struggled to afford basic necessities and had limited access to education or healthcare. Sources: University of Delaware; Local Histories
In an August 2008 SPIN Magazine interview, then-manager Dominique Trenier explained that D'Angelo's body was in the best shape of his life, but his muscular physique was new at the time of the filming. Though he was wearing low-slung pajama pants as it was filmed, the concept still made him uncomfortable. "You've got to realize, he'd never looked like that before in his life. To be somebody who was so introverted, and then, in a matter of three or four months, to be so ripped -- everything was happening so quickly." In 2001, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, winning the latter. The album also won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
Photo of Druthers issue #66, 2026-05 with headline "The Quiet Transfer of Canada" and big colour illustration of people lined up to give their houses to the government official at a desk with sign "... All Private Property Returned Today" and beside the official, an Indigenous person dressed in traditional garb with a box that states "Property Returned Under UNDRIP" on it.
Israel’s Starvation of Gaza: Some Canadian Connections -- Between Jan. 2024 & Aug. 2025, int’l doctors in Gaza assessed that over 54,600 kids ages ½ yr – 5 yrs suffered from “acute wasting” malnutrition. -- Zine v2.2 Sept-Oct 2025 References are online: EquitableEducation.ca -- “Israel has never interfered with nor blocked any aid, including Canadian-funded assistance” — Iddo Moed, Israel ambassador to Canada (Global News, 2025-07-25) The statement above is a LIE. -- One week after October 7th 2023, the Israel Office Director of Canadian lobby group CIJA (Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs) David M. Weinberg, in Israeli newspapers Jerusalem Post & (in Hebrew) Israel Hayom, called for Israel to do the following: “Shattered is the notion that Israel can “shrink the conflict” or “disincentivize violence” by gifting Hamas tens of thousands of work permits in Israel for its populace, or by facilitating the transfer into Gaza of tens of thousands of tons of civilian and humanitarian goods every day, or by selling gas, electricity and water to a Hamas government. Israel must terminate any responsibility for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is eliminated.” [bold emphasis added] ...
Map of a large portion of Ottawa and some of Gatineau, with six circles denoting multiple incidents if you zoom in, and three pins of individual incidents: one red denoting collision, and two orange denoting near miss. The circles with multiple incidents have colour around the outside so you can see there are two of them that include red for collision reports. The biggest number is 9, and it looks to be approximately the area where Carling goes under the Queensway.
Jogger left bloodied, dazed and crying after getting mauled — by a gang ... Sep 11, 2024A woman was left crying in a pool of her own blood after getting savaged by a gang of otters in Malaysia. The unidentified victim had reportedly been jogging through Tanjung Aru Recreation Park in ... CBC https://www.cbc.ca › news › canada › british-columbia › sea-otter-river-otter-violence-1.7444982 Sea otter off Vancouver Island prime suspect in river otter deaths ... Jan 31, 2025A sea otter off the coast of Vancouver Island is the prime suspect in a string of river otter deaths, according to a local wildlife enthusiast and researcher. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com › news › us-news › river-otter-captured-attacking-dragging-child-underwater-washington-ma-rcna171151 River otter captured after attacking and dragging child underwater at ... Sep 14, 2024A river otter attacked a child at a marina in Bremerton, Washington, pulling the boy underwater and biting him before he was rescued by his mother.
Ballmaxxing doesn’t sound like an activity for everyone. (Getty) OUTKICK IS NOW ON THE FOX APP: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD There's a "burning sensation" that is apparently part of the whole experience. An experience that has been described as "electrifying, addictive, euphoric and transcendental." One may come to the conclusion that perhaps they have too much free time on their hands if they're pumping saline into their balls for fun. I say at least they're not carving people up in their basements. Sean Joseph is a writer for OutKick.
National Post https://nationalpost.com › news › canada › jordan-peterso… Jordan Peterson considering legal action after Trudeau … Oct 18, 2024 · Trudeau made the comments under oath during his lengthy testimony on Wednesday at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference and did … The Post Millennial https://thepostmillennial.com › jordan-peterson-considers-l… Jordan Peterson considers legal action against Justin … Oct 19, 2024 · Jordan Peterson is weighing the possibility of legal action against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the Canadian leader alleged that Peterson … PressReader.com https://www.pressreader.com › canada › toronto-star Peterson slams PM’s Russia funding claims - PressReader Oct 20, 2024 · While officials with the Prime Minister’s Office declined repeated requests to clarify Trudeau’s comments, Peterson has punched back at claims he ever took Kremlin money.
Perineum sunning, also known as anal sunning, involves exposing the area between the genitals and anus to direct sunlight. While some claim it offers benefits like improved mood and libido, there is no scientific evidence to support these claims. Risks associated with perineum sunning include: Read more
Although Jarvis, who started Mother's Day as a liturgical service, was successful in founding the celebration, she became resentful of the commercialization of the holiday, and it became associated with the phrase "Hallmark holiday". By the early 1920s, Hallmark Cards and other companies had started selling Mother's Day cards. Jarvis believed that the companies had misinterpreted and exploited the idea of Mother's Day, and that the emphasis of the holiday was on sentiment, not profit. As a result, she organized boycotts of Mother's Day and threatened to issue lawsuits against the companies involved. Jarvis argued that people should appreciate and honor their mothers through handwritten letters expressing their love and gratitude, instead of buying gifts and pre-made cards.[19] Jarvis protested at a candy makers' convention in Philadelphia in 1923, and at a meeting of American War Mothers in 1925. By this time, carnations had become associated with Mother's Day, and the selling of carnations by the American War Mothers to raise money angered Jarvis, who was arrested for disturbing the peace.
The modern celebration of Mother's Day can be traced back to the 1860s when Ann Reeves Jarvis initiated Mother's Day Work Clubs in West Virginia. These clubs aimed to improve health and sanitation in communities plagued by high infant mortality rates. Jarvis's work was rooted in a desire to support mothers and children, particularly in the aftermath of the Civil War, which had devastating effects on families. https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/05/06/origins-of-mothers-day/ Julia Ward Howe's Contribution: In 1870, Julia Ward Howe, a prominent abolitionist and suffragist, wrote the "Mother's Day Proclamation" as a response to the horrors of war, particularly the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. Howe's proclamation called for women to unite for peace and to oppose the violence that took their sons and husbands away. She urged women to come together to advocate for peace and to prevent future wars, stating that mothers should not allow their sons to be trained to harm others. Howe envisioned a day dedicated to mothers that would serve as a platform for peace activism, although her idea did not gain immediate traction at the time. https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2017/05/12/the-antiwar-origin-of-mothers-day/ Evolution into Mother's Day: The first official Mother's Day celebration occurred in 1908, organized by Anna Jarvis, Ann's daughter, to honor her mother's legacy and the work of mothers everywhere. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially declared the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day in the United States. However, Anna Jarvis later disapproved of the commercialization of the holiday, which she felt strayed from its original intent of honoring mothers and promoting peace. https://www.grunge.com/850794/the-anti-war-movement-that-went-on-to-inspire-mothers-day/
CNN World “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump blustered in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “He’s very nice all of the time, but it turns out to be meaningless,” he complained. Related article Trump said he threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin attacked Ukraine, 2024 fundraiser tapes show
CNN World “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump blustered in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “He’s very nice all of the time, but it turns out to be meaningless,” he complained. Related article US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty Images Trump said he threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin attacked Ukraine, 2024 fundraiser tapes show
‪mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️‬ ‪@mady.cat‬ · 1d - Trump's counterterrorism director quit over Iran - I'd bet even MAGA intelligence guys aren't gonna like orders that sound to them like "stop going after ISIS, these furries are the real problem" - 'counterterrorism' efforts focus on international groups, so non-US groups should be more worried ‪greg macdougall (613)‬ ‪@equitableeducation.ca‬ · 6h sorry but did you check with any Muslims who were in the USA after Sept 11, 2001 to double-check whether living in the USA means you don't really need to worry about getting caught up in state counterterrorism campaigns? its a little basic thing that historical memory points out, if you heed it. ‪mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️‬ ‪@mady.cat‬ · 6h y'all are just making up shit to get mad at me about at this point. I'm not
What Prigozhin delivered was brilliant in its simplicity and devastating in its impact. One part of the campaign was to have his employees engage in online discussions across a whole spectrum of discussion groups. The object was creating discord. As anyone who has spent any time on Facebook or X knows, it doesn’t take much for one disruptor to upend entire threads and conversations. A second part of the operation was to seed language of division and falsehood into the political narrative. This was done through influencers and fake online groups. Hashtags like #Hilary4Prison spread like wildfire. None of the Americans sharing the content knew this was a psyops operation run from Petersburg. A later US Justice Department investigation documented hundreds of fake sites that were established to create social conflict. The Internet Research Agency was starting fires at all ends of the political spectrum. Thus, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, they established a profile called Blacktivist, which called on Black voters to
A second part of the operation was to seed language of division and falsehood into the political narrative. This was done through influencers and fake online groups. Hashtags like #Hilary4Prison spread like wildfire. None of the Americans sharing the content knew this was a psyops operation run from Petersburg. A later US Justice Department investigation documented hundreds of fake sites that were established to create social conflict. The Internet Research Agency was starting fires at all ends of the political spectrum. Thus, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, they established a profile called Blacktivist, which called on Black voters to resist the Clinton outreach campaign.
Lord John Mann is a British politician, life peer, and the UK Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism. John Mann, Baron Mann, born on 10 January 1960 in Leeds, England, is a prominent British politician and campaigner against antisemitism. He served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw from 2001 until 2019, when he resigned to focus on his role as the UK Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism. Mann was elevated to the House of Lords in October 2019 as Lord Mann of Holbeck Moor. Wikipedia +3
News • Canada • British Columbia On Jan. 28, 2022, Richmond, B.C., teacher Nicole Kowal-Seafoot told a colleague before a class presentation that, "I might be losing my job today." More than four years after she lost her job, for a presentation that was in favour of the self-styled "Freedom Convoy," which protested vaccine mandates at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a labour arbitrator ruled that the Richmond School District's decision was excessive. Kowal-Seafoot's presentation to her Grade 6 and 7 students featured a caricature of former prime minister Justin Trudeau with his head on a chicken. It also featured what labour arbitrator Ken Saunders described as a "proportionately large, demonic figure holding a syringe," which Kowal-Seafoot testified was supposed to represent the government, as well as an image of a child with a mask chained to their face. "Her presentation transgressed the most fundamental obligation not to harm learners," the arbitrator wrote, saying that students were undisputedly emotionally overwhelmed by it.
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[Highlighted segment:] "Wudrick became Director of Policy for the federal Conservative Party" [URL bar:] https://equitableeducation.ca/2026/future-for-pirg-and-chuo-uottawa [Full text:] I also want to note that in the op-ed, I mention WPIRG and the campus radio at University of Waterloo, CKMS. That’s essentially where I started into activism, and what I want to note here is the later story of covert campus infiltration by conservatives. In 2009 there was a Wikileaks release (described in context here) where two conservative operatives came in and gave sessions at various universities for student campus conservative associations about how to do campaigns to defund PIRGs and other campus institutions. The two operatives were former UW students themselves, including one of whom [Aaron Lee Wudrick] had been a columnist at the student newspaper at the same time I was – and obviously thus the two of us had had some public animosity between us. [*Note: the above and two below paragraphs have been slightly edited for accuracy re: where the workshops were hosted. **Added note: as described by Press Progress, in 2024 Wudrick became Director of Policy for the federal Conservative Party, after having headed domestic policy for the McDonald-Laurier Institute (a neo-right-wing think-tank) since 2021 and before that, leading the ‘Canadian Taxpayers Federation’ (a very influential ‘federation’ that has fewer members than most people have fingers. He was also columnist at the Ottawa Citizen for a while.] Fast forward a decade or so after that infamous workshops, and both WPIRG and CKMS had lost their student funding. WPIRG is now defunct, but CKMS has been re-born as a station that
The trial heard L.L.'s and J.L.'s Indigenous identities became a point of contention for their prospective adoptive parents. In January, Hamber testified she and Cooney were told the boys were Indigenous prior to starting the adoption process, but then received conflicting information about the community they belonged to. She said Cooney has a Six Nations background and independently investigated the boys' identities, finding they were not Indigenous. Hamber said she and Cooney "never" received answers from either children's aid agency, but still sought supports specific to Indigenous children. She testified she and Cooney wanted to ensure they could provide culturally important teachings to the brothers. In December, the trial viewed a video Hamber recorded in 2023 in which she said the agencies conspired with police to criminally prosecute her and Cooney to cover up the truth about the boys' identities. In the witness box in January, Hamber said she no longer believed that. At one point in the trial, Justice Clayton Conlan said he found it "offensive" the couple would doubt the boys' identities.