miki_lou

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Palestine

“We all share this history of displacement and disconnection to our homelands, and seeing it happen live in #Palestine right now…to see the physical displacement of this group of people and the death and destruction and seeing how it is being funded by the American government: this is another example of #settlercolonialism.” https://breachmedia.ca/free-palestine-movement-canada-gaza/

#FreePalestine #genocide #humanRightsViolations #JournalismMatters

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Israel

Harper's Zionist zeal for murdering brown people and stealing land is surpassed only by his zeal for making money from surveillance technology he is selling to Netanyahu. A despicable man. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/stephen-harper-makes-surprise-trip-to-israel

#cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative #israel

miki_lou, 3 months ago to random

"Poilievre's muted response to the Russian opposition figure's death shouldn't be a shock so much as an alarm." https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/alexei-navalny-death-where-was-pierre-poilievres-outrage-at-putin/article_3592ba54-cd1b-11ee-a8bc-0b62c5695892.html

#Cdnpoli #Navalny #AltRight #Fascism

miki_lou, 3 months ago to random

This is what private #healthcare costs #Canadians. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-canadian-hospitals-grew-dependent-on-expensive-out-of-town-nurses/

#predatoryCapitalism

miki_lou, 3 months ago to journalism

“We ask every #Canadian politician who made false statements about what occurred at Monday’s rally...as well as every #media outlet that peddled the fabricated story of a Mount Sinai Hospital protest to immediately retract and issue corrections to their stories so that the Canadian public can know the truth, and pro-Palestine protesters can re-focus our efforts on #Palestinian liberation and the end to this horrific #genocide.” https://www.thegrindmag.ca/what-happened-mount-sinai-hospital-palestine-rally-passed-by/

#JournalismMatters #Cdnpoli #FreePalestine

kenthompson, 3 months ago to books

The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray.
You are an Irish family, falling out of the middle class, but that’s the least of your problems seemingly, because the house of cards the parents have built was based on a foundation of self-deception. 3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.
#bookstodon #books #reading @bookstodon

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Canada

"Yes, #Canada is plainly violating its responsibilities under both international and domestic law:" https://www.cjpme.org/faq_arms_embargo

#cdnpoli #warMonger #Israel #genocide #FreePalestine

miki_lou, 3 months ago to worldwithoutus

In the sub-#Arctic, #borealForest #NWT residents are being warned to get ready for another destructive #wildfire season. Isn't @climateBreakdown grand? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-urges-emergency-preparedness-2024-1.7108543?cmp=rss

#nwtpoli #cdnpoli #Canada

lastwordonsport, 3 months ago to books

Please may I have your #book recommendations. Any genre. Thank you. #books #bookstodon

dromografos, 3 months ago to random

Exxon and Chevron Announce Record Shareholder Returns in Hottest Year on Record

https://truthout.org/articles/exxon-and-chevron-announce-record-shareholder-returns-in-hottest-year-on-record/

CEO Mike Wirth boasted that in 2023 Chevron "produced more oil and natural gas than any year in the company's history."

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Canada

"A #democratic society is dependent on an informed public that can hold its government accountable. And this makes it possible for governments in #Canada to withhold information and disallow the public from knowing essential decisions they've made." The #SupremeCourt just undermined democracy in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/supreme-court-ford-mandate-letters-secret-1.7101970

#judiciary #epicfail #cdnpoli #onpoli

miki_lou, 3 months ago to journalism

"a surveillance firm collecting intelligence on a #journalist looks like a clear violation of the internationally-recognized right to #privacy contained in Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, among other international agreements like the Universal Declaration of #HumanRights and Canada’s own Charter of Rights and Freedoms." https://ricochet.media/en/4030/secretive-intelligence-firm-with-alberta-government-contract-spying-on-journalist-brandi-morin

#Edmonton #pressfreedom #abpoli #cdnpoli #JournalismMatters #democracy

miki_lou, 3 months ago to humanrights

Amnesty International Canada condemns ‘appalling’ anti-trans policy changes in Alberta, https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/appalling-anti-trans-policy-changes-in-alberta/

#HumanRights #Sexuality #Children #abpoli #cdnpoli #skpoli #nbpoli

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to random

@gemelliz
Can you believe this?!!!😡 😡

Supreme Court rules Premier Doug Ford's mandate letters to be kept secret
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/supreme-court-ford-mandate-letters-secret-1.7101970?cmp=rss

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Canada

"Minister Freeland and the Government of #Canada must stop prioritizing massively expensive, risky, unnecessary and ineffective technofixes over reliable and proven #climate solutions. Taxpayer money should go to climate solutions – like wind and solar power and #energy storage. Not to the companies and activities which are fueling the #climatecrisis." https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/02/01/statement-in-response-to-parliamentary-budget-offices-costing-of-the-carbon-capture-and-hydrogen-investment-tax-credits/

#Cdnpoli #CorporateCapture #BigOil #Grifters #ClimateCriminals

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Alberta

In #Alberta and hopefully elsewhere, "people are willing to change behaviours when asked... the behaviour change, for some, was positive." Hey #Canada, if Alberta can do it, everyone else can too. https://theconversation.com/how-a-turn-it-off-approach-to-energy-conservation-could-benefit-canada-and-the-planet-221838

#climateBreakdown #energy #climateEmergency #fossilfuels

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Canada

"Groups in #Canada are already pointing out that for the Canadian government to comply with the ruling, it would need to end all weapons exports to Israel and reassess its diplomatic support for #Israel’s actions." https://breachmedia.ca/icj-ruling-tests-canadas-remarkable-double-standards-on-palestine/

#CeasefireNow #cdnpoli #FreePalestine #Genocide

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Canada

Why won't #Canada defend #Palestine's right to exist and #Palestinians right to life? https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/01/statement-by-minister-joly-on-the-international-court-of-justices-decision-on-south-africas-request-for-provisional-measures-in-its-case-against-is.html

#Genocide #Israel #ICJ #FreePalestine #cdnpoli #SettlerColonialism

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Israel

“The stakes could not be higher – the #ICJ’s provisional measures indicate that in the Court’s view the survival of #Palestinians in #Gaza is at risk. The #Israeli government must comply with the ICJ’s ruling immediately." https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/01/israel-must-comply-with-key-icj-ruling-ordering-it-do-all-in-its-power-to-prevent-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/

#Genocide #FreePalestine

miki_lou, 3 months ago to Alberta

WOW! "Toxic air #pollution from #oilsands is 1900% - 6300% times higher than what industry reports." Another way #Alberta's #tarsands are killing us. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/canada-emissions-toxic-oil-sands-b2484917.html

#BigOil #ClimateCriminals #PublicHealth #Killers #abpoli #cdnpoli

miki_lou, 4 months ago to random

"Poilievre is hoping working people won’t notice that he’s not, in fact, offering them a return to economic security." https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/like-trump-and-bolsonaro-canada-s-pierre-poilievre-offers-anger-but-no-solutions
#cdnpoli #populism #rageFarming #NeverVoteConservative

Pkbwood, 4 months ago to transit Spanish

Via Rail, I love you, but wow, are you inadequate. #PublicTransportation #trains

helenclayton, 4 months ago to random

I’ve just finished rereading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I think it was the first of her novels that I read, many years ago now, and after reading others I thought it was due a revisit. I didn’t remember it well and I felt sure that at the time I may have missed some of the themes that run through it, or didn’t fully appreciate them at least. Kingsolver is an excellent storyteller & this is a fascinating & epic tale. Well worth reading (or rereading!).

#Bookstodon