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miki_lou

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Water protector, seeker of justice, and democracy defender living where Treaty 8 and 11 Territories meet in northern Canada. Active in non-government communities while keeping a watchful eye on government.

#Canada #Arctic #Justice #Democracy #WaterisLife #ClimateBreakdown #Books #IndigenousPeoples

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miki_lou, to climate
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This is wrong! and forest activists and land defenders who were at Fairy Creek who now face being sued by company Teal Cedar. https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/16/a-call-to-support-the-fairycreek15-who-face-being-sued-by-logging-company-teal-cedar/

Sherifazuhur, to israel
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An Israeli real estate company Harey Zahav, that specializes in developing settlements, posted this pic of destroyed with homes and the title 'Wake up, a beach house is not a dream!" (Circulating) @israel @palestine

miki_lou,
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@Sherifazuhur @israel @palestine

futurebird, to random
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$148 million? Ok.

That's OK.

miki_lou,
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@futurebird Must be assets that can be seized?

miki_lou, to climate
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"is the place where we find the intel so that we can make sure that real action gets done at home and demand more. " https://breachmedia.ca/cop-28-dubai-climate-summit/

miki_lou, to Futurology
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Not one good thing about this operation! poisons our ; destroys ; kills in their winter dens; is driving up and . https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/bear-imperial-oil-euthanized-bulldozer-1.7057118

claudiac, to books

๐Ÿ“– Every book lover has a TBR list a mile long. ๐Ÿ“š What's next on your to-be-read list?

Let's talk about the books that you can't wait to read! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

miki_lou,
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@claudiac Thanks to the smart readers on Mastodon, I have a long list BUT several are unavailable to me because they aren't yet published in North America. I am an old fashioned reader who uses paper rather than a screen, and reads rather than listens. So I am really PO'd that Hannah Kent's Devotion is not available to me in Canada nor is the Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter nor is Hanna Pylvรคine's The End of Drum Time.You'd think that book publishers could , right, @bookstodon ?

miki_lou,
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@penpencilbrush @claudiac @bookstodon Thank you. My independent bookstore mentioned overseas options too but also mentioned the cost. I think I am also a little hung up on the principle of books not being universally available. ๐Ÿค”

miki_lou,
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@claudiac @bookstodon Thank you for these suggestions.

miki_lou,
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@arratoon @bookstodon @claudiac Brilliant! Thanks for the suggestion!

miki_lou, to Canada
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finally voted for a !!! Finally!!! Everyone standing up for and against take heart! Thank you for the rallies, letters, calls, marches. Grassroots organizing can make a difference. Please don't stop.

miki_lou, to nuclear
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More plans to dump waste on territories without free, prior and informed consent. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4676

miki_lou, to Canada
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" International is calling for an immediate halt to construction and use of the pipeline and the withdrawal of police and private security forces from Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C., citing what it considers ongoing against activists resisting construction." https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/amnesty-international-wetsuweten-human-rights-1.7053748?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

ferngirl, to bookstodon
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Wow, I just finished Tenth of December, a short story collection by George Saunders, and it's a wild ride. These stories are amazing.

What are you reading?

@bookstodon

miki_lou,
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@educaremom @ferngirl @bookstodon Just finished The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. It's a great story and celebration of the Black and Jewish diaspora in the US in the '30s. But it is the care and love of others and connections amongst communities and an author who doesn't dwell on the negative that are so uplifting. This smart writer weaves recognition of peoples living on stolen land as a condemnation of white privilege/settler colonialism that is the negative force in this book.

miki_lou, to Palestine
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US veto of ceasefire resolution displays callous disregard for civilian suffering in face of staggering death toll https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/israel-opt-us-veto-of-ceasefire-resolution-displays-callous-disregard-for-civilian-suffering-in-face-of-staggering-death-toll/

miki_lou, to Canada
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Whoa! 's former PM is helping investors get rich by creating tech like "behaviour recognition" for gov'ts. https://breachmedia.ca/stephen-harper-awz-ventures-surveillance-tech-israel/

kimlockhartga, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Just out of curiosity, how close are you to your reading goal for the year? I need to read 12 more books to meet the goal I set for myself. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š

Not everyone works the same way, of course. We've discussed before that reading goals are counterproductive for many. Having a goal really helps me, but it doesn't work for everyone. Just like reading for pleasure and reading to write a review are very different processes.

miki_lou,
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@darrenmorin @kimlockhartga @bookstodon No reading goals here; no racing through books unless I can't wait to see where things are going! Books are not numbers but pure pleasure and escapism! On average, I read one book a week and always have so I usually allow myself only 2 library books at a time. LOL

miki_lou, to Alberta
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"Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs in are suing and the province over the childrenโ€™s special allowance benefit payments saying the money never made it to the children who needed it." https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/treaty-8-chiefs-suing-alberta-canada-over-stolen-childrens-special-allowance-benefit/

miki_lou, to random
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Nobody should weep for an unrepentant https://ricochet.media/en/4013/nobody-should-weep-for-an-unrepentant-warmonger

miki_lou, to Futurology
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! Access to safe, drinking is a ! Why is the not standing up for the human rights of ? https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/nov/23/how-israel-created-a-water-crisis-for-palestinians-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

miki_lou, to Alberta
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#Alberta is rapidly becoming a toxic cesspool of run-off and leakages from #BigOil and its smaller affiliates' tailings ponds. https://globalnews.ca/news/10115878/runoff-spill-reported-at-suncors-fort-hills-oilsands-site/ And it seems environmental toxicity is just fine with #AER and #abpoli. It's NOT fine with those of us downstream. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/imperial-oil-third-infraction-raises-indigenous-communities-environmental-alarm-bells/

#WaterisLife #tarsands #oilsands

miki_lou, to Canada
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"Action 4 Canada, a heritage group promoting whiteness is operating right in the open, harassing libraries, teachers and others about materials they donโ€™t like...
Be warned, US far right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones outed Pierre Poilievre by calling him โ€œThe new superhero of the right.โ€ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/the-rise-of-fascism-in-the-us-and-canada/

miki_lou, to humanrights
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"Almost 12,000 have been killed and some 30,000 wounded, including 4,700 children, since October 7 in the hurricane of shells, bullets, bombs and missiles that are turning into a wasteland. Nearly 3,000 Palestinians are missing or buried under the rubble. Soon Palestinians will be convulsed by infectious and https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/israel-is-shutting-down-its-human-laboratory-in-gaza

LALegault, to journalism
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ If you want to understand the level of of Canadian news media right now, read about CTV (our biggest private broadcaster) banning the word โ€œPalestine.โ€

โ€œ forbids use of โ€˜,โ€™ suppresses critical stories about โ€

https://breachmedia.ca/ctv-bell-media-forbids-palestine-suppresses-criticism-israel/

miki_lou,
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@LALegault I remember making Indigenous broadcaster Duncan McCue apologize for recognizing Palestinians. https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-media-outlets-are-erasing-palestine-from-history/

miki_lou,
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@globalpilgrim @LALegault Thank you. I will dig out those . The brilliant Joe Sacco is also a truth teller about and where I live which is what Duncan McCue was interviewing him about. Thanks for that article and reminder.

jillrhudy, to bookstodon
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10 out of 10. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride is my favorite book of 2023 so far. It's a saga, a mystery, & a tale about racism and ableism. From Penguin Random House on August 8. @ewgc @bookstodon

miki_lou,
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@jillrhudy @ewgc @bookstodon Finally got my hands on this wonderful book. Love and community; heaven and earth do indeed sustain us all.

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