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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 8h

San Francisco Teachers Walk Out for the First Time Since 1979
The strike closed public schools for more than 50,000 students in the city and had no end date. Health care costs are a key issue in negotiations.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

San Francisco Teachers Walk Out for the First Time Since 1979

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14h

This is where the conservation about Canada-USA relations is.
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Could This Concept Help Canada Fight Off a US Attack? | The Tyee

‘Total national defence’ enlists decentralized forces. But it carries risks.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 1d

FAQs for This Weekend’s Bad Bunny Concert Featuring Football

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FAQs for This Weekend’s Bad Bunny Concert Featuring Football

What time is kickoff? The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. f...

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

BTW, Sifton admits his name comes up in the files ...

I admit I have made Sifton recipes from NYT Cooking, but never again.

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

NYT's Sam Sifton downplaying depravity of Epstein and friends:

"The Epstein files are a lot ... They present such a sprawling, sordid, sometimes inchoate scandal that it can be difficult to understand exactly what they tell us, except that the guy had a lot of powerful friends."

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

NYT's Sam Sifton downplaying depravity of Epstein and friends:

"The Epstein files are a lot ... They present such a sprawling, sordid, sometimes inchoate scandal that it can be difficult to understand exactly what they tell us, except that the guy had a lot of powerful friends."

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

The Gaza genocide continues ...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Israeli strikes kill at least 21 in Gaza as Rafah patient crossings halted

Six children among dead as Israeli agency restricts evacuations two days after crossing to Egypt reopened

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

Right wingers once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.

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Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency

Conservatives once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 5d

Cato Institute: The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

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Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023

Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American,...

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 5d

As BC’s Universities Struggle, Students Are Ready to Fight

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As BC’s Universities Struggle, Students Are Ready to Fight | The Tyee

A deep drop in international students has led to a funding crisis. Cuts can’t be the answer.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 9d

Texas A&M announces transition from university to MAGA Patriarchal White Supremacy Bible College.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 10d

Jim Pattison Developments will not sell Virginia warehouse for use by ICE

The company said when it agreed to sell the building to the U.S. government it didn't know it could be used as an ICE detention centre. Read more.

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Jim Pattison Developments will not sell Virginia warehouse for use by ICE

The company said when it agreed to sell the building, it didn't know it could be used as an ICE detention centre.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 10d

Educator Workshop (PD): Palestine in the Classroom

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Educator Workshop (PD): Palestine in the Classroom – E Wayne Ross

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d

Billy Bragg Releases New Song "City of Heroes" Supporting Minneapolis Protesters

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Billy Bragg Releases New Song "City of Heroes" Supporting Minneapolis Protesters

Billy Bragg has shared a new song, "City of Heroes," written, recorded, and released within 24 hours as a tribute to those protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d

Save-On-Foods Union Is Concerned about Pattison’s Warehouse Sale to ICE #boycottJimmyP

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Save-On-Foods Union Is Concerned about Pattison’s Warehouse Sale to ICE | The Tyee

But UFCW Local 1518 says calls for a boycott of the grocery store could hurt workers.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d

Nenshi Challenges UCP MLAs to Sign a Pro-Canada Pledge
Danielle Smith has been flirting with separatists, Nenshi says. Will her party back Canada?
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Nenshi Challenges UCP MLAs to Sign a Pro-Canada Pledge | The Tyee

Danielle Smith has been flirting with separatists, Nenshi says. Will her party back Canada?

thetyee.ca

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d

Kim Sim hates poor people.

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Ranking how much Vancouver councillors have distanced themselves from Mayor Ken Sim

The ruling ABC party was shown the door in the byelection and it’s unclear whether it’s improved its position.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d

County in Virginia opposes sale, conversion of Jim Pattison-owned warehouse to ICE facility

Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, set to purchase facility

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Virginia county opposes sale, conversion of Pattison-owned warehouse to ICE facility | CBC News

A gigantic warehouse across the street from an outdoor equipment store has become a flashpoint in Virginia as the U.S. grapples with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown — and a British Co...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d

UBC Faculty for Palestine online panel discussion on Anti-Palestinian Racism and community-building event. Feb 5. See link for details.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d

Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis”
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Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis”

“Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest/Then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead”

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d

US government response to school shooting: "thoughts and prayers"

US government response ICE murder of civilian: "you can't have a gun"

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d

The term “scholasticide” emerged in the context of Israel’s long history of targeting Palestinian institutions of higher learning, culminating in Israeli forces destroying 95% of campuses and university buildings in Gaza from 2023 to 2025.

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d

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Throwing to the Wolves

The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 16d

Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Contradict Federal Account of Killing

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Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16d

All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16d

It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 18d

Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education

Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education

www.nytimes.com

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 18d

Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza -- Reporters had been in car on way to new camp, says media group, as two 13-year-old boys killed in separate incidents

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza

Reporters had been in car on way to new camp, says media group, as two 13-year-old boys killed in separate incidents

www.theguardian.com

E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 18d

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a five-year-old Minnesota preschooler coming home from school on Tuesday and took him and his father to a Texas detention center, according to school officials.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...