David Kahane
@davidkahane.bsky.social
YEG-based permaculture gardener and political theory prof teaching about climate emotion, mutual aid, anarchism, democracy and systems change. Free Palestine.
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"After the SJC filed a defamation suit it was revealed that the 'contractor’ was Adam Dobrer who had actually been Hillel BC’s ‘Lead Advocacy Professional’ for more than a year (July 2022 - Aug 2023). Dobrer’s LinkedIn mentions how part of his role at Hillel BC was to combat antisemitism."
Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? marcowenjones.substack.com/p/remember-t...
Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? Turns Out He Had Been Hillel BC’s Advocacy Officer & President of UBC’s 'Israel on Campus'
A BC Supreme Court ruling reveals how a former Hillel BC advocacy officer orchestrated a deceptive Hamas-smear hoax that triggered threats, fear, and a failed defamation case.
marcowenjones.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"After the SJC filed a defamation suit it was revealed that the 'contractor’ was Adam Dobrer who had actually been Hillel BC’s ‘Lead Advocacy Professional’ for more than a year (July 2022 - Aug 2023). Dobrer’s LinkedIn mentions how part of his role at Hillel BC was to combat antisemitism."
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In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
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Please consider signing this in support of Farhana Sultana!
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Please consider signing this in support of Farhana Sultana!
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Health policy experts say the UCP government's ill-informed and ill-timed policies have created a "perfect storm" for a crisis during this year's inevitable flu and Covid season.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Health policy experts say the UCP government's ill-informed and ill-timed policies have created a "perfect storm" for a crisis during this year's inevitable flu and Covid season.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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“Any government that undermines or abandons the project of improving public-school education in the face of difficulty is undermining and abandoning democracy.”
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Alberta undermining public education — and democracy
Any government that undermines ... the project of improving public school education in the face of difficulty is undermining ... democracy.
edmontonjournal.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Any government that undermines or abandons the project of improving public-school education in the face of difficulty is undermining and abandoning democracy.”
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Just spitballing here: What if we could get machines that reliably register votes as soon as the ballots are filled out? With hard copies preserved in case of dispute?
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Cartmell calls for audit of Edmonton election results after wide variation in ward race’s recount
The runner-up for mayor in Monday’s municipal election says he would like an audit of the results after a discrepancy was found in a recount of ballots in one ward’s race.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just spitballing here: What if we could get machines that reliably register votes as soon as the ballots are filled out? With hard copies preserved in case of dispute?
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Kind of common sense, which UCP lacks.
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Free vaccines cheaper than consequences of low vaccination rate: Alberta Medical Association
If saving money is the Alberta government’s priority, the most cost-effective route is distributing the COVID-19 vaccine widely and freely – not charging $100 for it, says the Alberta Medical Associat...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Kind of common sense, which UCP lacks.
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Canadians are not divided by “AI”, as Forbes claims. Once again, the Canadian public is united, correct, and ahead of the Carney government:
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
Canadian governments should regulate AI, 85% of Canadians say: poll - National | Globalnews.ca
AI is being used by more and more Canadians, but while many say they're comfortable using it, a majority say governments need to regulate it for safety.
globalnews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Canadians are not divided by “AI”, as Forbes claims. Once again, the Canadian public is united, correct, and ahead of the Carney government:
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
I retired early from @ualberta.bsky.social out of disgust at how senior administrators and BoG have attacked Palestine solidarity activism and are fleeing accountability for investments in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
Guest Post (Laurie Adkin, Professor Emerita): Divestment campaigns at the University of Alberta confront an increasingly privatized and securitized university “commons”
Banner at the 17 October 2025 divestment rally at the University of Alberta; Photo by author The University of Alberta executive is not known for its sense of irony, so perhaps it missed entirely t…
artssquared.wordpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I retired early from @ualberta.bsky.social out of disgust at how senior administrators and BoG have attacked Palestine solidarity activism and are fleeing accountability for investments in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
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Well, voting took about an hour longer than normal and instead of learning the results tonight we won’t have any idea who won until late tomorrow — but at least it cost us an extra $1.3 million!
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Well, voting took about an hour longer than normal and instead of learning the results tonight we won’t have any idea who won until late tomorrow — but at least it cost us an extra $1.3 million!
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
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if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
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🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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NEW: Unsure of whom to vote for in Edmonton's mayoral election next week? Here's where the six major candidates stand on housing, transit, public safety and taxes.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Edmonton's 2025 Mayoral Election: A Guide for the Perplexed
Edmonton's vote is happening as part of province-wide civic elections that are the first in decades with political parties and first since 2017 with corporate cash.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Unsure of whom to vote for in Edmonton's mayoral election next week? Here's where the six major candidates stand on housing, transit, public safety and taxes.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Excellent new report: "Palestine at Canadian Universities: How Institutional Complicity in Colonial Genocide is Maintained."
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
Palestine at Canadian Universities
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Excellent new report: "Palestine at Canadian Universities: How Institutional Complicity in Colonial Genocide is Maintained."
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
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Searing truths about Israel, the West and complicity in genocide from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Searing truths about Israel, the West and complicity in genocide from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cool to see that @policingblack.bsky.social will be making a quarterly newsletter for @interruptcrim.bsky.social Canada. Sign up here: form.jotform.com/252826314847...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Cool to see that @policingblack.bsky.social will be making a quarterly newsletter for @interruptcrim.bsky.social Canada. Sign up here: form.jotform.com/252826314847...
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One of the only welcome things about this current period in the U.S. is that the "this is not who WE are" stuff might finally be over.
October 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of the only welcome things about this current period in the U.S. is that the "this is not who WE are" stuff might finally be over.
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I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News
OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...
www.cbc.ca
October 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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I just learned that Jonathan Lear died a few weeks ago. Such a supple and humane thinker. RIP. Here he is talking about mourning.... news.uchicago.edu/why-mourning...
Why Mourning Is Essential to Our Well-Being, with Jonathan Lear
Philosopher discusses how mourning helps us find meaning
news.uchicago.edu
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I just learned that Jonathan Lear died a few weeks ago. Such a supple and humane thinker. RIP. Here he is talking about mourning.... news.uchicago.edu/why-mourning...
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Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?
We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."
Please print these out and distribute them widely!
crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine
We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."
Please print these out and distribute them widely!
crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?
We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."
Please print these out and distribute them widely!
crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine
We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."
Please print these out and distribute them widely!
crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine
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I published this one year ago today, and the firings have continued. But so has the creation of a new Jewish communal infrastructure for those who feel uncomfortable with these large Federation, Hillel, and pro-Israel institutions. So expect my follow up on the emerging world of anti-Zionism Judaism
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.
inthesetimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I published this one year ago today, and the firings have continued. But so has the creation of a new Jewish communal infrastructure for those who feel uncomfortable with these large Federation, Hillel, and pro-Israel institutions. So expect my follow up on the emerging world of anti-Zionism Judaism
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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I know no one will see this but letting children get infected over and over again because we 1) never invested in ventilation and 2) demonized masks is unforgivable.
Researchers behind the study published Tuesday analyzed the electronic health records of more than 465,000 children, looking at the prevalence of long COVID diagnoses and groups of symptoms common to long COVID, among kids who’d had one infection and kids who’d had two infections.
Risk of long COVID in children doubles after second COVID-19 infection, according to study by Lurie doctor
Risk of long COVID in children doubles after second COVID-19 infection, according to study co-authored by Lurie doctor.
trib.al
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I know no one will see this but letting children get infected over and over again because we 1) never invested in ventilation and 2) demonized masks is unforgivable.