Deb Jeffrey
@debjeffrey.bsky.social
Canadian bird nerd, advocate for social & environmental justice, believer in building strong community by sharing info on issues & events. Any humour in dark times appreciated.
Digging ourselves into a dark place in Canada.
The 'No More Loopholes Act' private members Bill C-233 from MP Jenny Kwan, is trying to dig us out.
Project Plowshares & others have exposed ongoing violations of international agreements by exporting weapons or parts to the U.S. for IDF use in #Gaza.
The 'No More Loopholes Act' private members Bill C-233 from MP Jenny Kwan, is trying to dig us out.
Project Plowshares & others have exposed ongoing violations of international agreements by exporting weapons or parts to the U.S. for IDF use in #Gaza.
How Canada Arms Israel's Genocide | Bill C-233 Explained
YouTube video by CJPME
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Digging ourselves into a dark place in Canada.
The 'No More Loopholes Act' private members Bill C-233 from MP Jenny Kwan, is trying to dig us out.
Project Plowshares & others have exposed ongoing violations of international agreements by exporting weapons or parts to the U.S. for IDF use in #Gaza.
The 'No More Loopholes Act' private members Bill C-233 from MP Jenny Kwan, is trying to dig us out.
Project Plowshares & others have exposed ongoing violations of international agreements by exporting weapons or parts to the U.S. for IDF use in #Gaza.
I can't help but wonder about those who take jobs with ICE or similar institutions now.
My father told me he & most he knew enlisted in the armed forces in 1939 first & foremost because they badly needed jobs.
How many of you have obeyed morally questionable orders from the boss to keep your job?
My father told me he & most he knew enlisted in the armed forces in 1939 first & foremost because they badly needed jobs.
How many of you have obeyed morally questionable orders from the boss to keep your job?
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I can't help but wonder about those who take jobs with ICE or similar institutions now.
My father told me he & most he knew enlisted in the armed forces in 1939 first & foremost because they badly needed jobs.
How many of you have obeyed morally questionable orders from the boss to keep your job?
My father told me he & most he knew enlisted in the armed forces in 1939 first & foremost because they badly needed jobs.
How many of you have obeyed morally questionable orders from the boss to keep your job?
Find effective ways to resist and take action for #peace and #socialjustice. Based in Australia but global in reach.
commonslibrary.org
Connections to groups like Waging Nonviolence and many others. bsky.app/profile/wagi...
commonslibrary.org
Connections to groups like Waging Nonviolence and many others. bsky.app/profile/wagi...
The Commons
Do you want to change the world for the better? Commons Library is an online library for social change - Making activism smarter & stronger.
commonslibrary.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Find effective ways to resist and take action for #peace and #socialjustice. Based in Australia but global in reach.
commonslibrary.org
Connections to groups like Waging Nonviolence and many others. bsky.app/profile/wagi...
commonslibrary.org
Connections to groups like Waging Nonviolence and many others. bsky.app/profile/wagi...
"People are calling this as a moment to Abolish ICE — and to remove these lawless federal agencies. People are swiftly organizing national actions on Saturday connecting the raw violence of kidnapping and killing in Venezuela with the violence of kidnapping and killing residents here."
Honoring the many responses to Renee Nicole Good’s murder
Demanding “calm” after ICE's killing in Minneapolis is misguided. The task isn't to extinguish anger, but to channel it in defense of life.
wagingnonviolence.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"People are calling this as a moment to Abolish ICE — and to remove these lawless federal agencies. People are swiftly organizing national actions on Saturday connecting the raw violence of kidnapping and killing in Venezuela with the violence of kidnapping and killing residents here."
I suspect it may have passed unnoticed. youtu.be/bsr6sNxxFlQ?...
The Last Normal Day
YouTube video by The Burning Hell - Topic
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I suspect it may have passed unnoticed. youtu.be/bsr6sNxxFlQ?...
Have we passed the point of no return by sitting on our hands globally and tolerating and even abetting all this grossly indecent and destructive behaviour? Did we delude ourselves by NOT imagining that hundreds of millions of people would NOT stop this insanity? Certainly feels like it.
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Have we passed the point of no return by sitting on our hands globally and tolerating and even abetting all this grossly indecent and destructive behaviour? Did we delude ourselves by NOT imagining that hundreds of millions of people would NOT stop this insanity? Certainly feels like it.
As well, investments that fund our Canada Pension Plan amount to US$370.3 billion in assets in the United States, representing 47% of its total portfolio as of September 30, 2025.
Seems like a $hedge forcing us to tip-toe when reacting to U.S. #imperialism
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/pens...
Seems like a $hedge forcing us to tip-toe when reacting to U.S. #imperialism
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/pens...
Why Canada’s pension giants should invest more at home
Canada’s top pension funds invest mostly overseas. Smarter incentives would channel trillions into Canadian infrastructure, jobs and innovation.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
As well, investments that fund our Canada Pension Plan amount to US$370.3 billion in assets in the United States, representing 47% of its total portfolio as of September 30, 2025.
Seems like a $hedge forcing us to tip-toe when reacting to U.S. #imperialism
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/pens...
Seems like a $hedge forcing us to tip-toe when reacting to U.S. #imperialism
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/pens...
An often used quote in many languages for finding solace.
Dig deeper - Isak Dinesen & Karen Blixen are the same person. Beloved Danish author who also wrote 'Out of Africa'. And she did not use those exact words that are quoted so frequently. The whole story movingoceans.com/uncategorize...
Dig deeper - Isak Dinesen & Karen Blixen are the same person. Beloved Danish author who also wrote 'Out of Africa'. And she did not use those exact words that are quoted so frequently. The whole story movingoceans.com/uncategorize...
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 AM
An often used quote in many languages for finding solace.
Dig deeper - Isak Dinesen & Karen Blixen are the same person. Beloved Danish author who also wrote 'Out of Africa'. And she did not use those exact words that are quoted so frequently. The whole story movingoceans.com/uncategorize...
Dig deeper - Isak Dinesen & Karen Blixen are the same person. Beloved Danish author who also wrote 'Out of Africa'. And she did not use those exact words that are quoted so frequently. The whole story movingoceans.com/uncategorize...
Engage in creating an "enshittification-resistant internet".
Wrestle the internet way from U.S. chaos that is blinding us all to our loss of digital sovereignty and autonomy.
archive.org/details/doct...
Wrestle the internet way from U.S. chaos that is blinding us all to our loss of digital sovereignty and autonomy.
archive.org/details/doct...
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all of America's...
archive.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Engage in creating an "enshittification-resistant internet".
Wrestle the internet way from U.S. chaos that is blinding us all to our loss of digital sovereignty and autonomy.
archive.org/details/doct...
Wrestle the internet way from U.S. chaos that is blinding us all to our loss of digital sovereignty and autonomy.
archive.org/details/doct...
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Here's a big shock! The Cato Institute decried U.S. actions in #Venezula.
When a spokesperson for the likes of the Koch bros give Trump a thumbs down...what gives?
Not a complete mismatch. Cato aligns with right-wing on economic issues but left-wing on foreign policy issues.
Still....hmmmm....
When a spokesperson for the likes of the Koch bros give Trump a thumbs down...what gives?
Not a complete mismatch. Cato aligns with right-wing on economic issues but left-wing on foreign policy issues.
Still....hmmmm....
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Here's a big shock! The Cato Institute decried U.S. actions in #Venezula.
When a spokesperson for the likes of the Koch bros give Trump a thumbs down...what gives?
Not a complete mismatch. Cato aligns with right-wing on economic issues but left-wing on foreign policy issues.
Still....hmmmm....
When a spokesperson for the likes of the Koch bros give Trump a thumbs down...what gives?
Not a complete mismatch. Cato aligns with right-wing on economic issues but left-wing on foreign policy issues.
Still....hmmmm....
"A journalist arrested in Canada for trying to do their job?"
Many others there bearing witness at Wet’suwet’en territory were also arrested & charged in 2021.
Surely the danger of allowing free reign to the RCMP & the like must be understood by now as we watch ICE in the U.S. & actions in Gaza.
Many others there bearing witness at Wet’suwet’en territory were also arrested & charged in 2021.
Surely the danger of allowing free reign to the RCMP & the like must be understood by now as we watch ICE in the U.S. & actions in Gaza.
In 2021, photojournalist Amber Bracken was on assignment for The Narwhal documenting tensions over the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in B.C. The RCMP arrested Amber while she was doing her job and held her in a cell for three nights. Learn more here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"A journalist arrested in Canada for trying to do their job?"
Many others there bearing witness at Wet’suwet’en territory were also arrested & charged in 2021.
Surely the danger of allowing free reign to the RCMP & the like must be understood by now as we watch ICE in the U.S. & actions in Gaza.
Many others there bearing witness at Wet’suwet’en territory were also arrested & charged in 2021.
Surely the danger of allowing free reign to the RCMP & the like must be understood by now as we watch ICE in the U.S. & actions in Gaza.
Remembering revered Canadian author Margaret Laurence on the anniversary of her death in 1987 and the impact of reading 'The Stone Angel' as a very, very young woman.
Now much older, I think I should read it again. I expect it served 20 year old me well as a wise foretelling. Live large.
Now much older, I think I should read it again. I expect it served 20 year old me well as a wise foretelling. Live large.
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Remembering revered Canadian author Margaret Laurence on the anniversary of her death in 1987 and the impact of reading 'The Stone Angel' as a very, very young woman.
Now much older, I think I should read it again. I expect it served 20 year old me well as a wise foretelling. Live large.
Now much older, I think I should read it again. I expect it served 20 year old me well as a wise foretelling. Live large.
Further evidence that humans are slow to catch on. 75 years later...still relevant.
Dylan Thomas - From a short BBC radio documentary on “Persian Oil” April, 1951
From the Canadian Labour Institute "𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎N 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)"
Dylan Thomas - From a short BBC radio documentary on “Persian Oil” April, 1951
From the Canadian Labour Institute "𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎N 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)"
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Further evidence that humans are slow to catch on. 75 years later...still relevant.
Dylan Thomas - From a short BBC radio documentary on “Persian Oil” April, 1951
From the Canadian Labour Institute "𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎N 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)"
Dylan Thomas - From a short BBC radio documentary on “Persian Oil” April, 1951
From the Canadian Labour Institute "𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎N 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)"
Old story for slow learners
Framing the Debate on Democracy & Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy- M. Shrivastava, L. Stefanick 2015
"Nevertheless, the bulk of oil & democracy scholarship found a negative relationship between natural resource dependence, particularly oil revenue, & democracy."
Framing the Debate on Democracy & Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy- M. Shrivastava, L. Stefanick 2015
"Nevertheless, the bulk of oil & democracy scholarship found a negative relationship between natural resource dependence, particularly oil revenue, & democracy."
www.aupress.ca
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Old story for slow learners
Framing the Debate on Democracy & Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy- M. Shrivastava, L. Stefanick 2015
"Nevertheless, the bulk of oil & democracy scholarship found a negative relationship between natural resource dependence, particularly oil revenue, & democracy."
Framing the Debate on Democracy & Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy- M. Shrivastava, L. Stefanick 2015
"Nevertheless, the bulk of oil & democracy scholarship found a negative relationship between natural resource dependence, particularly oil revenue, & democracy."
Typo aside in the original question, I am sorry for Mrs. Betty Bowers that no one from Canada was able to follow through on her request.
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Typo aside in the original question, I am sorry for Mrs. Betty Bowers that no one from Canada was able to follow through on her request.
Why doesn't this happen?
If Countries Stop Buying U.S. Debt, Everything Changes.
For years, the financial world has taken one truth for granted: people and countries will buy U.S. debt. If that changes, everything changes. The United States borrows 30 trillion dollars… that’s tril...
thefulcrum.us
January 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Why doesn't this happen?
Canada is not likely next in line because of oil but...competition for fresh water IS on the horizon. More so because of AI needing it for cooling N. American data centres. Capitalism is more concerned about that than they are about agriculture ... or #peace for that matter.
Visualizing the Countries With the Largest Proven Oil Reserves
Today, the top 10 countries hold 1.5 trillion barrels of proven oil reserves, but actual production varies widely.
www.visualcapitalist.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Canada is not likely next in line because of oil but...competition for fresh water IS on the horizon. More so because of AI needing it for cooling N. American data centres. Capitalism is more concerned about that than they are about agriculture ... or #peace for that matter.
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on #Venezuela expressed grave concern over the human rights situation in Venezuela following the US attack & capture of Nicolás Maduro.
Failure to address Maduro's violations invites false 'justification' for a power grab?
Failure to address Maduro's violations invites false 'justification' for a power grab?
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on #Venezuela expressed grave concern over the human rights situation in Venezuela following the US attack & capture of Nicolás Maduro.
Failure to address Maduro's violations invites false 'justification' for a power grab?
Failure to address Maduro's violations invites false 'justification' for a power grab?
Rogue state hits Venuzela with illegal aggression, big time.
Unequivocably off the rails for any decent behaviour, at home & internationally.
Too bad that state is just across the border from Canada.
Sound our mental sirens louder, fellow Canadians.
How does Finland surive having Russia next door?
Unequivocably off the rails for any decent behaviour, at home & internationally.
Too bad that state is just across the border from Canada.
Sound our mental sirens louder, fellow Canadians.
How does Finland surive having Russia next door?
Is Venezuela a glimpse of the future?
Donald Trump’s military aggression in South America and the Caribbean is another chapter in a new age of impunity.
newint.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Rogue state hits Venuzela with illegal aggression, big time.
Unequivocably off the rails for any decent behaviour, at home & internationally.
Too bad that state is just across the border from Canada.
Sound our mental sirens louder, fellow Canadians.
How does Finland surive having Russia next door?
Unequivocably off the rails for any decent behaviour, at home & internationally.
Too bad that state is just across the border from Canada.
Sound our mental sirens louder, fellow Canadians.
How does Finland surive having Russia next door?
How many in the 'western world' pay any attention to attitudes towards #climate change outside of the G7/EU bubble?
Japan is in the G7 but do they bring much on behalf of others nearby in their hemisphere?
Japan is in the G7 but do they bring much on behalf of others nearby in their hemisphere?
Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey (2020–2024): Understanding Regional Attitudes towards Climate Change
Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey (2020-2024): Understanding Regional Attitudes towards Climate Change
Drawing on 7,654 responses from Southeast Asia Climate Outlook surveys conducted between 2020 to 2024 by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, this joint study by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) and th...
www.iseas.edu.sg
January 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
How many in the 'western world' pay any attention to attitudes towards #climate change outside of the G7/EU bubble?
Japan is in the G7 but do they bring much on behalf of others nearby in their hemisphere?
Japan is in the G7 but do they bring much on behalf of others nearby in their hemisphere?
Inspiring that the labour song “Bread and Roses” was sung by Lucy Dacus outside City Hall ahead of Zohran #Mamdani's swearing-in as New York City mayor on Jan. 1. May he make progress on his admirable goals. Expectations are high.
Judy Collins sings it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIH...
Judy Collins sings it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIH...
Bread and Roses
YouTube video by tabyjean
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Inspiring that the labour song “Bread and Roses” was sung by Lucy Dacus outside City Hall ahead of Zohran #Mamdani's swearing-in as New York City mayor on Jan. 1. May he make progress on his admirable goals. Expectations are high.
Judy Collins sings it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIH...
Judy Collins sings it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIH...
Well, there is this to consider...we are seeming to go backwards regarding #democracy. Less than 100 years to reach the peak. How fast can it decline, I wonder. ourworldindata.org/grapher/peop...
People living in democracies and autocracies
Data by the Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy.
ourworldindata.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Well, there is this to consider...we are seeming to go backwards regarding #democracy. Less than 100 years to reach the peak. How fast can it decline, I wonder. ourworldindata.org/grapher/peop...
Jewish Voice for #Peace - organizing for Palestinian liberation & Judaism beyond Zionism in the U.S..
2026 "Today we renew our commitment to the continued demand of a weapons embargo, to holding our elected officials responsible, to boycott, to a true & lasting ceasefire."
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
2026 "Today we renew our commitment to the continued demand of a weapons embargo, to holding our elected officials responsible, to boycott, to a true & lasting ceasefire."
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Jewish Voice for #Peace - organizing for Palestinian liberation & Judaism beyond Zionism in the U.S..
2026 "Today we renew our commitment to the continued demand of a weapons embargo, to holding our elected officials responsible, to boycott, to a true & lasting ceasefire."
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
2026 "Today we renew our commitment to the continued demand of a weapons embargo, to holding our elected officials responsible, to boycott, to a true & lasting ceasefire."
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
First day of 2026. Here in the north, the sun rose high enough above the trees to shine in my front windows at 9:00 am, flooding in warmth.
It is time for all to .... RISE UP
"Rise up, rise up
Oh, rise and share your power ...
The spirit's time has come ...
We want freedom to live in its #peace "
It is time for all to .... RISE UP
"Rise up, rise up
Oh, rise and share your power ...
The spirit's time has come ...
We want freedom to live in its #peace "
The Parachute Club - Rise Up (Official Remastered HD Video)
YouTube video by TheParachuteClubVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
First day of 2026. Here in the north, the sun rose high enough above the trees to shine in my front windows at 9:00 am, flooding in warmth.
It is time for all to .... RISE UP
"Rise up, rise up
Oh, rise and share your power ...
The spirit's time has come ...
We want freedom to live in its #peace "
It is time for all to .... RISE UP
"Rise up, rise up
Oh, rise and share your power ...
The spirit's time has come ...
We want freedom to live in its #peace "