Robyn Mawhinney
@discothistle.bsky.social
Rural community advocate; Regional Director; printmaker; gardener; lover of the wilds on Quadra Island in the Salish Sea. Ligwilda’xw Territory. settler; she/her
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I truly admire Bruce Fanjoy's desire to remain Poilievre's #1 troll
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I truly admire Bruce Fanjoy's desire to remain Poilievre's #1 troll
Every two weeks I write a Director’s Report on local government//regional district news relevant to the Discovery Islands.
Here’s a link to the report in inboxes today: mailchi.mp/6e7c80634fb7...
With photos from recent explorations on Quadra Island.
Here’s a link to the report in inboxes today: mailchi.mp/6e7c80634fb7...
With photos from recent explorations on Quadra Island.
Director's Report: exploring provincial land for housing + more Board news
mailchi.mp
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Every two weeks I write a Director’s Report on local government//regional district news relevant to the Discovery Islands.
Here’s a link to the report in inboxes today: mailchi.mp/6e7c80634fb7...
With photos from recent explorations on Quadra Island.
Here’s a link to the report in inboxes today: mailchi.mp/6e7c80634fb7...
With photos from recent explorations on Quadra Island.
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New Brunswick dumps X
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced T...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
New Brunswick dumps X
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
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Canadian Tire fined $1.3 million for using misleading reference prices on 'discounted' items montrealgazette.com/business/can...
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Canadian Tire fined $1.3 million for using misleading reference prices on 'discounted' items montrealgazette.com/business/can...
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Vancouver International Airport just set a record year for travel despite a 7 per cent drop in travel to the U.S. Travel to the Asia Pacific region rose by 15.6 per cent
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Vancouver International Airport just set a record year for travel despite a 7 per cent drop in travel to the U.S. Travel to the Asia Pacific region rose by 15.6 per cent
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
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Cleanup at Port Alice's bankrupt pulp mill has cost the public $170 million and counting.
BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.
Now it's quietly halted that process.
My story for @thetyee.ca
#bcpoli
BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.
Now it's quietly halted that process.
My story for @thetyee.ca
#bcpoli
BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee
The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Cleanup at Port Alice's bankrupt pulp mill has cost the public $170 million and counting.
BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.
Now it's quietly halted that process.
My story for @thetyee.ca
#bcpoli
BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.
Now it's quietly halted that process.
My story for @thetyee.ca
#bcpoli
Incredible workmanship 🙌🙌
Tlingit weaver Anna Brown Ehlers of the Tlingit Chilkat tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast #WomensArt
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Incredible workmanship 🙌🙌
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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For anyone wondering if public pressure works.
Bravo to all Canadians who said “no” to a Canadian-based company being involved in fascism.
Bravo to all Canadians who said “no” to a Canadian-based company being involved in fascism.
Breaking - Jim Pattison Developments say the sale of their warehouse for use as a proposed ICE facility will not be proceeding
January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
For anyone wondering if public pressure works.
Bravo to all Canadians who said “no” to a Canadian-based company being involved in fascism.
Bravo to all Canadians who said “no” to a Canadian-based company being involved in fascism.
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Exactly this: “Rather than a leader focused on criticizing Canada, the majority of Canadians wanted one who promised to stand up against the American threat.
Similarities between Poilievre and Trump — sometimes rhetorical, other times substantive, and sometimes both — deepened the suspicion.”
Similarities between Poilievre and Trump — sometimes rhetorical, other times substantive, and sometimes both — deepened the suspicion.”
"In a sense, Poilievre is the most successful unsuccessful leader in Canadian politics."
@stewartprest.ca writes in @ca.theconversation.com
@stewartprest.ca writes in @ca.theconversation.com
Pierre Poilievre: The most successful unsuccessful leader in Canadian politics?
The Pierre Poilievre leadership review will likely retain the status quo: an opposition leader only liked by his party’s base but deeply distrusted by non-conservative Canadians.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly this: “Rather than a leader focused on criticizing Canada, the majority of Canadians wanted one who promised to stand up against the American threat.
Similarities between Poilievre and Trump — sometimes rhetorical, other times substantive, and sometimes both — deepened the suspicion.”
Similarities between Poilievre and Trump — sometimes rhetorical, other times substantive, and sometimes both — deepened the suspicion.”
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First Nations Chiefs are calling on Alberta’s premier to resign, accusing Danielle Smith of conspiring with separatists and violating Treaty rights
“I hope you have your bags packed. When this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border.” #fyp
“I hope you have your bags packed. When this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border.” #fyp
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 PM
First Nations Chiefs are calling on Alberta’s premier to resign, accusing Danielle Smith of conspiring with separatists and violating Treaty rights
“I hope you have your bags packed. When this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border.” #fyp
“I hope you have your bags packed. When this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border.” #fyp
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please enjoy my ken sim bitcoin podcast collage
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
please enjoy my ken sim bitcoin podcast collage
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Yesterday I was asked about Jim Pattison Group’s potential ties with ICE. I have a clear message for them: I urge them to do better on behalf of British Columbians. The world is appalled watching this situation unfold, especially the deaths of citizens at the hands of ICE. We cannot watch in silence
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Yesterday I was asked about Jim Pattison Group’s potential ties with ICE. I have a clear message for them: I urge them to do better on behalf of British Columbians. The world is appalled watching this situation unfold, especially the deaths of citizens at the hands of ICE. We cannot watch in silence
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#NanaimoRD - RDN director Manly spearheads AVICC resolution prohibiting raw log exports sookenewsmirror.com/2026/01/28/r...
RDN director Manly spearheads AVICC resolution prohibiting raw log exports - Sooke News Mirror
City of Nanaimo director points to mill closures on Vancouver Island
sookenewsmirror.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 AM
#NanaimoRD - RDN director Manly spearheads AVICC resolution prohibiting raw log exports sookenewsmirror.com/2026/01/28/r...
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I saw this image floating around claiming greater diversity of thought among the right than left. Tracked it down to a study that basically asked questions about how many rights gay, trans and racialized people should have
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 AM
I saw this image floating around claiming greater diversity of thought among the right than left. Tracked it down to a study that basically asked questions about how many rights gay, trans and racialized people should have
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BC'ers - register, grab your lunch, and join us tomorrow to talk all things municipal government - what it's like to run and serve and how you can be involved. Panel includes Cllr Leslie Payne from Nelson and Nadine Nakagawa from New Westminster.
www.womentransformingcities.org/events-colle...
www.womentransformingcities.org/events-colle...
January 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
BC'ers - register, grab your lunch, and join us tomorrow to talk all things municipal government - what it's like to run and serve and how you can be involved. Panel includes Cllr Leslie Payne from Nelson and Nadine Nakagawa from New Westminster.
www.womentransformingcities.org/events-colle...
www.womentransformingcities.org/events-colle...
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Key rules to achieve sustainable excellence:
1. Consistency trumps perfection.
2. Be a minimalist to be a maximalist.
3. Have a quiet ego.
4. Focus on the process, not results.
5. Establish a secure but flexible identity.
6. Stress + Rest = Growth
7. Embrace some discomfort
1. Consistency trumps perfection.
2. Be a minimalist to be a maximalist.
3. Have a quiet ego.
4. Focus on the process, not results.
5. Establish a secure but flexible identity.
6. Stress + Rest = Growth
7. Embrace some discomfort
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Key rules to achieve sustainable excellence:
1. Consistency trumps perfection.
2. Be a minimalist to be a maximalist.
3. Have a quiet ego.
4. Focus on the process, not results.
5. Establish a secure but flexible identity.
6. Stress + Rest = Growth
7. Embrace some discomfort
1. Consistency trumps perfection.
2. Be a minimalist to be a maximalist.
3. Have a quiet ego.
4. Focus on the process, not results.
5. Establish a secure but flexible identity.
6. Stress + Rest = Growth
7. Embrace some discomfort
“Fascism is not a territory with clearly marked boundaries but a constellation of characteristics. When you view the stars together, the constellation plainly appears.”
…and the fascistic constellations are plainly laid out in this essay
…and the fascistic constellations are plainly laid out in this essay
January 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“Fascism is not a territory with clearly marked boundaries but a constellation of characteristics. When you view the stars together, the constellation plainly appears.”
…and the fascistic constellations are plainly laid out in this essay
…and the fascistic constellations are plainly laid out in this essay
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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I'm working on a story for @thediscourse.ca! I want to chat to Comox Valley folks about what you're doing to prep for various different emergency scenarios: Climate, geopolitical, natural disaster, etc… Have you experienced an emergency? what did you do/ learn? Are you prepared currently?
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm working on a story for @thediscourse.ca! I want to chat to Comox Valley folks about what you're doing to prep for various different emergency scenarios: Climate, geopolitical, natural disaster, etc… Have you experienced an emergency? what did you do/ learn? Are you prepared currently?
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A kindergarten teacher and a care aide.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
A kindergarten teacher and a care aide.
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