Jesse
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Trying to make the word a better place. They/them
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Just had a great conversation with @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for the podcast. With video! We want to do the interviews with all candidates before any are released so stay tuned to hear it ....
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Just had a great conversation with @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for the podcast. With video! We want to do the interviews with all candidates before any are released so stay tuned to hear it ....
Next police budget should at minimum be cut by this amount. Year after year WRPS received rubber stamped budget increases with very little pushback from politicians. This is what happens when cops think they can do whatever they want and take as much money as they want from tax payers.
Interesting to see some of the Mayor's critiques (all valid, in my opinion) of the WRPS lately. While Vrbanovic would still no doubt consider himself a big supporter of the police, he clearly has concerns about their approach to some things recently. www.therecord.com/news/council...
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Next police budget should at minimum be cut by this amount. Year after year WRPS received rubber stamped budget increases with very little pushback from politicians. This is what happens when cops think they can do whatever they want and take as much money as they want from tax payers.
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Interesting to see some of the Mayor's critiques (all valid, in my opinion) of the WRPS lately. While Vrbanovic would still no doubt consider himself a big supporter of the police, he clearly has concerns about their approach to some things recently. www.therecord.com/news/council...
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Interesting to see some of the Mayor's critiques (all valid, in my opinion) of the WRPS lately. While Vrbanovic would still no doubt consider himself a big supporter of the police, he clearly has concerns about their approach to some things recently. www.therecord.com/news/council...
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Just got my Public Lending Right money from Canada Council. And for the firs time ever, it's pretty good money ($1500). This is thanks to you taking my books out at the library. Keep doing it! And do it for your favourite authors! Even if you don't read the books!!
February 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Just got my Public Lending Right money from Canada Council. And for the firs time ever, it's pretty good money ($1500). This is thanks to you taking my books out at the library. Keep doing it! And do it for your favourite authors! Even if you don't read the books!!
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I wouldn't expect anything other than this from the PAO but, could you at a bare minimum state that when there is evidence of corruption, everyone, including all these hard-working members mentioned, benefits when steps are taken to address it? www.facebook.com/PoliceAssoci...
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I wouldn't expect anything other than this from the PAO but, could you at a bare minimum state that when there is evidence of corruption, everyone, including all these hard-working members mentioned, benefits when steps are taken to address it? www.facebook.com/PoliceAssoci...
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"It happened with Muslim Americans after 9/11, for example. It's happened with young Black men for decades, and now it seems to be happening with transgender people as well," he said.
"The perceived pattern is speaking more to the politics of the moment than to any actual causal relationship."
"The perceived pattern is speaking more to the politics of the moment than to any actual causal relationship."
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"It happened with Muslim Americans after 9/11, for example. It's happened with young Black men for decades, and now it seems to be happening with transgender people as well," he said.
"The perceived pattern is speaking more to the politics of the moment than to any actual causal relationship."
"The perceived pattern is speaking more to the politics of the moment than to any actual causal relationship."
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A literal genocide laundering racket funded by Israel's government itself.
NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government
Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show
pressprogress.ca
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A literal genocide laundering racket funded by Israel's government itself.
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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It's remarkable how often the loudest people complaining that journalists are liars and biased are also the first people to share whatever random bullshit pops up in their social media feeds when there is a mass shooting or terrorist attack
February 12, 2026 at 4:23 AM
It's remarkable how often the loudest people complaining that journalists are liars and biased are also the first people to share whatever random bullshit pops up in their social media feeds when there is a mass shooting or terrorist attack
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I write about policing and urban design in my book. Policing makes us less safe, but urban infrastructure and design can certainly make us more safe!
It’s because the goal is not safety but policing, and that has more to do with control than anything else. Groups of people gathering, the very basis of community, is by default seen as suspicious. That’s why their preferred designs all have to do with limiting human interactions.
In my experience police have no idea how urban design can and should achieve MANY public goals. They don’t even know how to design for safety.
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I write about policing and urban design in my book. Policing makes us less safe, but urban infrastructure and design can certainly make us more safe!
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This should be required reading for anyone working on Tumbler Ridge today.
Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge.
Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
styleguide.transjournalists.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This should be required reading for anyone working on Tumbler Ridge today.
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NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
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"A girl living in central Minnesota alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with federal agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents
A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A girl living in central Minnesota alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with federal agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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nothing will convince me shit like this isn't partly downstream from watching Bradley Cooper shoot an Iraqi kid with tears in his eyes
ALERT: A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
nothing will convince me shit like this isn't partly downstream from watching Bradley Cooper shoot an Iraqi kid with tears in his eyes
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If someone kidnapped my kid and then took him to McDonald’s that person is still a kidnapper
Lyons says ICE agents actually "took care" of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos when they detained him, before shipping him off to a horrific Texas ICE facility.
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 AM
If someone kidnapped my kid and then took him to McDonald’s that person is still a kidnapper
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New Behind the Bastards 👑🇨🇦
Robert concludes the story of Romana Didulo, for now, with the tale of her ill-fated invasion of a small Canadian town.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @prophiphop.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Robert concludes the story of Romana Didulo, for now, with the tale of her ill-fated invasion of a small Canadian town.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @prophiphop.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
New Behind the Bastards 👑🇨🇦
Robert concludes the story of Romana Didulo, for now, with the tale of her ill-fated invasion of a small Canadian town.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @prophiphop.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Robert concludes the story of Romana Didulo, for now, with the tale of her ill-fated invasion of a small Canadian town.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @prophiphop.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Canada must support Cuba
"You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”
noraloreto.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
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Rep. Thanedar asks Lyons and Scott if they think Trump will pardon them and Noem.
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Rep. Thanedar asks Lyons and Scott if they think Trump will pardon them and Noem.
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
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STOP BEING REASONABLE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TORTURING CHILDREN, ENGAGING IN DOMESTIC STATE TERRORISM, AND COMMITTING MURDER
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
STOP BEING REASONABLE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TORTURING CHILDREN, ENGAGING IN DOMESTIC STATE TERRORISM, AND COMMITTING MURDER
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the actual Republican parents who support the politicians pushing for this think the effort and money they spent parenting are wasted if their kids turn out different from them.
You eliminate that possibility by eliminating the public existence of other kinds of people.
You eliminate that possibility by eliminating the public existence of other kinds of people.
This might be a hot take, but if parents are so concerned about what their kids see online, then they should actually do some damn parenting themselves instead of campaigning for governments to make things worse for everyone.
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
the actual Republican parents who support the politicians pushing for this think the effort and money they spent parenting are wasted if their kids turn out different from them.
You eliminate that possibility by eliminating the public existence of other kinds of people.
You eliminate that possibility by eliminating the public existence of other kinds of people.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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There are 3000 Canadians currently in Cuba and we cant be bothered to do something to help Cubans.
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 AM
There are 3000 Canadians currently in Cuba and we cant be bothered to do something to help Cubans.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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At the height of swine flu Indigenous bands in Canada were begging Stephen Harper for more resources and support and he sent them body bags
Tuned into CBC news to hear that Stephan Harper could be Captain Canada and save Canadian unity and also that he thinks that Canada was handed down by Providence.
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
At the height of swine flu Indigenous bands in Canada were begging Stephen Harper for more resources and support and he sent them body bags