Joanne Hammond
@joannehammond.bsky.social
Archaeologist & anthropologist talking land and heritage and society. Settler working & learning in Secwépemc and Nlaka'pamux territories. Land back. Free Palestine.
wow there are no drivers more reckless than parents arriving late and frenzied to downtown Kamloops’ Santa Claus parade
I just saw a man slow roll his family out of the truck telling them RUN across 2 lanes of traffic
I just saw a man slow roll his family out of the truck telling them RUN across 2 lanes of traffic
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
wow there are no drivers more reckless than parents arriving late and frenzied to downtown Kamloops’ Santa Claus parade
I just saw a man slow roll his family out of the truck telling them RUN across 2 lanes of traffic
I just saw a man slow roll his family out of the truck telling them RUN across 2 lanes of traffic
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@lanapayne.bsky.social, Unifor Local 114 drivers bus our kids to school on buses displaying anti-choice ads that intrude on students’ spaces? Everyone seems to be cowardly caving to the Kamloops Pro-Life Society. Take them on! www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop... @abortionrightscan.bsky.social
SD73 DPAC calls for removal of 'anti-choice' advertising targeting students - Kamloops News
Parents in the Kamloops-Thompson School District are calling for \
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@lanapayne.bsky.social, Unifor Local 114 drivers bus our kids to school on buses displaying anti-choice ads that intrude on students’ spaces? Everyone seems to be cowardly caving to the Kamloops Pro-Life Society. Take them on! www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop... @abortionrightscan.bsky.social
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There are no good guys. City of Kamloops Council didn't care to protect renters, nor did the province, or the federal government.
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
There are no good guys. City of Kamloops Council didn't care to protect renters, nor did the province, or the federal government.
“That man who is a caricature of western white privilege and ceaseless drum-beater for catastrophic capitalism isn’t a feminist” oh really
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“That man who is a caricature of western white privilege and ceaseless drum-beater for catastrophic capitalism isn’t a feminist” oh really
TEAM ALL YEAR. Friends cut and give us free range trees, gorgeous sweet smelling things that keep their needles for ages (unlike commercial ones) and we get really attached! They cheer us through darkest winter so we keep them, lights and all, until DST. No shame🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Our tradition was to wait until 1 week before Christmas before putting up a tree, but the older I get, and the more awful the world becomes, the more I support just leaving the fucker up all year.
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
TEAM ALL YEAR. Friends cut and give us free range trees, gorgeous sweet smelling things that keep their needles for ages (unlike commercial ones) and we get really attached! They cheer us through darkest winter so we keep them, lights and all, until DST. No shame🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
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How did fear become our daily companion?
How can a human live in safety when the sky above them is not a sky, but a threat?
How can we end all wars?
Is dreaming enough?
Or do we still need a kind of courage we keep searching for beneath the rubble?
How can a human live in safety when the sky above them is not a sky, but a threat?
How can we end all wars?
Is dreaming enough?
Or do we still need a kind of courage we keep searching for beneath the rubble?
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How did fear become our daily companion?
How can a human live in safety when the sky above them is not a sky, but a threat?
How can we end all wars?
Is dreaming enough?
Or do we still need a kind of courage we keep searching for beneath the rubble?
How can a human live in safety when the sky above them is not a sky, but a threat?
How can we end all wars?
Is dreaming enough?
Or do we still need a kind of courage we keep searching for beneath the rubble?
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Four right-wing Israelis debate whether should Palestinians should be allowed to exercise self determination on ~15% of their historic land or none of it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Four right-wing Israelis debate whether should Palestinians should be allowed to exercise self determination on ~15% of their historic land or none of it.
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Modi’s government had a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, killed in British Columbia two years ago but apparently India is the world’s fifth largest economy and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I met at the G20 Summit today, and launched negotiations for a trade deal that could more than double our trade to $70 billion.
India is the world’s fifth largest economy, and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
India is the world’s fifth largest economy, and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Modi’s government had a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, killed in British Columbia two years ago but apparently India is the world’s fifth largest economy and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
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Every day, I think I would much rather be in an election season than watching Carney reshape this country according to his xenophobic, militaristic, misogynist, nationalist, brutal capitalism.
Gotta say, I would much rather be several days into an election campaign right now than staring down the barrel of Carney's new "Canada is the Military Now" vision for us.
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every day, I think I would much rather be in an election season than watching Carney reshape this country according to his xenophobic, militaristic, misogynist, nationalist, brutal capitalism.
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ICYMI: in light of the rise in residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism, Phyllis Webstad, Willie Sellars, and I sat down for a conversation about how to confront denialism and put truth before reconciliation: youtu.be/RorHgy5Kl5c
Truth Before Reconciliation: Addressing Residential School Denialism
YouTube video by GreenpeaceCanada
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Very tired of this rudderless and out of touch Kamloops council who will make a fuss over lower (potential) tax revenues not the actual human, environmental and climate damages of the filthy pipelines in question. Time for change.
#Kamloops - Kamloops council attempting to push back over proposed changes to pipeline assessments cfjctoday.com/2025/11/16/k...
Kamloops council attempting to push back over proposed changes to pipeline assessments
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is attempting to push back against proposed changes in British Columbia that w...
cfjctoday.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Very tired of this rudderless and out of touch Kamloops council who will make a fuss over lower (potential) tax revenues not the actual human, environmental and climate damages of the filthy pipelines in question. Time for change.
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This is why we need to keep calling it what it is: FRACKED METHANE GAS
When it comes to climate change, methane is a notorious super-polluter.
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is why we need to keep calling it what it is: FRACKED METHANE GAS
FAIL. Failure of the consensus-by-manipulation model that holds COP hostage to fossil-fuelled greed. Failure of rich nations to live up to past promises. Failure of imagination and hope. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Compromises, voluntary measures and no mention of fossil fuels: key points from Cop30 deal
A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
FAIL. Failure of the consensus-by-manipulation model that holds COP hostage to fossil-fuelled greed. Failure of rich nations to live up to past promises. Failure of imagination and hope. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
wtf is happening for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be making sense, even as a Canadian I know this is not normal
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
wtf is happening for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be making sense, even as a Canadian I know this is not normal
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yes it’s a labour issue that the BCNDP won’t address
A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry
Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
yes it’s a labour issue that the BCNDP won’t address
The burden of doing genocide: Since October 2023 “nearly half of Israelis now report symptoms of persistent grief. Calls to mental health helplines have increased sixfold, while use of psychiatric medications has doubled. Sleep disorders rose by 19 percent”. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel faces ‘mental health tsunami’ after two years of war, report finds
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction soar as experts warn of long-term societal impact without urgent government action
www.middleeasteye.net
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The burden of doing genocide: Since October 2023 “nearly half of Israelis now report symptoms of persistent grief. Calls to mental health helplines have increased sixfold, while use of psychiatric medications has doubled. Sleep disorders rose by 19 percent”. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
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A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
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In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly committed the UN’s original sin when it partitioned Palestine to create Israel. This launched the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous people, and the establishment of a settler colonial state.
Security Council Shamefully Grants Colonial Domination Over Palestine to the US
A UN Special Rapporteur has decried the resolution as a violation of Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly committed the UN’s original sin when it partitioned Palestine to create Israel. This launched the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous people, and the establishment of a settler colonial state.
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This guy can get fucked
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This guy can get fucked
Zinger has spent years calling for action on the shocking effects of anti-Indigenous racism and discriminatory practices in the “corrections” system. Canadian government have spent just as long making it clear they dgaf. No surprise he’s too frustrated to continue.
Canada’s prison watchdog is stepping away early. On the latest APTN News InFocus, Ivan Zinger explains why and what needs to change behind bars.
Listen: pod.fo/e/3571c3
Listen: pod.fo/e/3571c3
InFocus: Ivan Zinger: Why Canada's prison watchdog is leaving early
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens speaks with Canada's outgoing Correctional Investigator, Ivan Zinger, about why he's leaving the job early after eight years. In his final ...
pod.fo
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Zinger has spent years calling for action on the shocking effects of anti-Indigenous racism and discriminatory practices in the “corrections” system. Canadian government have spent just as long making it clear they dgaf. No surprise he’s too frustrated to continue.
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In depth: How Kamloops sex workers find support through community ❤️🩹 by @macarenamantilla.bsky.social
‘We are the ones best positioned to say what we need in this industry,’ a sex worker in Kamloops tells The Wren.
#BCnews #Kamloops #KSACC
thewrennews.ca/in-depth-how...
‘We are the ones best positioned to say what we need in this industry,’ a sex worker in Kamloops tells The Wren.
#BCnews #Kamloops #KSACC
thewrennews.ca/in-depth-how...
In-depth: What is it like to be a sex worker in Kamloops?
'We are the ones best positioned to say what we need in this industry,' a sex worker in Kamloops tells The Wren.
thewrennews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In depth: How Kamloops sex workers find support through community ❤️🩹 by @macarenamantilla.bsky.social
‘We are the ones best positioned to say what we need in this industry,’ a sex worker in Kamloops tells The Wren.
#BCnews #Kamloops #KSACC
thewrennews.ca/in-depth-how...
‘We are the ones best positioned to say what we need in this industry,’ a sex worker in Kamloops tells The Wren.
#BCnews #Kamloops #KSACC
thewrennews.ca/in-depth-how...
omw to explain that we have to dig up and move the bodies
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
omw to explain that we have to dig up and move the bodies
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Fundraisers look to support family of Kamloops man killed in Highway 5 crash #Kamloops
Fundraisers look to support family of Kamloops man killed in Highway 5 crash - Kamloops News
Nwokocha died in a fatal car crash while travelling from Kamloops to Merritt the morning of Monday, Nov. 10.
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fundraisers look to support family of Kamloops man killed in Highway 5 crash #Kamloops
I wish he wasn’t just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands, but I think he is just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands.
Mark Carney becomes the first sitting prime minister to attend event commemorating anniversary of Métis leader Louis Riel's execution.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 18, 2025—Carney becomes first sitting PM to attend event marking Métis leader Louis Riel's execution
Our lead story: at a ceremony in Manitoba, Mark Carney becomes the first sitting prime minister to attend event commemorating anniversary of Métis leader Louis Riel's execution by the Canadian state.
pod.fo
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I wish he wasn’t just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands, but I think he is just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands.
Reminder: Salvation Army is bound to a homophobic, transphobic and misogynistic doctrine and that absolutely interferes with helping people. Just give your time and money to community orgs and help your neighbours.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Reminder: Salvation Army is bound to a homophobic, transphobic and misogynistic doctrine and that absolutely interferes with helping people. Just give your time and money to community orgs and help your neighbours.