LilacsFire
@lilacfire.bsky.social
Silence is consent. Avoid being a bystander. The bravest words are "I'm here". They who give w/out asking give twice. Trust but verify.
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📊 #Budget2025: A step forward, but more work ahead.
Today’s budget renews support for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social — an important commitment to public broadcasting.
However, broader challenges for Canadian journalism & local media remain unresolved.
Read our full statement below.
#cdnpoli
Today’s budget renews support for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social — an important commitment to public broadcasting.
However, broader challenges for Canadian journalism & local media remain unresolved.
Read our full statement below.
#cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
📊 #Budget2025: A step forward, but more work ahead.
Today’s budget renews support for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social — an important commitment to public broadcasting.
However, broader challenges for Canadian journalism & local media remain unresolved.
Read our full statement below.
#cdnpoli
Today’s budget renews support for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social — an important commitment to public broadcasting.
However, broader challenges for Canadian journalism & local media remain unresolved.
Read our full statement below.
#cdnpoli
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‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how #Sweden devised brilliant school meals
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how #Sweden devised brilliant school meals
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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You’ve seen what’s happening in the USA
You’ve seen Donald Trump and his wealthy allies using lawsuits to harass and silence journalists
You’ve seen how groundless, billion dollar lawsuits are being weaponized against journalists, civil society groups and other democratic voices
You’ve seen Donald Trump and his wealthy allies using lawsuits to harass and silence journalists
You’ve seen how groundless, billion dollar lawsuits are being weaponized against journalists, civil society groups and other democratic voices
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You’ve seen what’s happening in the USA
You’ve seen Donald Trump and his wealthy allies using lawsuits to harass and silence journalists
You’ve seen how groundless, billion dollar lawsuits are being weaponized against journalists, civil society groups and other democratic voices
You’ve seen Donald Trump and his wealthy allies using lawsuits to harass and silence journalists
You’ve seen how groundless, billion dollar lawsuits are being weaponized against journalists, civil society groups and other democratic voices
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Don’t ya just love it when, from an undisclosed location, Jenni Byrne texts petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre to say it’s time to paste his fake smile on again?
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Don’t ya just love it when, from an undisclosed location, Jenni Byrne texts petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre to say it’s time to paste his fake smile on again?
#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney @liberal_party More online & social media dangers to regulate. Personal safety sd not be clickbait. Mental health issues: #misogyny #MeToo www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK
Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such ‘choking’ material
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney @liberal_party More online & social media dangers to regulate. Personal safety sd not be clickbait. Mental health issues: #misogyny #MeToo www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social @liberal.ca.web.brid.gy @carmilevy.bsky.social @cultmtl.com #cdnpoli @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Overdue #Canada online safeguards. Add to "Online Harms Act" (Bill C-63) Stop dangerous influencers from influencing the gullible etc:
www.indiatoday.in/education-to...
www.indiatoday.in/education-to...
China now requires influencers to have degrees. Could that work in India?
Anyone can advise millions online if they have the follower count. China’s new law makes influencers hold formal qualifications before giving advice on health, law, education or finance. Should India ...
www.indiatoday.in
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social @liberal.ca.web.brid.gy @carmilevy.bsky.social @cultmtl.com #cdnpoli @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Overdue #Canada online safeguards. Add to "Online Harms Act" (Bill C-63) Stop dangerous influencers from influencing the gullible etc:
www.indiatoday.in/education-to...
www.indiatoday.in/education-to...
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Excellent article in @thetyee.ca
Show of hands, please:
Who knew Black News was a US-owned publication? This is disgraceful.
Saanich News, Victoria News, Oak Bay News are NOT locally owned. Not even Canadian-owned.
Seems the US owners didn't like it when Charlie was portrayed as who he was in life
Show of hands, please:
Who knew Black News was a US-owned publication? This is disgraceful.
Saanich News, Victoria News, Oak Bay News are NOT locally owned. Not even Canadian-owned.
Seems the US owners didn't like it when Charlie was portrayed as who he was in life
#cdnpoli #CanadianPolitics #Liberal mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social Overdue to get U.S. foreign influence in #Canada No subsidies for partisan propaganda thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Owner of BC Papers Sparks Mass Alaska Resignation Over Charlie Kirk Story Intervention | The Tyee
Alaskan journalists quit after Carpenter Media execs unilaterally changed an article about a vigil for the far-right activist.
thetyee.ca
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Excellent article in @thetyee.ca
Show of hands, please:
Who knew Black News was a US-owned publication? This is disgraceful.
Saanich News, Victoria News, Oak Bay News are NOT locally owned. Not even Canadian-owned.
Seems the US owners didn't like it when Charlie was portrayed as who he was in life
Show of hands, please:
Who knew Black News was a US-owned publication? This is disgraceful.
Saanich News, Victoria News, Oak Bay News are NOT locally owned. Not even Canadian-owned.
Seems the US owners didn't like it when Charlie was portrayed as who he was in life
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I have a Canadian dream. It involves burning away the American influence on our politics, media, etc.
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I have a Canadian dream. It involves burning away the American influence on our politics, media, etc.
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Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre proves what a patriot he is [not], stabbing 🇨🇦Canada’s elected Prime Minister in the back on the eve of exquisitely delicate negotiations with the neofascist dictator to the south.
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'No more losing,' Poilievre tells Carney in scathing letter ahead of PM's face-to-face with Trump | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has penned a scathing letter to the prime minister ahead of his meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday, saying Mark Carney has been a disappointment on the tra...
www.cbc.ca
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre proves what a patriot he is [not], stabbing 🇨🇦Canada’s elected Prime Minister in the back on the eve of exquisitely delicate negotiations with the neofascist dictator to the south.
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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#cdnpoli #CanadianPolitics #Liberal mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social Overdue to get U.S. foreign influence in #Canada No subsidies for partisan propaganda thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Owner of BC Papers Sparks Mass Alaska Resignation Over Charlie Kirk Story Intervention | The Tyee
Alaskan journalists quit after Carpenter Media execs unilaterally changed an article about a vigil for the far-right activist.
thetyee.ca
October 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#cdnpoli #CanadianPolitics #Liberal mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social Overdue to get U.S. foreign influence in #Canada No subsidies for partisan propaganda thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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We’ll keep standing up for our workers and industries — and all Canadians.
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We’ll keep standing up for our workers and industries — and all Canadians.
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WATCH: Mark Carney in Washington today 👇
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WATCH: Mark Carney in Washington today 👇
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My latest: Putin escalates terror, tests NATO’s defences | The Kingston Whig Standard
www.thewhig.com/opinion/puti...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/puti...
Putin escalates terror, tests NATO’s defences
Not only is imperial Russia escalating its terror attacks on Ukraine, the Vladimir Putin regime is also brazenly testing NATO’s defences.
www.thewhig.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My latest: Putin escalates terror, tests NATO’s defences | The Kingston Whig Standard
www.thewhig.com/opinion/puti...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/puti...
Koch Bros/Tea Party war on education fruition. PragerU is proud. w/long versatile read worth it re manipulating youth ideology. Apparently Mercedes Stephenson was influence.
& www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...
And: www.apnews.com/7010023e5bb7...
Words come back to bite in-sights.ca/2025/09/11/w...
& www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...
And: www.apnews.com/7010023e5bb7...
Words come back to bite in-sights.ca/2025/09/11/w...
Words come back to bite
Cole Bennett correctly wrote that Kirk’s murder will not advance any of the causes he opposed. Violence against leaders is most often a consequence of damaged trust in political and social sy…
in-sights.ca
September 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Koch Bros/Tea Party war on education fruition. PragerU is proud. w/long versatile read worth it re manipulating youth ideology. Apparently Mercedes Stephenson was influence.
& www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...
And: www.apnews.com/7010023e5bb7...
Words come back to bite in-sights.ca/2025/09/11/w...
& www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...
And: www.apnews.com/7010023e5bb7...
Words come back to bite in-sights.ca/2025/09/11/w...
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South Park The Great Wall of Canada Clip
YouTube video by Too Busy Gaming
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September 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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As Trump destroys 🇺🇸America’s forward-looking clean energy industry (to the benefit of China), 🍁Canadians should remember that Albertabama’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith is doing the same.
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
August 30, 2025
Just days before Labor Day, a holiday designed to celebrate the importance and power of American workers in the United States, the Transportation Department cancelled $679 million in funding for offsh...
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As Trump destroys 🇺🇸America’s forward-looking clean energy industry (to the benefit of China), 🍁Canadians should remember that Albertabama’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith is doing the same.
🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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we need to represent ourselves, next time you see a pushy woman, consider it.
August 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
we need to represent ourselves, next time you see a pushy woman, consider it.
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The government's "eyebrow-raising" penchant for breaking up strikes finally met its match in the woman-dominated workforce of CUPE's Air Canada unit.
Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour:
pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...
Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour:
pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...
Why the Flight Attendants’ Strike Was ‘A Perfect Storm’ for Labour
The government's 'eyebrow-raising' penchant for breaking up strikes met its match in the woman-dominated workforce
pressprogress.ca
August 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The government's "eyebrow-raising" penchant for breaking up strikes finally met its match in the woman-dominated workforce of CUPE's Air Canada unit.
Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour:
pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...
Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour:
pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...
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@dorothywoodend.bsky.social: While it’s probably not fair to blame Vice for the state of cultural chaos we’re enjoying, they’re not innocent, either.
From Bad Boys to Proud Boys: Vice Media’s Rise and Fall | The Tyee
Eddie Huang’s doc film tracks the outrageous trajectory of a media empire that made a name for itself by courting controversy.
thetyee.ca
August 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social: While it’s probably not fair to blame Vice for the state of cultural chaos we’re enjoying, they’re not innocent, either.
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CORRECTION: this hasn’t gone to court yet, what Amy lost was an initial dispute of the initial complaint and allegation.
She still wasn’t fined, though — she lost that initial dispute and was ordered to pay costs.
She still wasn’t fined, though — she lost that initial dispute and was ordered to pay costs.
Pierre Poilievre is back -- and so is his virulent transphobia.
He took to social media to defend a suspended nurse who he said was facing “authoritarian censorship.”
What was she being so cruelly censored for saying?
Oh boy, you'll never guess:
He took to social media to defend a suspended nurse who he said was facing “authoritarian censorship.”
What was she being so cruelly censored for saying?
Oh boy, you'll never guess:
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
CORRECTION: this hasn’t gone to court yet, what Amy lost was an initial dispute of the initial complaint and allegation.
She still wasn’t fined, though — she lost that initial dispute and was ordered to pay costs.
She still wasn’t fined, though — she lost that initial dispute and was ordered to pay costs.
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20000mAh Built-in Cable Solar Power Bank with Lamp and Digital Display - PrimeCables® #Canada #MadeInCanade #BuyLocal #BuyCanadian
Built-in 4 cables and 4 ports for charging multiple devices simultaneously (picking up a couple of these for my sons)
Link: www.primecables.ca/p-407472-pc-...
Built-in 4 cables and 4 ports for charging multiple devices simultaneously (picking up a couple of these for my sons)
Link: www.primecables.ca/p-407472-pc-...
August 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
20000mAh Built-in Cable Solar Power Bank with Lamp and Digital Display - PrimeCables® #Canada #MadeInCanade #BuyLocal #BuyCanadian
Built-in 4 cables and 4 ports for charging multiple devices simultaneously (picking up a couple of these for my sons)
Link: www.primecables.ca/p-407472-pc-...
Built-in 4 cables and 4 ports for charging multiple devices simultaneously (picking up a couple of these for my sons)
Link: www.primecables.ca/p-407472-pc-...
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www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
'Greed at its ugliest': These 100 companies pay CEOs over 600 times what workers get
Detailing the widening gap between outrageously high CEO compensation and the median wages of employees at some of the world's largest and most profitable companies, a progressive think tank on Thursd...
www.rawstory.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
www.rawstory.com/ceo-compensa...
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.
More reasons to elect a CEO as President is that they can run the country like a business is the dumbest statement ever!
They will make us all employees, rather than citizens.