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Indigenous current affairs podcast connecting the colonial dots since 2016 (on brief hiatus), hosted/produced by @rickharp.bsky.social

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Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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aptnnews.bsky.social
As some senators push to add the second-generation Status cut off to Bill S-2's removal of sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act, the Indigenous Services minister wants the bill to go forward as is.

That story and more on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/34fb9e
APTN News Brief: November 10, 2025—Bill meant to end sex-based discrimination in Indian Act debated at Senate committee
Our lead story: as some senators push to add the second-generation Status cut off to Bill S-2's removal of sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act, the Indigenous Services minister wants the b...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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jasonhickel.bsky.social
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.

We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
mediaindigena.bsky.social
"The [Manitoba dep't of families] report also states 91% of youth in care as of March were Indigenous— a higher proportion than a decade ago, when Indigenous youth made up 87% of the then 10,295 youth in care.”

www.indigenouswatchdog.org/update/numbe...
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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aptnnews.bsky.social
Prime Minister Mark Carney calls it a “generational budget”, but who does it really serve?

On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens breaks down Budget 2025 and what it means for Indigenous communities.

Listen: pod.fo/e/34d666
InFocus: Budget 2025: How it affects Indigenous Peoples
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens breaks down what Budget 2025 means for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Prime Minister Mark Carney has called it a "generational bu...
pod.fo
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Also here’s what @zoedodd.bsky.social and I wrote for @breachmedia.ca, showing how the Globe and National Post editors used their opinion pages to advance violent drug policy ahead of the last BC election. What we’re watching now in Victoria is the fallout.
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Media, politicians are rebranding coercion against drug users as ‘care’ ⋆ The Breach
Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them
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November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
With @theglobeandmail.com choosing to continue manufacturing consent for forced abstinence — guaranteed to increase violence in the short-term and overdose deaths in the long term across Victoria — here’s what I dug up after the last time:
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BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence
Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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rickharp.bsky.social
To get him over the $3K mark, I just supported amazing DJ Trevor Walker’s "Friday Drive" for CKCU Funding Drive 2025! Today's the last day of the drive, responsible for at least 1/3 of their annual budget! To support @ckcufm.bsky.social like me, head here! 👇

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Friday Drive
Trevor here! Volunteer at CKCU since 1991. Friday Drive was created in 2010 by Lance Baptiste & I. I took over in 2015. Providing a sonic safari of musical styles stretching from jazz, funk, soul to A...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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efng.bsky.social
I love klippenstein for his consistency.

A fair reading to call this a loss for Mamdani. Also, possible to see why it could be that Mamdani did this both strategically and/or from personal belief.

Our heroes don't need to be flawless or win every battle.

But we do need to hold them accountable.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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dougparr.bsky.social
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year

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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
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November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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aptnnews.bsky.social
What does Budget 2025 mean for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples?

On the latest APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens digs into the budget with analysis from Nation to Nation host Karyn Pugliese and climate perspective from Lisa Gue at the David Suzuki Foundation.

Listen: pod.fo/e/34d666
InFocus: Budget 2025: How it affects Indigenous Peoples
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens breaks down what Budget 2025 means for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Prime Minister Mark Carney has called it a "generational bu...
pod.fo
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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aptnnews.bsky.social
Alberta’s police watchdog clears two RCMP officers in the August 2024 shooting death of teenager Hoss Lightning Saddleback in Wetaskiwin.

Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 7, 2025—RCMP officers cleared in 2024 shooting death of Samson Cree Nation teen Hoss Lightning Saddleback
Our lead story: the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) clears two RCMP officers in the August 2024 shooting death of 15-year-old Hoss Lightning Saddleback in Wetaskiwin, AB.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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godfrey.bsky.social
the same day Vancouver city council voted to approve $17M in increased VPD spending, they couldn't find $1M of ~taxpayer~ funds for the DTES Community Land Trust to buy a property
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City Hall headline: What two votes tell us about competing priorities at city hall A photo of a Vancouver police car sourced from Flickr is below byline is Dustin Godfrey
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
Their End Is Our Beginning

a conversation with brian bean about Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
brian bean, "Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition" (Haymarket, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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dell.bsky.social
WIRED is focused on reporting the forces shaping the most terrifying administration in a generation already plagued by terror wars, financial ruin, and a global pandemic. The best way to help us keep doing that today is to stay reading. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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grist.org
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.

Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.

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#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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americanrivers.bsky.social
Few things have such a fundamental impact on a river as a dam. River restoration brings rivers back to life by removing dams, replacing culverts, and restoring floodplains.

🌊 Learn more about our river restoration work: www.americanrivers.org/threats-solu...
Restoring Damaged Rivers
Few things have such a fundamental impact on a river as a dam or culvert. River restoration brings rivers back to life by removing dams, replacing culverts, and restoring floodplains. We manage projec...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
🧵 My story, "What's Wrong With Rehab?" won Gold for Long-Form at Alberta Magazine Awards last night!

Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
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What’s Wrong With Rehab? The lack of accountability in the “Alberta Model” for dealing with drug use By Euan thomson March 1, 2024 A A A On a frigid February night in Edmonton, I’m downtown with 4B Harm Reduction. The street outreach conducted by this non-profit society is time-tested—scour the city’s forgotten corners for people who need support. On any given shift, they might respond to drug poisonings, frostbite, heatstroke, hunger, fatigue-induced psychosis or the many barriers to accessing shelter. Mostly 4B aims to keep hope alive despite society’s structural neglect. Tonight we’ve gathered in an underground LRT station passageway. Beside us, a long stretch of yellow fencing separates us from a lone electrical outlet, a rare treasure in public spaces. The outlet was recently deemed too popular among the city’s unhoused citizens—hence the fence. Through slurred speech, Brandon Shaw fawns over my toque, which reads “Hoot ’n’ Blow” beside an owl logo. I offer it as a trade for his, but he declines. Someone later explains Shaw was afraid he’d picked up lice in the shelters. He was protecting me.
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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LAST CALL to apply and be part of the 2026 Indigenous Perspectives series!

If you’re a First Nations, Inuit or Métis researcher, Knowledge Holder, and writer in the climate policy space, we and @yourcier.bsky.social want to hear from you. Apply today ⬇️
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November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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nataliejones.bsky.social
A new @climateanalytics.org report has come out today, with a profoundly hopeful message: even though the world is on track to exceed 1.5°C of global warming, we can peak at 1.7°C and get temperatures back down well below 1.5°C by end of century.

But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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haymarketbooks.org
Last chance!
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Do tell.
AI Capabilities May Be Overhyped on Bogus Benchmarks, Study Finds
They're dumber than you think and they might be cheating.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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thenarwhal.ca
More than 100 knowledge holders from Indigenous nations across Canada, the U.S. and Australia gathered in syilx territories in September for a cultural burning summit. Story and photos from Aaron Hemens, first published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social. 🔥 thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...
Indigenous firekeepers come together for inaugural gathering | The Narwhal
First Nations experts attend first National Indigenous Fire Gathering on syilx homelands in B.C., joining counterparts from Canada, Australia and the U.S.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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New from Unicorn Riot: Body Cameras Show How Police Acted During Minneapolis’ Largest Mass Arrest unicornriot.ninja/2025/body-ca...
Body Cameras Show How Police Acted During Minneapolis’ Largest Mass Arrest - UNICORN RIOT
UR is exclusively releasing 73 Minneapolis Police videos from the largest mass arrest in MN history of at least 646 people in Nov. 2020.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM