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Erin Power
@erinpower.bsky.social
Currently Ottawa.
Previously Birmingham UK.

I'm mostly here to find out what's going on from reasonable people.
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So my friend runs an estate sale company, and is finalizing the Harvey Glatt estate. Harvey was a Canadian music giant for 50 years. He first brought Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen to Ottawa in the 1960s. He worked with Jonny Cash’s manager
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Israeli soldiers guarding Thunberg told her they learned “little whore” & “whore Greta” in Swedish so they could taunt her - while kicking her - in custody. This was for trying to bring food & medicine to Gaza. 🇵🇸❤️✊🏼 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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“Agatha’s Almanac” is so resolutely charming that there is no point in resisting its power, writes Dorothy Woodend.🍓📽️
‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Is a Masterclass on How to Live | The Tyee
Don’t miss Amalie Atkins’ remarkable documentary portrait at VIFF.
thetyee.ca
October 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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“Any connection that bad actors can draw between trans people and this act of violence will be used to harm and threaten us.”

Reprinted from @xtramagazine.com. #uspoli #canpoli
Trans People Have Every Right to be Scared | The Tyee
Early media reports jumped to link trans people with Charlie Kirk’s murder, leading to an outpouring of hate online.
thetyee.ca
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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These pictures will be remembered for centuries.

Future generations will ask:

"Who did what, and when?

Who made this abomination possible?

Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"

Make sure you have good answers.
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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"Jack believed in data and online activism, but knew movement was truly built at kitchen table meetings and in community halls....What is our offer to bring people who feel alienated into a political realm where it is possible to believe in a better future" charlieangus.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Canada's Unprecedented Election
"Trump is the first American president to lose a Canadian election."
charlieangus.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The moment the penny drops for former Tory minister Simon Clarke...
April 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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From now until the election, all of our content is accessible for free — no paywall. News, opinion, fact-checks and investigations, all open to read and share. It's our contribution to an information-driven election. Happy voting!
April 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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This article sums up what the stakes are in this election for queer and trans folks.

It is hard to maintain a cordial relationship with anyone who would support a party that denies trans people’s existence and previously voted to try to annul marriages like mine.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FIRST PERSON | I promised my American wife Canada was safe for queer couples. I'll vote to keep it that way | CBC News
Kiva-Marie Belt and their wife have made their home in Canada, but have seen anti-transgender sentiment on the rise in the U.S. spilling over to this country. That’s why acceptance and inclusion of tr...
www.cbc.ca
April 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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The Oprah special has incorrect information about brain health and menopause that could scare a lot of women. Surprise, the expert who was interviewed invented a compounded estrogen to treat those problems. vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...
Menopause and Brain Health: Misleading Advice from Oprah
And compounded estriol is NOT recommended for protecting your brain in menopause
vajenda.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways"

If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?

My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
Populist Simplicity In A Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...
bylinetimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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How British voters could hold the cards when it comes to resisting President Trump's global trade war
'Elbows Up, Britain': Canada's Boycott of American Goods Spreads to the UK
bylinetimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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There is also a mountain of evidence suggesting Russia was behind the Ottawa occupation.

Russian state media covered the Convoy first, and more than, any other English news outlet.

This isn't hyperbole, it's verifiable.

Here's a research paper on the subject:
journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/ji...
February 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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A slight pause before Episode Nine as we took onboard Trump’s alliance with Putin. Here in Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring we tell what happened after the suppressed Russia Report

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Sergei Cristo versus the Security Service
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP9 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Obsessed with this podcast.
NEW: Episode 3 of Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring is out today: Digital Barbecues.

This one features @lukeharding1968.bsky.social & the story of how he & Sergei bust Conservative Friends of Russia wide open

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Digital Barbecues
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP3 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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