Lori Pearson
@loripearson.bsky.social
🇨🇦Proud ND Canadian, healthcare professional, believer in science. Unabashed supporter of women, indigenous rights, LGBTQ+. Doing my best to do no harm & be kind. 💗
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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
June 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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Something to be #CanadaProud of…. 🇨🇦
“Canada was the second-largest resettlement country globally, welcoming 49,300 refugees in 2024. It also granted permanent residency to 27,400 refugees—more than any other country—underscoring the country's leadership in refugee integration.”
#Canada
“Canada was the second-largest resettlement country globally, welcoming 49,300 refugees in 2024. It also granted permanent residency to 27,400 refugees—more than any other country—underscoring the country's leadership in refugee integration.”
#Canada
With Canada set to host G7, UNHCR highlights urgent need for refugee solutions
As Canada prepares to host world leaders, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution worldwide is untenably high, particularly as humanita...
www.unhcr.ca
June 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Something to be #CanadaProud of…. 🇨🇦
“Canada was the second-largest resettlement country globally, welcoming 49,300 refugees in 2024. It also granted permanent residency to 27,400 refugees—more than any other country—underscoring the country's leadership in refugee integration.”
#Canada
“Canada was the second-largest resettlement country globally, welcoming 49,300 refugees in 2024. It also granted permanent residency to 27,400 refugees—more than any other country—underscoring the country's leadership in refugee integration.”
#Canada
WTAF is this disgustingness?!?! 😳🤯
This aspect of enshittification, which Cory Doctorow calls "twiddling", just blew my mind. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
June 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
WTAF is this disgustingness?!?! 😳🤯
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This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
THIS!!!! Support UBI! So very important in a time where the rich are getting richer in leaps & bounds, leaving everyone else behind.
Breaking: Senator Kim Pate to re-introduce basic income bill
May 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
THIS!!!! Support UBI! So very important in a time where the rich are getting richer in leaps & bounds, leaving everyone else behind.
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"Research shows that recurring cash helps recipients afford childcare in order to work, secure transportation to their job, invest in professional licenses to improve their employment prospects, and take time off to interview for a better job."
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
TWENTY GUARANTEED INCOME STUDIES SHOW INCREASED EMPLOYMENT, BETTER FINANCIAL STABILITY AND OTHER KEY BENEFITS
/PRNewswire/ -- A total of twenty academic studies have found guaranteed income programs led to several key benefits, including higher rates of employment,...
www.prnewswire.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Research shows that recurring cash helps recipients afford childcare in order to work, secure transportation to their job, invest in professional licenses to improve their employment prospects, and take time off to interview for a better job."
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies was quietly allowed to bypass regulations while decommissioning more than 4,000 pipelines. #bcpoli Via @writermjs.bsky.social and @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/b-c-quietly-...
B.C. allowed CNRL to sidestep rules for over 4,300 pipelines: docs | The Narwhal
B.C.’s energy regulator quietly let one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies dodge the rules for thousands of ‘non-compliant’ pipelines
thenarwhal.ca
April 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies was quietly allowed to bypass regulations while decommissioning more than 4,000 pipelines. #bcpoli Via @writermjs.bsky.social and @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/b-c-quietly-...
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Vacation in Canada:
We won't secretly snatch you off the street stuff you into an unmarked van and hold you indefinitely in prison or make you disappear 🇨🇦
We won't secretly snatch you off the street stuff you into an unmarked van and hold you indefinitely in prison or make you disappear 🇨🇦
March 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Vacation in Canada:
We won't secretly snatch you off the street stuff you into an unmarked van and hold you indefinitely in prison or make you disappear 🇨🇦
We won't secretly snatch you off the street stuff you into an unmarked van and hold you indefinitely in prison or make you disappear 🇨🇦
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Good luck with that.
Sweden demands money back from the US – aid stuck (Sweden among other European countries have transferred more than 15 million dollar in aid to USAID that was supposed to go to poorer countries that is now stuck in the US due to the closedown of USAID)
https://www.europesays.com/1936542/
Sweden …
https://www.europesays.com/1936542/
Sweden …
Sweden demands money back from the US – aid stuck (Sweden among other European countries have transferred more than 15 million dollar in aid to USAID that was supposed to go to poorer countries that is now stuck in the US due to the closedown of USAID)
Sweden demands money back from the US – aid stuck (Sweden among other European countries have transferred more
www.europesays.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good luck with that.
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
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holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
It was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times….
March 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times….
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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Ok that made me laugh
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ok that made me laugh