Michael D Rudiak
@mdrudiak.bsky.social
Pondering the state of our planet and civilisation, while still running long, albeit a bit slower.
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Opulent October
Tom Thomson
1915-16
Tom Thomson
1915-16
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Opulent October
Tom Thomson
1915-16
Tom Thomson
1915-16
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Dr Younis al-Khatib’s words will weigh on the world’s conscience. #protecthumanity
Dr Younis al-Khatib’s words will weigh on the world’s conscience. #protecthumanity
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Dr Younis al-Khatib’s words will weigh on the world’s conscience. #protecthumanity
Dr Younis al-Khatib’s words will weigh on the world’s conscience. #protecthumanity
Brilliant exhibition. Incredibly talented and prolific artist, stunning architecture and mounting/framing of the collection #davidhockney
Worth a visit to Paris before the end of August.
Worth a visit to Paris before the end of August.
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Brilliant exhibition. Incredibly talented and prolific artist, stunning architecture and mounting/framing of the collection #davidhockney
Worth a visit to Paris before the end of August.
Worth a visit to Paris before the end of August.
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Untitled (Eastern Townships)
Prudence Heward
c. 1935
Prudence Heward
c. 1935
May 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Untitled (Eastern Townships)
Prudence Heward
c. 1935
Prudence Heward
c. 1935
The 4th Gva Convention is not respected. This, in addition disregard of legal norms governing the means & methods of the use of armed force. Thank you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Imogen Foulkes for your reporting. Thank you @icrc.org president for speaking the truth.
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Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues
"No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic cleansing," Mirjana Spoljaric tells the BBC.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The 4th Gva Convention is not respected. This, in addition disregard of legal norms governing the means & methods of the use of armed force. Thank you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Imogen Foulkes for your reporting. Thank you @icrc.org president for speaking the truth.
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The impunity must end. With few exceptions, States have thus far demonstrated zero courage to address the carnage and the disregard for law. Where has our collective humanity gone? Is there any such thing? The emperor has no clothes.
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society spokeswoman, Nebal Farsakh, said in an interview from the West Bank city of Ramallah that the paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
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April 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The impunity must end. With few exceptions, States have thus far demonstrated zero courage to address the carnage and the disregard for law. Where has our collective humanity gone? Is there any such thing? The emperor has no clothes.
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📍Gaza| We are appalled that eight medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society were killed, along with first responders from the Civil Defence in Gaza & a UN staff member.
We are deeply saddened & mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues
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We are deeply saddened & mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues
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March 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📍Gaza| We are appalled that eight medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society were killed, along with first responders from the Civil Defence in Gaza & a UN staff member.
We are deeply saddened & mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues
Read more: www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
We are deeply saddened & mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues
Read more: www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
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🌾 Farmers criminalised for saving and sharing their indigenous seeds varieties.
🤑 Corporate capture of food sovereignty for millions of people.
☠️ Agroecological practices abandoned in favour of chemical use.
GMO imports are for corporate profit, not progress - and a Kenyan court agrees.
🤑 Corporate capture of food sovereignty for millions of people.
☠️ Agroecological practices abandoned in favour of chemical use.
GMO imports are for corporate profit, not progress - and a Kenyan court agrees.
Civil society says court decision blocking GM crops “a pivotal moment”, calls for protection of farmers’ rights and food sovereignty - Greenpeace Africa
NAIROBI, KENYA – Greenpeace Africa, Kenya Peasants League, and BIBA Kenya have praised the recent landmark decision by the Court of Appeal temporarily halting the importation of genetically modified (...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🌾 Farmers criminalised for saving and sharing their indigenous seeds varieties.
🤑 Corporate capture of food sovereignty for millions of people.
☠️ Agroecological practices abandoned in favour of chemical use.
GMO imports are for corporate profit, not progress - and a Kenyan court agrees.
🤑 Corporate capture of food sovereignty for millions of people.
☠️ Agroecological practices abandoned in favour of chemical use.
GMO imports are for corporate profit, not progress - and a Kenyan court agrees.
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Wow. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state. Here she welcomes Palestinian ambassador Nadya Rasheed.
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
March 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wow. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state. Here she welcomes Palestinian ambassador Nadya Rasheed.
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.
Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽
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Ziigwan - Spring
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2023
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2023
March 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Ziigwan - Spring
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2023
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2023
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Overnight, our worst fears materialized. Again, the people of Gaza living in abject fear.
Modest gains made during the ceasefire – destroyed.
We must not accept the aid blockade.
Here's what I told Security Council:
Modest gains made during the ceasefire – destroyed.
We must not accept the aid blockade.
Here's what I told Security Council:
March 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Overnight, our worst fears materialized. Again, the people of Gaza living in abject fear.
Modest gains made during the ceasefire – destroyed.
We must not accept the aid blockade.
Here's what I told Security Council:
Modest gains made during the ceasefire – destroyed.
We must not accept the aid blockade.
Here's what I told Security Council:
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
For a Boy in Fiddler's Green
Jack Bishop
2024
Jack Bishop
2024
March 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Reading or listening to Sara Kendzior is always refreshing, reminding of how important it is to understand and reflect on the deeper patterns, motivations, facts and forces that underpin the political news otherwise consumed at face value
How The Broligarchy Conquered America: An Interview With Sarah Kendzior
Author Sarah Kendzior breaks down how Trump and Musk were able to conquer American democracy with the complicity of corporate media, dark money, Silicon Valley, and feckless Democrats.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Reading or listening to Sara Kendzior is always refreshing, reminding of how important it is to understand and reflect on the deeper patterns, motivations, facts and forces that underpin the political news otherwise consumed at face value
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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
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Dans un nouvel @laconversationca.bsky.social article, @alainggagnon.bsky.social, MSRC, président de la SRC, sonne l’alarme contre la montée de l’autoritarisme et appelle à une coopération mondiale pour préserver la stabilité et les libertés fondamentales. En savoir plus! ⬇️ rsc-src.ca/fr/voix-de-l...
Trump au pouvoir : il faut combattre l’avènement d’une culture de l’intimidation
Nous traversons la plus grave crise politique depuis la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.S’il y a quelque chose qui est cassé au sein de nos démocraties, c’est le lien de confiance qui a existé pend...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Dans un nouvel @laconversationca.bsky.social article, @alainggagnon.bsky.social, MSRC, président de la SRC, sonne l’alarme contre la montée de l’autoritarisme et appelle à une coopération mondiale pour préserver la stabilité et les libertés fondamentales. En savoir plus! ⬇️ rsc-src.ca/fr/voix-de-l...
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Collecting Maple Sugar
Maud Lewis
n.d.
Maud Lewis
n.d.
March 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Collecting Maple Sugar
Maud Lewis
n.d.
Maud Lewis
n.d.
Another poignant example of Lawrence’s capacity to bring clarity to what’s really happening in regard to the policy decisions pf the US administration.
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Lawrence: Canada's Trudeau humiliates 'cowardly' Trump who backs down on tariffs. Again.
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Another poignant example of Lawrence’s capacity to bring clarity to what’s really happening in regard to the policy decisions pf the US administration.
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“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.”
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Christian humanist, satirist, and philosopher
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Christian humanist, satirist, and philosopher
March 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.”
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Christian humanist, satirist, and philosopher
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Christian humanist, satirist, and philosopher
Not too impressed with the lack of historical perspective, emanating from the media or the political class. The US-Canada Auto Pact has been in effect since 1965, and this led to a fully integrated cross-border manufacturing platform. You don’t/can’t redesign such an arrangement in days or weeks….
March 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Not too impressed with the lack of historical perspective, emanating from the media or the political class. The US-Canada Auto Pact has been in effect since 1965, and this led to a fully integrated cross-border manufacturing platform. You don’t/can’t redesign such an arrangement in days or weeks….
It would appear that The US presidency is unwinding
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It would appear that The US presidency is unwinding
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Warm Winter Light, Mont Tremblant
Tim Packer
n.d.
Tim Packer
n.d.
February 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Warm Winter Light, Mont Tremblant
Tim Packer
n.d.
Tim Packer
n.d.
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Late Winter, Lower St. Lawrence
Henrietta Mabel May
1932
Henrietta Mabel May
1932
February 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Late Winter, Lower St. Lawrence
Henrietta Mabel May
1932
Henrietta Mabel May
1932