Murph
@murphybwalker.bsky.social
Nature lover. Dad of 1 human (and 1 dog). Procrastination aficionado. FM PGY2. 🌊🌒🇨🇦
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lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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My friend Dr. Joanne Liu, former international president of Doctors Without Borders, was cancelled at NYU. The vice-president in education asked to see her powerpoint, prior to her lecture. One slide showed the number of humanitarian workers who died in Gaza. NYU cancelled the event.
March 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My friend Dr. Joanne Liu, former international president of Doctors Without Borders, was cancelled at NYU. The vice-president in education asked to see her powerpoint, prior to her lecture. One slide showed the number of humanitarian workers who died in Gaza. NYU cancelled the event.
Just passing through #Kamloops #BritishColumbia
March 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just passing through #Kamloops #BritishColumbia
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Private equity is buying up long-term care homes and surgical centres in Canada as a "tapeworm economy" siphoning off public funds and eroding quality and working conditions to take profits: @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social tells a horror story for attendees at @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social conference
March 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Private equity is buying up long-term care homes and surgical centres in Canada as a "tapeworm economy" siphoning off public funds and eroding quality and working conditions to take profits: @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social tells a horror story for attendees at @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social conference
Not only has Pierre Poilievre refused to get a background check in order to be briefed on potentially foreign-comprised members of the Conservative party—he even refused a briefing when Canadian Security Intelligence Service offered to waive the background check to brief him.
Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?
YouTube video by Justin Trudeau
youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not only has Pierre Poilievre refused to get a background check in order to be briefed on potentially foreign-comprised members of the Conservative party—he even refused a briefing when Canadian Security Intelligence Service offered to waive the background check to brief him.
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The way Canada treats foreign-trained doctors is a total disgrace.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canadian medical grads trained abroad are increasingly giving up on their home country for work
Canada’s health care system needs physicians to fill important gaps, but it has also set up barriers for international graduates to practise here instead of the U.S., Britain and Australia
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The way Canada treats foreign-trained doctors is a total disgrace.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Seems like a pretty important detail
March 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seems like a pretty important detail
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What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
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🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
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🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
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🧵News from #Ukraine that you're probably not seeing: Early this morning, Russian forces struck an @msf.ca-supported hospital in #Kharkiv. Four patients were injured and reportedly, over 50 patients had to be evacuated. #NotATarget
March 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🧵News from #Ukraine that you're probably not seeing: Early this morning, Russian forces struck an @msf.ca-supported hospital in #Kharkiv. Four patients were injured and reportedly, over 50 patients had to be evacuated. #NotATarget
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You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!
YouTube video by Anti Trump
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February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
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#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders is forced to suspend all activities in Zamzam camp, including our field hospital.
The escalation of attacks is making it impossible for our teams to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-fo...
The escalation of attacks is making it impossible for our teams to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-fo...
Sudan: MSF forced to halt its activities as violence engulfed Zamzam camp in North Darfur | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The current escalation of attacks and fighting in and around Zamzam camp for displaced people near El Fasher in North Darfur is making it impossible for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontière...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
February 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders is forced to suspend all activities in Zamzam camp, including our field hospital.
The escalation of attacks is making it impossible for our teams to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-fo...
The escalation of attacks is making it impossible for our teams to continue providing medical assistance in such dangerous conditions.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-fo...
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Did Israel violate the Gaza ceasefire agreement? And what to know about Hamas’s pause aje.io/6xggcd
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Did Israel violate the Gaza ceasefire agreement? And what to know about Hamas’s pause aje.io/6xggcd
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February 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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the first chapter of Veblen’s “The Engineers and the Price System” is about how capitalists tend to be the first saboteurs and opponents of abundance because the law gives them the right to just turn the machines off when they feel like it
all of the centrist “abundance” types who fell for Trump and DOGE are the biggest rubes on earth
and I say that as a liberal “abundance” supporter myself
and I say that as a liberal “abundance” supporter myself
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
the first chapter of Veblen’s “The Engineers and the Price System” is about how capitalists tend to be the first saboteurs and opponents of abundance because the law gives them the right to just turn the machines off when they feel like it
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#Gaza: We are devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members.
We strongly condemns the killing of Bilal and his family in their home by Israeli forces.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-mourns-t...
We strongly condemns the killing of Bilal and his family in their home by Israeli forces.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-mourns-t...
MSF mourns the killing of its ninth colleague in Gaza | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family membe...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#Gaza: We are devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members.
We strongly condemns the killing of Bilal and his family in their home by Israeli forces.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-mourns-t...
We strongly condemns the killing of Bilal and his family in their home by Israeli forces.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-mourns-t...