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sarrha.bsky.social
@sarrha.bsky.social
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she/her/they/them anti fascist decriminalize sex work, legalize drugs
Disability justice ftp, acab
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theserfstv.bsky.social
Every country that does this only bans it for trans people. It's still approved for cis children www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
New Zealand halts new puberty blockers for young transgender people
New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
DULF winning this challenge could advance people’s liberation so quickly, all the SCS and service closures of the last years to appease police and profiteer tantrums will soon be laughed at as the final bleatings of the drug war in Canada.

But first, funding: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
DULF LEGAL AID II - The Final Push
Our fundraising just hit a wall: we keep maxing out our incoming daily e-transfer limit of $50,000. But the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) urgently needs your help to keep the fight for drug user r...
www.zeffy.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.

Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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harshawalia.bsky.social
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?

Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!

Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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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/
albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...
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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amaramarasingam.bsky.social
In light of this, shameless plug for our open-source article from last year:

'Run Silent, Run Deep’: Examining Right-Wing Extremism in the Military pt.icct.nl/article/run-...
July 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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amaramarasingam.bsky.social
I was on CBC's The Current, along with @jessmarindavis.bsky.social, to discuss the recent arrests in Quebec.

How deep does extremism run in Canada’s Armed Forces? pca.st/rd4gprtw
How deep does extremism run in Canada’s Armed Forces?
pca.st
July 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Active members of the military were just charged over alleged plans to seize land and create an anti-government militia.

What's even more spooky? The broader context.

@amaramarasingam.bsky.social, one of the country’s top extremism researchers, breaks it all down on Bubble Pop.

Sneak peek:
July 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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christabrown.bsky.social
"The absence of federal prosecutions does not in any way indicate the absence of criminal conduct, the absence of immoral conduct, or the absence of harmful conduct."

Houston Chronicle quotes me on closure of DOJ's sexual abuse investigation. #ThisistheSBC

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Southern Baptist Convention says DOJ sexual abuse investigation is over
The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention and its executive committee for sexual abuse allegations.
www.houstonchronicle.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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rahbeeuh.bsky.social
Why Black Disabled History Matters (Black History Month).
wid.org/why-black-di...
Why Black Disabled History Matters - World Institute on Disability
By Dikko Yusuf Black disabled history is an aspect of Black history, which informs world history. Black History Month is officially celebrated every year in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the UK. Duri...
wid.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
there are 225,000 British Columbians who use unregulated drugs and DON'T WANT TO DIE
number of clients dispensed prescribed alternatives per month Dec 2024 - 3,912 opioid - 3,665 stimulant - 374 benzo - 56
February 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
dispensing and witnessing fees are almost 80% of the total billed to pharmacare
audit July 1 2020 to Dec 31 2021 metadol-D 607 1L bottles + methadose 313 1L bottles purchased = total 920 bottles, 853 dispensed - drug cost $82,000 dispensing fees $576,000 witnessing fees $622,000 for pills - OAT and/or prescribed alternative Dilaudid (4mg, 8mg), Kadian (50/100mg), APO-HDM & PMS-HDM : drug cost: $449,000 dispensing : $465,000 pills - NOT OAT or PSS gabapentin, trazodone, quetiapine, ibuprofen, pantoprazole-40, naproxen, rabeprazole total drug cost: $14,000 dispensing fees: $511,000 total pharmacare paid for liquid and pills - $2,719,000 drug cost: $545,000 dispensing fees: $1,552,000 witnessing fees : $622,000
February 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
"the fundamental difference between dope and meds is the race and class of the user" - Donna Murch
2022 to 2024 - pharmacies hydromorphone - 19,761,000 (dispensed as prescribed alternative) - 102,270,000 (total dispensed) prescribed alternative % of total: 19% oxycodone - 1,440,000 (dispensed as prescribed alternative) - 19,644,000 (total dispensed) prescribed alternative % of total: 7% morphine sulphate - 516,000 (dispensed as prescribed alternative) - 49,066,000 (total dispensed) prescribed alternative % of total: 1% dextroamphetamine - 479,000 (dispensed as prescribed alternative) - 30,533,000 (total dispensed) prescribed alternative % of total: 2% fentanyl patch - 232,000 (dispensed as prescribed alternative) - 1,828,000 (total dispensed) prescribed alternative % of total: 13%
February 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
nice chart.

in 2024, daily dispensing fees were 37% of all dispensing fees.

total dispensing fees paid were $350,000,000.
pharmacare paid dispensing fees daily dispensing vs total 2024 - 37% of total, or $130M of $350M
February 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
the medications are not being consumed by their "intended recipients" BECAUSE THEYRE NOT RECEIVING THEM

DOYE

also, what a scam. the exploitation of drug users is an economy in itself.
PHARMACARE A TARGET - frequency of dispensing policy : pharmacies target pharmacare policy by maximizing dispensing fee billing (up to $11K per patient per year compared to $120\) - incentives: proceeds of FoDs are often used to pay incentives - diversion: a significant portion of the opioids being freely prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are not being consumed by their intended recipients - trafficking: prescribed alternatives are trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally
February 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
yeah the "investigation" and the leaked document are not about diversion but about pharmacies DEFRAUDING MSP by EXPLOITING the POVERTY of DRUG USERS

this article is some hot garbage

www.timescolonist.com/local-news/d...
Diversion of prescribed opioids ‘out of control’: B.C. doctor
More than 60 pharmacies have allegedly offered incentives to encourage doctors and patients to use their services to maximize their dispensing fees
www.timescolonist.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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critcrim.bsky.social
Woman Dies Following Arrest by Manitoba RCMP (January 16, 2025) killercopscanada.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/w...
Woman Dies Following Arrest by Manitoba RCMP (January 16, 2025)
The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) of Manitoba is investigating the death of a woman on January 16, 2025, following her arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the day before. According t…
killercopscanada.wordpress.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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akohan.bsky.social
If Gillingham wants to cut funding for the library he should be honest about that, not try to play chicken with the province. But I think the truth is plain, they just don’t want the people who Connections is designed to serve to use the library at all. It’s despicable.
December 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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akohan.bsky.social
Scott Gillingham on CBC lying about why he’s cutting library services at Millennium. Management, librarians, and advocates have all told him many times that the Community Connections space is a library service, answering the same questions people already asked, but in a low-barrier, supportive space
December 19, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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critcrim.bsky.social
"Canadian police killed six Indigenous people in 11 days. This has to stop"

#ACAB #LandBack

www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/opinion/cont...
Canadian police killed six Indigenous people in 11 days. This has to stop
There are many factors that lead to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system. But what’s clear is that the statistics point to a systemic failure, one that
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca
December 21, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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critcrim.bsky.social
Man (74) Dies in Fall During Attempted Mental Health Act Arrest by London Police (December 19, 2024)

#ACAB

www.anarchistfederation.net/man-74-dies-...
Man (74) Dies in Fall During Attempted Mental Health Act Arrest by London Police (December 19, 2024)
🔥 Dec 20, 2024 - From Killer Cops Canada - Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death of a 74-year-old man in a fall during an attempted Mental Health Act arrest on Decembe...
www.anarchistfederation.net
December 22, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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democracynow.org
War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists
Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists, Says Human Rights Watch
Since October 2023, Israel has killed over 3,700 people in Lebanon, with most of the deaths occurring over the past 10 weeks. The attacks have forced more than 1 million people to flee their homes in...
www.democracynow.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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amberying.com
My friend's partner, a Black activist in Seattle, was attacked and suffered a concussion while defending housing rights. This fundraiser is to cover the costs of recovery and legal fees against the assailant. Please donate, if you can, and spread the word!

chuffed.org/project/1140...
Support a Black Protester Assaulted while Defending Housing Rights
As inflation, price gouging, and skyrocketing home prices have affected the nation, the city of Seattle has become increasingly hostile to low-income and middle-class populations. Meanwhile, the City ...
chuffed.org
November 23, 2024 at 1:37 PM