Jelle Spijker
@spijkerschrift.bsky.social
Creative Services Manager by day, Screenwriter by night.
Pluralist. Here for news.
Edmonton, AB 🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/spijker
Pluralist. Here for news.
Edmonton, AB 🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/spijker
Foreign born Canadian here. I never realized that my presence is causing stagnation in the living standards. 🤷♂️
"U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all the “foreign-born” people living here." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
JD Vance blames immigration for Canada's 'stagnating' living standards | CBC News
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all th...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Foreign born Canadian here. I never realized that my presence is causing stagnation in the living standards. 🤷♂️
New Spock's Beard. The opener is a classic 10 minute prog opus.
Next Step
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November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New Spock's Beard. The opener is a classic 10 minute prog opus.
They might as well have condemned Monday. About as effective.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
They might as well have condemned Monday. About as effective.
“You have to defend parents’ rights to the end, unless they’re bad parents,” Getson said.
So not to the end, then.
So not to the end, then.
Alberta legislature member compares transgender surgery to livestock castration
Alberta legislature member compares transgender surgery to livestock castration
United Conservative backbencher Shane Getson made the comment in chamber debate over a bill that uses the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect a trio of transgender laws from court challenge.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“You have to defend parents’ rights to the end, unless they’re bad parents,” Getson said.
So not to the end, then.
So not to the end, then.
Regularly I receive Spotify notifications about a new release from an artist I follow only to find out it's a different artist with the same name. I find it perplexing that Spotify would not create unique identifiers for each artist.
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Regularly I receive Spotify notifications about a new release from an artist I follow only to find out it's a different artist with the same name. I find it perplexing that Spotify would not create unique identifiers for each artist.
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When an executive agency mocks and insults the public, it crosses a bright line. Professional, nonpartisan enforcement is a cornerstone of democracy, and its erosion and the delegitimization of dissent are core markers of autocracy.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When an executive agency mocks and insults the public, it crosses a bright line. Professional, nonpartisan enforcement is a cornerstone of democracy, and its erosion and the delegitimization of dissent are core markers of autocracy.
Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
Wishful prog collaboration: Anna von Hausswolff and Mikael Åkerfeldt.
The Marble Eye
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October 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Wishful prog collaboration: Anna von Hausswolff and Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Multiple Sclerosis now?
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Multiple Sclerosis now?
Creating chaos everywhere is the strategy, and it's working.
It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Creating chaos everywhere is the strategy, and it's working.
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Thank God for Canadians. Canada nICE Agents.
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thank God for Canadians. Canada nICE Agents.
I was waiting in line for well over an hour at Edmonton's municipal elections yesterday. Painful.
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was waiting in line for well over an hour at Edmonton's municipal elections yesterday. Painful.
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💥New from Drop Site: “We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”
Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...
Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...
“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”
Gaza’s olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
💥New from Drop Site: “We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”
Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...
Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...
New Lance Ferguson for a lounge-y Friday experience. 👌
My Future
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October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New Lance Ferguson for a lounge-y Friday experience. 👌
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Pritzker: "It's clear that Donald Trump has diminished capacity, which I think is sad -- that the people around him are not getting him help, and instead they're just taking advantage of him. And that's what Stephen Miller is."
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Pritzker: "It's clear that Donald Trump has diminished capacity, which I think is sad -- that the people around him are not getting him help, and instead they're just taking advantage of him. And that's what Stephen Miller is."
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The UCP wants to replace "Wild Rose Country" with "Strong and Free" on provincial license plates.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The UCP wants to replace "Wild Rose Country" with "Strong and Free" on provincial license plates.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
Mijn oud collega bij SBS6, Michiel Koudstaal is veel te vroeg overleden. In de jaren '90 hebben we samen veel uitzendingen verzorgt. Hij was een fijne en begane collega. Sterkte aan zijn familie, vrienden en collega's.
Michiel Koudstaal, voormalige zenderstem SBS6, overleden
Michiel Koudstaal, die jarenlang de voice-over van Hart van Nederland en de zenderstem van SBS6 was, is op 51-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt Hart van Nederland woensdag. Hij is begin deze maand overleden. Het programma heeft de...
Michiel Koudstaal, die jarenlang de voice-over van Hart van Nederland en de zenderstem van SBS6 was, is op 51-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt Hart van Nederland woensdag. Hij is begin deze maand overleden. Het programma heeft de...
Michiel Koudstaal, voormalige zenderstem SBS6, overleden
Michiel Koudstaal, die jarenlang de voice-over van Hart van Nederland en de zenderstem van SBS6 was, is op 51-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt Hart van Nederland woensdag. Hij is begin deze maand ...
www.rtl.nl
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Mijn oud collega bij SBS6, Michiel Koudstaal is veel te vroeg overleden. In de jaren '90 hebben we samen veel uitzendingen verzorgt. Hij was een fijne en begane collega. Sterkte aan zijn familie, vrienden en collega's.
Awful as it is 'therapy' in name alone.
Supreme Court justices seem poised to rule against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors https://cnn.it/3J1udyf
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Awful as it is 'therapy' in name alone.
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“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
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Pride is political now, and not allowed in the FBI.
Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Pride is political now, and not allowed in the FBI.
Pouring one out for Hyacinth Bucket tonight. <Bouquet>
October 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pouring one out for Hyacinth Bucket tonight. <Bouquet>
Note to self:
Bari Weiss, whose publication is being acquired by Paramount in a $150 million deal, is set to be named editor-in-chief of CBS News.
In an unusual arrangement, Weiss will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, and not to CBS News’ Pres Tom Cibrowski or to head of TV George Cheeks.
In an unusual arrangement, Weiss will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, and not to CBS News’ Pres Tom Cibrowski or to head of TV George Cheeks.
Exclusive | Bari Weiss to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources
Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the third-place CBS News, a source close to the situation said.
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Note to self:
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Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.
Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.
Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.
Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.
Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.