Mike 🍁
@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social
Trade unionist & troublemaker
Queer, AuDHD & CPTSD
Perpetually exhausted
Educate. Agitate. Organize.
Queer, AuDHD & CPTSD
Perpetually exhausted
Educate. Agitate. Organize.
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Mike 🍁
@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social
· May 5
Let's talk about the elephant in the room regarding the current fascist US regime and Alberta seperatism: Christian Nationalism.
Long🧵 ahead
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #bcpoli #Alberta #BritishColumbia #Canada #turtleisland #Indigenous #mbpoli #skpoli #DanielleSmith
Long🧵 ahead
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #bcpoli #Alberta #BritishColumbia #Canada #turtleisland #Indigenous #mbpoli #skpoli #DanielleSmith
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"Our main institutions are bending the knee to Trump, there haven’t been any wildcat strikes from below, and most top union leaders remain exasperatingly risk-averse. Fortunately, general strikes aren't our only powerful tactic," writes
@ericblanc.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/10/afte...
@ericblanc.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/10/afte...
New on the Labor Notes Pod: @ericblanc.bsky.social on scalable tactics for non-violent disruption that build on the mass mobilization of "No Kings"—walkouts by students and teachers that can go viral, and May 2026 actions to pressure institutions labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-do-we-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Our main institutions are bending the knee to Trump, there haven’t been any wildcat strikes from below, and most top union leaders remain exasperatingly risk-averse. Fortunately, general strikes aren't our only powerful tactic," writes
@ericblanc.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/10/afte...
@ericblanc.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/10/afte...
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6/ You can help us identify the rest. If you know about any of these individuals, please contact us directly so we can engage in a verification process.
White Nationalist Networking: Help us Identify the Organizers and Guests
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
6/ You can help us identify the rest. If you know about any of these individuals, please contact us directly so we can engage in a verification process.
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Incredible work here from the folks at CAHN:
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Incredible work here from the folks at CAHN:
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in Canadian history.
We’re not backing down. We'll defend their reporting against any and all legal threats.
Support @pressprogress.ca : journalismdefence.ca
We’re not backing down. We'll defend their reporting against any and all legal threats.
Support @pressprogress.ca : journalismdefence.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in Canadian history.
We’re not backing down. We'll defend their reporting against any and all legal threats.
Support @pressprogress.ca : journalismdefence.ca
We’re not backing down. We'll defend their reporting against any and all legal threats.
Support @pressprogress.ca : journalismdefence.ca
The only realistic conclusions to draw from this are that either:
1) Dem leadership endorses and supports the Trump administration behind the scenes
2) They're all absolute fucking morons
Primary everyone, and until then make their lives hell.
1) Dem leadership endorses and supports the Trump administration behind the scenes
2) They're all absolute fucking morons
Primary everyone, and until then make their lives hell.
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The only realistic conclusions to draw from this are that either:
1) Dem leadership endorses and supports the Trump administration behind the scenes
2) They're all absolute fucking morons
Primary everyone, and until then make their lives hell.
1) Dem leadership endorses and supports the Trump administration behind the scenes
2) They're all absolute fucking morons
Primary everyone, and until then make their lives hell.
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"If we are to deal adequately with folly, we must understand its nature. This much is certain, that it is a moral rather than an intellectual defect. There are people who are mentally agile but foolish, and people who are mentally slow but very far from foolish ..."
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"If we are to deal adequately with folly, we must understand its nature. This much is certain, that it is a moral rather than an intellectual defect. There are people who are mentally agile but foolish, and people who are mentally slow but very far from foolish ..."
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
Any lawyers or union folks in BC able to say if Section 12 of the labour code can extend to appointments of union staff against the clear wishes of membership?
My understanding is that it only applies to cases where members aren't properly represented in grievances against the employer.
My understanding is that it only applies to cases where members aren't properly represented in grievances against the employer.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Any lawyers or union folks in BC able to say if Section 12 of the labour code can extend to appointments of union staff against the clear wishes of membership?
My understanding is that it only applies to cases where members aren't properly represented in grievances against the employer.
My understanding is that it only applies to cases where members aren't properly represented in grievances against the employer.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
The thing more people need to realize is that a lot of elected officials are really, really stupid.
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing more people need to realize is that a lot of elected officials are really, really stupid.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Trump regime DHS Sec Kristi Noem - posing for a propaganda photo op - intentional cruelty/evil
Never forget 😈
Never forget 😈
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Trump regime DHS Sec Kristi Noem - posing for a propaganda photo op - intentional cruelty/evil
Never forget 😈
Never forget 😈
Nuremberg trials.
NYT - Dozens of Venezuelans sent by the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador describe being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/wo...
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Nuremberg trials.
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.
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I have a dream that one day MSM will do a story on Stephen Harper's International Democracy Union and how they've helped some of the worst anti-democratic parties get elected throughout the western world
It doesn't have to be Canadian media, it could be any large outlet
I have a dream
It doesn't have to be Canadian media, it could be any large outlet
I have a dream
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have a dream that one day MSM will do a story on Stephen Harper's International Democracy Union and how they've helped some of the worst anti-democratic parties get elected throughout the western world
It doesn't have to be Canadian media, it could be any large outlet
I have a dream
It doesn't have to be Canadian media, it could be any large outlet
I have a dream
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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