Jacqueline

Namesake

A film about place, memory, and what it means to live together.
In the coastal community widely known as Powell River, a request from the Tla’amin Nation sets off a public conversation.
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"Polls show most Americans are now firmly against Trump. Most of us don’t want this war. Most of us reject his brutal immigration dragnet. Most of us are against his usurping powers that belong to Congress and the people. Most of us are appalled by his corruption, self-dealing, and brazen ignorance"

Yes! BC Canada finally get's it right. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

War Always Eats the Old World Order I’ve always been fascinated by Russian history.

The one question every brittle authoritarian system fears most and eventually hears echoing through its streets, “Why exactly are we doing this, and why are these fucking clowns still in charge?”
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Carney Excuses Trump’s New Iran War | The Tyee The US attack violates international law. Not a peep about that from Canada’s PM.

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for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

Necrocapital The global economy runs on extraction layered over perception.

" Growth is no longer measured by usefulness or durability, but by how capital can reprice itself upward. The real economy, consisting of human labor, materials, infrastructure, & human effort, has become the substrate upon which a far larger financial fraud operates." substack.com/home/post/p-...

Liar, liar, pants on fire. If only.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you are SUPPOSED to hate child predators more than you hate undocumented migrants.

When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.

Two mothers could be stoned to death. Sham trials. Coerced confessions. And a sentence of stoning! One million of us spoke up to help overturn a similar case – sign now to do it again.

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As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.

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Good luck to them, they are gonna need it. She's not laying down like a floor mat waiting to be walked over. Saw her interview with the BBC and she's ready, they are not going to like what she has to stay.

One of the better ideas I’ve seen. Scott Galloway with his “Resist and Unsubscribe.
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Snarky and golden!

How is this not illegal?

All the posturing about the show not being in English... I can remember TV having close caption features back in the 90's when I got rid of mine. I wanted to see the show, took me 10 seconds to find it on YouTube, the next day, with english captions. My bad forgot MAGAT can't read, & you're racists.

Rings horribly true, this. substack.com/home/post/p-... "When the Epstein-class of parasites gets bored with owning everything else. Once you’ve strip-mined labor, gutted public institutions, and turned entire generations into debt-serfs, the next frontier is the commons. Air. Water. Soil."

Yes, you are right, not anymore.

When someone asks if I’m a Trump supporter, I just say I’m reasonably well educated and care about people. And they know that means no. How sad is that?

Bless their hearts.

In a world full of Kid Rocks, be a Bad Bunny.

The people who need their own halftime show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.

I have a gay friend who voted for him TWICE! I'll never understand it.

So, has the staffer who posted that racist meme been fired, or is he still the President of the United States?

American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar.

Why? This chart has the answer.