The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

Once again, Crowder sums it up.

With all of this insanity and anxiety, don’t forget to take the time to take a deep breath and do a big stretch.

Johnson nails are here. This is not just happening in the USA. It’s way too easy to point and say look at what what’s happening there. It’s happened over and over throughout history, around the world. When we dehumanize each other no one is safe.

It was never going to end with just the election. It’s not going to end if the current POTUS dies or becomes incapacitated. This worldview is not limited to the United States. What we have seen thus far is only the beginning of what they want to do.

The secret to happiness is to know more animals then humans

I hear by propose that this sort of criminal is the only kind of criminal that we celebrate on social media. I’m fed up and worn out by the two legged criminals who feel no shame or regret for their actions. Take some time to focus on another species, if only for the sake of y/our own sanity.

With deep gratitude to Jack. Sincerely, Humans in this timeline

Posting this in the hopes that it is seen by or shared by people in Manitoba, or people who know people in Manitoba.

Agreed. This is a moment to really explore the power of the paws (I meant “pause” but the autocorrect was on its pun game) when it comes to tempting fate with questionable experiments straight out of action and/or horror movies. It always ends badly.

With everything else is going on in the world, here’s some reminders that there are still reasons to smile.

It’s a little bit disturbing that this even had to be a memo or an email. But the irony … it burns.

Always. That weakness, on some level, always springs from fear. The true weakness is responding to fear with cruelty, anger, hatred, intolerance, etc.

For aficionado’s of The Beaver and The Onion don’t miss Walking Eagle. I didn’t so much bark-laugh-out-loud as honk-laugh-out-loud. (Concerned I may have misdirected some Canada geese on their way to a strategic rendezvous.)

As per my previous post, once you have refresh your memory about how the Westminster parliamentary electoral process works, come back here and take a listen to what @rachelgilmore.bsky.social how to say about some of more inane rhetoric currently gaining traction online. Follow her for clear info.

Dear fellow Canadians: If you see anyone from our fair country making an 🫏 of themselves, ranting about the fact that Mark Carney is going to be Prime Minister without having been duly elected to the position, please remind them that in Canada We 👏🏻 Do👏🏻 Not👏🏻 Directly👏🏻 Elect 👏🏻 the Prime Minister.👏🏻

Daaaammmnnn Even my sassy CARROT weather app is pulling no punches today. Not that they are ever delicate flowers of reticence, but today they’re not even going with the tongue-in-cheek, snark-driven implications.

The preoccupation with yesterday’s disgusting a treatment of president Zelenskyy at the hands of 47, Vance, Rubio, and company is entirely understandable. It does, however, mean that other dangerous and destabilizing actions went relatively unnoticed.

It’s not really surprising, given all of the snide comments and the recent threats towards organizations or other nations who refuse to call the Gulf of Mexico by its recently rebranded moniker. But just because it’s not surprising, doesn’t mean that it’s not dangerous and stupid.

Ontario voters who chose same liar for the third term in a row are one of the reasons I’m still very worried about the upcoming federal election. The other reason I’m worried are all of the Ontarians, who chose not to vote because they decided there wasn’t a point, or their voice didn’t matter.

Well, today has been a day, hasn’t it? Kim Jong-un has called for North Korea to go to full nuclear readiness, Telegram has been found to be allowing posts where people offer money to anyone planning an attack on mosques, and an American official is suggesting redrawing the Canada USA border.

Timeline cleanser

Yup

This. Black History Month is not supposed to be about examples of exceptionalism. The intention, at least, among those who were well intended, was to showcase that black history, not only in the United States, but in Canada, and around the world, has been one of contribution and innovation.

Right now, I’m finding it really easy to get caught up in the anger, frustration, and disgust. Came across this talk by @baratunde.com today. youtu.be/0Mi0miIN6tA?...

Mark Hamill, as a human being, is far more heroic to me than Luke Skywalker could ever have been, even when I was a little kid playing with my Star Wars action figures. This Jedi uses the force for the light. Use whatever tools you have to resist fascism, wherever you find it. #EveryDayHeroism.

This! ⬇️ Took me a long time to realize that those fables were so often teaching stories that were manipulated by those in power to keep everyone else in line. Teaching stories are incredibly valuable, in any culture. We can learn different lessons in current contexts. We can change the stories.

When people say that they didn’t think this could happen, (read: to them), we need to take that as an opportunity to look at the ways we have been warned, over and over again, usually by people of colour, and we need to decide how we are going to move forward keeping the lessons in mind this time.

When the birds of ill omen are suddenly sought out as the founts of wisdom for what they’ve been saying all along…

Just finished reading @samiraahmed.bsky.social 2019 YA novel, Internment. It is not new that artists are often the canaries in the coal mine, calling out warning of the slippery slopes, dangerous precipices, and pitfalls we are approaching. This is particularly true of artists of colour.

This is not accidental. This is a Canadian politician, deliberately utilizing the techniques being demonstrated in the USA right now. I know that there are Canadians who would like to see Canada be more like the US right now, but the stats suggest that that is not the majority. Call this out.

Well, that would explain a few things. Not gonna lie, I don’t blame them for leaving.

An excellent question. I think that realistically, it’s often that in narratives where people go into the past, they are in a position to change huge events (with potentially small actions) for which they already know the outcome, or they’re concerned about in someway, removing free choice.

I’m grateful for the fact that, at this time, in Canada, we still have laws that clearly outline when freedom of expression (not just speech) is limited if/when it infringes upon the charter rights of other people. We cannot, however, afford to take this for granted - it’s already under threat

In the US, public information pages about the efficacy of vaccines are being forced off-line. There is a concerted effort in multiple locations across that country to actually ban people from choosing to be vaccinated. People will sicken and die unnecessarily, and the impacts will increase.

We are seeing the existing abusive power structures being stripped of the few guard rails we’ve taken for granted. The gloves are off and no holds are barred. They’ve not just moved the goal posts, they’ve moved the entire field and gutted the rules. Creative resistance is necessary now.

Wait … what⁉️ Read that again.

It is a racist, elitist, and misogynistic abuse of power to prevent people from accessing whatever kind of healthcare they need, in the pursuit of health and well-being, and with full autonomy over their bodily choices. Not only are anti-abortion laws not pro life, they’re not even pro birth.

It’s good that there are cases being brought against the actions of the Trump administration, and it’s good that the problems are being documented in some way. (however, vulnerable documentation is at the moment). They will not be a sufficient solution given the current admin’s disdain for law.

White House official says he 'never agreed' Canada won't be 51st state in meeting with premiers - CBC News No matter what was said in the meeting, the US official is making sure that his public social media comment placates the American president. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

In the latest Niigaan and the Lone Ranger podcast, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and @wfpdlett.bsky.social talk with former Manitoba premier and former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer about Trump, tariffs, and how Manitoba can become the "Costco of Critical Minerals." Listen now: wfp.to/AAv

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

In shock announcement, Trump says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip - Reuters This isn’t actually a surprise to anyone, is it? He’s still fundamentally the schmarmy, discriminatory, exploitative, and deceitful absentee landlord and real estate developer he’s always been. Just a different office.

For some people I’ve seen post about finding ways to access trustworthy news, here’s an example of what Ground News does.

Helpful grocery guide for Team Canada

It is time and more than time that electoral systems evolved to be more responsive to/ reflective of the realities of modern society. Yes, it slows things down sometimes because it requires consensus building. That is the point. It’s one step towards checks and balances that we need in place.

Welp - on several posts I interacted with today here on Blue Sky, the consensus was that it was at best a campaign ploy, and that he would not end up holding to it. Aaaaand here we are just a few hours later. DFord is DFording hard. At least it resolves the cognitive dissonance.