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#India #Rohingya #FakeNews #refugees
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.Global Voices
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Goldfinch and the Drop of Water
I was about to post another sparrow photo—I've got so many good ones, it’s hard to choose. But then I came across this image of a goldfinch (Spinus tristis) pausing for a drink at the birdbath, and I knew this was the one to share.
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program allows Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary jobs when qualified Canadians are not available, and that's why it is completely uncontroversial and nobody has any issues with it.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
Aceh Tamiang, #Indonesia
A woman stands in a waterlogged street after a flash flood.
Photograph: Yt Hariono/AFP/Getty Images
#photography
#floods
#ClimateDiary
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Petition to end First Past the Post and pursue Proportional Representation, as already recommended by Special Committee.
Sign and pass it on if so inclined.
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by Jameson Varner, CEOI'm the CEO of a major accounting firm, and so I have my finger on the market's pulse.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
On this day 26 years ago, demonstrators blockaded and shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle—demonstrating the power of direct action and horizontal, decentralized organizing.
Today, as federal mercenaries attack our communities while state institutions strive even more blatantly to repress and impoverish us, we need the lessons of the Seattle WTO protests more than ever.
22 years after the victory against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, what can we learn from the networks that gave rise to that movement?CrimethInc.
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While areas rich in rare minerals may be a blessing for the country’s economy, they can also be a curse for the local populations in the DRC.Global Voices
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In northwestern Ontario, a grieving Onigaming First Nation says it would blockade the highway if mining permits are granted without consentJon Thompson (The Narwhal)
Alberta MP Shannon Stubb's press release appears to come from an alternate universe. I might like that one better.
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That said, best wishes to MP Shannon Stubbs' recovery from the jaw surgery. I don't like her politics but she runs a great MP's office that will really help constituents with problems.
Canada received Tuesday’s Fossil of the Day award at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The award, bestowed by Climate Action Network International, recognizes the country deemed to have done the most each day to slow down global progress in …Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix)
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Alberta is working on plans to treat and release oilsands wastewater into the Athabasca River. First Nations downstream don’t want that to happenCarl Meyer (The Narwhal)
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