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Posts by Matthew Cook

Stephen: I'm denser than most, what are they try to accomplish with this wording?

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How mad is the NDP at SD61's court win? Try to pass a law to say "nuh-uh!" mad.

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Friends of reconciliation: please repost this! Or direct from DRIPAfacts.ca

Educating fellow settlers is on all of us to help undo the damage.

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The OG punks.

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After months of cowardice on DRIPA, Premier Eby is doing what he should have done from day one: working with First Nations, cooperatively.

The BC Greens have been the only steady hand on this issue. We’ve said clearly, from the beginning: hands off DRIPA.

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Justice is done.

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​A digital article screenshot from CBC News titled Here is the 'experiment' NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics. The subtitle notes that Lewis is calling for fundamental structural changes during his first Ottawa visit. Below the headline is a photo of Avi Lewis smiling in a suit, standing between two Canadian flags. The bottom half of the image features a pull quote where Lewis argues that the first-past-the-post system causes people to vote defensively or strategically. He concludes by stating that proportional representation is needed to restore faith in democracy and allow people to vote for what they believe in.

​A digital article screenshot from CBC News titled Here is the 'experiment' NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics. The subtitle notes that Lewis is calling for fundamental structural changes during his first Ottawa visit. Below the headline is a photo of Avi Lewis smiling in a suit, standing between two Canadian flags. The bottom half of the image features a pull quote where Lewis argues that the first-past-the-post system causes people to vote defensively or strategically. He concludes by stating that proportional representation is needed to restore faith in democracy and allow people to vote for what they believe in.

Appreciate @avilewis.ca bringing the case for proportional representation back to Ottawa.

Breaking the cycle of defensive voting is the only way to modernize our democracy. It is time to make every vote count.

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Same text as in post. Via @UBIWorks.bsky.social #UBI #UniversalBasicincome

Same text as in post. Via @UBIWorks.bsky.social #UBI #UniversalBasicincome

“Basic income has been shown to reduce health care costs, including an 8.5% reduction in hospitalizations. As Dr. Danielle Martin [the newly elected Liberal MP in today’s by-election] has so pointedly said, “If we discovered a drug that reduced hospitalizations by 8.5%, we’d put it in the water.”

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Honestly, it did not take the first time.
But at this stage of the game the user-friendliness of Linux has reached the point where even a dullard like myself can hack it... And then the legions of nerds out there who will are all to eager to convert you to the one true operating system-Joking/not.

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It's a colossal waste of money that, historically, has been nothing to do with public health all to do with controlling minorities.

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So the Province has been shedding health-related jobs for a couple of years under the guise of streamlining health authorities.

How much of that work was just replaced with an AI model?

And now *police* are partners in a project which will use AI to surveil drug use?

Nothing but red flags.

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Cancelling talk breached Charter freedoms, controversial academic argues in court | CBC News A former Mount Royal University professor and a former University of Lethbridge student were in court Friday for a judicial review of the U of L's decision to cancel a talk that had provoked uproar am...

The same far-right losers who run to the courts to cry about freedom of speech are the same losers who share lists of activists, academics, journalists & politicians they want to bully into silence.

It'd be cool if this was described as "fascism" & not "controversial."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I switched to Linux a few months ago to escape Microsoft, went through a browser bender and settled on Zen. Looked at Vivaldi, but will look again.

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"Remember when council voted to hire 24 officers instead of 26? What if we did 26." Motion failed, with only Alto and Gardiner backing. I saw Manak isn't going to run for mayor. Good, but Alto has staked out the pro-police line anyway. There's room for a progressive candidate, hopefully!

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Grateful to @avilewis.ca for continually raising the importance of proportional representation.

Moving away from first-past-the-post is essential to ending voter cynicism.

It is time for a system that empowers the many rather than concentrating power in the hands of the few.

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Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors.

Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors.

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Big thanks to @robbotterell.bsky.social and @bcgreens.bsky.social for championing electoral reform in BC.

Their recent exchange in the house shows that the push for a Citizens' Assembly is gaining ground.

It is time to retire first-past-the-post and build a democracy where every vote matters.

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Social workers across the board. Our social safety net is actually enforced poverty. Tell your friends!

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I'm not a bad cook.
I can make chicken fried rice for instance.
This does not mean I will walk into a restaurant in Beijing and tell the head chef "you're doing it wrong."
I'd have to be JD Vance for that.

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I'm sure he would have forgiven you. They're like that.

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If We Valued Sex Workers, the Outcome of the Diddy Trial Would Have Been Different What if Diddy’s victims were protected by labor laws instead of relying on the lack of justice of a sexist trial?

@freeblackgirl.bsky.social asks: what if P. Diddy’s victims were protected by labor laws instead of relying on the lack of justice of a sexist trial?

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Calling out heresies and war crimes (same same Imo).

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I sent your joke to my wife...will give you full credit.

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screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands

Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h
• JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO:
"When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory."

"In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology."

"And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h • JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO: "When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory." "In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology." "And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

I’ve given this a great deal of thought, trying to come up with the perfect joke for this moment, and this is what I have so far -

POPE LEO: our religion teaches that this war is bad

VANCE: wow, who died and made YOU head of the Catholic Church??

POPE LEO: well, you should know, you were there

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We should absolutely let him cook. This is the funniest thing someone in power has done for years and no one's getting harmed but Vance

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Fratelli tutti (3 October 2020) Encyclical Fratelli tutti (All Brothers) of the Holy Father Francis, 3 October 2020

Can somebody send some copies of this to DC? www.vatican.va/content/fran...

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... There's a theme to your posts...but I'll need AI to clarify it for me.

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Sean has been the gadfly of Va city council for a year now and should be reelected for no other reason than for the sake of make Sim come up with more ludicrous, unfounded, accusations that show him for the incompetent Nimrod he is.

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A digital screenshot of an article from the Calgary Herald titled Opinion: Avi Lewis has at least one idea Albertans should consider. The piece is written by Marshall Palmer and was published on April 14, 2026.

Below the headline is a wide-angle photograph of the interior of the House of Commons in Ottawa, showing the green benches of the governing and opposition sides facing the central aisle and the Speaker's chair in the distance.

The visible text of the article suggests that Albertans who feel unrepresented in Ottawa should take a second look at the federal NDP's platform on electoral reform. It argues that a more proportional system would ensure Alberta’s votes translate into real influence, reduce regional alienation, and improve the quality of democracy regardless of which party is in power.

A digital screenshot of an article from the Calgary Herald titled Opinion: Avi Lewis has at least one idea Albertans should consider. The piece is written by Marshall Palmer and was published on April 14, 2026. Below the headline is a wide-angle photograph of the interior of the House of Commons in Ottawa, showing the green benches of the governing and opposition sides facing the central aisle and the Speaker's chair in the distance. The visible text of the article suggests that Albertans who feel unrepresented in Ottawa should take a second look at the federal NDP's platform on electoral reform. It argues that a more proportional system would ensure Alberta’s votes translate into real influence, reduce regional alienation, and improve the quality of democracy regardless of which party is in power.

Despite a Liberal majority, first-past-the-post leaves hundreds of thousands of Liberal Albertans without a voice.

Proportional representation would guarantee Alberta a fair seat at the table and consistent representation in government, regardless of which party holds power.

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