GRASSY KNOWLES

@sparky57
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Retired Pilot, Gov't of Canada

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TEACH HUMAN RIGHTS NOT TEN COMMANDMENTS

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Last known picture of Sparky57. He went woke and is now operating in the field without any decent human restraint. he is drifting uncontrollably into Solarpunk

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religion, politics , generalMormon Solar Punk. woke leftist socialist. votes strategic for left. pacifist . marginal mennonite leanings. striving to fight anthropogenic climate change.

Pillar of maga American hubris, Chuck Norris, is dead.
EID MUBARAK!

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7136043

#blockgps
#boycottusa
#eidmubarak

"El Salvador is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States, Human Rights Watch said today, one year after some of the men were sent to El Salvador.

The detained people are among more than 9,000 Salvadorans deported by the United States since the start of 2025. Some of them were deported on March 15, 2025, alongside the Venezuelans who were tortured and, in some cases, sexually abused in the Center for Terrorism Confinement (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, CECOT) mega prison."
More: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/16/us/el-salvador-deportees-forcibly-disappeared

US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared

El Salvador is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States.

Human Rights Watch
That's what happens when you use a foreign war as a distraction from your problems back home.

"Now an undeclared, unauthorized, unpopular, and unconstitutional war of aggression against Iran has spread like wildfire through the region and into Europe. A new 'forever war'—with an ever-increasing likelihood of American troops on the ground—may very well be upon us.

As we’ve seen over and over, this administration uses lies, misdirection, and attempts to flood the zone to justify its abuses of power at home and abroad."

#Trump #Iran #war #media
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Teens Are Using AI-Fueled ‘Slander Pages’ to Mock Their Teachers

Viral student-run TikTok and Instagram accounts are using AI to make memes of school faculty comparing them to figures like Jeffrey Epstein and Benjamin Netanyahu.

WIRED

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🕵️‍♂️📰 Trying to piece together what to believe can feel impossible, but we can still find reliable, trustworthy #answers as long as we know how to look for them.

Hank Green and Sage Magee explain the SIFT method, a four-step tool to help you investigate sources and trace claims back to their origins to find the whole #truth.

👉 Learn more: https://zurl.co/182Du

#disinformation #diy #howto #information #literacy #media #microplastics #misinformation #news #plastic #research #science #journalism #psychology #mentalhealth #propaganda #education #tksst #video

Le gouvernement Carney se rapproche de la majorité

Le Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD) annonce que la députée du Nunavut, Lori Idlout, a rejoint les libéraux, rapprochant ainsi le gouvernement du premier ministre Mark Carney d'une majorité.

https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/politique/2026/03/11/une-deputee-du-nunavut-passe-du-npd-aux-liberaux-7LG7J4WYK5BTHFJAAAAVRFSWAY/

#NPD #NouveauPartidémocratique #MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli

Le gouvernement Carney se rapproche de la majorité

Le Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD) annonce que la députée du Nunavut, Lori Idlout, a rejoint les libéraux, rapprochant ainsi le gouvernement du premier ministre Mark Carney d'une majorité.

La Tribune

File this under “no shit Sherlock”

Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn | CBC Calgary

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #canpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-foreign-interference-9.7114928

Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn | CBC News

Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.

CBC

The Fedi/Mastodon is revelatory, I love it, but the emotional weight is greater and very different.

Honesty is powerful. I'm not even going to talk about Instagram or Facebook, but Twitter was/is a combative place, even if you are passive. Here it's completely different, many people are very open, myself included to a degree, which is refreshing and a welcome humanising of social media, but with that comes with it's own challenges.

I care about people. People share their physical, emotional and psychological struggles here. I empathise, I try to understand and support folks as best I can with my level of understanding. It's a lot though. I'm out of my depth frequently, I want to help but don't have a clue how to, and don't want to say something stupid or insensitive, no matter how well intentioned. But at the same time, I don't want to stay silent, because I want you to know I care.

Often a "like/⭐" means I hear you but have no useful words. It feels lame, but it's probably better than what my awkward brain will come up with as a reply.

An exchange in the last couple of days touched me. I mentioned it to Mrs B and as I read one message out my chin went, my voice broke and my eyes filled.

It's different here, but it's a new (but much better) set of challenges.

Bless you all lovely Fedifolk ❤️