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Spending my vacation day emailing my favorite politicians.

And you can too!

Thanks to @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty providing tools and resources that I really really hope will convince some of our friends to make an appearance.

#ElbowsUp #digitalsovereignty #Skpoli

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Hi All!

I'm BCCing NDP names from a progress tracker at Elbows Up Digital, with my own hand crafted appeal toward digital sovereignty in your online presence. That list, should you wish to see it, it at https://elbowsupdigital.ca/politician-tracker/?province=SK .

So again, hi!

You might know me. I volunteered during the provincial and federal elections last year, and now annoy April regularly at executive meetings (hi April!). I'm a loudmouth and advocate and fired up union guy watching in bemused horror as the world around us does this weird slow march towards the darkest timeline. I want to do something about that, and I want each of you to consider taking the first steps along with me.

It's no secret that a lot of the discord we face is thanks to the capture of our attention and diversion of our energy by social media. We spend a lot trying to get a message out upstream against a constant flow of disinformation and propaganda, controlled by hostile foreign powers. In the time since the election we've seen the major players sucking up to Trump and going full mask-off in their embrace of the authoritarian right. It's no longer just anonymous troll farms making the experience horrible, it's the platforms themselves actively working against you. These platforms can't be trusted, and shouldn't be entertained. — Hi All! I'm BCCing NDP names from a progress tracker at Elbows Up Digital, with my own hand crafted appeal toward digital sovereignty in your online presence. That list, should you wish to see it, it at https://elbowsupdigital.ca/politician-tracker/?province=SK . So again, hi! You might know me. I volunteered during the provincial and federal elections last year, and now annoy April regularly at executive meetings (hi April!). I'm a loudmouth and advocate and fired up union guy watching in bemused horror as the world around us does this weird slow march towards the darkest timeline. I want to do something about that, and I want each of you to consider taking the first steps along with me. It's no secret that a lot of the discord we face is thanks to the capture of our attention and diversion of our energy by social media. We spend a lot trying to get a message out upstream against a constant flow of disinformation and propaganda, controlled by hostile foreign powers. In the time since the election we've seen the major players sucking up to Trump and going full mask-off in their embrace of the authoritarian right. It's no longer just anonymous troll farms making the experience horrible, it's the platforms themselves actively working against you. These platforms can't be trusted, and shouldn't be entertained.

While there's been some argument to stick around on places like Facebook and Twitter because "that's where people are", it's becoming more and more obvious that the people you cater to on those platforms are by and large not local, and in a lot of cases not even real.

There's a movement for Canadians to move their online presence to the Fediverse where there's no thumb on the scale tweaking algorithms to influence elections, just real people on hyper local and interconnected platforms. Every news story that comes by about major companies bowing to the US Regime brings a new wave of users, and although by-the-numbers the Fediverse will never be as big as these platforms, it is by design very much more real. — While there's been some argument to stick around on places like Facebook and Twitter because "that's where people are", it's becoming more and more obvious that the people you cater to on those platforms are by and large not local, and in a lot of cases not even real. There's a movement for Canadians to move their online presence to the Fediverse where there's no thumb on the scale tweaking algorithms to influence elections, just real people on hyper local and interconnected platforms. Every news story that comes by about major companies bowing to the US Regime brings a new wave of users, and although by-the-numbers the Fediverse will never be as big as these platforms, it is by design very much more real.

So, what am I asking you to do?
(it's okay to skip to here, I bolded it for you)

Currently most of your messaging gets blasted out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For the increasing number of people who don't have an account on these American owned and run platforms, these posts may as well be invisible. Consider at the very least cross posting to open alternatives. For the social media savvy, try making a primary online home on the Fediverse to reconnect with and engage Canadians. I personally recommend mstdn.ca as a solid, lively Mastodon instance.

In the long run, should NDP form government, I'd love to see some dedication toward digital sovereignty for our province. Create a provincial or even municipal level social networks, hosted and administered by people who live and work in this province. Encourage companies to bring their data home, keep it secure where it won't be shlorped up by big tech at the behest of a regime that's been openly talking about invading us. But that's long run thinking. For now, let's just take that first step! — So, what am I asking you to do? (it's okay to skip to here, I bolded it for you) Currently most of your messaging gets blasted out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For the increasing number of people who don't have an account on these American owned and run platforms, these posts may as well be invisible. Consider at the very least cross posting to open alternatives. For the social media savvy, try making a primary online home on the Fediverse to reconnect with and engage Canadians. I personally recommend mstdn.ca as a solid, lively Mastodon instance. In the long run, should NDP form government, I'd love to see some dedication toward digital sovereignty for our province. Create a provincial or even municipal level social networks, hosted and administered by people who live and work in this province. Encourage companies to bring their data home, keep it secure where it won't be shlorped up by big tech at the behest of a regime that's been openly talking about invading us. But that's long run thinking. For now, let's just take that first step!

Action Jay 🐾 :CApride:

@action_jay@mstdn.ca · last week

Spending my vacation day emailing my favorite politicians.

And you can too!

Thanks to @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty providing tools and resources that I really really hope will convince some of our friends to make an appearance.

#ElbowsUp #digitalsovereignty #Skpoli

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@NMBA@mstdn.ca · 3 weeks ago

All three of Canada's badgers are now species at risk. Badgers are incredibly important keystone species that create habitat for other species like nest burrows for the wonderful but endangered Burrowing Owl. Badgers are specialist predators of Richardson's ground squirrels, and get killed by secondary poisoning when poisons like stryctnine are used. Stryctnine cannot be used on ground squirrels without a risk of secondary poisoning to at risk badgers, threatened Ferruginous Hawks, and endangered Swift Foxes. Stryctnine causes a terribly painful and cruel death.

Despite the endless harm to biodiversity and ecological health, and the inhumane use of stryctnine, #CBC is again on the disinformation bandwagon and is promoting the poisoning of ground squirrels, badgers, hawks and carnivores. The use of stryctnine is responsible for the extirpation of swift foxes from Canada.

Tell the deplorable AB and SK govts that you do not want stryctnine allowed again.

#CdnPoli #AbPoli #SkPoli #Biodiversity

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Emergency use of banned
strychnine needed to
counter 'exponential
damage’ done by gophers,
advocates say
Federal government recently rejected bid to
unban controversial poison
Amir Said - CBC News -
? Posted: Feb 04,2026
Ottawa rejected a bid by the governments of Alberta
and Saskatchewan to permit the emergency use of the
controversial rodenticide strychnine to manage
increasing gopher numbers amid a rise in crop damage.
(Amir Said/CBC) — Emergency use of banned strychnine needed to counter 'exponential damage’ done by gophers, advocates say Federal government recently rejected bid to unban controversial poison Amir Said - CBC News - ? Posted: Feb 04,2026 Ottawa rejected a bid by the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan to permit the emergency use of the controversial rodenticide strychnine to manage increasing gopher numbers amid a rise in crop damage. (Amir Said/CBC)

Badgers designated as special concern species in
Prairie provinces
Large mustelids are ‘ecosystem engineers’ of
grasslands, biologist says
Amir Said - CBC News - Feb 07,2026

An American badger that was cared for by the Alberta
Institute for Wildlife Conservation, a wildlife
rehabilitation centre north of Calgary that works with
injured animals. Badgers across Canada face multiple
threats, including vehicle collisions, habitat loss and
persecution by landowners. (Alberta Institute for
Wildlife Conservation) — Badgers designated as special concern species in Prairie provinces Large mustelids are ‘ecosystem engineers’ of grasslands, biologist says Amir Said - CBC News - Feb 07,2026 An American badger that was cared for by the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation, a wildlife rehabilitation centre north of Calgary that works with injured animals. Badgers across Canada face multiple threats, including vehicle collisions, habitat loss and persecution by landowners. (Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation)

Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽

@NMBA@mstdn.ca · 3 weeks ago

Tell the deplorable AB and SK govts that you do not want stryctnine allowed again.

#CdnPoli #AbPoli #SkPoli #Biodiversity

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@jnow@mstdn.ca · last month

Today's Tariffs announcement by the #US is essentially a Financial Proclamation of War with all #Nato Countries over Greenland.

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@jnow@mstdn.ca · last month

Today's Tariffs announcement by the #US is essentially a Financial Proclamation of War with all #Nato Countries over Greenland.

To our #UK #France #Denmark #Germany #Norway #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden targetted friends.

Please join our 🇨🇦 successful #ElbowsUp boycott (Do Not Buy USA Products)

Let's make #ElbowsUp a #Worldwide boycott.

We all stand with #Greenland

#Canadian #Canada #cdnpoli #mbpoli #onpoli #skpoli #nfldpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #NSpoli
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@datum@zeroes.ca · 2 months ago

Hey Canadians, remember how when you heard about Project 2025, and then saw it being implemented, you wondered why US citizens had been - and continued to be - in denial? Because the propositions were right there? Here's what hawks in the USA are publicly strategizing:

In a strategy of the retrenchment, the dismemberment of Canada becomes a wise decision. Rather than allowing it to continue down a path of anti-American antagonism, the United States could support the Alberta and Quebec separatist movements. A successful secession by Alberta alone would cripple the federal fisc, and drive separatism in other regions due to the resultant decline in their equalization payments which comprises such a substantial part of their provincial budgets. In the end, British Columbia and a unified Maritime province would be admitted to the Union as Democratic states while Alberta and Saskatchewan would be admitted as Republican states; ensuring continued balance in the US Senate.
The rump of Canada, left with only one or two provinces, would finally be able to revise its constitution with ease. Under US pressure, the rump could become a freely associated state similar to Palau, with a new constitution reordering society along American lines. In time, perhaps it too could be annexed.
The United States can no longer afford to dismiss Canada as a benign neighbor

Archive.org link that doesn't give the author traffic or your info:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250914052455/https://defenseanalyses.org/work/our-canadian-problem/

#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #QCPoli #ABPoli #MBPoli #SKPoli

DARC

Our Canadian Problem

Managing an increasingly divergent northern neighbor.