Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️

🇨🇦 🇮🇪🇯🇲 A Dying Mule Always Kicks the Hardest. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms are not negotiable #resist

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

"We are a better and more interesting place than the separatists want us to be." Outstanding piece on the delusions, dangers, and heart of Alberta separatism. It's worrying and sad: it is a societally sickened segment of the Canadian population, and little good will come of that.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

[Scary Underwater @scaryunderwater]

a masterpiece carved on the frozen surface of Abraham Lake, Canada, gone the moment the ice melts 😳

[Stephanie "LB" 🟧 @LincolnsBible]

posted on substack by a person named Teri Leigh

I’m writing this from Minnesota.

These are just a few things that may not be making the national or international news.

a beloved local donut shop Glam Doll Donuts across the street from where Alex Pretti died turned into a warming house and medic center for protestors building and maintaining the memorial site.

a 70yo independent bookstore owner DreamHaven Books down the street expressed his pain on camera, walked through a tear gas cloud, and his website crashed less than 24 hours later from too much business and donations.

the day after tear gas bombs destroyed a N-Mpls neighborhood sending a 6mo old baby to the hospital, at daybreak, a small church community cleaned up the mess of pepper balls, tear gas containers and trash so the neighbors didn’t have to wake up to the memories.

a local independent journalist Mercado Media pounding the streets everyday reporting things from the ground had a testicle removed and showed up two days later to walk with 75,000+ community members to walk the streets in -20 degree weather.

a local sex-positive adult-store The Smitten Kitten has completely transformed into a donation and distribution center.

a local pizza place Wrecktangle Pizza raised over $83K in less than a few days to support families that are sheltering in place.

tow-truck companies are donating their services to clean up the accidents and abandoned vehicles left by ICE and the city is waiving impound fees.

local multi-faith spiritual leaders are spearheading sit-ins at corporate headquarters such as Target and USBank to have deeper conversations with CEOs and boards of directors about community relief.

social workers are taking in children who came home from school with both their parents “disappeared.”

animal shelters and pet-fostering agencies are rescuing pets left alone for days or weeks after their humans were detained.

every restaurant, church, karate dojo, dance studio, school, barber shop, and other small business has created their own underground grassroots supportive network to protect their neighbors, get people to and from work, and raise funds to pay everyday bills.

women who are moms and work full-time jobs are donning reflective vests in shifts to stand watch at bus stops, city parks, and grocery store parking lots ini sub-zero temps to bear witness before going home to tuck their babies in at night.

the MN National Guard offered donuts, coffee, and hot cocoa to peaceful protesters the day after Alex Pretti died, reminding community that we are all in this together and they are here to keep the peace.

These are just a few examples. Stories like this are happening in the hundreds here, every single day!

Community is EVERYTHING!

This Substack community and the MN-Strong resistance has saved my mental health these last weeks.

Thank you for reading.

Thank you for giving a shit.

I love you.

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@CathyYoung63 @euanrellie “Easterwood also appeared with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during an Oct. 24 news conference in Minneapolis, where Noem identified him as an ICE acting field office director in the region who is with Enforcement and Removal Operations.” ABC news

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@RufusTSuperfly That reaction you give when your Pilates in the park makes some of your conservative neighbours nervous.

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

All my kids had terrific costumes this year, but my 14-year-old daughter conceived of and executed the Van Gogh self portrait, unbeatable

[Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau]

During the 2018 Canada-Saudi Arabiadispute, it was clear Saudi hit back hard at Canada not because of what it did (a tweet) but to send a broader message to western states: stop criticizing us. Canada is not the US & not in Europe, so an easy target. Clear parallel with India now

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

To be fair, it’s a tough situation for DeSantis. You can’t been seen shaking hands with a World War 2 veteran if most of your voters would’ve fought for the other side

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@DuganAmanda Elizabeth Pena- Jacob’s Ladder
“Is there someone there?”

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@RufusTSuperfly Would this be a good example? Sophia Loren age 61 in Grumpy Old Men.

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@cspotweet @bobittyboop Good! No double dipping! #HealthForAll #Canada

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. What the hell has happened to Russell Brand? Here’s my column on his terrible political journey, plus a thread on the wider context, that explains what makes his shift so dangerous. 1/
https://t.co/TtiAML8NB3

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

Elon is such a bad, (unnecessarily) mean-spirited person and that's why he's found a perfect home on the Right...where being mean-spirited and cruel is not only accepted but cheered on.

[Bruce MacKinnon @CH_Cartoon]

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Drop-off in primary care | SaltWire https://t.co/lD04MUo0LT
*Subscribers: click preview image & scroll down to see complete cartoon*
@TimHoustonNS #NovaScotia #PrimaryCare #familyphysicians #healthcare #healthcarecrisis

[Mark Dorin @mark_dorin]

Did you know when oil & gas well licensees fail to pay compensation to landowners as required, the taxpayer makes such payments, sometimes for decades? It's costing Alberta taxpayers over $30 million/year & growing. Province is struggling to comply with the law. Proof. ⬇️
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[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@DrJayDrNo Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke - ‘Plastic Jesus’

https://t.co/FXfJHE8weB

[Maeve Townsend 🍁🏔⛄️ @MaeveTownsend]

@AP That’s a gorgeous dress on Stephanie Hsu. 🙌