NM Saunders πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

NM Saunders πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@nmsaunders.bsky.social

So many things! Self-employed, owned by two huskies, Canadian. Mom.

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This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think that the protestors in the USA who are waving the Mexico flag are hurting their cause by playing into the idea that there is a 'foreign invasion'. If it were American flags being flown, the folks who are on the fence would be more likely to relate.

RIP Peter David. I first read one of his books when he was writing for Star Trek. His novels in that world are wonderful, and I still have copies of all of them. I had the pleasure of meeting him and Kathleen at FanExpo one year. My friend and I chatted with him for over an hour.

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β€œβ€¦this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled. A small, almost invisible breath. Relief. And then came gratitude… You didn’t just choose kindness or experience… You chose not to flirt with fascism.” From Ukraine.

viktorkravchuk.substack.comThe Nation That Trump Could Never BreakCanada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

Everything coming out of the USA that has the government being not just complicit but co-operating and actively supporting the dismantling of all possible legal checks and balances, I just get sicker. I never bought into US exceptionalism, but I genuinely thought better of of them than this. #uspoli

I am seeing a lot of 'we live in unprecedented times' posts, where people seem to feel as though because they have always lived in peace and prosperity that everyone always has. These times are not unprecedented. Humanity has seen the fall of empires before. #uspoli #cdnpoli #history

I genuinely think that saying 'this is unprecedented' we are subconsciously trying to let ourselves off the hook of the fact that THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. We just collectively want to pretend that it hasn't so that it's not our fault that we ignored #history. #uspoli #cdnpoli

I can't help but think that the best way to get off of the rollercoaster of Trump's brain trampoline is actually pretty straightforward. Stop doing business with him, completely. The USA is less than 5% of the world's population. There's a lot of other people to trade with. #trade #uspoli

Something else that is now apparent - the law is only as good as the willingness of the people who are supposed to uphold it to enforce it. What we are seeing is law breaking on a breathtaking scale, and NO willingness to enforce the law from those who were entrusted with it. #uspoli #cdnpoli

I feel as though the ongoing market bouncy house is showing another, different facet of how screwed up we are world-wide this time. It's not the people who are calling their stockbrokers demanding to sell and buy. It's the brokerage houses that are trying to 'get ahead of the curve'. #poli #stocks

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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

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On this day in 1976, Rush released their iconic masterpiece album 2112. The album proved to be their commercial breakthrough in the USA and today is considered one of the greatest prog rock albums ever made. This is the story of 2112! 🧡1/14

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On this day in 2011, Mary Greyeyes died. She was the first First Nations woman to enlist in the Canadian Army. She became famous for an army publicity photo but stood up for her people and their voting rights. This is the story of this amazing woman. 🧡1/10