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The Prime Minister was in Tofino

Today is Monday October 11, 2021, also known as Canadian Thanksgiving. In the United States, observed as Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Among the myriad horrible news stories the world has witnessed so far this year, Canada’s chief contribution has been this story unraveling since May: Walking up to…

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The Prime Minister was in Tofino
The Prime Minister was in Tofino
Indigenous People

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If you read one thing from me, please be this

On January 3 US forces assassinated Gen. Qasem Soleimani in an unprecedented and illegal act of aggression initiated by Trump without Congressional approval and without notifying the UN Security Council outside wartime. On January 7 I entered Iran on 2week vacation to visit family, despite my partner’s pleas for me…

Irgc

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If you read one thing from me, please be this
If you read one thing from me, please be this
Irgc

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Sep 26, 2020

The Story So Far and Road Ahead

[For my 38th birthday today, I’m sharing two stories; the other one: “Flight PS752 Memorial Project”.] [Tweet] On June 21, 2020, prodded by a tweet and determined by the institutional harassment that followed (which led to me quitting my job), I realized that I cannot afford to throw away my…

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Sep 26, 2020

Flight PS752 Memorial Project

[For my 38th birthday today, I’m sharing two stories; the other one: “The Story So Far and Road Ahead”.] [Tweet] TL;DR version For my birthday today I donated 100k CAD to the the Flight PS752 Memorial project (deck). I’m inviting you all to match my donation to the extent you…

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Flight PS752 Memorial Project
Flight PS752 Memorial Project

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Jun 26, 2020

Blueprint: Eradicate Suffering

June 25, 2020 [Twitter] To eradicate suffering we eradicate ego. To eradicate ego we upgrade humanity to higher consciousness. To accelerate that we invest in Psilocybin research. To accelerate that we reinvent academia. To accelerate that we reinvent education. To accelerate that we make reading universal. To do that we break Microsoft & Adobe’s illegal duopoly. Everything will reveal itself. [Precursor]

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Jun 21, 2020

Look no further

June 19–21, 2020 I find the Alphabettes article deeply offensive on so many levels. Just a month ago I would have applauded the article. But the events of recent weeks accelerated a shift in my thinking that has been brewing for a long time that I did not even fully…

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