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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦

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Climate law & litigation. Lawyer, husband, girl dad. Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for, as are democracy & human rights. Work: https://patrickccanning.com/ Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/ LLM (Lewis & Clark). Never legal advice

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · Mar 21

Remember what matters. Our lives are short, but the future stretches out forever.
Everyone says "take care of yourself" but in my view, frankly, that is a juvenile approach to life. Take care of your children, of all children, of the future. Deprioritise your "self."
Their future is in our hands.

4-year-old hands with pink, purple and green paint on them, palms down, rest in adult hands, palms up.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2h

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1h

It's approved, but the feds didn't buy any bc "not enough demand."
There was "no demand" because it was virtually impossible to get, even when they had it.

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1h

Great article, and good explainer of how masks work. That said, no mention of the fact that Novavax is not available in Canada this year.
Novavax was preferred by the vulnerable community, but, in line with the rest of covid policy, they have been abandoned.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9d

The kids are back in school and so is COVID-19. 🏫🦠 #bcpoli #bced

Flu and COVID Vaccines Coming Soon to BC Pharmacies | The Tyee

They’ve also been ‘well supplied’ with rapid antigen test kits for this year.

thetyee.ca

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for speaking loud and clear.

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 17h

Same for Indigenous people here in Canada. I used to have (white) students ask why no one ever shot anybody when they were taking their kids away and doing terrible things to them.
The answer is that not just the individual would pay, but the entire community.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1d

I know the temptation is to just scroll past this with a “not surprised” reaction, but you should read this if you have the emotional bandwidth to encounter horrifying slurs and violent sentiments, because there’s an important takeaway: extremism is often performed to reinforce an in-group’s bond.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 23h

Kinda makes you reconsider the whole Epstein thing in a new light.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 1d

”[The study] found that the virus altered molecules in RNA in the fathers' sperm, some of which are "involved in the regulation of genes that are known to be important in brain development… These findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic could have long-lasting effects on future generations…”

COVID's Surprising Effect on Sperm May Impact Future Generations

COVID-19 infection causes changes to sperm in mice that may increase anxiety in their offspring, a study released Saturday said, suggesting the pandemic's possibly long-lasting effects on future gener...

www.sciencealert.com

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Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.

New from me @desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist

The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.

www.desmog.com

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 1d

Student journalist Renasia Uisok reports on the storm damage in their community of Kotlik!

For QTV Kotlik "Quyana TV," produced by middle and high schoolers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOIk...

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YouTube video by QTV Kotlik

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

I have always thought trump cheated in 2024. A it makes no sense that would be the one thing he didn't cheat on in life, and B there's lots of evidence he did.

Antifa Princess™️🗿💖🌻⛵️✨ @tleighb.bsky.social · 3d

You need to check out..they just released their report on MN. Russia declared war on the West in 2008. Trump is merely the vector.

Election Truth Alliance - Election Truth Alliance

Where Data Meets Democracy.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 2d

Current state of the USA:

karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 2d

Now MSM is tip-toeing w/ politeness towards a party willing to murder the population by stripping away securities- jobs, healthcare, environmental protections, connections to nations. It’s like they’re auto-deleting America from within. Ppl still go to work like nothing, no general strike.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. It's called Justice.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

The complexity of the planning that went into the Trumpist attack on DC in January 2021 goes beyond what most realize. That day was not what many think. It was the first battle in a far-right insurrection that is still ongoing. They are refining their tactics. They intend to end our democracy. Soon.

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 3d

The petrochemical industry is expanding production of PFAS in response to the data center boom, betting that the tech industry's toxic chemical releases face no serious prospect of regulation under the Trump regime. But campaigners know that the states have a powerful role.

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

www.theguardian.com

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 2d

Chaser:

" “We dishonor those who came before us if in this moment of crisis we remain silent,” Mr. Stevenson said. “I don’t think it’s just unempathetic. I don’t think it’s just cowardly. I think it’s dishonorable.” "

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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 2d

Yup, and we're already at 1.5. The only way to say we're not there is that it's a multi-decade average, and we are somehow magically going to come down, even though our governments are buckling down on new oil and gas projects like it's 1996.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

the bar is now lying on the floor

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

Heads up, lawyers!

[along with AI questions, people also ask me why I don't use online storage platforms for all my files..]

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Reese Witherspoon on Diane Keaton hiring her as a fresh-faced girl from Nashville. #RIP

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

why, Overton window, hast thou forsaken me?

Except we know why.

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

I guess over the intervening years most people have given up on that?
I'll remain stuck in the past, thanks.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

I've had a number of people say I'm "extreme left" lately, but I don't identify that way.
I just want what we were promised when I grew up in the 70s and 80s: a fair shot for everyone, no matter who you are.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

they'll do any ludicrous thing other than switching to genuine renewables..

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 3d

The international kleptocracy

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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