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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Jul 29

In a few days, the UN will meet to decide whether or not they turn off the plastic tap or let it flow.

@juliedabrusin.bsky.social and Canada must lead the way and secure a binding and ambitious #PlasticsTreaty.

Let's #BreakFreeFromPlastic NOW!
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@greenpeaceca.bsky.social

Support a Global Plastics Treaty!

Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Jun 10

What if Alberta Actually Voted to Leave Canada? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

What if Alberta Actually Voted to Leave Canada? | The Tyee

It would be a messy, drawn-out divorce with no certain future.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · May 14

The case for proportional representation is undeniable.

CTV reports on how our democracy distorting voting system fuels regional divisions, and how proportional representation can fix it.

@mark-carney.bsky.social, will you champion a system where every vote truly counts?

#cdnpoli

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · May 14

No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/14/n...

No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Apr 24

The LNG Lie: What Big Oil Doesn’t Want You to Know 👀

Swipe to uncover the truth about Liquefied Natural Gas in Canada.

#GreenSky

$Background photo of an LNG tanker. Text reads “LNG Misconceptions: Unpacking the lies and the truths.” “It's time to clean up after the lies and misconceptions that the fracked gas (LNG or Liquified Natural Gas) industry emits.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.$ Background photo of LNG terminal. Text reads “From spending millions on greenwashing ad campaigns, to having politicians parrot their talking points, it’s been the same spin for decades. Here's our fact-check of some of the LNG industry's favourite talking points.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.

Background photo of LNG terminal. Text reads “From spending millions on greenwashing ad campaigns, to having politicians parrot their talking points, it’s been the same spin for decades. Here's our fact-check of some of the LNG industry's favourite talking points.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.

$Background photo of fracking wells. Text reads “LNG Industry Lie: "LNG is a clean source of energy." Fact: The fossil gas that is used to create Canadian LNG comes from fracking wells, an extreme form of fossil fuel extraction which poisons water, is linked to local health problems, and causes earthquakes.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.$ $Background photo of an LNG tanker at an LNG terminal. Text reads “LNG Industry Lie: "LNG is a significant source of tax revenue for Canadian governments." Fact: In Canada, LNG terminals and fracking companies receive significant government fossil fuel subsidies, including: a $5.35 billion package of incentives for the LNG Canada terminal from the Province of B.C. and a $500 million loan from the federal government for the Cedar LNG terminal." Arrow icon in bottom right corner.$

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Apr 22

www.readthemaple.com/a-major-cana...

A Major Canadian Union Is Calling For Pensions To Divest From Tesla

Pensions should never be used to oppress and attack fellow workers across borders.

www.readthemaple.com

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Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · Apr 9

(1/3) Listen to the full podcast: www.sierraclub.ca/canadians-re...

Over two-thirds of Canadians (67%) agree the next Canadian government should make #ClimateAction and protecting #Nature a high priority as well, according to polling conducted by #Leger in March 2025.

#CDNpoli #Canada #Polling

65% of Canadians Want Renewables INSTEAD of Oil & Gas Development as of March 2025 - Sierra Club Canada

Canadians Want Renewables INSTEAD of Oil & Gas and 67% think next Canadian government should make climate action a high priority as well.

www.sierraclub.ca

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Mar 25

1 in 2 students will graduate with debt that will take them an average of 10 years to pay off.

Saddling young Canadians with debt isn’t sustainable. We need affordable post-secondary education. app.sosha.ai/s/mdBBvOKc

Help us Unlock Education

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Mar 18

Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...

People’s Power Grid

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Mar 12

Stand up for Canadian Housing against Trump's trade war. Let's build a housing safety net and resilient housing system. Take action now: action.caeh.ca/sovereign-ho...

Protect Canadian Housing from Trump’s trade war

Canada has a national housing crisis. If we don’t do something about it, the economic turmoil caused by the U.S Administration’s trade war is going to make it worse.

action.caeh.ca

reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Mar 11

Phone a B.C. cabinet minister and tell them to block Wall Street’s PRGT pipeline. Now is not the time for higher energy bills – or more control of our resources by Trump’s billionaire allies. #AmericanBillionaires #FrackedGas #bcpoli www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/st...

Tell Adrian Dix to stop Wall Street’s latest pipeline

Call a minister’s office today and tell them to block the PRGT pipeline.

www.dogwoodbc.ca

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · Mar 5

From Fair Vote Canada in the Toronto Star:

"The consequences of an unfair and disproportional voting system aren’t a political game ― they matter to the lives of citizens in Ontario."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Leadnow @leadnowca.bsky.social · Mar 3

Leadnow supporter Tim's petition calling on the federal government to ban Twitter/X to protect our election and democracy is gaining steam - read more about it here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Ban X/Twitter in Canada

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

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Leadnow @leadnowca.bsky.social · Feb 27

BREAKING: The results are finally in! 🥁🤑 Over 7,000 people across Canada voted in our first-ever #ProfiteerOfTheYear Awards and crowned Galen Weston Jr., Chair of Loblaw, as the top profiteer of 2024.

Read our press release: leadnow.ca/profiteer-re...

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Feb 23

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Ban X/Twitter in Canada

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 20

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Feb 20

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

except from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT on how it's a coup

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reasoninggirl.bsky.social @reasoninggirl.bsky.social · Feb 15

I just signed a petition: Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference. Sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/el...

Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference - Leadnow

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · Feb 5

Many of the White House candidates for high level positions in the Federal government come across as badly qualified for the jobs they are seeking.

If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?

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George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com · Jan 1

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions

Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat

www.theframelab.org

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.bsky.social · Jan 9

It’s extremely worth following up with her brief essay about this very thing. Including her remarks about solutions.

“A Few Rules For Predicting The Future by Octavia E. Butler”

A Few Rules For Predicting The Future by Octavia E. Butler

Octavia Butler was an author of moving and prophetic science fiction novels. She wrote an essay in 2000 for Essence Magazine that teaches us the capacity we have to understand the future, as well a…

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · Jan 9

This is EXACTLY right.

Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · Jan 9

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jan 9

I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The chronicle of a fire foretold | Rebecca Solnit

The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting

www.theguardian.com

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Jan 9

I still remember the last time Trump weighed in on California fires saying that it was because California didn't rake its forests like he said Norway does (Norway does not) and I had to do a debunking and iirc the first point was "the fires aren't in forests"

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · Jan 10

This is what we need, fall forward not backward. Advancing CCS is a financial ☠️ dead 🪦 end. No thank you.
ieefa.org/resources/fi...

Financial risks of carbon capture and storage in Canada: Concerns about the Pathways Project and Public Energy Policy

A plan to capture CO2 from 13 oil sand processing facilities and store it in Alberta is threatened by cost challenges.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · Jan 10

You can spot the traitors in our midst by gauging reaction to Donald Trump's threats against Canada. @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/o...

Trump’s threats expose the traitors in our midst

Among Canadians, nobody is more enthusiastic about abandoning their country to the United States than Conservative Albertans: a recent poll from Pallas Data found that 30 per cent of Conservative Part...

www.nationalobserver.com

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