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@centristhumanist.bsky.social

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I believe in humanity. Skeptical about humans. liberal democracy is the best humanist system of government so far devised. I am centrist because I eschew ideology in favour evidence-based decision making. #factsmatter Lists, ad hominem => block

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 17d

"a direct product of the pointlessness, fragmentation and triviality of the culture of the screen which is wholly unequipped to speak to the deep human needs for curiosity, narrative, deep attention and artistic fulfilment."

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 18h

PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 💯 seen as calm and rational; Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered. #cdnpoli
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Mark Carney seen as calm and rational; Pierre Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered

A new study by Spark Insights has found that Mark Carney is seen as the more calm and rational leader, while Pierre Poilievre is seen as more arrogant and hot-tempered.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when Pierre Poilievre said bitcoin was better than Bank of Canada monetary governance?

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 9h

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 7h

People are impatient and fickle.

More so today than in the past.

Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 7h

Carbon capture and storage is nothing more than a deflection and government $ grab.
#climatechange #ClimateCrisis

Fossil fuel companies’ contributions to the green transition are largely hot air

The first quantitative global analysis of renewable energy development by fossil giants reveals an enormous gap between rhetoric and reality.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 13h

And they look for the government to provide perfect solutions.

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 13h

"the US is in danger of being permanently overtaken by China’s technological and economic prowess"
#uspoli #ettd #USDarkAge

China Has Overtaken America

And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

This changes everything!

The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.

More:

www.patreon.com/posts/141034...

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

"US pressure on Canada’s Arctic, especially in terms of resource exploitation and access to critical minerals must not be discounted. We’re not Greenland, but easily could be. "
#cdnpoli #globalpoli

A Chinese container ship sails through the Arctic

Or no, not our Arctic

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Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight friends.

There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“Portland isn’t a war zone. It’s a bookstore with the city around it.”

Keep fighting in your weird, wonderful way, #Portland. I didn’t think I could like you more, but I do now.

Buckle Up Betsy @buckleupbetsy.bsky.social · 1d

We made some awesome protest stickers!
Check 'em out - say hi - tell a friend!
Made in So Cal by an interracial couple that are card-carrying Antifa, pissed off at the state of our beloved country, and channel our rage into snarky stickers. 🫠
#antifa
buckleupbetsy.etsy.com/listing/4386...

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

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Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With Canada🍁 @asytsema.bsky.social · 2d

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“I obviously started a movement of people showing up looking ridiculous, which is the exact point. It’s to show how the narrative that is being pushed with how we are violent extremists is completely ridiculous. —Seth Todd, Portland Frog 🐸✊ #NoKingsAmerica 🧵

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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s get biblical, biblical…

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Jonathan @frakitall.bsky.social · 1d

So, there's an FBI update due to Portland. 😂

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Autoskil @autoskil.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the times. Especially in Canadian tire

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change could impede work of this Canadian regulatory agency

From gas stations to grocery stores, Canadians rely on accurate measurements—but a new report shows that climate change could throw those systems into disarray.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian Snowbirds take over as San Francisco Fleet Week headliner

www.kcra.com/article/cana...

⚓️ Thank you Canada 🇨🇦 ✈️

Canadian Snowbirds take over as San Francisco Fleet Week headliner

With the famous Blue Angels grounded due to the government shutdown, the picturesque San Francisco airspace now solely belongs to the Snowbirds.

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 1d

He's incapable of doing either.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 2d

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venilia13.bsky.social @venilia13.bsky.social · 2d

#BoycottUSA #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong

🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 2d

💯 this.
I would like to remind those entitled, victim blaming Americans who are crying because the consequences of their actions are being felt, that many of the Canadians who #BoycottUSA & #BuyCanadian are doing so at a financial cost, they are principled people on fixed income & seniors. #ElbowsUp

Joan Skelton - Nasty But Nice Canadian @jskel70.bsky.social · 2d

Sovereignty is not difficult to understand. Our reaction is based on the threat of annexation with tariffs as one of the tools the orange menace is using to try to weaken us. Much of our boycott is grassroots, with everyday Canadians saying we won't be pushed around.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d

The liquid air alternative to fossil fuels
When the grid needs extra energy, the liquid air is put to work. It is pumped out of storage and evaporated, becoming a gas again.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The liquid air alternative to fossil fuels

An overlooked technology for nearly 50 years, the first liquid air battery facility is finally set to power up in 2026.

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Anaximander's Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 2d

#ettd #USDarkAge

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

A record 29% — nearly a third! — of all new cars purchased in California during July, August, and September were zero-emission vehicles.

DC may be fine with selling out American innovation to China, but California will keep charging ahead toward cleaner air for our communities.

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