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@deevee0013.bsky.social
· Feb 11
BlueSky Starter Packs: Dan’s Selection February 2025
BlueSky Progressive Activist Starter Packs: Dan’s Selection February 2025 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1znI5Yr6jxb0QOOw8FUOL6dQmMVh9mKqEBvnZS2uEkAw/edit?usp=sharing Master list: 16,363 starte...
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BlueSky Progressive Activist Starter Packs:
Dan’s Selection February 2025
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Dan’s Selection February 2025
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Wow. This is astounding. A market rental building is pivoting to be an Indigenous hotel for people from out of town who medical care in the city.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous medical care hotel | Urbanized
Jameson Developments' rental housing tower at 2538 Birch St. on West Broadway in Vancouver will be turned into the Dunna’eh House of Healing.
dailyhive.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Summing up this week's disasters from the Usual Gang of Idiots: "People may not hate incompetence. They may not hate corruption. And they may not hate extremism. But all three at once? It’s getting to be too much for people, and it’s a great way to close out the year. "
Grocery prices are up, and so are energy prices. Donald Trump lies incessantly about both, and the American people are onto him. trib.al/bZrE2Y6
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November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Summing up this week's disasters from the Usual Gang of Idiots: "People may not hate incompetence. They may not hate corruption. And they may not hate extremism. But all three at once? It’s getting to be too much for people, and it’s a great way to close out the year. "
This path-to-a-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government just keeps getting worse.
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built | The Tyee
The deal with Carney boosts the premier. But a lot of people are going to hate it.
thetyee.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
Guilbeault resigns.
Steven Guilbeault is reportedly quitting. Consequence of Carney's nakedly pro-fossil fuel agenda.
Hours after Carney’s pipeline deal unveiled, Steven Guilbeault resigns
After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Guilbeault resigns.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Independent, Worker-Owned and Reader-Funded Media
Starter pack by @laminda.bsky.social
Starter pack by @laminda.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Independent, Worker-Owned and Reader-Funded Media
Starter pack by @laminda.bsky.social
Starter pack by @laminda.bsky.social
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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How are so many of you able to tell when images and videos are AI? Is there some sort of cheat sheet? Are there tips?
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
How are so many of you able to tell when images and videos are AI? Is there some sort of cheat sheet? Are there tips?
I wondered about the nano banana hype, so I asked it to illustrate Gary Snyder's "For the children" for me, in the manner of R. Crumb.
A few seconds later, it spat this out.
🤯 and 😵
A few seconds later, it spat this out.
🤯 and 😵
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Obviously, COP's are meaningless. I've been 'working' on climate change for 20 yrs, and I would say the brightest Americans reject action now more than they did when I started. It's not for lack of info. The latest response is an energy-hog/bubble/tool for wealth extraction
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Welp.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Elites versus commoners: a Predator / prey model of civilizational collapse, based on carrying capacity and overshoot.
Larry Summers-land works like this:
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies
There are widespread concerns that current trends in resource-use are unsustainable, but possibilities of overshoot/collapse remain controversial. Col…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Elites versus commoners: a Predator / prey model of civilizational collapse, based on carrying capacity and overshoot.
How police departments are tapping into Flock's mass surveillance databases of license plates.
Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How police departments are tapping into Flock's mass surveillance databases of license plates.
A stark contrast to the coverage of the meeting with Mamdani.
Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman are united by their shared ideology of censorship and state violence.
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In Courting Saudi Arabia, Trump Emulates Mohammed Bin Salman’s Authoritarianism
Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman are united by their shared ideology of censorship and state violence.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A stark contrast to the coverage of the meeting with Mamdani.
Russian drone attacks on power infrastructure.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Russian drone attacks on power infrastructure.
Retrospective of Stan Douglas's historical simulations.
All of Stan Douglas’s artwork centers on reconstructing historical moments or conjuring those that might have been. Intentional awkwardness or sly references alert viewers that these are indeed artistic creations and not the “real” thing.
Stan Douglas Conjures Histories That Might Have Been
Through his narrative art, Douglas reminds us that every story contains the potential for history to take another course.
hyperallergic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Retrospective of Stan Douglas's historical simulations.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The plan sets a target of boosting the number of reservists from 30,000 to 100,000 and recruiting 300,000 volunteers to join a supplementary force. Lower physical entry requirements, 5 days training a year.
This is great news!
"bolster the nation’s defences by creating a civil force made up of 300,000 volunteers"
"The plan calls for a “whole of society” approach ... ranging from low-intensity natural disaster response to high-intensity large scale combat operations.”"
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
"bolster the nation’s defences by creating a civil force made up of 300,000 volunteers"
"The plan calls for a “whole of society” approach ... ranging from low-intensity natural disaster response to high-intensity large scale combat operations.”"
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
The military plans for a volunteer force to defend Canada
Faced with rising threats from competing states and climate change, the top military minds in the Canadian Armed Forces are drafting a plan to bolster the nation’s defences by creating a civil force m...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The plan sets a target of boosting the number of reservists from 30,000 to 100,000 and recruiting 300,000 volunteers to join a supplementary force. Lower physical entry requirements, 5 days training a year.
Climate migrants are clearing forests for crop lands, displacing habitats and destroying ecologies - but what's the alternative?
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration - bioGraphic
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
www.biographic.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Climate migrants are clearing forests for crop lands, displacing habitats and destroying ecologies - but what's the alternative?
The Narwhal on clear cutting in BC
B.C. says 1950s-style clear-cut logging isn’t happening anymore. Is that true? @sobittersosweet.bsky.social explains #clearcutlogging
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Narwhal on clear cutting in BC
Trump's history of inciting violence, clip reel
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's history of inciting violence, clip reel
Ice resistance on scooter
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ice resistance on scooter
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Pssst! VPNs are the last bastions of privacy online and vital for people resisting authoritarian regimes. Pass it on!
- @liaholland.bsky.social
- @liaholland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pssst! VPNs are the last bastions of privacy online and vital for people resisting authoritarian regimes. Pass it on!
- @liaholland.bsky.social
- @liaholland.bsky.social
Kelly Hayes’ writing and her Movement Memos Podcast episodes about AI have been immensely useful to me and I recommend them. In this clip from our recent conversation, Kelly talks about how AI is emerging in a context of alienation and dehumanization.
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM