Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
Climate & social justice warrior. Double Green Party riding! Prov BC MLA R. Botterell. Canada MP. E. May.
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
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Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
· Aug 10
TSX & Treasury 🇨🇦!
U.S. based Multinat'l corps willing to headquarter here & denominate into 🇨🇦CAD? backed by our Gold?!
+ > 🇨🇦 production?
- Big 3 U.S. auto makers
- Big Pharma. Need cleaner water for meds. + an FDA.
-Services
🇨🇦 Unyoke ourselves & maybe 60 other nations from being
Pegged by USD!😉
U.S. based Multinat'l corps willing to headquarter here & denominate into 🇨🇦CAD? backed by our Gold?!
+ > 🇨🇦 production?
- Big 3 U.S. auto makers
- Big Pharma. Need cleaner water for meds. + an FDA.
-Services
🇨🇦 Unyoke ourselves & maybe 60 other nations from being
Pegged by USD!😉
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victoria is the latest city to debate the groundbreaking world class city innovation of "what if we put our name in big letters next to a prominent building"
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
victoria is the latest city to debate the groundbreaking world class city innovation of "what if we put our name in big letters next to a prominent building"
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Bring them down, vote them out 👊
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
cheknews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Bring them down, vote them out 👊
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“Thiel’s alliance with JD Vance is no accident. The pair first connected over a decade ago, when Vance was a Yale Law student impressed by Thiel’s contrarian ideas. Thiel soon became a mentor and benefactor, recruiting Vance into his venture firm and later bankrolling Vance’s political rise.”
“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Thiel’s alliance with JD Vance is no accident. The pair first connected over a decade ago, when Vance was a Yale Law student impressed by Thiel’s contrarian ideas. Thiel soon became a mentor and benefactor, recruiting Vance into his venture firm and later bankrolling Vance’s political rise.”
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Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
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This 2015 articles shows the world shelled out 5 TRILLION dollars annually to #BigOil companies. We could have FIXED ALL OF #ClimateChange 5x over by now if we just stopped with the handouts. PM #MarkCarney doesn't think we've paid out enough yet #Cdnpoli
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost $5 Trillion Annually and Worsen Pollution
The International Monetary Fund notes that subsides for burning fossil fuels enrich the wealthy and make air pollution worse
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This 2015 articles shows the world shelled out 5 TRILLION dollars annually to #BigOil companies. We could have FIXED ALL OF #ClimateChange 5x over by now if we just stopped with the handouts. PM #MarkCarney doesn't think we've paid out enough yet #Cdnpoli
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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This is why I never downloaded TikTok app and am not a fan of YouTube shorts which they push heavily.
Also ruins ability to focus, encourages passive receptivity to whatever.
Also ruins ability to focus, encourages passive receptivity to whatever.
Short-Form Video Linked to Worse Cognitive and Mental Health
Social media’s increasing use of algorithm-driven content that lasts only seconds may be worsening attention, inhibition, stress, and anxiety.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/shor...
Social media’s increasing use of algorithm-driven content that lasts only seconds may be worsening attention, inhibition, stress, and anxiety.
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/shor...
Short-Form Video Linked to Worse Cognitive and Mental Health
Social media’s increasing use of algorithm-driven content that lasts only seconds may be worsening attention, inhibition, stress, and anxiety
www.madinamerica.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is why I never downloaded TikTok app and am not a fan of YouTube shorts which they push heavily.
Also ruins ability to focus, encourages passive receptivity to whatever.
Also ruins ability to focus, encourages passive receptivity to whatever.
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[ok, back to retirement]
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
[ok, back to retirement]
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Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
Despite a decade of commitments, audits and Calls to Action, the federal government has failed to deliver meaningful and measurable improvements in First Nations health services.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
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what a fucking joke. the carney cons and the maple magats team up to race the country to the bottom.
#cdnpoli #climatecrisis
#cdnpoli #climatecrisis
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
what a fucking joke. the carney cons and the maple magats team up to race the country to the bottom.
#cdnpoli #climatecrisis
#cdnpoli #climatecrisis
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Ottawa has long pursued an arms-export policy that prioritizes profit over principle, routinely enabling violence abroad while distancing itself from the consequences—a pattern now laid bare by the appearance of Canadian weapons in Sudan’s genocidal war.
Canada pursues Gulf markets as its weapons fuel war in Sudan
Far from “building Canada strong,” the prime minister’s visit to Abu Dhabi marks the culmination of a decade-long push to secure access for Canadian capital in a lucrative Gulf market. If that require...
canadiandimension.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ottawa has long pursued an arms-export policy that prioritizes profit over principle, routinely enabling violence abroad while distancing itself from the consequences—a pattern now laid bare by the appearance of Canadian weapons in Sudan’s genocidal war.
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'Dimming the sun is a terrifying new industry
A record-breaking funding round for Cos doing this stuff shows people are getting serious about trying to artificially cool the planet. That’s terrifying, especially when these businesses are largely unregulated.'
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
A record-breaking funding round for Cos doing this stuff shows people are getting serious about trying to artificially cool the planet. That’s terrifying, especially when these businesses are largely unregulated.'
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Dimming the sun is a terrifying new industry
Although the idea of solar geoengineering was once on the scientific fringes, it’s gaining traction among tech bros.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
'Dimming the sun is a terrifying new industry
A record-breaking funding round for Cos doing this stuff shows people are getting serious about trying to artificially cool the planet. That’s terrifying, especially when these businesses are largely unregulated.'
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
A record-breaking funding round for Cos doing this stuff shows people are getting serious about trying to artificially cool the planet. That’s terrifying, especially when these businesses are largely unregulated.'
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
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The NWT's Diavik diamond mine expects to stop mining in March 2026. Here's a simple guide to what happens next, as outlined by staff this week.
A quick guide to the end of Diavik
The NWT's Diavik diamond mine expects to stop mining in March 2026. Here's a simple guide to what happens next, as outlined by staff this week.
cabinradio.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The NWT's Diavik diamond mine expects to stop mining in March 2026. Here's a simple guide to what happens next, as outlined by staff this week.
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This has more to do with climate change. Mostly drought. Ranchers have had to reduce their herds and it is going to take a long time to rebuild those herds, "if" the climate could support that many cow/calf pairs, which right now... it can't.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This has more to do with climate change. Mostly drought. Ranchers have had to reduce their herds and it is going to take a long time to rebuild those herds, "if" the climate could support that many cow/calf pairs, which right now... it can't.
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'The [North-East Atlantic Emission Control Area], which would be the largest of its kind, was approved during the 83th Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting this April and originally due to be adopted [...] for implementation from 2028.'
The climate is at the whim of ignorant plutocrats
The climate is at the whim of ignorant plutocrats
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
'The [North-East Atlantic Emission Control Area], which would be the largest of its kind, was approved during the 83th Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting this April and originally due to be adopted [...] for implementation from 2028.'
The climate is at the whim of ignorant plutocrats
The climate is at the whim of ignorant plutocrats
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I used to joke that Justin Trudeau’s oft-mocked experience as a grade-school teacher was a *benefit* in trying to get Canada’s squabbling premiers to agree on anything but I see Mark Carney’s approach is to just not bother dealing with them at all 😬
B.C. Insider: B.C. Premier gets cut out of talks to build a pipeline across his province
David Eby said he learned about talks through media reports
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I used to joke that Justin Trudeau’s oft-mocked experience as a grade-school teacher was a *benefit* in trying to get Canada’s squabbling premiers to agree on anything but I see Mark Carney’s approach is to just not bother dealing with them at all 😬
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Nearly the entire Canadian Arctic Archipelago recorded temperatures warmer than 5°C above the 1981-2010 baseline in October 2025. And as I shared yesterday, sea ice in the Baffin Bay is currently a record low for the date... Hudson Bay too (I'll share that next).
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Nearly the entire Canadian Arctic Archipelago recorded temperatures warmer than 5°C above the 1981-2010 baseline in October 2025. And as I shared yesterday, sea ice in the Baffin Bay is currently a record low for the date... Hudson Bay too (I'll share that next).
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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It may seem disturbing for any Canadian-linked entity to be involved in the operations of a place like Alligator Alcatraz, but it isn't illegal. For Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability, this is part of a bigger problem. thewalrus.ca/the-overlooked-c...
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It may seem disturbing for any Canadian-linked entity to be involved in the operations of a place like Alligator Alcatraz, but it isn't illegal. For Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability, this is part of a bigger problem. thewalrus.ca/the-overlooked-c...
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This is basic, basic accountability information. And in the case of information about the training the officers who work with schools get, it could help improve public perception of the program.
I have no idea why the VPD fights so hard to prevent the release of this info.
I have no idea why the VPD fights so hard to prevent the release of this info.
It took reporter @kehyslop.bsky.social 21 months of FOI requests and pursuing a formal review of the VPD's denial for info to get the police to release the names of officers who currently staff Vancouver schools. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Vancouver Police Finally Reveal Names of School Liaison Officers | The Tyee
After telling The Tyee publishing this information would harm police, names and school assignments are out.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is basic, basic accountability information. And in the case of information about the training the officers who work with schools get, it could help improve public perception of the program.
I have no idea why the VPD fights so hard to prevent the release of this info.
I have no idea why the VPD fights so hard to prevent the release of this info.
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This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the high costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the high costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
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It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Premier Eby recently described B.C. as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.”
Ten days later, BC Hydro quietly released a more muted vision of the path ahead. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains. ⚡️ #bcpoli
Ten days later, BC Hydro quietly released a more muted vision of the path ahead. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains. ⚡️ #bcpoli
Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It | The Tyee
The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Premier Eby recently described B.C. as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.”
Ten days later, BC Hydro quietly released a more muted vision of the path ahead. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains. ⚡️ #bcpoli
Ten days later, BC Hydro quietly released a more muted vision of the path ahead. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains. ⚡️ #bcpoli
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The Sask Party govt has a lot to answer for in its pathetic response to wildfires in Saskatchewan: Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness
The audit comes after residents of the village of Denare Beach accused the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency of being ill prepared to save their community from devastation resulting from a wildfire in...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Sask Party govt has a lot to answer for in its pathetic response to wildfires in Saskatchewan: Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
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Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark says the North needs a new conversation about lasting measures to address MMIWG and violence. Read and listen to her call to action.
‘This is not normal. It cannot be normal. We cannot accept it.’
Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark says the North needs a new conversation about lasting measures to address MMIWG and violence. Read and listen to her call to action.
cabinradio.ca
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark says the North needs a new conversation about lasting measures to address MMIWG and violence. Read and listen to her call to action.