Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke
@henrikbechmann.bsky.social
Retired software dev. he/him.
I sometimes discuss City of Toronto budget design and support issues.
IMO government is a collective enterprise, and should be fully transparent and forcefully managed for all, and for the health of the planet.
I sometimes discuss City of Toronto budget design and support issues.
IMO government is a collective enterprise, and should be fully transparent and forcefully managed for all, and for the health of the planet.
Pinned
I think one of the key responsibilities of government is to promote, and if necessary enforce, equity.
The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.
I think equity, in essence, is what "woke" means, and we progressives should embrace that.
The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.
I think equity, in essence, is what "woke" means, and we progressives should embrace that.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expected to approve Netanyahu’s pardon request, according to early indications, N12 News reports.
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expected to approve Netanyahu’s pardon request, according to early indications, N12 News reports.
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🔥"The creation of a public-private practice model will not only start unravelling Alberta’s public health-care system, but public health care across our country. The decisions made today will have reverberations far into the future." #abpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Alberta’s public-private model threatens health care all over the country
All a public-private surgical model will do is reallocate surgeries from those who need it the most to those who can pay the most. In the short term, patients will
www.thestar.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🔥"The creation of a public-private practice model will not only start unravelling Alberta’s public health-care system, but public health care across our country. The decisions made today will have reverberations far into the future." #abpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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While Ford's friends, family, and dentist ride the gravy train—Ontarians go hungry.
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report | CBC News
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million v...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
While Ford's friends, family, and dentist ride the gravy train—Ontarians go hungry.
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video #Climate
Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video
New South Wales police said on Sunday evening there had been 141 arrests since the protest began
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video #Climate
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Switzerland voted to reject a 50% inheritance tax on super-rich residents after wealthy entrepreneurs threatened to leave the country
Swiss Reject Millionaire Inheritance Tax Fearing Wealth Exodus
Switzerland voted to reject a 50% inheritance tax on super-rich residents after wealthy entrepreneurs threatened to leave the country.
bloom.bg
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Switzerland voted to reject a 50% inheritance tax on super-rich residents after wealthy entrepreneurs threatened to leave the country
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
Watch the bag in his left hand literally transform into a rifle.
It's AI.
It's AI.
The video shows Zelenskyy shaking Presidential Advisor Andriy Yermak’s hand outside the presidential palace for the last time before Yermak steps into his car and leaves his post. His resignation, tied to a $100 million embezzlement scandal in the energy sector, marks more than a departure.
1/13
1/13
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Watch the bag in his left hand literally transform into a rifle.
It's AI.
It's AI.
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If Ukraine stays on this path, it becomes the kind of state ready for the EU and NATO. A state defined not by what it inherited, but by what it is choosing to become.
Ukraine’s EU and NATO partners understand this reality.
8/13
Ukraine’s EU and NATO partners understand this reality.
8/13
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If Ukraine stays on this path, it becomes the kind of state ready for the EU and NATO. A state defined not by what it inherited, but by what it is choosing to become.
Ukraine’s EU and NATO partners understand this reality.
8/13
Ukraine’s EU and NATO partners understand this reality.
8/13
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Did you know? #Canada
Weird laws 🤣
It’s Illegal to Remove a Bandage in Public
In Canada, removing a bandage in public could land you a fine due to hygiene concerns. This law, likely aimed at preventing the spread of infections, stands out as one of the weirdest laws in Canada. 🍁
Weird laws 🤣
It’s Illegal to Remove a Bandage in Public
In Canada, removing a bandage in public could land you a fine due to hygiene concerns. This law, likely aimed at preventing the spread of infections, stands out as one of the weirdest laws in Canada. 🍁
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Did you know? #Canada
Weird laws 🤣
It’s Illegal to Remove a Bandage in Public
In Canada, removing a bandage in public could land you a fine due to hygiene concerns. This law, likely aimed at preventing the spread of infections, stands out as one of the weirdest laws in Canada. 🍁
Weird laws 🤣
It’s Illegal to Remove a Bandage in Public
In Canada, removing a bandage in public could land you a fine due to hygiene concerns. This law, likely aimed at preventing the spread of infections, stands out as one of the weirdest laws in Canada. 🍁
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Map of potential US targets in Venezuela, via South American and Global Defense News.
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Map of potential US targets in Venezuela, via South American and Global Defense News.
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As I have been arguing, the policy outcomes are less important than the political ones: legitimation of Alberta as a distinct, sovereign actor entitled to special treatment, and legitimation of alleged grievances.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As I have been arguing, the policy outcomes are less important than the political ones: legitimation of Alberta as a distinct, sovereign actor entitled to special treatment, and legitimation of alleged grievances.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
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Speaking of things that can't easily be understood if one is "governing in econometrics."
As I have been arguing, the policy outcomes are less important than the political ones: legitimation of Alberta as a distinct, sovereign actor entitled to special treatment, and legitimation of alleged grievances.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
The attempt to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn't compromise.
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Speaking of things that can't easily be understood if one is "governing in econometrics."
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Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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I've read that ICE has deported ~.5M people, and coerced ~1.5M people to 'self-deport'.
Quite a lot.
Quite a lot.
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I've read that ICE has deported ~.5M people, and coerced ~1.5M people to 'self-deport'.
Quite a lot.
Quite a lot.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
"government of the predators, by the predators, for the predators"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/another-ta...
Things are getting so bad, there may be hope it gets better (by pushback) before the autocrats win.
Again, a discussion between very will informed people.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/another-ta...
Things are getting so bad, there may be hope it gets better (by pushback) before the autocrats win.
Again, a discussion between very will informed people.
Another Talk With Martin Wolf
Sharing anxieties and a bit of hope
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"government of the predators, by the predators, for the predators"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/another-ta...
Things are getting so bad, there may be hope it gets better (by pushback) before the autocrats win.
Again, a discussion between very will informed people.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/another-ta...
Things are getting so bad, there may be hope it gets better (by pushback) before the autocrats win.
Again, a discussion between very will informed people.
A vigorous, sometimes biting, discussion about the MOU between Carney and Smith re new pipelines to tidewater.
Hebert sees no end of (serious!) trouble around it. Anderson has more of a wait and see attitude.
These folks are well informed, as are their opinions.
youtu.be/adowjtlwR3M?...
Hebert sees no end of (serious!) trouble around it. Anderson has more of a wait and see attitude.
These folks are well informed, as are their opinions.
youtu.be/adowjtlwR3M?...
Good Talk -- The Pipeline Deal That Could Make or Break The Liberals
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A vigorous, sometimes biting, discussion about the MOU between Carney and Smith re new pipelines to tidewater.
Hebert sees no end of (serious!) trouble around it. Anderson has more of a wait and see attitude.
These folks are well informed, as are their opinions.
youtu.be/adowjtlwR3M?...
Hebert sees no end of (serious!) trouble around it. Anderson has more of a wait and see attitude.
These folks are well informed, as are their opinions.
youtu.be/adowjtlwR3M?...
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The Canada-Alberta deal "is textbook Carney" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal "is textbook Carney" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Imagine how scary it’d be if we didn’t know why global temperatures were rising.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
April 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Imagine how scary it’d be if we didn’t know why global temperatures were rising.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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And there it is: "multifaceted agreement...priority to have a pipeline to make Canada more independent, more resilient, more sustainable." Now we wait to see whether the PM has been playing 3D chess w/ Smith, or if a private proponent will want build a pipeline and AB can meet the requirements.
LIVE COVERAGE: Mark Carney and Danielle Smith to sign memorandum of understanding for new energy project #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/video/live/2...
LIVE coverage: Carney, Smith meet in Calgary | CTV News Channel
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith meet in Calgary. Full coverage from CTV News Channel.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And there it is: "multifaceted agreement...priority to have a pipeline to make Canada more independent, more resilient, more sustainable." Now we wait to see whether the PM has been playing 3D chess w/ Smith, or if a private proponent will want build a pipeline and AB can meet the requirements.