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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 2h

A federal coal auction in Montana drew just one bid: $186,000 for 167 million tons of coal — a 99.9% collapse … The next auction was immediately postponed. Why? Because while #coal can still sell today, its future is already bankrupt.

app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/d9a9be...

Historic ‘Clean Coal’ Auctions Collapse — Clean Energy Outperforms Everything

Something remarkable just happened in America’s coal heartland — and almost nobody noticed what it really means.This week, the Trump administration’s long-promised revival of “clean, beautiful coal” c...

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 2h

Looking for a hopeful read this Thanksgiving. Check out this piece by @chrishatch.bsky.social on the extraordinary growth of solar power (but also how much 🇨🇦 is behind the curve):

Our friendly neighbourhood fireball www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

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For What It's Worth @stillme1916.bsky.social · 16h

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 2d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 7h

Someone has probably already posted about these cool Canadian made straws.
100% natural, PFAS-Free, biodegradable, ...
Below says "professional" but they make them for everyone.
Special straws for kids, crafts, garden/bee houses and luxury straws.
ogstraws.com

OG Straws | Carbon-Negative Rye Straws for Professional Hospitality |

Premium natural rye straws for bars, restaurants, hotels, and cafes. PFAS-free, carbon-negative, and superior to paper alternatives. Trusted by hospitality professionals since 1807. OG Rye Straws for ...

ogstraws.com

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 4h

Diversity is our strength, no matter what racist, bigoted Republicans say.

Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.

Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.

Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 20h

“The wording of the bill is passive & vague, so anyone can make a complaint to the governing sports division or board, & the athlete or their parents—if the athlete is a minor—will have to provide their birth registration documents to prove that their sex at birth was female”

What the FUCK #abpoli

LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 21h

What is going on in Alberta? How is this allowed to happen?

xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports | Xtra Magazine

Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports

xtramagazine.com

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 1d

"A drone and artillery attack killed at least 60 people at a displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday, activists said, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on the besieged western city."

www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

RSF drone strike kills at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp

A drone and military attack killed at least 60 people at the Dar al-Arqam displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on…

www.france24.com

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18h

Russell Vought has stated he wants them all insecure and in a constant state of panic.

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Allyship @allyship.bsky.social · 19h

Authoritarian is accurate, but Terrorist would be more accurate.

ter·ror·ist
/ˈterərəst/
noun
a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19h

Pirate Wires—founded by Peter Thiel protege Mike Solana (with an investment from Thiel— whines that Wikipedia calls Trump an “authoritarian.” 10/10/25 … 1/ www.piratewires.com/p/wikipedia-...

Wikipedia Declares Trump an Authoritarian

a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion

www.piratewires.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Alison @alisonkcarter.bsky.social · 18h

Someone this delusional should be removed from office.

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 18h

We need to ensure Ellison is not invited to support Canada on AI or media @mark-carney.bsky.social

Please connect with Dr Stanley or Dr Snyder for that matter — they are both living & teaching in Canada.

#DefendDemocracy #ElbowsUp #CNDPOLI

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"Ellison is placing those most responsible for advancing Trump's ideological wars against core democratic institutions in positions of extraordinary command. If Ellison also purchases CNN, that network will move from its dull normalization of the fascist creep to another purveyor of regime propaganda, alongside the regime's media outlets of Fox and (now) CBS."
Front Left
Striking back against fascism
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19h

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · 20h

Peaceful (yet powerful) protest in Westerville, Ohio.💙💪
(posted yesterday)

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🇨🇦MAGA CL🤡WN🇨🇦 @magabraindisease.bsky.social · 21h

I suggest those who must use TikTok, to remove the app from your phone & only use the web based version from the internet browser of your choice.

By doing this we can strip them of a HUGE amount of critical data they need and want which only the app can provide.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

UNPLANNED Rural ED closures are becoming more and more frequent such that govt isn't even talking about it or looking into solutions
It simply has become the new norm
If you live in more Urban areas these closures impact your Access too, as pts have to go there for care
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

The Moral Distress for the EMS crews should not be downplayed - imagine if your job is to expertly stabilize and transport, but you frequently have nowhere to transport very sick pts to?
Or your transport times are so long you frequently leave huge areas w no EMS coverage?
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 21h

These Rural EDs cover VERY LARGE geographic areas, so there are MANY ABs at risk when they close.
These Rural EDs exist in strategic ways to maximize coverage and to share services.
Many times mulitple EDs close in the same zones, leaving HUGE swaths uncovered!
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