🍁Mel🇨🇦
@melhathnofury.bsky.social
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@melhathnofury.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Want some background reading to understand the asymmetric warfare Canada is under?
Here’s my read/watch list.
The Great Hack on Netflix
Then Read ⬇️
Alt-America by David Niewart
The Evangelicals: The Struggle To Shape America by Frances Fitzgerald
Sold Down the Yangtze by Gus Van Haarten
Here’s my read/watch list.
The Great Hack on Netflix
Then Read ⬇️
Alt-America by David Niewart
The Evangelicals: The Struggle To Shape America by Frances Fitzgerald
Sold Down the Yangtze by Gus Van Haarten
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Invertebrates were present on 98% of the objects. Pelagic species showed up on more than 94% of the pieces, and coastal species on a bit over 70%.
They hosted both coastal and pelagic species at the same time, so these very different organisms were sharing the same floating “islands”
They hosted both coastal and pelagic species at the same time, so these very different organisms were sharing the same floating “islands”
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it ‘home’ — Earth.com
When we picture the open Pacific, we imagine endless blue water and not much else. Marine researchers, however, are now seeing something very different: places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch whe...
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Invertebrates were present on 98% of the objects. Pelagic species showed up on more than 94% of the pieces, and coastal species on a bit over 70%.
They hosted both coastal and pelagic species at the same time, so these very different organisms were sharing the same floating “islands”
They hosted both coastal and pelagic species at the same time, so these very different organisms were sharing the same floating “islands”
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We all need Leslie Jones energy to survive Thanksgiving.
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We all need Leslie Jones energy to survive Thanksgiving.
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
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Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
NO.
Stop wasting our potable water for
This.
Stop wasting our potable water for
This.
Could a national, public ‘CanGPT’ be Canada’s answer to ChatGPT?
Could a national, public ‘CanGPT’ be Canada’s answer to ChatGPT?
Canada’s long history with public service media offers a useful model for thinking about how AI could serve the public.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
NO.
Stop wasting our potable water for
This.
Stop wasting our potable water for
This.
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This is like Dejavu. Ask former Minister of Environment Catherine McKenna…
“You can’t trust oil companies”
She should know.#cdnpoli #abpoli #canpoli
“You can’t trust oil companies”
She should know.#cdnpoli #abpoli #canpoli
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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"You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone."
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Even if HPV only caused cancer in people with cervixes, it would be essential to vaccinate people without cervixes because they can carry and spread the virus. You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone."
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"Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery."
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery."
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
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A debt of gratitude owed to @anhedoniaoakley.bsky.social for bringing this issue to public attention.
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service
When Vancouver Island resident Iris Parker began applying for the Canada Disability Benefit, she didn’t expect to face steep up-front costs—particularly to have AI-integrated software fill out one of ...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A debt of gratitude owed to @anhedoniaoakley.bsky.social for bringing this issue to public attention.
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
So… kamikaze pigeons?
If they can control the pigeons what’s stopping them from strapping small IEDs to these guys and sending a flock to a target?
Combat with trained Predator Falcons? 🤔
If they can control the pigeons what’s stopping them from strapping small IEDs to these guys and sending a flock to a target?
Combat with trained Predator Falcons? 🤔
Putin scientists unveil 'spy pigeons fitted with brain implants'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Putin scientists unveil 'spy pigeons fitted with brain implants'
Russia is pioneering remote controlled spy pigeons fitted with brain implants.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
So… kamikaze pigeons?
If they can control the pigeons what’s stopping them from strapping small IEDs to these guys and sending a flock to a target?
Combat with trained Predator Falcons? 🤔
If they can control the pigeons what’s stopping them from strapping small IEDs to these guys and sending a flock to a target?
Combat with trained Predator Falcons? 🤔
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2/ Hoekstra: never in our history had an ad been run in our country against a policy like the tariff ad.
Canadians: never in our 167 year history has any country threatened to seize Canada. Never.
Also, 40M Canadians are each paying $1,300 for the tariffs designed to break us economically.
Canadians: never in our 167 year history has any country threatened to seize Canada. Never.
Also, 40M Canadians are each paying $1,300 for the tariffs designed to break us economically.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
2/ Hoekstra: never in our history had an ad been run in our country against a policy like the tariff ad.
Canadians: never in our 167 year history has any country threatened to seize Canada. Never.
Also, 40M Canadians are each paying $1,300 for the tariffs designed to break us economically.
Canadians: never in our 167 year history has any country threatened to seize Canada. Never.
Also, 40M Canadians are each paying $1,300 for the tariffs designed to break us economically.
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It shouldn’t be controversial in Canada to say:
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It shouldn’t be controversial in Canada to say:
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
It shouldn’t be controversial in Canada to say:
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It shouldn’t be controversial in Canada to say:
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
I want clean air and water for our children.
I want our children to grow up in a Canada where all people are treated as equals.
I want our children to be free to choose whom they wish to be and grow up in a safe and fair society.
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@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social Thank you for putting country before party.
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
I hope he moves over to the NDP and sets the tone by pulling things more left. The Overton window has moved too far right for my liking and I’m centre/left in politics.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social Thank you for putting country before party.
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social Thank you for putting country before party.
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
I hope he moves over to the NDP and sets the tone by pulling things more left. The Overton window has moved too far right for my liking and I’m centre/left in politics.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social Thank you for putting country before party.
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
Now really shake things up and lead the NDP so we can keep protecting our whale habitats and Great Bear Rainforest.
Canada still needs you Steven!
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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Good for him. My dad was a navigator in the Canadian navy and wrote to PM Harper back in 2012 about the potential navigational hazards for the planned Northern Gateway project in Northern BC. Bottom line: it's a question of if/not when there will be a spill. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet in protest against Carney’s Alberta energy deal
Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Good for him. My dad was a navigator in the Canadian navy and wrote to PM Harper back in 2012 about the potential navigational hazards for the planned Northern Gateway project in Northern BC. Bottom line: it's a question of if/not when there will be a spill. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if the virus mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Inst...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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this says something.
www.thestar.com/steven-guilb...
www.thestar.com/steven-guilb...
Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet
Before entering elected politics, Guilbeault was a famed environmentalist.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
this says something.
www.thestar.com/steven-guilb...
www.thestar.com/steven-guilb...
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Ergo, if BC Coastal Nations are not on board, then it’s a no go.
I don’t understand why they’re not sending the oil on a pipeline to the new port being built in Manitoba?
Go East instead of West.
I don’t understand why they’re not sending the oil on a pipeline to the new port being built in Manitoba?
Go East instead of West.
Before going off on Carney, take some time and read the entire MOU. The onus is completely on Smith. There will only be a pipeline if BC and the Indigenous nations agree to it. There will only be a pipeline if Smith can find a proponent.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
PREFACE At this pivotal global moment, Canada and Alberta, working closely with Indigenous Peoples and industry, must work together cooperatively, and within their respective jurisdictions, to foster ...
www.pm.gc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ergo, if BC Coastal Nations are not on board, then it’s a no go.
I don’t understand why they’re not sending the oil on a pipeline to the new port being built in Manitoba?
Go East instead of West.
I don’t understand why they’re not sending the oil on a pipeline to the new port being built in Manitoba?
Go East instead of West.
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Here is where they want to put that pipeline, by the way.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here is where they want to put that pipeline, by the way.