Rev Barb
@revbarb.bsky.social
Chocolate and coffee lover. Retired Anglican priest. Prairie girl.
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“If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years…The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turns are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions — many occurring when pedestrians cross with a walk signal.”
Vancouver city councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social has introduced a new Council motion that would get rid of right turns on red lights in the city. Via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years…The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turns are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions — many occurring when pedestrians cross with a walk signal.”
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"European leaders may dump $2.34T in US debt if Trump abandons Ukraine risking a crisis worse than 2008 💥"
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"European leaders may dump $2.34T in US debt if Trump abandons Ukraine risking a crisis worse than 2008 💥"
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Energy East wasn't blocked by Quebec. This is revisionist history. It never got that far.
It was abandoned because Keystone XL was back on the table, and the proponent couldn't fill both pipelines. #PnPCBC
It was abandoned because Keystone XL was back on the table, and the proponent couldn't fill both pipelines. #PnPCBC
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Energy East wasn't blocked by Quebec. This is revisionist history. It never got that far.
It was abandoned because Keystone XL was back on the table, and the proponent couldn't fill both pipelines. #PnPCBC
It was abandoned because Keystone XL was back on the table, and the proponent couldn't fill both pipelines. #PnPCBC
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country.
www.ft.com/content/2351...
www.ft.com/content/2351...
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country.
www.ft.com/content/2351...
www.ft.com/content/2351...
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ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
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Newfoundland and Labrador joins the list of provinces that are selling off their old stock of American liquor, donating the proceeds to charity, and refusing to purchase more.
Our local food banks are expecting to receive over a million dollars from this.
Our local food banks are expecting to receive over a million dollars from this.
N.L. government promises donation to local food banks with sale of U.S. alcohol | CBC News
The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation will begin selling off its inventory of American liquor, and the net profit will be donated to the Community Food Sharing Association.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Newfoundland and Labrador joins the list of provinces that are selling off their old stock of American liquor, donating the proceeds to charity, and refusing to purchase more.
Our local food banks are expecting to receive over a million dollars from this.
Our local food banks are expecting to receive over a million dollars from this.
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Guess what Bill C-16 includes?
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Guess what Bill C-16 includes?
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
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Last fall, I testified to the Parliamentary Committee and explained why the current legal threshold needs to change.
Stalking is a gendered crime and how justices measure "fear" is often through sexist tropes of cowering, self-silencing, etc which means our resilience is used against us.
Stalking is a gendered crime and how justices measure "fear" is often through sexist tropes of cowering, self-silencing, etc which means our resilience is used against us.
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Last fall, I testified to the Parliamentary Committee and explained why the current legal threshold needs to change.
Stalking is a gendered crime and how justices measure "fear" is often through sexist tropes of cowering, self-silencing, etc which means our resilience is used against us.
Stalking is a gendered crime and how justices measure "fear" is often through sexist tropes of cowering, self-silencing, etc which means our resilience is used against us.
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Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
Nor should he cede any land, it was an illegal invasion
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Nor should he cede any land, it was an illegal invasion
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for...
www.cp24.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
Nor should he cede any land, it was an illegal invasion
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Nor should he cede any land, it was an illegal invasion
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Heat pumps are a terrific technology, but I wish more people understood that there are regions where heat pumps don’t make economic sense and this has to change if we are going to electrify and decarbonize.
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Heat pumps are a terrific technology, but I wish more people understood that there are regions where heat pumps don’t make economic sense and this has to change if we are going to electrify and decarbonize.
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Here's my latest for @nationalobserver.com on how dumb the entire debate on Bill C-9 (hate speech legislation) has been www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech
The party's criticisms of an agreement between the Liberals and Bloc Québécois on Bill C-9 could have been legitimate and substantive. Instead, they chose to rile up their supporters by lying to them.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Here's my latest for @nationalobserver.com on how dumb the entire debate on Bill C-9 (hate speech legislation) has been www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
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BC LNG is High Cost, Uncompetitive Against Cheap New US, Qatar Supply
If Dave Eby, Adrian Dix, Mark Carney, or Tim Hodgson disagree, let them post their math.
Until then, no BC or Canada subsidies for a sunset industry.
#bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/5wp5h3uqx0A
If Dave Eby, Adrian Dix, Mark Carney, or Tim Hodgson disagree, let them post their math.
Until then, no BC or Canada subsidies for a sunset industry.
#bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/5wp5h3uqx0A
BC LNG is High Cost, Uncompetitive Against Cheap New US, Qatar Supply
YouTube video by Energi Media
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December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BC LNG is High Cost, Uncompetitive Against Cheap New US, Qatar Supply
If Dave Eby, Adrian Dix, Mark Carney, or Tim Hodgson disagree, let them post their math.
Until then, no BC or Canada subsidies for a sunset industry.
#bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/5wp5h3uqx0A
If Dave Eby, Adrian Dix, Mark Carney, or Tim Hodgson disagree, let them post their math.
Until then, no BC or Canada subsidies for a sunset industry.
#bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/5wp5h3uqx0A
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OTTAWA — Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. #Canada #cdnpoli
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Ottawa inks partnership with Canadian firms on military’s Arctic satellite project
Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic.
www.cp24.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
OTTAWA — Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. #Canada #cdnpoli
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
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In a statement, Fertilizer Canada said increasing fertilizer production “cannot happen overnight and can take 10 to 15 years to increase.”
globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
If Trump tariffs fertilizer, U.S. lacks reserves ‘to meet domestic demand’ | Globalnews.ca
In a statement, Fertilizer Canada said increasing fertilizer production 'cannot happen overnight and can take 10 to 15 years to increase.'
globalnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In a statement, Fertilizer Canada said increasing fertilizer production “cannot happen overnight and can take 10 to 15 years to increase.”
globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
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Minister Joly travelled to Sault Ste. Marie and talked to Algoma Steel and the USW.
Now they are working out a plan to save up to 500 jobs.
"the plans involve expanded capacity at Algoma through a government loan".
Minister Joly is 100% dedicated to building Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
Now they are working out a plan to save up to 500 jobs.
"the plans involve expanded capacity at Algoma through a government loan".
Minister Joly is 100% dedicated to building Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union
Plans are in the works to save hundreds of the roughly 1,000 jobs slated to be lost at Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Minister Joly travelled to Sault Ste. Marie and talked to Algoma Steel and the USW.
Now they are working out a plan to save up to 500 jobs.
"the plans involve expanded capacity at Algoma through a government loan".
Minister Joly is 100% dedicated to building Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
Now they are working out a plan to save up to 500 jobs.
"the plans involve expanded capacity at Algoma through a government loan".
Minister Joly is 100% dedicated to building Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
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Masks again mandatory in #Outaouais hospitals, care homes
CISSSO cites the early start of flu season, respiratory load on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CISSSO cites the early start of flu season, respiratory load on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Masks again mandatory in Outaouais hospitals, care homes | CBC News
Western Quebec's health authority says face masks are again mandatory in hospitals, long-term care facilities and seniors' homes as an early flu outbreak strains the region's emergency rooms.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Masks again mandatory in #Outaouais hospitals, care homes
CISSSO cites the early start of flu season, respiratory load on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CISSSO cites the early start of flu season, respiratory load on ERs
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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There are lots of worse people in this golden age of monsters and freaks and lunatics, but there few better examples of the empty, vapid, soulless nihilism of the moment than Jimmy Fallon bsky.app/profile/more...
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
There are lots of worse people in this golden age of monsters and freaks and lunatics, but there few better examples of the empty, vapid, soulless nihilism of the moment than Jimmy Fallon bsky.app/profile/more...
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"The display, outside St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., includes the traditional shepherds, sheep and wise men gathered around a hay-filled manger. But Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are missing, replaced by a sign reading ICE WAS HERE in bold blue letters." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"The display, outside St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., includes the traditional shepherds, sheep and wise men gathered around a hay-filled manger. But Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are missing, replaced by a sign reading ICE WAS HERE in bold blue letters." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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A Richardson's Ground Squirrel recently emerged from hibernation near Punnichy, Saskatchewan for the #SensoryArt theme #Monochromatic
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A Richardson's Ground Squirrel recently emerged from hibernation near Punnichy, Saskatchewan for the #SensoryArt theme #Monochromatic
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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Saskatchewan! If you ever find yourself in the Nipawin area, go have a meal at Mabel Hill. You won’t regret it. I’d heard about it for ages and finally got there this past weekend. All the thumbs up. Bison carpaccio starter, 7oz chuck burger (perfect medium juicy pink!) #eat #saskatchewan
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Saskatchewan! If you ever find yourself in the Nipawin area, go have a meal at Mabel Hill. You won’t regret it. I’d heard about it for ages and finally got there this past weekend. All the thumbs up. Bison carpaccio starter, 7oz chuck burger (perfect medium juicy pink!) #eat #saskatchewan