The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦
@thebullypulpit.bsky.social
Watch Dogs Keep Score
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
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Our biggest shortcoming is our lack of imagination.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
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"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social
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Carbon Capture doesn't live up to the hype, and it won't because the the tech behind it can't change the fundamentals of how fast or efficient carbon can be captured.
It's just industry greenwashing to delay transitioning to renewables and nuclear.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
It's just industry greenwashing to delay transitioning to renewables and nuclear.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Carbon capture is not the answer to the climate crisis
In 50 years, CCS has captured just a tiny proportion of global emissions and left a trail of wasted public money in its wake
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Carbon Capture doesn't live up to the hype, and it won't because the the tech behind it can't change the fundamentals of how fast or efficient carbon can be captured.
It's just industry greenwashing to delay transitioning to renewables and nuclear.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
It's just industry greenwashing to delay transitioning to renewables and nuclear.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Bottom line: Beware the Brain Retraining grift.
Thankfully, actual science is progressing: I'd been hoping for an update on microfluidic capture (the 'herringbone chip') for diagnosing Long COVID & enabling us to measure treatment efficacy. Here it is.
If it pans out? Game on.
#Polybio #MedSky
Thankfully, actual science is progressing: I'd been hoping for an update on microfluidic capture (the 'herringbone chip') for diagnosing Long COVID & enabling us to measure treatment efficacy. Here it is.
If it pans out? Game on.
#Polybio #MedSky
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Relying on mindset to cure MECFS is an easy way to explain the unknown. It's why thunder was a God before it was understood to be an electrical discharge. Can CBT help cope with the condition and improve overall outlook? Absolutely. Does it allow paraplegics to walk again? Apparently, yes. 4/9
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Relying on mindset to cure MECFS is an easy way to explain the unknown. It's why thunder was a God before it was understood to be an electrical discharge. Can CBT help cope with the condition and improve overall outlook? Absolutely. Does it allow paraplegics to walk again? Apparently, yes. 4/9
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Old TV shows had the uncle yelling "oh my ulcer" whenever there was stress. The actual cause was H. pylori—which antibiotics cure. The plague? They relied on prayer—they needed penicillin. Tuberculosis? Thought retreats could cure them. Brain retraining for MECFS and Long COVID are no different. 3/9
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Old TV shows had the uncle yelling "oh my ulcer" whenever there was stress. The actual cause was H. pylori—which antibiotics cure. The plague? They relied on prayer—they needed penicillin. Tuberculosis? Thought retreats could cure them. Brain retraining for MECFS and Long COVID are no different. 3/9
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Proponents of brain retraining to cure Long COVID sound like Scientologists. They are adamant that "THIS is what's wrong with you". They promote it irrespective of scientific evidence, based on faith alone. And if you don't buy into it, it's just proof that they were right. That's a problem. 9/9
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Proponents of brain retraining to cure Long COVID sound like Scientologists. They are adamant that "THIS is what's wrong with you". They promote it irrespective of scientific evidence, based on faith alone. And if you don't buy into it, it's just proof that they were right. That's a problem. 9/9
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My beef is with the certainty that X led to Y when there is no replicable evidence; with the narrative that vibes are why we're stuck in Long COVID purgatory; with the added duress brought on by exasperated support systems (family, doctors…). To insist that it's because of mindset is destructive 1/9
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My beef is with the certainty that X led to Y when there is no replicable evidence; with the narrative that vibes are why we're stuck in Long COVID purgatory; with the added duress brought on by exasperated support systems (family, doctors…). To insist that it's because of mindset is destructive 1/9
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To call oneself "ME/CFS research" while pushing the pseudoscience that is Brain Retraining Therapy is the very definition of grift.
It's no different than astrology: They swear by something devoid of scientific evidence, convinced that it only works for those who don't dismiss it. It's a cult.
It's no different than astrology: They swear by something devoid of scientific evidence, convinced that it only works for those who don't dismiss it. It's a cult.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To call oneself "ME/CFS research" while pushing the pseudoscience that is Brain Retraining Therapy is the very definition of grift.
It's no different than astrology: They swear by something devoid of scientific evidence, convinced that it only works for those who don't dismiss it. It's a cult.
It's no different than astrology: They swear by something devoid of scientific evidence, convinced that it only works for those who don't dismiss it. It's a cult.
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This is everything. As we all continue to cower behind our own self-interest, the world burns.
Problem being, none of us will not be spared by any of it.
Problem being, none of us will not be spared by any of it.
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is everything. As we all continue to cower behind our own self-interest, the world burns.
Problem being, none of us will not be spared by any of it.
Problem being, none of us will not be spared by any of it.
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The world is splitting between petro and electro states, and Canada risks being left in the dust www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
The world is splitting between petro and electro states, and Canada risks being left in the dust
The most important takeaway from this year’s UN climate summit isn’t in the agreement — it’s that the world is splitting into fossil fuel and clean energy states, leaving Canada at a fork in the road ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The world is splitting between petro and electro states, and Canada risks being left in the dust www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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How about all these BRT doctors set up a RCT and prove their case? If this is the silver bullet their lobby claims, why not prove it? I'll give you a hint: BECAUSE IT ISN'T
For a group that insists they've found THE cure for #LongCOVID, they sure don't have much evidence to support it. Just stories
For a group that insists they've found THE cure for #LongCOVID, they sure don't have much evidence to support it. Just stories
Paul Garner's convinced that positivity cured him from 10 months of Long COVID. No matter that actual science—which he claims to care about—says otherwise.
The irony: this positivity cult is introducing blame and negativity to MECFS patients via friends and family who think it's all in one's head.
The irony: this positivity cult is introducing blame and negativity to MECFS patients via friends and family who think it's all in one's head.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
How about all these BRT doctors set up a RCT and prove their case? If this is the silver bullet their lobby claims, why not prove it? I'll give you a hint: BECAUSE IT ISN'T
For a group that insists they've found THE cure for #LongCOVID, they sure don't have much evidence to support it. Just stories
For a group that insists they've found THE cure for #LongCOVID, they sure don't have much evidence to support it. Just stories
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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"For the very same reason we banned cigarette ads on all platforms, we should ban this because of the harm it does to society, and there's no benefit" 💯💯💯 #Cdnpoli
Hey, sports fans: You spend up to 20% of every game watching gambling advertising | CBC News
A collaboration between CBC's Marketplace and British researchers at the University of Bristol found gambling messages fill up to 21 per cent of each broadcast, on average, based on an analysis that l...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"For the very same reason we banned cigarette ads on all platforms, we should ban this because of the harm it does to society, and there's no benefit" 💯💯💯 #Cdnpoli
Allowing it is not the same as actively endorsing, promoting, pushing it everywhere, all the time.
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Allowing it is not the same as actively endorsing, promoting, pushing it everywhere, all the time.
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money? And you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you" —Det. Lester Freamon, The Wire
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money? And you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you" —Det. Lester Freamon, The Wire
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
See How Home Insurance Premiums Are Changing Near You
A climate ‘shock’ in the insurance market has started to affect home prices in areas most exposed to wildfires and hurricanes, new research shows.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
And this is what still bothers me about American progressives blocking me for daring to say that we see the US as a cautionary tale:
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And this is what still bothers me about American progressives blocking me for daring to say that we see the US as a cautionary tale:
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
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"Why does everything have to be political?"
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
The Johns Hopkins long covid questionnaire they send out to us “novid controls" every 3 months now includes “Politics” among potential stress-causing factors. If we want any more indication of how things are going in North America (and elsewhere).
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media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Why does everything have to be political?"
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
Righteously enraged Hank is the change we need to see in the world.
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Righteously enraged Hank is the change we need to see in the world.
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Meta's top AI researcher is leaving, saying LLMs are a dead end.
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
‘Imagine a Cube Floating in the Air’: The New AI Dream Allegedly Driving Yann LeCun Away from Meta
The legendary AI scientist is reportedly leaving Meta. Here's what we know about why.
gizmodo.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Meta's top AI researcher is leaving, saying LLMs are a dead end.
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Okay, now tell me this:
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories, records show
The Trump administration has released the names of more than 600 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 of them have been identified by...
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Okay, now tell me this:
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
*Climate change has entered the chat*
The Best Years of Your Life Are Probably Still Ahead
Good news: Emotional balance improves with age.
time.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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