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australiainstitute.org.au
Part one of @Ketanjoshi.co’s new two-part series unpacking the collapsing core case for gas is now live on The Point.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/46FVDlL
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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tjheffernan.bsky.social
Canadian politicians? AI Minister, who is funding Cohere (partnered with Palantir/Thiel, who was cultivated by Epstein)? Canadian companies...CGI, Sobeys, City of Calgary? Time to wake up to the trojan horse: theirstack.com/en/technolog...
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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esqueer.net
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."

-Mon Mothma (Andor)
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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mikevlasic.bsky.social
Axworthy is correct ― “when you’re silent, you’re complicit.”

Carney absolutely should use the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act to override this USian BS, but all I've seen from him is cowardice & appeasement, regardless of his Davos speech.
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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justinling.ca
Donald Trump's sanctions on the International Criminal Court could destroy the crown jewel of our international law system — and help Benjamin Netanyahu escape justice.

Canada and Europe *can* do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Donald Trump’s naked attempt to destroy a global institution is working. Mark Carney should fight it
The U.S. president is out to destroy the crown jewel of our international legal system.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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matthewremski.bsky.social
Mark Carney tells an obvious truth that hides a more basic lie.

youtube.com/shorts/-C7X6...
Carney Tells an Obvious Truth that Hides a Bigger Lie
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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parismarx.com
It can also be easy to believe this is a Trump problem. But increasing the global power of US tech for the benefit of the United States is a bipartisan project.

Democrat or Republican, they try to stop regulation and use trade deals to constrain foreign governments.

disconnect.blog/escaping-the...
It can be easy to believe that all this pressure is a product of the way Trump’s return to office emboldened U.S. tech companies, but it’s simply brought a longstanding process out into the open. The U.S. government has long recognized how much it benefits from ensuring other countries are dependent on products and services made by companies in its jurisdiction. For years, it used trade negotiations to insert clauses in agreements that limit foreign governments’ ability to regulate its tech companies and has used its diplomats to apply pressure in other ways. For example, CUSMA contains measures that constrain the authority of the Canadian government to regulate the tech industry. The agreement limits the ability to regulate cross-border data flows, to force companies to reveal their source code, to discriminate between foreign and domestic tech firms, or to expect them to store data on Canadians within our borders. On top of that, U.S. officials under the Biden administration regularly pressured the government when it moved forward with tech regulations, including with the streaming bill and digital services tax. The Online News Act is the latest to find itself in U.S. crosshairs.
January 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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tjheffernan.bsky.social
Wow...Trump's personal sludge fund, deregulation, untraceable money exchanges, foreign influence, buying elections...way past time to make the crypto industry illegal.
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
addiehikes.bsky.social
juliamwright.bsky.social Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · Jan 12
We live at a time that demands that we all think very carefully about the fine line between compliance and complicity.
federalreserve.gov Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · Jan 12
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
The head-spinning events of the past week indicate that either Trump is stark raving mad or his elevation to the US presidency was the greatest undercover coup in the history of Soviet and Russian intelligence. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Lara Marlowe: Europe may have as little as 20 days to avert the irreparable. There are still things it can do
Head-spinning events of the past week indicate that either Trump is stark raving mad or the result of the greatest undercover coup in the history of Soviet intelligence
www.irishtimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing

The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
Polluting and costly: growing gap between PHEV claims and reality The gap between real world and official PHEV emissions is widening WLTP emissions Real-world emissions PHEV models emissions gCO2/km 2021 50 35 0 38 3.5 times 134 2022 33 4 times 137 2023 28 5 times 100 120 139 140 In the real world, PHEVs have similar emissions than conventional hybrids and combustion vehicles WLTP emissions Real-world emissions 150 139 135 166 100 PHEV ICE and HEV PHEV ICE and HEV +500€ 0 20 40 60 80 PHEVs operating cost are 500€ larger than what carmakers data suggest Source: T&E analysis of 2021-22-23 OBFCM data collected by the European Environment Agency, EEA car registrations 2021-23, EAFO, Weekly Oil Bulletin T&E
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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melhogan.bsky.social
"a coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a ntl moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming AI industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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thenarwhal.ca
Onigaming First Nation in northern Ontario says it’s done being ignored, as mining plans that threaten its water advance without its consent. For a community grieving multiple losses, it's one struggle of many. Via @jonthompson.bsky.social + @ricochetmedia.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/onigaming-fi...
Onigaming First Nation says no to mining without consent | The Narwhal
In northwestern Ontario, a grieving Onigaming First Nation says it would blockade the highway if mining permits are granted without consent
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
addiehikes.bsky.social
turn chatbots off and reclaim the future
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
The MAGA plan to break up our country: secret meetings in Washington, a massive American slush fund and Danielle Smith.
Here is my latest on the MAGA and MAGA MAPLE attack on Canada.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nwi...
THE MAGA SCHEME TO DESTROY CANADA: TRAITORS, FAKE PIPELINE, SLUSH FUND
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
addiehikes.bsky.social
Water and living beings at risk - this must be stopped.
tjheffernan.bsky.social Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · Oct 2
They really need to be stopped...these Big Tech companies are destroying the planet with the goal of getting people addicted to their money-losing sycophantic chatbots. The AI industry is not the future.
jennycohn.bsky.social Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Oct 2
“In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.” 10/1/25 … 1/
October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities
Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients
www.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
As part of the “America First” program, Pentagon has classified certain weapons types, including Patriot, as “in short supply” and is beginning to block requests for these systems from European partners.
September 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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timbousquet.bsky.social
Truly addressing climate change means confronting the dual mythologies of ‘green’ hydrogen and methane as a ‘transition fuel’

Morning File by me, with contributions from @suzannerent.bsky.social, @dartjenhen.bsky.social, Larry Hughes, and @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Truly addressing climate change means confronting the dual mythologies of 'green' hydrogen and methane as a 'transition fuel' - Halifax Examiner
I can almost guarantee that neither the Competition Bureau nor Environment Canada nor any provincial government agency will even engage in the criticism; it's a no-go zone.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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timbousquet.bsky.social
‘This is a climate emergency situation’: Halifax council approves continuing water distribution for residents with wells

reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'This is a climate emergency situation': Halifax council approves continuing water distribution for residents with wells - Halifax Examiner
As drought continues, current program will extend beyond September.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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cupens.bsky.social
CUPE Nova Scotia proudly stands in solidarity with the @dalfaculty.bsky.social, who were locked out today by @dalhousie.bsky.social. Dal has repeatedly disrespected these workers by walking away from the bargaining table and refusing to engage.

#keepdalstrong
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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lynettereid.bsky.social
Interesting to see the admission that capitalism requires getting empty calories into bodies.

As Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy
As Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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lynettereid.bsky.social
Michael Campbell and I have edited these papers from the Peter Winch archives. They show a side of Peter Winch that many readers might not realize: how his thinking about language, logic and ethics was deeply intertwined with thinking about political authority and legitimacy.
csandis.bsky.social Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Jul 15
New Peter Winch just dropped!

Out now in @anthempress.bsky.social Studies in Wittgenstein

anthempress.com/books/politi...
July 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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jasonhaslam.ca
Sending solidarity to our colleagues @astfassoc.bsky.social! Please consider sending a letter to their board and admin!
ansut.bsky.social ANSUT @ansut.bsky.social · Jun 25
Faculty at Atlantic School of Theology (@astfassoc.bsky.social) could strike July 1. Time is running out & they need our help.
📢 Send a letter to the AST Board & admin today urging a fair deal at conciliation on June 30.
✉️ Letter tool & details: astfa.ca/2025/support-astfa/
#FairDealForASTFA #NSPSE
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM