T.RD
@diasrt.bsky.social
Portuguese-Canadian; Reader, writer, among other things while living in Canadian magat-land :(
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Once again: read @mariahblake.bsky.social's "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals"
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once again: read @mariahblake.bsky.social's "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals"
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
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Fascism built in.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fascism built in.
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It’s pretty remarkable how in a minority government situation, Carney forces budget votes without offering olive branches to other parties then repeatedly takes positions like this that are alienating to his base and own Liberal MPs
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It’s pretty remarkable how in a minority government situation, Carney forces budget votes without offering olive branches to other parties then repeatedly takes positions like this that are alienating to his base and own Liberal MPs
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Does Rubio understand that we do know of his previous statements today?
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Does Rubio understand that we do know of his previous statements today?
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The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Oh my god www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh my god www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
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Our space lasers don’t shoot to miss
Greene: I will be resigning from office, with my last day being January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Our space lasers don’t shoot to miss
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Instagram is letting neo-Nazism go mainstream. Influencers like Hayden McDougall and Dylan Shane push Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and extremist merch to millions — all under Meta’s watch. A platform built for connection is now powering the spread of openly extremist ideology.
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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Instagram is letting neo-Nazism go mainstream. Influencers like Hayden McDougall and Dylan Shane push Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and extremist merch to millions — all under Meta’s watch. A platform built for connection is now powering the spread of openly extremist ideology.
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It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
It’s very surprising that some people are still calling the Trump peace plan the Witkoff plan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The White House has come out and claimed the plan for its own and said it wants it implemented. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump’s 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine would require land concessions and military reduction | CNN Politics
A new Trump administration plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory forcibly seized by the Krem...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
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“We could have had a contract already,” she said. “We’re willing to work with the company. The company just doesn’t want to work with us.”
Richmond Starbucks Baristas Join National Strike, Shutting Down Fan Store
Richmond baristas at the Fan Starbucks have joined a national strike, shutting down one of the city’s busiest locations. Workers say Starbucks refuses to negotiate a fair contract, leaving the store l...
rvamag.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“We could have had a contract already,” she said. “We’re willing to work with the company. The company just doesn’t want to work with us.”
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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I do think about this headline a lot, about the vast ambition of Team Danielle
It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
When you look at the totality of all the Alberta institutions and programs Danielle Smith has begun to reinvent or reshape… it’s a lot. And a lot of risk.
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I do think about this headline a lot, about the vast ambition of Team Danielle
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A member of Congress just filled out a threat report with the Capitol Police naming the President of the United States as the person making the threat.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A member of Congress just filled out a threat report with the Capitol Police naming the President of the United States as the person making the threat.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
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she’s a hero
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
she’s a hero
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Alberta premier distances herself from $109M DynaLife lab testing debacle
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alb...
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alb...
Alberta premier distances herself from $109M DynaLife lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is distancing herself from a multimillion-dollar lab testing debacle involving the former private provider DynaLife.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Alberta premier distances herself from $109M DynaLife lab testing debacle
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alb...
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alb...
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The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
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Mel remains exceptional at explaining these complicated issues in ways that can inform a very general audience.
Thanks to @thetyee.ca for republishing my op-ed about Danielle Smith and the Notwithstanding Clause. ✨
Always glad to see outlets beyond LGBTQ2S+ publications platforming and highlighting trans voices on issues like this
Always glad to see outlets beyond LGBTQ2S+ publications platforming and highlighting trans voices on issues like this
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mel remains exceptional at explaining these complicated issues in ways that can inform a very general audience.
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“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” drillanddash.substack.com/p/new-poll-s... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
New Poll: supermajority of Albertans want O&G companies to cover well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.”
drillanddash.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” drillanddash.substack.com/p/new-poll-s... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
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The most tone deaf and hypocritical statement you wouldn’t believe until you actually saw it.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The most tone deaf and hypocritical statement you wouldn’t believe until you actually saw it.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
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Alberta is moving to a "dual practice" model.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
Public or Private? A conversation with your future doctor canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/19/p...
Public or Private? A conversation with your future doctor
Two-tier healthcare has officially arrived.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Alberta is moving to a "dual practice" model.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
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“The role of a columnist is not to dole out approved information or to tell you how to think, but rather to get the argument going in real life and in good faith. We go out and hold politicians’ feet to the fire, collect evidence, offer our analysis, then we hand off the argument to you.”
The year is 2035. The Meta People's Liberation Army breaks into my underground printing press. But I've already escaped on my pedal-powered flying machine. "Death to the machines!" I yell before crashing into the city's last remaining tree.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: I’m a new columnist at the Star. I’m going to be focusing on our era’s most influential gatekeepers
The decline of the gatekeeper isn't the boon some think it is.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“The role of a columnist is not to dole out approved information or to tell you how to think, but rather to get the argument going in real life and in good faith. We go out and hold politicians’ feet to the fire, collect evidence, offer our analysis, then we hand off the argument to you.”
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Some day someone may ask you “What were you doing when the Alberta government stripped trans kids of their rights?”
You’re doing it now.
Get involved.
Attend a rally.
Call the Premier: 780-427-2251
Send an email: [email protected]
Use your voice.
You’re doing it now.
Get involved.
Attend a rally.
Call the Premier: 780-427-2251
Send an email: [email protected]
Use your voice.
NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Some day someone may ask you “What were you doing when the Alberta government stripped trans kids of their rights?”
You’re doing it now.
Get involved.
Attend a rally.
Call the Premier: 780-427-2251
Send an email: [email protected]
Use your voice.
You’re doing it now.
Get involved.
Attend a rally.
Call the Premier: 780-427-2251
Send an email: [email protected]
Use your voice.