Martin L Martens
@mlmartens.bsky.social
Activist Insurgent, Retired Professor Dept of Management & Law, Vancouver Island U., Ground SAR Team Lead, Medic, Tracker, Rope Tech, and Instructor. Ski Patrol in the winter. S'uqsun, Xwkwa’luxwum, Vancouver Island
Also @[email protected]
Also @[email protected]
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A few days ago, one of the juvenile Great Horned Owls was sitting in the rain, outside of my house, staring in the window. The structure of its face makes it appear unhappy about sitting out in the cold rain.
#birds 🪶
#birds 🪶
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World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada #USA to #Canada
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada #USA to #Canada
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
This is a worthwhile effort by @rebeccasear.bsky.social
The notion of a 'National IQ' is junk science.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ZombieResearch
The notion of a 'National IQ' is junk science.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ZombieResearch
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a worthwhile effort by @rebeccasear.bsky.social
The notion of a 'National IQ' is junk science.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ZombieResearch
The notion of a 'National IQ' is junk science.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
#ZombieResearch
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U.S. medical professionals wanting to leave the U.S. and immigrate to Canada … this link provides the steps to do so:
engageq.notion.site/Tod-s-Island...
#NursesAreProfessionals 👩⚕️👨⚕️
engageq.notion.site/Tod-s-Island...
#NursesAreProfessionals 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Nanaimo and Island Healthcare Infusion | Notion
Start here ⬇️ I am a:
engageq.notion.site
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
U.S. medical professionals wanting to leave the U.S. and immigrate to Canada … this link provides the steps to do so:
engageq.notion.site/Tod-s-Island...
#NursesAreProfessionals 👩⚕️👨⚕️
engageq.notion.site/Tod-s-Island...
#NursesAreProfessionals 👩⚕️👨⚕️
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Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded 'heroically': chief
Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded 'heroically': chief
BELLA COOLA — What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded 'heroically': chief
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They say a true friend will shelter you even when it risks their own life, and Canada has done that time and time again. Whether it was fleeing loyalists, the underground railroad, the Iran Hostage Crisis, or 9/11, Canada has always been the country Americans turn to in times of trouble. 🇨🇦
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
They say a true friend will shelter you even when it risks their own life, and Canada has done that time and time again. Whether it was fleeing loyalists, the underground railroad, the Iran Hostage Crisis, or 9/11, Canada has always been the country Americans turn to in times of trouble. 🇨🇦
Back on task today cheknews.ca/comox-valley...
Comox Valley RCMP return to search site of missing woman Ashley Bosma
Comox Valley RCMP say they have search resources back in an area where missing woman Ashley Bosma was last seen.
cheknews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Back on task today cheknews.ca/comox-valley...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
It's safe to conclude that these two like each other. #Caturday #CatsofBlueSky
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's safe to conclude that these two like each other. #Caturday #CatsofBlueSky
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
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BC’s recent report into its administration of FOI laws shows that requests for general govt records has dropped below a third of what it was five years ago.
Experts worry what that could mean for govt transparency and trust in public institutions. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Experts worry what that could mean for govt transparency and trust in public institutions. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Are People Losing Trust in BC’s FOI System? | The Tyee
The province’s information commissioner says plunging numbers of requests should prompt questions.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BC’s recent report into its administration of FOI laws shows that requests for general govt records has dropped below a third of what it was five years ago.
Experts worry what that could mean for govt transparency and trust in public institutions. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Experts worry what that could mean for govt transparency and trust in public institutions. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Found a chart of the Walmart Thanksgiving that is now "25% cheaper" on r/shrinkflation.
Yeah, there's a reason it's cheaper; it's way less food and almost entirely Great Value brand.
www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflat...
Yeah, there's a reason it's cheaper; it's way less food and almost entirely Great Value brand.
www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflat...
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Found a chart of the Walmart Thanksgiving that is now "25% cheaper" on r/shrinkflation.
Yeah, there's a reason it's cheaper; it's way less food and almost entirely Great Value brand.
www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflat...
Yeah, there's a reason it's cheaper; it's way less food and almost entirely Great Value brand.
www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflat...
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I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
![[Text on an yellow octagon meant to look like the output of an overhead projector.]
The silent erosion of COVID-19 awareness & management in B.C.:
A TIMELINE
[A timeline of the year 2025 and the January of 2026. Numbered diamonds are placed on the timeline to mark the events below.]
1. April 16: Amount & timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID, an online repository, deteriorate.
2. May: The end of RAT Kit Distribution Program is announced in a professional newsletter. This provided free RAT kits to pharmacies.
3. May 31: RAT kits orders from this day onwards would not be reimbursed.
4. June: The BCCDC page dedicated to how COVID-19 spreads is removed.
5. September 1: Under the BC medical services plan, less than 20 people will be allowed in an online group medical visit. An unknown number of bed- & house-bound people will lose telehealth access to the BC-CLMF, a long COVID & ME/CFS clinic. Implementation delayed until January.
6. September 15: Vancouver Sun publishes a sponsored article, suggesting the program responsible for generating SARS-CoV-2 data from wastewater samples would be expanded & describes the then-current state of the program.
7. September 18: The wastewater surveillance program is cut: 8 of 12 wastewater treatment plants will no longer be monitored, and 1 sample will be taken per week instead of 3.
8. October 14: The year's vaccination campaign begins to widespread shortages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dy4l7kqcar73iaezbjxzwiui/bafkreibyc7hcwrwtwlid453tk3fv523vx3cziv4g5qksvdrks6b3ymxo2a@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
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Seems like a good day to re-post this. All public institutions in Canada, including CBC and every level of government, should ditch Xitter immediately - it’s a racist, fascist filth factory run by Nazi-loving Apartheid Clyde.
If we are serious about preserving Canada’s democracy and sovereignty, Canadian institutions need to stop tolerating the intolerant! 👇 Amongst other things, that means blocking X, Rebel and others making $$ from purposefully purveying disinformation and division.
Karl Popper’s sage advice for democracies - don’t tolerate the intolerant!
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
July 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Seems like a good day to re-post this. All public institutions in Canada, including CBC and every level of government, should ditch Xitter immediately - it’s a racist, fascist filth factory run by Nazi-loving Apartheid Clyde.
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Forever chemicals found in B.C. sea otters for 1st time - Global News globalnews.ca/news/1151342...
Forever chemicals found in B.C. sea otters for 1st time | Globalnews.ca
Of the 11 deceased animals studied by the researchers, eight of 40 tested PFAS chemicals were present, with seven found only in the liver.
globalnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Forever chemicals found in B.C. sea otters for 1st time - Global News globalnews.ca/news/1151342...
A short collection of puns in support of the DC Sandwich Guy
- Nothing sub-versive after all
- He mustard up his courage and prevailed.
- The jury thought the Justice Department was full of baloney.
- This sandwich verdict will be hard for the DOJ to swallow.
- No matter how you slice it!
- Nothing sub-versive after all
- He mustard up his courage and prevailed.
- The jury thought the Justice Department was full of baloney.
- This sandwich verdict will be hard for the DOJ to swallow.
- No matter how you slice it!
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A short collection of puns in support of the DC Sandwich Guy
- Nothing sub-versive after all
- He mustard up his courage and prevailed.
- The jury thought the Justice Department was full of baloney.
- This sandwich verdict will be hard for the DOJ to swallow.
- No matter how you slice it!
- Nothing sub-versive after all
- He mustard up his courage and prevailed.
- The jury thought the Justice Department was full of baloney.
- This sandwich verdict will be hard for the DOJ to swallow.
- No matter how you slice it!
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Now they are using AI to do phrenology.
Poor quality research that should never be published.
Guenzel, M., Kogan, S., Niessner, M., & Shue, K. (2025). AI personality extraction from faces: Labor market implications.
Poor quality research that should never be published.
Guenzel, M., Kogan, S., Niessner, M., & Shue, K. (2025). AI personality extraction from faces: Labor market implications.
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Now they are using AI to do phrenology.
Poor quality research that should never be published.
Guenzel, M., Kogan, S., Niessner, M., & Shue, K. (2025). AI personality extraction from faces: Labor market implications.
Poor quality research that should never be published.
Guenzel, M., Kogan, S., Niessner, M., & Shue, K. (2025). AI personality extraction from faces: Labor market implications.