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“Social change will not come to us like an avalanche .... Social change will come through seeds growing in well prepared soil--and it is we, like the earthworms, who prepare the soil. We also seed thoughts & knowledge & concern.” - Ursula Franklin
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Thanks to Trump's pardons, the GOP is the party of terrorists, drug dealers and child rapists.
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thanks to Trump's pardons, the GOP is the party of terrorists, drug dealers and child rapists.
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The rise of the car in cities like Amsterdam and The Hague led to the founding of the Fietsersbond (Cyclists' Union) 50 years ago. We celebrated that yesterday!
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The rise of the car in cities like Amsterdam and The Hague led to the founding of the Fietsersbond (Cyclists' Union) 50 years ago. We celebrated that yesterday!
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Eye opening thread everyone should read. Thank you @jennycohn.bsky.social
The Thiel-linked Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) hosted a panel featuring Stephen Wolfe (author of the Case for Christian Nationalism) who wrote that “Non-Christians living among us are…not entitled to political equality.” ISI supports over 70 student-run publications across the country. 1/
America's Exceptional Nationalism
YouTube video by Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Eye opening thread everyone should read. Thank you @jennycohn.bsky.social
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A thread on the MOU.
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
This is not a good take. Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A thread on the MOU.
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
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I got to thinking: "What if it's not about the contradiction between the Hernandez pardon and the air strikes, but about the consistency between them?"
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I got to thinking: "What if it's not about the contradiction between the Hernandez pardon and the air strikes, but about the consistency between them?"
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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this moment in Canadian politics reminds me of Mulroney finding out the consequences of stocking his cabinet with Quebec separatists.
No one will be satisfied with the MOU
No one will be satisfied with the MOU
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
this moment in Canadian politics reminds me of Mulroney finding out the consequences of stocking his cabinet with Quebec separatists.
No one will be satisfied with the MOU
No one will be satisfied with the MOU
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Witkoff, Kushner and Trump sold out Ukraine and our allies.
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Witkoff, Kushner and Trump sold out Ukraine and our allies.
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Thank god the info was leaked.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Europe (and everyone, really) outflanked by bald-faced fuckery.
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Europe (and everyone, really) outflanked by bald-faced fuckery.
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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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 10:25 PM
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Starting to think this guy might be a bit rough at the whole “diplomatic” thing
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Starting to think this guy might be a bit rough at the whole “diplomatic” thing
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"I will happily make the trip [to meet with Coastal First Nations]."
They have been asking for a meeting for months. Hodgson has not met with them.
They have been asking for a meeting for months. Hodgson has not met with them.
David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"I will happily make the trip [to meet with Coastal First Nations]."
They have been asking for a meeting for months. Hodgson has not met with them.
They have been asking for a meeting for months. Hodgson has not met with them.
Wow, great question. Trump turns it into quite the free-ranging racist hate rant against Somalis, Somalia. And bedouins.
Anti-Muslim hate has been core to the MAGA brand for 10 years. It was central to all Trump's campaigns. His first term began with his attempt at imposing an illegal Muslim ban. And if anything, it is only getting worse.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wow, great question. Trump turns it into quite the free-ranging racist hate rant against Somalis, Somalia. And bedouins.
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
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“Remigration” is a word that only exists in this context as a white identity movement concept. The word itself was literally created by fascists and white identity groups to call for the forced removal and destruction of “ethnically non white” citizens within their country. It’s literally fascism
Trump is now redefining deportation as “remigration”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
September 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
“Remigration” is a word that only exists in this context as a white identity movement concept. The word itself was literally created by fascists and white identity groups to call for the forced removal and destruction of “ethnically non white” citizens within their country. It’s literally fascism
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Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police in London in 1829, established principles emphasizing that police should be identifiable and visible for the public to trust them. Peel emphasized for police to fulfill their duty depends on public approval of their actions and behavior.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police in London in 1829, established principles emphasizing that police should be identifiable and visible for the public to trust them. Peel emphasized for police to fulfill their duty depends on public approval of their actions and behavior.
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The EPA Is Embracing PFAS Pesticides. These Are The Health Risks
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EPA Is Embracing PFAS Pesticides. These Are The Health Risks
The dangerous 'forever chemicals' could be causing still more contamination of crops.
time.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The EPA Is Embracing PFAS Pesticides. These Are The Health Risks
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We need to do it twice. Our president is coup coup.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We need to do it twice. Our president is coup coup.