Vince
@vincetinguely.bsky.social
I've been a writer since I was 11 (grade V). Spent a lot of time in the Montreal literary / performance / zine / arts scene. Moved to Winnipeg in 2019. Still writing!
I often post news pieces on social and environmental justice, and cultural information.
I often post news pieces on social and environmental justice, and cultural information.
'Pay attention to the patterns of power grabs, infighting, the disintegration of the rule of law. See Macbeth. And I, Claudius. And the wealth and power imbalances just before the French Revolution. And yes, read Nineteen Eighty-Four. Again.'
#literature #writing #books #atwood #culture #age #canada
#literature #writing #books #atwood #culture #age #canada
‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary author
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
'The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”.'
#palestine #israel #torture #law #politics #conflict #UN #military #extrajudicial
#palestine #israel #torture #law #politics #conflict #UN #military #extrajudicial
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”.'
#palestine #israel #torture #law #politics #conflict #UN #military #extrajudicial
#palestine #israel #torture #law #politics #conflict #UN #military #extrajudicial
'The kinds of climate impacts long seen across the global south, from south Asia to Africa and the Middle East, are now “much closer to home”, with climate change “clearly affecting Europe itself”.'
#water #drought #climate #reserves #EU #UK #science #environment #ecology
#water #drought #climate #reserves #EU #UK #science #environment #ecology
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“People in Appalachia are used to being let down by the government, but this time we had the money. It was still taken away, and people feel betrayed.”
#appalachia #coal #renewables #funding #government #trump #doge #revitalization
#appalachia #coal #renewables #funding #government #trump #doge #revitalization
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“People in Appalachia are used to being let down by the government, but this time we had the money. It was still taken away, and people feel betrayed.”
#appalachia #coal #renewables #funding #government #trump #doge #revitalization
#appalachia #coal #renewables #funding #government #trump #doge #revitalization
“Despite a reduction in scale of attacks, and some limited improvements, there has been no meaningful change in the conditions Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza and no evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed.”
#israel #genocide #policy #politics #starvation #civilians #gaza
#israel #genocide #policy #politics #starvation #civilians #gaza
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Despite a reduction in scale of attacks, and some limited improvements, there has been no meaningful change in the conditions Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza and no evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed.”
#israel #genocide #policy #politics #starvation #civilians #gaza
#israel #genocide #policy #politics #starvation #civilians #gaza
'In an imitation of The Hunger Games, our cabinet has proposed to let a lottery decide who will have to fight for Germany, if not enough young people join the army voluntarily.'
#germany #military #conscription #russia #war #antiwar #youth #politics
#germany #military #conscription #russia #war #antiwar #youth #politics
Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no | Mithu Sanyal
The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die, says German academic Mithu Sanyal
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
'Though dubbed “jazz poetry” at the time, the Last Poets’ tight rhythms, insurgent message and prevailing emphasis on Black consciousness would lay the foundation (along with fellow beatniks Gary Byrd and Gil Scott-Heron) for hip-hop music.'
#hiphop #poetry #jazz #culture #woke #sixties #Black #race
#hiphop #poetry #jazz #culture #woke #sixties #Black #race
Hip-hop godfathers the Last Poets: ‘In times of great chaos, there’s opportunity’
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'The property was used as a staging ground for nuclear weapons testing, and the discovery marks the latest in a series of controversies and cover-ups of dangerous, radioactive material at the site.'
#nukes #plutonium #contamination #navy #usa #epa #environment
#nukes #plutonium #contamination #navy #usa #epa #environment
US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
Advocates allege navy knew levels of airborne plutonium at Hunters Point shipyard were high before it alerted officials
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
'The property was used as a staging ground for nuclear weapons testing, and the discovery marks the latest in a series of controversies and cover-ups of dangerous, radioactive material at the site.'
#nukes #plutonium #contamination #navy #usa #epa #environment
#nukes #plutonium #contamination #navy #usa #epa #environment
'The post-war architecture of rules, norms, and accountability [...] once formed a slow but steady arc of justice. Today that arc is bending the other way. We are entering an age of impunity. Might makes right.'
#politics #law #international #ICC #UN #multilateralism #diplomacy #authoritarianism
#politics #law #international #ICC #UN #multilateralism #diplomacy #authoritarianism
In the Age of Impunity No Border is Safe
Last February, I wrote an op-ed in The Globe and Mail warning that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine carried a stark lesson for Canada.
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
'The post-war architecture of rules, norms, and accountability [...] once formed a slow but steady arc of justice. Today that arc is bending the other way. We are entering an age of impunity. Might makes right.'
#politics #law #international #ICC #UN #multilateralism #diplomacy #authoritarianism
#politics #law #international #ICC #UN #multilateralism #diplomacy #authoritarianism
'The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.'
#gaza #palestine #war #reconstruction
#gaza #palestine #war #reconstruction
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
'The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.'
#gaza #palestine #war #reconstruction
#gaza #palestine #war #reconstruction
'Knight believes the future lies in designing quieter ships. “We know there is a longer-term solution that takes much more investment, time and design expertise. For the future of the whales, we need quieter ships to begin with,” she says.'
#oceans #arctic #indigenous #inuit #ecology #environment
#oceans #arctic #indigenous #inuit #ecology #environment
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'Knight believes the future lies in designing quieter ships. “We know there is a longer-term solution that takes much more investment, time and design expertise. For the future of the whales, we need quieter ships to begin with,” she says.'
#oceans #arctic #indigenous #inuit #ecology #environment
#oceans #arctic #indigenous #inuit #ecology #environment
“The thing is, with ecological restoration, it is obviously a science, but there’s also a major art component to it, because they’re such complex systems... . You just need to make decisions and keep an open mind, listen to the landscape.”
#rewilding #ecology #nature #biology #science #environment
#rewilding #ecology #nature #biology #science #environment
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“The thing is, with ecological restoration, it is obviously a science, but there’s also a major art component to it, because they’re such complex systems... . You just need to make decisions and keep an open mind, listen to the landscape.”
#rewilding #ecology #nature #biology #science #environment
#rewilding #ecology #nature #biology #science #environment
“These boggy soils take hundreds to thousands of years to accumulate the carbon that is stored in the organic soil layers. In some cases, it’s burning right down to the rock. Over a very short period of time, we are combusting all of this ancient carbon into the atmosphere."
#wildfires #climate
#wildfires #climate
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“These boggy soils take hundreds to thousands of years to accumulate the carbon that is stored in the organic soil layers. In some cases, it’s burning right down to the rock. Over a very short period of time, we are combusting all of this ancient carbon into the atmosphere."
#wildfires #climate
#wildfires #climate
"Jimmy Cliff told our story with honesty and soul. His music lifted people through hard times, inspired generations, and helped to shape the global respect that Jamaican culture enjoys today.”
#reggae #music #jamaica #film #culture #roots
#reggae #music #jamaica #film #culture #roots
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“La Escombrera represents what violence and disappearance meant in Colombia during the conflict that took place over the last 60 years. In this constant search for control, by the various armed agents, many people ended up disappearing.”
#colombia #paramilitary #guerrillas #disappeared #conflict
#colombia #paramilitary #guerrillas #disappeared #conflict
Relatives of disappeared brace themselves as bodies are exhumed from notorious mass grave in Colombia
Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood saw extraordinary violence in the 2000s, with hundreds of people detained, tortured or killed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“La Escombrera represents what violence and disappearance meant in Colombia during the conflict that took place over the last 60 years. In this constant search for control, by the various armed agents, many people ended up disappearing.”
#colombia #paramilitary #guerrillas #disappeared #conflict
#colombia #paramilitary #guerrillas #disappeared #conflict
'Unlike China, the US did not offer much to the people eking out a living around the poverty line. Per head, the US’s economic output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese.'
#china #usa #poverty #economics #policy #democracy #trump
#china #usa #poverty #economics #policy #democracy #trump
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'Unlike China, the US did not offer much to the people eking out a living around the poverty line. Per head, the US’s economic output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese.'
#china #usa #poverty #economics #policy #democracy #trump
#china #usa #poverty #economics #policy #democracy #trump
'The advantage to coal, oil and gas (and nuclear) is to those who can monopolize and control supplies — something all but impossible with freely available wind and sunlight.'
#suzuki #climate #renewables #environment #politics #ecology #philosophy
#suzuki #climate #renewables #environment #politics #ecology #philosophy
Electrotech, not fossil fuels, will power the future
Governments and jurisdictions that promote and rely on fossil fuels are being left behind, blinded by faulty economic assumptions.
davidsuzuki.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
'The advantage to coal, oil and gas (and nuclear) is to those who can monopolize and control supplies — something all but impossible with freely available wind and sunlight.'
#suzuki #climate #renewables #environment #politics #ecology #philosophy
#suzuki #climate #renewables #environment #politics #ecology #philosophy
'Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.'
#ukraine #russia #putin #trump #EU #diplomacy #politics #war #NATO #USA #realignment
#ukraine #russia #putin #trump #EU #diplomacy #politics #war #NATO #USA #realignment
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'The U.S. was an oligarchy before Trump. But since his second inauguration, the ultra-wealthy have been on a spree, buying up the nation through legislation, executive fiat, and exorbitant and overt graft orchestrated from the White House.'
#seattle #nyc #progressives #oligarchy #democracy #politics
#seattle #nyc #progressives #oligarchy #democracy #politics
11.20.25
Socialists vs oligarchs
judithlevine.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
'The U.S. was an oligarchy before Trump. But since his second inauguration, the ultra-wealthy have been on a spree, buying up the nation through legislation, executive fiat, and exorbitant and overt graft orchestrated from the White House.'
#seattle #nyc #progressives #oligarchy #democracy #politics
#seattle #nyc #progressives #oligarchy #democracy #politics
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, as well as by science and by the people who are watching our work closely."
#climate #cop30 #oil
#climate #cop30 #oil
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"He’s worried about those who are threatened by extreme climate events. That’s what moves him. He understands the climate crisis is a machine that worsens poverty and inequality.”
#brazil #cop30 #lula #oil #coal #multilateralism #G20 #politics #environment #climate
#brazil #cop30 #lula #oil #coal #multilateralism #G20 #politics #environment #climate
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"He’s worried about those who are threatened by extreme climate events. That’s what moves him. He understands the climate crisis is a machine that worsens poverty and inequality.”
#brazil #cop30 #lula #oil #coal #multilateralism #G20 #politics #environment #climate
#brazil #cop30 #lula #oil #coal #multilateralism #G20 #politics #environment #climate
'Of course, if Franco had been genuinely popular, there would have been no need for his 1936 military insurrection against an elected leftwing government, or for the half a million dead of the ensuing Spanish civil war. Nor would he have shot 20,000 people afterwards.'
#fascism #spain #history #law
#fascism #spain #history #law
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said in February that South Africa’s G20 themes of “solidarity, equality, & sustainability” amounted to “anti-Americanism”.'
#usa #racism #fascism #G20 #africa #cooperation #obstruction #unilateralism #politics
#usa #racism #fascism #G20 #africa #cooperation #obstruction #unilateralism #politics
South Africa says US boycott of G20 is ‘coercion by absentia’
US says Johannesburg meeting cannot issue final statement without its presence and that summit’s priorities ‘run counter to US policy views’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said in February that South Africa’s G20 themes of “solidarity, equality, & sustainability” amounted to “anti-Americanism”.'
#usa #racism #fascism #G20 #africa #cooperation #obstruction #unilateralism #politics
#usa #racism #fascism #G20 #africa #cooperation #obstruction #unilateralism #politics
“I ran for mayor on the vision that we can tackle big challenges, address our affordability crisis, and make our city a great place to live, work, and raise a family,” Wilson said. “Now it’s time to get to work.”
#seattle #progressive #mayor #election #housing #workers #socialism
#seattle #progressive #mayor #election #housing #workers #socialism
Katie Wilson announces key transition advisers
Seattle's mayor-elect has chosen people with major experience to lead her transition. She takes office in January.
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“I ran for mayor on the vision that we can tackle big challenges, address our affordability crisis, and make our city a great place to live, work, and raise a family,” Wilson said. “Now it’s time to get to work.”
#seattle #progressive #mayor #election #housing #workers #socialism
#seattle #progressive #mayor #election #housing #workers #socialism
'It gives overall oversight authority to a “board of peace” chaired by Trump, but of uncertain membership. The board has to report to the UN but it is not bound by the wishes of the UN or by the Palestinian Authority.'
#gaza #palestine #israel #UN #trump #ceasefire #politics #military
#gaza #palestine #israel #UN #trump #ceasefire #politics #military
UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
'It gives overall oversight authority to a “board of peace” chaired by Trump, but of uncertain membership. The board has to report to the UN but it is not bound by the wishes of the UN or by the Palestinian Authority.'
#gaza #palestine #israel #UN #trump #ceasefire #politics #military
#gaza #palestine #israel #UN #trump #ceasefire #politics #military