this question being led by a private firm (and potential privatization of rollout) is a worst case scenario if you ask me
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Stardust Solutions, the Israeli geoengineering startup led by a team of Israeli physicists, just raised $60 million to develop the technology to artificially cool the planet by reflecting sunlight as soon as the 2030s.
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Stardust Solutions, the Israeli geoengineering startup led by a team of Israeli physicists, just raised $60 million to develop the technology to artificially cool the planet by reflecting sunlight as soon as the 2030s.
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Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Privatization of our government is a feature of fascism.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Jeffries is protecting The Old Guard.
Jeffries keeps health industries profitable.
Jeffries keeps kleptocratic privatization of public funds unaccountable.
Jeffries does not speak for me.
Jeffries keeps health industries profitable.
Jeffries keeps kleptocratic privatization of public funds unaccountable.
Jeffries does not speak for me.
October 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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"That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital."
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October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Cost of Privatization,
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain's rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Thames Water – Britain's largest water utility – has asked the industry regulator to exempt it from some pollution requirements.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Privatization of our government destroys accountability to democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Privatization of our government is a key feature of fascism.
Privatization destroys accountability through democracy.
Privatization destroys democracy.
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Privatization destroys accountability through democracy.
Privatization destroys democracy.
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With East Wing gone, questions now turn to Trump’s ballroom donors
Ethics experts and Democrats say they are eager to know whether the private donors behind the planned $300 million ballroom are poised to receive any benefits in return.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The speed of this HC privatization push is stomach-churning. Imagine being a healthcare professional watching this disaster unfold, and every single day brings a new plan to make things even worse. Unacceptable. #ABleg #ABpoli
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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You see how Americans are living under serial privatization by pedophiles and decide your own people deserve a similar lot then
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Private Dollars = Privatization... and privatization of the East Wing of the White House - no matter how it is spun - is not acceptable. This is a vanity project to satisfy narcissist Trump's endless need for validation as someone special.
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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In what form will they remain? Underfunded and degraded. It's all part of the push to privatization.
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Today was Alberta's Throne Speech. But instead of a real plan for action to improve & rebuild our public health care for patients, families, & workers, all we heard was a continuation of this government's agenda of chaotic restructuring & privatization.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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He took away office space so he can throw parties. That's not Expansion, that's privatization.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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trump basically overseeing the privatization of the military during the shut down seems like a pretty bad thing, and something an opposition party would be at least screaming about if not actively and aggressively fighting, but oh well
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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And what is privatization another word for? Segregation!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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This.
We've had very smooth vaccination roll-outs for decades. We didn't forget how to do it just this year. This is 100% by design. They want you to get so exasperated you either give up or pay out of pocket. Then they make both their antiscience fuckwit and privatization bases happy. Ghouls.
We've had very smooth vaccination roll-outs for decades. We didn't forget how to do it just this year. This is 100% by design. They want you to get so exasperated you either give up or pay out of pocket. Then they make both their antiscience fuckwit and privatization bases happy. Ghouls.
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Let's just ignore the fact that private surgeries do not bring down wait times - proven fact. The people working at these centres should be employed by the SHA to add the capacity needed without paying for the profit part of privatization.
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Saskatchewan Health Authority renews surgical partnership, aims to reduce wait times | Globalnews.ca
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says a renewed partnership with a western Canada-based surgical service provider will help reduce wait times and expand services to patients.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Compare the size of Denmark and Canada then get back to me.
The article talks about how the significant extent of Denmark’s digitization makes this possible, but doesn’t discuss the vulnerabilities losing the backup creates, not to mention the further privatization of public functions.
The article talks about how the significant extent of Denmark’s digitization makes this possible, but doesn’t discuss the vulnerabilities losing the backup creates, not to mention the further privatization of public functions.
Denmark's postal service is dumping letter delivery. Could Canada? | CBC News
Canada's postal service has encountered major mail volume decreases — a situation that has prompted the government to propose significant changes, including ending home delivery. But could Canada go e...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Trump is playing the role of America's Yeltsin, who assisted the birth of Russian oligarchy through the privatization and stripping of the Soviet state's assets.
He promised freedom but delivered tyranny.
If American democracy succumbs to Trump's attacks, after him it will get America's Putin.
He promised freedom but delivered tyranny.
If American democracy succumbs to Trump's attacks, after him it will get America's Putin.
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I see two diametrically opposed conversations about tech in the classroom—one from disability studies/justice, which focuses on accessibility for students; the other from media studies/STS, which focuses on EdTech as a mode of privatization. Are there ppl synthesizing the findings from both?
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Really hope the federal government is taking a long look at this before sending the next round of health transfers to these privatization-obsessed freaks #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta proposes changes to diagnostic screening
The United Conservative Government is suggesting changes to access to diagnostic testing.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The UCP Throne Speech means nothing when our public schools are in crisis.
With a teacher strike ongoing, we reject Smith's anti-education agenda.
I stand with every parent, student, & teacher defending Alberta’s future. Invest in our kids, not privatization.
#AbEd #ableg #abpoli #ThroneSpeech
With a teacher strike ongoing, we reject Smith's anti-education agenda.
I stand with every parent, student, & teacher defending Alberta’s future. Invest in our kids, not privatization.
#AbEd #ableg #abpoli #ThroneSpeech
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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This is Dani Smith slipping the noose around the neck of public health care.
#privatization has always been the endgame.
#privatization has always been the endgame.
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
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October 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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privatization really screwed them over
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Imagine being a MAGA dumbass and a RoboCop fan, and totally missing the message that the privatization of the police is a really bad idea
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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