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Botley Smith (he/him)

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stage sound designer, audio engineer/editor, technical production prof. residing on unceded Haudenosaunee land (Kitchener)

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WIRED @wired.com · 14h
Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.
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Let’s Talk About the Super El Niño and Climate Change
Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Citing a lack of meaningful consultation, the Cold Lake First Nation in Alberta says it's filed a judicial review against the federal government over the Pacific Link pipeline. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: Cold Lake First Nation files judicial review against Carney gov't over Pacific Link pipeline
Our featured story: citing a lack of meaningful consultation, the Cold Lake First Nation in Alberta says it's filed a judicial review against the federal government over its first designated 'proje...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Residential school survivors should not have to plead for funding. Please read this thread to find out how the Liberal government is cutting funding to healing programs for residential school survivors.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 29/09/2026
Oh so Meta made its AI agents look like weird lil dicks because they're going to fuck you in terrible, unpredictable, embarrassing ways:
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Images of white supremacists demonstrating near a former residential school in Kamloops have sent a chill across the country, just days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. An expert on extremist groups called it disturbing but not surprising.
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Expert disturbed-not surprised by white nationalism demonstration
A demonstration of white nationalism by Second Sons of Canada near the Kamloops residential school site has sent a chill across the country.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.
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Ontario posts deficit as health care, education spending surges
The province reported health-sector investments rose by $6.6 billion, or 7.2 per cent, compared to 2024-25.
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada’s wildfire risk is only growing due to climate change. Yet much of the country is in the dark without publicly-available wildfire hazard mapping. Great reporting on why Canada needs accurate and accessible mapping data.👇 ow.ly/QWsk50ZR7Cm
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Canadians are in the dark about their wildfire risk
Experts and politicians are endorsing a national strategy on wildfire hazard mapping, but the process would be far from simple
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources said the former soldier expressed a wide range of conspiracies related to the pandemic, including blaming Jewish people for its spread.” Fucking hell. We need to deal with the spread of far-right extremism.
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Belleville synagogue shooting a ‘hate-motivated attack,’ police say | Globalnews.ca
In an update Thursday afternoon, Belleville police said the act was “deliberate” and targeted the Jewish community “during one of the holiest observances of the year.”
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/09/2026
The thing that will work is ending fossil fuel’s “we get to pollute for free” business model, a model without moral or economic justification, but one defended by fossil fuel with its massive campaign of fraudulent lies and dark-money corruption. apnews.com/article/clim...
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
here’s me from last night on power & politics re: the recent behaviour of the Trump administration towards Canada
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Help us support the cause. Write a letter to the editor! Old-fashioned, sure, but it can be super effective. share.nwmd.social/s/eE0zL0Pi
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Send a Letter to the Editor: No Pipelines on a Burning Planet
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 19/08/2026
A nearby island threatens to unleash a so-called "impulse wave" due to thawing permafrost. Unlike tsunamis triggered by earthquakes, there is no early detection system and there is very little time to evacuate.
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A looming disaster threatens to drown one of Canada's northernmost communities
A team of coastal flooding experts are studying the risk presented by impulse waves and how communities could respond.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don't know how else to explain this to liberals but natural gas isn't carbon neutral or clean. This isn't a "bridge gap solution" it's a future generations death sentence. Don't be fooled by a single word
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/08/2026
First known depiction of The Macarena in sculpture
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I knew Prof. Tsimerman a bit when we were back in high school, even back then his intellect and character was superb. He's always been a cool guy in my book!
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 24/07/2026
How long are we going to put up with this? In India, one day of extreme heat can mean around 3,400 extra deaths, while France’s June heatwave alone brought thousands more deaths than usual. Bodies are piling up while governments still drag their feet. apnews.com/article/fran...
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France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave
France experienced at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, according to the public health agency.
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Talk about a recording that is EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought. JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day. JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
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ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data
NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mamdani is quite literally the moral leader of this country right now. No one speaks with as much clarify, moral leadership, and consistency. I am grateful for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuV...
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We don't have time to do another cycle of realizing this is an emergency only to let politicians forget about come winter. Soon enough we won't even have a season that doesn't have constant fires. Mark Carney and Danielle Smith and Doug Ford are actively accelerating this across the country
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 09/07/2026
This is fossilflation in real time: a world hooked on oil and gas where every shock at Hormuz hits supermarket shelves and energy bills, while fossil fuel giants and their billionaire friends cash in. Governments must break fossil fuel dependence and back renewables.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 08/07/2026
Meta is a staunchly anti-art, anti-artist company and has been showing you this for years with basically every product decision it has made with Instagram, and yet so many professional creative industries continue to rely on it. Spread the word on their latest attack on artists ⬇️
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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
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Peter Albrechtsen @lydrummet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Take my money 😮❤️💿
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 17/06/2026
Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it". I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 07/06/2026
GOOD NEWS: An equal and habitable world is entirely possible. Academics have just shared a radical plan for planetary survival where nearly everyone gains. Higher incomes, way less working hours, and a climate where people can thrive. What more could we want?
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A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how
Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Ecojustice urges Prime Minister Carney to abandon any legislation that would sacrifice the environment and climate at the altar of political convenience.” - Kimberly Shearon, Executive Director, Ecojustice Read the full statement ⬇️ ecojustice.ca/news/leaders...
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Leaders of Canada’s largest environmental and conservation organizations unite on Parliament Hill to fight federal environmental rollbacks
Groups held a press conference declaring Prime Minister Carney and his government have gone too far Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — Leaders of Canada’s…
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Anyone else read the book "Bedtime Is Cancelled"?
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
maybe women just don’t trust technology that repeatedly proves unreliable and costs too much (monetarily, societally, environmentally) given its relatively janky performance? i mean. why is it “women must lower their standards” and not “tech companies must profoundly improve…”
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 29/05/2026
We have let too many of our beloved stories become the property of investment companies that view works of art as nothing more than data points to move around on spreadsheets
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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Canadians living in Alberta! Write the premier! Tell her what you think: www.alberta.ca/premier-cont... Takes less than 1 min. Demand your opinions be heard! #ableg #abpoli #yeg #yyc #ymm #yql #yhz #abed #abhealth #ForeverCanadian #UCP #albertandp #albertaseparatists Share widely!
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Contact the Premier
Send a message to the Premier.
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Shot of the USS Enterprise-D cruising under the text "An Android Gets to Fuck"
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19/05/2026
1/ The Israeli military has detained hundreds of activists who sailed to Gaza to break Israel’s blockade. In the face of unending genocide and impunity, they continue to challenge Israel, to keep the spotlight on ongoing genocide. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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Canadians among activists detained on Gaza flotilla after Israeli interception | CBC News
Israel's navy intercepted an activist flotilla in waters off Cyprus on Monday, halting the group's latest effort to challenge a blockade of Gaza.
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Nan ☮️ @naninaz76.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Mark Carney and Danielle Smith signing an energy deal that will be quote "the final nail in the coffin in Canada's ability to reverse the effects of climate change" with giant words FUCK YOUR KIDS! DEATH TO EARTH! also fuck them whales too
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 14/05/2026
Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 — thanks to “the removal or weakening of climate policies” over the last year, according to a February report by the Canadian Climate Institute.
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Feds plan to weaken clean electricity regulations
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is taking aim at another Trudeau-era climate policy — this time, to give natural gas power plants more flexibility to operate as Canada expands its electricity ...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 05/05/2026
Ending direct fossil fuel subsidies alone would avoid 70,000 premature deaths from air pollution every year. It’s time to tax these deadly polluting corporations and go renewable.
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's not every day that an entirely unheard recording of Pink Floyd in their 70s prime emerges (playing a 2000-seat theatre, road-testing *Dark Side of the Moon* before they recorded it). Also has an absolutely magical version of "Echoes" starting at 79 minutes in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7aI...
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[NEW SHOW] Pink Floyd - Live in Cleveland (April 24th, 1972)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd Bootlegs
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"You can’t say, God, that guy liked to have sex with children, but isn’t his music great? That’s not a narrative people can hold in their minds." Inconvenient truth of the pederast-industrial complex. variety.com/2026/film/fe...
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Torches ‘Michael’ and ‘Nasty’ Antoine Fuqua for Whitewashing Michael Jackson’s Alleged Abuse
Filmmaker Dan Reed opens up to Variety about the “icky” Michael Jackson biopic and how it pushes “a false narrative around a man who’s a pedophile.”
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In Ontario, the provincial Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives in the polls for the first time in years. I hope the trend continues. Are Ontarians are getting fed up with Doug Ford and his gang? Stay tuned.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Residential School denialism is a profitable industry being used by white supremacists to boost their influencer and political careers. This video by The Breach DEBUNKS every single lie and distortion they spread. Share it far and wide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-H...
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This viral documentary about residential schools is lying to you
YouTube video by The Breach
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
brb crying my eyes out to this concert for the 2385th time
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 16/04/2026
We need permanent windfall taxes on these profits and massive investment in renewables so people are protected, not held hostage by Big Oil.
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Make war profiteers pay: tax fossil fuel profits - Greenpeace International
Stop fossil fuel giants profiting from war. Conflict drives up bills while Big Oil makes billions. Sign now to tax profits and fund disaster relief and energy independence.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 08/04/2026
What would have happened if the world had turned to #renewables earlier? If, say, oil companies hadn’t been working for decades to slow down action on climate change? We would be in a very different position. #Greenwashing grist.org/language/oil...
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Big Oil has moved on from 'greenwashing.' Here's the new playbook.
Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting their climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.
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Botley Smith (he/him) @botley.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Congratulations to Avi Lewis, the newly elected leader of Canada's NDP
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
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