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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So nobody questions why Diana Fox Carney was appointed to a newly conceived, role on ocean conservation and Carney funnelling money to ocean conservation? This is what consolidation of power, supported by public funds looks like

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We should all know better to anthropomorphize tech fascists at all but I hope someone makes a horror movie using this cute little monster possessed as it in fact is with the dead, ravenous soul of Mark Zuckerberg & his ilk.

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 27/09/2026

we're now on a multi-week cycle of talking about a.i. going rogue in environments with lowered guardrails and given the specific task of engaging in violations of federal law and are no longer talking about data centers nor examining why these corporations are not being prosecuted for hacking

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline

The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as the burning of coal could decline at a slo...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The irony of it all Yesterday, @NEJM posted a new essay suggesting that the US government attacks on biomedical science will subside. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... On the same day, it was announced the President wants control of NIH funding

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Facts worth repeating: It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S. publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...

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Counting up the costs of coal

Regular readers know that WVU’s Dr. Michael Hendryx has done work on that issue (subscription required), reporting that:

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Baudrillard: "It is no longer a question of imitation, nor of reduplication, nor even of parody. It is rather a question of substituting signs of the real for the real itself... Never again will the real have to be produced: this is the vital function of the model in a system of death"

The "secretary of war" wearing a shirt that says "THIS IS WAR" while PTing in a stadium in Texas, which is not war

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The World Is Electrifying. Canada Is Slipping Backwards New @IEA data show renewables surging and fossil power declining across advanced economies. In Canada, fossil generation is rising, and its once-cleaner grid is getting dirtier. @markjcarney markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-world-...

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The World Is Electrifying. Canada Is Slipping Backwards

New IEA data show renewables surging and fossil power declining across advanced economies. In Canada, fossil generation is rising, and its once-cleaner grid is getting dirtier

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 15/09/2026

The Israeli genocide in Occupied Palestine isn't only in Gaza. Here is the evidence of genocide in the West Bank. You need only read it. www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It always seems like it can't be true, but it is: American businesses often pay more to try to defeat a union drive or contract negotiation that they would if they recognized the union and agreed to better pay and benefits prospect.org/2026/09/08/u...

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How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost? - The American Prospect

Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.

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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ICYMI, read my latest feature about the incredible, inspiring organizing work of drug user activist Louise Vincent.

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 04/09/2026

Huge news, great reporting by @davidpugliese.bsky.social To hell with the government of #Canada's continued protection of CIA secrets and N*zi thugs #cdnpoli ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

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Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada

Documents from CIA program to settle Nazi war criminals in Canada ordered released by judge

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Farage is like Joel Grey in Cabaret here.

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Art Garfunkel singing ‘in collaboration’ with generative AI he knows nothing about fir a tech company’s ‘album’ bc his managers suggested it is not what I wanted to hear about Art Garfunkel. Nothing is sacred.

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Ann Douglas @anndouglas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last night I attended an online get-together with a bunch of American friends. One of them asked me about the collective mood in Canada and I found myself struggling to find the right words. It’s hard to explain the depth of the fury. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New Scientific Paper Essential Read Alert! (yes, that's a thing) Want to understand the factors involved in aerosol/airborne viral transmission? Easy to understand. excellent read. H/T to @barryhunt008.bsky.social for the share paijournal.com/index.php/pa...

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View of Heterogeneity of Airborne Virus Transmission in the Built Environment: A Narrative Review

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Another attack on science journalism, science, and knowledge.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Even if Democrats sweep the midterms and the election in 2028, the diplomatic relationship between Canada and the US is damaged forever. There is no path to recovery from this kind of deep derision, bullying, and toxicity from one of the two main political parties in the US.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What engineering firms want to be party to grevious bodily harm & death?

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is a good example of what @ntusikov.bsky.social and I have been warning about for years: US tech companies are uniquely susceptible to extra-legal US government pressure (Google isn’t compelled to change Lake Ontario’s name.) Because of this, they represent a direct threat to Canadian autonomy.

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This question must be asked of infrastructure big projects spending, of hospital, school, police & other data management systems, of privatization of social services. Who owns us and who benefits from that & how can we get our resources, data, production, services back in our own hands?

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m glad I have mostly de-googled already but trust many more will join me. Seems like a security risk for people in a country repeatedly threatened with annexation by a rampant fascist to use the tools of a collaborator.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This was bullshit btw. Carney is slashing federal science agencies and funding for academic researchers remains totally insufficient. He is also directing funds toward AI and defence. Worse than Harper on science.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

unusual act of diplomacy by the US ambassador to canada

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troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Again, it's journalistic malpractice to cover the energy sector without mentioning climate change even once. A melting glacier just killed 400 people in Nepal. In Europe, 35,000 excess deaths were linked to the summer heat waves. It's not an abstract problem. www.axios.com/2026/08/27/d...

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Data center communicators should study the fracking wars

The data center debate is giving some communicators flashbacks to the fracking boom.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Same everywhere. We are in late stage corporate policing.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The US is a rogue state and the single biggest threat to Canada and the rest of the world by far.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TIMES OF ISRAEL: “Netanyahu and Katz instructed the IDF to take significant action after the launching of KITES 🪁 — Subsequent Israeli strikes kill three people, including a young boy.” 😳 www.timesofisrael.com/idf-told-to-... More: www.instagram.com/reel/Dccep_n...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/08/2026

Justin Ling is right: “If Ottawa is getting ready to kill the Online News Act, it would complete the dismantling of Canada’s meagre effort to rein in Big Tech.” www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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Justin Ling: Mark Carney may be on the verge of making an unwise concession to Trump

Chatter that the Online News Act is on the table in Canada-U.S. trade talks are an ominous warning sign that Mark Carney is giving up too much.

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Anthropic stole my book but it wasn’t registered in the US & my government has done nothing so this is very annoying—though I’m glad they get dinged by someone.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A paper that was recently referenced in a **US Senate hearing** to try to link COVID vaccines to deaths has been retracted by the journal, after the paper’s author’s (and their entire institution) requested the retraction “due to concerns about misinterpretation … and subsequent public health risks”

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BMJ Group retracts paper on COVID-19 vaccines and mortality featured in Senate hearing

BMJ Public Health has retracted a paper some — including a witness at a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing — have used to link COVID-19 vaccines to deaths. The action comes more than two years…

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19/08/2026

Note that the courts didn't do it over human rights concerns, but because an animal welfare group challenged Ben Gvir. This supposed "only democracy in the Middle East" has given crocodiles more rights than Palestinians

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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Public health is important and changes yield results.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/08/2026

Great news: A mRNA cancer vaccine slowed the return and spread of melanoma when used in combination with cancer immunotherapy in a late-stage clinical trial. The results will be presented at an upcoming meeting.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15/08/2026

Wikipedia and certain parts of good Reddit are the last vestiges of the original World Wide Web as its Founders intended

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It is also such extremely important work. Please follow @gilduran.com and check out his new book. Ask your library to carry it!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism)

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

AI is a conspiracy between fossil fuel oligarchs and tech oligarchs to burn down the planet as a mechanism to take our civilization’s last remaining wealth for themselves.

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