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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦

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Plant enthusiast, insect curious, interested in hydrology and water conservation, tree hugger, meadow lover, keen on green infrastructure and wild gardens,

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Antonio Jordán @gsoil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Descubre cómo la cubierta vegetal protege el suelo frente a la erosión, regula su temperatura y mejora su salud, y cómo gestionarla en agricultura. #soilscience
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La importancia de los hierbajos y los jaramagos (2)
Descubre cómo la cubierta vegetal protege el suelo frente a la erosión, regula su temperatura y mejora su salud, y cómo gestionarla en agricultura.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 02/10/2026
📊 Explore the complete @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment:
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Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control | IPBES secretariat
Access the full #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report in English, watch the Summary Video and the
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 02/10/2026
Read more:
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Invasive species are an evolving threat: how we respond is crucial
As climate change and other factors intensify the threats from invasive species, researchers are finding smarter, more connected ways to protect ecosystems
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 02/10/2026
"Invasive species had been a major factor in 60% of recorded global animal and plant extinctions," @theguardian.com reports, citing @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment. How biological invasions are addressed is key for protecting biodiversity.
Man wearing a hat walking through a fiel of fresh ground at sunrise.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🦇The latest Wildlife Crime Report is out. Wildlife crime must not be the cheaper or easier option. Penalties need to reflect the harm caused and any financial benefit gained from offending. Read the full report here: www.wcl.org.uk/docs/assets/...
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Antonio Jordán @gsoil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌱 A tiny world with a huge impact! 🌱 🌍 Moss-covered soils help store carbon, retain moisture and support life. 🌍 🔎 Look closer: the smallest landscapes can make a global difference! 🔎 #soilscience
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Every Little Thing Counts
Moss: the little forests beneath our feet My daughter Yaretzi holds a small piece of moss-covered soil during a field trip. In this tiny fragment, a miniature green landscape reveals a world that oft...
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please say no to pesticides and herbicides. Cocktails of these chemicals in fields, gardens, parks, verges and community spaces are poisoning bees, birds, hedgehogs, butterflies, beetles, frogs, damselflies and more, while running off into rivers too. Let's give nature a chance!
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 01/10/2026
The final round of the federal Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, which provides dedicated funding to build wildlife crossings, is now open! There's $80 million for projects that make roads safer, and applications are due Nov. 16. Learn more: simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/... 📷:NDOW
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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Only thing moving faster than PM’s bulldozing of enviro laws & Indigenous rights is the unprecedented speed w/ which our would-be customers in Europe & Asia are building solar & wind farms to protect themselves against unreliable & conflict-ridden O&G imports" www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to pipeline announcement - Greenpeace Canada
In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that the Pacific Link pipeline will be listed as a Project of National Interest under the Build Canada Act, Greenpeace Canada said: 
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
Buy Canadian? BC Ferries might soon be buying fuel from an American-owned company — with strong ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and the governing Republicans. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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BC Ferries Heads to $1.3-Billion Deal with US-Owned Fuel Supplier | The Tyee
Despite Eby’s ‘buy Canadian’ focus, a firm with MAGA connections is the likely contract winner.
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Antonio Jordán @gsoil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
La ciencia del suelo ha comprobado que los suelos cubiertos de musgo pueden almacenar mucho más carbono que los suelos desnudos. A nivel mundial, se estima que almacenan 6.430 millones de toneladas adicionales de carbono en comparación con los suelos desnudos. #soilscience
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Human rights panel condemns Ca... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organization.
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Human rights panel condemns Canada's inaction regarding Indigenous people | CBC News
Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organizatio...
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Global News @globalnews.ca · 01/10/2026
Two attempted hacks took place, one on May 28 and another on June 9 on a Canadian government website, the report by Transluce said on Wednesday evening. globalnews.ca/news/1208382...
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An AI agent tried to hack Canadian government website, researchers say - National | Globalnews.ca
Transluce said it informed the Canadian government on Monday, Sept. 28, following which the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity issued a statement on Tuesday.
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LNG Canada expansion gets go-a... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Despite environmentalist discussing the need to focus on renewables and to cap production of oil products, our government continues with the expansion of a pipeline!
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LNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC News
LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to oversea...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/09/2026
The proof is in the underwear. Farmers are finding ways to reduce environmental impacts while growing more food. We visited two farms to see just how they’re doing it.
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Underwear and turkey eggs: how farmers are finding ways to help the environment
By incorporating new methods of planting, fertilizing and generally operating, farmers are reducing their negative impacts and growing more food
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
Five years since over 660 organizations added their name to an urgent call for B.C. government action in response to the climate emergency, the state of climate action in the province remains grim, the authors write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Needs a Real Climate Action Plan | The Tyee
After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.
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Green Roof Infrastructure Network of BC @grinbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If #greenroofs received even a fraction of the subsidies received by other industries, our cities would be healthier, cooler, safer, better. We were delighted to contribute to The Better Ideas Show @greenroofscom.bsky.social @theenergymix.com #climateresilience www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RP...
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How green roofs deliver resilience with Dr. Christine Thuring, Green Roof Infrastructure Network
YouTube video by The Energy Mix
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
A Canadian scientist says Mark Carney's government is subsidizing the destruction of nature, contravening Canada's global biodiversity commitments. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Carney’s Push to Fund Industry Imperils Canada’s Nature Promises | The Tyee
Canada participated in a ‘historic’ global moment for biodiversity. Experts say we’re not following through.
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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This quote is from our Nature & Biodiversity Campaigner, Salomé Sané. 🧵 7/7 You can read our full press release and reaction to the introduction of Bill C-39 here: act.gp/4rxRmdy
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Greenpeace Canada reacts to the introduction of Bill C-39, The Bulldoze Nature Bill
TORONTO –  On the first day of the Fall Parliamentary session, the federal government released its long-awaited Bill C-39 introduced by the Minister of Transport, and Leader of the Government in the H...
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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Carney says this (Bill C-39) is a decisive moment for Canada, & he’s right: his government is deciding to remove decades-long environmental and labour protections to build more pipelines, bypass essential environmental protections, & sideline FPIC from Indigenous Peoples. 🧵 1/7
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some beautiful stuff in here about the human-bird connection. From Atwood’s late partner Graeme Gibson who had dementia: “I no longer know their names, but then, they don’t know my name either.” #birds
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/09/2026
LNG Canada wants B.C. to increase how much gas it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028. The company hosted community meetings to talk about it and @writermjs.bsky.social was there. #bcpoli
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LNG Canada poised to decide on expansion as flaring challenges continue
The Kitimat, B.C., liquefaction and export facility has exceeded permitted emissions levels since starting operations last year. Now, LNG Canada wants the government to increase how much it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We really need to challenge people's claims that new development will hurt property values. If you bought your home 50 years ago, you're doing just fine. That it might not continue to appreciate *quite as fast as it did before* is not city government's concern.
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Toronto needs more homes. These neighbours say they're paying the price | CBC News
An elderly downtown couple says they’re shocked and upset that the city has approved a duplex next door to their three-story Victorian home that they say will tower metres above their chimney and rend...
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘We shouldn't have to beg,’ sa... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows dates back to the 1960s and '70s, when the Dryden Paper Mill in northwestern Ontario dumped about nine tonnes of the toxin into the English-Wabigoon River System.
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‘We shouldn't have to beg’: Thousands rally in Toronto to demand justice over First Nation mercury poisoning | CBC News
Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong Independent Nations continue to seek justice from the provincial and federal governments over decades of mercury poisoning caused by contamination that dat...
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Carney government dealt an ear... www.cbc.ca/news/politic... In an early loss for the Carney government, a federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought by Canadian youth.
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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚶‍♀️🌳 It's #WorldCarFreeDay! From Newcastle to Great Yarmouth to London, communities are enjoying car-free streets where children can play and people can connect. A glimpse of a future with cleaner air and affordable public transport for all. Read more 👉https://ow.ly/wwhU50ZPIbI
Child holding colorful chalks next to a bucket with a quote about imagining a less car-dependent future for children on World Car Free Day.
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Action to Protect Rural Scotland @aprscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Celebrating our big win on Wednesday when the Government announced all hyperscale data centres over 50MW will require Environmental Impact Assessments AND and then a Parliament vote for pausing all planning applications for up to 12 months until guidance is issued. aprs.scot/news/celeb...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
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Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Statement: The Government of Canada’s Bulldoze Nature Bill Should Not Pass - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today’s
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Extinction is the price for Bill C-39’s need for speed
the Building Canada Strong Act will gut assessments for major projects, dismantle environmental safeguards and push ecosystems to the brink of collapse
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Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com reminds us that one of the biggest false assumptions in climate action is believing that only the people talking about climate care about it. 🌎 #Seniorsforclimate #LaterIsTooLate
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration wants to allow mining near the protected Boundary Waters at the U.S.-Canada border. Downstream, and north of the border, First Nations and a smalltown mayor are pushing back, fearing for the safety of the water.
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A border town’s drinking water hangs in the balance of a proposed U.S. mine
The Trump administration’s push for mining near the Boundary Waters at the international border is stalled for now. But north of the border, opponents are still wondering when Canada will step in
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Join the Seniors for Climate national mailing list!. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
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Join the Seniors for Climate national mailing list!
Signing up for SFC’s list is a great way to get updates about massive climate mobilizations, fresh and informative workshops, and our new push to lobby Canada’s leaders to take action. Our goal is to ...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The @canadianlabour.bsky.social's new report 'Public Runways, Private Profits' shows why Carney's plan for privatized ownership of Canada's airports will mean cuts to jobs & higher prices. @dtcochrane.bsky.social explains on the Perspectives Journal Podcast: perspectivesjournal.ca/terminal-profits
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
READ THIS: How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world. In the 1960s, Dutch cities saw cars as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths —and fierce activism— to turn #Amsterdam into the urban biking nirvana of today. It took vision and leadership.
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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to t...
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Ned Yeung 🍉 @neddog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Note that this wouldn't mean people would stop driving cars. It just means they would reduce unnecessary car usage. That's all it would take. #yegbike #urbanism
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 19/09/2026
Love them or hate them, wasps are vital in ecosystems: as pest-controllers, pollinators and decomposers. But UK researchers have noticed something alarming. In the summer of 2026, there don’t appear to be many wasps around. Read more in The Conversation UK: ow.ly/8wSW50ZHfuW
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Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What you need to know about AI... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... We were not consulted, we don't benefit from this, this doesn't do us any good and we're sick of essentially not being in charge of our own communities," protest organizer Guerric Haché told CBC News in June.
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What you need to know about AI data centres coming to B.C. | CBC News
A total of 400 megawatts over two years will be made available to data centres in B.C. The companies whose bids were successful are due to receive news by the end of this month. But surveys and organi...
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 18/09/2026
From plastic mulch films to ear tags to greenhouses, plastic products are widely used in agriculture. They often end up abandoned in our soils & aquatic environments, threatening our ecosystems & food security. How we can help #BeatPlasticPollution ⬇️
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Carmen 🌳🐛🐝🐜🇨🇦 @carmenschan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Canada-based #TheMetalsCompany is working with Trump to mine the deep sea, despite global opposition. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to looting. @greenpeaceca.bsky.social‬ Take Action: act.gp/3ZXB5ll
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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia. Companies don't bear the social cost of profits. It is dumped on the people. Killing us and the planet.
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2026
President Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. “This meat is some of the meat most likely to be contaminated,” says Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.
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Reena Mahajan @reenamahajan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The street you live with is not the street you have to keep. livestreetsmart.com
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 16/09/2026
If Canada is seriously looking about how we can deepen ties with the European Union, maybe we should think about copying their homework on digital sovereignty. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/euro...
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Europe can teach Canada a thing or two about digital sovereignty | Canadian Shield Institute
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Strasbourg, getting feted by the European Parliament. The news is that Canada wants to get closer to the EU, and the...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Carney's plan for private investment at airports will squeeze workers, cost passengers more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Carney's plan for private investment at airports will squeeze workers, cost passengers more: labour congress | CBC
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States. @astra.bsky.social @democracynow.org
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 16/09/2026
A military base in Washington state, bird handovers at a gas station, a slew of permits, thousands of volunteer hours, nest boxes — and a whole lot of tiny, wriggling mealworms. Here’s the story of how the bluebird came back. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Bluebirds Went Extinct on Vancouver Island. Now They’re Back | The Tyee
Seventy landowners and many other volunteers have helped return their gentle, chortling song to the Cowichan Valley.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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