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gosnach

@chestero.bsky.social
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Retired HCW (wow 10 years ago!) Political junky, social democrat, nature/animal lover.

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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
So far no major illness has been reported after mushrooms tentatively identified as Paxillus involutus were sold. It’s not clear if anyone who ate them is out of the woods, Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Andy Delli Pizzi said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Potentially Toxic Mushrooms Were Sold at a Farmers Market Near Nelson | The Tyee
Interior Health is still working to track down customers who bought what they thought were chanterelles.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
GABRIEL BYRNE talks with candour, courage & elegance about his alcoholism. “If I don’t stop this, I’m going to die.”
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"I can see why PISA scores have been falling. Almost from the beginning of school, students are already hooked on their phones and tablets." @crof.bsky.social considers what a dip in youth reading scores say about how internet culture is shaping the way we read. 📝📱 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Youth Reading Scores Are Going Down | The Tyee
The changes point to ‘a much broader challenge than inequality alone.’
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Criminal insanity "Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PAUL NEWMAN — who left us 18yrs ago today, aged. 83 — talks about THE STING (1973) and how the Film industry was changing and not for the better.
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my mamas child @2024fighter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just received my ballot. Before simply voting D all the way down, I thought I’d look up the R candidates just to see what their positions are for shits and giggles. Every SINGLE one of them on my ballot is an objectively horrible human being who has or plans to harm everyone in this state.
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have been reminded of an old line: Authors don’t get paid to write. We get paid to suffer the casual judgment of others.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
If we promise not to bring an iced coffee into a job interview, will you promise to pay us a living wage?
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why Patriotic Calls to Support 'Canada's' Oil Ring Hollow via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... A must read! Too bad I can't stand the AI reader...I'd much prefer to listen while working. Gives me more time to peruse other Tyee articles.
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Why Patriotic Calls to Support ‘Canada’s’ Oil Ring Hollow | The Tyee
As Trump’s US rakes in oilsands profits, we’re sold a clouded narrative of energy sovereignty.
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Mad (Social) Scientist 🇨🇦 @jemburch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"When has rich people getting a bunch of money ever made it easier for us?" the premier asked. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba premier prefers no airport privatization, says no to rich receiving money to run Richardson | CBC News
As the federal government prepares to allow private investment into Canada's four busiest airports, Manitoba's premier said he has no interest in seeing regional airports like Winnipeg's Richardson In...
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Mad (Social) Scientist 🇨🇦 @jemburch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Temperamentally and rhetorically, he seems unable to adapt to changing circumstances.... Everything is personal. Every political problem for Poilievre becomes a contest..." I'm reminded of his "contribution" to the BC Con chaos. #CNDPoli thewalrus.ca/pierre-poili...
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Pierre Poilievre’s Great Unravelling | The Walrus
He looked destined to become prime minister. Now he’s struggling to find his place in Carney’s Canada
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A lovely tribute compilation to the late great JOHN CANDY — by Ryan Reynolds.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Findlay Quits as Upheaval Brings BC to Brink of Election via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09... "A list of party members being investigated by a private investigator... How is this even legal in Canada. If there're concerns, naive as I am I say just ask if your concerned about an issue.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
$&#% Your Fascist Pancakes! A Viral Alberta Moment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... Awesome. FYFP!
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$&#% Your Fascist Pancakes! A Viral Alberta Moment | The Tyee
How one angry woman’s public rebuke of Danielle Smith launched a thousand memes.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A Buried Sin, a Hometown Reckoning via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025... Loved this read, especially as I now volunteer in a Treasure Shop in my new community in BC. I don't have 1 place to return to as we moved every 2 to 4 yrs as the family of UCC minister. The most difficult move as a teen.
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A Buried Sin, a Hometown Reckoning | The Tyee
Retracing your roots this summer? Beware of stumbling into the teen self you tried to forget.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Premier Smith's Warm Embrace of Meta via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... I didn't need yet another reason to NEVER live in Alberta again.
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Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta | The Tyee
Not a word about the tech behemoth’s harm to kids. One disgusted jury awarded $375 million in damages.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The 'Land Grab' That Gave One-Quarter of Vancouver Island to a Rail Baron via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... Awesome article. Questions that need to be ask for similar reasons coast to coast to coast. Unlike AB & east, BC doesn't have the same history of treaties. Not that they were honored
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The ‘Land Grab’ That Gave One-Quarter of Vancouver Island to a Rail Baron | The Tyee
A new exhibit spotlights the ‘grant’ made without First Nations’ consent 140 years ago.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
NEW: In 2023, New Mexico’s AG ordered an investigation into one school district after ProPublica and @nmindepth.bsky.social revealed Native students were expelled more often than any other group. The investigation confirmed “substantial racial disparities.”
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New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District
The state’s attorney general launched an investigation after reporting by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica exposed high rates of harsh punishment for Native American and Hispanic children in Gallup-...
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Amen. #BookSky
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
LOL!!
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What We Really Know About the Microplastics Inside Us via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... About time this area of research was taken seriously. Harrowsmith ~1985 published an article about plastic cutting boards vs wooded ones I wish I'd kept it. You'll never see a plastic one in my kitchen!
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What We Really Know About the Microplastics Inside Us | The Tyee
Unreliable methods have clouded the science. Cassandra Rauert changed her lab to get better data. An interview.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
LOLOL! I'm assuming this is sarcasm at work!
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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Meanwhile in america......... www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Team Trump takes a big step backward on energy efficiency standards for home appliances
Improved efficiency standards help consumers and the environment. The administration wants to weaken them anyway.
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Nualaatpeace @ros14.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We too could deliver this. But corrupt governments are our problem ‼️ They are bought by 💰 We must weed them out. Take back our services and invest in our future. Rid oligarchy, corporate power & corrupt media. Wealth taxed.
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🦘Roseanne @roseanneb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
More or less what they argue in Australia. Our home solar is so productive they’re giving it away for free, hike we bear the costs of production.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
No wonder the coal barons in Auz are buying up AB with D. Smith's encouragement.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A Tiny BC Farming Town's Fight Against Billionaire Speculators via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... BC IMHO hasn't seen the importance of farming. Factory farms seen on the prairies aren't viable except on lower mainland where flooding's an issue BUT small niche farms & ranches certainly are.
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A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire Speculators | The Tyee
A US company’s pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A Tiny BC Farming Town's Fight Against Billionaire Speculators via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire Speculators | The Tyee
A US company’s pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Amanda Marcotte: The Texas GOP clearly thinks mandating Bible reading in classes will boost right-wing Christianity. In my experience, however, actually reading the Bible often has the opposite effect: it reveals how silly or hypocritical the Christian right is. www.salon.com/2026/07/01/t...
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Texas Republicans may regret mandating Bible in classes
Debating Christianity in class will likely create more non-believers
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wut? futurism.com/science-ener...
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Venture Capitalists Disgusted by Solar Power Because It's Generating Too Much Clean Electricity to Be Grossly Profitable
A major surplus in solar power in Spain has caused the value of solar parks to plummet, with investors looking to jump ship.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea | The Tyee
As the US snubs international law, experts say Canada has a duty to step in. A Tyee special report.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... WOW, apparently Trump & company need MORE money. They already have so much they couldn't possibly spent it but I guess they haven't heard of King Midas...
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The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea | The Tyee
As the US snubs international law, experts say Canada has a duty to step in. A Tyee special report.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... Wow, how can we deport this man to the USA. That's obviously where his loyalties lie. Another Emusk wannabe imho.
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The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea | The Tyee
As the US snubs international law, experts say Canada has a duty to step in. A Tyee special report.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just read Christopher Holcroft 3 part series on the Brosphere culture appearing in Ottawa. Can't recommend it highly enough. It pretty much sums up everything that is making me uneasy about what's happening in Ottawa. I WAS a life long Liberal supporter, voted for PET in '73, my 1st vote!
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
LOL Not funny I know if you're tied to Apple.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
LOL!! Reading some very OLD Sci-Fi is very interesting. Jules Verne, HG Wells, also the women who had to write under pseudonyms to be published. Many of the women were exposing social injustice of course not so much Sci-Fi...all the Bronte sisters for instance.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wow. I'm a senior but with so many bright kids in our world our species on this planet may have a chance to survive the O&G regime.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/06/2026
Trump made headlines last month for saying “I love the inflation” when asked about rising costs amid the Iran War.
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Trump Says Affordability Is ‘Fake Word’ As Inflation Hits 3-Year High
Trump made headlines last month for saying “I love the inflation” when asked about rising costs amid the Iran War.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It feels strange that humanity dreams of finding life on distant planets while forests here vanish every day. A forest takes decades to grow, to cool the air, protect wildlife, and create peace—yet only moments to destroy. The most important world is the one we already inhabit.
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Lush Forest Stream with Wooden Path
ALT: Lush Forest Stream with Wooden Path
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Mathematicians are developing rules for AI use — other fields should follow www.nature.com/articles/d41... Excellent read.
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Mathematicians are developing rules for AI use — other fields should follow
The mathematics community is right to call for transparency, integrity and fairness to be protected when AI tools are used. Researchers in other disciplines could learn from this approach.
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gosnach @chestero.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Vancouver Billed Itself as a Restorative Justice City. Until Budget Cuts via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06... All governments want bricks & mortar not real progress. The b&m they point to to say, we did that for them. Doesn't matter if b&m aren't real ppl accomplishing things. (IMHO)
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Vancouver Billed Itself as a Restorative Justice City. Until Budget Cuts | The Tyee
The model could save money that would otherwise be spent on police and jail, says founder.
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