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Chris Wood

@chriswoodwriter.bsky.social
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A creative before it was a noun. Writer since 1973. Poetry, magazines, fiction, books, on-line. Has lived in four countries and on three Canadian coasts, twice on boats. Empiricist: show me the evidence. Working on empathy: we are all one. God is an iron.

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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 3h
Just a thought here, not a reference to a story. Anyone criticizing PM Mark Carney's management ought to remember that we, we Canadians, are trapped in a small room with a volatile armed madman.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 3h
And a no-longer surprisingly large number will..
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 4h
Canada made the same mistake even earlier. Insane for a country with the world's longest coastline. But almost understandable when for so long its centre of political gravity has been a thousand kilometers from the sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Opinion | A War America Could Win (Gift Article)
America has let go of its maritime edge at its own peril.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 6h
I argued something similar a decade ago.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 6h
What the world thinks of your President, people of the Unhinged States of America.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 6h
Canada. Love it or leave it.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 15h
The Gestapo would have creamed themselves over this. Of course the US revival loves them.
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 15h
Raising taxes on Canadian expats living in Florida is a way to force them to sell property under duress at discount prices to untaxed Americans. It's a shakedown.
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 23h
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
💯 And - whether they fully realize or not - the seppies are useful idiots working to advance Moscow’s goals. Fascist Russia would like nothing better than to weaken/destroy 🇨🇦, since we are one of the key remaining big democracies, a strong supporter of Ukraine, and a bulwark against global fascism.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 18h
Yeah, she did a terrible thing a long time ago. For almost all that time she's been caged. Now this. Maybe the state should call it even now.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared (Gift Article)
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wow. Just, wow! The imagery gives a hint of a sense of the scale of these things consuming all the financial oxygen in the USA, both individually and collectively. Worth a look. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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What the Data Center Boom Looks Like From the Sky (Gift Article)
In the race for A.I. computing power, hundreds of new projects are coming online across the country — and they’re getting bigger.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FM. Unhinged. The utterly unhinged state that is America. "President Donald Trump’s approval among voters aged 18 to 24 rose from 25 percent in July to 41 percent in September, according to a Newsweek analysis of Harvard/Harris polling." www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Trump’s Approval Rating Quietly Shifts With Youngest Voters
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course she is.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This shouldn't require a Parliamentary debate to recognize. Of f++king course it is. The US government and its assorted agents and allies are trying to break up and destroy Canada. They admit it.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The layoffs in Hamilton this week are directly caused by personal decisions of the President of the United States. They are not accidental. Donald Trump wants to impoverish our country. He has said so, and he is doing so." bobrae48.substack.com/p/the-moment...
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The Moment We Are In
From today’s online version of the Toronto Stat
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Gambling is a $643 billion global industry, about a third of that [in] the United States. Depending on how you count, this makes gambling almost twice as large as the global music, video game and film industries combined." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...
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How Everything Became Gambling (Gift Article)
It’s not just DraftKings and Polymarket — the logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/10/2026
The molecule RSQ-020 targets the Tau protein, which, when it folds incorrectly and forms clumps, is implicated in many severe neurodegenerative diseases.
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New molecule restores memory in animals with Alzheimer's disease
The molecule RSQ-020 targets the Tau protein, which, when it folds incorrectly and forms clumps, is implicated in many severe neurodegenerative diseases.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👏👏👏
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So, the brave USAF flees at the first sign of.... what? Diesel thefts somewhere in the county?
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And you could be one of them. Don't go there.
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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
While PM Carney, CPP & Bay St place their bets on short term economic categories like oil/gas, LeCaisse has smartly decarbonized its portfolio. Preferring long term perspective of energy transition, it’s contributing greater annual returns than any of the www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/24/a...
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Quebec pension giant bets on 'patient capital' to build clean energy future
In 2018, Emmanuel Jaclot asked his future boss a pointed question in his own job interview: how was La Caisse’s then year-old climate-action strategy progressing? “It's coming,” came the answer. Eight...
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😄 He's quite right. This reminds me that half a century ago (and maybe still) it was said in New Brunswick that you could predict an impending election by the extent of road repairs under way. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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Opinion | Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire (Gift Article)
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Because in my country we WANT people to vote and so we make it easy.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Hang on to your hope.” E. B. White in 1973.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump's niece, Mary, a psychologist: open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...
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Trump Family Horror
Fred Sr. and Donald
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yup, well described American Waldo. We do 'universal' up here in Canada, in fact in most of prosperous alienlandia. We find it's cheaper and works better. But hey, we get it. You're 'exceptional.'
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Britain has the best contests The World Gurning Championships "involves contestants putting their head through a horse collar, known as a braffin, and distorting their faces before a team of judges." www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...
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I competed at the World Gurning Championships and nearly passed out. I must’ve been hideous (Gift Article)
The World Gurning Championships has been held in a market town in the north of England in some form since 1852.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Training the next generation of America's leaders in the essential 'skill' of raping victims and playing the privilege card to avoid any consequences.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A superpower with the executive function of a 19 y.o. fratboy/
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael J. Fox receives the Order of Canada 🇨🇦🥰
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US peeps:
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bad news for the companies --mainly the US ones-- that focus on that segment. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
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Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar
Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
True this:
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What can go wrong?
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cowards and assholes have no place in Canada.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable.” Reporting by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic. Something bad is going to happen to us as a result." Well yes, there's that. And enough of you still support him to leave Congress after Nov. 3 in doubt. Unhinged States. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways (Gift Article)
On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So sure, by all means let's leave the fate of humanity to their ethical self-regulation.
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But hey, y'all buy stock in our companies before they kill everyone!
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Chris Wood @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI "is enriching a small number of people, but may destroy millions of jobs if not the world. And even the usual argument for pro-oligarch policies — job creation! — falls flat because hardly any jobs are being created even in the short run." substack.com/app-link/pos...
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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them
Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs
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