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David de Weerdt

@daviddeweerdt.bsky.social
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Climate, biodiversity, community, collaboration, creativity. A Canadian abroad. Centro de Resiliencia Austral

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Bluesky had a phone I would call you right now.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It has been way too long!
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sherry!
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I any case I've kept working with my friends in Kenya to save a great forest there, and with new friends here on an equally important one: Chile's great Valdivian temperate rainforest.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I stayed there but it's quite a ghost town these days for me. I moved here with the crowd some years ago but didn't see many of my peeps after arriving!
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh and we miss you too! Thanks SO much for dropping in to say hi! I say you in a group of supporters around a good-hearted Mayor candidate!
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good morning, world! I wonder where I will on Earth I will be in one month: Canada, Kenya or Patagonia?
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 05/09/2026
Global warming is on track to cross 1.5°C. Three phases should drive the global response: immediate action, containment, and long-term resilience. Making that happen will require political will, stronger multilateralism & governance that puts equity & justice at the core: ow.ly/6kqH50ZJsmm
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No one outside the USA will want to buy any American ag products
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ok, that's context. :)
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ben, even without any context, this seems like good news! Warm regards from Chile.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Cuba is First in the World to Invent a Lung Cancer Vaccine Despite Decades of Sanctions and Blockade. hrnews1.substack.com/p/cuba-is-fi... -
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Cuba is First in the World to Invent a Lung Cancer Vaccine Despite Decades of Sanctions and Blockade
The U.S. is Actively Starving a Country Who is Trying to Cure Cancer
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is sad.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 29/06/2026
“Synergy is the way forward to solving today’s critical global challenges." Bahareh Seyedi, UN DESA, urged delegates to come together in closing the gap between ambition and progress on the #GlobalGoals in the race to 2030, emphasizing "the window for course correction is narrow, but is still open.”
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 29/05/2026
1/ Cuba is out of fuel, strangled by the US fuel chokehold. People are dying, systems are breaking down. This is collective punishment against a people who have done absolutely nothing except live their lives under hard conditions imposed by the US blockade for decades.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One of the high points, in my memory, of Canadian resistance!
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Shima Enaga, also known as the Japanese Snow Fairy, which is a subspecies of the long-tailed tit
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The Life and Legacy of George Arthur Roberts @thelifeandlega1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The more chaos Netanyahu unleashes on the middle east the more it will affect Jewish people everywhere - from Golders Green to Bondi Beach. He must be stopped. Children are dying.
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
🌞🌞🌹🌹☕️☕️*
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Greater Blue-Eared Starling Bird Nature's living gem: sparkling sapphire feathers and bright eyes
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So sorry this happened.
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🇨🇦Merlin Ca🇨🇦 @merlinofcanada.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Here is something Donald and Pete will never tell you about. If it was not for The US and Britain Iran might still have it democracy. They orchestrated a coup & then installed the Shah as their puppet which eventually led the disastrous regime Iran has today.
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Anonymous @opsnowcrash.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A new study from the #LSE reveals the brutal truth: 50 yrs of #US tax cuts, which promised to 'trickle down' and boost jobs and income for everyone, have only served one purpose—to enrich the wealthy. It's time to demand justice and build an economy that works for everyone! #Limitarianism #WealthTax
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50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Joseph Tawadros
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A new commandment Cartoon by Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social Release The Epstein Files #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles Release The Epstein Files #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles Release The Epstein Files Epstein #Epstein Epstein #Epstein Epstein #Epstein
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I can not support any party who are so morally confused that they cannot stand unequivocally for human rights and international law. Avi's bright clarity on universal human rights and international law commands my support.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Thich Nhat Hahn said "To be is to inter-be. You cannot just be by yourself alone. You have to inter-be with every other thing." All misery will eventually be shared: as soon as the impulse to kindness even sprouts in your mind, you are happier.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Those who have been especially harmed by systemic injustices can think "nothing could be worse than this: let it crash, let them also taste misery." It definitely always can get worse than you imagine.
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I am starting to find that I am losing the sense I had of being "up to speed" with what is going on with regard to climate and environment, Canadian politics and Geopolitics generally. This week anyway, I'm unsure I even want to get that sense back at my age.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Government leaders of the world, stand up: this really is a Hill to Die On. Are you going act to bring the guilty to justice. Or will you let violation of these innocents go unpunished? These crimes can not be allowed to stand. Your legacy is your action or inaction. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Epstein files: Nobody should evade justice, say UN rights experts
UN independent human rights experts on Friday emphasized no one is above the law, following the unsealing of nearly 1,000 pages of court records in the case of US financier Jeffrey Epstein, which shed...
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I have lived in Chile since 2022.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
As a Canadian I have used the term the same way. I am merely letting you know how people who are born and educated in Latin America understand these terms America and American. They may say "Vivo en america, ¡soy americano!" without lie or misunderstanding.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In Latin America the education system teaches world geography with 6, not 7, continents. Within this frame, using "American" or "Americano" to refer to yourself as a citizen of the USA is wrong and sounds arrogant. I thought you'd find this interesting if you weren't aware.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Heather, did you know that for Chileans, "America" is all of both contents North and South, and Americanos are the people who live there? I am told this is also the understanding of all Spanish-speaking South and Central Americans. Bad Bunny reinforced this perspective in his performance.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 06/02/2026
A quarter of Canadian families are facing food insecurity even when most have a breadwinner working a permanent, full-time job, new research suggests. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. 🥬 #canlab #canpoli
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Even Full-Time Workers Struggle to Afford Food in Canada: Study | The Tyee
Researcher Tim Li says it’s a sign that wages aren’t keeping up with inflation.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I've been quiet here for months. The increasing chaos has me being increasingly quiet.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/10/2025
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
All my life I have appreciated the pain and the relief of dawning conciousness, which art can sometimes provoke. Thank you Ai Weiwei. Art costs a great deal in human terms, especially for the artist.
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I don't doubt that there are Many of Trump supporters in rural Canada. 20%, 30% is a lot! Is that in every community, everywhere in rural Canada, in all those elections? But her claim is that in every rural community in every part of Canada, in 2016, 2020 and 2024... a pluraĺity in every case.
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Cecil, can you please point to a reputable source supporting your claim that all of rural Canada would have voted for Trump in each of the elections he contended in? This would change my mind about some things.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The United Nations rights office says the vast majority of people killed while trying to access aid in the past six weeks in Gaza were in the vicinity of US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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UN says 875 Palestinians killed seeking food in recent weeks, most at US-Israeli backed sites
The United Nations rights office says the vast majority of those killed while trying to access aid in the past six weeks were in the vicinity of US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sit...
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David de Weerdt @daviddeweerdt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
One unexpected consequence of this research may be that we may find new ways to signal directly to the brain stem of crocodillian humans like Trump. Apologies if that offends alligators.
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