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Lori Lee Oates

@drlorileeoates.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor @MUNSociology. @SSHRC_CRSH IDG Project Lead for Cursed: How the Resource Curse Manifests in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As the UN General Assembly embraced “blustering speeches and endless unread communiqués,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen says, Zohran Mamdani seems to be “offering an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. To restore faith in institutions, you must begin from the bottom up.”
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
2) "Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting" by @drlorileeoates.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m... #cdnpoli #climatechange #envhist #cdnhist
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Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting
Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned Canada's climate goals, funding an oil pipeline and centralizing federal power under crisis pretexts.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Our most read articles published in July 2026!! Links in the thread below. #envhist #cdnhist #cdnpoli #indigenoushistory #animalhistory
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"My initial project proposal, which examined relationships between women and animals, was too encyclopedic, too focused on cats and dogs and birds and finding as many examples of each kind of work as possible..." - Margaryta Golovchenko niche-canada.org/2024/11/22/t... #animalhistory #envhist
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The Search for the Animal Corpus
Margaryta Golovchenko reflects on the challenges of tracing human-animal relationships in history, focusing on the tensions between named, intimate animal companions like those of Rosa Bonheur and unn...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"One of the first things you’re taught when you’re training to be a historian in Canada is that Canadians have a memory problem. It can be a little jarring to some..." - @mercedespeters.bsky.social Read Peters' full article here: niche-canada.org/2020/10/19/s...
One of the first things you’re taught when you’re training to be a historian in Canada is that Canadians have a memory problem. It can be a little jarring to some.This reality didn’t come as much of a shock to my system, though, because as a Mi’kmaw woman training to be a historian, I had learned that lesson in childhood and brought it to school with me. In a way, all Mi’kmaq are trained to be historians from birth. This isn’t only because we have to uphold our responsibilities to the land, our ancestors, and future generations.It’s also because we live in a world determined to erase and write new narratives over our existence, designed to invent claims of settler ownership where there are none and to oppress those who stand in the way of that ownership.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Gina Brooks on Reconnecting w/ Land & Kin As we wait for Season 6 of NiCHE Conversations w/ @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to wrap up, let's look back at the season In 6.1, @rmbryant.bsky.social & Brooks talked about the restoration of a 19th century Waponahki basket www.youtube.com/shorts/D6eKo...
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Gina Brooks on Reconnecting with Land and Kin
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Articles at the intersection of queer ecology and joy topped our most-read list in June! Our Editor-in-Chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, has the details! www.youtube.com/shorts/5lAW1... #envhist #envhum #queerecology #musictheory
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Our Most-Read Articles in June 2026! #queerecology #envhist #history #musictheory #envhum
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I bet you forgot that in Davos this year Trump, calling for annexing “a piece of ice in a poorly located region”, confused Greenland for Iceland. Four times. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HRjN...
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Trump keeps calling Greenland 'Iceland' during speech in Davos
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The corruption and grift is endless — at the expense of American taxpayers. The stain this family is leaving on our nation will be everlasting. www.wsj.com/finance/trum...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I expect people with power to be terrible and the more power they get, the more terrible they will become. Most people aren't like them. Most people do quiet good things on a regular basis that go unnoticed. Neither hope nor hopelessness enter the way I see things. Doing good for its own sake does.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
They went nuts if you suggested abolishing ICE during Biden’s term, even though ICE was engaged in terror, and even though Trump inheriting Biden’s ICE posed a huge future threat. They were still against abolishing ICE and would attack people who suggested it.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The Bay du Nord Oil Project Fails the Climate Crisis Test" by Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele is the latest post from the Cursed: How the Resource Curse Manifests in Newfoundland and Labrador project, led by @drlorileeoates.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/08/11/t... #envhist #energy #fossilfuels
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The Bay du Nord Oil Project Fails the Climate Crisis Test
Equinor's Bay du Nord offshore project faces criticism over climate risks, outdated economic viability, and undeveloped equity and diversity plans.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Boycotting Amazon? Try Bookshop. Sale is there too: bookshop.org/p/books/hidi...
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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
Instant New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Indie Bound BestsellerBestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s a...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“If Canadians cannot afford to reduce emissions, as Carney says, then we certainly cannot afford an oil pipeline.” - @drlorileeoates.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m... #cdnpoli #climatechange #oil
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Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting
Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned Canada's climate goals, funding an oil pipeline and centralizing federal power under crisis pretexts.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Spending on infrastructure in petrostates goes up when the price of oil is high, and citizens are left to pay for the infrastructure when the price of oil goes down." - @drlorileeoates.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2022/03/30/a... #envhist #cdnpoli #energy #renewables #cdnhist
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A Transition to Renewables is a Matter of National and Global Security
If fossil fuels were the defining industry of the twentieth century, then renewables will be the defining industry of the twenty-first century.
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newandabitalarming.bsky.social @newandabitalarming.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I was like I think it’s great that the company really got its footing in a lot of ways from Google Maps and now they’re just ruining them for funzies. Shocking how we’re just running with AI bullshit with absolutely no guardrails or thoughts about possible consequences.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The people who vouched for Mueller, and then for Garland, are professional propagandists -- no different than Loomer, just handling a different audience. Folks should stay clear of them and their partners.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Seriously, think about it…👇 The. GOP. Is. Toxic. 😎✨
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/07/2026
On this day in 1956, to undermine the local bus boycott against segregation, the City Commission in Tallahassee, Florida, ordered a crackdown on drivers who volunteered to carpool Black residents.
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Jul. 17, 1956 | Tallahassee City Commission Cracks Down on Carpooling for Black Residents
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Since the pandemic began, elite panic at the realization that public health exists/that their lives might actually be changed by the goals of a functioning public health has produced this peculiar individualist-at-best-actively-cruel-at-worst politics and discourse....
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The latest on our site from @drlorileeoates.bsky.social is "Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting" niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m...
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Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting
Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned Canada's climate goals, funding an oil pipeline and centralizing federal power under crisis pretexts.
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have a new post out with @nichecanada.bsky.social. It's concerning the Carney government pullback from Canada's committments to reducing emissions and the public funding of a pipeline when we're still paying for the last one. niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m...
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Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting
Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned Canada's climate goals, funding an oil pipeline and centralizing federal power under crisis pretexts.
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined CBC's Front Burner to talk about what's fuelling residential school denialism and what we can do to confront it: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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What’s fuelling residential school denialism? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
A warning: this episode discusses the trauma and harms surrounding Canada's residential school history. Please listen with care.  So much of what we know about Canada's residential schools has been ...
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This looks interesting! I'll have to see about getting this into the syllabi.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Why would I read a book by a court stenographer for a mafia state bsky.app/profile/sara...
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is the episode of CBC Radios's The Signal last week in which we discussed the future of oil. 19% of provincial revenues this year are projected to come from royalty revenue. There's no plan to replace that as the world moves towards peak oil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xd...
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The Signal | What's the outlook for N.L. oil royalties?
YouTube video by CBC News NL - Newfoundland and Labrador
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
ICYMI this is the podcast of CBC Radio's The Signal last week in which we discussed the need to replace oil royalty revenue in Newfoundland and Labrador -- 19% of 2026-2027 projected provincial revenues. The world is racing towards peak oil, possibly as soon as 2030. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 04/07/2026
"Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning" Sometimes, good policymaking is incredibly simple. www.reuters.com/technology/n...
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Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learni...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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How Congress manipulates its own rules to make sure Israel still gets its weapons
This week offered a clear example of how elected officials in Washington, D.C., bend their own rules to keep weapons flowing to Israel. Political results outside Washington this week also showed us wh...
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Trans Mountain pipeline is presented as a money maker for the country. In reality it lost $166 million during the first half of 2025. www.iisd.org/articles/dee....
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Is a New Oil Pipeline in Canada’s National Interest?
Building a new oil pipeline would impose a significant economic and environmental cost on Alberta and Canada.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ONE WEEK to get your proposals in to @drheathergreen.bsky.social on the environmental dimensions of the Indian Act at 150 for our collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2026/03/11/i... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory
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Indian Act 150: Call for Submissions
NiCHE has partnered with Active History to provide some environmental focused histories of the Indian Act and its widespread implications to their Indian Act 150 series.
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Indian Act. Over on @activehist.bsky.social, we’re running a year-long series examining its controversial history. Here’s the series introduction I contributed to: activehistory.ca/blog/2026/01...
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Indian Act 150: An Introduction
By Katie Carson, Sarah Kittilsen, and Sean Carleton Canada 150—the sesquicentennial celebration of the country’s confederation—was marked with pomp and circumstance, as the Federal Government encou…
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Sapphire Sue @sapphiresue.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I believe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has mentioned this fact for literally YEARS!
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yep. Old Twitter has a trove of tweets like this.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“As with the Muskrat Falls project, governments failed to consider how hydroelectric development might impact Indigenous food sources. The reality that mega dams are in fact (neo)colonial structures is presented clearly.” - @drlorileeoates.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2022/10/14/m... #dams
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Mega Dams Part Two: The global contexts and Canadian mega dam failures
Mega dams have been built with disastrous results for locals in many countries.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer the Genocide Guy? Yes very mysterious why he was unpopular
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Good Trouble 🇺🇸 @nativenewyorker77.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If we have a history after this madness.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"When Trump is stuck in a mafia deal gone awry, his solution is usually a bribe and an NDA. That won't work in a war. Trump actually knew that and tried to avoid the Iran quagmire. That's why Israel and US hawks are trying to merge the Israeli and US militaries." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtV5...
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Trump Signals Dictatorship (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New interview! On the Iran War, America's lost leverage, and the “peace deal” I don't trust: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtV5...
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Trump Signals Dictatorship (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Another new interview! This time with my old friend @jysexton.bsky.social who I met a decade ago when we both warned people about Trump. Thank God everyone heeded our warnings and nothing bad happened! jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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A Conversation with Sarah Kendzior
It’s been way too long since I sat down with my friend Sarah Kendzior and got a lay of the land.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Dems are like the GOP in 2016. Abandoning winning over the public and no longer keeping up the pretense of trying. They're solely focused on retaining the most immoral donors. There are exceptions -- and the Dem leadership gets angry at them for *winning*, which tells you all you need to know.
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Lori Lee Oates @drlorileeoates.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Look at the membership list.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
AI lies and steals. It creates fake versions of real people and fake quotes and fake photos. This article details some of the problems but I’ve dealt with worse since. It’s dystopian to have to monitor a digital doppelgänger: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
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Soul Stripping
Against AI, again.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It’s the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day. Of course I’m republishing my Bobbie Gentry article! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/searching-...
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Searching for Bobbie Gentry
America’s culture of cruelty and those who dare to notice.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"The most important thing about the election is not that Trump was proclaimed the winner, but that he was allowed to run." I wrote that in 2024. I'm disgusted by those who ignore the institutional rot that enabled Trump and blame everyday voters instead. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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The End of Days Inn
What Trump’s team wants to do to America, and how to fight it.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In addition to installing AI in institutions like the CRA, where already poor reliability will likely worsen, Carney's also embedding AI deep within our national security apparatus, entrusting Palantir with Canada's most crucial national security data. 4/ www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/politics/fed...
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Ottawa’s latest deal with U.S. data giant Palantir raises warnings
The Department of National Defence quietly inked a $3.7-million contract last year with American data giant Palantir, newly released documents show.
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MUN Faculty Association @munfaculty.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Memorial received the funding it asked for. So why is every academic unit facing cuts? MUNFA has serious concerns about the 2026-27 operating budget and what it means for faculty, staff, and the students counting on them. Read our full statement. 1/2 #wearemun
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds
Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are suffering
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MUN Faculty Association @munfaculty.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Across Memorial, we are seeing the real impacts of ongoing funding cuts. Programs are changing. Jobs are being lost. Teaching and learning conditions are under pressure. The impacts are not abstract. They affect our classrooms, our colleagues, and our students.1/3 #WeAreMUN
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