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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Came to the checkout at the 7-11 Marx was skint, but he had sense, Engels lent him the necessary pence What have we got? A'what have we got? Yeah-o What have we got? Magnificence (I say) (The Clash)

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
To stand in an ancient forest is to stand in a cathedral. We cannot put a price tag on the oxygen we breathe or the silence we need. Protect the wild.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Summer after summer people are being displaced from their communities by increasingly severe wildfire seasons caused by the climate emergency. (1/5) ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union
The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I hope Scott Gilmour, husband of Catherine McKenna, and Carney's new principal secretary, can convince the PM that climate change is in fact real (and that he should actually do something about it).
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 03/07/2026
This pipeline isn’t nation building. It’s nation burning.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sodium-ion #batteries just became one of the most significant clean energy breakthroughs. Chinese battery giant #CATL confirmed it began manufacturing them at industrial scale in 2025. It replaces lithium with sodium — so abundant it is literally extracted from ordinary seawater and table salt.
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Yet another Harper-like move by Mr. Conservative Carney.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The science is brutally clear: • 1 million species at risk of extinction • 70% of wildlife populations lost in 50 years • 2024 was the hottest year on record (again) This is not a “future problem.” This is a now problem created by now choices. #RespectNature
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/05/2026
Breaking News: Sonny Rollins, a jazz great with a forceful and imaginative approach to the tenor saxophone, has died at 95.
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/05/2026
The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. n.pr/3Q2hMWr
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Sonny Rollins, colossus of the saxophone, has died at 95
The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A first for me today. Glad to have this piece in The Guardian. Figured it was time more of our international friends heard some hard truths about how things are going here in 🇨🇦: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Canadian prime minster Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/05/2026
Why do people hate Democratic Socialism when it so clearly works? You just tax a few obnoxious, power-mad billionaires (Musk, O’Leary, etc.) and make life better for millions. CAN I GET A FREAKING AMEN? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Surely they've suffered enough?
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Trees boost mental health, reduce energy use, and even save lives by lowering mortality rates in greener areas
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The collapse of the gulf stream will be catastrophic for the entire planet. The crisis in the earth's circulation system continues to be ignored while politicians promote massive oil/gas expansion. We are killing our children's future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 30/03/2026
Editorial: Here’s why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP – by a centrist Liberal
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Editorial: Here's why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP - by a centrist Liberal
By Martin Kearns, man who has never voted NDP once in his life This weekend the NDP chose Avi Lewis as their leader. And as much as it pains me, a Liberal commentator who loves Mark Carney and would n...
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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“If you’re gay or transgender, I love you. And if anybody gives you shit, tell ‘em Charles said fuck you.”
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Charles Barkley: “If you are gay or transgender, I love you!’”
YouTube video by NBA On Fire
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Future generations won’t believe these trees existed. They will read about 1,500-year-old cedars and 2,000-year-old redwoods and think we made them up—like dragons or griffins. But right now, we have the chance to make sure the story ends differently. Don’t let the last ancients become myths.
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The irony of the automobile company set up by the Nazis providing weaponry to Israel: www.ft.com/content/1e41...
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VW to shift from cars to missile defence in deal with Israel’s Iron Dome maker
Venture between carmaker’s Osnabrück plant and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems part of plan to save 2,300 jobs
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A forest that took centuries to build, destroyed in days. For profit. This isn't development. It's the liquidation of our planet's natural capital. #Ecocide #Deforestation
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY BERNIE......
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/03/2026
Why we are f&%ked, reason #49. A huge part of the Western U.S. saw not just a warm winter, but the hottest winter in 131 years of record keeping. But it was the much smaller region of non-record cold in the East that made all the headlines. Summer is coming.
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
More shameful behaviour by Brady Tkachuk, the captain of the Ottawa Senators.
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
@alexadamssn.bsky.social @docnaismith.bsky.social Brady is in the background; hope Sanderson was not among the mix of players looking ridiculous celebrating with Patel.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 03/02/2026
Harper 2.0
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NEWS: Harper plans major cuts to climate change, environmental spending
News agencies are reporting that the Harper government plans to spend about $10 billion less next year than it did last year. Postmedia News reports that, “The Harper government is projecting…
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
An oft-repeated statistic says men apply for a job when they have 60% of the qualifications while women wait till they have 100%. Pretty sure that stat was debunked, but … Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
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A @millvsspqr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I wrote about Heated Rivalry and the Sens signing James Reimer! medium.com/@millvsSPQR/...
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Time for Men’s Hockey to Actually Go to the Cottage
One of the clearest takeaways for me from the first season of Heated Rivalry is that the relationship between Shane Hollander and Ilya…
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Ottawa Senators gained new fans through the success Heated Rivalry and then promptly lost them by signing a homophobic goalie.
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Scotiabank isn't the only one poised to profit. Canadian banks have billions invested in the US oil companies set to takeover Venezuela's industry.
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Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business
Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming, pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
Radar image showing a tornado warning in Hawaii.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 18/11/2025
Join us in demanding real action: Call on Premier Eby and Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar to protect old growth and end subsidies to Drax and the forest biomass sector. 👉 Take action by sending a letter to Eby and Parmar:
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New research proves Drax is sourcing old growth to burn and the BC government is signing off on it
It’s time for us to hold this government accountable and make sure that the promises to protect BC’s old growth forests are actually kept. Let’s flood their inboxes with letters about this new researc...
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Doug Ford's asshole!
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Ontario is using misleading imagery in the Ring of Fire ads running during the World Series. Kinda like @elaineanselmi.bsky.social using a pic of the Jays in this column about why the govt might want people to think mining in Treaty 9 is farther along than it really is. thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
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Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
12 hours after the mayor posted this, it hasn't received a single "like" yet!
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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This age of extreme nihilism threatens us all
Charlie Kirk gunman appears to have roots in foetid online communities where users can’t cope with their atomised lives
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
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bikeview.ca @bikeviewca.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
In other news, that would be funded for 10 years with the 1/2 Billion from Lansdowne
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human well-being on the planet... More years of life expectancy are lost for the average person on the planet due to air pollution than to maternal and child malnutrition, than due to alcohol, than due to tobacco." www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Let’s be clear about the wildfires - endless logging and fossil fuel expansion have made this situation worse. It's shameful to see politicians pushing for the expansion of logging and fossil fuels as we experience and witness this devastation. #wildfires #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Massive' wildfire south of Port Alberni, B.C., doubles in size Tuesday | CBC News
The Mount Underwood fire near Port Alberni, B.C., has more than doubled in size in less than a day, growing to almost 1,400 hectares Tuesday, and knocking out power for more than 500 B.C. Hydro customers.
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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Excellent and utterly piece by @whippletom.bsky.social on the dangerously fading taboo of nuclear weapons Why taboo on nuclear weapons is fading, 80 years after Hiroshima www.thetimes.com/article/cbc6...
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Why taboo on nuclear weapons is fading, 80 years after Hiroshima
There is an oddity about nuclear weapons: in isolation, they can be just another tool, in multiple they are worse than we ever thought
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The Lancet: Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losses exceeding US$1·5 trillion annually. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics
Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Our capitalist system is not only fueled by the relentless destruction of living systems, it has also severed us from nature to such an extent that most people are unaware they’re living through the most rapid extinction event in the 4 BILLION year history of this planet.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I really try not to be unduly negative about potential good news, but this whole statement is just infuriating. "We'll take a step towards stopping a genocide, maybe, in a month, if the people being genocided stop fighting back. But not the people doing it to them, though! They're good!"
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Dr.P. in OTT @drpinott.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The World since 7 October www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 19/07/2025
Exactly as everyone feared, Mark Carnage is using Trump’s trade war as an excuse to push through oil & gas projects against Indigenous wishes, ironically enough to further enrich foreign owned energy companies #cdnpoli
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ary @carteciel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
what is “nation building” and “made-in-Canada” if not the CBC and VIA? Canada really going in on notion that it’s just an oil company, bank, and real estate firm in a trenchcoat.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/06/2025
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
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Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
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CFBijou @cfbijou.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This is an excellent article, tying in history with what’s happening now. @altnps.bsky.social @altusfs.altgov.info @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness
During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours
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