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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE NEWS!!! (Not a typo!) The Indonesian government has cancelled its insane Food and Energy Estates monstrosity, the world's largest deforestation project by far. Amazing work by @mightyearth.org Massive victory for the planet." -- @mikegrunwald.bsky.social

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Indonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth

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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 05/10/2026

“There is no alternative” is back with a vengeance. But just like last time, it is a power grab—and one that we have the capacity to resist. By @whosestreets.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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What AI revolution? | CCPA

“There is no alternative” is back with a vengeance. But just like last time, it is a power grab—and one that we have the capacity to resist.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Memorial Cloth is a 60-metre commemoration the honours the names of thousands of children that died as a result of residential schools in Canada. It is displayed each year as part of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seattle just became the first city to pass a ban on surveillance pricing by grocery stores. The City Council passed a proposal stopping large grocery stores and online grocery retailers from using race, gender, browsing history, employment, or AI software to change prices from consumer to consumer.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are convoy clowns outside of Parliament Hill every single day with deeply offensive signs, awful flags, bigoted sidewalk chalk, and giant megaphones, screaming conspiracy theories at people walking by. And the police don't touch them. MEANWHILE, look who is getting arrested today.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”

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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Liberals’ new bill allows the Minister to violate workers’ right to strike based solely on her opinion after taking into account any consideration she wants. That’s not guardrails at all - it’s pure discretion.

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Highly Engaging Content" You might even say ... ... ... ... addictive? Gambling's not addictive, it's just highly engaging!

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Look closely at a Sphagnum carpet and you're looking at: 🏠 Habitat for rare biodiversity 🍂 Peat builder 💧 Water storage 🌊 Flood barrier 🧪 Natural water filter and pollutant trap 🔥 Fire fighter 🗄️ Carbon vault 🌡️ Climate hero 🌱 Life saver 8/

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A 'tidal wave' of forever chemicals are being pumped out to satisfy the AI industry, according to The Guardian. Nearly all of the 10 biggest manufacturers of Pfas are planning to increase production for use in semi-conductors and data center cooling systems.

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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

VIRTUAL OPTION: For those not in Toronto, you can join the event livestream linked below. I’ll be in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, moderated by Shiri Pasternak. And OMG Carsie Blanton is stopping by before her show to kick us off with some revolutionary music!

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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So the Competition Bureau won’t investigate the Liberal government’s blatantly misleading greenwashing ads. It claims the law that applies to all Canadians doesn’t apply to government - even when engaged in commercial activity. This is perverse and unacceptable.

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Competition Bureau decision gives Carney government a free pass to greenwash

NDP Parliamentary Leader Don Davies issued the following statement after the Competition Bureau refused to investigate his complaint regarding misleading environmental claims in the Carney government’...

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Markwayne Carney ☭ @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

All you need is digital watches and walkie talkies

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Cubane is neat @cubane-revolution.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Look closely at this map that was handed out to students at a school in Kentucky. Zoom in on this shit. This fucking a AI-generated braindead slop is being handed out inside the institutions that are supposed to educate our children. This AI build out is an existential threat on multiple fronts.

An ai generated map of the u.s, which is being handed out to grade school students. The name of almost every single state and city is woefully incorrect. I lost braincells just looking at it.

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

everyone should watch this. nothing that works this way is conscious.

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Trevor Murdock @tqmurdock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you agree that no back to school list is complete without checking on climate change, then you're in luck: Canada's Changing Climate Report 2026 just dropped. Trends, projections, impacts, summarized by hazard, with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit case stories climatedata.ca/news/canadas...

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Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: The latest science supported by data – ClimateData.ca

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/09/2026

It was 20 years ago that I first heard of the devastating health impacts and cancer cluster in Fort Chipewyan, home of the Mikisew Cree First Nation downstream from oil sands tailings "ponds”. 🧵 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...

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Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities

The oil giant won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of oilsand tailings into the Athabasca River.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/09/2026

Adm Samuel J. Paparo was asked about a possible order to invade Canada and what would he do ⬇️

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Sam Bird 🏔️🍁🇨🇦 @sambir.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is what I am saying, announce a sudden ban on the export of toilet paper. Impossible to ignore, every American will be thinking about Trump's pointless trade war at least once a day, maybe more often if the American diarrhea problems keep going. Fight dirty. Trump defeated by TP.

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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

''Dolly wanted to make sure kids knew how to read and understand the world around them. This is what she spent her money on instead of buying twitter, buying an election, villainizing trans people, investing in Palantir, making sure we slid into fascism.''

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 26/08/2026

We don't build an independent Canada by throwing billions of public dollars on sectors that are already disproportionately US-owned — like weapons, AI and fossil fuels. This is a look-in-the-mirror moment for Canada. Let's make our country stronger, safer and more affordable for the 99%.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/08/2026

In 2020, B.C. allowed a major Canadian oil and gas company to delay cleaning up thousands of its inactive pipelines. Since then, the company has reported 45 pipeline “incidents,” many of them spills of natural gas and other toxic cargo. Published in collaboration with @theijf.org:

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B.C. let CNRL delay pipeline cleanup. Spills followed | The Narwhal

CNRL has reported 45 incidents since 2020, when B.C. exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If only Canada could be so forward-thinking

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 18/08/2026

Before you even get to the A.I. shit, pleae know that anyone who uses the phrase "thought leader" should be catapulted into a swamp

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Great conversation. So many people seem to think democracy is just choosing your rulers. youtube.com/watch?v=nduJ...

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Charlie Angus: Who's Holding Canadian Gov'ts Accountable?

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Nick Rempel @nrempel.com · 02/08/2026

anyone buying a sub to Insider Trading as a Service? ITaaS?

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just as easily could be talking about data center infrastructure.

CCUS is turning out to be a perfect example of what the social critic Jacques Ellul called the “technological bluff.” The bluff begins with prominent members of the state, media and industry making extravagant claims about the ability of an emerging technology to foster “progress.” Their boasts drown out authentic debate.

But once deployed, the technology creates more problems, requiring a new agenda to solve them and initiating another cycle of the technological bluff. By promising to give us what we want, the technology “ultimately dictates what we want,” warned Ellul.

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Wtf. We're financing a power plant so Meta can sell overbuilt compute capacity back to openai??? Make it make sense. Environmental concerns aside, how does this benefit anyone in this country???

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/07/2026

In this photograph, PM Mark Carney is touring the Government Operations Centre - the nerve centre that leads the “integrated federal response to all-hazard events of a national interest.” The workforce there has been cut in half thanks to Carney’s public service cuts, from 100 to just 50 workers. 🧵

Prime Minister Mark Carney during a visit to the Government Operations Centre meeting with workers at the federal emergency preparedness operation, to discuss the wildfire situation in northern Ontario, in Ottawa on July 19, 2026. Photo by Prime Minister's Office

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026

Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

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Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto

A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 13/07/2026

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

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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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Peggy March @rebelgeo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I especially love this diagram.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026

Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”

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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

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Matt Gorecki @goreckis.co · 17/06/2026

Required reading for any MBA or C-level. They should print this is a little cardboard toddler book to make sure it reaches the intended audience.

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AI Economics for Dummies

“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Global sales of combustion engine vehicles peaked *a decade ago*. It’s going to be increasingly green from here on…

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Matt Gorecki @goreckis.co · 16/05/2026

I enjoy how unifying AI hate is. Come on friends, lets be humans together.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/05/2026

6/ Prime Minister Carney is rushing Canada in the wrong direction. His government has flooded the zone with sweeping changes all at once, bulldozing public debate, Indigenous consultation, and environmental protection along the way.

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

2025 was the second-worst wildfire season in Canadian history, yet the Liberals are fast-tracking more fossil fuel projects while rolling back environmental safeguards. Canada didn’t even send a minister to the global fossil fuel transition summit in Colombia. #ClimateActionNow

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MP Johns: Why are the Liberals doubling down on fossil fuel extraction?

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Hey, hey! It's Brent @heyheyitsbrent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT A DOMESTIC DISPUTE 1400km AWAY AT 1AM????? THIS SYSTEM IS STUPID.

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Pleased to table a petition in support of my Private Member’s Bill (C-20) for a national strategy to address the mental health impacts of emergences that leave lasting trauma, like floods & wildfires. Canada needs coordinated supports so no one is left to cope alone. #MentalHealth #cdnpoli

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MP Johns presents petition calling for a national mental health strategy following emergencies

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Peggy March @rebelgeo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

80 year old cartoon.

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