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John Alcorn

@johnalcorn.bsky.social
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Canadian musician. No time or patience for racists, white supremacists, mysogynists, homophobes, transphobes, antisemites, islamophobes, etc.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
fastcompany.com
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3h
We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.
politico.eu
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 7h
Pretty Awesome 👍
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can’t think of a better place to read about the fight for the living world than among it 🥰
Selfie of my face in nature reading the book End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor with wind blowing aggressively Image of End Times Fascism and the fight for the living world by Naomi Klein and Astor Taylor with the shore of Lake Huron in the background
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"How 'blessed' can a country be if it unleashes weapons of annihilation on the vulnerable bodies of children?" Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World #SundaySentence
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 6h
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Parisians dressed their dogs up for Paris Fashion Week. Video via @reuters.com
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of Canada’s largest newspapers published what read a whole lot like an incitement to violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis, prompting widespread condemnation. Yet for some reason, there appears to be all but radio silence from mainstream Canadian media. Here's what I found:
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is in response to news that we’re never going to profit from TMX, despite the government regularly calling the project “wildly profitable.” Anyway, when the whole argument for the infrastructure to be built is PROFIT-BASED, (unlike Canada Post!) yes you do!!
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If LeBron or Taylor Swift posted this most recent El Niño historical temperature graph (current one in red) 500 million people would be in the streets. (And a hundred million lives would likely be saved in the next 20 months) #ClimateCrisis
Graph showing all the past El Niño temperatures on a monthly timeline with the current one in red way above all the others and still climbing.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
cnn.com
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At the tram stop just now, right next to some of the best bicycle infrastructure you'll ever see, an American tourist came to me to ask me if the Dutch government was doing anything about "this terrible bicycle problem" we have in the Netherlands. 🙃
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
End of story 💥😡
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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best practice and best financial choice is renewables. Ergo they're building for the fossil fuel overlords
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social @mskathleenquinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Many don't have their human rights recognized inside Israel. "He started saying things to me I'd never heard. 'I'll fuck you,' 'Your mother is garbage,' 'priest my ass.' After that, he ate watermelon. He ate, he looked me in the eyes and started laughing." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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'They told me to take my clothes off': Jaffa priest recounts police abuse
Father Constantine, head of Jaffa's Greek Orthodox community, says he was handcuffed and arrested after confronting an officer during a police operation. 'I'm in shock at where we've ended up,' he say...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I Completely Agree, Coach!
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 02/10/2026
“[Netanyahu] will destroy the region and still claimed that he had no choice…” Francesca Albanese tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the United Nations is becoming “less relevant” as it continues to host ICC-wanted Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly. Watch more: zeteo.com/p/albanese-t...
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corby @corbyhart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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“Digital Doppelgangers”: Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Generated Quote
During Thursday’s segment about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was AI-generated. Klein has written about the proliferation of ...
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⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So...Is That It? 🍂 #Art by Skizo
Skully at a dumpster
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’s a behavioral dog rescue in NC called STAB that does absolutely hilarious dog bios. After posting “Two Mommy Tommy”, a dog looking for lesbians because he despises men, men have been bombarding their FB page and escalated to doxxing and threats to family. Men: validating Tommy forever
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Many of the leaders of the separatist movement are from the same cast of characters we first met during the “Freedom Convoy.” They failed to topple the federal government then but are engaged in a similar exercise now.”
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: We must call Alberta separation what it is
It is not a movement of grievance politics. Something far more sinister is at work
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/10/2026
NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin
Don Davies v @DonDavies • 1h This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once. Samira Mohyeddin /jau Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis "presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community" & other Jews are "duty- bound to = NATIONAL POST Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis His Yom Kippur message was indefensible By Yoni Goldstein, Special to National Post Published Sep 29, 2026 Last updated 17 hours ago 4 minute read • 190 Comments

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@SMohyeddin • 10h = NATIONAL POST None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from causing harm. Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing. 244
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
5.34 degrees above normal. Ouch.
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the moment an Israeli settler kicks Palestinian freelance journalist Salman al-Khatib as he and other journalists covered Israeli demolitions near Birzeit in the occupied West Bank. Al-Khatib’s experience was not isolated. cpj.org/2026/09/kick...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 30/09/2026
As youth unemployment rises, it is hard to find a decent job—unless you want to enlist. Gabriela Calugay-Casuga explores how the Carney government is making military jobs more attractive while it cuts the public sector and abandons a pledge to fund youth climate jobs breachmedia.ca/no-youth-job...
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No youth jobs? Mark Carney says join the military ⋆ The Breach
The Carney government is making military careers more attractive even as public-sector jobs disappear and a promised youth climate jobs program remains unfunded
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️Jordan Valley Activists: ‼️Jordan Valley residents refuse to be evicted from their homes. Settlers—backed by the occupation authorities—have spent years trying and failing to seize their land through pressure and violence; now, they have found a "magic solution": detention without cause or trial🧵
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Doctors for Safe Cycling is back! "A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city."
cbc.ca
Ontario health-care coalition denounces province's plan to remove bike lanes across Toronto | CBC News
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.
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tiffany ann @kittennursekc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes you have to hide in the bathroom and cry after walking a client through the euthanasia process for a 20yo cat they’ve had since she was a kitten. Fuck, man. I’m gonna try to get some amazing paw prints for them, though.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sexual assault is on the rise. And recent examples in higher ed and across multiple industries, remind me how many grown men still apparently struggle with the concept of CONSENT. Here’s a useful illustration my colleagues in academia show incoming 17 and 18-yr-old freshmen: youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ally Raymond @allyraymond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😆😆😆 #stupidantivaxxers
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
how much is that doggy in the window. 🐶😂
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Herding Dog and 50 sheep 🐑 doing what they love to do ❤️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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