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Kathleen Burt

@keburt.bsky.social
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Political junkie, grandmother, serial volunteer, NLer by choice.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s happening again. LLMs reporting someone’s in progress research as if it’s own discovery.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My husband says you could put nine squirrels with ball gloves in the Rogers Center in Toronto and there would be 42,000 fans in the stands cheering them on.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Think your phone is listening to you? You might be right! Vancouver MP @jennykwan.bsky.social hosts a town hall meeting on surveillance pricing, Oct 5 630 pm at Heritage Hall. I will join others to discuss what it means and how to stop it. More info here: www.jennykwanndp.ca/town_hall_me.... #canlab
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TOWN HALL MEETING: Surveillance Pricing
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danielle Smith has brought a chaos strategy to Alberta's health care and education system. It is the MAGA agenda of making jurisdictions "ungovernable." She is using this strategy to undermine Canada at a crucial time. Check out this interview with@energimedia.bsky.social youtu.be/0stRFmmnsaI?...
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PLAYING WITH FIRE - THE DANIELLE SMITH THREAT !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... ‘Health Canada said Wednesday it had suspended the licence of the Taylor Avenue location, further complicating Grifols’ plans to reopen it.’ @alonghurst.bsky.social
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Health Canada suspends licence of Grifols site in Winnipeg
A 22-year-old donor experienced heart problems at the site and later died
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Disappointing new report from Canada‘s Nafta renegotiator Steve Verheul, calling for tax cuts and regulatory competitiveness (ie more neoliberalism) as necessary response to US market uncertainty. ppforum.ca/publications...
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From Reliance to Resilience - Public Policy Forum
PPF thanks its Mission Canada partner organizations, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Export Development Canada and Deloitte, for their support of this project. INTRODUCTION Canada’s R...
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's weird, the one bit of my personal data that databrokers never seem to sell advertisers, is that I do not have any money to buy their crap.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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St. John’s! Come see me tonight
CCPA x St. John’s x Corporate Control
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What great news.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today, the House of Commons is back. Here are a few things that I'm focusing on during this sitting - healthcare, workers' rights, and public control of our infrastructure.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Carney’s government is “flooding the zone.” “We are in a crisis moment. We’re under economic attack from the United States and we need a crisis response,” Lewis said. 1/2
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OpenAI being sued over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting cheknews.ca/b-c-sues-ope...
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B.C. sues OpenAI over deadly Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the government has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company OpenAI in California over the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Once again, and despite court orders & the federal law, Todd Blanche is trying to delay production in the Epstein Files; specifically, he doesn’t want to have to review & produce the foreign-language documents. My latest filing exposes Blanche for his legal hackery. youtu.be/72FTfVLdUS8?...
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AG Blanche SCRAMBLES To DELAY Court ORDERS In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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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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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A shout out to the seniors climate caravan who are descending on Ottawa for the opening of Parliament. Canada cannot ignore our obligation to respond to the climate catastrophe that is being handed to our children. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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SENIORS DESCEND ON OTTAWA TO DEMAND ACTION
The Seniors Climate Caravan is gathering to fight for the future generations of Canada. They need your help!
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bilal Haq is, personally, the reason we understand sea level change over geologic time.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Carney returns to Parliament with a massive bill blunting the right to strike and ‘bulldozing nature’
Listen now | The first order of business? An omnibus bill that labour leaders warn will weaken Canadian workers’ right to strike, and that environmental groups warn will bulldoze nature.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 17/09/2026
NEW: Fossil fuel executives making their way into this year’s Carbon Capture Canada conference were greeted by a group of protestors with No CO2 Pipelines Alberta. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Fossil fuel execs met by protestors at carbon capture conference
No CO2 Pipelines Alberta warns of the risk of carbon pipeline rupture while executives inside describe geopolitical instability as a “great opportunity.”
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reckoningmuse.bsky.social @reckoningmuse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Amazon Prime days coming. Amazon exploits its customers, vendors & our tax system. You can't slay the dragons you feed. Yes- your purchase matters. If your unwilling to give up consuming w a predatory company. Maybe you deserve a corrupted govt. Your choice impacts all of us PLEASE STOP
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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For a Human AI
Tech billionaires are treating us all as guinea pigs in their AI experiment. A global coalition of experts, artists, and workers is fighting back. Let's join them!
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Beth Ryan 🇨🇦 (she/her) @beryan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No we didn't vote for this - and Carney didn't campaign on it. 😡 Are NDPers who voted Liberal feeling any buyer's remorse yet?
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Privatization is always bad polucy.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 15/09/2026
Airport privatization is bad policy that will make travel more expensive for Canadians, say @policyalternatives.ca's @davidmaccdn.bsky.social, @simonenoch.bsky.social. For the Star, too, it "raises plausible fears of making Canadians’ lives worse, rather than better." www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Adam Radwanski: Mark Carney’s airport privatization pitch was a misstep, at an otherwise successful summit
Making the airport privatization announcement at his signature gathering distracted from the main message of the summit, argues Adam Radwanski.
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Joshua Keep @jekeep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We live in hell.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
JUST IN: The House Oversight Committee voted unanimously to recommend that billionaire financier Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with subpoenas issued as part of the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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House Oversight Unanimously Votes to Hold Epstein Associate Leon Black in Contempt
House Oversight voted 41-0 to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with Epstein subpoenas.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Please also see our full paper describing a Democratic Vision for North American Trade (and a short 2-page policy brief) here: peri.umass.edu/publication/... @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social
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Democratizing North American Trade
The Problem Corporate-dominated trade deals Corporate-driven free trade agreements have distorted global trade and investment relationships over the past 40 years – including in North America. The…
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Register for the webinar here: events.zoom.us/ev/ApCr_SWeb.... It will feature @theameilee.bsky.social, Hector de la Cueva & Luis Rangel from CILAS in Mexico, myself, and Will Milberg from @thenewschool.bsky.social. /3
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Game Changers Webinar Series
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Through the 'Game Changers' project based at UMass Amherst, I joined progressive economists from the US and Mexico to debunk Trump's trade war, and map out a genuine alternative vision for North American trade. We'll have a webinar Thur Sept 17 4pmET to describe our findings. /2
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As Jeffrey Simpson wrote in The Friendly Dictatorship, they are the most ideological of all the parties, with an ideology that drives them to do anything to get elected. That makes them Canada's natural governing party.
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Katie @littlelistmaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
sorry to come back to this but they've excluded not just every teacher and nurse, but also the lower threshold excludes nearly every child care, home care, elder care, retail, hospitality, and food service worker. so working class is defined as "not women, and especially not Black women and Latinas"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List
The dark reality of separation: A small, landlocked country struggling to pay for national institutions amid bitter division, uncertainty, and capital and human flight
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Together we demand the CRA end the Canada to Israel charity pipeline. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/toge...
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Together we demand the CRA end the Canada to Israel charity pipeline
For decades, Canadian charities have funnelled taxpayer-subsidized funds to Israel. Some send money directly to support State activities, including illegal settlements and military operations. Others ...
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brown bear floating along in Bristol Bay Alaska: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-... ‘Scientists who contributed to the paper shared their concern that a report of this magnitude was quietly released by the federal government.’
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‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says
The effects of climate change are impacting Canadians even more than scientists predicted less than a decade ago, according to a new report released this week.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Restore Lake Ontario on Google Maps
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Stop the sacrifice of orcas for a pipeline - Ecojustice | Ecojustice ecojustice.ca/take-action/...
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Stop the sacrifice of orcas for a pipeline
No pipeline is worth extinction. The Southern Resident Killer Whales are already struggling to survive. There are only 74 of these endangered whales left, and they face a combination of threats…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you for bearing with me. Here's the thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it i...
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A slight (level 2 of 4) risk of flash flooding is forecast across much of Arizona on Sunday and Monday, per @nws.noaa.gov. 62 people were evacuated via air in the Grand Canyon yesterday, and footbridges were destroyed. More of these kinds of impacts are possible the next two days.
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I don't even know if reposting this counts as a subtweet after this week. But anyway, we do in fact have ways of knowing the past.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
To anyone who does not live in Paris but visits the city at regular intervals (as I do), the transformation has been staggering: Paris has been reclaimed from cars. It can be done, and could be done in London too. It is all about political will and taking the risk of being unpopular - for a while.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: TIFF must ban Israeli films. www.readthemaple.com/tiff-must-ba...
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TIFF Must Ban Israeli Films
By effectively banning Russian films, TIFF established a precedent it’s refusing to uphold.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... Master List
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New poll shows strong opposition to Alberta’s two-tier health care reforms | CCPA
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