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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
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229 new affordable homes are coming to the Bronx.

We just broke ground on Sol on Park:
• 80 homes for current NYCHA residents
• 69 homes for formerly homeless seniors
• 79 homes for low- and middle-income seniors
• 8,000 sq. ft. of community space, including a health and wellness center 

This is what’s possible when we invest in NYCHA and use the power of government to build a City where New Yorkers come first.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 7h
The 2,000 residents at NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses have lived with outdated appliances, faulty heating and cooling systems, unreliable elevators, untreated lead and mold, and weak security systems that have decayed over time.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 13h
The inside-the-newsroom account of a 22 yo reporter, her 20 yo editor, a 23-month investigation, and the decision to publish the names of the Cornell 7 on the front page—the spark that lit the fire. The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h
Compare @angelaeagle1.bsky.social's statements to those of Reeves and Starmer, who repeatedly deployed the Cauldron Principle, casting the living world as nothing but an obstacle, and a slimy, scuttling, creepy one at that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 20h
George is quite right on this. I discovered via FOI requests that just 5% of all woodland creation grants go to support natural regeneration of trees, and 95% to tree planting. I’ll continue to push DEFRA to fix this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 15h
After a poultry plant shut down in July's heatwave, the UK's meat industry trade body called for processing sites to have "continuous access to water, irrespective of wider pressures on local supplies". When those sites use more water than Brighton, that matters. www.grilled.media/data-meat-in...
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Data: Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton
As meat processors demand priority access to water during drought, exclusive data reveals the industry's water use
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13h
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 10h
Six Meaford election candidates oppose TC Energy’s proposed pumped storage project. Even the IESO says it does not compare favourably with available alternatives. See where the candidates stand: www.cleanairalliance.org/meaford-elec... #Meaford #OntarioElection
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Meaford Election 2026: Six Candidates Oppose TC Energy Pumped Storage Project
Six candidates running in Meaford’s 2026 municipal election oppose TC Energy’s proposed 1,000-megawatt pumped storage project. Even the IESO concluded that the project does not compare favourably with...
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 9h
Nuclear projects including uranium mining, reactors, & waste impinge on traditional Indigenous lands. We're grateful for the life-affirming values and spiritual guidance provided by Indigenous wisdom posted here: www.ccnr.org/index.html#ind #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 13h
And more: it’s past time for our governments to fulfill the long-unfinished 79 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 13h
As the late Honourable Murray Sinclair reminded us, “there can be no reconciliation without truth.” But today, the bravely, painfully told truth of residential schools has become a primary target for hate movements, as we saw on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 13h
It will take all of us to build a better world. Survivors have done the painful, important work of sharing the truth and charting a path for our country to move towards reconciliation. Now, our governments must deliver.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 13h
We will continue to echo their calls and keep the pressure on the government to support MP Leah Gazan’s Bill C-245, to take action against residential school denialism.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bad news for Exxon, and a win for the power of public pressure calling out the blatant corruption of the Roberts Court: Justice Alito is stepping down from further participating in Suncor v. Boulder, a week before oral arguments. We've been calling for his recusal from this case for YEARS: 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's clear as day - Bill C-39 undermines the fundamental right of workers to strike. This doublespeak from the Liberals does not change that. @canadianlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @teamsters.bsky.social @psac-afpc.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @pipsc-ipfpc.bsky.social
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Canada has a history of peace-building & disarmament. But the current government has walked away from that. I signed this letter because Canada must return to the work of reducing the threat of nuclear war & putting human security ahead of militarism. (2/2) www.nuclearabolitionday.org/joint-letter
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Joint Letter | Nuclear Abolition Day
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Abolition Day), a day established by the UN General Assembly to enhance public awareness and action to reduce nuclear risks and achieve the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world. (1/2)
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Joint Letter | Nuclear Abolition Day
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week, as we prepare to mark Truth & Reconciliation Day, I am grateful to the Indigenous leaders who are fighting to protect our environment.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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NDP @ndp.ca · 29/09/2026
Last week, Avi Lewis and our NDP caucus joined Bank of Canada security workers on the picket line. As the Liberals ramp up their attacks on the right to strike, we'll keep standing with workers to fight back, together.
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THE BABIES LEFT BEHIND IN AMERICA The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Creepy old rapist
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents www.axios.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) @sehnetwork.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The Trump administration on Monday finalized its plan to significantly weaken fuel efficiency standards for automobiles, scaling back Biden-era rules meant to reduce gasoline consumption and speed the shift to electric vehicles." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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Trump Sharply Scales Back Fuel Economy Rules for New Cars (Gift Article)
The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Researchers w/ Wildlife & Climate Consensus have a new study out, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... In July I solicited this op-ed for @mongabay.com by them about bringing #wildlife into #climate conversations Good to see it's now 350+ signatories strong, here's why it's captured attention:
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Wildlife helps regulate the climate & this belongs in policy discussions (commentary)
When we talk about climate change and wildlife, most people think about the impact of climate change on animals. We see individual organisms struggling to find food and being pushed into new places an...
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility @peer.org · 24/09/2026
EPA admitted that two of the most widely-used forms of “forever chemicals” are still being manufactured and imported in the U.S. This admission comes In response to a PEER complaint. ow.ly/YvgM50ZQZ9g #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
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EPA Retracts Central Claim of PFAS Progress
Agency Makes Grudging Admission That PFAS Are Still Being Manufactured and Imported
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Y’all are going to need a bigger hospital.” Already burdened by petrochemical plants, Louisiana is facing a wave of gas-powered AI data centers—and their pollution. Dorothy Slater, an oncology nurse, writes for @dissentmag.bsky.social about nursing her patients at the frontier of AI buildout.
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Death by Data Centers - Dissent Magazine
I’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed A...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Time and time again, the Liberal government has made excuses for violating workers' constitutionally protected bargaining rights. (1/2)
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Now, through Bill C-39, they’re exploiting Trump’s threats to gut workers’ hard-won rights and protections. Let's call this legislation what it is - a shameful attack on workers' rights. (2/2)
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(2/2) When will this government listen to survivors, take on my Bill C-254 as a government bill, and criminalize residential school denialism once and for all?
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Residential school survivors, their families and communities have a right to safety security and dignity. They’ve asked for residential school denialism to be added to the Criminal Code as an incitement of hate but so far, the government has failed to support my bill that would make this happen. 1/2
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The @ubcic.bsky.social women leaders are sounding the alarm over the swift advancement of provincial and federal major projects without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of First Nations peoples, and founded on the degradation of our territories and the erosion of First Nations’ rights. (1/2)
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The act of hate and violence shown by white nationalist residential school denialists demonstrating on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation is abhorrent, dangerous and unacceptable. Read my full statement here:
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MP Leah Gazan Statement on the Denialist Attack at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation
MP for Winnipeg Centre
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is why the Liberal government needs to take on my bill and criminalize residential school denialism once and for all. @mark-carney.bsky.social @mandygull-mastymp.bsky.social @buckleybelanger.bsky.social @loriidlout.bsky.social @wadegrant.bsky.social @seanfraser.bsky.social
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Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc chief says ‘white nationalist’ group protested on reserve | Globalnews.ca
Chief Rosanne Casimir said they have had discussions with the RCMP, saying the Mounties have also provided them with recent updates.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
I echo the Assembly of First Nations and Leah Gazan’s calls for a full investigation into the hateful demonstration on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation, and a swift response to address this escalating threat to nations across the country.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
We need immediate federal action to protect workers who are bearing the brunt of this trade war. And it's time for a real conversation in this country about foreign takeovers of Canadian industry.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
It's outrageous that an American company is laying off hundreds of steelworkers, breaking their promise even after being offered financial support from the federal government to weather the tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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