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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
3 out of 10 Canada Pension Plan board members also serve on boards of oil and gas companies, which Chief Public Affairs Officer Michel Leduc says is “not a conflict of interest.” Last year it made at least $6 billion in new fossil fuel investments and dropped its net zero target.
nationalobserver.com
Advocates call for climate action and Indigenous rights at CPPIB meeting
Advocates confronted Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) executives at a meeting in Ottawa yesterday, urging them to strengthen their approach to the climate crisis and Indigenous rights.
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Jen Mustapha @jhmustapha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Scare quotes courtesy of decades of widespread journalistic and political complicity in genocide.
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 12h
oh look. it's the entire reason you should never, ever, vote for the government of andy burnham and @lucympowell.bsky.social. 'centrism' is an ideology and it's by far and away the one the least concerned with evidence-based policy making.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What are we doing about affordability? We need to act, they say. * But please keep new multifamily housing that's affordable out of my neighbourhood.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lots of people are trying to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social to resign. They are doing it because he is a threat to them, to Labour, to Burnham, to the establishment, to big oil and to the cosy careerist political conveyor belt. Zack must definitely stay. He’s just getting started.
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kentonagbone @kentonagbone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Evan Bouchard this season after not being nominated let alone winning the Norris last year #LetsGoOilers
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Enough Eh @enougheh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s not a liberal problem, it’s not a conservative problem. Or a NDP problem. All of Canada is responsible for this, it’s not a party issue but a country issue. We must protest.
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Jim Thompson Goodchild 🇨🇦 @shiftfocus99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
First it was @naheednenshi.bsky.social Now it’s @lukaszukab.bsky.social I am so done with smart but lazy AB politicians spouting the “legitimate grievances” BS. Alberta doesn’t have grievances. It has bad politicians.
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"when separatist leaders went to Washington...they offered up key assets from the province’s resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence" www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Brent Wittmeier @wittmeier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Canada’s goals around climate change are “yes please!”
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 02/10/2026
Ok sorry but Tim Hodgson's interview on Power and Politics really gives the game away. He's asked, isn't there language in Bill C-5 that all projects listed as in the national interest should be considered for how they *contribute to Canada's clean growth and climate goals*? Oh! There it is 👇
Factors
(6) In deciding whether to make an order under subsection (1) or (4) in respect of a project, the Governor in Council may consider any factor that the Governor in Council considers relevant, including the extent to which the project can
(a) strengthen Canada’s autonomy, resilience and security;

(b) provide economic or other benefits to Canada;

(c) have a high likelihood of successful execution;

(d) advance the interests of Indigenous peoples; and

(e) contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada’s objectives with respect to climate change.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A successful regulatory strategy would recognize these companies as bad actors whose business model almost compels them to act against the public interest, as in this story. They require hard, punitive regulations and enforcement, as @ntusikov.bsky.social and I explain here.
policyoptions.irpp.org
Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech
Bill C-34 puts too much faith in Big Tech. Canada should regulate the algorithms, data practices and business models that drive online harm.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Important thread of how every party is responsible for the flex of white supremacist organizing on Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
elespectador.com
Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
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Claire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Disturbing 😳 @coreyhogan.ca @eleanorolszewski.bsky.social @ericstpierre.bsky.social @hfxshan.bsky.social
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New climate denialism is a really accurate way to describe it. Being aware we're at the point of no return, pretending to care, and then doing the exact opposite to appease the oil and gas lobby
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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#POStmedia helped spread an AI agent's slop. #cdnpoli
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 26/09/2026
PATHETIC
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greg macdougall (613) @equitableeducation.ca · 23/09/2026
anyone gonna start the process of putting in a complaint to National Newsmedia Council on this obviously irresponsible and dangerous publishing? first step is you have to write to the NaPo and ask to provide a counter opinion / rebuttal or otherwise correct the harmful impression they disseminated.
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quillt.bsky.social @quillt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe she knew they would come in handy as scapegoats?
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"First, a publication would highlight so-called “uncertainties” in climate science. Then, it would acknowledge that climate is worth taking seriously. Next, it would portray the oil and gas industry as a leader on the issue and highlight examples of voluntary action."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Infrastructure is politics @rational.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lina Khan has pointed out that have robust and well-developed theories of product liability law. What we are missing is *enforcement* www.commondreams.org/news/ai-liab...
commondreams.org
AI Firms Can and Must Face Liability for 'Dangerous, Unvetted Products,' Says Lina Khan | Common Dreams
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan demands action on dangerous AI, calling for accountability for companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Should lawmakers impose regulations to prevent AI from causing harm? The ...
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
All of Carney's "big ideas" turn out to be nothing more than writing big cheques, from taxpayers, to the private sector.
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Enby at the Beach🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ on Ontario's west coast @chrisboettger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I lived in Calgary for 20 years. I knew personally an upper level mgr with Shell whose Christmas bonus was more than my annual salary. The rich tell the poor that the feds are the problem, they are deflecting from the real problem in AB. Oil $ make all the decisions.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: Corb Lund has penned a letter to Premier Smith, calling for an immediate coal moratorium, claiming that former Elections Alberta staff have raised serious questions about the validation process of his petition.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.
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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If only the media had as much interest in the world's richest person, the primary funder of the Republican Party, who spoke at Trump's Inauguration and gave a Sieg Heil, once again declaring his belief "white solidarity is the only way to survive" as they do some Twitch streamer.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
musk given, & accepts, credit for recent fascist victory
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/09/2026
One of the single most maddening things in this whole charade is journalists persistently failing to ask "why don't they then decide to stop doing it" It is just such a fundamentally, ground-level basic thought to have in response to this, and none of them have ever had it
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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Prison. That’s what we call locking people inside a correctional centre. They're proposing putting people with addiction and mental health challenges in an actual correctional centre and calling it “mandatory care.” That's not treatment, it's prison with a rebrand. globalnews.ca/news/1204859...
globalnews.ca
Mayors push to turn Oliver correctional centre into mandatory care facility - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
Mayors in the Okanagan are specifically pointing to unused capacity at the Oliver facility as a potential location for mandatory care.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I feel very fondly towards BBC News; the way you might feel about a family dog that has rabies.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/09/2026
Not sure how anyone can read this new report from the UN and conclude that it says there's nothing more to be done and that fossil fuels are now inevitable.
We need deeper,
faster and wider
greenhouse gaso
emission cuts,
now more than ever,
as well as major
improvements in
climate resilience.Every fraction of a
degree of less global
heating matters.
Our best and only
option to protect people
and economies from
devastating climate
impacts is to take bold
action now.
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God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026
Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.”
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DarkSideRahb @darksiderahb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
According to Republicans, only data centers are constitutionally guaranteed clean water. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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The Sage Fox @thesagefox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m just in shock that pdf behavior is apparently fine but talking about is considered bad behavior, this logic from a so- called Christian is mind boggling
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026
It's not just the deprivation of food and use of the land, Israel is trying to destroy the institutions of knowledge production and preservation. Without education, a people cannot build a functioning society and that's the point. Israel wants to eliminate any hope for a future in Palestine.
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djchocolatemlk.bsky.social @djchocolatemlk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I wonder if when she signed up to be an American agent she thought her handlers would be super professional CIA types instead of Howard Lutnik. Must have come as quite a shock to see she sold herself out to morons.
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 27/08/2026
I'm just going to rob this €100 out of your wallet. Why are you complaining - it's only 0.1% of your annual income?
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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is it possible that no one will fight wars over oil If troops understood climate change?
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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s important to note that this is a military college. What misinformation is underpinning a new soldier’s willingness to serve?
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 25/08/2026
me: labour are bastards. other ppl: aye but the tories are also bastards. like, so?
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/08/2026
Also even within articles stating AI is overhyped and a massive bubble people still say stuff like “while I don’t dispute the transformative potential of AI” or “AI will obviously one day change everything” like they’ll be shot without the disclaimer
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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Funny how Carney and the GoC can recognize the unfairness of shifting goalposts and bad faith negotiations when it's used against them, but won't recognize it in their treatment of Indigenous People and Treaty. And by funny I mean deplorable.
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