Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 22/02/2026We should be very concerned about public health moving from a ideology of "protecting" to one of "moving fast." These are neoliberal buzzwords that normalize wellness profiteering ("removing red tape") and distract from the harms of cutting public health protections/regulations. 413955
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The worst people in the world doing evil and stupid things.nytimes.comTrump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation 17670249
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/01/2026ICE have been goading the people of Minnesota with increasing acts of lawlessness. It is about giving Trump the excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act conferring total state power. My thoughts on how Minnesota can respond with creative & determined resistance. charlieangus.substack.com/p/what-nowcharlieangus.substack.comDarkness Descends in MinneapolisIt’s night in America, and the darkness is spreading quickly. 1724386
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/01/2026“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol. 19252072170
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25/01/2026It's cold outside and snowy, too! Is climate change a hoax? Not at all. Winter still brings cold weather even as the planet warms. In fact, warmer oceans + a rapidly warming Arctic can even increase the intensity of winter storms and heavy snowfall. That's why I call it Global Weirding!youtube.comClimate vs Weather | Global WeirdingYouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe 119168
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/12/20252. This thread is prompted by a bizarre and deeply confused new YouTube film called Greenwashed. It appears to accuse me of advocating for higher population levels. Obviously, I do no such thing. But the point is that it would *make no difference* if I did. 2/12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...youtube.comGREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa 213119
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025It's crazy that the US has the nearly the same rate of road traffic deaths per 100,000 people as India, Brazil and China. It does worse than Indonesia and Mexico. Wow! Neat stuff from @ashendruk.com's excellent new newsletter www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent... 1510957
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMarilyn Porter 🇨🇦 @marilynp.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Canadians should be deeply concerned. Smith and Ford are pushing reckless projects without basic knowledge of the geography or any regard for the environmental damage they’d cause. #cdnpoli #JamesBay #StopTheGrift #ProtectOurLand 1621998
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/06/2025Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up. 1259161974557
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch. 14648921604
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.social🇨🇦 Made in Canada 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP 💪🍁🦫🌈🦋 @canadianpride.bsky.social · 02/06/2025He can’t sell himself as a defender of taxpayers when he is squatting at Stornaway, his by-election to get back into the HOC will cost almost $2 million and he also expensed $8 million last year, more than any other MP. Time to rid Canada of the riff raff, write your MP. #NeverpoiLIEvre 12264119
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialThe Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 02/06/2025A number of special air quality statements are in effect across northwestern Ontario, as wildfire activity remains rampant throughout the region.theweathernetwork.comWildfires prompt air quality alerts, evacuations in northwestern Ontario - The Weather NetworkWildfires in northwestern Ontario led to air quality alerts and evacuations, with smoke spreading into the U.S. 075
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/06/2025According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%. At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged. 287116993942
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialTara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Canadian COVID Forecast: May 10-23, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI HIGH: CAN, MB, NL, NS, QC, SK MODERATE: none About 1 in 134 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected. 10281161
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialTara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Canadian COVID Forecast May 10-23, 2025 CANADA HIGH (no change) About 1 in every 134 people infected Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~8X higher -Long COVID ~6X higher -Hospitalizations ~11X higher -Deaths ~11X higher 1015678
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 28/05/2025To build a sustainable, just, less US-dependent economy, Canada needs a new industrial strategy. In the Toronto Star, we argue that this should include using public procurement not only to “buy Canadian” but also to transform challenges like food security & climate crisis into market opportunities.thestar.comMark Carney should take Canada’s biggest challenges and make them open for businessThe prime minister's "mandate for change" must include a change in Canada's industrial strategy. 3216
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialGreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Doug Ford bulldozed Ontario Place. Now he’s back with Bill 5—legislation that guts environmental protections so developers can pave over wetlands and woodlands with little accountability. And here’s the thing: these reckless decisions don’t just harm ecosystems. They silence the watchdogs. 149966
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Why is the CPC pretending Poilievre never lost? #cdnpoli 86659162
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialThe Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Toronto’s high temperature this week from May 21-23 is forecast to hover near 10°C--the coldest stretch for those specific dates since May 1967. 🥶 #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...theweathernetwork.comDays of a chilly rain. See what's stealing your sunshine in Ontario this week - The Weather NetworkGloomy stretch ahead, with Ontario set for days of rain and unusually cool weather 0133
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialThe Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A downburst near Chatham, Ontario, early Friday morning struck several barns, farm buildings, hydro poles and trees, according to researchers, causing "significant damage." #ONStorm ow.ly/7Fx750VVzFzow.lyResearchers outline damaging 9-km downburst path near Chatham, Ont. - The Weather NetworkMay 16 storm touched down around 2:15 a.m., south of the city 0136
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialThe Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Here's how the UV index is measured and why the time of year is more important than how hot it is when thinking about skin protection. ⬇️ #AskAMet www.theweathernetwork.com/en/video/zDf...theweathernetwork.comThe UV Index: It's all about angles, not temperature - The Weather NetworkMeteorologist Kevin MacKay explains how the UV index is measured and why the time of year is more important than how hot it is when thinking about skin protection. 142
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Prime Minister Mark Carney 🇨🇦 - "We’re building a stronger Canadian economy at home — and strengthening our trade and security relationships abroad." #cdnpoli 319758
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/05/2025We love immigrants so this will be fine. 🙃theguardian.comSea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warnRising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds 1023449
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 17/05/2025 231507489
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Can the Labour governmentdo anything right? www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...theguardian.comUK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firmsExclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms 8157
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialUpjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 13/05/2025First set of essays are up now.equitablegrowth.orgThe rise of populism and the future of economic policyA series of essays that explore the economic and cultural factors that contribute to the rise of populism and policy solutions. 1136
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPast Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 15/05/2025NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For the final ep in this mini-series David talks to the leading economist @drodrik.bsky.social about the case he made in the early 2000s that globalisation was unsustainable in its current form. How does he think this prediction has been borne out? Find us...🎧 ppfideas.com 0177
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialDr. Alexis Turner @surliertexan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Now and then Harvard does good 2385
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCanadian Resistance Front @iamnotasalmon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025CanadaThreads AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOW THE MINISTER OF INDIGENOUS SERVICES. THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. I AM SO PROUD WE CHOSE MARK CARNEY #cdnpoli 617134
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialLouise in Ontario🇨🇦 @grammalou.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Canada is strong Canada is not broken Did you hear hear that Poilievre 17930
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Environmental assessments, worker protections, and Indigenous rights are not red tape. Read my OpEd on why the Ford government needs to drop Bill 5. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comDoug Ford wants to create rules-free zones in Ontario. We shouldn’t let himDoug Ford is using tariffs to create a false choice. Does Ontario really want to join Russia and China, who also have rules-free special economic zones? 27246
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Yesterday, I voted against the government’s Speech from the Throne because it signals a government agenda will not protect the people and places we love in Ontario. 15516
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025And that is exactly why I voted against Bill 5 at second reading last week. Bill 5 is an unprecedented and extraordinary attack on Indigenous rights, environmental protections, democratic accountability and workplace laws. And . . . 13713
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Bill 5 will give the Ford cabinet the power to create Special Economic zones where they can hand pick corporations and the laws that do and don’t apply. 13619
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Trump uses mockery and abuse as a means of controlling his base and shaping policy. His ridiculous posturing as God's voice on earth isn't a joke. It is the perfect symbol of of post-democratic America. And he knows that he can get away with it. My latest: substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comPredator in a Papal Hat"It is not whether you believe but whether you are believable." — Pope Francis 33451107
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 06/05/2025"Canada will have a partnership on our terms, not on the US's terms - Prime Minister Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 291183301
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCheri DiNovo @cheridinovo.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Pure GOLD! 08014
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Prime Minister Carney is in Washington. Already the head games have started A fog of disinformation is pumping from the White House. We have seen these tactics before. Canada is not dealing with an honest partner. I trust the PM will look to the long game in dealing with this hostile regime. 35063781358
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCrooked Media @crooked.com · 29/04/2025Masterful gambit, sir!!! 13868921066
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialTara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This is truly terrible. Of all places where everyone but patients should be masked... 811526
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialCanadian Resistance Front @iamnotasalmon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025 07716
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science.” - Carl Sagan 9667711726
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialNo Dog In The Fight @nditf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Super highly recommended! Watch this show, if for no other reason than to learn the rules of walrus dick baseball. 44813
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialDana Edelweiss @danandev.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Sounds like #Canada has good friends today #cdnPoli #MarkCarneyFTW 115341
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialToronto Star @thestar.com · 29/04/2025If he wasn’t a politician before, he sure is now. Mark Carney leads Liberals to a stunning turnaround in a transformed political landscape.thestar.comMark Carney leads Liberals to a stunning turnaround in a transformed political landscapeLiberal Leader Mark Carney clinched a victory in his rookie federal election campaign on Monday, capping a remarkable political debut that resurrected his party’s fortunes after Justin Trudeau's depar... 221732
Reposted by @raisinbred.bsky.socialVormora Nox 🇨🇦 @vormora-nox.bsky.social · 25/04/2025#FordGovernment in #Ontario is introducing legislation that will be environmentally devastating. Please leave a comment denouncing the repeal of the endangered species act by May 17 ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... & contact your MPP. 133