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RudeBoy

@rankingfullstop.bsky.social
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Making the next move out here on the left coast. Here you will find art, ska, and news good or bad about the environment.

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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 18h
Tom Thomson - 𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯, 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳, 1914
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Franklin Carmichael - 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥, 1922
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Gasoline-only cars fell below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, as the Hormuz crisis and record fuel prices accelerated the shift toward EVs.'
oilprice.com
Fuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.com
The share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward...
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She died in August 2025, and has been succeeded by Zonyera Zambuzi. I have not been able to find any news about whether or not he has continued her campaign.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...or outcomes.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tom Thomson - Sketch for Opulent October, 1915
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
morally bankrupt
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I guess it is time to reinvigorate this conversation that began 110 years ago...
visittci.com
Turks and Caicos: Canada's 11th Province? | Visit Turks and Caicos Islands
History and timeline of the various proposed unions between Canada and the Turks and Caicos Islands, including recent developments.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
christian-left-merch.com/products/993...
christian-left-merch.com
Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History by The Christian Left Store
Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A.Y. Jackson - 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 1937
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rachel Millward calls for the re-nationalisation of water without compensation as water companies are insolvent and we ought to own our crucial water infrastructure.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rock steady!
youtube.com
It Mek
YouTube video by Desmond Dekker - Topic
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Edwin Holgate - 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳, 1961
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sign on to ask the federal government to prevent further tailings pollution and harms by using all the regulatory tools it has, including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/200858/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca
Prevent Harm and Pollution: Demand Federal Action on Toxic Tailings
Sign on to ask the federal government to prevent further tailings pollution and harms by using all the regulatory tools it has, including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Casablanca is the perfect film. Flawless.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is literally the biggest risk facing the planet today. Black hole finances are a pirate's den.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just selling to someone other than the US does not make a business case. We will find out in 11 months if there is global appetite/demand for more bitumen.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US private equity bought Hudson's Bay Company, which owned Neiman-Marcus. As part of the US economic war on Canada, US private equity drives Hudson's Bay into receivership, then sells all of its real estate including Neiman-Marcus. <world's smallest violin plays outro>
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The damage is done. Canadians are avoiding all US products as much as they can. Stores are stocking alternatives as much as they can. It will take a generation to reverse this.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who doesn't love a wee hairy coo?
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lawren Harris - Montreal River, ca. 1920
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Undoing 80 years of bad practices, and busting some more recent myths as well.
thenarwhal.ca
Ontario farmers are finding ways to help the environment — and it starts with a pair of underwear
By incorporating new methods of planting, fertilizing and generally operating, farmers are reducing their negative impacts and growing more food
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news. After decades of pressure from tribes and conservation groups, Seattle City Light is now committing to design and implement a plan to allow salmon to once again reach the upper Skagit River in WA and BC.
thenarwhal.ca
Seattle’s dams cut off Canada’s salmon. A century later, they may be coming back
After U.S. Tribes won a hard-fought agreement to restore fish passage around Seattle's dams, First Nations in British Columbia are preparing for the possible return of salmon to waters they've been absent from for more than a century
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tom Thomson - Tea Lake Dam, 1916
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It would take about 344 hectares (850 acres) within a Unesco biosphere.
theguardian.com
‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spinelessly going where everyone has been before... Not requiring disclosure of ​financially material, climate-related risks and opportunities, climate targets ​and the potential impact of climate change on business undermines investor confidence.
reuters.com
UK regulator abandons mandatory climate disclosures for listed companies
Britain's financial regulator has dropped plans to require listed companies to inform investors about ​their climate risks after firms raised concerns about implementation ‌costs and competitiveness.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. There is a long way to go.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe - Autumn leaves, Lake George ,1924
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I score this a zero for the AI graphic, and 100 for the message.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lawren Harris - Farm Buildings Near Stream, ca 1912
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The USA should be renamed to the Vassal States of Israel and Russia.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How's your cell phone reception? 😉
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tom Thomson - Autumn Foliage, 1916
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
By all accounts Christopher Lee was a badass commando.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kathleen Munn - Untitled (Cows on a Hillside), c.1916
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Let's add Jimmy Stewart to the list. He flew twenty bomber combat missions in 1944-45, and retired as a Brigadier General.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Franklin Carmichael - Autumn In The Northland, 1921
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Frank Johnston - Fall, Algoma, 1920
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's “the biggest, wildest place you’ve never heard of.” The Kaska First Nation calls it Dene Kʼéh Kusān, meaning “always will be there,” a name in line with their vision for protecting more than 7.4 million acres of towering mountains and dense, forested valleys in their ancestral territory.
magiccanoe.org
Indigenous-Led Conservation Is the ‘Number One Way’ to Meet Conservation Goals - Magic Canoe
British Columbia’s Kaska Nation wants to protect a wilderness area larger than Denali National Park, which brings both promise and challenge to the future of Indigenous-led conservation.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Iowa City is cool.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Of course he has.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Helen McNicoll - Stubble Fields, c. 1912
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good smart stuff from Seth Klein
sethdklein.substack.com
Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier?
Unpacking “the new climate denialism”
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A farm upstream has been receiving, burying and disguising contaminated fill. It's not clear if any laws were broken due to loopholes, and the investigating bureaucracy moves at a snails pace. With all of its stocked fish dead, Furnace Brook estimates it has lost £500,000 income so far.
theguardian.com
‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Introducing the MycoToilet.
apsc.ubc.ca
UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet - News | UBC Applied Science
The MycoToilet, developed by a team including UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Joseph Dahmen, turns human waste into nutrient-rich compost and features a moder...
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Perhaps we're living in a 1950s rerun, which if true bodes well for the 2030s.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Recognition that humanity is not separate from the world in which it lives. Until that happens we will keep destroying it.
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Doris McCarthy - Mal Bay with Fish Rack, 1954
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More than 4,000 Alberta oil and gas wells were orphaned in 2025 due to some significant bankruptcies. It will cost Alberta taxpayers billions to remediate them.
pembina.org
All Alberta taxpayers bear the cost of oil and gas sector’s unpaid bills | Pembina Institute
CALGARY — Alberta taxpayers are getting stuck with tens of millions of dollars’ worth of costs from bad actors in the oil and gas sector, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute: Unpaid B...
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RudeBoy @rankingfullstop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If I didn't have a PVR so I can skip the ads, I probably would have stopped watching sports long ago.
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