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Rochelle Baker

@rochellebaker1.bsky.social
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Rochelle Baker Freelance journalist / comms specialist My turf: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #socialjustice #ruralhinterland

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · 15/10/2026
A new carceral system by any other name.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 13/10/2026
Transit funding is really, really popular, but voters’ love for public transit hasn’t yet been reflected in the policy announcements of B.C.’s two largest provincial parties, Denis Agar writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Why Is Public Transit a Phantom Election Issue? | The Tyee
It’s a popular policy measure that wins votes. But the leading provincial parties haven’t come out strong on the issue.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Manitoba has issued a state of emergency due to wildfires, prompting the evacuation of approximately 17,000 residents, the largest in recent history. Repeat after me: We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m just not sure I trust that his wife will protect our oceans while her husband is building yet another crude oil pipeline towards those same oceans and expanding ports that will result in the extinction of our resident orcas! The whole thing feels a bit icky. I mean this clip….
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Mary Grace Scary Face @emgeekay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It also requires investing in social programs including healthcare, education, affordable public housing, childcare, harm reduction, housing first programs, potable water for Indigenous communities, protecting workers’ rights and a real commitment to, and investment in, fighting climate change.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/09/2026
We all know Alberta separatist leaders have a crush on their Quebec cousins. But blaming their Calgary by-election loss on "the ethnic vote" is a little thirsty, even for them.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026
hearing mark carney talk about how privatizing airports will free up money to invest in regional airports, transport links, broadband infrastructure makes me think of how nationalizing the pipeline was supposed to deliver revenues to pay for climate measures
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Canadian airports are public infrastructure. So why is Mark Carney promising to hand over our public airports to private foreign investors? Instead, let's build better airports, support Canadian workers, improve service and safety, and keep the benefits public.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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BC Federation of Labour @bcfed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Workers earn 31 per cent less than the economy-wide average, and their wages grew 11 percentage points slower than offered wages across the rest of the labour market from 2015 to 2025." Amazing how often "nobody wants to work" turns out to mean "employers don't want to pay them."
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
And that most Canadians are clapping for it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Diesel prices have officially hit a record high.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
2/3 In Parksville, I joined “Hope in Action: From Darkness to Light,” with Moms Stop the Harm, community partners, MLA Stephanie Higginson, Councillor Amit Gaur and NDP Leader Avi Lewis. We remember those we’ve lost and recommit to action. #IOAD2026
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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Is a Warning for Canada youtu.be/TXLX3m38rYU?...
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Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Is a Warning for Canada
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is a standard move for the government - motion to dismiss on the basis that "it's political." Plus, no lawyers fight more passionately for a cause than government lawyers for oil & gas projects.
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Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News
The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 19/08/2026
Carney promises clean energy investment will almost make up for 1-2 days of new pipeline emissions
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Carney promises clean energy investment will almost make up for 1-2 days of new pipeline emissions
OTTAWA – After announcing the “largest clean energy investment in North American history” this week, PM Mark Carney advised that the environmental benefits of the 70 billion dollar taxpayer investment...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026
Politician Discusses Secret Of Saying One Thing And Doing Another
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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theo @tboyblues.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
what is the point of government if not to protect its people? how many towns need to burn before they start putting our interests before the fossil fuel lobby? will it take their own homes burning down for them to care? how much apocalypse are we expected to tolerate?
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 08/08/2026
it was like a bomb going off suddenly and unexpectedly after only 30 years of continuous warnings about climate change
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Wildfire 'like a bomb going off' in Summerland region, Eby says

"This was a remarkable escalation in fire activity," the premier said of the Bald Range fire.

Eby said the lead commander at the site of the blaze described it as "being like a bomb going off in the Summerland region."

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/bc-wildfires-aug-8-summerland-evacuation-9.7300648?id=9.7300648.15043
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Jeremy Valeriote @jervaler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thanks to Premier Eby and Minister Greene for acknowledging this for the emergency that it is. We cannot accept wildfire seasons as ‘normal’ and must act with urgency to address the immediate threats and long term consequences of climate change. #bcpoli
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/08/2026
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
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Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Iglika Ivanova @iglikaivanova.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Every article about wildfires and wildfire smoke needs to explicitly connect these climate disasters to burning fossil fuels. If we want to breathe clean air and not have our neighbours' homes destroyed by wildfires, we need to stop using public money to subsidize fossil fuel projects. #bcpoli
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
image from inside Artemis II

text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
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Cat And Dog Tips @catanddogtips.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The struggle is real...👇😉 #Dogs #BlueSkyDogs #DogsOfBlueSky #Doglovers
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ICYMI: For @thetyee.ca, I wrote about a new documentary zeroing in on the backlash to the Tla'amin Nation's request that the city of Powell River consider changing its name. The doc is powerful, and it illuminates some of the tensions bubbling up in B.C. right now. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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‘Namesake’ Tackles a Colonial Legacy. And a Nation’s Resistance | The Tyee
The film previewed to full houses in Powell River, and is now headed to Canada’s biggest documentary festivals.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/04/2026
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
At Easter: The Language of Power, The Language of Humanity open.substack.com/pub/lloydaxw...
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At Easter: The Language of Power, The Language of Humanity
Easter is supposed to turn our eyes toward life and hope.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Best yard upgrade EVER 😃 TT: fun_with_grump
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Rochelle Baker @rochellebaker1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Please fill out this survey if you find new vehicle headlights a hazard. As someone who drives long distances on dark rainy rural highways, the glare is a constant, inescapable hazard. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Blinded by the headlights? Transport Canada wants to know | CBC News
A London, Ont., optometrist says she's hearing more concerns from patients about difficulty driving in the dark and headlight brightness. Transport Canada is asking drivers, pedestrians and cyclists ...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This is what happens when 77 million people take leave of their senses and put a manifestly unqualified, unfit, mentally ill narcissistic man-child in charge of the country and the world's most powerful. military. This is what happens when the media 'bothsides' election coverage.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
But really Pierre, what would John A Macdonald say? Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31?n...
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Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project
Alto, the Crown corporation overseeing the project, estimates the full project will cost between $60 billion and $90 billion. Construction of the first phase of the 1,000-kilometre rail line, linking ...
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Lynda Steele 🇨🇦 @steeletalks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This makes me sad because it's largely true.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Anyway, Kristi remains the biggest cosplayer in the Noem partnership
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/04/2026
Fucker Has Nerve To Be 22 Years Old
Fucker Has Nerve To Be 22 Years Old
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
articles that write about how "important" immigrant workers are to "the economy" without ever acknowledging that the reason they are important is that they can be treated worse for less pay
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 01/04/2026
There’s already a date onboard for a general strike May 1st, National Strike No work, no school, no shopping www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...
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Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams
Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 01/04/2026
Former senator and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says it was a "depressing and traumatic experience" when he began his work as a provincial adviser in the Downtown Eastside last year, but his initial despair then changed to hope.
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Former Vancouver mayor laments ‘normalcy’ of Downtown Eastside ‘despair’
Former senator and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says it was a "depressing and traumatic experience" when he began his work as a provincial adviser in the Downtown Eastside last year, but his initial despair then changed to hope.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We have lost a giant, and a hero to countless social justice activists across Canada and around the world. My thoughts & memories on the passing of Stephen Lewis: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31/o...
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Farewell to one of Canada’s greatest social justice champions
Stephen Lewis was a movement leader, a brilliant orator, one of Canada's most consequential UN ambassadors and a driver of change for HIV/AIDS patients.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel. The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs. BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
ZEV sales in Canada back on the upswing after falling back with the removed of the EV rebate. Will be interesting to watch the next few quarters with (a) the EV rebate returning, (b) Chinese EVs coming, and (c) gas prices soaring. (Note: this chart includes Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A five-times draft dodger is running the war. A six-times bankrupter is running the economy. What could go wrong?
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