Heather M. Ross 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦

The politicians are the uninformed ones. They’re listening to corporations instead of their own constituents.

'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear. “After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.” #Solar

Because of course it is. Not housing. Not the drug crisis. Of course not the climate crisis. Just Fossil Fuel profits

DETAILS (as predicted): FT: Residents of Oleshky who want to evacuate to Ukrainian-controlled territory will first be taken to Crimea or Russia. Zelenskyy warned about exactly this scenario. My take: Russia will do a propaganda movie about people “saved” (not starved) by RU, amplified by DC.

Isn't it interesting that Doerkson has a political record, and yet, Canadian news media described him as an "unknown but likeable guy." If the below list had been discussed by news media, would NDP voters have stayed home, or would they have held their nose and voted? #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli

Walter Koenig, an American actor whose skill with accents earned him an enduring place in popular culture as Chekov, the Russian ensign and starship navigator in the original “Star Trek” franchise, died Oct. 25. He was 90.

This is @acoyne.bsky.social at his best: peering through the subterfuge and calling out those in power for the scapegoating some of the most vulnerable in our community. The core of his argument: immigrants are not the problem. They are enriching our society rather than weakening it in anyway.

Two thoughts: This false, despicable ad is proof that Vivek Ramaswamy knows he is about to lose to Amy Acton. No mother who loves her daughter would do this. Her complicity reveals her.

"The past two years are all the proof you need that sitting out an election because the better candidate happens to not be perfectly to your liking is completely stupid and self-destructive."

In Kharkiv today, russia struck an ordinary commuter train. Killing kids, striking markets, Killing dogs, burning trains - everything is possible if you are a great "humanitarian"

“AI will benefit the masses, doing the jobs no one wants..”

Wasn't this a bit on the West Wing?

Ohio Democrat Dr. Amy Acton’s estranged mother appeared in a new attack ad, calling her gubernatorial candidate daughter a liar. Court documents show Acton’s stepfather was arrested for raping her as a child, and her biological mom lost custody. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/20/d...

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records

FYI @things.app I switched to Things from @todoist.com because Todoist brought in AI (as did several other task management apps) and you haven't forced anything like that on users. Please don't change.

"Moms, it's now your job to make sure your kids aren't traumatized by the fascist state and also protect your kids from drowning in flash floods caused by global warming."

Why in god's name would you ever want your lawnmower connected to the internet is it doing wordle for you

Example #483, just this week, of confirmation bias. (And it's another "story" that smelled wrong to me from the start. What do I win?)

Ada Lovelace has inspired women into Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Kate Viscardi shares who Ada was and her legacy that has led many women into STEM. #AdaLovelaceDay

this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted

Public Health is finally communicating the heart & stroke risks long associated with Covid infection "Evidence shows these immunizations may also help reduce the risk of serious heart- and stroke-related complications that can occur after respiratory infections." news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/10/0...

The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency

A child had to watch their father get shot by ICE. Our babies deserve to be kids. Not live in fear. Not locked in cages. And not be caught in gunfire while in the back seat of a car. This rogue ICE agency is out of control. Enough.

The American fascist regime doing fascism. VOTE

News story tonight suggests that Trump may lose big in the midterms because of tariffs & starting wars, but in particular because he failed to bring grocery prices down. So fascism, racism, blatant corruption/criminality, Russian collusion, treason, Epstein, and on and on…but it’s mostly groceries?

"Rosalia" is a farmworker in Santa Maria, CA. "We live in constant fear of immigration raids as it doesn't matter if we have papers or not. They target us for having brown skin. We are not criminals; we are essential workers who put the food on America's tables." #WeFeedYou

This is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens).

Saw this on Facebook, too good not to share!

This op-ed really nails it. Universities going all in on generative AI are pulling us backwards on student mental health. Is that the university mission? Is that what a public good looks like? ncnewsline.com/2026/10/08/w...

Just a reminder. "There is a strong scientific basis for updated, annual COVID-19 vaccines, rooted in two primary biological factors: waning immunity and rapid viral evolution." www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccin...

TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

If I ran a website that gave teens advice on how to commit suicide I would go to jail

www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today...

Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?

Every American (and every Canadian who thinks we should just make nice with the U.S. administration) needs to read this piece from the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.

CALL ARIZONA U.S. Senators! Let them know they are attacking community members who are protecting their land. Demand federal agents leave tribal land.

Canadians will officially never recoup the costs of ***TMX*** and the government is going to drive the orcas to extinction for ANOTHER oil pipeline. Isn’t Carney supposed to be a great economic brain or something?? Why are we killing the whales for nothing?!

Important note on the Senate: The Dems need 52 seats because they can't trust Fetterman. But maybe Murkowski would sit as an independent.

There are far more reasons throughout the world's holy books to stop the full-steam-ahead push for AI than there are against people who are trans, yet here we are.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead