Sherwin Arnott

Ugh. Sigh. Vote splitting in my riding (Saanich South). Nothing changes if nothing changes. #yyj #bcpoli #prorep

I'm happy the rain is here. #yyj

Why does “fiscal discipline” always mean selling public assets to the ultra-wealthy instead of taxing them?

This report summary presents the main findings of the second edition of Canada’s Changing Climate Report #CCCR2026 #cdnpoli www.canada.ca/en/environme...

We're in the season of bush-dried blackberries. #yyj

"This study leverages the proportionality of global warming to cumulative CO2 emissions to develop statistical models that directly predict extreme climate risk from cumulative emissions." #cdnpoli #bcpoli agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Fossil fuel companies are terrified of being tied to climate disasters. This new study makes it easier.

My time fighting BC’s wildfires #bcpoli #wildfires www.defactomedia.ca/newsletter/m...

Talking to yourself isn’t just normal – it can be beneficial #whew psyche.co/videos/talki...

Update: one portion of the swim is suspended due to fires at the Fraser Canyon. That section of river will be swum next year. The swimmers (who have swum over half the length of the Fraser River already) are being driven to below the fire region. They were ready to continue but guides said no.

We have to fix Bill C-22. These surveillance powers threaten our rights and privacy. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 #BillC22 openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky @openmedia.org

Confronting antifeminist ideologies in Canada : report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women / Dominique Vien, chair. #cdnpoli publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...

1 day left to Crowdfund ! youtu.be/8jSXDEMejrg Every day in Canada, Indigenous youth go missing. Most are forgotten within a week. This film refuses to let that happen. Based on the true story of Samuel Bird and his mother Alanna, who never stopped fighting. HERE: seedandspark.com/fund/samuelb...

xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-... Sigh.

Reading: My journalism on Canadians who join the IDF has made me the target of pro-Israel forces. #cdnpoli #IDF www.readthemaple.com/i-asked-peop...

It's not too often that I hear thunder in #YYJ.

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network analyzed the wave of anti-LGBTQ2S+ social media posts following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge #cdnpoli xtramagazine.com/video/tumble...

CanWest owned the Calgary Herald before it was bought by Postmedia in 2010. And they were already publishing "taxes are slavery" and "climate change is bogus" disinformation. #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Conrad Black founded the National Post in 1998. It has always been far right. Anyone claiming that Postmedia has "swung" to the right a decade ago has missed the plot. #cdnmedia

Reading: Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) #cdnmedia #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/frontier-cen...

Every Day Gets Closer to Winter seedandspark.com/fund/samuelb...

Reading: The Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough for a long-silenced Palestinian narrative #cdnpoli #cdnmedia breachmedia.ca/the-nakba-ex...

Onto Gardiner's motion to close The Harbour safe consumption site. Seconded by Hammond. [deep breaths. let's gooooo]

9) Canada is privatizing its photonic chip manufacturer, in another sign of the influence of the anti-regulation tech group Build Canada bsky.app/profile/thet...

4) Canada gave $5.4B in secret procurements last year -At least 1,896 contracts were marked “not for public disclosure” & some got “national security exceptions” (NSEs) to transparency -Past undisclosed contracts include an extended deal with Palantir that has hit $47M+ bsky.app/profile/thei...

In case you’re a bit struck and overwhelmed by how many announcements Carney has been making, here’s him talking about something he said he learned from Trump: Carney sees “the effectiveness, the value” of “flooding the zone.”

This Thursday #YYJ city council will be “debating” a disturbing motion that proposes shutting down The Harbour, our primary overdose prevention site. We need to be making OPS more accessible to save lives and keep pressure off other health services. Email councillors@victoria.ca and tell them!

"She described Coyote as an outlet pushing against a 'protracted campaign to slander the place we live.' That slander has taken the form of seemingly endless reports on crime..." #journalism www.cjr.org/analysis/the...

Setting aside that I've been too depressy messy to ask for funds for months, but I am yet again doing a fundraiser triathlon for the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre this weekend. If you have the means, any $ for a worthy org is always appreciated. #yyj

Found out today that my mom puts bacon and honey on toast. Old people are so wise.

RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments. The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli openmedia.org/press/item/g...

If the news media cannot raise this idea, what good is it?

Slash and sell: How financial giant Brookfield and its big bank backers profited from deforestation and the abuse of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Brazil #MarkCarney #cdnpoli globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

Reading: Spotify’s post-English AI future restofworld.org/2026/spotify...

My hot take today is that anyone who thinks there's a war on cars in #yyj gets a mandatory trip in a powerchair. "but not prioritizing vehicle traffic is ableism" boom now you're in a powerchair on a street with no sidewalks. Your destination is on Hillside and Shelbourne. You can't use transit. 1/2

"Generative tools present a precarious trade: the acceleration of surface-level competence at the expense of incremental struggle—the mental equivalent of building a house on sand." thewalrus.ca/chatgpt-isnt...

WOW. The Western Standard is now trying to fundraise $15,000 to underwrite Fildebrandts proposed debate with @LukaszukAB. They're claiming they have to do it to prevent him from "pull(ing) out". Has he even agreed? Or is this just another separatist grift? #abpoli #cdnpoli

Preston Manning’s Not-So-Secret Game Plan The separatist threat will bring endless, changing demands to increase Alberta’s power. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Canada Spending $2.6 Billion On U.S. Missile System Used To Bomb Iran #cdnpoli www.readthemaple.com/canada-spend...

They really wanna pass this before June 19th eh, I wonder what the rush is www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Finally! The Tyee has a podcast. thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202... #cdnpoli #bcpoli #news

Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart. How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress: pressprogress.ca/clc-histadru...

“It's not just ICE in the US that are doing these kinds of raids and arresting people and deporting people and separating families.” – Amanda Aziz, Migrant Workers Centre BC www.defactomedia.ca/a-two-tier-s...