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I really like this bit from the TV show Pantheon - kinda sorta talking about A1: "Unfortunately, I and the others like me cannot be trusted with this power. We are not ghosts. We are not aliens. We are not machines. We are not gods. We are you."

1988 - 7.4 hospital beds/ 1000 citizens 2026 - 1.5 hospital beds/ 1000 citizens

I did not vote for this. I do not want this. #SaveTheOrcas 💔 The extinction of the southern resident orcas could now have a name and a price tag: ‘Pacific Link’ for $44 billion of mostly taxpayer money,” Wilderness Committee’s conservation and policy campaigner Lucero Gonzalez said in a statement.

The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers

Half a million West Bank invaders, nearly all white Jewish, are entitled to vote in tomorrow's election, while the 3.5 million Palestinians residents there, nearly all Arab, are not. This is exactly, definitionally, apartheid.

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

There’s no such thing as a deal with malignant lairs, cheaters and corrupt criminals. Trump’s USA has shown that over and over. The world needs to stop pretending otherwise.

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We've known about this since the 1960s or earlier. And now the oil industry's billion dollar propaganda campaign has convinced a lot of people that the risks of climate change aren't worth worrying about.

Environment and Climate Change Canada using tax dollars to promote fossil fuel expansion, such as that depicted in this sponsored ad, is full throttle sociopathic. It's like Health Canada choosing to actively promote putting rat poison in your lunch.

Hey Alberta: is this incompetence or a full on intentional lie? 9003 Acute Care Spaces is NOWHERE near a record number for our prov In the late 1980s we had 17,790 acute care spaces in hospitals (~12,000 acute care beds, +LTC beds) 1988: 7.4 beds/1000 2026: 1.5 beds/1000 1/2

An absolute must-watch if you haven’t seen it yet.

Historic lawsuit challenging government over climate inaction begins trial hearings #Cdnpoli #Climate www.cbc.ca/news/science...

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu is at best a bad-faith actor and at worst a corrupt planet-thrashing Big Oil stooge. She has joined the fascists (again) to side with Exxon (again) to delay a curb on methane emissions. #NotMyPresident www.politico.eu/article/parl...

IMPORTANT EDITORIAL: “The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars.” “The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested & more inviting places to live.” @theguardian.com

Liberals who wrongly praise Chretien for keeping us out of the US war of aggression in Iraq (he didn't) now cheer on their party's near trillion dollar spending spree on weapons of war

Of Course.

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

New ad from The Lincoln Project: At every turn, Trump puts Russia before America. Why?

Toronto driver not sure where to park after city removes bike lanes

The Norman Kingdom of Sicily is one of history's great experiments in civilisational encounter. Arabic, Greek and Latin were all official court languages. linktr.ee/empirepoduk

Humans are able to bond with all kinds of animals [📹 derp_kingdom] Original post

So they are playing the " We're not evil, we're just really incompetent" card again. They've done this quite a few times before. Do we still believe them Alberta? I mean C'mon. ...and even if you do, why should we accept that level of uselessness from a leader? ( she is evil though)

William Dalrymple is the best. @empirepoduk.bsky.social has been such an eye opener

#bcpoli

Untitled (Goose in Flight) Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Ojibwe 1977

Of Course. Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program. www.wired.com/story/the-us...

'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear Too bad we don't have national leadership that is serious about renewable energy over fossil fuels. #cdnpoli #canada #neoliberal www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news? www.wired.com/story/the-tr...

Google was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret. The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google was using 29 percent of the water in the community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

Running pro-energy sector ads is not the mandate of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Carney is also gutting federal science agencies and trashing environmental protections. Carney is worse than Harper.

October is Women's History Month. During this month, we celebrate women from Canada's history who have helped shape the country. Today, it is Kirkina Mucko.

Often when I am talking with a tech worker, they will say something like, well, look, no one will die from my work. But was that ever true? Is it true now? https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/we-cannot-under-any-circumstances (My doctor clients know better.)

The people of Serbia celebrating the defeat of the dictator who held full authoritarian control of their country for nearly 14 years. This is what democracy looks like.

Check this out Alberta peeps: #ableg #abpoli

One of my big frustrations with David Eby is he cancelled a highly effective, partially revenue neutral carbon tax just because the feds did so (Québec didn’t), leaving a big hole in our provincial finances, only to be annihilated in an unnecessary election 1.5 years later. Excellent legacy.

Never happen under Carney. Reminder: finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

In case facts still matter