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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 3h

No ship, Sherlock.

NEW from me 🚢

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/no-ship-new-york-offshore-project-empire-wind-faces-yet-another-hurdle

No ship? New York offshore wind project faces yet another hurdle

Equinor’s embattled Empire Wind project was banking on a new ship to install turbines. The vessel is almost 99% complete, but now the shipbuilders are…

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 7h

One of the saddest lessons of history is this:

If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.

We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.

The bamboozle has captured us.

- Carl Sagan, 1995

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 7h

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 7h

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Oliver Dueck @oliverdueck.bsky.social · 10h

Through the end of September the city of Fredericton has issued building permits for 1165 homes – 24% higher than the full-year record of 938 set in 2022, with three months left in the year. One of the latest is for an 8-storey, 85 unit apartment building on Queen Street.

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 10h

Court petition calls for 'Injector Barbie' to stop administering Botox to clients.

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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 11h

The virus is transmitted by mosquito bites, and in recent years Maine has seen periodic isolated infections in animals and people.

West Nile virus found in dead cows in Brewer

The virus is transmitted by mosquito bites, and in recent years Maine has seen periodic isolated infections in mosquio

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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 12h

US stocks drop toward worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong calm on Wall Street is shattering Friday, and U.S. stocks are falling after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China.

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 12h

“The one thing that we can be certain about is that it is better if it happens sooner than have the #bubble continue to inflate and create more destruction when it bursts.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Magnificent Collapse of the Stock and Crypto Bubbles

The third bubble recession of the century will not be fun

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 11h

Farm Credit Canada says there is a $12 billion opportunity in diversifying food and beverage exports to markets other than the United States.

www.producer.com/markets/food...

Food exporters urged to ease reliance on U.S. | The Western Producer

Farm Credit Canada says there is a $12 billion opportunity in diversifying food and beverage exports to markets other than the United States.

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 12h

In today's episode of otherworldly fungi: a close look at Polycephalomyces tomentosus! It's growing right alongside what's likely a species of slime mold.

📷 tannarc on iNaturalist
📍 Australia
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

A yellowish-brown fungus with translucent bluish appendages on it grows out of the substrate.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 12h

What’s happening in Nova Scotia?

Mi’kmaq land protectors have held their ground for over a month. But a new law could change everything.

APTN’s Angel Moore reports from Hunters Mountain and Veldon Coburn explains what’s at stake for Indigenous rights.

Listen to the latest APTN News InFocus:

InFocus: On the ground in Unama'ki: Land protectors sound alarm over Indigenous rights in Canada

On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at a new law in Nova Scotia that could threaten Mi’kmaq treaty rights. Land protectors at Hunters Mountain in Unama’ki have preve...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12h

In clinic today only 1/8 folks agreed to flu vaxx. Some days are like this. The reasons for refusal:
" the shot makes me sick"
" I have weekend plans I don't want anything to mess that up"
" I don't think I need it"
" I have never had the flu"
" there are too many shot doc"
" Let's do it next time"

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 12h

Montreal airport shuttle driver fired after antisemitic outburst

A Montreal airport shuttle driver has been fired after being caught on video making antisemitic remarks toward passengers near Trudeau airport. The shuttle operator confirmed he was dismissed. The hotels involved, owned by Quintcap, said they were “appalled” and are appealing for the affected passengers to come forward.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14h

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 13h

Listen to this interview with Tim Cartmell. He supported party politics and big money in municipal politics. He gets big corporate money, far more than any other candidate. Then he interprets obvious questions about whether he will be influenced by big money as an accusation that he is corrupt.

Lauren Boothby @laurby.bsky.social · 2d

Watch the story here edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...

Big money in Edmonton mayor's race? Donations scrutinized and defended

Interim financial disclosures for Edmonton mayor's race show one candidate received significantly more money than others, including from corporate donors. Candidates defend and scrutinize the role of ...

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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 13h

In 1936 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky, a German pacifist convicted of high treason for exposing German re-armament. At the time of the award he was in a concentration camp. As a result Hitler banned any German from accepting a Nobel Prize and created his own German prize.

Ossietzky in the Esterwegen concentration camp in 1934.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 13h

New employment numbers are out. Month-over-month numbers good, but year-over-year numbers show a two-speed Canadian economy, with Ontario falling far behind the rest of the country.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d

"In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.

Historian @adam_tooze & economist @ClaraEMattei
trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control. "
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Rebuilding Gaza — For Profit | Adam Tooze

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 14h

We are bombarded with the message that nature is one giant pharmacy.

But extracting drugs from it is a lot harder than wellness influencers believe.

My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social

When a natural compound is introduced inside of a piece of plastic in the lab where individual cells grow, scientists will often see something interesting happen, and these preliminary findings are often used to market the plant to an eager audience. Natural compounds are said to have anticancer activity, or antibacterial activity, or anti-inflammatory activity. It’s true. In artificial conditions, when a large dose of some natural compound is repeatedly dropped on top of cells that have been plucked from the human body, they do cause interesting changes. But that’s a little bit like choosing a child who has just learned to ride his tricycle and immediately putting them in the driver’s seat of an eighteen-wheeler to drive cross-country. Driving in the real world is a little bit more complicated than this.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14h

I agree wholeheartedly with this piece from Lennie Kaplan -- who, it should be said, used to work for the War Room.

troymedia.com/politicslaw/...

Alberta wants pipelines. Ottawa wants proof

Lennie Kaplan • Without it, Alberta’s so-called “Grand Bargain” won’t hold

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Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 14h

I have never seen the academic job market as bad as this year. This is peak listing time for the MLA and there are currently just 148 listed faculty positions in English in the USA, and just 4 in Canada.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 15h

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 15h

One person arrested, 161 trucks put out of service during annual safety blitz

An annual commercial vehicle blitz led to over 150 trucks deemed unfit to drive as well as more than 300 charges laid, with the help of Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

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