Andrew Pickett
@andrewctenor.bsky.social
Trying to figure out how to combine my loves for baroque music and hiking
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
So how does this work
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So how does this work
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Sometimes you’re having A Day and then the universe just turns around and hands you… something like this.
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sometimes you’re having A Day and then the universe just turns around and hands you… something like this.
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
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“does real even matter anymore” he says as he goes to sleep in his race car bed
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“does real even matter anymore” he says as he goes to sleep in his race car bed
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If only there was some way for the state to get money from the “wealthy older Canadians”
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If only there was some way for the state to get money from the “wealthy older Canadians”
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
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You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
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For centuries, cities have been planned by and for able-bodied, gainfully-employed men.
Feminist urban planning isn’t proposing the opposite, but a model that considers all stages of human life, from infancy to old age, without giving greater importance to the productive-work stage.
bit.ly/49uev9N
Feminist urban planning isn’t proposing the opposite, but a model that considers all stages of human life, from infancy to old age, without giving greater importance to the productive-work stage.
bit.ly/49uev9N
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For centuries, cities have been planned by and for able-bodied, gainfully-employed men.
Feminist urban planning isn’t proposing the opposite, but a model that considers all stages of human life, from infancy to old age, without giving greater importance to the productive-work stage.
bit.ly/49uev9N
Feminist urban planning isn’t proposing the opposite, but a model that considers all stages of human life, from infancy to old age, without giving greater importance to the productive-work stage.
bit.ly/49uev9N
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Unlike you, I get my news from a RELIABLE source
January 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Unlike you, I get my news from a RELIABLE source
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Health care, drugs, glasses, physio, hearing aids, fully covered by taxes.
Day care: free.
Minimum income so food and housing is guaranteed.
Canada Post as a service, not a company.
Improved mental health supports.
Independent department for investigation and management of misinformation.
Day care: free.
Minimum income so food and housing is guaranteed.
Canada Post as a service, not a company.
Improved mental health supports.
Independent department for investigation and management of misinformation.
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Health care, drugs, glasses, physio, hearing aids, fully covered by taxes.
Day care: free.
Minimum income so food and housing is guaranteed.
Canada Post as a service, not a company.
Improved mental health supports.
Independent department for investigation and management of misinformation.
Day care: free.
Minimum income so food and housing is guaranteed.
Canada Post as a service, not a company.
Improved mental health supports.
Independent department for investigation and management of misinformation.
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"Wicked"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Wicked"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
Welp. A car has just knocked down the northernmost lamppost at Young Ave and Inglis St, for any Young Ave lamppost likers out there #HaliSky
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Welp. A car has just knocked down the northernmost lamppost at Young Ave and Inglis St, for any Young Ave lamppost likers out there #HaliSky
In case you still needed reasons not to buy American or spend your tourist dollars in the States
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In case you still needed reasons not to buy American or spend your tourist dollars in the States
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without evidence, the federal government says a law that prohibits fossil fuel companies from lying about the environmental impacts of their products is “creating investment uncertainty”
The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
without evidence, the federal government says a law that prohibits fossil fuel companies from lying about the environmental impacts of their products is “creating investment uncertainty”
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
Halifax city council: bUt PeoPLe wAnT loWEr TaXeS
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Halifax city council: bUt PeoPLe wAnT loWEr TaXeS
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New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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On this day in 1967, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville's century-old church in the night after forging documents to change the date of sale from 1968 to 1967.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 1967, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville's century-old church in the night after forging documents to change the date of sale from 1968 to 1967.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/03/25/t...
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Toronto has to raise property taxes.. But guess what? They just opened another CITY run nonprofit daycare and it only costs &22/day (and is gorgeous). I’d rather you raise my taxes and start acting like a real city with real services..
A statement from the office of Mayor Andy Fillmore regarding the 2026-2027 #budget.
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Toronto has to raise property taxes.. But guess what? They just opened another CITY run nonprofit daycare and it only costs &22/day (and is gorgeous). I’d rather you raise my taxes and start acting like a real city with real services..
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It's like Bertrand Russell launched that teapot into space for nothing
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's like Bertrand Russell launched that teapot into space for nothing
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Hinch is asking if we're doing an austerity budget, shouldn't we do an austerity budget? Why are cops special?
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hinch is asking if we're doing an austerity budget, shouldn't we do an austerity budget? Why are cops special?
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Council voted to get a briefing note on how to help accelerate climate change.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Council voted to get a briefing note on how to help accelerate climate change.