Aslief 🇨🇦
@arborvitae10.bsky.social
Eco-geek | Nevertheless persisting | Librarian | Gardening | Nerd | 🧡NDP🌈
For my cottagecore nerd feed see @arborvitaebloom.bsky.social
For my cottagecore nerd feed see @arborvitaebloom.bsky.social
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If you look at the engagement metrics on the City of London's posts on X/Twitter, they're generally low. The replies are outright nasty and dangerous.
London City Council already received a recommendation from its community advisory committee to divest from using X.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
London City Council already received a recommendation from its community advisory committee to divest from using X.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why are London's public institutions still using X? This man says it's time to stop | CBC News
A Londoner is calling on the city to stop using the website X, formerly Twitter, to send out official communication because of the site's associations with hate speech and bigotry.
www.cbc.ca
March 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you look at the engagement metrics on the City of London's posts on X/Twitter, they're generally low. The replies are outright nasty and dangerous.
London City Council already received a recommendation from its community advisory committee to divest from using X.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
London City Council already received a recommendation from its community advisory committee to divest from using X.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"We are a society of altruists governed by psychopaths"
The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️
youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️
youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
#71 - George Monbiot - How we beat The Invisible Doctrine
YouTube video by The James Kennedy Podcast
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"We are a society of altruists governed by psychopaths"
The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️
youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
The great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social dropping truth bombs on this weeks show. Check it out (and please subscribe) ✊️
youtu.be/l5_jS5SQfDQ?...
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What a triumph! Thank you, archivists, for restoring the CDC website.
Science: 1
Fascism: 0
Science: 1
Fascism: 0
A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe. Read more: www.404media.co/archivists-r...
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
www.404media.co
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What a triumph! Thank you, archivists, for restoring the CDC website.
Science: 1
Fascism: 0
Science: 1
Fascism: 0
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Is there anyone on here in the #Medsky community that could help out @zteirstein.bsky.social ?
#Medsky looking to speak with doctors who have treated, diagnosed, or struggled to diagnose Valley fever patients. Looking for old hats and doctors who are new to the disease. #cocci #Valleyfever
[email protected]
Signal: zoyateirstein.58
[email protected]
Signal: zoyateirstein.58
March 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Is there anyone on here in the #Medsky community that could help out @zteirstein.bsky.social ?
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For the umpteenth time: No way should our allies share their intelligence with us. No fucking way. Trump can’t be trusted with our allies’ intelligence. He’s not on their side. He’s on Putin’s side. www.mediaite.com/tv/cia-direc...
CIA Director Reveals U.S. Has Cut Off Intelligence Support to Ukraine After Trump-Zelensky Clash
Ratcliffe revealed Trump halted intelligence support as part of his decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine following last week’s Oval Office confrontation.
www.mediaite.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For the umpteenth time: No way should our allies share their intelligence with us. No fucking way. Trump can’t be trusted with our allies’ intelligence. He’s not on their side. He’s on Putin’s side. www.mediaite.com/tv/cia-direc...
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French Embassy, Washington DC
March 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
French Embassy, Washington DC
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One more Conservative leaning towards the US rather than showing solidarity with Canada … a reminder that 44% of Poilievre’s base is pro-Trump/51st state.
So Poilievre is not MAGA he says.
Big deal - his party IS MAGA and should not get in power or it will be the end of our country.
#ABC #CDNpoli
So Poilievre is not MAGA he says.
Big deal - his party IS MAGA and should not get in power or it will be the end of our country.
#ABC #CDNpoli
So, Angus Reid’s Shachi Kurl, infamous for her moderation of a 🍁election debate, refers to our 51st state quislings merely as being “on the margins and feeling underserved by Canada’s political landscape.”
“Feeling underserved”?
Actually, Ms Shachi,
“Objectively treasonous” would be more accurate.
🙄
“Feeling underserved”?
Actually, Ms Shachi,
“Objectively treasonous” would be more accurate.
🙄
March 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
WASHINGTON—Promising a glorious future marked by limitless prosperity for the East Asian nation, President Donald Trump outlined a bold vision Tuesday night for a golden age of China. “Under my leader...
theonion.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
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Number of active-duty troops authorized for border mission is now about 9K, with some arriving in coming days, defense officials say.
That includes 3K from a Stryker brigade combat team and aviation battalion approved by SECDEF last week. WaPo scooped that news Saturday.
That includes 3K from a Stryker brigade combat team and aviation battalion approved by SECDEF last week. WaPo scooped that news Saturday.
March 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Number of active-duty troops authorized for border mission is now about 9K, with some arriving in coming days, defense officials say.
That includes 3K from a Stryker brigade combat team and aviation battalion approved by SECDEF last week. WaPo scooped that news Saturday.
That includes 3K from a Stryker brigade combat team and aviation battalion approved by SECDEF last week. WaPo scooped that news Saturday.
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The boycott is strong and getting stronger every day.
March 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The boycott is strong and getting stronger every day.
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After much consideration, I'm stepping away from Twitter (or “X”), now a space that amplifies misinformation, hate speech & corporate and Trump's interests over real conversations & accountability. I'm sticking with Facebook, Instagram and BlueSky plus face-to-face engagement in our communities!
March 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
After much consideration, I'm stepping away from Twitter (or “X”), now a space that amplifies misinformation, hate speech & corporate and Trump's interests over real conversations & accountability. I'm sticking with Facebook, Instagram and BlueSky plus face-to-face engagement in our communities!
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Is your NGO forced to sign a statement agreeing to transphobia, opposing climate justice, or anything like that in order to get US funding?
You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02
You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Is your NGO forced to sign a statement agreeing to transphobia, opposing climate justice, or anything like that in order to get US funding?
You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02
You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02
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Basic indicator of the viability of a permanent human presence on the Moon/Mars: do a quick survey of your inter-regional travel infrastructure. Not just its existence - its upkeep and quality. Would you want the same people charged to build & maintain *that* to be ensuring your oxygen?
March 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Basic indicator of the viability of a permanent human presence on the Moon/Mars: do a quick survey of your inter-regional travel infrastructure. Not just its existence - its upkeep and quality. Would you want the same people charged to build & maintain *that* to be ensuring your oxygen?
As a Classical Studies major I deem this very literary. Catullus would be proud.
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
March 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
As a Classical Studies major I deem this very literary. Catullus would be proud.
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Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
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Indeed
And consider how many of these voices represent the oil & gas sector, Bay Street, the Conservatives, or were once or are currently employed by Postmedia
#cdnpoli
And consider how many of these voices represent the oil & gas sector, Bay Street, the Conservatives, or were once or are currently employed by Postmedia
#cdnpoli
There's a small handful of Canadians who are telling us to roll over, accept whatever the Americans tell us to do
You're pathetic and a disgrace to our nation
You're pathetic and a disgrace to our nation
March 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Indeed
And consider how many of these voices represent the oil & gas sector, Bay Street, the Conservatives, or were once or are currently employed by Postmedia
#cdnpoli
And consider how many of these voices represent the oil & gas sector, Bay Street, the Conservatives, or were once or are currently employed by Postmedia
#cdnpoli
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🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And don’t forget what Harper continues doing as chair of the Int’l Democracy Union (IDU), global club for crypto-fascist political parties: Harper has been happy to support such champions of democracy as Orban + Modi, and his IDU deputy chair was Mike Roman (Trumpist charged re 2020 US election).
Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested | The Tyee
How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed here and around the world.
thetyee.ca
February 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And don’t forget what Harper continues doing as chair of the Int’l Democracy Union (IDU), global club for crypto-fascist political parties: Harper has been happy to support such champions of democracy as Orban + Modi, and his IDU deputy chair was Mike Roman (Trumpist charged re 2020 US election).
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Also, don't forget that Harper and the IDU supported Trump and the GOP heading into the last US election. He cares not one damn bit about Canada. It's all about his oligarch pals.
February 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Also, don't forget that Harper and the IDU supported Trump and the GOP heading into the last US election. He cares not one damn bit about Canada. It's all about his oligarch pals.
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« "On prendra les 🇺🇸 USA sans tirer un coup de feu. Nous n'aurons pas besoin de vous envahir. On vous détruira de l'intérieur". Kroutchev l'a prédit, #Trump vient de l'accomplir. »
by Gilles Chevalier
by Gilles Chevalier
March 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
« "On prendra les 🇺🇸 USA sans tirer un coup de feu. Nous n'aurons pas besoin de vous envahir. On vous détruira de l'intérieur". Kroutchev l'a prédit, #Trump vient de l'accomplir. »
by Gilles Chevalier
by Gilles Chevalier
This isn’t #France ‘s first rodeo going against the US.
It’s funny. We always said that it would take an alien invasion to get the world to work together. Looks like the aliens were from here. Alien to common decency, and basic humanity.
Human-looking monsters.
It’s funny. We always said that it would take an alien invasion to get the world to work together. Looks like the aliens were from here. Alien to common decency, and basic humanity.
Human-looking monsters.
Je ne sais pas si les françaises et les français mesurent la chance d’avoir, en ces moments où se joue et se dessine un nouvel ordre mondial, un ministre des armées 🇫🇷🇪🇺 aussi robuste que #SebastienLecornu !
Un solide parmi les solides 💪
Soutien total M. le ministre !
#Dissuasion #Nucleaire
À lire ⤵️
Un solide parmi les solides 💪
Soutien total M. le ministre !
#Dissuasion #Nucleaire
À lire ⤵️
March 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This isn’t #France ‘s first rodeo going against the US.
It’s funny. We always said that it would take an alien invasion to get the world to work together. Looks like the aliens were from here. Alien to common decency, and basic humanity.
Human-looking monsters.
It’s funny. We always said that it would take an alien invasion to get the world to work together. Looks like the aliens were from here. Alien to common decency, and basic humanity.
Human-looking monsters.
In 1997, when Stephen Harper was VP of the National Citizens Coalition - predating his Reform Party, he told US Republicans Canada was a "northern European welfare state" and called Canadians lazy and stupid using a variety of slurs. He hasn't changed one iota.
thetyee.ca/News/2011/03...
thetyee.ca/News/2011/03...
Canada through Stephen Harper's Eyes | The Tyee
What might he do with a majority? Well, he once called his country a "welfare state in the worst sense." Here's that speech.
thetyee.ca
March 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM