Dr. Barry Cooke
@barrycooke.bsky.social
Insect Ecology.
PhD from U. Alberta.
M.Sc. from U. Laval.
B.Sc. from U. Toronto.
I speak for myself.
I code in R.
Warned about emerging fascism before it was cool.
PhD from U. Alberta.
M.Sc. from U. Laval.
B.Sc. from U. Toronto.
I speak for myself.
I code in R.
Warned about emerging fascism before it was cool.
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.@AbDanielleSmith and UCP finally unequivocal admitted what Albertans suspected. They are separatists.
Bill 14 overrides an active Court case, First Nations’ treaties, and fast tracks separatists’ referendum petition.
#ForeverCanadian won’t stand down.
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Bill 14 overrides an active Court case, First Nations’ treaties, and fast tracks separatists’ referendum petition.
#ForeverCanadian won’t stand down.
www.facebook.com/share/r/17kV...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
.@AbDanielleSmith and UCP finally unequivocal admitted what Albertans suspected. They are separatists.
Bill 14 overrides an active Court case, First Nations’ treaties, and fast tracks separatists’ referendum petition.
#ForeverCanadian won’t stand down.
www.facebook.com/share/r/17kV...
Bill 14 overrides an active Court case, First Nations’ treaties, and fast tracks separatists’ referendum petition.
#ForeverCanadian won’t stand down.
www.facebook.com/share/r/17kV...
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Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff spent five hours with Putin. No State Department. No Secretary of State. No NATO partners. No cameras. They walked in with “peace” talking points and walked out with nothing. There was no real negotiation, no plan. Every serious proposal was rejected.
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff spent five hours with Putin. No State Department. No Secretary of State. No NATO partners. No cameras. They walked in with “peace” talking points and walked out with nothing. There was no real negotiation, no plan. Every serious proposal was rejected.
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The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
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The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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41 minutes
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
41 minutes
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Joining @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social at 1030. I’m sure he will ask interesting questions.
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Joining @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social at 1030. I’m sure he will ask interesting questions.
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PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production.
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Two departing members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body say the Carney government is shredding any hope the country will meet its climate goals.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production.
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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“Trump has reportedly asserted executive privilege to prevent his courtroom opponents from getting access to evidence in the lawsuit in which he is accused of stoking violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.” 12/4/25
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump asserting executive privilege in January 6 case: what we know
The police officers who filed the lawsuit say Trump’s remarks fueled the riot.
www.newsweek.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Trump has reportedly asserted executive privilege to prevent his courtroom opponents from getting access to evidence in the lawsuit in which he is accused of stoking violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.” 12/4/25
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Jared Kushner is now a billionaire.
It’s almost like his insertion into US government foreign policy is for self-enrichment rather than in the service of the interests of the United States.
www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
It’s almost like his insertion into US government foreign policy is for self-enrichment rather than in the service of the interests of the United States.
www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
Jared Kushner Is Now A Billionaire
Thanks to some good investments, new funding from his Middle Eastern backers and higher home values in south Florida, Ivanka Trump’s husband has joined his brother and his father-in-law in the three-c...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Jared Kushner is now a billionaire.
It’s almost like his insertion into US government foreign policy is for self-enrichment rather than in the service of the interests of the United States.
www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
It’s almost like his insertion into US government foreign policy is for self-enrichment rather than in the service of the interests of the United States.
www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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🚨 LIVE TOMORROW AT 11:00amET 🚨
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Was voting for the budget a mistake? (feat. Elizabeth May)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🚨 LIVE TOMORROW AT 11:00amET 🚨
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
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It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
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Hegseth and Miller just happened to fire pretty much every single JAG that oversaw the branches of the military. So strange, hard to see why.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hegseth and Miller just happened to fire pretty much every single JAG that oversaw the branches of the military. So strange, hard to see why.
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The really stupid thing the DOJ was about to do was try to re-indict Letitia James. Today, the federal grand jury refused to re-indict. I love when a plan comes together.
Join us in an hour so I can tell you about the really stupid thing the Justice Department is about to do. @wajali.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The really stupid thing the DOJ was about to do was try to re-indict Letitia James. Today, the federal grand jury refused to re-indict. I love when a plan comes together.
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ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
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The guy L-ura L00mer was drunkenly talking to in that viral video calling him an Aryan God now works for one of those Thiel freedom cities/ ZEDE projects. This one wanted to buy land in Greenland. Unclear if Trump and Roger Stone will attempt a coup for this one
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the "Next Great City" in Greenland
Funded to the tune of $525 million, Praxis aims to “revitalize Western Civilization” through a techno-libertarian city upon a hill
www.insidehook.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The guy L-ura L00mer was drunkenly talking to in that viral video calling him an Aryan God now works for one of those Thiel freedom cities/ ZEDE projects. This one wanted to buy land in Greenland. Unclear if Trump and Roger Stone will attempt a coup for this one
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
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This quote on the video is horrific:
“The broader assumption they were operating off was that the drugs could still conceivably be on that boat, even though you could not see them, and it was still conceivable that these two people were going to continue their mission of transmitting those drugs.”
“The broader assumption they were operating off was that the drugs could still conceivably be on that boat, even though you could not see them, and it was still conceivable that these two people were going to continue their mission of transmitting those drugs.”
“It looks like two classically shipwrecked people,” Rep Adam Smith told me, calling it “highly questionable decision that these two people on that obviously incapacitated vessel were still in any kind of fight.”
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This quote on the video is horrific:
“The broader assumption they were operating off was that the drugs could still conceivably be on that boat, even though you could not see them, and it was still conceivable that these two people were going to continue their mission of transmitting those drugs.”
“The broader assumption they were operating off was that the drugs could still conceivably be on that boat, even though you could not see them, and it was still conceivable that these two people were going to continue their mission of transmitting those drugs.”
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Pleased to speak with @gregsargent.bsky.social for this piece.
It sounds like the two survivors were shipwrecked and directly targeted.
If you accept the administration's bogus theory that there is an armed conflict (there isn't), then targeting the shipwrecked would be a war crime.
It sounds like the two survivors were shipwrecked and directly targeted.
If you accept the administration's bogus theory that there is an armed conflict (there isn't), then targeting the shipwrecked would be a war crime.
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pleased to speak with @gregsargent.bsky.social for this piece.
It sounds like the two survivors were shipwrecked and directly targeted.
If you accept the administration's bogus theory that there is an armed conflict (there isn't), then targeting the shipwrecked would be a war crime.
It sounds like the two survivors were shipwrecked and directly targeted.
If you accept the administration's bogus theory that there is an armed conflict (there isn't), then targeting the shipwrecked would be a war crime.
Nobody is calling this a "false flag", but that's what it is. It is a completely fabricated pretext for state murders, grabbing some oil, but most of all normalizing military psychopathy for the purpose of interfering with the midterm election.
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Nobody is calling this a "false flag", but that's what it is. It is a completely fabricated pretext for state murders, grabbing some oil, but most of all normalizing military psychopathy for the purpose of interfering with the midterm election.
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The fucking audacity of Patel to say this. It's a further slap to the face of the Capitol Police officers attacked by MAGA who stormed it and were pardoned by Trump. Fuck Kash Patel and the people who supported him.
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fucking audacity of Patel to say this. It's a further slap to the face of the Capitol Police officers attacked by MAGA who stormed it and were pardoned by Trump. Fuck Kash Patel and the people who supported him.
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He pardoned an actual narco boss so his billionaire buddies can build their white power VC Neverland.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He pardoned an actual narco boss so his billionaire buddies can build their white power VC Neverland.