Ben Holt 🇨🇦
@beanjammin.bsky.social
(he/him) An accidental activist. I kept waiting and waiting for someone to do something. Oh no what if everyone's waiting for me?!?
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
Attacks on human rights are central to many of today's ills. This 3 part series is time very well spent.
Ideas: Massey Lecture Part 1 | Renewing the promise of human rights
Episode webpage: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas
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Ideas: Massey Lecture Part 1 | Renewing the promise of human rights
Episode webpage: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas
Media file: mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc....
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November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Attacks on human rights are central to many of today's ills. This 3 part series is time very well spent.
Ideas: Massey Lecture Part 1 | Renewing the promise of human rights
Episode webpage: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas
Media file: mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc....
Ideas: Massey Lecture Part 1 | Renewing the promise of human rights
Episode webpage: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas
Media file: mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc....
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Hey Mark Carney...
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hey Mark Carney...
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I am a straw builder because it's fun and 1000% worth the effort.
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I am a straw builder because it's fun and 1000% worth the effort.
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative.
I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Democracy dies at the hands of billionaires.
Democracy dies with indifference.
Democracy dies with hot air.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Democracy dies at the hands of billionaires.
Democracy dies with indifference.
Democracy dies with hot air.
Democracy dies in dampness
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Democracy dies with indifference.
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This is perennial. It costs us more to have a family go hungry. It cost us more to jail drug users than to offer a treatment Plana dn a support system. Cruelty costs us more
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is perennial. It costs us more to have a family go hungry. It cost us more to jail drug users than to offer a treatment Plana dn a support system. Cruelty costs us more
RCMP are raiding Cougar Camp right now. This is the BC NDP forestry policy at work. Don't believe their empty words, believe their actions. #bcpoli
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
RCMP are raiding Cougar Camp right now. This is the BC NDP forestry policy at work. Don't believe their empty words, believe their actions. #bcpoli
If you have an ASUS router take a moment to check it against the list in this article. arstechnica.com/security/202...
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers
So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If you have an ASUS router take a moment to check it against the list in this article. arstechnica.com/security/202...
The construction workers next door have Depeche Mode's People Are People blaring. There's plenty of reason for hope.
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The construction workers next door have Depeche Mode's People Are People blaring. There's plenty of reason for hope.
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While affected Canadians issue a call for accountability, for the ongoing violent attacks in three provinces, the federal government continues to attempt to repair economic ties with India.
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why?
#Terrorism #Economy #India #Canada #Cdnpoli
pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why?
#Terrorism #Economy #India #Canada #Cdnpoli
pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...
There’s a Wave of Violence Targeting Canadian Sikhs, and the Government Seems Powerless to Stop It
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
While affected Canadians issue a call for accountability, for the ongoing violent attacks in three provinces, the federal government continues to attempt to repair economic ties with India.
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why?
#Terrorism #Economy #India #Canada #Cdnpoli
pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why?
#Terrorism #Economy #India #Canada #Cdnpoli
pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...
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BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
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As the Alberta govt prepares new legislation to shift more costs onto taxpayers, a new poll shows that Albertans overwhelmingly support O&G companies covering cleanup costs, overdue taxes, and unpaid rent to landowners. www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa... #ABLeg #ABPoli @jemphatically.bsky.social
Albertans Say Oil Companies Should Cover Well Cleanup Costs, Outstanding Debts
Albertans are nearly unanimous in wanting oil and gas companies to cover the cost of cleaning up their wells and paying their overdue taxes and land rent, a new poll shows, even as the province prepa...
www.theenergymix.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As the Alberta govt prepares new legislation to shift more costs onto taxpayers, a new poll shows that Albertans overwhelmingly support O&G companies covering cleanup costs, overdue taxes, and unpaid rent to landowners. www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa... #ABLeg #ABPoli @jemphatically.bsky.social
It's obvious with recipes, but this is happening across the web. AI slop is destroying knowledge.
What's the opposite of "don't be evil"?
What's the opposite of "don't be evil"?
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's obvious with recipes, but this is happening across the web. AI slop is destroying knowledge.
What's the opposite of "don't be evil"?
What's the opposite of "don't be evil"?
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Danielle Smith at a recent press conference: “This is not just a question of Alberta’s energy. It is a global, moral imperative.”
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Danielle Smith at a recent press conference: “This is not just a question of Alberta’s energy. It is a global, moral imperative.”
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
The paralells are so strong and yet Carnies apparently don't see it. This is Carney reversing Trudeau's greenwashing law, only US style.
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The paralells are so strong and yet Carnies apparently don't see it. This is Carney reversing Trudeau's greenwashing law, only US style.
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Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Carney is showing us who he is. So are all the quiet "liberal" MPs. Next time run as the hateful far right freaks you are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wr...
Carney reportedly gifting Smith a path to a new oil pipeline -- as the premier attacks trans kids
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Carney is showing us who he is. So are all the quiet "liberal" MPs. Next time run as the hateful far right freaks you are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wr...
Remeber how Canada and Australia both had upset elections after Trump's inaugeration? Now both govt's are revealing themselves to be far to the right of where they claimed to stand. False choices in both cases. Coincidence?
Senator Thorpe criticises the government for ignoring these 100+ experts and groups to sneak the amendment through "without any scrutiny"
"I'd be putting my head down in shame too, Minister"
"I'd be putting my head down in shame too, Minister"
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Remeber how Canada and Australia both had upset elections after Trump's inaugeration? Now both govt's are revealing themselves to be far to the right of where they claimed to stand. False choices in both cases. Coincidence?
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They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control.
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control.
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
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Pegasus spyware was found on his phone, as well as the phones of his family and friends.
Pegasus is some of the scariest shit out there as far as surveillance goes.
This 10-minute piece from Vice does a great job of simplifying it:
youtu.be/QX7X4Ywuotc?...
Pegasus is some of the scariest shit out there as far as surveillance goes.
This 10-minute piece from Vice does a great job of simplifying it:
youtu.be/QX7X4Ywuotc?...
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Pegasus spyware was found on his phone, as well as the phones of his family and friends.
Pegasus is some of the scariest shit out there as far as surveillance goes.
This 10-minute piece from Vice does a great job of simplifying it:
youtu.be/QX7X4Ywuotc?...
Pegasus is some of the scariest shit out there as far as surveillance goes.
This 10-minute piece from Vice does a great job of simplifying it:
youtu.be/QX7X4Ywuotc?...
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I’ll be interested to see how his fanatical fanbase, who like to passive aggressively tell me that he’s not a conservative, spin this one.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’ll be interested to see how his fanatical fanbase, who like to passive aggressively tell me that he’s not a conservative, spin this one.