David Bronaugh
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The apparent implosion of OneBC seems to centre largely around one staff member - Othman Mekhloufi, who OneBC staffer Wyatt Claypool said (on X) has "insane race 'blood and soil' politics."
We have audio of Mekhloufi from August talking about political strategy.
🧵 👇
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
We have audio of Mekhloufi from August talking about political strategy.
🧵 👇
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Upstart political party OneBC splits in two after internal fight
On Sunday, MLA Tara Armstrong said the only other elected member of the party, Dallas Brodie had been ousted as leader
vancouversun.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The apparent implosion of OneBC seems to centre largely around one staff member - Othman Mekhloufi, who OneBC staffer Wyatt Claypool said (on X) has "insane race 'blood and soil' politics."
We have audio of Mekhloufi from August talking about political strategy.
🧵 👇
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
We have audio of Mekhloufi from August talking about political strategy.
🧵 👇
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Since being announced Monday, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name of the new bridge joining Surrey and New Westminster — stal̓əw̓asəm — has drawn a wave of social media criticism. @rjjago.bsky.social reports.
The Fascinating History Ignored by Critics of a Bridge’s New Name | The Tyee
In 1808, a Kwantlen man saved the life of Simon Fraser. The Pattullo Bridge’s replacement will stand as testament.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Since being announced Monday, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name of the new bridge joining Surrey and New Westminster — stal̓əw̓asəm — has drawn a wave of social media criticism. @rjjago.bsky.social reports.
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Just one week after signing an MOU with the federal govt agreeing to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, Alberta has changed its regulations, making the agreement harder to achieve.
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Alberta’s latest changes to industrial carbon pricing make MOU commitments harder to achieve - Canadian Climate Institute
Seven days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with federal government, Alberta changes regulations that make the $130 minimum effective carbon credit price harder to achieve
climateinstitute.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just one week after signing an MOU with the federal govt agreeing to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, Alberta has changed its regulations, making the agreement harder to achieve.
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
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Here’s my story on John Rustad’s very bad day, why his failures appear to be rooted politics rather than ideology, and what questions the party will have to quickly answer the moment they stop having two leaders
ANALYSIS | Actual leader of the B.C. Conservatives up in the air — and so are their next moves | CBC News
Wednesday was the final day the B.C. legislature was in session for 2025 — and it sure delivered a season finale.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Here’s my story on John Rustad’s very bad day, why his failures appear to be rooted politics rather than ideology, and what questions the party will have to quickly answer the moment they stop having two leaders
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So it sure looks like someone invented a fake Russian advance in Ukraine to manipulate the online gambling market Polymarket. Gamblers are making money by betting on the outcomes of battles big and small in the war. Edited map is run by DC-based think tank
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So it sure looks like someone invented a fake Russian advance in Ukraine to manipulate the online gambling market Polymarket. Gamblers are making money by betting on the outcomes of battles big and small in the war. Edited map is run by DC-based think tank
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
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The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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Heh heh. Time magazine busted ripping off quotes from a satirical pub in Canada
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Heh heh. Time magazine busted ripping off quotes from a satirical pub in Canada
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Final story from tonight's Vancouver Police anti-extortion forum in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/news/crime/v...
Vancouver Police urge South Asian community not to pay extortion demands
VPD officers held a forum for the city's South Asian community Wednesday night about the violent trend that has hit parts of the Lower Mainland hard
vancouversun.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Final story from tonight's Vancouver Police anti-extortion forum in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/news/crime/v...
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Interview very much worth reading if you're interested in the future of power in B.C. (which you should be!) www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Head of BC Hydro on Wind Power, Dam Megaprojects and More | The Tyee
Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.
www.thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Interview very much worth reading if you're interested in the future of power in B.C. (which you should be!) www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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93 years ago, Stalin instituted a man-made famine in Ukraine to break its resistance to Soviet occupation, killing millions. Now, Putin’s war and weaponization of hunger once again threaten Ukrainians' survival. We honor the victims of Stalin's famine by supporting Ukraine today.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
93 years ago, Stalin instituted a man-made famine in Ukraine to break its resistance to Soviet occupation, killing millions. Now, Putin’s war and weaponization of hunger once again threaten Ukrainians' survival. We honor the victims of Stalin's famine by supporting Ukraine today.
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Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
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The Guardian’s investigation into the Free Birth Society is a clear example of a closed, high-risk counterpublic. It can be examined directly through the lens of disordered discourse described in my work.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Guardian’s investigation into the Free Birth Society is a clear example of a closed, high-risk counterpublic. It can be examined directly through the lens of disordered discourse described in my work.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
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I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects
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On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honour those lives lost to violence and hate.
We stand with the trans community in grief, resilience, and solidarity. Your lives, voices, and safety matter.
Let’s build a world where trans people are celebrated, protected, and free to live authentically.
Team Lore
We stand with the trans community in grief, resilience, and solidarity. Your lives, voices, and safety matter.
Let’s build a world where trans people are celebrated, protected, and free to live authentically.
Team Lore
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honour those lives lost to violence and hate.
We stand with the trans community in grief, resilience, and solidarity. Your lives, voices, and safety matter.
Let’s build a world where trans people are celebrated, protected, and free to live authentically.
Team Lore
We stand with the trans community in grief, resilience, and solidarity. Your lives, voices, and safety matter.
Let’s build a world where trans people are celebrated, protected, and free to live authentically.
Team Lore
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Alberta's justice minister has tabled a bill to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of legislation from legal challenges. The laws in question restrict the rights of transgender people in access to health care and sports, and affect K-12 education of all students.
#AbLeg #Abed
#AbLeg #Abed
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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After a court order, X refuses to take down the non consensual intimate images of a Canadian citizen in violation of the law.
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
After a court order, X refuses to take down the non consensual intimate images of a Canadian citizen in violation of the law.
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
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I turned 63 today.
Fuck ya. It gets better all the time.
Keep kicking at the darkness my friends.
It is bleeding daylight.
Fuck ya. It gets better all the time.
Keep kicking at the darkness my friends.
It is bleeding daylight.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I turned 63 today.
Fuck ya. It gets better all the time.
Keep kicking at the darkness my friends.
It is bleeding daylight.
Fuck ya. It gets better all the time.
Keep kicking at the darkness my friends.
It is bleeding daylight.
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You will never see this anywhere in the World but Delhi.
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You will never see this anywhere in the World but Delhi.
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
For remembrance day this year, I'd like for you to remember these ongoing major conflicts in the world today (there are more):
- Sudanese conflicts (2008-now): roughly 1.4m dead
- Ethiopian civil conflict (2018-now): 500-600k dead.
- Insurgency in the Maghreb + Sahel (2002-now): 464k dead
...
- Sudanese conflicts (2008-now): roughly 1.4m dead
- Ethiopian civil conflict (2018-now): 500-600k dead.
- Insurgency in the Maghreb + Sahel (2002-now): 464k dead
...
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For remembrance day this year, I'd like for you to remember these ongoing major conflicts in the world today (there are more):
- Sudanese conflicts (2008-now): roughly 1.4m dead
- Ethiopian civil conflict (2018-now): 500-600k dead.
- Insurgency in the Maghreb + Sahel (2002-now): 464k dead
...
- Sudanese conflicts (2008-now): roughly 1.4m dead
- Ethiopian civil conflict (2018-now): 500-600k dead.
- Insurgency in the Maghreb + Sahel (2002-now): 464k dead
...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us