CityScribe
@cityscribe.bsky.social
Cynically optimistic. Checker of facts. Thinker of thoughts. Somebody needs to state the obvious, but with profanity. She/her. Made in 🇨🇦.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Hey people who care about Alberta!
If you're in Lethbridge tomorrow, you can give the Northback CEO a piece of your mind.
in person.
11:30
lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/12/07/m...
If you're in Lethbridge tomorrow, you can give the Northback CEO a piece of your mind.
in person.
11:30
lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/12/07/m...
Mining CEO speaking in Lethbridge Monday about Crowsnest Pass project
Residents of southern Alberta will have the chance to speak directly with the proponent of a proposed steelmak...
lethbridgenewsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Hey people who care about Alberta!
If you're in Lethbridge tomorrow, you can give the Northback CEO a piece of your mind.
in person.
11:30
lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/12/07/m...
If you're in Lethbridge tomorrow, you can give the Northback CEO a piece of your mind.
in person.
11:30
lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/12/07/m...
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Whilst Pr Ford uses the cover of Trump, steel/aluminum/auto industry shutdowns, he’s expanding his seizure of our public lands. Setting up the stage for his wealthy donors to profit off us:
“stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
“stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
Ford strips protections from Wasaga Beach to sell for development
Under its controversial omnibus Bill 68, more than one per cent of the park — with some estimates suggesting up to 60 per cent — has been removed from protection. Wasaga Beach is the province’s most v...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Whilst Pr Ford uses the cover of Trump, steel/aluminum/auto industry shutdowns, he’s expanding his seizure of our public lands. Setting up the stage for his wealthy donors to profit off us:
“stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
“stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
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Hey #Booksky. I am looking for recommendations for female fantasy authors who would NOT be called "romantasy". Like Ursula le Guin, Mercedes Lackey, the Avalon woman whose name shall not be uttered, etc. Preferably not urban fantasy.
Repost widely please. I forgot about this present until now. 😬
Repost widely please. I forgot about this present until now. 😬
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey #Booksky. I am looking for recommendations for female fantasy authors who would NOT be called "romantasy". Like Ursula le Guin, Mercedes Lackey, the Avalon woman whose name shall not be uttered, etc. Preferably not urban fantasy.
Repost widely please. I forgot about this present until now. 😬
Repost widely please. I forgot about this present until now. 😬
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Putin is in serious trouble, Russian government needs more money. Looking to increase taxes on booze, cigarettes & vapes.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Putin is in serious trouble, Russian government needs more money. Looking to increase taxes on booze, cigarettes & vapes.
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There have been sweeping changes to Ontario through 2025, so to round out the year I compiled a list of some of the more notable changes that will impact the lives of Ontarians in 2026.
Here’s How Doug Ford’s Government Will Impact Public Services and Infrastructure in 2026
A look back on a jam-packed year of new legislation in Ontario.
pressprogress.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There have been sweeping changes to Ontario through 2025, so to round out the year I compiled a list of some of the more notable changes that will impact the lives of Ontarians in 2026.
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“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
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When you support Canadian makers and artists, you support Canadian communities. See all these and more at giftguide.todmaffin.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
When you support Canadian makers and artists, you support Canadian communities. See all these and more at giftguide.todmaffin.com
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A major problem in the country is that for years, regular people have actually been made to feel and have sometimes been told to leave "THE LAW" to the "professionals I.e. THE LAWYERS" and that was always ridiculous for multiple reasons. But it succeeded in distancing regular people from organizing.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A major problem in the country is that for years, regular people have actually been made to feel and have sometimes been told to leave "THE LAW" to the "professionals I.e. THE LAWYERS" and that was always ridiculous for multiple reasons. But it succeeded in distancing regular people from organizing.
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UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/ucp-...
UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash - Alberta Politics
WHITEHORSE, Yukon – After that putative pipeline deal with the feds riled up the substantial posse of Alberta separatists at the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting last weekend far mor...
albertapolitics.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/ucp-...
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“In fact, if every billionaire were left with only a billion dollars to their name, the rest of their seized wealth would be enough to cover the amount UN experts believe is needed to end world extreme poverty for the next 196 years.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... #cdnpoli
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“In fact, if every billionaire were left with only a billion dollars to their name, the rest of their seized wealth would be enough to cover the amount UN experts believe is needed to end world extreme poverty for the next 196 years.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... #cdnpoli
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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6/In many ways, it is the mirror image of the Clinton internet freedom speech. The US sought to use its tech dominance to upend politics in autocracies. Now, these tools will be turned against our closest allies.
2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20...
2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20...
Remarks on Internet Freedom
2009-2017.state.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
6/In many ways, it is the mirror image of the Clinton internet freedom speech. The US sought to use its tech dominance to upend politics in autocracies. Now, these tools will be turned against our closest allies.
2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20...
2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20...
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Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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How can anyone take seriously the claims of national "taxpayer federation" with 5-6 members, does not disclose its finances/donors, and has zero transparency - yet demands transparency from others. It is time to investigate the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How can anyone take seriously the claims of national "taxpayer federation" with 5-6 members, does not disclose its finances/donors, and has zero transparency - yet demands transparency from others. It is time to investigate the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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Bailey's alternative.
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Bailey's alternative.
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
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Well you can't have those pesky factcheckers coming in!
Fact checkers and others could be denied U.S. visas under new plan : NPR share.google/RMDYr7WMK7yY...
Fact checkers and others could be denied U.S. visas under new plan : NPR share.google/RMDYr7WMK7yY...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
share.google
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Well you can't have those pesky factcheckers coming in!
Fact checkers and others could be denied U.S. visas under new plan : NPR share.google/RMDYr7WMK7yY...
Fact checkers and others could be denied U.S. visas under new plan : NPR share.google/RMDYr7WMK7yY...
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
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Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
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This is bonkers!🤪 Utterly bonkers!
The PPE supply in the provincial stock pile should rotate into the hospital, clinics and nursing home supply chain so it gets used up.
Discarding $1.4 billion worth of supplies paid for with tax payers’ hard earned money is disgraceful.
The PPE supply in the provincial stock pile should rotate into the hospital, clinics and nursing home supply chain so it gets used up.
Discarding $1.4 billion worth of supplies paid for with tax payers’ hard earned money is disgraceful.
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is bonkers!🤪 Utterly bonkers!
The PPE supply in the provincial stock pile should rotate into the hospital, clinics and nursing home supply chain so it gets used up.
Discarding $1.4 billion worth of supplies paid for with tax payers’ hard earned money is disgraceful.
The PPE supply in the provincial stock pile should rotate into the hospital, clinics and nursing home supply chain so it gets used up.
Discarding $1.4 billion worth of supplies paid for with tax payers’ hard earned money is disgraceful.
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Those who commit the crimes may be powerful but they don’t get to decide whether or not they are guilty.
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
Why Canada Has a Stake in Hegseth’s War Crimes
You may not be familiar with the HMHS Llandovery Castle, which sank off the coast of Ireland on June 27, 1918.
charlieangus.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Those who commit the crimes may be powerful but they don’t get to decide whether or not they are guilty.
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
More of this, please.
1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban
“Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
More of this, please.