Louise in Ontario🇨🇦
@grammalou.bsky.social
Family doctor, end of life care, mom and grandma, native plant gardener, covid conscious, lefty Canadian. #MedSky
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"A similar idea appears in an article published last month @policyalternatives.ca, which suggests a “Costco-plus-local” model could reduce grocery prices by 25 to 45 per cent, depending on where people live." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
B.C. organization enters debate on government-run grocery amid rising food costs
Governments as grocers isn’t a new idea, but has received more attention with New York’s new mayor promising a pilot program and it appearing on the platform of a federal NDP leadership candidate.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"A similar idea appears in an article published last month @policyalternatives.ca, which suggests a “Costco-plus-local” model could reduce grocery prices by 25 to 45 per cent, depending on where people live." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’
Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Goliath packaged food industry loses 12y battle to keep farce of voluntary star labelling with big win to public health Davids like @georgeinstitute.bsky.social @alikjones.bsky.social Jane Martin. Kudos! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Health star rating to become mandatory on all packaged food in Australia
Food and health ministers vote to mandate the ratings system after years of urging from peak health bodies
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Goliath packaged food industry loses 12y battle to keep farce of voluntary star labelling with big win to public health Davids like @georgeinstitute.bsky.social @alikjones.bsky.social Jane Martin. Kudos! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The first Inuit led university is set to open in 2030 and will contain a capacity for 100 students and 80 staff members.
It will be set up to advance Arctic education for future generations of northern students.
It will be set up to advance Arctic education for future generations of northern students.
Main campus of Inuit Nunangat University to be locate in Arviat
The head of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announced Wednesday that the main campus of the Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The first Inuit led university is set to open in 2030 and will contain a capacity for 100 students and 80 staff members.
It will be set up to advance Arctic education for future generations of northern students.
It will be set up to advance Arctic education for future generations of northern students.
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And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: IOC makes a compromise on Ukrainian athlete’s tribute to his dead countrymen — with yet another concession to Russia
Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet bears the faces of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia’s four-year war of aggression.
www.thestar.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
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There’s no cure for stupidity, but there are measurements
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
There’s no cure for stupidity, but there are measurements
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#Canada these seditious fuckers need some investigation
Canadian separatists say they discussed moving to the US dollar and creating a new military in White House meeting
Canadian separatists discussed moving to US dollar and new military in DC meeting
Could a right-wing group close to the Trump administration lead Alberta to become an independent oil-rich nation?
trib.al
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
#Canada these seditious fuckers need some investigation
Yup, this is who you want making health policy for your country 🤪
Secretary of Health RFK Jr: “I am not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off toilet seats.”
February 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Yup, this is who you want making health policy for your country 🤪
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Holy shit
NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government
Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show
pressprogress.ca
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Holy shit
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looks like it won't be long before we see what it looks like when the government of an EU member state refuses to cede power
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
looks like it won't be long before we see what it looks like when the government of an EU member state refuses to cede power
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President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom on Feb. 12, after the skeleton racer was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for using a custom helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's full-scale war.
Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified at Olympics for helmet honoring athletes killed in Russia's war
"This is price of our dignity," skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wrote on X after the IOC's annoucement of his disqualification.
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom on Feb. 12, after the skeleton racer was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for using a custom helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's full-scale war.
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Punishing climate alarm didn’t just “appeal” to Pielke Jr and “analysts” at The Breakthrough Institute.
They *actively collaborated* to establish the narrative that we have already “avoided the worst case climate scenario.”
This propaganda was then amplified by the right-wing & centrist press.
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They *actively collaborated* to establish the narrative that we have already “avoided the worst case climate scenario.”
This propaganda was then amplified by the right-wing & centrist press.
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Actively trying to punish and silence any scientist or media outlet covering worst-case scenarios on climate was very clearly something that appealed to the luke-warmist, centre-right community (BTI, Pielke Jr et al) and they saw it as ideologically important to pursue.
Don't be bullied by them
Don't be bullied by them
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Punishing climate alarm didn’t just “appeal” to Pielke Jr and “analysts” at The Breakthrough Institute.
They *actively collaborated* to establish the narrative that we have already “avoided the worst case climate scenario.”
This propaganda was then amplified by the right-wing & centrist press.
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They *actively collaborated* to establish the narrative that we have already “avoided the worst case climate scenario.”
This propaganda was then amplified by the right-wing & centrist press.
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Former Norwegian Prime Minister and ex-Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, is currently the subject of an official investigation related to his past contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Maybe US prosecutors could take some notes.
abcnews.com/Internationa...
Maybe US prosecutors could take some notes.
abcnews.com/Internationa...
Norway investigates former prime minister over Epstein ties
Norway has opened an aggravated corruption investigation into former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland
abcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Former Norwegian Prime Minister and ex-Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, is currently the subject of an official investigation related to his past contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Maybe US prosecutors could take some notes.
abcnews.com/Internationa...
Maybe US prosecutors could take some notes.
abcnews.com/Internationa...
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On the one hand, the US has the world's most powerful military that it uses to bully other countries including (former) friends and allies, and a highly militarized police force that it uses to threaten its own citizens. So, definitely scary.
On the other hand, it's just clown-like ineptitude.
On the other hand, it's just clown-like ineptitude.
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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The Ukrainian atheists should be allowed to compete with their helmets of remembrance.
"it’s a message of remembrance, of memory" - IOC president
So not one of advertising or propaganda, then.
So not one of advertising or propaganda, then.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The Ukrainian atheists should be allowed to compete with their helmets of remembrance.
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delighted for all the people whose "personal choices" are threatening not only the life or long-term health of their own kids but also of those kids of parents for whom the Enlightenment wasn't just a brief historical diversion
Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
delighted for all the people whose "personal choices" are threatening not only the life or long-term health of their own kids but also of those kids of parents for whom the Enlightenment wasn't just a brief historical diversion
"Responsible governments follow the law on trade agreements and don’t negotiate through weird social media tantrums", she said.
“It’s just reckless and frankly, it’s bizarre.”
Rep Sanchez (California, D)
“It’s just reckless and frankly, it’s bizarre.”
Rep Sanchez (California, D)
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"Responsible governments follow the law on trade agreements and don’t negotiate through weird social media tantrums", she said.
“It’s just reckless and frankly, it’s bizarre.”
Rep Sanchez (California, D)
“It’s just reckless and frankly, it’s bizarre.”
Rep Sanchez (California, D)
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If Russian propagandists are fantasising about joining forces with America to fight Europe there is something fundamentally wrong with America.
Russian propagandist Solovyev fantasizes about a large-scale war in Europe,with the idea of a "united Russian-American army"fighting the EU:
"I don’t rule out the possibility of a war unfolding in the European theater of military operations -a united Russian-American army against the army of the EU
"I don’t rule out the possibility of a war unfolding in the European theater of military operations -a united Russian-American army against the army of the EU
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
If Russian propagandists are fantasising about joining forces with America to fight Europe there is something fundamentally wrong with America.
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After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists
The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
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Days are longer naturally—no need for Daylight Saving Time!
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Days are longer naturally—no need for Daylight Saving Time!
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I’ve written for Bearly Politics on the need for musicians, filmmakers and writers to take a stand against the rise of the Far Right.
Reader Contribution: Where Is The Art Rage?
The last line of defence is failing
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I’ve written for Bearly Politics on the need for musicians, filmmakers and writers to take a stand against the rise of the Far Right.
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What is it about being a sports administrator and getting your moral compass free in a box of cornflakes? Why are these people so often so spectacularly terrible at being human?
Winter Olympics 2026: Ukrainian athlete disqualified from skeleton over helmet tribute – live
Winter Olympics 2026: Ukrainian athlete disqualified from skeleton over helmet tribute – live
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International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry was waiting for Heraskevych at the top of the track when he arrived at around 8.15am Thursday, or roughly 75 minutes before the start of the men’s skeleton race. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
What is it about being a sports administrator and getting your moral compass free in a box of cornflakes? Why are these people so often so spectacularly terrible at being human?