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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 2h

Not actually a good choice this year... 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Aligned With US Imperialism, Says Historian.. truthout.org/video/2025-n...

2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Aligned With US Imperialism, Says Historian

María Corina Machado has voiced support for sanctions against Venezuela and praised right-wing Latin American leaders.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 2h

2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Aligned With US Imperialism, Says Historian truthout.org/video/2025-n...

2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Aligned With US Imperialism, Says Historian

María Corina Machado has voiced support for sanctions against Venezuela and praised right-wing Latin American leaders.

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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 2h

Have you seen the damage & costs of heat domes, droughts, fires & floods driven by rising temps and crazy weather from lying fossil fuel corps burning fossil fuels in your BC community? Sign the declaration so BC local govts can together Sue Big Oil & recover those costs. suebigoil.ca/declaration/

Sue Big Oil Declaration

They knew. They profited. They need to pay their fair share. For decades, oil and gas corporations have known that burning fossil fuels would cause the heat waves, wildfires, drought and floodi...

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 9h

Attempting to “live with” (aka ignore) airborne viruses circulating at high levels *is a choice*.

We could do much better.

#MedSky

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Climate Caucus @climatecaucus.bsky.social · 1d

🌊 Big news from the west coast — the District of Tofino, will become the first municipalities in Canada to ban the sale of single-use plastic water bottles (1L and under).
📖 Read more www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#zerowaste #plastic #plastic #singleuse #reuse #recycle #municipal #localgovernance #BC

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Today would be a good day for the Trump Administration to release the Epstein Files.

Pass it on.

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 2d

😍 Jon Batiste has released a climate change song. 😍https://www.jonbatiste.com/petrichor/#/

Petrichor - Jon Batiste

Official Website

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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 4d

#TMX could only go forward with huge taxpayer subsidies and with federal gov actually buying the pipeline...pipelines are part of the economy of the past...the Alberta Premier is simply moving in the wrong direction."—WCEL Lawyer @singingwithin.bsky.social #cdnpoli

Pipelines are part of the economy of the past, says environmental lawyer

Andrew Gage, staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, tells BC Today host Michelle Eliot that Alberta's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to B.C.'s north coast is not consistent with a stable cli...

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 5d

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 12d

💯 Not safe or ethical to travel to the US. Besides, there are a million great places to see in Canada and other countries that aren’t threatening us.

Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hey 🇨🇦 - if in doubt about whether to visit the US right now, ask yourself any of these fun questions!
-Would you have visited Italy in 1925?
-Or Germany in 1938?
-How about the USSR in 1968?
-Cambodia in 1976?
-Or Argentina in 1982?
-Serbia in 1999?
-Russia in 2023?
-What about Israel in 2025?

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 14d

Here’s another addition to our growing thread about pension funds that are making smart climate + financial decisions!

Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health @shiftaction.bsky.social · 16d

⚡ Quebec's pension fund Le Caisse is acquiring Australia’s @Edify Energy for $1 billion.

🐨 Edify combines utility-scale solar generation with battery storage.

🏆 This is a smart financial play that will also accelerate the energy transition.

🔗Read more: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to buy Australia’s Edify Energy

Quebec pension fund expects to commit about $1-billion in a deal for the renewable energy and battery developer, part of a push to expand in the region

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

Do we really have such abysmal collective memory that we need to be *told* that the right has a history of censoring free speech? Have we really swallowed so much reactionary-centrist bullshit about "cancel culture" that we've forgotten that primal political truth?

Opinion | We Have Seen the ‘Woke Right’ Before, and It Wasn’t Pretty Then, Either

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · Jul 10

"The last thing we need is the threat of more poison in our water… How many times can the government put our health and way of life in the hands of a dangerous industry that cares only about profits?”

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 7d

Demonstrators took to the streets all over the world, from Karachi, Pakistan, to Barcelona, Spain, in response to Israel capturing more than 450 activists.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 7d

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/he...

Over 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza Ceasefire

Here in New York, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish peace activists led a protest Thursday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. They gathered at Brookly...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 7d

The extent of #Antarctic sea ice is currently the third smallest on record for this time of year. This is about 1 million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 climatological average extent.

More graphics at zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies in red shading compared to each year from 1979 to 2024 using shades of purple to white for each line, but only for the days between September and November. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. There is substantial interannual and daily variability. There are no clear long-term trends.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 8d

The Doug Ford government’s draft regulations for establishing “special economic zones” under Bill 5 rely heavily on the opinion of ministers, and dismiss First Nations’ calls for language affirming Indigenous Rights.

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Ontario’s draft rules for special economic zones limit oversight | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government’s draft regulations for special economic zones under Bill 5 empower ministers and dismiss First Nations’ request for oversight

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 7d

In recent years, policymakers have made pledges for huge tree-planting projects a cornerstone for meeting national carbon reduction goals, but failed to cut fossil fuel emissions.

But a new study shows the carbon sequestration estimates made for those forestation projects may be wildly optimistic.

There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds

Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to think twice before pledging to collectively plant billions of trees as a…

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t emphasize enough that new studies like this come out ALL THE TIME but are usually ignored by basically everyone, including the media & the medical establishment. It’s bananas. #COVID

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 7d

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/

Stop Indonesia’s bill to censor LGBT+ lives online

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – cen...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 8d

A powerful statement by the Dave Mathews Band on the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall.
"Hope is an act of resistance when the world is run by cruelty and greed"

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Richard Campbell @richardcampbell.net · 8d

Demand for artificial intelligence and other products means massive data centers are growing in different parts of the U.S. In areas near those centers, a new analysis from Bloomberg News found wholesale electricity costs more than doubled over the past 5 years.
youtube.com/watch?v=byUS...

AI demand driving up energy costs for everyday Americans, Bloomberg News finds

YouTube video by CBS News

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 8d

Provinces opened the door for U.S. doctors. But Ottawa is blocking the hallway

by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

Provinces opened the door for US doctors, as Ottawa blocks the hallway

Canada could be the go-to refuge for US doctors as American medicine collapses.

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QuakerOrts🫘 ᴜs @quakerorts.bsky.social · 8d

We should tear down all of the houses and remove all of the roads and infrastructure on the Outer Banks, and let nature take over. You can still go to the beach and camp overnight, but no permanent structures allowed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfRz...

Multiple houses collapse on the Outer Banks ahead of hurricane impacts

YouTube video by 13News Now

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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 8d

In the last five years 19 beachfront homes have collapsed into the Atlantic on the Outer Banks. Rising seas and beach erosion:
#OBX www.wral.com/news/local/o...

'Such a difficult problem’: UNC professor suggest solutions after 19 Outer Banks homes collapse

Six homes in the Outer Banks collapsed on Tuesday and a seventh collapsed on Wednesday, bringing the five-year total to 19 in the Rodanthe and Buxton area.

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