Joan Baxter
@joanbaxter.bsky.social
Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
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Every time a Carney fan defends cuts to the public service because of "bloat" or "tough economic times", remind them of these things.
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Carney is scrapping the luxury tax. Here’s how people are reacting
The Trudeau-era rule rules previously levied a tax on vehicles and aircraft worth more than $100,000 and boats worth more than $250,000.
toronto.citynews.ca
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Every time a Carney fan defends cuts to the public service because of "bloat" or "tough economic times", remind them of these things.
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🧵🧵🧵 I'll be collecting reviews of the "Melania" movie in this thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner’s First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia
There's no drama to Brett Ratner's cheeseball First Lady documentary, which should have been called "Day of the Living Tradwife."
variety.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🧵🧵🧵 I'll be collecting reviews of the "Melania" movie in this thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
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People have become quite convinced that our public service is bloated and wasteful, and this translates to uncritical support for the gutting of the agencies we need most right now. It's always "we need to sacrifice" and not "tax the rich".
January 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
People have become quite convinced that our public service is bloated and wasteful, and this translates to uncritical support for the gutting of the agencies we need most right now. It's always "we need to sacrifice" and not "tax the rich".
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Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“There's an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason."
David Eby on Alberta separatists seeking assistance from the U.S.: "To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason."
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 PM
“There's an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason."
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One of the more surreal conversations I’ve ever had.
"Pick three random people from your hometown. And imagine them — like the Beverly Hillbillies going to the US, and talking to these guys, as if there could be any consequence come out of that. It makes me laugh. It literally makes me laugh." @arnokopecky.bsky.social speaks with Mitch Sylvestre.
The world according to the man behind Alberta's separatism petition
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
One of the more surreal conversations I’ve ever had.
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This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
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Imagine if this project — a national clean-energy grid — got HALF the national attention that a single pipeline enjoys.
Good on @woodsideful.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on this. Good initiatives need attention & applause to bear fruit.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
Good on @woodsideful.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on this. Good initiatives need attention & applause to bear fruit.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
Ottawa plotting a high stakes clean energy strategy
After dismantling many of the climate policies put in place by the previous government, Prime Minister Mark Carney has quietly directed his government to craft a national electricity strategy.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Imagine if this project — a national clean-energy grid — got HALF the national attention that a single pipeline enjoys.
Good on @woodsideful.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on this. Good initiatives need attention & applause to bear fruit.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
Good on @woodsideful.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on this. Good initiatives need attention & applause to bear fruit.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
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Wild to hear Yuri Fulmer, a contender for BC Conservative leadership, dismiss Coastal First Nations as:
"Just an advocacy group...
branding like coke or Nike...
professional protesters."
x.com/yuri_fulmer/...
CFN is a formal alliance of 9 nations who have lived here since the last ice age.
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"Just an advocacy group...
branding like coke or Nike...
professional protesters."
x.com/yuri_fulmer/...
CFN is a formal alliance of 9 nations who have lived here since the last ice age.
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x.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Wild to hear Yuri Fulmer, a contender for BC Conservative leadership, dismiss Coastal First Nations as:
"Just an advocacy group...
branding like coke or Nike...
professional protesters."
x.com/yuri_fulmer/...
CFN is a formal alliance of 9 nations who have lived here since the last ice age.
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"Just an advocacy group...
branding like coke or Nike...
professional protesters."
x.com/yuri_fulmer/...
CFN is a formal alliance of 9 nations who have lived here since the last ice age.
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"This is a preschool you stupid motherfuckers" should be the Democrats' 2026 slogan
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"This is a preschool you stupid motherfuckers" should be the Democrats' 2026 slogan
Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders
When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. This publication, not so much.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
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Why subject yourself to scrutiny when you don't need to?
Because we live in a democracy.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
Because we live in a democracy.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders
When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. This publication, not so much.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Why subject yourself to scrutiny when you don't need to?
Because we live in a democracy.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
Because we live in a democracy.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
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This week in things Carney fans have to rationalize...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This week in things Carney fans have to rationalize...
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Remembering the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis. youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Remembering the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis. youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
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Love the look when the Mayor says “and bikeways” when it comes to snow clearance…
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Love the look when the Mayor says “and bikeways” when it comes to snow clearance…
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“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
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Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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The United States of America. No one is safe — and the government defends this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The United States of America. No one is safe — and the government defends this.
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I genuinely can't imagine advice less useful than to hector people for saying "fascism" when the activities of the state — using secret police to enact terror, weaponizing the tools of the state to deter opposition, taking over mouthpieces of the media, bullying other liberal states — resemble it.
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I genuinely can't imagine advice less useful than to hector people for saying "fascism" when the activities of the state — using secret police to enact terror, weaponizing the tools of the state to deter opposition, taking over mouthpieces of the media, bullying other liberal states — resemble it.
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This made me laugh out loud. Withdrawing an “invitation”
(aka protection racket) that Canada had no intention of paying, for a club of corrupt countries that are the exact opposite of “prestigious.”
It’s just so…grade school. If grade school was even less mature and a lot more pathetic.
(aka protection racket) that Canada had no intention of paying, for a club of corrupt countries that are the exact opposite of “prestigious.”
It’s just so…grade school. If grade school was even less mature and a lot more pathetic.
Trump: “Dear Prime Minister Carney:
Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This made me laugh out loud. Withdrawing an “invitation”
(aka protection racket) that Canada had no intention of paying, for a club of corrupt countries that are the exact opposite of “prestigious.”
It’s just so…grade school. If grade school was even less mature and a lot more pathetic.
(aka protection racket) that Canada had no intention of paying, for a club of corrupt countries that are the exact opposite of “prestigious.”
It’s just so…grade school. If grade school was even less mature and a lot more pathetic.
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A new report from @worldresources.bsky.social confirms: the only sure way to cut beef’s climate impact is to produce and consume less of it.
The problem? Global demand just keeps climbing.
If we’re serious about climate progress, protein diversification isn't optional, it’s essential.
The problem? Global demand just keeps climbing.
If we’re serious about climate progress, protein diversification isn't optional, it’s essential.
Despite ‘Carbon Neutral’ Certifications, Beef Emissions Can Be Lower, but Never Low
Research shows there’s no such thing as climate-friendly beef, despite labels claiming otherwise.
www.wri.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
A new report from @worldresources.bsky.social confirms: the only sure way to cut beef’s climate impact is to produce and consume less of it.
The problem? Global demand just keeps climbing.
If we’re serious about climate progress, protein diversification isn't optional, it’s essential.
The problem? Global demand just keeps climbing.
If we’re serious about climate progress, protein diversification isn't optional, it’s essential.
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.
An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week’s conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
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Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.