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Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
We – the leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight – spoke with President Zelenskyy today. We have from the outset of Russia’s war of aggression stood by Ukraine’s side and we will continue to do so. Our res...
www.regjeringen.no
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
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It’s always annoying when the rise of the Chinese EV industry is placed as a problem for American car companies. Our cars haven’t been globally competitive for a few decades at this point. It’s Japan and Germany’s game to lose.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s always annoying when the rise of the Chinese EV industry is placed as a problem for American car companies. Our cars haven’t been globally competitive for a few decades at this point. It’s Japan and Germany’s game to lose.
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The last two pieces about Econ/markets I’ve seen from Substack lead me to believe that whole platform has exceeded TikTok in its levels of disinformation, fabulism, and outright lying.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The last two pieces about Econ/markets I’ve seen from Substack lead me to believe that whole platform has exceeded TikTok in its levels of disinformation, fabulism, and outright lying.
The Henry Hicks building is a shit hole, sorry
Multiple Dalhousie University buildings could gain heritage status in Halifax
Dalhousie University’s buildings have been a fixture in Halifax for decades, and now some of them could receive protected heritage status.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Henry Hicks building is a shit hole, sorry
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once a Green (US) always a Green (US)
“‘We are in this magical, unique time,’ Sinema said of Trump’s health department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
once a Green (US) always a Green (US)
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this won't happen but pretty interesting www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
this won't happen but pretty interesting www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
The nerve of Thom Tillis to come to Canada and demand we pay $300 billion in defense dues
Go fuck yourself you cowardly dispshit
Go fuck yourself you cowardly dispshit
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The nerve of Thom Tillis to come to Canada and demand we pay $300 billion in defense dues
Go fuck yourself you cowardly dispshit
Go fuck yourself you cowardly dispshit
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Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the U.S. “authored” a 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, after a Republican senator asserted that Rubio had distanced himself from the proposal and called it a Russian initiative.
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
The comment from Secretary of State Marco Rubio came after a group of U.S. lawmakers claimed that he said the plan was a Russian initiative, not a U.S. proposal.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the U.S. “authored” a 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, after a Republican senator asserted that Rubio had distanced himself from the proposal and called it a Russian initiative.
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I do wish that left thought leaders could more resist the urge to problematize letting-people-build-housing-with-their-own-money
Canadians don’t need more platitudes or private market incentives, they need real solutions.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I do wish that left thought leaders could more resist the urge to problematize letting-people-build-housing-with-their-own-money
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It is extremely disappointing to see members of the Kensington Market Community Land Trust opposing a new student residence on College. Apparently on affordability and heritage grounds (how much affordability and heritage did the former parking lot/garage provide?)
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
How to chime in on a proposed student rental tower in Kensington Market - The Green Line
On Oct. 16, the City held an online community consultation over a proposed 19-storey student rental tower in Kensington Market.
thegreenline.to
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It is extremely disappointing to see members of the Kensington Market Community Land Trust opposing a new student residence on College. Apparently on affordability and heritage grounds (how much affordability and heritage did the former parking lot/garage provide?)
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
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I love how Trump is like the most explicitly nimby president ever, in rhetoric and action, but because he stammered at peak dementia and said the most non controversial statement ever that more housing should be built just to prove his brain is on is supposed to be some big tell.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love how Trump is like the most explicitly nimby president ever, in rhetoric and action, but because he stammered at peak dementia and said the most non controversial statement ever that more housing should be built just to prove his brain is on is supposed to be some big tell.
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State Dept. Spokesperson now refuting GOP and Dem senators’ account of their joint briefing from Rubio - and claiming the 28 point plan IS authored by the US.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
State Dept. Spokesperson now refuting GOP and Dem senators’ account of their joint briefing from Rubio - and claiming the 28 point plan IS authored by the US.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
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So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
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US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
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I like Avi. I usually vote NDP. But OMG, please stop with the one-sided housing takes. We need huge amounts of public housing, but we also need market housing too, and lots of it.
Canadians don’t need more platitudes or private market incentives, they need real solutions.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I like Avi. I usually vote NDP. But OMG, please stop with the one-sided housing takes. We need huge amounts of public housing, but we also need market housing too, and lots of it.
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"[AOC] would not make a symbolic run, according to a person who has spoken to her, and she does not believe she needs to be the progressive standard-bearer in the race provided another person steps up to fill that role. 'If she runs, she wants to win'" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
AOC built her own political machine. Now she’s deciding her next move.
Seven years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she’s learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"[AOC] would not make a symbolic run, according to a person who has spoken to her, and she does not believe she needs to be the progressive standard-bearer in the race provided another person steps up to fill that role. 'If she runs, she wants to win'" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Major constitutional reform tbh
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Major constitutional reform tbh
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The middle class has been persuaded that they pay taxes *to* immigrants when, in a full employment economy, it's immigration that can save them from having to pay taxes, or having to endure the disruption of sectors they work in shrinking in order to force them to retrain as nurses. /fin
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The middle class has been persuaded that they pay taxes *to* immigrants when, in a full employment economy, it's immigration that can save them from having to pay taxes, or having to endure the disruption of sectors they work in shrinking in order to force them to retrain as nurses. /fin
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According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
"The project was included in the 2024/25 Capital Budget and is proposed for design work in 2026/27 and completion in 2029/30 at an estimated cost of $46.8M."
Per
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cdn.halifax.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
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Morris Katz rapidly developing the problem where anybody outside of politics knows who the fuck he is.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Morris Katz rapidly developing the problem where anybody outside of politics knows who the fuck he is.
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the clearest divide between “environmentalism as a thesis” and “environmentalism as aesthetics” is “would you let utilities develop wild land to build a high capacity transmission line to a solar farm?”
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the clearest divide between “environmentalism as a thesis” and “environmentalism as aesthetics” is “would you let utilities develop wild land to build a high capacity transmission line to a solar farm?”
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A very unwelcome effect of Mamdani's visit to the White House is the sudden reversion of Trump back into an 'entertainment' figure, shoving Epstein, extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, and threats to execute members of Congress off the media table in favor of 'goofy uncle' photo ops
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A very unwelcome effect of Mamdani's visit to the White House is the sudden reversion of Trump back into an 'entertainment' figure, shoving Epstein, extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, and threats to execute members of Congress off the media table in favor of 'goofy uncle' photo ops
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
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"Minister [of Armed Forces and Veterans in France] backs army chief over warning France must accept 'loss of our children'" (euronews)
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/a...
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Minister [of Armed Forces and Veterans in France] backs army chief over warning France must accept 'loss of our children'" (euronews)
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/a...