Mark Szpakowski
@mszpak.bsky.social
Sanity seeker at the tech-society-earth commons — Msit No’kmaq: All My Relations.
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The man has principles
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The man has principles
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🚨NEWS: Exxon is now petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to grant corporations a new First Amendment right to avoid disclosing how much toxic pollution they are spewing and how much they are incinerating the atmosphere that supports all life on the planet.
Corporations Say It’s Their First Amendment Right To Hide
Corporations are asking the Supreme Court to help them dismantle a groundbreaking California transparency law requiring emissions disclosure.
www.levernews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🚨NEWS: Exxon is now petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to grant corporations a new First Amendment right to avoid disclosing how much toxic pollution they are spewing and how much they are incinerating the atmosphere that supports all life on the planet.
“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as 3X the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.” Today food 5-7%, with housing 35-45%, healthcare 15-25%, + childcare (u need 2 incomes!). Poverty line multiplier is not 3, but 16! Poverty line: $140K. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as 3X the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.” Today food 5-7%, with housing 35-45%, healthcare 15-25%, + childcare (u need 2 incomes!). Poverty line multiplier is not 3, but 16! Poverty line: $140K. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
One of the world’s premier security organizations has canceled the results of its annual leadership election after an official lost an encryption key needed to unlock results stored in a verifiable and privacy-preserving voting system. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been “irretrievably lost.”…
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
One of the world’s premier security organizations has canceled the results of its annual leadership election after an official lost an encryption key needed to unlock results stored in a verifiable and privacy-preserving voting system. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Top militaries, by number, in Europe:
Ukraine 900,000
Turkey 355,200
Poland 202,100
France 200,000
United Kingdom 184,860
Allowing a military of 600,000 for Ukraine makes it by far the largest military in Europe.
Reminder: Ukraine is an undemocratic, fascist, apartheid state.
Ukraine 900,000
Turkey 355,200
Poland 202,100
France 200,000
United Kingdom 184,860
Allowing a military of 600,000 for Ukraine makes it by far the largest military in Europe.
Reminder: Ukraine is an undemocratic, fascist, apartheid state.
The draft US-Russia peace plan proposes to hand over those areas of Ukraine's industrial eastern Donbas region still under Ukrainian control to Russia. Latest versions of the text also call for Ukraine to cut the size of its armed forces to 600,000 people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia's Ukraine war - BBC News
There are 28 key points and while several on the face of it could be acceptable to Ukraine, others cross Kyiv's red lines.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Top militaries, by number, in Europe:
Ukraine 900,000
Turkey 355,200
Poland 202,100
France 200,000
United Kingdom 184,860
Allowing a military of 600,000 for Ukraine makes it by far the largest military in Europe.
Reminder: Ukraine is an undemocratic, fascist, apartheid state.
Ukraine 900,000
Turkey 355,200
Poland 202,100
France 200,000
United Kingdom 184,860
Allowing a military of 600,000 for Ukraine makes it by far the largest military in Europe.
Reminder: Ukraine is an undemocratic, fascist, apartheid state.
"We are the victims, but the mountain of dead children we are creating is preventing people from seeing our victimhood."
A champion of genocide (and an Obama speechwriter) reluctantly acknowledges that many Jewish students may not share her readiness to dehumanize the #Palestinians. The only option, in her view, is to insulate them from the horror that is being inflicted on #Gaza.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"We are the victims, but the mountain of dead children we are creating is preventing people from seeing our victimhood."
Canadian Museum for Human Rights to present exhibit on expulsion (ethnic cleansing) of 750K Palestinians from their homes in Palestine in 1948, with focus on Canadian Palestinians. Jewish organization sees this as attack on human rights of Jews. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Palestinian group praises Nakba exhibit coming to Canadian Human Rights while Jewish organization pans move | CBC News
A new exhibit on the Nakba, recounting the personal experiences of Canadian Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in 1948, is coming to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. However, a...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Canadian Museum for Human Rights to present exhibit on expulsion (ethnic cleansing) of 750K Palestinians from their homes in Palestine in 1948, with focus on Canadian Palestinians. Jewish organization sees this as attack on human rights of Jews. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Why on earth would Russophones (38% of Ukraine's population) in the Donbas want to return to control by an Apartheid state that denies them language, religion, cultural & political rights? Ukraine wants the land, not the people, whom it treats as second-class & subjugated. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Trump's plan to end Ukraine war would cede territory to Russia | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv's military, according to a draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Why on earth would Russophones (38% of Ukraine's population) in the Donbas want to return to control by an Apartheid state that denies them language, religion, cultural & political rights? Ukraine wants the land, not the people, whom it treats as second-class & subjugated. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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The press corps sure could do a better job of challenging Trump when he lies, when he refuses to answer questions, when he attacks colleagues. The first reporter who says to him, "Why are you being such a jerk?" will become a folk hero. And i hope he or she keeps their job.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The press corps sure could do a better job of challenging Trump when he lies, when he refuses to answer questions, when he attacks colleagues. The first reporter who says to him, "Why are you being such a jerk?" will become a folk hero. And i hope he or she keeps their job.
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⭕ UN expert: Security Council’s Gaza resolution violates Palestinian self-determination
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that Resolution 2803 “runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination” and risks legitimizing “ongoing mass violence.” She said the Council failed...
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that Resolution 2803 “runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination” and risks legitimizing “ongoing mass violence.” She said the Council failed...
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
⭕ UN expert: Security Council’s Gaza resolution violates Palestinian self-determination
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that Resolution 2803 “runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination” and risks legitimizing “ongoing mass violence.” She said the Council failed...
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that Resolution 2803 “runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination” and risks legitimizing “ongoing mass violence.” She said the Council failed...
"I am a prisoner because you won and we lost. Not because you are morally superior". Hermann Göring in _Nuremberg_.
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
The Fog of War - McNamara on Lemay
YouTube video by Mordecai
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"I am a prisoner because you won and we lost. Not because you are morally superior". Hermann Göring in _Nuremberg_.
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
Likely:
Epstein/Israel's kompromat on Trump is behind his massive support for Israel.
Trump's recent wavering on that ("I won't let Israel take over the West Bank") is behind gradual release of the Epstein kompromat.
And, in family, there's Kushner, Bibi's eyes and hand.
Epstein/Israel's kompromat on Trump is behind his massive support for Israel.
Trump's recent wavering on that ("I won't let Israel take over the West Bank") is behind gradual release of the Epstein kompromat.
And, in family, there's Kushner, Bibi's eyes and hand.
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Likely:
Epstein/Israel's kompromat on Trump is behind his massive support for Israel.
Trump's recent wavering on that ("I won't let Israel take over the West Bank") is behind gradual release of the Epstein kompromat.
And, in family, there's Kushner, Bibi's eyes and hand.
Epstein/Israel's kompromat on Trump is behind his massive support for Israel.
Trump's recent wavering on that ("I won't let Israel take over the West Bank") is behind gradual release of the Epstein kompromat.
And, in family, there's Kushner, Bibi's eyes and hand.
Richard Falk, former Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine, detained at Canadian border on his way to Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility & complicity in Genocide. Shame, Canada! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Richard Falk, former Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine, detained at Canadian border on his way to Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility & complicity in Genocide. Shame, Canada! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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tl;dr: Colby is not an Israel-firster, and sees that the Ukraine proxy war is just that and counter to US interests, so the Zio-Cons are going after him.
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has succeeded in the rarest of feats: uniting a dysfunctional Washington against him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans turn on Trump’s defense policy chief
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
tl;dr: Colby is not an Israel-firster, and sees that the Ukraine proxy war is just that and counter to US interests, so the Zio-Cons are going after him.
"Mastodon is many thousands of servers, and you can join the biggest, mastodon.social, or shop around for another. But here’s the magic thing: If you end up disliking the server you’re on, or find a better one, you can migrate and take your followers with you! You can’t ever get locked in."
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Mastodon is many thousands of servers, and you can join the biggest, mastodon.social, or shop around for another. But here’s the magic thing: If you end up disliking the server you’re on, or find a better one, you can migrate and take your followers with you! You can’t ever get locked in."
The self-enshitification of Blue Sky. There's some intrinsic systemic issue here that leads to social media platforms turning a wannabe commons into the Tenderloin.
Bluesky is not what we thought it was if they are disappearing Sarah Kendzior.
Are they bending the knee to Trump? Even Twitter allows Ms Kendzior. It may be time to get off this site soon.
#SarahKendzior
Are they bending the knee to Trump? Even Twitter allows Ms Kendzior. It may be time to get off this site soon.
#SarahKendzior
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The self-enshitification of Blue Sky. There's some intrinsic systemic issue here that leads to social media platforms turning a wannabe commons into the Tenderloin.
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If Sarah Kendzior is indeed blocked on @bsky.app, this is a completely unjustified and highly questionable move. Sarah Kendzior is among the best voices of knowledge-based critical journalism in the US. See to it that this is corrected immediately and with an apology, @pfrazee.com!
Bluesky
Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.
bsky.app
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If Sarah Kendzior is indeed blocked on @bsky.app, this is a completely unjustified and highly questionable move. Sarah Kendzior is among the best voices of knowledge-based critical journalism in the US. See to it that this is corrected immediately and with an apology, @pfrazee.com!
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Holy shit. Bring back Sarah Kendzior immediately, she's one of the most urgently needed voices of our time.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Holy shit. Bring back Sarah Kendzior immediately, she's one of the most urgently needed voices of our time.
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There’s outrage in Israel over the leaked video of Israeli soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner. However, the outrage isn’t about the rape itself but the fact that the video was leaked in the first place.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There’s outrage in Israel over the leaked video of Israeli soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner. However, the outrage isn’t about the rape itself but the fact that the video was leaked in the first place.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff
Detailed documentation, from multiple sources and participants, on how US & UK, via Boris Johnson, blocked Ukraine Peace Deal In April of 2022: that's at least 1.7 Million Ukrainian corpses ago. Johnson & Zelenskyy are both war criminals. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Former Zelenskyy Advisor Confirms Boris Johnson Blocked Ukraine Peace Deal In April of 2022.
Oleksii Arestovych, A Former Advisor To Ukraine Confirmed That UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Joe Biden Prevented Peace In Ukraine.
substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Detailed documentation, from multiple sources and participants, on how US & UK, via Boris Johnson, blocked Ukraine Peace Deal In April of 2022: that's at least 1.7 Million Ukrainian corpses ago. Johnson & Zelenskyy are both war criminals. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era - Synthese
This paper formalizes biological intelligence as search efficiency in multi-scale problem spaces, aiming to resolve epistemic deadlocks in the basal “cognition wars” unfolding in the Diverse Intellige...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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one of my favorite #othernetworks of all time
Visited a recreation of Cybersyn — the Chilean socialist internet that predates the web. It had programs to communicate with a decentralized network of telex machines at factories (Cybernet), economic simulators (CHECO & Cyberstride), and this control room
Goal was to control the economy with clicks
Goal was to control the economy with clicks
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
one of my favorite #othernetworks of all time