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Roy Jemison
@royjemison.bsky.social
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evidence-based liberal/reformed politico | self-appointed media critic | climate & energy | Slava Ukraini! | Vive le Canada! 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 3d
I’m going to miss NY Yankees fan reaction videos tbh
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 7d
If you read only one thing today, read this letter written from prison, where she has been languishing for several months, by the awesome Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghobeli.
She dared to speak the truth to the Moscow's puppets.
EU leaders don't have her courage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.
Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12d
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12d
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 12d
Given the coverage of my piece published yesterday in the leading French daily @lemonde.fr, I felt I should release a slightly expanded version for subscribers to my IR blog #TenzerStrategics.
Thank you to the newspaper for giving me permission to do so.
tenzerstrategics.substack.com/p/any-restra...
Any Restraint on Europe’s Part in Responding to Russia’s War Would Encourage Aggression
For Our Own Security, It Is Time to Stop De-Escalating
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 13d
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Молчат Дома - Судно (Molchat Doma - Sudno)
YouTube video by diomidis tsakiris
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 17d
My eye is still twitching.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 17d
*advice
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 18d
We’re just like Minnesota but with free healthcare, no guns and without the weird Fargo accent. What’s not to like?
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 18d
“Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.” - Saul Alinsky
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 18d
They needed to do something. Starmer has a Prime Ministership to save.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 18d
Did a phone scammer write this?
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 20d
This f*cking guy.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21d
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson called on President Donald Trump and his administration to 'wield the sword' against the enemies of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk during Kirk's memorial service in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday.
MAGA influencer calls on Trump to use 'the sword' against enemies of conservative 'martyr'
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson called on President Donald Trump and his administration to 'wield the sword' against the enemies of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk during Kirk's memorial service in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday. Johnson, who hosts an eponymous MAGA podcast, made the comments d...
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 21d
Manitoba is recruiting.

“Calling all U.S. health care professionals looking for new and exciting career opportunities in Manitoba, Canada!”

www.practiceinmanitoba.com
Practice in Manitoba, Canada | Join Our Free Webinars in Sep 2025
We're holding free information webinars this September for healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, paramedics & psychologists) interested in making the move to Manitoba, Canada.
www.practiceinmanitoba.com
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24d
This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 26d
Progressive conservative would be more accurate. Politics abhors a vacuum.

“At the partisan level, Carney has created a degree of unrest in his own caucus and portions of his base…

There has been such an obvious shift to the political right that Carney is routinely described as a “conservative.””
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 26d
Canadians Are Cooling to Carney via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Canadians Are Cooling to Carney | The Tyee
As polls slip, some in the PM’s own confused caucus wonder what’s going on.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 26d
Waning crescent Moon (28% illuminated) with earth shine on the unlit side, accompanied by Jupiter in the morning sky.
Waning crescent Moon (28% illuminated) with earth shine on the unlit side, accompanied by Jupiter in the morning sky. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29d
Cofounder of anti-Islamist EDL says rally is for free speech, as protesters attack police and antiracism campaigners.
Over 100,000 attend London rally led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson
Cofounder of anti-Islamist EDL says rally is for free speech, as protesters attack police and antiracism campaigners.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Just spitballing, but willing to bet this wouldn’t have been nearly as big an issue if Premier Kinew hadn’t set it up by publicly commenting on the Kirk killing in the first place. No doubt Nahanni appreciated the Wabsplaining.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Excerpt which reads: University of Manitoba political studies professor Christopher Adams said Fontaine has stirred up needless controversy at a sensitive time. The provincial government is continuing to work with American officials to promote trade as it copes with President Donald Trump's tariffs. "Wab Kinew is playing a careful game right now with the U.S.A. and things like this could disrupt what we have built for relations," Adams said. He said Fontaine caused the most damage by taking the spotlight off her government's announcement to give $20 million toward the construction of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg. "There was a big announcement... and everybody wanted to talk about Nahanni. Politically, it is difficult for the premier and his staff to talk about this if they are taken off message."
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Excerpt which reads: Kinew said he spoke to Fontaine earlier in the day and asked her to apologize after she shared another person's post on Instagram one day earlier that said: "Charlie Kirk was a racist, xenophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic, sexist, white nationalist mouthpiece who made millions of dollars inciting hatred in this country." The post went on to say, "I extend absolutely no empathy for people like that." The premier said he would help Fontaine understand the need to "bring people together and not to divide people at this time." Kinew wouldn't go into detail about their conversation, but hinted it touched on thinking twice before posting on social media. He said he's concerned about the threat faced by people in the public eye, such as himself, and he understands the need to de-escalate issues and foster constructive conversations over hot-button topics.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Excerpt which reads: Premier Wab Kinew says he won't remove a cabinet minister over a social-media post she shared that slammed American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination on a university campus Wednesday. Nahanni Fontaine, who recently had to apologize over her criticism that an ASL interpreter had shared a stage with her and blocked her view of the audience, will remain families minister, the premier said Friday. "It would be too easy to show her the door," Kinew said, adding he doesn't believe in cancel culture. "People need to be brought along and shown... we need to be showing empathy and compassion to people even when we don't agree with them."
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Kinew stands by cabinet minister dogged by controversy
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba premier stands by cabinet minister dogged by controversy
Premier Wab Kinew says he won’t remove a cabinet minister over a social-media post she shared that slammed American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination on a university campus....
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Excerpt which reads: Like many other states, Texas wants to attract data centers as an economic boon, but it faces the challenge of meeting the huge volumes of electricity the centers demand. Lawmakers there passed a bill in June that, among other things, orders up standards for power emergencies when utilities must disconnect big electric users. That, in theory, would save enough electricity to avoid a broad blackout on the handful of days during the year when it is hottest or coldest and power consumption pushes grids to their limits or beyond. Texas was first, but it won't be the last, analysts say, now that the late 2022 debut of OpenAl's ChatGPT ignited worldwide demand for chatbots and other generative Al products that typically require large amounts of computing power to train and operate.
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Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social · 29d
Excerpt which reads: HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies. Texas moved first, as state lawmakers try to protect residents in the data-center hotspot from another deadly blackout, like the winter storm in 2021 when dozens died. Now the concept is emerging in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid and elsewhere as massive data centers are coming online faster than power plants can be built and connected to grids. That has elicited pushback from data centers and Big Tech, for whom a steady power supply is vital.
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