SPetrie🌷💜✌🏻🇨🇦
@sjp04.bsky.social
Looking for thoughtful discourse and hoping for the human race to evolve. Ready to wake up, show up and fight the good fight. 🇨🇦✨🪢
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Not saying I fully believe this, but if the PC government were actively trying to make Halifax traffic worse to achieve some kind of larger structural policy objective... it would make a hell of a lot more sense than whatever explanation we have right now on how these moves fit together logically.
According to the NSGEU, the Houston government is ending all remote work for provincial employees effective April 20:
February 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Not saying I fully believe this, but if the PC government were actively trying to make Halifax traffic worse to achieve some kind of larger structural policy objective... it would make a hell of a lot more sense than whatever explanation we have right now on how these moves fit together logically.
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So many car crashes and road conditions related cancellations. We just can't afford to keep spending billions of dollars on car lanes that we can't use in the winter.
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
So many car crashes and road conditions related cancellations. We just can't afford to keep spending billions of dollars on car lanes that we can't use in the winter.
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If wealthy people took the bus, we'd already have a city filled with bus lanes. They'd say they deserve to get places faster.
Andy Fillmore wants bus-only lanes turned into high-occupancy vehicle lanes
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Andy Fillmore wants bus-only lanes turned into high-occupancy vehicle lanes - Halifax Examiner
What's on Halifax regional council's agenda for Tuesday, Feb. 10.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
If wealthy people took the bus, we'd already have a city filled with bus lanes. They'd say they deserve to get places faster.
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Can someone explain?
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Can someone explain?
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We should probably refer to people in Canada who sympathize with ICE and the U.S. Admin as fascist traitors. Like, when I say "we," I mean everyone. Politicians, media, educators, etc. We need to stop pretending it's just a quaint opinion to support concentration camps & state-sponsored murders.
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
We should probably refer to people in Canada who sympathize with ICE and the U.S. Admin as fascist traitors. Like, when I say "we," I mean everyone. Politicians, media, educators, etc. We need to stop pretending it's just a quaint opinion to support concentration camps & state-sponsored murders.
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
Merry Christmas, peace to all humans 🎄🙌🏻
December 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Merry Christmas, peace to all humans 🎄🙌🏻
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I would respectfully like to suggest we extend this to all unceded territory.
Sipekne’katik First Nation bans Houston, cabinet ministers | CBC News
Sipekne’katik First Nation is once again chastising the Houston government and says that the premier and two of his cabinet ministers are not welcome on reserve lands. The premier's office says it tak...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I would respectfully like to suggest we extend this to all unceded territory.
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Two years in a row this brazen government has lied for their own political agenda on the backs of veterans. -ND
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two years in a row this brazen government has lied for their own political agenda on the backs of veterans. -ND
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Tim Houston is taking over as minister of everything, er, energy.
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
New Cabinet Will Drive Development
news.novascotia.ca
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tim Houston is taking over as minister of everything, er, energy.
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
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This is the first publicly released polling on Alberta education issues from a professional pollster in a while, and the results are super interesting.
ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd
ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd
New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News
A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg raised her fist as she and about 160 other Global Sumud Flotilla participants arrived in Greece to roaring cheers. Crowds welcomed them after their release from illegal Israeli detention.
Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.
Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg raised her fist as she and about 160 other Global Sumud Flotilla participants arrived in Greece to roaring cheers. Crowds welcomed them after their release from illegal Israeli detention.
Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.
Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.
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Wrote this thread about Greta Thunberg, not so long ago. How she went from liberal meaningless climate activism, to actually understanding that climate change isn't the problem, it's a symptom of the problem. The problem is capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism.
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She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wrote this thread about Greta Thunberg, not so long ago. How she went from liberal meaningless climate activism, to actually understanding that climate change isn't the problem, it's a symptom of the problem. The problem is capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism.
bsky.app/profile/beej...
bsky.app/profile/beej...
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Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier - Halifax Examiner
The Chiefs concluded with a warning that while they continue to push to meet with Houston, they will “also be looking into all possible legal remedies and mechanisms that can be taken to ensure they c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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So in order to "create Grokipedia" I assume Musk will have his AI trashbot scrape Wikipedia itself, apply a "make this racist and sexist and all-around hateful" filter, and then serve it back to users. Should be really useful!
We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So in order to "create Grokipedia" I assume Musk will have his AI trashbot scrape Wikipedia itself, apply a "make this racist and sexist and all-around hateful" filter, and then serve it back to users. Should be really useful!
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CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
September 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Science is hard. You gotta prove it, test it, and reproduce the results.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
August 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Science is hard. You gotta prove it, test it, and reproduce the results.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
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Both Halifax Fire and the company that runs ambulances approved a one-way Morris Street, but then the ambulance company, which is paid by the province, changed its mind
by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Note also that Philip parses the data on Southwest Properties' claims and finds them wanting.
by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Note also that Philip parses the data on Southwest Properties' claims and finds them wanting.
Both Halifax Fire and the company that runs ambulances approved a one-way Morris Street, but then the ambulance company, which is paid by the province, changed its mind - Halifax Examiner
What has changed, causing EMC to go from a position of no concern, to Crossman's recent letter?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Both Halifax Fire and the company that runs ambulances approved a one-way Morris Street, but then the ambulance company, which is paid by the province, changed its mind
by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Note also that Philip parses the data on Southwest Properties' claims and finds them wanting.
by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Note also that Philip parses the data on Southwest Properties' claims and finds them wanting.
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On a more serious note, I think it would behoove Halifax to make a PSA or series of PSAs about how our city government actually works. Cause it seems like only a like dozen people really know, and half of us are in the media.
“I think it's always unfortunate when people spread misinformation, particularly someone who's supposed to be a trusted public figure. It confuses the public. And I think it drives polarization and really does a disservice to the governance of our city."
- Councillor Patty Cuttell on the Mayor
- Councillor Patty Cuttell on the Mayor
Halifax councillors decry 'misinformation' from mayor, saying it undermines public trust | CBC News
Some Halifax councillors say Mayor Andy Fillmore's recent comments about the roles of mayor and CAO are disconcerting and amount to "misinformation."
www.cbc.ca
July 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On a more serious note, I think it would behoove Halifax to make a PSA or series of PSAs about how our city government actually works. Cause it seems like only a like dozen people really know, and half of us are in the media.
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I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.
July 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.
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Tim Houston and Andy Fillmore plan to undermine the bedrock principle of Halifax city government
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Tim Houston and Andy Fillmore plan to undermine the bedrock principle of Halifax city government - Halifax Examiner
The city was created in order to free Halifax governance of the corrupt rule of the provincial government, and then the structure of the city government was designed to limit the possibility of corrup...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
July 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tim Houston and Andy Fillmore plan to undermine the bedrock principle of Halifax city government
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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Dear Timmy
The residents of HRM sent a clear message, that they didn’t like you during the provincial election.
Stop worrying about city lanes
and worry about staying in your own lane
The residents of HRM sent a clear message, that they didn’t like you during the provincial election.
Stop worrying about city lanes
and worry about staying in your own lane
July 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Dear Timmy
The residents of HRM sent a clear message, that they didn’t like you during the provincial election.
Stop worrying about city lanes
and worry about staying in your own lane
The residents of HRM sent a clear message, that they didn’t like you during the provincial election.
Stop worrying about city lanes
and worry about staying in your own lane
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Technoaccelerationists are playing a game of high stakes poker with the biosphere, where at ever turn their only strategy, regardless of the cards being laid down, is to double down on technological solutions.
July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Technoaccelerationists are playing a game of high stakes poker with the biosphere, where at ever turn their only strategy, regardless of the cards being laid down, is to double down on technological solutions.
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I'll never understand the desire to magic something into existence instead of playing to our strengths. Like, NS has how many universities? And high (or low) speed rail to connect and foster growth in the people and education powered service industries isn't an option because...?
"I dunno, maybe uranium," is a very old-school Nova Scotia economic-development strategy. Sort of John Buchanan, without the charm.
June 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'll never understand the desire to magic something into existence instead of playing to our strengths. Like, NS has how many universities? And high (or low) speed rail to connect and foster growth in the people and education powered service industries isn't an option because...?