The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦
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Watch Dogs Keep Score
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
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Our biggest shortcoming is our lack of imagination.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
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"For the very same reason we banned cigarette ads on all platforms, we should ban this because of the harm it does to society, and there's no benefit" 💯💯💯 #Cdnpoli
Hey, sports fans: You spend up to 20% of every game watching gambling advertising | CBC News
A collaboration between CBC's Marketplace and British researchers at the University of Bristol found gambling messages fill up to 21 per cent of each broadcast, on average, based on an analysis that l...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"For the very same reason we banned cigarette ads on all platforms, we should ban this because of the harm it does to society, and there's no benefit" 💯💯💯 #Cdnpoli
Allowing it is not the same as actively endorsing, promoting, pushing it everywhere, all the time.
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Allowing it is not the same as actively endorsing, promoting, pushing it everywhere, all the time.
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
Gambling is highly addictive. It destroys lives. Keep it legal, keep it above ground, but for the love of God stop normalizing—nay, glorifying—it.
#CdnPoli
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money? And you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you" —Det. Lester Freamon, The Wire
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money? And you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you" —Det. Lester Freamon, The Wire
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
See How Home Insurance Premiums Are Changing Near You
A climate ‘shock’ in the insurance market has started to affect home prices in areas most exposed to wildfires and hurricanes, new research shows.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
Not even a hint of what's coming.
The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating.
And we're still stepping on the gas.
#CdnPoli #Carney #FossilFuels #Collapse
And this is what still bothers me about American progressives blocking me for daring to say that we see the US as a cautionary tale:
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And this is what still bothers me about American progressives blocking me for daring to say that we see the US as a cautionary tale:
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
The whataboutism. With all due respect, very few countries have consistently committed such heinous crimes while claiming to be a beacon of righteousness #ElbowsUp
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reminder that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity"—which was used in the Nuremberg Trials—includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity.
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"Why does everything have to be political?"
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
The Johns Hopkins long covid questionnaire they send out to us “novid controls" every 3 months now includes “Politics” among potential stress-causing factors. If we want any more indication of how things are going in North America (and elsewhere).
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words dr.doctor.tumblr visible in the corner
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Why does everything have to be political?"
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
1—Because it dictates policy
2—Policy dictates outcomes
3—Outcomes dictate our collective future
And so far, the future looks pretty grim
#LongCOVID #MECFS #Climate #EcoCollapse #Corruption #Disinformation #Oligarchy #Racism #Misogyny #Transphobia #War
Righteously enraged Hank is the change we need to see in the world.
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Righteously enraged Hank is the change we need to see in the world.
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Preach, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PREEEAACH!
(I learned a lot about Wikipedia's other "co-founder" that I did not know. Context matters)
Meta's top AI researcher is leaving, saying LLMs are a dead end.
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
‘Imagine a Cube Floating in the Air’: The New AI Dream Allegedly Driving Yann LeCun Away from Meta
The legendary AI scientist is reportedly leaving Meta. Here's what we know about why.
gizmodo.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Meta's top AI researcher is leaving, saying LLMs are a dead end.
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Contrary to what Big A.I. apparently believes, you can't reach the moon by climbing successively taller trees.
You need an entirely new approach and anyone who's been paying attention will tell you: this ain't it. #CdnPoli
Okay, now tell me this:
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories, records show
The Trump administration has released the names of more than 600 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 of them have been identified by...
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Okay, now tell me this:
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
How many ICE agents in the Chicago area have criminal histories?
I'm no even joking. How many?
I'd bet real money that it's a shit load more than 16.
*Climate change has entered the chat*
The Best Years of Your Life Are Probably Still Ahead
Good news: Emotional balance improves with age.
time.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
*Climate change has entered the chat*
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
Historians know this.
As do sociologists—Critical Race Theory was/is a very reasonable attempt at tackling issues that have never been properly addressed. The backlash didn't happen because the woke went too far, but because the just never went far enough.
It happened because we let it.
#ElbowsUp
As do sociologists—Critical Race Theory was/is a very reasonable attempt at tackling issues that have never been properly addressed. The backlash didn't happen because the woke went too far, but because the just never went far enough.
It happened because we let it.
#ElbowsUp
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Historians know this.
As do sociologists—Critical Race Theory was/is a very reasonable attempt at tackling issues that have never been properly addressed. The backlash didn't happen because the woke went too far, but because the just never went far enough.
It happened because we let it.
#ElbowsUp
As do sociologists—Critical Race Theory was/is a very reasonable attempt at tackling issues that have never been properly addressed. The backlash didn't happen because the woke went too far, but because the just never went far enough.
It happened because we let it.
#ElbowsUp
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is why the left loses.
Too busy shooting itself in the face. This, from a climate journalist and activist. Fucking hell.
Good luck with everything, folks. I quit.
Too busy shooting itself in the face. This, from a climate journalist and activist. Fucking hell.
Good luck with everything, folks. I quit.
What was actually said is that progressives throughout the world DO see the US as a cautionary tale. It's why Poilievre didn't win the Canadian elections.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is why the left loses.
Too busy shooting itself in the face. This, from a climate journalist and activist. Fucking hell.
Good luck with everything, folks. I quit.
Too busy shooting itself in the face. This, from a climate journalist and activist. Fucking hell.
Good luck with everything, folks. I quit.
This got me blocked… Wow.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This got me blocked… Wow.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
It’s been the CPC’s modus operandi: discredit journalism, science, facts. Overrule reason with emotional responses to fabricated scandals.
In an age of unregulated social media where bad actors pay to promote false narratives, the recipe works.
What are we going to do about it? #CdnPoli
In an age of unregulated social media where bad actors pay to promote false narratives, the recipe works.
What are we going to do about it? #CdnPoli
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.
cultmtl.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It’s been the CPC’s modus operandi: discredit journalism, science, facts. Overrule reason with emotional responses to fabricated scandals.
In an age of unregulated social media where bad actors pay to promote false narratives, the recipe works.
What are we going to do about it? #CdnPoli
In an age of unregulated social media where bad actors pay to promote false narratives, the recipe works.
What are we going to do about it? #CdnPoli
If there were *actual, foolproof* guardrails against corporate, personal & governmental overreach, Meta Ray-Bans would be a useful piece of kit.
But these are designed to manipulate the user via hyper-personalized profiling and track everything in the commons. Not just creepy—dangerous.
But these are designed to manipulate the user via hyper-personalized profiling and track everything in the commons. Not just creepy—dangerous.
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If there were *actual, foolproof* guardrails against corporate, personal & governmental overreach, Meta Ray-Bans would be a useful piece of kit.
But these are designed to manipulate the user via hyper-personalized profiling and track everything in the commons. Not just creepy—dangerous.
But these are designed to manipulate the user via hyper-personalized profiling and track everything in the commons. Not just creepy—dangerous.
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Day 1153 — On Public Health's continued response to SARS CoV-2:
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Day 1153 — On Public Health's continued response to SARS CoV-2:
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🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
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A lot of short cuts are being made by people who should know better—myself included
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A lot of short cuts are being made by people who should know better—myself included
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
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The DC Sandwich Thrower''s trial started today.
His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured.
The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges.
A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.
His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured.
The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges.
A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The DC Sandwich Thrower''s trial started today.
His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured.
The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges.
A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.
His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured.
The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges.
A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.
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Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM