Brian
@brewinbruin.bsky.social
When did we decide that it was good policy to commodify food, water, and shelter? Organize. Resist. Choose better. 🇵🇸🇨🇦↙️↙️↙️
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1/2 The chart shows the 0.1% wealth share 1913-2013. Current estimates show now it's ~14% to 15%. It fell during the Depression & WW2, & leveled off until the '80's, when Reagan's deep cuts in taxes for the rich led directly to today's extreme imbalance.
#ProudBlue eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZu...
#ProudBlue eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZu...
December 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1/2 The chart shows the 0.1% wealth share 1913-2013. Current estimates show now it's ~14% to 15%. It fell during the Depression & WW2, & leveled off until the '80's, when Reagan's deep cuts in taxes for the rich led directly to today's extreme imbalance.
#ProudBlue eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZu...
#ProudBlue eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZu...
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“Help!” cried Toad. “My best friend is trying to kill me!”
“I’m only getting you ready for winter,” said Frog.
“I’m only getting you ready for winter,” said Frog.
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Help!” cried Toad. “My best friend is trying to kill me!”
“I’m only getting you ready for winter,” said Frog.
“I’m only getting you ready for winter,” said Frog.
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data) 🛠️🧪
• about 500,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,110,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,000,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 500,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,110,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,000,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data) 🛠️🧪
• about 500,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,110,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,000,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 500,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,110,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,000,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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CBS pulled the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, but Canada aired it anyway.
The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦
My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable.
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The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦
My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable.
1/5
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
CBS pulled the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, but Canada aired it anyway.
The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦
My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable.
1/5
The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦
My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable.
1/5
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Being Canadian means we are treacherous because we made an incompetent hater look "silly."
In case you missed it, please watch the CBS documentary.
Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Btw... waiting for another Christmas threat from Trump.
He's losing it.
In case you missed it, please watch the CBS documentary.
Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Btw... waiting for another Christmas threat from Trump.
He's losing it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Being Canadian means we are treacherous because we made an incompetent hater look "silly."
In case you missed it, please watch the CBS documentary.
Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Btw... waiting for another Christmas threat from Trump.
He's losing it.
In case you missed it, please watch the CBS documentary.
Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Btw... waiting for another Christmas threat from Trump.
He's losing it.
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The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Startling discoveries in climate science, ecology and archaeology have been made in “Africa’s great green lung” over the past decade.
In October our correspondent took a journey to the frontier to learn some of its secrets
In October our correspondent took a journey to the frontier to learn some of its secrets
A journey into the world’s most mysterious rainforest
The secrets of the Congo basin are only slowly coming to light
econ.st
December 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Startling discoveries in climate science, ecology and archaeology have been made in “Africa’s great green lung” over the past decade.
In October our correspondent took a journey to the frontier to learn some of its secrets
In October our correspondent took a journey to the frontier to learn some of its secrets
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I wrote about globalizing the intifada, how way more Palestinians died during the two Intifadas than Israelis, and how Canadian media is working overtime to give cops the tools to criminalize free speech.
My last piece for 2025.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/criminaliz...
My last piece for 2025.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/criminaliz...
Criminalizing free speech in support of Israel
Globalize the ... rebellion ... if you insist
noraloreto.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wrote about globalizing the intifada, how way more Palestinians died during the two Intifadas than Israelis, and how Canadian media is working overtime to give cops the tools to criminalize free speech.
My last piece for 2025.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/criminaliz...
My last piece for 2025.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/criminaliz...
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Message to President Trump from Greenland Tupaarnaq made by a greenlandic woman, which is a EU citizen.
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Message to President Trump from Greenland Tupaarnaq made by a greenlandic woman, which is a EU citizen.
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Is Trump trying to get his name on so much shit that when he’s gone and we’re wiping the stain of his memory off of everything, we forget something and there will be some stupid little trophy that I’ll still bear his name? #trump #kennedycenter
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Is Trump trying to get his name on so much shit that when he’s gone and we’re wiping the stain of his memory off of everything, we forget something and there will be some stupid little trophy that I’ll still bear his name? #trump #kennedycenter
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So my book about Howard Zinn’s outsized life comes out August 2026. That’s now official. If you want me to come to your bookstore/library/community center/house party to talk about Zinn’s life and and what teaches us about how to beat back the bastards, please email [email protected]
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So my book about Howard Zinn’s outsized life comes out August 2026. That’s now official. If you want me to come to your bookstore/library/community center/house party to talk about Zinn’s life and and what teaches us about how to beat back the bastards, please email [email protected]
Imagine #hamont
Iowa City made buses free in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions and encouraging people to take public transit.
Now ridership is up, traffic is down, and the program is extremely popular.
So popular that the City Council has voted to extend it for another year.
Now ridership is up, traffic is down, and the program is extremely popular.
So popular that the City Council has voted to extend it for another year.
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Imagine #hamont
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Cumulatively, the Doug Ford government’s approach to nature is both confusing and contradictory. It’s valuable until it’s in the way. Natural spaces for the sake of nature isn't their goal.
Here's me connecting some dots:
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-prov...
Here's me connecting some dots:
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-prov...
Is Doug Ford’s Ontario pro-parks? | The Narwhal
Ford’s Ontario government is creating new categories of provincial parks while dismantling protections elsewhere to ease development
thenarwhal.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Cumulatively, the Doug Ford government’s approach to nature is both confusing and contradictory. It’s valuable until it’s in the way. Natural spaces for the sake of nature isn't their goal.
Here's me connecting some dots:
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-prov...
Here's me connecting some dots:
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-prov...
So, was Res. 58, Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism, a joke, a purity test, or the intricate beginnings of wider-ranging loyalty oaths?
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So, was Res. 58, Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism, a joke, a purity test, or the intricate beginnings of wider-ranging loyalty oaths?
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Happy Harpo Marx day to all who celebrate!
Born on November 23, 1888.
Born on November 23, 1888.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Happy Harpo Marx day to all who celebrate!
Born on November 23, 1888.
Born on November 23, 1888.
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
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Toad ran back to Frog. “This kite is a joke,” he said. “It will never get off the ground.”
“We have to make a third try,” said Frog.
“We have to make a third try,” said Frog.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Toad ran back to Frog. “This kite is a joke,” he said. “It will never get off the ground.”
“We have to make a third try,” said Frog.
“We have to make a third try,” said Frog.
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Why are we hearing about building more pipelines? Do they make sense for Canada's economy? And what about our emissions goals?
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
Pipelines in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Why are we hearing about building more pipelines? Do they make sense for Canada's economy? And what about our emissions goals? We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to t...
thenarwhal.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why are we hearing about building more pipelines? Do they make sense for Canada's economy? And what about our emissions goals?
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
Good morning @matthewremski.bsky.social ! Any chance you or the other @conspirituality.bsky.social hosts will cover the ostrich cull in BC? Seems to be yet another perfect convergence of the anti-vax/science and anti-government crowds.
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Good morning @matthewremski.bsky.social ! Any chance you or the other @conspirituality.bsky.social hosts will cover the ostrich cull in BC? Seems to be yet another perfect convergence of the anti-vax/science and anti-government crowds.