Sara Cimetta
@cimetts.bsky.social
Canadian citizen currently living in Germany. MA international affairs from NPSIA. Former journalist and legislative aide who cares deeply about democracy, freedom of the press, and the fate of the world.
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More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights. n.pr/4q5OmU4
Snow and ice ground flights and choke highways in parts of Europe
More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights.
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 AM
More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights. n.pr/4q5OmU4
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in America people brand you a bleeding heart pie-in-the-sky liberal when you support this but in reality this is the most pragmatic policy and in that sense it is conservative policy
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
in America people brand you a bleeding heart pie-in-the-sky liberal when you support this but in reality this is the most pragmatic policy and in that sense it is conservative policy
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German Chancellor Merz ruled out deploying German troops to Ukraine, even after a ceasefire. Speaking in Paris, he said Berlin’s support would remain political, financial, and military, but the scope would be decided post-ceasefire. Merz hinted at future debate but kept boots off the table.
January 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
German Chancellor Merz ruled out deploying German troops to Ukraine, even after a ceasefire. Speaking in Paris, he said Berlin’s support would remain political, financial, and military, but the scope would be decided post-ceasefire. Merz hinted at future debate but kept boots off the table.
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Eurostar restarts in Channel tunnel with full service but risk of disruptions
Eurostar restarts in Channel tunnel with full service but risk of disruptions
Power problem and stuck vehicle shuttle halted seasonal rail travel between UK and the continent on Tuesday
Eurostar said it plans to run a full service on Wednesday but warned of possible knock-on disruptions after a power supply issue halted Channel tunnel train trips connecting London to the European mainland.
Travellers making journeys in the busy run-up to the new year were left scrambling to find alternatives after the operator postponed all services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Eurostar restarts in Channel tunnel with full service but risk of disruptions
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AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warns against granting legal rights to cutting-edge technology
A pioneer of AI has criticised calls to grant the technology rights, warning that it was showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be prepared to pull the plug if needed.
Yoshua Bengio said giving legal status to cutting-edge AIs would be akin to giving citizenship to hostile extraterrestrials, amid fears that advances in the technology were far outpacing the ability to constrain them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
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Apologies for yet another thread with a hate read of a Douthat joint, but we need to talk about the role the credulous "center-right" is playing in normalizing fascistic illiberalism in the US. Kolvet is a rabid Islamophobe and anti-trans hatemonger, but you'd never know that from this interview.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Apologies for yet another thread with a hate read of a Douthat joint, but we need to talk about the role the credulous "center-right" is playing in normalizing fascistic illiberalism in the US. Kolvet is a rabid Islamophobe and anti-trans hatemonger, but you'd never know that from this interview.
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Drip by Drip, Poilievre Is Handing Liberals a Majority. Just one seat to go. And it’s likely to happen as the Conservative leader causes the bleeding, Michael Harris writes thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Drip by Drip, Poilievre Is Handing Liberals a Majority | The Tyee
Just one seat to go. And it’s likely to happen as the Conservative leader causes the bleeding.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Drip by Drip, Poilievre Is Handing Liberals a Majority. Just one seat to go. And it’s likely to happen as the Conservative leader causes the bleeding, Michael Harris writes thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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“It’s distressing…we’re constantly hearing that this winter we might have less than usual rainfall and we’re already in drought.
“Next spring and summer, if we don’t get the rainfall we need,…we will face severe water restrictions and that will make everybody’s life very difficult.” /1
“Next spring and summer, if we don’t get the rainfall we need,…we will face severe water restrictions and that will make everybody’s life very difficult.” /1
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“It’s distressing…we’re constantly hearing that this winter we might have less than usual rainfall and we’re already in drought.
“Next spring and summer, if we don’t get the rainfall we need,…we will face severe water restrictions and that will make everybody’s life very difficult.” /1
“Next spring and summer, if we don’t get the rainfall we need,…we will face severe water restrictions and that will make everybody’s life very difficult.” /1
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“The precedent is Flint.” Amazon has come to Oregon’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Read the story ⤵
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“The precedent is Flint.” Amazon has come to Oregon’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Read the story ⤵
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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always enjoy seeing people speak out against ai
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
always enjoy seeing people speak out against ai
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The Uninhabitable United States
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Uninhabitable United States
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For decades, the European Union ran on an unspoken understanding: Germany handled the money, France handled the military.
Now the tables are turning.
Now the tables are turning.
Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
As Berlin again becomes Europe’s leading military power, Paris and Warsaw face a massive political shift.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
For decades, the European Union ran on an unspoken understanding: Germany handled the money, France handled the military.
Now the tables are turning.
Now the tables are turning.
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Ottawa hasn’t seen this kind of soap opera drama in decades, @althiaraj.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Althia Raj: Ottawa hasn’t seen this kind of soap opera drama in decades
The mood on the Conservative bench is grim. Stories of strong-armed tactics by Pierre Poilievre’s team continue to be shared by other MPs, writes Althia Raj.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ottawa hasn’t seen this kind of soap opera drama in decades, @althiaraj.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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This Making America Great Again is really not that great.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This Making America Great Again is really not that great.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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I will, in fact, take it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I will, in fact, take it.
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Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
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Federal government to cut another 28,000 public service jobs by 2029
Federal government to cut another 28,000 public service jobs by 2029
The Canada Strong Budget 2025 outlines the plan to reduce the size of the federal public service by 40,000 jobs through job cuts, attrition, and early retirements from its peak of 367,772 employees in March 2024, to 330,000 by 2028-29.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Federal government to cut another 28,000 public service jobs by 2029
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The key thing re. Moderna and other companies in the same situation - when the next pandemic hits, which it will, they won't be there to save us.
The same will be true for scientists and other responders who immediately stood up in the face of a devastating pandemic - they too will be gone.
The same will be true for scientists and other responders who immediately stood up in the face of a devastating pandemic - they too will be gone.
1. Looking for weekend reads? Can't do better than these by my uber-talented @statnews.com colleagues @jasonmast.bsky.social & @lizzylawrence.bsky.social.
First, Jason's indepth look at #Moderna's transition from pandemic savior to company with significant problems. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...
First, Jason's indepth look at #Moderna's transition from pandemic savior to company with significant problems. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...
How Moderna, the company that helped save the world, unraveled
Exclusive: The inside story of why Moderna now faces a crisis unlike any in its 15-year-history.
www.statnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The key thing re. Moderna and other companies in the same situation - when the next pandemic hits, which it will, they won't be there to save us.
The same will be true for scientists and other responders who immediately stood up in the face of a devastating pandemic - they too will be gone.
The same will be true for scientists and other responders who immediately stood up in the face of a devastating pandemic - they too will be gone.
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
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The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Generative AI is a societal disaster
Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society
disconnect.blog
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.