Derek Brett
@halifaxlaw.bsky.social
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Cross-Border Lawyer; Licensed in NS, FL & DC; former Constitutional & International Law Professor at University of Central Florida; former Obama-Biden Campaign Lead Regional Election Protection Counsel: www.halifaxlaw.com.
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Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
I called in artillery in Vietnam — I can tell you Trump and his henchmen are full of it
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu... #internationallaw #customaryinternationallaw #humanrights
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu... #internationallaw #customaryinternationallaw #humanrights
I called in artillery in Vietnam — I can tell you Trump and his henchmen are full of it
Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Jim Risch proclaimed in a Dec. 11 meeting of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the “attacks in the Caribbean are absolutely, totally and 100 percent legal under U.S. l...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I called in artillery in Vietnam — I can tell you Trump and his henchmen are full of it
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu... #internationallaw #customaryinternationallaw #humanrights
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu... #internationallaw #customaryinternationallaw #humanrights
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... #ncra #kakistocracy Each day, each week, this Administration proves that it can engage in more and more vile acts of sabotage to the public health and welfare. #goodtrouble #resist #climatechange #climateemergency
Trump Administration Is Dismantling A World-Class Climate, Weather Research Center
The news about the Colorado-based National Center for Atmospheric Research comes after threats over the continued imprisonment of Tina Peters.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... #ncra #kakistocracy Each day, each week, this Administration proves that it can engage in more and more vile acts of sabotage to the public health and welfare. #goodtrouble #resist #climatechange #climateemergency
Here it is: the UARB's decision on Halifax Water's requested rate increase. It reads densely. Although I have not yet fully consumed it, it seems to allow the first 15.8% rate increase in January, but reduce the second rate increase in April to 7% (as opposed to 17.1%). #halifaxwater #uarb (1/2)
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December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Here it is: the UARB's decision on Halifax Water's requested rate increase. It reads densely. Although I have not yet fully consumed it, it seems to allow the first 15.8% rate increase in January, but reduce the second rate increase in April to 7% (as opposed to 17.1%). #halifaxwater #uarb (1/2)
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100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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The auto industry will tell you the car battery is a perfect example of recycling in action. Here's the part they prefer you not see: the lead poisoning of entire villages around the world to produce lead used to make batteries in the US and other rich countries
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The auto industry will tell you the car battery is a perfect example of recycling in action. Here's the part they prefer you not see: the lead poisoning of entire villages around the world to produce lead used to make batteries in the US and other rich countries
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-... #krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social #cryptocrash #kleptocracy As usual, another insight piece from the pen of Mr. Krugman. His analysis readily reflects the underlying reality of cryptocurrency: (1/2)
The Trump Trade is Unraveling
Tells from the crypto crash
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-... #krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social #cryptocrash #kleptocracy As usual, another insight piece from the pen of Mr. Krugman. His analysis readily reflects the underlying reality of cryptocurrency: (1/2)
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The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
crooksandliars.com/2025/11/fox-... Trumpcare? I revert back to the explanation provided 16-years ago by then-Congressman Grayson (D-FL) regarding the GOP health care plan:
@crooksandliars.bsky.social #healthcare #gopplan #kakistocracy
@crooksandliars.bsky.social #healthcare #gopplan #kakistocracy
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
crooksandliars.com/2025/11/fox-... Trumpcare? I revert back to the explanation provided 16-years ago by then-Congressman Grayson (D-FL) regarding the GOP health care plan:
@crooksandliars.bsky.social #healthcare #gopplan #kakistocracy
@crooksandliars.bsky.social #healthcare #gopplan #kakistocracy
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"I think when we take the past and understand it, then it gives us a guide to the present," filmmaker Ken Burns tells John Avlon. "What is it that we share in common? Where are the places where we can come together? One of the places that we share is this history."
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"I think when we take the past and understand it, then it gives us a guide to the present," filmmaker Ken Burns tells John Avlon. "What is it that we share in common? Where are the places where we can come together? One of the places that we share is this history."
Tech billionaire flips with big bet on Trump — and the pay off is alarming www.rawstory.com/tech-billion... #paytoplay #plutocracy #kleptocracy #kakistocracy @rawstory #gildedage #robberbarrons
Tech billionaire flips with big bet on Trump — and the pay off is alarming
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, the traditional financial syst...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Tech billionaire flips with big bet on Trump — and the pay off is alarming www.rawstory.com/tech-billion... #paytoplay #plutocracy #kleptocracy #kakistocracy @rawstory #gildedage #robberbarrons
Rank corruption: www.notus.org/money/donald... #kleptocracy #kakistocracy #plutocracy #pardons #bribery
Super Rich? In Prison? Lobbyists Want to Help Score You a Trump Pardon.
NOTUS has identified a new crop of wealthy lawbreakers who are paying K Street professionals top dollar to woo the president.
www.notus.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rank corruption: www.notus.org/money/donald... #kleptocracy #kakistocracy #plutocracy #pardons #bribery
www.salon.com/2025/10/31/j... #johnroberts #supremecourt #scotus #cjroberts @salon.com #lisagraves Lisa Graves nails it -- Chief Justice Roberts' leadership has undermined the foundations of the Court and those of U.S. democracy.
John Roberts betrayed America for Donald Trump
Legal scholar Lisa Graves on why this Supreme Court chief justice is the worst in history
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October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
www.salon.com/2025/10/31/j... #johnroberts #supremecourt #scotus #cjroberts @salon.com #lisagraves Lisa Graves nails it -- Chief Justice Roberts' leadership has undermined the foundations of the Court and those of U.S. democracy.
Trump conspiracy theory blown to pieces by his own data-sharing deal
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Trump conspiracy theory blown to pieces by his own data-sharing deal
This year, when states began using an expanded Department of Homeland Security system to check their voter rolls for noncitizens, it was supposed to validate the Trump administration’s push to harness...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump conspiracy theory blown to pieces by his own data-sharing deal
www.rawstory.com/dhs-26742504...
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Interesting story about Miquelon... a beautiful spot threatened by a changing climate: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting story about Miquelon... a beautiful spot threatened by a changing climate: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Another reason to boycott Amazon merchandising and services (as if we needed even more): www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #boycottamazon #guardian #theguardian @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacentre owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another reason to boycott Amazon merchandising and services (as if we needed even more): www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #boycottamazon #guardian #theguardian @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com
If it walks like a fascist, talks like a fascist and jokes like a fascist, it's likely a…
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If it walks like a fascist, talks like a fascist and jokes like a fascist, it's likely a…
For the last few weeks, Republican Party leadership has been carrying out a campaign to, essentially, classify the word “fascist” as hate speech against right-wingers. But while some Republicans shy a...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If it walks like a fascist, talks like a fascist and jokes like a fascist, it's likely a…
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the #Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate", scientists find, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.
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Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the #Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate", scientists find, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.
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