Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
@holtscat.bsky.social
Tom Kitten's mom, policy analyst and researcher at National Farmers Union, organic farmer, birdwatcher, fiddle player...
Residents of Ituna, Sask., for...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Congratulations to the folks in Ituna Saskatchewan for coming together to save their theatre! Good news on so many levels.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Congratulations to the folks in Ituna Saskatchewan for coming together to save their theatre! Good news on so many levels.
Residents of Ituna, Sask., form co-op to save historic theatre | CBC Southern Saskatchewan
A historic movie theatre in the town of Ituna has been saved after residents banded together to purchase the building through a community investment co-operative.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Residents of Ituna, Sask., for...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Congratulations to the folks in Ituna Saskatchewan for coming together to save their theatre! Good news on so many levels.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Congratulations to the folks in Ituna Saskatchewan for coming together to save their theatre! Good news on so many levels.
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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
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"RFK Jr. likes to pretend that we need to run tests on already-tested, already-proven-safe vaccines to see if they're safe; the idea that we need to see what's in the files to know if Trump is a predator and a criminal and a misogynist has some of the same agenda of delay and decoy."
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"RFK Jr. likes to pretend that we need to run tests on already-tested, already-proven-safe vaccines to see if they're safe; the idea that we need to see what's in the files to know if Trump is a predator and a criminal and a misogynist has some of the same agenda of delay and decoy."
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Done and shared!
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Done and shared!
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Did you see the federal govt announce its support for a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the coast of BC? The feds also agreed in an MOU with Alberta to weaken & suspend many climate laws & regulations. I used Ecojustice’s action tool to push back. You can do the same share.nwmd.social/s/KWaD7agH
Tell your MP to reject a new pipeline and uphold Canada’s tanker ban and climate wins.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Did you see the federal govt announce its support for a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the coast of BC? The feds also agreed in an MOU with Alberta to weaken & suspend many climate laws & regulations. I used Ecojustice’s action tool to push back. You can do the same share.nwmd.social/s/KWaD7agH
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The latest edition of Nyéléni newsletter shares highlights from the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum held in Sri Lanka, a major gathering for food sovereignty movements, with testimonies from the movements nyeleni.org/en/category/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The latest edition of Nyéléni newsletter shares highlights from the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum held in Sri Lanka, a major gathering for food sovereignty movements, with testimonies from the movements nyeleni.org/en/category/...
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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This is appalling.
childcarenow.ca/2025/12/09/r...
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Renewed Saskatchewan child care agreement paves way for accelerated expansion of for-profit child care - Child Care Now
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Education has confirmed in comments to the media that the recently announced Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) funding agreement with the federal government...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is appalling.
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“These [tech companies] aren't charities ... [so maybe they] want intimate knowledge of government operations ... so they can come back and pitch their own products and services to the government,” warns @simonenoch.bsky.social of @policyalternatives.ca www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“These [tech companies] aren't charities ... [so maybe they] want intimate knowledge of government operations ... so they can come back and pitch their own products and services to the government,” warns @simonenoch.bsky.social of @policyalternatives.ca www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
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For folks interested, here is a good summary of why tech companies are particularly interested in government data: theconversation.com/doge-threat-...
DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power
As DOGE taps into sensitive federal agency data repositories, many people fear what could happen to the data. One little-discussed but hugely consequential possibility: fueling Elon Musk’s xAI company...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
For folks interested, here is a good summary of why tech companies are particularly interested in government data: theconversation.com/doge-threat-...
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"The future of education has already arrived, as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter." An excellent, thought-provoking piece on the impact of AI on university education
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"The future of education has already arrived, as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter." An excellent, thought-provoking piece on the impact of AI on university education
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
When G.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 9, 2025
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So now we know: it was most likely written by Monsanto employees, and Monsanto paid the "authors" to use their names
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Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘serious ethical concerns’
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So now we know: it was most likely written by Monsanto employees, and Monsanto paid the "authors" to use their names
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Death toll from flooding in So...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a... Stop deforestation! Forests are essential.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a... Stop deforestation! Forests are essential.
Death toll from flooding in Southeast Asia surpasses 1,500, calls to fight deforestation increase | CBC News
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 on Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors and hundreds of people remained unaccounted f...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Death toll from flooding in So...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a... Stop deforestation! Forests are essential.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a... Stop deforestation! Forests are essential.
jacobin.com/2025/11/trum... by historian Greg Grandin - the shameful and decades-long corrupt back story to the Trump's killing spree bombing small boats off South and Central America
Trump’s Killings at Sea Escalate the US’s Forever Drug War
Donald Trump’s lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific are a brutal escalation of the United States’ long-running “war on drugs,” a bipartisan war that has seen the US involved in tor...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
jacobin.com/2025/11/trum... by historian Greg Grandin - the shameful and decades-long corrupt back story to the Trump's killing spree bombing small boats off South and Central America
Screenshot of Canada-AB MOU implementation section. Short timelines, considering the massive implications and costs of these projects. Feels glib.
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Screenshot of Canada-AB MOU implementation section. Short timelines, considering the massive implications and costs of these projects. Feels glib.
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Read the final statement from @viacampesinabe.bsky.social on #COP30.
"The world is on fire, and only the people can put out the flames."
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"The world is on fire, and only the people can put out the flames."
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COP 30 and Belem Peoples’ Summit | La Via Campesina’s Statement: “Only the People Can Save the People!”
Despite systemic inequalities, La Via Campesina made our voices heard at COP30. We spoke out against climate finance -- a tool for imperialist domination that, despite the rhetoric, has nothing to do ...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Read the final statement from @viacampesinabe.bsky.social on #COP30.
"The world is on fire, and only the people can put out the flames."
viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
"The world is on fire, and only the people can put out the flames."
viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
Thank you @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social for all you have done for Canada and for taking a stand. Carney betrayed all of us today.
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Thank you @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social for all you have done for Canada and for taking a stand. Carney betrayed all of us today.
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Last week, members of the NFU passed a landmark resolution at their National Convention to join the global movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. 🇵🇸
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National Farmers Union calls for boycott and divestment campaigns to end Israel’s occupation of Palestine | National Farmers Union
On the 20th anniversary of the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, farmers across Canada are taking up the call. Moncton, NB – Members of the National Farmers…
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last week, members of the NFU passed a landmark resolution at their National Convention to join the global movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. 🇵🇸
www.nfu.ca/national-far...
www.nfu.ca/national-far...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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From November 12th to 16th, the Peoples’ Summit Toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil brought together 20,000 people from a wide diversity of cultures, identities, countries and territories to build international solidarity, resistance and cooperation for systemic change.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
From November 12th to 16th, the Peoples’ Summit Toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil brought together 20,000 people from a wide diversity of cultures, identities, countries and territories to build international solidarity, resistance and cooperation for systemic change.
viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
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Carney, Smith moving closer to...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
Carney, Smith moving closer to a deal that could include B.C. oil pipeline: source | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal on the future of Alberta's energy sector, according to a senior government official, and that memoran...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Carney, Smith moving closer to...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
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James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and a professorship in Government at The University of Texas ...
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