Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
@jamiemackinnon.bsky.social
Let's reduce economic inequality & build a just, environmentally sustainable society.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Yes. Glass half full. But at this rate of progress, it will take *decades* for interprovincial trade in Canada to resemble that of intrastate trade in Australia, Europe, the United States, etc.
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yes. Glass half full. But at this rate of progress, it will take *decades* for interprovincial trade in Canada to resemble that of intrastate trade in Australia, Europe, the United States, etc.
Even when I agree with you, I'm still thinking of your rude takedown of Bob Rae in his final days at the UN.
Bob Rae served his constituencies and his country extremely well. Your "punk" insults were uncalled for.
Bob Rae served his constituencies and his country extremely well. Your "punk" insults were uncalled for.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Even when I agree with you, I'm still thinking of your rude takedown of Bob Rae in his final days at the UN.
Bob Rae served his constituencies and his country extremely well. Your "punk" insults were uncalled for.
Bob Rae served his constituencies and his country extremely well. Your "punk" insults were uncalled for.
The fact that almost half of Americans still retain some deep-felt support for Trump (despite the falsehoods & hatred), as well as Trump's ongoing evisceration of American research & education . . . suggests the the disease is endemic and the damage long-lasting.
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The fact that almost half of Americans still retain some deep-felt support for Trump (despite the falsehoods & hatred), as well as Trump's ongoing evisceration of American research & education . . . suggests the the disease is endemic and the damage long-lasting.
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"Public awareness and additional research will help ensure that automated systems, journalists, commentary writers, and the broader public do not inadvertently amplify the Pravda network’s pro-Russia content."
#propaganda
#Russia
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Public awareness and additional research will help ensure that automated systems, journalists, commentary writers, and the broader public do not inadvertently amplify the Pravda network’s pro-Russia content."
#propaganda
#Russia
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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"Public awareness and additional research will help ensure that automated systems, journalists, commentary writers, and the broader public do not inadvertently amplify the Pravda network’s pro-Russia content."
#propaganda
#Russia
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Public awareness and additional research will help ensure that automated systems, journalists, commentary writers, and the broader public do not inadvertently amplify the Pravda network’s pro-Russia content."
#propaganda
#Russia
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It will never get better until Sutcliffe is shamed into using public transit . . . for all his work travel.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It will never get better until Sutcliffe is shamed into using public transit . . . for all his work travel.
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Ford's 50% increase to the provincial debt, and his dismantling of the education system and his attacks on the environment are going to undermine the province for decades to come.
Ford's 50% increase to the provincial debt, and his dismantling of the education system and his attacks on the environment are going to undermine the province for decades to come.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Ford's 50% increase to the provincial debt, and his dismantling of the education system and his attacks on the environment are going to undermine the province for decades to come.
Ford's 50% increase to the provincial debt, and his dismantling of the education system and his attacks on the environment are going to undermine the province for decades to come.
The Doug #Ford shell game:
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about $500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about $500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Doug #Ford shell game:
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about $500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about $500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances