Jim Wallace
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Jim Wallace
@jwallit.bsky.social
Retired software architect, contrarian, and socialist. Interested in many different things; including politics, economics, literature, history, and travel.
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By every measure, shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, renewables and energy efficiency and conservation is far more beneficial to most people than following the same fossil-fuelled road.

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Unstoppable renewable energy revolution powers on
By every measure, shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, renewables and energy efficiency and conservation is far more beneficial to most people
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December 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Transparency in government is critical to democracy! Carney and his cohorts are not up to the game!

6 years on, Canada’s intelligence watchdog says it still struggles to access government documents: theijf.org/article/nsir...
6 years on, Canada’s intelligence watchdog says it still struggles to access government documents
Public service journalism
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December 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@bsky.app Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r... via @democracynow
Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting
The legendary journalist Bill Moyers died in June at the age of 91. Moyers, whose long career included helping found the Peace Corps and serving as press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, was an...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/m...
Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?
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December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is Trump's idea of political discourse and democracy. Authoritarian is too week a term to describe his administration; it is trending towards tyranny!

Trump Ban on European Disinformation Opponents Decried as 'Authoritarian Attack on Free Speech' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-f...
Trump Ban on European Disinformation Opponents Decried as 'Authoritarian Attack on Free Speech' | Common Dreams
President Donald Trump's administration is under fire for imposing a travel ban on a former European Union commissioner and leaders of nongovernmental groups that fight against disinformation and ha...
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December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Are we surprised. Trump cares nothing about anyone except his golfing partners and his rich friends. Sadly, the Republican Party is pretty much in line with this!

Latest GDP Figures Show Rich Reaping Rewards as Working Class Continues to Suffer Under Trump www.commondreams.org/news/trump-e...
Latest GDP Figures Show Rich Reaping Rewards as Working Class Continues to Suffer Under Trump | Common Dreams
New data shows US economy grew by 4% in Q3 2025, but experts warn of a split economy with top earners thriving while lower income individuals struggle.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Kafkaesque West
From the Rule of Law to the Age of Unpersons
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December 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A Forgotten 80th Anniversary of a Shameful Injustice via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
A Forgotten 80th Anniversary of a Shameful Injustice | The Tyee
Canada exiled thousands of Japanese Canadian citizens even after the war ended.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.
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Regulators Want Spectacle To Trump Safety Protections
Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Paul Krugman always makes good points!

A New K in America open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
A New K in America
The gap between haves and have-nots fell under Biden, but is rising under Trump
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December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Information Commissioner says federal suggestion a 'step backward' for transparency: theijf.org/article/info...
Information Commissioner says federal suggestion a 'step backward' for transparency
Public service journalism
theijf.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is Trans Mountain's Profitability an Accounting Illusion? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee
How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM