Lisa Roberts
@lisarobehfx.bsky.social
Promoter of non market housing, collaborator for a more just & joyful world. Former MLA for Halifax Needham (2016-2021), two time federal candidate, former journalist, current nonprofit executive director.
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28 / Thus, it would be a huge mistake for SCOTUS to endorse as “constitutional” the ham-handed, ill-informed, one-sided “liberation day” tariffs on the pretext that they are “natural” means of regulating trade. Katyal is right.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
28 / Thus, it would be a huge mistake for SCOTUS to endorse as “constitutional” the ham-handed, ill-informed, one-sided “liberation day” tariffs on the pretext that they are “natural” means of regulating trade. Katyal is right.
I’m not attempting to keep up on social media or otherwise, but volunteering selling coffee (in solidarity with Guatemala, where I once lived, through Breaking the Silence Network) and three different people said they were going to “the rally.” www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...
'Fed up' Mi’kmaw allies to stand shoulder to shoulder for treaty rights rally Saturday
Cape Breton Mi’kmaw and their allies claim to be “fed up” with provincial government's assault on treaty rights. Organize Halifax rally.
www.saltwire.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’m not attempting to keep up on social media or otherwise, but volunteering selling coffee (in solidarity with Guatemala, where I once lived, through Breaking the Silence Network) and three different people said they were going to “the rally.” www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...
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Microsoft and Google say data centers will create thousands of jobs in Chile. But our analysis of permit filings shows a much smaller number of potential positions — mostly in security and cleaning, not skilled IT jobs.
New: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
New: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Big figures floated by Chile, and tech giants promise economy-wide impact, as permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
restofworld.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Microsoft and Google say data centers will create thousands of jobs in Chile. But our analysis of permit filings shows a much smaller number of potential positions — mostly in security and cleaning, not skilled IT jobs.
New: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
New: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
This song and singer @desireedawsonmusic.bsky.social are a new favourite. Also I’m looking for a chopping block of good dimensions for turning split wood into kindling. DM with a #Halifax address if you could leave such a thing on the curb after the rain eases up. m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Desiree Dawson | Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival 2025 | Relix
YouTube video by Relix
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October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This song and singer @desireedawsonmusic.bsky.social are a new favourite. Also I’m looking for a chopping block of good dimensions for turning split wood into kindling. DM with a #Halifax address if you could leave such a thing on the curb after the rain eases up. m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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While Trump and Carney debate who's better at resurrecting Ronald Reagan, trade expert Beth Baltzan explains why free trade today looks more like Reganomics than the internationalization of FDR's New Deal.
Watch: youtu.be/_nOlyx8zNa0?...
Watch: youtu.be/_nOlyx8zNa0?...
While Trump touts his "big, beautiful bill," @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social senior fellow Beth Baltzan reminds us of a different vision — one where trade served working people, not corporate profits.
Full clip: perspectivesjournal.ca/new-deal-progressive-trade/
Full clip: perspectivesjournal.ca/new-deal-progressive-trade/
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While Trump and Carney debate who's better at resurrecting Ronald Reagan, trade expert Beth Baltzan explains why free trade today looks more like Reganomics than the internationalization of FDR's New Deal.
Watch: youtu.be/_nOlyx8zNa0?...
Watch: youtu.be/_nOlyx8zNa0?...
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"Haligonians are rightfully frustrated about traffic congestion. But the premier’s promise has pushed another 10,000 cars onto the roads, clogging up your commute. These 10,000 trips are trips that the drivers were previously not willing to pay a single dollar to make"
Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock
Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock
The promise to save drivers time is backfiring. The reason? Simple economics.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Haligonians are rightfully frustrated about traffic congestion. But the premier’s promise has pushed another 10,000 cars onto the roads, clogging up your commute. These 10,000 trips are trips that the drivers were previously not willing to pay a single dollar to make"
Indigenous grandmothers co-created this video resource linked in Growing Together, Alice House’s online course about supporting children impacted by IPV. “Strong Women’s Circle: A Systems Change Approach to Addressing Family Violencs within Communities.” A good 20min #TRC learning.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Indigenous grandmothers co-created this video resource linked in Growing Together, Alice House’s online course about supporting children impacted by IPV. “Strong Women’s Circle: A Systems Change Approach to Addressing Family Violencs within Communities.” A good 20min #TRC learning.
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lnkd.in/eMbHWGT9
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"Margaux Blanchard" may go down as a kind of minor Stephen Glass of the AI moment. Whoever, or whatever, they are, they seem to have used AI to fabricate multiple articles with fictitious sources published in Wired, Business Insider, and other publications
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Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Margaux Blanchard" may go down as a kind of minor Stephen Glass of the AI moment. Whoever, or whatever, they are, they seem to have used AI to fabricate multiple articles with fictitious sources published in Wired, Business Insider, and other publications
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Two things I feel good about this week - indulgence in amazing Nova Scotia peaches and choosing to not let AI train off my posts on LinkedIn. Little wins, folks.
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Two things I feel good about this week - indulgence in amazing Nova Scotia peaches and choosing to not let AI train off my posts on LinkedIn. Little wins, folks.
This is an issue for many farmers in Nova Scotia. And the provincial regulations/ abattoirs are adequate for doos safety - in fact, compared side-by-side with federal regulations, the provincial ones are sometimes more stringent. There should be a “de minimis” exemption for interprovincial trade
She's got beef - beef she wants to sell, and beef with the federal regulations that prevent her from shipping to other provinces. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This N.B. farmer's got beef that she can't ship to customers who want it | CBC News
When provinces began talking about eliminating interprovincial trade barriers earlier this year, the owner of Woodstock-based Bird's Hill Farms hoped that would create an opening for her to more easil...
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is an issue for many farmers in Nova Scotia. And the provincial regulations/ abattoirs are adequate for doos safety - in fact, compared side-by-side with federal regulations, the provincial ones are sometimes more stringent. There should be a “de minimis” exemption for interprovincial trade
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Hi #BikeHfx and #Halisky! We could use your help again, this time in downtown Dartmouth. #KidicalMassHfx rides on Sunday Sept 14, and we'd be at our best with a few more volunteers. Let us know if you can help?
We could really use a few more ride marshals for our #KidicalMassHfx ride this weekend in #BikeHfx. If you, or someone you know is willing & available Sunday morning at 9:30am, we'd love to have your/their support.
Ride marshals are integral to keeping our rides safe for kids and families.
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Ride marshals are integral to keeping our rides safe for kids and families.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hi #BikeHfx and #Halisky! We could use your help again, this time in downtown Dartmouth. #KidicalMassHfx rides on Sunday Sept 14, and we'd be at our best with a few more volunteers. Let us know if you can help?
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The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
September 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
I scroll on Meta sometimes. This @motherjones.com explainer of “Theo bros” partly answers my continual WTF re the US and also - as the last few seconds point to - US support for genocide www.instagram.com/reel/DNtgO8l...
Combine with a CBC front burner episode on Christian Zionism.
Combine with a CBC front burner episode on Christian Zionism.
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I scroll on Meta sometimes. This @motherjones.com explainer of “Theo bros” partly answers my continual WTF re the US and also - as the last few seconds point to - US support for genocide www.instagram.com/reel/DNtgO8l...
Combine with a CBC front burner episode on Christian Zionism.
Combine with a CBC front burner episode on Christian Zionism.
I wonder how big the ferry I’m on appeared to passengers on this cruise ship. #georgesisland #Halifax #behemoth
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I wonder how big the ferry I’m on appeared to passengers on this cruise ship. #georgesisland #Halifax #behemoth
This seems important and also I’d like smart people I follow to discuss amongst yourselves so I can learn more. Thanks in advance.
Well, thanks to a kind colleague I seem to have a tiny little platform on here.
If I could use it to send just one message, it would be this:
100 of companies are NOT responsible for 71% of emissions. This is a myth. Unfortunately, it has also become something of a meme. A fairly destructive one.
If I could use it to send just one message, it would be this:
100 of companies are NOT responsible for 71% of emissions. This is a myth. Unfortunately, it has also become something of a meme. A fairly destructive one.
August 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This seems important and also I’d like smart people I follow to discuss amongst yourselves so I can learn more. Thanks in advance.
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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This is superb. Infuriating, but brilliantly presented.
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is superb. Infuriating, but brilliantly presented.
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Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
www.thecity.nyc
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
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Good of @nichecanada.bsky.social to share this again. It's a story I discovered that I'd like to see more widely known
"Not just merchants profiting from the trade in enslaved humans or the goods they made, but Nova Scotia as a whole, by multiple indirect channels, benefited from slavery." - @stillots1.bsky.social
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#cdnhist #novascotia #enslavement
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#cdnhist #novascotia #enslavement
Blood-Soaked Commodities: Nova Scotia Taxes and Caribbean Slavery, 1789-1824
Absent the rich revenue from trade taxes on slave-made goods (and imported British manufactures), the colony of Nova Scotia would have been hard pressed to pay for the infrastructure essential to econ...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good of @nichecanada.bsky.social to share this again. It's a story I discovered that I'd like to see more widely known
A snap just post show @sbtshalifax.bsky.social this evening at Point Pleasant. The players and the setting make As You Like It dreamy fun. #Halifax
August 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A snap just post show @sbtshalifax.bsky.social this evening at Point Pleasant. The players and the setting make As You Like It dreamy fun. #Halifax
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The gear most volunteer fire departments have is not designed for wildfires, but for the calls they usually take. It can keep flames and smoke out during a house fire, but isn't breathable or nimble when trekking through the woods in summer heat. #Newfoundland #wildfires www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Like wearing a snowsuit in summer': Volunteer firefighters face hurdles without wildfire gear | CBC News
A pair of volunteer fire chiefs in Newfoundland say smaller departments are not well equipped to battle forest fires, as the province deals with more than double the average number of wildfires this y...
www.cbc.ca
August 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The gear most volunteer fire departments have is not designed for wildfires, but for the calls they usually take. It can keep flames and smoke out during a house fire, but isn't breathable or nimble when trekking through the woods in summer heat. #Newfoundland #wildfires www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The futility of Canada’s symbolic recognition of #Palestine amidst ongoing support for Israel’s genocide #gaza
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The futility of Canada’s symbolic recognition of Palestine amidst ongoing support for Israel’s genocide
Canada's pledge to recognize a Palestinian state is devoid of accountability for or meaningful action to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
rabble.ca
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The futility of Canada’s symbolic recognition of #Palestine amidst ongoing support for Israel’s genocide #gaza
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rabble.ca/human-rights...
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‘Calling this starvation a "humanitarian crisis" is like saying a domestic violence victim is having an injury crisis.’
- Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social
- Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
‘Calling this starvation a "humanitarian crisis" is like saying a domestic violence victim is having an injury crisis.’
- Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social
- Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social
If you’ve ever eaten a samosa, you must try samosa chaat. This is the version at Coffee Street in Dartmouth - delicious!
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you’ve ever eaten a samosa, you must try samosa chaat. This is the version at Coffee Street in Dartmouth - delicious!