LMarquardson
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I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
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"Hey Canadian! You want some snow-covered mountains and an extra shitty beer?"
Yeah, thanks, no. You guys really *don't* understand us at all, do you?
Yeah, thanks, no. You guys really *don't* understand us at all, do you?
This CBC article reads like a tourism brochure for the US travel industry. Not one mention of the boycott.
The article says that if you travel to Montana you can buy one beer and get one free.
Frick...I value our sovereignty to a higher value than a free bottle of Coors.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The article says that if you travel to Montana you can buy one beer and get one free.
Frick...I value our sovereignty to a higher value than a free bottle of Coors.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadians travellers are resisting the U.S. Can ski vacations entice them back? | CBC News
American ski towns bracing for a steep decline in Canadian tourism are still hoping they can coax their northern neighbours back this holiday season. Ultimately, the decision to travel south might hin...
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Hey Canadian! You want some snow-covered mountains and an extra shitty beer?"
Yeah, thanks, no. You guys really *don't* understand us at all, do you?
Yeah, thanks, no. You guys really *don't* understand us at all, do you?
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Animal Lovers - Your help is needed‼️
We are trying to stop #NewYork Animal Care Centers (ACC) from killing healthy animals
Please sign the petition
We remain hopeful 🙏🐾💛
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #Dogs #Bluesky #NY #Cats
We are trying to stop #NewYork Animal Care Centers (ACC) from killing healthy animals
Please sign the petition
We remain hopeful 🙏🐾💛
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #Dogs #Bluesky #NY #Cats
Sign the Petition
No More Killing Healthy Animals at NYC ACC Shelters
c.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
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Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
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utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
utterly incapable of grace
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This installation is located at a church in Charlotte.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This installation is located at a church in Charlotte.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
It's just one shitty move after another with this UCP govt. Santa is gonna need a semi to haul all the coal for naughty Danielle's stocking. #abpoli #recallthemall #forevercanadian
Alberta's new law declares unconstitutional anti-Canada referendum question is legal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli #cdnpoli
ANALYSIS | Alberta separatists reapply for referendum question, boosted by new UCP bill | CBC News
The Danielle Smith government made it easier last spring for an independence petition to succeed. Then they removed more hurdles this month.
www.cbc.ca
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It's just one shitty move after another with this UCP govt. Santa is gonna need a semi to haul all the coal for naughty Danielle's stocking. #abpoli #recallthemall #forevercanadian
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Riverside #California
LAILAI 🆔A1450930
7y female 91lb Labrador mix & an owner surrender in a shelter that has no space left
A gentle giant who gives her paw & leans her whole body into you to feel some comfort
She’s shutting down & heartbroken💔
[email protected]
☎️951-358-7387
#Dogs #SoCal
🧵⬇️
LAILAI 🆔A1450930
7y female 91lb Labrador mix & an owner surrender in a shelter that has no space left
A gentle giant who gives her paw & leans her whole body into you to feel some comfort
She’s shutting down & heartbroken💔
[email protected]
☎️951-358-7387
#Dogs #SoCal
🧵⬇️
December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Riverside #California
LAILAI 🆔A1450930
7y female 91lb Labrador mix & an owner surrender in a shelter that has no space left
A gentle giant who gives her paw & leans her whole body into you to feel some comfort
She’s shutting down & heartbroken💔
[email protected]
☎️951-358-7387
#Dogs #SoCal
🧵⬇️
LAILAI 🆔A1450930
7y female 91lb Labrador mix & an owner surrender in a shelter that has no space left
A gentle giant who gives her paw & leans her whole body into you to feel some comfort
She’s shutting down & heartbroken💔
[email protected]
☎️951-358-7387
#Dogs #SoCal
🧵⬇️
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Please share this far & wide so it gets to anyone who needs to hear it
A puppy is not a Christmas present.
They’re a 15-year commitment, not a seasonal impulse.
Don’t buy a puppy this Christmas!
#NoChristmasPuppies #DogsDeserveBetter #ResponsiblePetOwnership
A puppy is not a Christmas present.
They’re a 15-year commitment, not a seasonal impulse.
Don’t buy a puppy this Christmas!
#NoChristmasPuppies #DogsDeserveBetter #ResponsiblePetOwnership
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Please share this far & wide so it gets to anyone who needs to hear it
A puppy is not a Christmas present.
They’re a 15-year commitment, not a seasonal impulse.
Don’t buy a puppy this Christmas!
#NoChristmasPuppies #DogsDeserveBetter #ResponsiblePetOwnership
A puppy is not a Christmas present.
They’re a 15-year commitment, not a seasonal impulse.
Don’t buy a puppy this Christmas!
#NoChristmasPuppies #DogsDeserveBetter #ResponsiblePetOwnership
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Canada is clinging to a (thankfully) dying industry. We could become leaders in renewable energy, but instead we have fossil policy on fossil fuels.
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Canada is clinging to a (thankfully) dying industry. We could become leaders in renewable energy, but instead we have fossil policy on fossil fuels.
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
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@jaredwesley provides info on how to counter the Alberta UCP government's growing authoritarianism.
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@jaredwesley provides info on how to counter the Alberta UCP government's growing authoritarianism.
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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ICYMI: Ever heard of a grätzloase? It means “neighbourhood oasis”– a miniature park replacing a parking space, aka parklets. With the blessing of city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna since 2015. And in theory, anyone in Vienna can build one.
‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis
Grätzloasen – low-cost, urban ‘parklets’ built by volunteers – are on the rise in Vienna as sceptics are being won over by the splash of welcome greenery and boost to community spirits
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ICYMI: Ever heard of a grätzloase? It means “neighbourhood oasis”– a miniature park replacing a parking space, aka parklets. With the blessing of city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna since 2015. And in theory, anyone in Vienna can build one.
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We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets
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Here he is taking the photo.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Here he is taking the photo.
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The province-level Conservative Party (UPC) in Alberta is using the “Notwithstanding Clause” a STAGGERING 4TH TIME IN UNDER 2 MONTHS to ignore the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. In this Alberta Govt, extremist ideology is clearly a lot more important than human rights and the rule of law.
Premier’s use of the Charter of Rights & Freedoms “Notwithstanding Clause” is supposed to be VERY RARE, to address blatant Judicial overreach.
Smith in Alberta would use it to blatantly erase human rights, the CORE OF THE CHARTER.
Ford in Ontario would use it to backstop his own BLATANT OVERREACH.
Smith in Alberta would use it to blatantly erase human rights, the CORE OF THE CHARTER.
Ford in Ontario would use it to backstop his own BLATANT OVERREACH.
Just in case you weren’t sure how awful Doug ford is. The courts ruled against him based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because PEOPLE WILL DIE IF HE REMOVES SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. So he’s considering ABUSING the Notwithstanding Clause just for ego and some cheap suburban votes.
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The province-level Conservative Party (UPC) in Alberta is using the “Notwithstanding Clause” a STAGGERING 4TH TIME IN UNDER 2 MONTHS to ignore the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. In this Alberta Govt, extremist ideology is clearly a lot more important than human rights and the rule of law.
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Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
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Trump & Co. are seizing an opportunity to buy Warner Bros & tighten their control over American media #uspoli #cdnpoli #eupol #ukpolitics
Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), per a regulatory filing. Paramount is telling WBD shareholders it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than Netflix, & Kushner’s involvement ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Trump & Co. are seizing an opportunity to buy Warner Bros & tighten their control over American media #uspoli #cdnpoli #eupol #ukpolitics
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Buddy deserves more than this. He deserves softness, joy, and someone who will kiss that tired little head and tell him he’s safe now. Please share him everywhere. Somebody out there has room in their heart — and he is the kind of soul who will fill every corner of it.
End🧵 #BlueskyDogs #SkyDogs
End🧵 #BlueskyDogs #SkyDogs
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Buddy deserves more than this. He deserves softness, joy, and someone who will kiss that tired little head and tell him he’s safe now. Please share him everywhere. Somebody out there has room in their heart — and he is the kind of soul who will fill every corner of it.
End🧵 #BlueskyDogs #SkyDogs
End🧵 #BlueskyDogs #SkyDogs
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“Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
newrepublic.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
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Winnipeg to backtrack on rules protecting birds in new construction. Window strikes kill 40 million birds in Canada annually, a billion+ across North America. The price of preventing this? Basically rounding errors on construction costs. But hey. Affordability. 😡 #Birds 🪶
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Winnipeg to backtrack on rules protecting birds in new construction. Window strikes kill 40 million birds in Canada annually, a billion+ across North America. The price of preventing this? Basically rounding errors on construction costs. But hey. Affordability. 😡 #Birds 🪶
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
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The United States Government is not a trustable ally for any nation that isn’t a fascist dictatorship. The whole world sees that clearly. No deal, no partnership, no alliance is worth the paper it’s written on. That’s just the way it is, at least until Trump and every one of his enablers are gone.
Russian state tv is propagandizing this idea all over the place:
“Perhaps Russia and the United States will decide the fate of Europe without it. This is a very possible prospect”
“Perhaps Russia and the United States will decide the fate of Europe without it. This is a very possible prospect”
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The United States Government is not a trustable ally for any nation that isn’t a fascist dictatorship. The whole world sees that clearly. No deal, no partnership, no alliance is worth the paper it’s written on. That’s just the way it is, at least until Trump and every one of his enablers are gone.