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Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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#Iran: We are relieved to hear that #ErfanSoltani will not be executed today. However, reports say his death sentence has only been postponed. International scrutiny remains vital as Iranian authorities continue to target protesters and restrict internet access.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
#Iran: We are relieved to hear that #ErfanSoltani will not be executed today. However, reports say his death sentence has only been postponed. International scrutiny remains vital as Iranian authorities continue to target protesters and restrict internet access.
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Alberta’s flu vaccination rates are dangerously low, and our healthcare system is feeling the impact. Getting vaccinated helps protect lives and helps keep the pressure off emergency rooms.
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Alberta’s flu vaccination rates are dangerously low, and our healthcare system is feeling the impact. Getting vaccinated helps protect lives and helps keep the pressure off emergency rooms.
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
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It’s not perfect but this could be a useful start.
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It’s not perfect but this could be a useful start.
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I'm proud of Canada joining our NATO allies in sending troops to defend Greenland from a US invasion ✊🇨🇦
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I'm proud of Canada joining our NATO allies in sending troops to defend Greenland from a US invasion ✊🇨🇦
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🧵2 So you could say that the peace lobby is ineffective, but the more important point is the huge war machine & the small peace machine. Do we blame arsonists or firefighters for fires? Do we blame dangerous drivers or ambulances for road deaths?
The issue is bad political leaders who start wars.
The issue is bad political leaders who start wars.
June 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
🧵2 So you could say that the peace lobby is ineffective, but the more important point is the huge war machine & the small peace machine. Do we blame arsonists or firefighters for fires? Do we blame dangerous drivers or ambulances for road deaths?
The issue is bad political leaders who start wars.
The issue is bad political leaders who start wars.
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🧵👋 Hi, I'm a university instructor and writer about peace, health, human rights and humanitarianism.
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
January 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🧵👋 Hi, I'm a university instructor and writer about peace, health, human rights and humanitarianism.
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
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This is a huge victory.
The hunger strikers have forced Keir Starmer to stop funnelling money to Israeli arms subsidiary Elbit Systems UK.
I congratulate the hunger strikers who put their lives on the line to challenge the Israel genocide machine.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The hunger strikers have forced Keir Starmer to stop funnelling money to Israeli arms subsidiary Elbit Systems UK.
I congratulate the hunger strikers who put their lives on the line to challenge the Israel genocide machine.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is a huge victory.
The hunger strikers have forced Keir Starmer to stop funnelling money to Israeli arms subsidiary Elbit Systems UK.
I congratulate the hunger strikers who put their lives on the line to challenge the Israel genocide machine.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The hunger strikers have forced Keir Starmer to stop funnelling money to Israeli arms subsidiary Elbit Systems UK.
I congratulate the hunger strikers who put their lives on the line to challenge the Israel genocide machine.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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www.byteseu.com/1712752/
"Canadian universities work so well that they are increasingly being treated as utilities or commodities, w a focus on price w/o considering quality. This is most severe in Ontario, where the government has frozen tuition since 2019, w only modest funding increases."
"Canadian universities work so well that they are increasingly being treated as utilities or commodities, w a focus on price w/o considering quality. This is most severe in Ontario, where the government has frozen tuition since 2019, w only modest funding increases."
Canada’s universities are in crisis as money gets tighter - Bytes Europe
The St. George campus of the University of Toronto, in November, 2025. U of T admitted 17,758 first-year students last year.Wa Lone/Reuters
www.byteseu.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
www.byteseu.com/1712752/
"Canadian universities work so well that they are increasingly being treated as utilities or commodities, w a focus on price w/o considering quality. This is most severe in Ontario, where the government has frozen tuition since 2019, w only modest funding increases."
"Canadian universities work so well that they are increasingly being treated as utilities or commodities, w a focus on price w/o considering quality. This is most severe in Ontario, where the government has frozen tuition since 2019, w only modest funding increases."
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This poor, poor woman, and her dad, and, god, even the neighbour.
Police are asking if the man has attacked other women to still come forward, even though he's now dead. (name is in the report)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0V...
Police are asking if the man has attacked other women to still come forward, even though he's now dead. (name is in the report)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0V...
Self-defence killing in Edgemont
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This poor, poor woman, and her dad, and, god, even the neighbour.
Police are asking if the man has attacked other women to still come forward, even though he's now dead. (name is in the report)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0V...
Police are asking if the man has attacked other women to still come forward, even though he's now dead. (name is in the report)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0V...
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medicinehatnews.com/...
This is an excellent piece of reporting that immediately understands what the govt refuses to:
doesn't matter what you call it... we are pleading for help and coordinated province-wide tools already exist... we just need an operational leader.
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This is an excellent piece of reporting that immediately understands what the govt refuses to:
doesn't matter what you call it... we are pleading for help and coordinated province-wide tools already exist... we just need an operational leader.
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More action needed on provincial health emergency: Doctors - Medicine Hat News
[email protected] After three deaths were reported in one day in the emergency room of Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton, physicians are calling from action from the province. In addition to the widely publicized death of 44-year-old Edmonton father Prashant Sreekumar after waiting in the ER for eight hours on Dec. 22, the Globe and
medicinehatnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
medicinehatnews.com/...
This is an excellent piece of reporting that immediately understands what the govt refuses to:
doesn't matter what you call it... we are pleading for help and coordinated province-wide tools already exist... we just need an operational leader.
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This is an excellent piece of reporting that immediately understands what the govt refuses to:
doesn't matter what you call it... we are pleading for help and coordinated province-wide tools already exist... we just need an operational leader.
1/3
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Restructured AHS not helping overcrowded ERs, doctors say https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/01/13/alberta-medical-association-overcrowded-ers/
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Restructured AHS not helping overcrowded ERs, doctors say https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/01/13/alberta-medical-association-overcrowded-ers/
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
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Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
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This is a disaster for FIFA. It’s only five months before the US co-hosts the World Cup when hundreds of thousands of overseas visitors are expected.
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is a disaster for FIFA. It’s only five months before the US co-hosts the World Cup when hundreds of thousands of overseas visitors are expected.
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As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
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I’m glad to see more news coverage of what’s happening in Minneapolis.
And wow. It’s devastating that my reaction to so many is:
That’s my doctor. That’s the daycare by my house. I’ve walked my dog at that park. I’ve ordered pizza there. I drove by that spot yesterday an hour before that happened.
And wow. It’s devastating that my reaction to so many is:
That’s my doctor. That’s the daycare by my house. I’ve walked my dog at that park. I’ve ordered pizza there. I drove by that spot yesterday an hour before that happened.
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I’m glad to see more news coverage of what’s happening in Minneapolis.
And wow. It’s devastating that my reaction to so many is:
That’s my doctor. That’s the daycare by my house. I’ve walked my dog at that park. I’ve ordered pizza there. I drove by that spot yesterday an hour before that happened.
And wow. It’s devastating that my reaction to so many is:
That’s my doctor. That’s the daycare by my house. I’ve walked my dog at that park. I’ve ordered pizza there. I drove by that spot yesterday an hour before that happened.
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The hot take on Quebec politics you didn’t know you wanted. brigittepellerin.com/articles/hot...
François Legault is leaving. Now what? — Brigitte Pellerin
This is the hot take on Quebec politics you didn’t think you needed. Premier François Legault, facing the harsh reality that his party would likely win zero seats in the fall election, decided to aba...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The hot take on Quebec politics you didn’t know you wanted. brigittepellerin.com/articles/hot...
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I’m really happy to say that #portmoody council voted last night to get off X. Governments should not be participating in a platform that makes and distributes CSAM and NCII.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee
Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.
thetyee.ca
January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I’m really happy to say that #portmoody council voted last night to get off X. Governments should not be participating in a platform that makes and distributes CSAM and NCII.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Per NBC, the number is $700B.
WH informs media that “Trump's offer to acquire Greenland is reportedly higher than the entire GDP of Denmark.”
GDP is annual. Deal is forever.
GDP is annual. Deal is forever.
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Per NBC, the number is $700B.
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Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
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From October 2024:
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
From October 2024: