Lejla Uzicanin
@lvan102.bsky.social
Professionally focused on energy, climate change, and economic development; following shared insights on public health and C19 to stay informed.
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
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The vote was a rare rebuke against Trump from the Republican-led chamber, as Congress members face midterm elections.
Breaking with Trump, US House votes to pass a bill ending Canada tariffs
The vote was a rare rebuke against Trump from the Republican-led chamber, as Congress members face midterm elections.
www.aljazeera.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The vote was a rare rebuke against Trump from the Republican-led chamber, as Congress members face midterm elections.
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Oh, dear. When careless punctuation reveals the truth.
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Oh, dear. When careless punctuation reveals the truth.
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A nasal Covid booster vaccine that achieves mucosal immunity to block infection. Lessons from China that the US fails to act on
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insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A nasal Covid booster vaccine that achieves mucosal immunity to block infection. Lessons from China that the US fails to act on
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
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Published January 2023 by @sophiehharrison.bsky.social. Public health and infection control are still hoping their victims will die quietly and we'll forget they botched the pandemic, while medicine's management class sees #longCOVID as an opportunity to grab more power and cosplay as scientists.
Long COVID Has Never Been Taken Seriously. Here’s Where It Left Us | The Tyee
I'm 28 and one of many disabled from the pandemic. We need a public health plan for this.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Published January 2023 by @sophiehharrison.bsky.social. Public health and infection control are still hoping their victims will die quietly and we'll forget they botched the pandemic, while medicine's management class sees #longCOVID as an opportunity to grab more power and cosplay as scientists.
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Concentration camps. You're building concentration camps, America.
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Concentration camps. You're building concentration camps, America.
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Alberta is bringing in US-style health care—putting Canadian medicare at risk & opening the doors to a private health insurance market for services under the Canada Health Act
Join @policyalternatives.ca for a webinar about this new, dangerous development
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Join @policyalternatives.ca for a webinar about this new, dangerous development
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Webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada: What to know and how to fight it - CCPA
Join us for an important webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada—let’s fight it!
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Alberta is bringing in US-style health care—putting Canadian medicare at risk & opening the doors to a private health insurance market for services under the Canada Health Act
Join @policyalternatives.ca for a webinar about this new, dangerous development
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Join @policyalternatives.ca for a webinar about this new, dangerous development
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
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February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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BC faces a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Spending as a share of GDP is lower today than the 1990s
Canada is more than mines and pipelines–it's the services that form our social fabric and the people who provide them
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Spending as a share of GDP is lower today than the 1990s
Canada is more than mines and pipelines–it's the services that form our social fabric and the people who provide them
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eby says 2,000 public service jobs cut and counting as B.C. faces $11.2B deficit | CBC News
Premier David Eby says public service jobs that don’t support the front-line delivery of services to British Columbians will continue to be targeted as his government prepares to unveil its 2026 budge...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
BC faces a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Spending as a share of GDP is lower today than the 1990s
Canada is more than mines and pipelines–it's the services that form our social fabric and the people who provide them
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Spending as a share of GDP is lower today than the 1990s
Canada is more than mines and pipelines–it's the services that form our social fabric and the people who provide them
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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My YouTube channel provides an unimpeachable record of the pandemic, like Jay Bhattacharya saying we “kind of had” herd immunity an Covid was “very clearly seasonal” right before Delta variant arrived.
youtu.be/gJZMw2zD3eA
youtu.be/gJZMw2zD3eA
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
My YouTube channel provides an unimpeachable record of the pandemic, like Jay Bhattacharya saying we “kind of had” herd immunity an Covid was “very clearly seasonal” right before Delta variant arrived.
youtu.be/gJZMw2zD3eA
youtu.be/gJZMw2zD3eA
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Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Open letter to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, minister responsible for Statistics Canada
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#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
Open letter to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, minister responsible for Statistics Canada - CCPA
Statistics Canada is a world leader and its work is at the heart of an informed democracy. Cuts to the agency must be reversed.
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Open letter to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, minister responsible for Statistics Canada
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been formally reported to the police over allegations he was involved in the trafficking of a woman to the UK for sex in 2010
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been formally reported to the police over allegations he was involved in the trafficking of a woman to the UK for sex in 2010
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holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
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More than a dozen Canadian companies – including Thomson Reuters – have done business with ICE, Star analysis reveals
More than a dozen Canadian companies – including Thomson Reuters – have done business with ICE, Star analysis reveals
Such contracts have become controversial as concerns mount that products or services sold to ICE could be used by the agency in activities that may violate human rights.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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They're going to try to rewrite their histories. But never forget.
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 AM
They're going to try to rewrite their histories. But never forget.
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In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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"in the two days following the seminal speech [at Davos], Carney’s own government sent layoff notices to hundreds of public servants at Global Affairs Canada, the main ministry responsible for enacting Canada’s foreign affairs agenda."
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January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
"in the two days following the seminal speech [at Davos], Carney’s own government sent layoff notices to hundreds of public servants at Global Affairs Canada, the main ministry responsible for enacting Canada’s foreign affairs agenda."
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www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Great points by @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social here. Canada cannot be a global leader in line with Carney's vision without the personnel to do the crucial work of diplomacy.
These layoffs target the very people who would staff Canadian nodes of the flexible network Carney proposes.
These layoffs target the very people who would staff Canadian nodes of the flexible network Carney proposes.
Over at @thestar.com, @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social asks how cuts to Canada's public service, and Global Affairs Canada in particular, align with the visions and goals of the Carney doctrine:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney says we need a new global order. So why is he cutting Canada’s most vital tools to build one?
Cuts to the public service will weaken our capacity to build new alliances.
www.thestar.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Great points by @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social here. Canada cannot be a global leader in line with Carney's vision without the personnel to do the crucial work of diplomacy.
These layoffs target the very people who would staff Canadian nodes of the flexible network Carney proposes.
These layoffs target the very people who would staff Canadian nodes of the flexible network Carney proposes.
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In other words, you do not get good policy through blind faith, fawning praise, or telling others to be quiet and trust leaders.
You get good policy by questioning leaders, raising concerns, pushing back, making your expectations known, and demanding that values be upheld.
You get good policy by questioning leaders, raising concerns, pushing back, making your expectations known, and demanding that values be upheld.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In other words, you do not get good policy through blind faith, fawning praise, or telling others to be quiet and trust leaders.
You get good policy by questioning leaders, raising concerns, pushing back, making your expectations known, and demanding that values be upheld.
You get good policy by questioning leaders, raising concerns, pushing back, making your expectations known, and demanding that values be upheld.