Mike Patterson
@mykle.bsky.social
Multimedia journalist on Vancouver Island interested in environmental reporting, global warming, climate change, equality, social justice and change.
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The @theatlantic.com accused Canadians of "treachery" because Global TV aired the documentary on Trump's crimes.
Fascism doesn't just happen, it is made possible because of the complicity of the media and intellectual class.
Canada isn't treacherous. We have backbone.
Fascism doesn't just happen, it is made possible because of the complicity of the media and intellectual class.
Canada isn't treacherous. We have backbone.
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The @theatlantic.com accused Canadians of "treachery" because Global TV aired the documentary on Trump's crimes.
Fascism doesn't just happen, it is made possible because of the complicity of the media and intellectual class.
Canada isn't treacherous. We have backbone.
Fascism doesn't just happen, it is made possible because of the complicity of the media and intellectual class.
Canada isn't treacherous. We have backbone.
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I love the logic here: the huge success of the Canadian boycott has "backfired" because there are now more stringent checks on the Canadians who do cross over.
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
Canada's U.S. Travel Boycott Is Backfiring In The Most Unexpected Way At U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Some Canadians are starting to pay the consequences of the U.S. travel boycott. Here is what happened and why.
www.thetravel.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I love the logic here: the huge success of the Canadian boycott has "backfired" because there are now more stringent checks on the Canadians who do cross over.
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
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Global CO2 from fossil fuels is projected to hit a record 38.1B metric tons in 2025, up 1.1%. Increases in the U.S., India and China, plus a 6.8% jump in aviation, outpace clean energy gains. Researchers warn that staying below 1.5°C is no longer plausible.
Record fossil fuel emissions in 2025 despite renewables buildout, report says
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are projected to reach a record 38.1 billion metric tons in 2025, an increase of 1.1% from 2024, according to the 2025 Global Carbon…
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December 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Global CO2 from fossil fuels is projected to hit a record 38.1B metric tons in 2025, up 1.1%. Increases in the U.S., India and China, plus a 6.8% jump in aviation, outpace clean energy gains. Researchers warn that staying below 1.5°C is no longer plausible.
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If you hear someone argue that a 'common sense' approach is needed for treating addiction, give them this to read. The old approaches to dealing with substance dependence weren't common sense.
#addiction #drugcrisis #mentalhealth #healthcare #treatment
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#addiction #drugcrisis #mentalhealth #healthcare #treatment
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Here’s Why Involuntary Care Won’t Work for Most People | The Tyee
We need a total rethink of our failed approach to drugs and homelessness.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If you hear someone argue that a 'common sense' approach is needed for treating addiction, give them this to read. The old approaches to dealing with substance dependence weren't common sense.
#addiction #drugcrisis #mentalhealth #healthcare #treatment
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#addiction #drugcrisis #mentalhealth #healthcare #treatment
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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"I don’t know what else to do. I am at my wits’ end.”
Me and my mum briefly experienced homelessness when I was young. My heart breaks to hear some of the 10s of 1,000s of far worse stories now in Ireland, among the richest countries in the world.
This is so, so wrong.
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Me and my mum briefly experienced homelessness when I was young. My heart breaks to hear some of the 10s of 1,000s of far worse stories now in Ireland, among the richest countries in the world.
This is so, so wrong.
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‘I don’t know who else to turn to’: Letters for help to Minister from people affected by housing crisis
People write of ‘soul-destroying’ search for homes
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December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I don’t know what else to do. I am at my wits’ end.”
Me and my mum briefly experienced homelessness when I was young. My heart breaks to hear some of the 10s of 1,000s of far worse stories now in Ireland, among the richest countries in the world.
This is so, so wrong.
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Me and my mum briefly experienced homelessness when I was young. My heart breaks to hear some of the 10s of 1,000s of far worse stories now in Ireland, among the richest countries in the world.
This is so, so wrong.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Housing policy from different levels of government—affordable housing funding, zoning reforms, development charges, tenant protections and more—is less than meets the eye, new research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social shows.
Better policies could mean real progress he says.
Better policies could mean real progress he says.
This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable.
Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, a scarcity of homes, displacement, homelessness and the quiet exclusion of people from entire neighb
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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Housing policy from different levels of government—affordable housing funding, zoning reforms, development charges, tenant protections and more—is less than meets the eye, new research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social shows.
Better policies could mean real progress he says.
Better policies could mean real progress he says.
Noaa says ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average: "From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping."
#globalwarming #arctic
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
#globalwarming #arctic
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Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
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December 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Noaa says ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average: "From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping."
#globalwarming #arctic
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#globalwarming #arctic
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“We will replace enabling continued drug use for the addicted with providing treatment and a means to recovery,” [Premier] Smith said.
She is announcing that she will kill people in public because SHE WANTS TO
She is terrorizing the entire neighbourhood, look
She is announcing that she will kill people in public because SHE WANTS TO
She is terrorizing the entire neighbourhood, look
![“Peter Oliver with the Beltline Neighbourhood Association supports the site, and worries the closure will hurt members of the community who rely on it.
“We will ultimately just see drug use move from within the [site] to parks, to alleyways, to doorways of businesses, and with it will come, I think, the deaths that [supervised consumption] has been preventing for years and helping mitigate,” said Oliver](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znzm74bvyf5igbc2pue3hbqn/bafkreibv24stft6von6wqjj2g23ztxr2pbesimde3einz5dvzdncp7ada4@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“We will replace enabling continued drug use for the addicted with providing treatment and a means to recovery,” [Premier] Smith said.
She is announcing that she will kill people in public because SHE WANTS TO
She is terrorizing the entire neighbourhood, look
She is announcing that she will kill people in public because SHE WANTS TO
She is terrorizing the entire neighbourhood, look
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A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. www.reuters.com/investigation...
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. www.reuters.com/investigation...
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A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes home | Will Bunch
A mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.
www.inquirer.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
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Thank you. Reaching +1.5C faster than any model predicted means +3C in Austria where I live. This means a lot more flooding. Today. Not in the future. In the future, everything can only get worse.
Heavy rainfall evolution in Austria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heavy rainfall evolution in Austria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you. Reaching +1.5C faster than any model predicted means +3C in Austria where I live. This means a lot more flooding. Today. Not in the future. In the future, everything can only get worse.
Heavy rainfall evolution in Austria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heavy rainfall evolution in Austria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rather than more involuntary treatment, modernizing the Mental Health Act for youth with mental health challenges, stronger legal safeguards for youth, and a robust network of voluntary support are recommended.
#mentalhealth #addiction #bcpoli
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#mentalhealth #addiction #bcpoli
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B.C. guidance on youth involuntary care criticized by two independent officers
VICTORIA - Two independent provincial officers in British Columbia have separately criticized a recent decision to release guidelines aimed at increasing involuntary care among youth.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Rather than more involuntary treatment, modernizing the Mental Health Act for youth with mental health challenges, stronger legal safeguards for youth, and a robust network of voluntary support are recommended.
#mentalhealth #addiction #bcpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
#mentalhealth #addiction #bcpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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An important community and patient perspective.
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#bcpoli #harmreduction
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#bcpoli #harmreduction
Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth
Extended release buprenorphine is not
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December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
An important community and patient perspective.
themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
#bcpoli #harmreduction
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#bcpoli #harmreduction
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Anything that leads to more fossil fuels coming out of the ground is bad news.
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Anything that leads to more fossil fuels coming out of the ground is bad news.
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Gosh, never thought of that! Thx for the patronizing advice, Dr Oz! So helpful.
You don't have to spew health misinformation & enable an authoritarian regime. Okay?
Dr. Oz Tells Federal Employees to Eat Less: 'You Don't Have to Try Every Cookie' people.com/dr-oz-tells-...
You don't have to spew health misinformation & enable an authoritarian regime. Okay?
Dr. Oz Tells Federal Employees to Eat Less: 'You Don't Have to Try Every Cookie' people.com/dr-oz-tells-...
Dr. Oz Tells Federal Employees to Eat Less This Holiday Season: 'You Don't Have to Try Every Cookie'
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is offering “strategies” for federal employees to have a healthy holiday season, and advising employees to st...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gosh, never thought of that! Thx for the patronizing advice, Dr Oz! So helpful.
You don't have to spew health misinformation & enable an authoritarian regime. Okay?
Dr. Oz Tells Federal Employees to Eat Less: 'You Don't Have to Try Every Cookie' people.com/dr-oz-tells-...
You don't have to spew health misinformation & enable an authoritarian regime. Okay?
Dr. Oz Tells Federal Employees to Eat Less: 'You Don't Have to Try Every Cookie' people.com/dr-oz-tells-...
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Today we’re urging the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to halt further public financing of LNG Canada until an independent, cumulative health impact assessment is completed, in partnership with @cane-aciie.bsky.social and Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition. 👉https://bit.ly/48JmQ7u
Health professionals’ organizations make third call for health assessment of British Columbia’s LNG industry since September - CAPE
Hundreds of health professionals are sounding the alarm that Canada has never undertaken an independent health impact assessment of LNG infrastructure, as British Columbia and Canada forge ahead with ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Today we’re urging the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to halt further public financing of LNG Canada until an independent, cumulative health impact assessment is completed, in partnership with @cane-aciie.bsky.social and Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition. 👉https://bit.ly/48JmQ7u
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Well, they can *shove* that.
Who wants to visit a country ruled by a racist, fascist child anyway?
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
Who wants to visit a country ruled by a racist, fascist child anyway?
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
US plans to check social media history of all visitors
Irish visitors to the US will be required to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to plans published by the Trump administration.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Well, they can *shove* that.
Who wants to visit a country ruled by a racist, fascist child anyway?
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
Who wants to visit a country ruled by a racist, fascist child anyway?
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
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📣NEW REPORT: "We’re locked up in 1000 ft cages. There are 32 people in each cage, and 8 cages inside the tent. The lights are like stadium lights; they’re always on, they’re never turned off or even dimmed ..." -Individual previously detained at "Alligator Alcatraz". From @amnesty.org's new report.⬇️
Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida
Amnesty International visited “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome detention centers to document human rights violations.
www.amnestyusa.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📣NEW REPORT: "We’re locked up in 1000 ft cages. There are 32 people in each cage, and 8 cages inside the tent. The lights are like stadium lights; they’re always on, they’re never turned off or even dimmed ..." -Individual previously detained at "Alligator Alcatraz". From @amnesty.org's new report.⬇️
Throwing a spotlight on high-flying high polluters.
#environment #inequality #climatecrisis #climatechange #privatejets #aviation #carbonfootprint
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#environment #inequality #climatecrisis #climatechange #privatejets #aviation #carbonfootprint
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How a Seattle high school student is shining a spotlight on emissions from private jets | CBC Radio
Seattle high school student Akash Shendure created a website to estimate the emissions from private jets.
www.cbc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Throwing a spotlight on high-flying high polluters.
#environment #inequality #climatecrisis #climatechange #privatejets #aviation #carbonfootprint
www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...
#environment #inequality #climatecrisis #climatechange #privatejets #aviation #carbonfootprint
www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...
"The contrast could not be sharper: while climate effects intensify and economies pivot, Canada is reinforcing the very industries driving the crisis." - Tzeporah Berman/Guardian Dec 8/25
#climatecrisis #climatechange #canada #fossilfuel #environment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #climatechange #canada #fossilfuel #environment
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Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
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December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"The contrast could not be sharper: while climate effects intensify and economies pivot, Canada is reinforcing the very industries driving the crisis." - Tzeporah Berman/Guardian Dec 8/25
#climatecrisis #climatechange #canada #fossilfuel #environment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #climatechange #canada #fossilfuel #environment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ben Parfitt examines the problems plaguing BC's forest industry, such as continuing to allow whole log exports, dating back to the 1990s.
#forestry #environment #bcpoli
www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#forestry #environment #bcpoli
www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Crofton Mill Closure Highlights Multiple Government Failures | The Tyee
Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.
www.thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ben Parfitt examines the problems plaguing BC's forest industry, such as continuing to allow whole log exports, dating back to the 1990s.
#forestry #environment #bcpoli
www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#forestry #environment #bcpoli
www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.