Richard Fradette
@rfradette.bsky.social
Professeur retraité de physique, d'astronomie et de météorologie, je développe ma conscience cosmique, planétaire, humaine, écologique et sociale pour mieux partager ma rationalité idéaliste dans le cadre de mon objectivité réaliste.
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Victoire! La Cour d'appel fédérale maintient l'interdiction des plastiques à usage unique au Canada, qui était contestée par l'industrie depuis son entrée en vigueur en 2021. 🎉
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Pour en savoir plus : ow.ly/xyIS50Y7yU5
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Victoire! La Cour d'appel fédérale maintient l'interdiction des plastiques à usage unique au Canada, qui était contestée par l'industrie depuis son entrée en vigueur en 2021. 🎉
Pour en savoir plus : ow.ly/xyIS50Y7yU5
Pour en savoir plus : ow.ly/xyIS50Y7yU5
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Check out new ‘The Pollution Playbook: how industry blocks regulation of toxic chemicals’ briefing by @ciel.org and @corporateeurope.org on the deceptive tactics used by chemicals industry to keep producing & using their toxic products.
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Check out new ‘The Pollution Playbook: how industry blocks regulation of toxic chemicals’ briefing by @ciel.org and @corporateeurope.org on the deceptive tactics used by chemicals industry to keep producing & using their toxic products.
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corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/p...
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Check out new ‘The Pollution Playbook: how industry blocks regulation of toxic chemicals’ briefing by @ciel.org and @corporateeurope.org on the deceptive tactics used by chemicals industry to keep producing & using their toxic products.
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corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/p...
Check out new ‘The Pollution Playbook: how industry blocks regulation of toxic chemicals’ briefing by @ciel.org and @corporateeurope.org on the deceptive tactics used by chemicals industry to keep producing & using their toxic products.
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corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/p...
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📢Le gouv Carney ampute 5 milliard$ au Fonds pour le transport en commun du Canada❗️
Alors que les transport collectifs manquent d'$, le fédéral se désengage. Pourtant, il a ajouté des milliard$ de + pour les pétrolières-gazières dans son dernier budget👎
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Alors que les transport collectifs manquent d'$, le fédéral se désengage. Pourtant, il a ajouté des milliard$ de + pour les pétrolières-gazières dans son dernier budget👎
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
📢Le gouv Carney ampute 5 milliard$ au Fonds pour le transport en commun du Canada❗️
Alors que les transport collectifs manquent d'$, le fédéral se désengage. Pourtant, il a ajouté des milliard$ de + pour les pétrolières-gazières dans son dernier budget👎
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Alors que les transport collectifs manquent d'$, le fédéral se désengage. Pourtant, il a ajouté des milliard$ de + pour les pétrolières-gazières dans son dernier budget👎
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
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🔴 #INÉGALITÉS | « Plus les inégalités se creusent, plus le maintien de l’ordre social existant requiert des dispositifs de contrôle, de répression et de délégitimation des revendications populaires. »
Un article à lire dans @ca.theconversation.com
➡️ theconversation.com/les-inegalit...
Un article à lire dans @ca.theconversation.com
➡️ theconversation.com/les-inegalit...
Les inégalités économiques croissantes pavent la voie à la montée des autoritarismes
Inégalités extrêmes, captation du pouvoir et recul démocratique : le dernier rapport d’Oxfam dresse un constat alarmant sur le système économique mondial.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🔴 #INÉGALITÉS | « Plus les inégalités se creusent, plus le maintien de l’ordre social existant requiert des dispositifs de contrôle, de répression et de délégitimation des revendications populaires. »
Un article à lire dans @ca.theconversation.com
➡️ theconversation.com/les-inegalit...
Un article à lire dans @ca.theconversation.com
➡️ theconversation.com/les-inegalit...
Zeitgeist
➤ La musique donne une âme à nos cœurs et des ailes à la pensée.
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➤ La musique donne une âme à nos cœurs et des ailes à la pensée.
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Citation de Platon
« La musique donne une âme à nos coeurs et des ailes à la pensée. »
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January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Zeitgeist
➤ La musique donne une âme à nos cœurs et des ailes à la pensée.
www.citation-celebre.com/citations/42...
➤ La musique donne une âme à nos cœurs et des ailes à la pensée.
www.citation-celebre.com/citations/42...
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Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)
Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)
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In his 1935 essay, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility,' influential German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin introduced the term “aura' to describe an au...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)
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Intense heat and fire, record-breaking cold and snow, devastating rainfall and flooding impacting countries in every region of the world.
WMO news roundup on January, a month of extremes:
https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-cold-and-rainfall-make-january-month-of-extremes
WMO news roundup on January, a month of extremes:
https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-cold-and-rainfall-make-january-month-of-extremes
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Intense heat and fire, record-breaking cold and snow, devastating rainfall and flooding impacting countries in every region of the world.
WMO news roundup on January, a month of extremes:
https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-cold-and-rainfall-make-january-month-of-extremes
WMO news roundup on January, a month of extremes:
https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-cold-and-rainfall-make-january-month-of-extremes
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Geste transpartisan inédit au Québec : toutes les ailes jeunesse des partis disent OUI à la contraception gratuite! ✅
Ensemble, elles ont tenu hier un panel sur ses bénéfices sociaux, médicaux et financiers. Merci aux panélistes, et à notre jeunesse de prendre parole pour la santé reproductive!
Ensemble, elles ont tenu hier un panel sur ses bénéfices sociaux, médicaux et financiers. Merci aux panélistes, et à notre jeunesse de prendre parole pour la santé reproductive!
January 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Geste transpartisan inédit au Québec : toutes les ailes jeunesse des partis disent OUI à la contraception gratuite! ✅
Ensemble, elles ont tenu hier un panel sur ses bénéfices sociaux, médicaux et financiers. Merci aux panélistes, et à notre jeunesse de prendre parole pour la santé reproductive!
Ensemble, elles ont tenu hier un panel sur ses bénéfices sociaux, médicaux et financiers. Merci aux panélistes, et à notre jeunesse de prendre parole pour la santé reproductive!
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Nous aimons le caribou et les forêts anciennes. Le déclin des populations autrefois abondantes se poursuit. Des mesures de protection s’imposent de manière urgente. Au sit-in de février, nous clameront haut et fort notre amour pour le Caribou
🛴Lien vers l’événement : www.facebook.com/share/1JaucQ...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Nous aimons le caribou et les forêts anciennes. Le déclin des populations autrefois abondantes se poursuit. Des mesures de protection s’imposent de manière urgente. Au sit-in de février, nous clameront haut et fort notre amour pour le Caribou
🛴Lien vers l’événement : www.facebook.com/share/1JaucQ...
🛴Lien vers l’événement : www.facebook.com/share/1JaucQ...
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Le gouvernement Legault a dévoilé discrètement la nouvelle stratégie de valorisation des minéraux critiques et stratégiques
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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We stand with Minnesota ✊❤️ Selling armoured vehicles to ICE isn't Canada Strong. @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social STOP the sale of Canadian arms to ICE and #CloseTheLoopholes! act.gp/4jY60a0 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
No more armoured vehicles for ICE!
Sign the petition to demand Canada stop exporting military equipment fuelling human rights abuses.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
We stand with Minnesota ✊❤️ Selling armoured vehicles to ICE isn't Canada Strong. @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social STOP the sale of Canadian arms to ICE and #CloseTheLoopholes! act.gp/4jY60a0 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
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🌡️ #ThisisClimateChange Human-caused climate change significantly increased the likelihood of recent extreme heat across southeastern Australia:
MORE DETAILS + EXPLORE THE DATA ⬇️⬇️ : www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
MORE DETAILS + EXPLORE THE DATA ⬇️⬇️ : www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
🌡️ #ThisisClimateChange Human-caused climate change significantly increased the likelihood of recent extreme heat across southeastern Australia:
MORE DETAILS + EXPLORE THE DATA ⬇️⬇️ : www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
MORE DETAILS + EXPLORE THE DATA ⬇️⬇️ : www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
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[Press Release] On January 28, the District Court of The Hague will rule on whether the Netherland’s current climate policy is unlawful for failing to protect the people of Bonaire - Caribbean island and Dutch special municipality - from climate crisis impacts.
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Bonaire climate ruling: Moment of truth for Dutch State’s failing climate policy - Greenpeace International
The Hague – On January 28The District Court of The Hague will rule on January 28 whether the Netherland’s current climate policy is unlawful for failing to adequately protect the…
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January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
[Press Release] On January 28, the District Court of The Hague will rule on whether the Netherland’s current climate policy is unlawful for failing to protect the people of Bonaire - Caribbean island and Dutch special municipality - from climate crisis impacts.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Climate change increased snowfall and freezing rain during the January 2026 North American storm
🔗 www.climameter.org/20260124-25-...
comparable winter storms now occur in a warmer, moister atmosphere, leading to ~20% higher precipitation. Cold extremes are rarer, but snowfall impacts are stronger.
🔗 www.climameter.org/20260124-25-...
comparable winter storms now occur in a warmer, moister atmosphere, leading to ~20% higher precipitation. Cold extremes are rarer, but snowfall impacts are stronger.
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Climate change increased snowfall and freezing rain during the January 2026 North American storm
🔗 www.climameter.org/20260124-25-...
comparable winter storms now occur in a warmer, moister atmosphere, leading to ~20% higher precipitation. Cold extremes are rarer, but snowfall impacts are stronger.
🔗 www.climameter.org/20260124-25-...
comparable winter storms now occur in a warmer, moister atmosphere, leading to ~20% higher precipitation. Cold extremes are rarer, but snowfall impacts are stronger.
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Routine reminder that there is no treatment for measles. But vaccination is 97% effective at preventing measles infection.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Routine reminder that there is no treatment for measles. But vaccination is 97% effective at preventing measles infection.
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Les inquiétudes grandissent concernant les armes nucléaires, le changement climatique et la désinformation.
L’horloge de l’apocalypse continue de se rapprocher de minuit
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January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Les inquiétudes grandissent concernant les armes nucléaires, le changement climatique et la désinformation.
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The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board is a select group of globally recognized leaders with a specific focus on nuclear risk, climate change, & disruptive technologies. In the 2026 Doomsday Clock statement, they explain why the Clock is now at 85 seconds to midnight.
Read more: buff.ly/17yAznF
Read more: buff.ly/17yAznF
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board is a select group of globally recognized leaders with a specific focus on nuclear risk, climate change, & disruptive technologies. In the 2026 Doomsday Clock statement, they explain why the Clock is now at 85 seconds to midnight.
Read more: buff.ly/17yAznF
Read more: buff.ly/17yAznF
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The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old
The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old
Image by Ahdi Agus Oktaviana
Over the centuries, a variety of places have laid credible claim to being the world's art center: Constantinople, Florence, Paris, New York.
www.openculture.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old
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NEW – Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
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Read here: buff.ly/5g3BVAp
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
NEW – Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
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Read here: buff.ly/5g3BVAp
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Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism
Image by Bernd Schwabe, via Wikimedia Commons
At least when I was in grade school, we learned the very basics of how the Third Reich came to power in the early 1930s. Paramilitary gangs terrorizing th...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Analyse | Après deux bavures à Minneapolis, le populiste exhorte les Américains à croire ce qu’il dit plutôt que ce qu’ils voient.
L’autoritarisme de Trump imposé par l’assassinat des faits
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January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Analyse | Après deux bavures à Minneapolis, le populiste exhorte les Américains à croire ce qu’il dit plutôt que ce qu’ils voient.
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“The [Republican] Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“The [Republican] Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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Tomorrow, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time.
The announcement will be livestreamed at this link and on the Bulletin's YouTube channel: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
The announcement will be livestreamed at this link and on the Bulletin's YouTube channel: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tomorrow, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time.
The announcement will be livestreamed at this link and on the Bulletin's YouTube channel: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
The announcement will be livestreamed at this link and on the Bulletin's YouTube channel: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
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Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive
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Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common - Carbon Brief
In a new analysis, Carbon Brief shows that few places in the world have seen an increase in extreme cold days over the past 55 years.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive
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Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) surpassed 430 ppm last year. How high will it go for the seasonal maximum in 2026?
➡️ Check out @climatecentral.org's latest monthly and year-in-review report at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie..., which is part of our new climate services initiative.
➡️ Check out @climatecentral.org's latest monthly and year-in-review report at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie..., which is part of our new climate services initiative.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) surpassed 430 ppm last year. How high will it go for the seasonal maximum in 2026?
➡️ Check out @climatecentral.org's latest monthly and year-in-review report at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie..., which is part of our new climate services initiative.
➡️ Check out @climatecentral.org's latest monthly and year-in-review report at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie..., which is part of our new climate services initiative.