Ryan M.
@ryanmcginnis.bsky.social
I read, write and engage on climate change, sustainable work habits and political activism. Dad. Soccer Coach. 🇨🇦 Stand with 🇺🇦. Views are my own.
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Pinned
Ryan M.
@ryanmcginnis.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Reposted by Ryan M.
This is completely nuts
December 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is completely nuts
Reposted by Ryan M.
Another one to file under "This is NOT normal behaviour by a supposed democracy and ally".
This isn't about censorship, if it was the US would be sanctioning Russian and Chinese government figures who really are suppressing free speech.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(1/2)
This isn't about censorship, if it was the US would be sanctioning Russian and Chinese government figures who really are suppressing free speech.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(1/2)
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Another one to file under "This is NOT normal behaviour by a supposed democracy and ally".
This isn't about censorship, if it was the US would be sanctioning Russian and Chinese government figures who really are suppressing free speech.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(1/2)
This isn't about censorship, if it was the US would be sanctioning Russian and Chinese government figures who really are suppressing free speech.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(1/2)
Reposted by Ryan M.
“Free speech” for me but not for thee!
According to this doctrine, the U.S. should be “allowed” to meddle in other countries Foreign Affairs and spread hate speech & anti-democratic propaganda on U.S. owned platforms!
But if you you try to regulate them, you can’t come to the U.S.!
flip.it/kosk_8
According to this doctrine, the U.S. should be “allowed” to meddle in other countries Foreign Affairs and spread hate speech & anti-democratic propaganda on U.S. owned platforms!
But if you you try to regulate them, you can’t come to the U.S.!
flip.it/kosk_8
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
flip.it
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“Free speech” for me but not for thee!
According to this doctrine, the U.S. should be “allowed” to meddle in other countries Foreign Affairs and spread hate speech & anti-democratic propaganda on U.S. owned platforms!
But if you you try to regulate them, you can’t come to the U.S.!
flip.it/kosk_8
According to this doctrine, the U.S. should be “allowed” to meddle in other countries Foreign Affairs and spread hate speech & anti-democratic propaganda on U.S. owned platforms!
But if you you try to regulate them, you can’t come to the U.S.!
flip.it/kosk_8
Reposted by Ryan M.
In other news about taxpayers money going to…
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In other news about taxpayers money going to…
Reposted by Ryan M.
Canada just signed a deal with Alberta to build a bitumen pipeline through northern BC.
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Oil Tanker Ban That Dims Alberta’s Pipeline Hopes | The Tyee
The law is six years old. But federal promises to protect BC’s north coast from spills date back decades.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Canada just signed a deal with Alberta to build a bitumen pipeline through northern BC.
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Putin will not stop unless he is forced to. There is no 'peace' plan. NATO needs to step in. With or without the Americans.
Russia killed second-grader Ameliia Hzhesko and her mother, Oksana Dokhtor, by a strike on #Ternopil on the night of 19 November.
The mother and daughter died embracing each other, according to the school Ameliia attended.
Deepest condolences…
The mother and daughter died embracing each other, according to the school Ameliia attended.
Deepest condolences…
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Putin will not stop unless he is forced to. There is no 'peace' plan. NATO needs to step in. With or without the Americans.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Grounds for another war in the woods IMO. Alberta can fuck right off.
Carney, Smith moving closer to a deal that could include B.C. oil pipeline: source | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal on the future of Alberta's energy sector, according to a senior government official, and that memoran...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Grounds for another war in the woods IMO. Alberta can fuck right off.
Reposted by Ryan M.
As the CDN prime minister designates select projects like Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada in the "national interest," the companies behind them continue to form deep ties with Canada's spy agency and other federal law enforcement. Here's a look at why this matters. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As the CDN prime minister designates select projects like Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada in the "national interest," the companies behind them continue to form deep ties with Canada's spy agency and other federal law enforcement. Here's a look at why this matters. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
Reposted by Ryan M.
So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta?
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta?
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
It's hard to take the 'experts' seriously:
"Lawson previously worked as a part-time consultant for Lockheed Martin."
#f35 #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Lawson previously worked as a part-time consultant for Lockheed Martin."
#f35 #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
F-35 defenders launch counterattack against Swedish fighter jet proposal | CBC News
Former high-ranking officers of the Canadian Armed Forces are mounting a defence of the planned acquisition of 88 American F-35 fighter jets, hoping to put an end to the ongoing courtship between the ...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's hard to take the 'experts' seriously:
"Lawson previously worked as a part-time consultant for Lockheed Martin."
#f35 #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Lawson previously worked as a part-time consultant for Lockheed Martin."
#f35 #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by Ryan M.
This is an unhinged assault on the future of the City of Vancouver
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is an unhinged assault on the future of the City of Vancouver
Reposted by Ryan M.
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Pretty rare these days to find such well balanced writing. Meeting this moment sometimes requires finesse and not just bombast. So good...
open.substack.com/pub/theworkf...
open.substack.com/pub/theworkf...
"It Doesn't Feel Like Our Country Is Heading in the Right Direction"
Welcome to Work Forward.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pretty rare these days to find such well balanced writing. Meeting this moment sometimes requires finesse and not just bombast. So good...
open.substack.com/pub/theworkf...
open.substack.com/pub/theworkf...
Reposted by Ryan M.
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Ryan M.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
Reposted by Ryan M.
As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
Reposted by Ryan M.
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
Reposted by Ryan M.
Reposted by Ryan M.
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Reposted by Ryan M.
OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
Reposted by Ryan M.
This sure looks like a way of pushing staff to quit
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
City of Vancouver mandates staff to return to office 5 days per week
Come Jan.1, exempt or non-unionized staff at the City of Vancouver will have to work in-office five days a week, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This sure looks like a way of pushing staff to quit
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Reposted by Ryan M.
Reposted by Ryan M.
Remember when they hounded Hillary for years over insufficient email security protocols?
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Remember when they hounded Hillary for years over insufficient email security protocols?
Reposted by Ryan M.
@elienyc.bsky.social in @thenation.com: "American democracy cannot survive the Supreme Court’s attacks on the Voting Rights Act, because American democracy did not really exist before the Voting Rights Act. White rule existed. And that is what this court wants to return us to with this case."
The Supreme Court v. Democracy
The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@elienyc.bsky.social in @thenation.com: "American democracy cannot survive the Supreme Court’s attacks on the Voting Rights Act, because American democracy did not really exist before the Voting Rights Act. White rule existed. And that is what this court wants to return us to with this case."
Reposted by Ryan M.
You gotta give ‘em hop.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You gotta give ‘em hop.