Vince
@vincetinguely.bsky.social
I've been a writer since I was 11 (grade V). Spent a lot of time in the Montreal literary / performance / zine / arts scene. Moved to Winnipeg in 2019. Still writing!
I often post news pieces on social and environmental justice, and cultural information.
I often post news pieces on social and environmental justice, and cultural information.
'Eve herself started out as a fan at their gigs, “which used to empty out. There was one where I was the only person left in the audience, pogoing alone in front of the stage.”'
#crass #punk #political #polemical #80s #culture #music #writing
#crass #punk #political #polemical #80s #culture #music #writing
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
'Eve herself started out as a fan at their gigs, “which used to empty out. There was one where I was the only person left in the audience, pogoing alone in front of the stage.”'
#crass #punk #political #polemical #80s #culture #music #writing
#crass #punk #political #polemical #80s #culture #music #writing
'Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.'
#idf #israel #genocide #palestine #gaza #law #politics #corruption #theocracy #war
#idf #israel #genocide #palestine #gaza #law #politics #corruption #theocracy #war
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.'
#idf #israel #genocide #palestine #gaza #law #politics #corruption #theocracy #war
#idf #israel #genocide #palestine #gaza #law #politics #corruption #theocracy #war
'Amnesty International said that “Trump’s racist refugee cap abandons refugees around the world”, while Human Rights First called the new policy “blatantly racist”.'
#usa #power #politics #trade #diplomacy #bullying #global #military #economics #history
#usa #power #politics #trade #diplomacy #bullying #global #military #economics #history
Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back | Steven Greenhouse
Donald Trump is using US power to insert himself into other countries’ affairs, treating them as vassals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'Amnesty International said that “Trump’s racist refugee cap abandons refugees around the world”, while Human Rights First called the new policy “blatantly racist”.'
#usa #power #politics #trade #diplomacy #bullying #global #military #economics #history
#usa #power #politics #trade #diplomacy #bullying #global #military #economics #history
'Accommodating nature and farming is a huge conundrum, of course, but there’s an economy that can be created by leveraging our natural assets. Crucially, it requires moving towards non-polluting, renewable energy that can power our small businesses cleanly and reliably, and boost the economy.'
#oil
#oil
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
'Accommodating nature and farming is a huge conundrum, of course, but there’s an economy that can be created by leveraging our natural assets. Crucially, it requires moving towards non-polluting, renewable energy that can power our small businesses cleanly and reliably, and boost the economy.'
#oil
#oil
“There’s something about wanting, and naming your want – which I think both Plath and Swift did – that is still generally a punishing sphere for a woman.”
#culture #poetry #pop #mainstream #leftfield #ambition #fame #writing #nonfiction #autobiography #pain #literature #music
#culture #poetry #pop #mainstream #leftfield #ambition #fame #writing #nonfiction #autobiography #pain #literature #music
‘Ambition is a punishing sphere for women’: author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation
What do Swift and Plath have in common, and should Kamala Harris have spoken out about her political ambitions? The Argonauts author turns her lens on poetry, pop and patriarchy
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“There’s something about wanting, and naming your want – which I think both Plath and Swift did – that is still generally a punishing sphere for a woman.”
#culture #poetry #pop #mainstream #leftfield #ambition #fame #writing #nonfiction #autobiography #pain #literature #music
#culture #poetry #pop #mainstream #leftfield #ambition #fame #writing #nonfiction #autobiography #pain #literature #music
'Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood.'
#canada #uk #forests #climate #environment #sustainability #subsidies #taxpayers #carbon #energy #waste #science
#canada #uk #forests #climate #environment #sustainability #subsidies #taxpayers #carbon #energy #waste #science
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
'Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood.'
#canada #uk #forests #climate #environment #sustainability #subsidies #taxpayers #carbon #energy #waste #science
#canada #uk #forests #climate #environment #sustainability #subsidies #taxpayers #carbon #energy #waste #science
“We already possess virtually all the technical solutions for climate change, biodiversity loss, and even pressing social issues. What is needed is the ethical commitment to apply our technical capabilities and accelerate our political decisions, ensuring we fulfil what we’ve already committed to.”
Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work?
Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goals
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“We already possess virtually all the technical solutions for climate change, biodiversity loss, and even pressing social issues. What is needed is the ethical commitment to apply our technical capabilities and accelerate our political decisions, ensuring we fulfil what we’ve already committed to.”
'He held the lowest favorability out of 14 major political newsmakers, according to a Gallup poll from August, ranking five percentage points below Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing charges of war crimes from the international criminal court.'
#musk #fascism #racism #misogyny #socialmedia
#musk #fascism #racism #misogyny #socialmedia
Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure
The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics – but he’s been leaning further into the international far right
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'He held the lowest favorability out of 14 major political newsmakers, according to a Gallup poll from August, ranking five percentage points below Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing charges of war crimes from the international criminal court.'
#musk #fascism #racism #misogyny #socialmedia
#musk #fascism #racism #misogyny #socialmedia
'In both the primary and the general, Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities.'
#mamdani #nyc #election #voters #disaffected #class #democrats #blue #sweep #politics #democracy
#mamdani #nyc #election #voters #disaffected #class #democrats #blue #sweep #politics #democracy
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters | Ben Davis
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
'In both the primary and the general, Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities.'
#mamdani #nyc #election #voters #disaffected #class #democrats #blue #sweep #politics #democracy
#mamdani #nyc #election #voters #disaffected #class #democrats #blue #sweep #politics #democracy
'"We need to take down the ‘for sale’ sign on Mother Earth and bar entry to Cop for oil and gas lobbyists,” said Brenna Yellowthunder, lead coordinator for the Indigenous Environmental Network, a member of KBPO.'
#climate #cop30 #indigenous #oil #carbon #coal #lobbyists
#climate #cop30 #indigenous #oil #carbon #coal #lobbyists
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
'"We need to take down the ‘for sale’ sign on Mother Earth and bar entry to Cop for oil and gas lobbyists,” said Brenna Yellowthunder, lead coordinator for the Indigenous Environmental Network, a member of KBPO.'
#climate #cop30 #indigenous #oil #carbon #coal #lobbyists
#climate #cop30 #indigenous #oil #carbon #coal #lobbyists
'To limit the magnitude and the duration of overshoot of the Paris Agreement temperature goals, ultimately the world needs to go well beyond the neutralising effect of net zero and begin to drawdown cumulative historical emissions to achieve “net negative emissions”.'
#climate #carbon #governments
#climate #carbon #governments
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'To limit the magnitude and the duration of overshoot of the Paris Agreement temperature goals, ultimately the world needs to go well beyond the neutralising effect of net zero and begin to drawdown cumulative historical emissions to achieve “net negative emissions”.'
#climate #carbon #governments
#climate #carbon #governments
'It is also fundamental that we advance the reform of global governance. Today, multilateralism suffers from the paralysis of the UN security council. Created to preserve peace, it has failed to prevent wars.'
#lula #brazil #cop30 #climate #environment #science #funding
#lula #brazil #cop30 #climate #environment #science #funding
The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith, says the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Hard truths, when spoken out loud, become springboards to freedom. The permission to be unpalatable, unsanitary, and to come from the inside out … led me to acknowledge the invisible cage that we are all living in and how easy it is to story our way out there.”
#film #feminism #culture #literature
#film #feminism #culture #literature
‘I could eat this podium with a fork and knife I’m so angry’: Kristen Stewart blasts neglect of female film-makers
The actor, whose forthcoming directorial debut The Chronology of Water spent eight years in development, said women in the industry should ‘print our own currency’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Hard truths, when spoken out loud, become springboards to freedom. The permission to be unpalatable, unsanitary, and to come from the inside out … led me to acknowledge the invisible cage that we are all living in and how easy it is to story our way out there.”
#film #feminism #culture #literature
#film #feminism #culture #literature
“Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else ...”
#nyc #mamdani #mayor #usa
#nyc #mamdani #mayor #usa
‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of action
As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
'The Voyage to Resist the End of the World is one of several fluvial civil society activities that aim to make the colour, flavour and sound of Cop30 unlike anything seen in the history of climate summits.'
#climate #cop30 #activism #environment #brazil #amazon #ocean
#climate #cop30 #activism #environment #brazil #amazon #ocean
‘A meeting of voices’: flotillas head into Belém ahead of Cop30 climate summit
Indigenous leaders, environmental activists and forest defenders are determined to make this a summit like no other
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'Mamdani's unlikely rise gives credence to Democrats who have urged the party to embrace more progressive, left-wing candidates instead of rallying behind centrists in hopes of winning back swing voters who have abandoned the party.'
#mamdani #nyc #victory #politics #progressive #socialist #democrat
#mamdani #nyc #victory #politics #progressive #socialist #democrat
Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, elected mayor of New York City | CBC News
Democrat Zohran Mamdani made history in New York Tuesday, elected as the city's first Muslim mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Repubican Curtis Sliwa.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
'Mamdani's unlikely rise gives credence to Democrats who have urged the party to embrace more progressive, left-wing candidates instead of rallying behind centrists in hopes of winning back swing voters who have abandoned the party.'
#mamdani #nyc #victory #politics #progressive #socialist #democrat
#mamdani #nyc #victory #politics #progressive #socialist #democrat
'The government and far-right politicians and pundits have accused her of damaging Israel’s global standing by pursing the case and releasing the video, in effect casting her efforts to prosecute extreme violence as a project to undermine the state.'
#israel #palestine #torture #law #military #idf
#israel #palestine #torture #law #military #idf
Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'... millions of young people have taken to the streets across continents – from Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Madagascar, Peru and Paraguay – to denounce corruption and collapsing public systems.'
#autocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism #democracy #rights
#autocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism #democracy #rights
Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
'... millions of young people have taken to the streets across continents – from Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Madagascar, Peru and Paraguay – to denounce corruption and collapsing public systems.'
#autocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism #democracy #rights
#autocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism #democracy #rights
'At an abandoned reservoir we navigated a stony path in the available moonlight. Looking up, Fred raised his hands toward the stars and seemed to rearrange them, bringing them closer, and turning them in his hands. These moments felt like hours, yet were mere seconds, our minds as one.'
#music #lit
#music #lit
Patti Smith on the night that changed her life
In an extract from her new memoir, the punk poet recalls her chance meeting with husband Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith in 1976
observer.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'By a 64%-26% margin, national polling midway through 2022 made clear, most of Biden’s own party didn’t want him to run for re-election, including a staggering 94% of Democrats under age 30.'
#democrats #schumer #jeffries #saunders #progressives #corporations #elites #usa #poliics #analysis
#democrats #schumer #jeffries #saunders #progressives #corporations #elites #usa #poliics #analysis
A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook? | Norman Solomon
The corporate-friendly party refuses to learn the lessons of the past decade. When will it implement a truly humane agenda?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
'By a 64%-26% margin, national polling midway through 2022 made clear, most of Biden’s own party didn’t want him to run for re-election, including a staggering 94% of Democrats under age 30.'
#democrats #schumer #jeffries #saunders #progressives #corporations #elites #usa #poliics #analysis
#democrats #schumer #jeffries #saunders #progressives #corporations #elites #usa #poliics #analysis
'Across all sectors, between 205,000 and 250,000 formal jobs – those subject to labour laws – have been lost in Argentina over the same period, mostly in construction and manufacturing, and about 18,000 businesses have closed.'
#argentina #milei #austerity #poverty #economics #politics #inflation
#argentina #milei #austerity #poverty #economics #politics #inflation
‘You’re either poor or rich’: the Argentinians struggling under Milei’s chainsaw austerity
Despite falling inflation, a majority are failing to make ends meet as wages and purchasing power have nosedived
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Across all sectors, between 205,000 and 250,000 formal jobs – those subject to labour laws – have been lost in Argentina over the same period, mostly in construction and manufacturing, and about 18,000 businesses have closed.'
#argentina #milei #austerity #poverty #economics #politics #inflation
#argentina #milei #austerity #poverty #economics #politics #inflation
“The world of cinema loses one of its most incisive, inventive, and unclassifiable voices. We would like to thank all those who supported him throughout this long and sometimes solitary struggle.”
#film #documentary #nukes #conflict #culture #UK #BBC #censorship
#film #documentary #nukes #conflict #culture #UK #BBC #censorship
Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“The world of cinema loses one of its most incisive, inventive, and unclassifiable voices. We would like to thank all those who supported him throughout this long and sometimes solitary struggle.”
#film #documentary #nukes #conflict #culture #UK #BBC #censorship
#film #documentary #nukes #conflict #culture #UK #BBC #censorship
“I know the names of the sombre and important people who lurk behind the tragic youths who chose the suicidal fascist atrocities or the common criminals, Sicilian and otherwise, who offered their services as killers and assassins.”
#film #culture #pasolini #literature #lgbtqa+ #italy #fascism
#film #culture #pasolini #literature #lgbtqa+ #italy #fascism
What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director’s vision of fascism is more urgent than ever
With mystery still surrounding Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the poet and film-maker’s warnings of corruption and rising totalitarianism offer a chilling message for our times
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'Carney is reportedly aiming to restart broad engagement with China – Canada’s second-biggest trading parter – after years of tension and amid a rapid deterioration of Canada’s ties with the US since Trump won his second term in the White House.'
#canada #usa #china #japan #apec #trade #tariffs
#canada #usa #china #japan #apec #trade #tariffs
Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit
Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free trade
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket. It’s unbelievable. I don’t know of a greater criminal in history.”
#climate #ecology #biodiversity
#climate #ecology #biodiversity
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket. It’s unbelievable. I don’t know of a greater criminal in history.”
#climate #ecology #biodiversity
#climate #ecology #biodiversity