Ben Holt 🇨🇦
@beanjammin.bsky.social
(he/him) An accidental activist. I kept waiting and waiting for someone to do something. Oh no what if everyone's waiting for me?!?
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
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I hope Starmer chokes on his sprouts...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Palestine Action: Prison hunger strikes that shaped history
Four Palestine Action members are continuing hunger strikes in the UK, following a protest practice with a long history.
www.aljazeera.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I hope Starmer chokes on his sprouts...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Missing climate targets will torpedo the economy. That's not the message behind this Globe and Mail Editorial Board column. Do they not understand the economy? Do they not understand climate? Both? Or could it be they do not want us to understand either? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: Climate targets can’t torpedo the economy
Canada has promised to cut emissions by 40 per cent but is on track for a 34-per-cent reduction. That would still be a success
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Missing climate targets will torpedo the economy. That's not the message behind this Globe and Mail Editorial Board column. Do they not understand the economy? Do they not understand climate? Both? Or could it be they do not want us to understand either? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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COMMUNITY ADVISORY:
It is every bit as disappointing to buy coffee flavoured Baileys as it is Baileys flavoured coffee.
It is every bit as disappointing to buy coffee flavoured Baileys as it is Baileys flavoured coffee.
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
COMMUNITY ADVISORY:
It is every bit as disappointing to buy coffee flavoured Baileys as it is Baileys flavoured coffee.
It is every bit as disappointing to buy coffee flavoured Baileys as it is Baileys flavoured coffee.
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"Wie Prime, bloß mit Menschen." - ICE Chef Todd M. Lyons
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said.
The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages:
“Like Prime, but with human beings.” 1/5
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said.
The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages:
“Like Prime, but with human beings.” 1/5
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Wie Prime, bloß mit Menschen." - ICE Chef Todd M. Lyons
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said.
The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages:
“Like Prime, but with human beings.” 1/5
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said.
The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages:
“Like Prime, but with human beings.” 1/5
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December 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Western Australia Emergency Warning (new)
14:18 local
LEAVE NOW
COWALLA
For people in the area bounded by Moore River, Millbank Road and Cowalla Road in COWALLA int the SHIRE OF GINGIN
If it is safe to do so, leave in an Northerly or Southerly direction
14:18 local
LEAVE NOW
COWALLA
For people in the area bounded by Moore River, Millbank Road and Cowalla Road in COWALLA int the SHIRE OF GINGIN
If it is safe to do so, leave in an Northerly or Southerly direction
December 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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みなさん！ブルースカイへようこそ。
December 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
みなさん！ブルースカイへようこそ。
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
Politicians who aren't destroying the future can post Christmas messages without turning off replies or quote posts. David LNGEby is not such a politician.
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Politicians who aren't destroying the future can post Christmas messages without turning off replies or quote posts. David LNGEby is not such a politician.
They've found someone even worse?
Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn won't run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives #VictoriaBC
Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn won't run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives - BC News
Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn says he won't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because he doesn't want to risk giving the federal Liberals a majority government.
www.castanet.net
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
They've found someone even worse?
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This said with the same total lack of humanity as the attendees at the Wannsee Conference
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This said with the same total lack of humanity as the attendees at the Wannsee Conference
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In Starmer's UK Zionists have more right to conduct a genocide than people in the UK do to protest a genocide.
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greta Thunberg arrested over Palestine Action placard
Greta Thunberg is arrested in central London on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In Starmer's UK Zionists have more right to conduct a genocide than people in the UK do to protest a genocide.
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
Some Google AI summaries are worse than others. This one was awful www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Ashley MacIsaac concert cancelled after AI wrongly accuses him of being sex offender | CBC News
Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender.
www.cbc.ca
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Some Google AI summaries are worse than others. This one was awful www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
In Starmer's UK Zionists have more right to conduct a genocide than people in the UK do to protest a genocide.
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greta Thunberg arrested over Palestine Action placard
Greta Thunberg is arrested in central London on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In Starmer's UK Zionists have more right to conduct a genocide than people in the UK do to protest a genocide.
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your rights are only as secure as their rights. No matter who you are. No matter who they are.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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the trans mountsin pipeline isn't even profitable. we are expected to fund another for carney and smith?
“It’s a misrepresentation of finances on this project.”
"When all its debts are factored in, Gunton estimates the pipeline lost around $166 million in the first six months of 2025."
#cdnpoli
“It’s a misrepresentation of finances on this project.”
"When all its debts are factored in, Gunton estimates the pipeline lost around $166 million in the first six months of 2025."
#cdnpoli
Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee
How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
the trans mountsin pipeline isn't even profitable. we are expected to fund another for carney and smith?
“It’s a misrepresentation of finances on this project.”
"When all its debts are factored in, Gunton estimates the pipeline lost around $166 million in the first six months of 2025."
#cdnpoli
“It’s a misrepresentation of finances on this project.”
"When all its debts are factored in, Gunton estimates the pipeline lost around $166 million in the first six months of 2025."
#cdnpoli
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“Cybergarbage Truck”, resin 3d print painted acrylic
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Cybergarbage Truck”, resin 3d print painted acrylic
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Prime minister Carney intends to sail past our Paris climate targets claiming he's doing it for the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fossil fuels are the liability engine of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
British Columbians deal with aftermath of heavy rain while bracing for more | CBC News
While the Fraser Valley has seen devastating flooding over the last 10 days, other parts of the province are also dealing with the aftermath of multiple atmospheric river storm systems.
www.cbc.ca
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Prime minister Carney intends to sail past our Paris climate targets claiming he's doing it for the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fossil fuels are the liability engine of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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With CECOT being in the news, I want to repost this article my wife wrote about our adopted kids' birth father. He finished a prison sentence and was deported to El Salvador and landed in CECOT. If anyone can help with this, please contact me. We're feeling pretty helpless.
Contributor: A criminal conviction doesn't make an immigrant 'the worst of the worst'
Our children's birth father was a shining example of rehabilitation in California. Then he was deported to El Salvador, disappeared from the kids' lives.
www.latimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
With CECOT being in the news, I want to repost this article my wife wrote about our adopted kids' birth father. He finished a prison sentence and was deported to El Salvador and landed in CECOT. If anyone can help with this, please contact me. We're feeling pretty helpless.
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This lays it out well. And then there is the company owned by Adam Waterous that just got a free pass to pollute and double production by 2035. Big oil wins and we all lose.
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/m...
Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuel Expansion Is ‘Canada Strong,’ but U.S. Investors Get the Profits
New data show American capital now controls most of Canada’s oil and gas sector while jobs vanish, royalties lag, and billions flow south.
www.desmog.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This lays it out well. And then there is the company owned by Adam Waterous that just got a free pass to pollute and double production by 2035. Big oil wins and we all lose.
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/m...
What could possibly go wrong?
December 13: BCI has ~$10.49M in Axon Enterprise Inc, the Arizona-based firm formerly known as TASER.🎄 It develops weapons and tech for military, police and civilians, including tasers.🧑🎄 Axon is now trialing AI + facial-recognition-enabled bodycams. Will pensions be any use if we retire in 1984?☃️
Edmonton Police Service partners with U.S. company to test use of facial-recognition bodycams | CBC News
The Edmonton Police Service will test the use of bodycams that employ facial recognition, a form of artificial intelligence. Starting Wednesday, up to 50 police officers will use the cameras for the r...
www.cbc.ca
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
This is not to be taken lightly. Putin and Trump are working together. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says US needs Greenland after naming special envoy
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is not to be taken lightly. Putin and Trump are working together. www.bbc.com/news/article...