Jamie Rickard🇨🇦🇨🇭
@calcigryph.bsky.social
Canadian agronomist, Hip lover, beer drinker and unapologetic science defender.
Where are the protests, where is the public vitriol and condemnation of the identity and ideology of these purpotrators of genocide? Where is the Free Nigeria movement?
Nigeria deploys troops after 170 killed in deadly Kwara village attack reut.rs/4qoOQUJ
Nigeria deploys troops after 170 killed in deadly Kwara village attack
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kaiama district in the central Kwara state after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in an overnight attack, his office said on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Where are the protests, where is the public vitriol and condemnation of the identity and ideology of these purpotrators of genocide? Where is the Free Nigeria movement?
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Nigeria deploys troops after 170 killed in deadly Kwara village attack reut.rs/4qoOQUJ
Nigeria deploys troops after 170 killed in deadly Kwara village attack
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kaiama district in the central Kwara state after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in an overnight attack, his office said on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Nigeria deploys troops after 170 killed in deadly Kwara village attack reut.rs/4qoOQUJ
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If Christopher Nolan doesn't show Helen of Troy being hatched from an egg after her mother slept with a swan then it just shows he hates Western Civilization.
These people do get that this is mythology right? Not sure the colour of her skin is the biggest issue here.
These people do get that this is mythology right? Not sure the colour of her skin is the biggest issue here.
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM
If Christopher Nolan doesn't show Helen of Troy being hatched from an egg after her mother slept with a swan then it just shows he hates Western Civilization.
These people do get that this is mythology right? Not sure the colour of her skin is the biggest issue here.
These people do get that this is mythology right? Not sure the colour of her skin is the biggest issue here.
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“If the Conservatives were more of a political party, and less of a cult, they would read the writing on the wall. Their leader cannot lead.”
Pierre Poilievre has spent his time as CPC leader insulting Canadians’ intelligence with rage-bait and disinformation.
He inspires no confidence.
Pierre Poilievre has spent his time as CPC leader insulting Canadians’ intelligence with rage-bait and disinformation.
He inspires no confidence.
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“If the Conservatives were more of a political party, and less of a cult, they would read the writing on the wall. Their leader cannot lead.”
Pierre Poilievre has spent his time as CPC leader insulting Canadians’ intelligence with rage-bait and disinformation.
He inspires no confidence.
Pierre Poilievre has spent his time as CPC leader insulting Canadians’ intelligence with rage-bait and disinformation.
He inspires no confidence.
Absolute garbage league. Missed the call but too arrogant to consider their f$&k up
Re Celebrini: I wouldn't call this embellishment...if you feel something come towards your face it's a natural reflex.
Re Celebrini: I wouldn't call this embellishment...if you feel something come towards your face it's a natural reflex.
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Absolute garbage league. Missed the call but too arrogant to consider their f$&k up
Re Celebrini: I wouldn't call this embellishment...if you feel something come towards your face it's a natural reflex.
Re Celebrini: I wouldn't call this embellishment...if you feel something come towards your face it's a natural reflex.
How many people went 'OMG yes, that's exactly it' after reading this.
“Listening to Trump’s speech after Carney’s is like going from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture to your four-year-old playing the kazoo in your face while you’re suffering from a migraine.” @cultmtl.com
cultmtl.com/2026/01/mark...
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Mark Carney's historic declaration of resistance vs. Trump's ramblings of an overgrown toddler
Speeches by Mark Carney and Donald Trump this week further illustrated the chasm between leadership in Canada and the U.S.
cultmtl.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:46 PM
How many people went 'OMG yes, that's exactly it' after reading this.
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25% reflects the dwindling crowd of Pierre Poilievre supporting losers in Canada who still who refuse to put their camo clothes wardrobes into storage and put down their misappropriated Canadian flags long enough go out and get an education rather than ply their anger and stupid onto the nation.
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
25% reflects the dwindling crowd of Pierre Poilievre supporting losers in Canada who still who refuse to put their camo clothes wardrobes into storage and put down their misappropriated Canadian flags long enough go out and get an education rather than ply their anger and stupid onto the nation.
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American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
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It reminds me a bit of Brexit: we now spend so much time and effort solving a problem that is unnecessary and self-made - while there is an actual war going on on our continent.
My thoughts on the Greenland discussion 👇
Full interview www.welt.de/videos/video...
My thoughts on the Greenland discussion 👇
Full interview www.welt.de/videos/video...
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
It reminds me a bit of Brexit: we now spend so much time and effort solving a problem that is unnecessary and self-made - while there is an actual war going on on our continent.
My thoughts on the Greenland discussion 👇
Full interview www.welt.de/videos/video...
My thoughts on the Greenland discussion 👇
Full interview www.welt.de/videos/video...
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Humanism in a nutshell 🥜
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Humanism in a nutshell 🥜
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
But but but...Freedom!
Voting CONservative has CONsequences
More than embarrassing. Dangerous, with the danger foreseen. Alberta has 38% of measles cases in Canada. It has only 11½% of the Canadian population.
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta has more cases than the entire USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
But but but...Freedom!
Too many or not enough? For an organization that granted Hitler free reign and basically canonized him, they might think they're not anti-semitic enough!
Founded in 1506, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the world’s oldest standing military corps and is charged with protecting the Pope.
Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after antisemitic incident claims
Founded in 1506, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the world’s oldest standing military corps and is charged with protecting the Pope.
l.euronews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Too many or not enough? For an organization that granted Hitler free reign and basically canonized him, they might think they're not anti-semitic enough!
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FuKKK religion.
All of them
Have a godless day 🥳
All of them
Have a godless day 🥳
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
FuKKK religion.
All of them
Have a godless day 🥳
All of them
Have a godless day 🥳
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This article is not brand new but I feel like a 'finally' is in order. A brilliant articulation of the privileged positions of the 'haves' and the tangible suffering they cause with their idyllic views of feeding people.
In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
www.monbiot.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This article is not brand new but I feel like a 'finally' is in order. A brilliant articulation of the privileged positions of the 'haves' and the tangible suffering they cause with their idyllic views of feeding people.
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The notion that we must accept one form of religious extremism in order to guard against another is a false choice. The defence of an open, liberal society should be based on principled secularism and universal human rights, not a cynical, self-defeating bargain.
One extremism won’t save you from another
In the face of concerns about rising Christian Nationalism in the UK, the retort from some quarters has been to suggest that it is at least a better option than Islamic fundamentalism. This implies a ...
humanists.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The notion that we must accept one form of religious extremism in order to guard against another is a false choice. The defence of an open, liberal society should be based on principled secularism and universal human rights, not a cynical, self-defeating bargain.
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IF you call yourself “deeply religious” & think what’s going on in 🇺🇸, and other countries with similar beliefs-you’re the problem.
You put fake deities before human beings, and the only planet we all live on including #wildlife.
GFY’s. 🪶😡💔🧡 #OnePlanet #Fascism #FreeGaza #TruthAndReconciliation
You put fake deities before human beings, and the only planet we all live on including #wildlife.
GFY’s. 🪶😡💔🧡 #OnePlanet #Fascism #FreeGaza #TruthAndReconciliation
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
IF you call yourself “deeply religious” & think what’s going on in 🇺🇸, and other countries with similar beliefs-you’re the problem.
You put fake deities before human beings, and the only planet we all live on including #wildlife.
GFY’s. 🪶😡💔🧡 #OnePlanet #Fascism #FreeGaza #TruthAndReconciliation
You put fake deities before human beings, and the only planet we all live on including #wildlife.
GFY’s. 🪶😡💔🧡 #OnePlanet #Fascism #FreeGaza #TruthAndReconciliation
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If I were a company that owns Star Wars and planned on capitulating to fascist threats, I wouldn't have provided Star Wars fans with two seasons of well-written anti-fascist inspiration right before doing so.
September 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If I were a company that owns Star Wars and planned on capitulating to fascist threats, I wouldn't have provided Star Wars fans with two seasons of well-written anti-fascist inspiration right before doing so.
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Area man who dropped out of community college after two months to go work as VP at father’s company tell local kids to try harder.
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Area man who dropped out of community college after two months to go work as VP at father’s company tell local kids to try harder.
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What is humanism, anyway?
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
What is humanism, anyway?
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“Poilievre tries to present himself as a regular guy focused on Canadians’ bread and butter concerns, but really he’s a well-connected shill for Big Oil — the industry that’s undermined Canada for decades and prevented us from transitioning off fossil fuels.” @taylornoakes.com
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Poilievre tries to present himself as a regular guy focused on Canadians’ bread and butter concerns, but really he’s a well-connected shill for Big Oil — the industry that’s undermined Canada for decades and prevented us from transitioning off fossil fuels.” @taylornoakes.com
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.