Jamie Rickard🇨🇦🇨🇭
@calcigryph.bsky.social
Canadian agronomist, Hip lover, beer drinker and unapologetic science defender.
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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.
Clearly someone that wants to represent constituants. How could you ask for a better candidate?
“We don’t like being used! It’s not about Poilievre or me. It’s about a voice for my neighbours in Battleriver-Crowfoot! I want to do this as much as I wanted to go to Afghanistan and get shot at but I can’t sit idle when I see injustice!” 🇨🇦
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
July 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Clearly someone that wants to represent constituants. How could you ask for a better candidate?
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“We don’t like being used! It’s not about Poilievre or me. It’s about a voice for my neighbours in Battleriver-Crowfoot! I want to do this as much as I wanted to go to Afghanistan and get shot at but I can’t sit idle when I see injustice!” 🇨🇦
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
July 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“We don’t like being used! It’s not about Poilievre or me. It’s about a voice for my neighbours in Battleriver-Crowfoot! I want to do this as much as I wanted to go to Afghanistan and get shot at but I can’t sit idle when I see injustice!” 🇨🇦
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
@bonniecritchley.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/Xuk_zIVax8g?si…
Like really, a player who knocked another out of the playoffs should not be eligible as the MVP of said playoffs. Garbage league.
The Conn Smythe trophy is week-to-week with concussion symptoms.
Sam Bennett's name is officially on the Conn Smythe Trophy! 🤩
(📸: /keeperofthecup)
(📸: /keeperofthecup)
July 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Like really, a player who knocked another out of the playoffs should not be eligible as the MVP of said playoffs. Garbage league.
One of the best posts I've ever read.
I would add in the role of religion in the ongoing restriction of free choice for women but I usually get yelled at for that.
I would add in the role of religion in the ongoing restriction of free choice for women but I usually get yelled at for that.
By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
July 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
One of the best posts I've ever read.
I would add in the role of religion in the ongoing restriction of free choice for women but I usually get yelled at for that.
I would add in the role of religion in the ongoing restriction of free choice for women but I usually get yelled at for that.
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I remember last summer the CONSERVATIVES and MUSLIMS standing arm and arm defacing pride crosswalks and stomping on flags.
I feel so sorry for the LGBTQ after what Carney has said.
This is a very disturbing development.
No religion has any place in politics.
NOT IN CANADA.
I feel so sorry for the LGBTQ after what Carney has said.
This is a very disturbing development.
No religion has any place in politics.
NOT IN CANADA.
June 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I remember last summer the CONSERVATIVES and MUSLIMS standing arm and arm defacing pride crosswalks and stomping on flags.
I feel so sorry for the LGBTQ after what Carney has said.
This is a very disturbing development.
No religion has any place in politics.
NOT IN CANADA.
I feel so sorry for the LGBTQ after what Carney has said.
This is a very disturbing development.
No religion has any place in politics.
NOT IN CANADA.
Welcome to the club.
L’acquisition d’un deuxième centre s’annonce compliquée pour le Canadien
Trouver un deuxième centre sera compliqué pour le Canadien
ici.radio-canada.ca
June 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Welcome to the club.
Brilliant.
This is pretty funny….for my fellow Canadians! 😂🇨🇦
May 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Brilliant.
Go Jays Go!!!
It’s summer, bitches!
May 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Go Jays Go!!!
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It’s summer, bitches!
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s summer, bitches!
Waste of taxpayer money.
May 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Waste of taxpayer money.