Sara Cimetta
cimetts.bsky.social
Sara Cimetta
@cimetts.bsky.social
Canadian citizen currently living in Germany. MA international affairs from NPSIA. Former journalist and legislative aide who cares deeply about democracy, freedom of the press, and the fate of the world.
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For Canada and Carney, the end of the old order is just the start. A landmark speech heralds a new and challenging era, Aaron Wherry writes www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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ANALYSIS | For Canada and Carney, the end of the old order is just the start | CBC News
Acknowledging you have a problem — and naming it — is an important and necessary step. It's also obviously just a start.
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Canada’s AI conversation is mostly about growth and productivity.

What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
Canada is going all-in on AI, without the guardrails workers need
As the AI gold rush accelerates, Canada’s labour protections are being tested.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“

Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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‘All these souls deserve a dignified rest’: Ukraine’s ‘body seekers’ bring home the fallen
‘All these souls deserve a dignified rest’: Ukraine’s ‘body seekers’ bring home the fallen
Driven by a belief in a common humanity, the Platzdarm search team bring the bodies of soldiers back from the frontline – no matter which side they fought on
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights. n.pr/4q5OmU4
Snow and ice ground flights and choke highways in parts of Europe
More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights.
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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in America people brand you a bleeding heart pie-in-the-sky liberal when you support this but in reality this is the most pragmatic policy and in that sense it is conservative policy
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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German Chancellor Merz ruled out deploying German troops to Ukraine, even after a ceasefire. Speaking in Paris, he said Berlin’s support would remain political, financial, and military, but the scope would be decided post-ceasefire. Merz hinted at future debate but kept boots off the table.
January 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Apologies for yet another thread with a hate read of a Douthat joint, but we need to talk about the role the credulous "center-right" is playing in normalizing fascistic illiberalism in the US. Kolvet is a rabid Islamophobe and anti-trans hatemonger, but you'd never know that from this interview.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Drip by Drip, Poilievre Is Handing Liberals a Majority. Just one seat to go. And it’s likely to happen as the Conservative leader causes the bleeding, Michael Harris writes thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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Drip by Drip, Poilievre Is Handing Liberals a Majority | The Tyee
Just one seat to go. And it’s likely to happen as the Conservative leader causes the bleeding.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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“It’s distressing…we’re constantly hearing that this winter we might have less than usual rainfall and we’re already in drought.

“Next spring and summer, if we don’t get the rainfall we need,…we will face severe water restrictions and that will make everybody’s life very difficult.” /1
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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“The precedent is Flint.” Amazon has come to Oregon’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Read the story ⤵
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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always enjoy seeing people speak out against ai
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The Uninhabitable United States
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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For decades, the European Union ran on an unspoken understanding: Germany handled the money, France handled the military.

Now the tables are turning.
Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
As Berlin again becomes Europe’s leading military power, Paris and Warsaw face a massive political shift.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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This Making America Great Again is really not that great.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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I will, in fact, take it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM