Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
Climate & social justice warrior. Double Green Party riding! Prov BC MLA R. Botterell. Canada MP. E. May.
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
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Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
· Dec 22
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We have a Canada Health Act. What we don't have is a federal government willing to enforce it.
Conservative led provinces are funneling our tax dollars into private, for profit, healthcare. They’re breaking the public system so that can say it’s broken and bring in even more privatization. We need to vote them out and demand their replacements roll back privatization!
Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that, since 2015, the number of family doctors per capita has increased both nationally & in every province — except Alberta & Ontario #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We have a Canada Health Act. What we don't have is a federal government willing to enforce it.
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It is with deep sadness that I have to report the passing of Chip Berlet. He was one of the few people to consistently research and organize against the U.S. Far Right from the 1970s through the '00s. His co-authored 2000 book "Right-Wing Populism in America" unfortunately remains all-to-relevant.
Chip Berlet (1949-2026)
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
Chip Berlet (1949-2026)
When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
It is with deep sadness that I have to report the passing of Chip Berlet. He was one of the few people to consistently research and organize against the U.S. Far Right from the 1970s through the '00s. His co-authored 2000 book "Right-Wing Populism in America" unfortunately remains all-to-relevant.
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LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, B.C., burned more than 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, B.C., burned more than 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
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The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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For those of us who have been watching a livestreamed genocide in Gaza—and years of apartheid and occupation across all of Palestine—what’s happening in Minneapolis is not unfamiliar
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
For those of us who have been watching a livestreamed genocide in Gaza—and years of apartheid and occupation across all of Palestine—what’s happening in Minneapolis is not unfamiliar
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Looking good, Olympians! The U.S. cross country teams know what's up.
So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)
So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Looking good, Olympians! The U.S. cross country teams know what's up.
So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)
So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)
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Genuinely dislocating to see McKinsey tell every client and journalist they can talk to that AI is inevitable and they must hire McKinsey experts to embed it throughout the economy, while also acknowledging it is a security disaster and, in many cases, makes work slower and lower quality.
They are. Plainly, they open numerous vulnerabilities. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Genuinely dislocating to see McKinsey tell every client and journalist they can talk to that AI is inevitable and they must hire McKinsey experts to embed it throughout the economy, while also acknowledging it is a security disaster and, in many cases, makes work slower and lower quality.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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That's the bigger story and the context for the Epstein stuff - we've allowed so much concentration of power that money and connections are treated as if they override *everything*, from morality to physics.
It's no wonder they 🤬ed up with COVID when power entitles these people to deny reality.
It's no wonder they 🤬ed up with COVID when power entitles these people to deny reality.
Happy International Women's Day!
A reminder that this specific screwup has now killed ~25 million people.
A world that allows an influential, entitled, ignorant man to just shout down a smarter and more knowledgeable woman 👉can literally kill you.👈
www.wired.com/story/the-te...
A reminder that this specific screwup has now killed ~25 million people.
A world that allows an influential, entitled, ignorant man to just shout down a smarter and more knowledgeable woman 👉can literally kill you.👈
www.wired.com/story/the-te...
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
That's the bigger story and the context for the Epstein stuff - we've allowed so much concentration of power that money and connections are treated as if they override *everything*, from morality to physics.
It's no wonder they 🤬ed up with COVID when power entitles these people to deny reality.
It's no wonder they 🤬ed up with COVID when power entitles these people to deny reality.
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The Carney govt's rhetoric and actions here directly feed into anti-immigrant sentiment, xenophobia and, ultimately, white supremacy. The govt's implicit message helps drive some really ugly momentum.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-... ‘The cuts to this program are not happening within a vacuum. They are taking place in a broader context of heightened anti-immigration rhetoric and policies like Bill C-12 that will make it easier for people to lose their status and be deported.’
As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all ⋆ The Breach
Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all
breachmedia.ca
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Carney govt's rhetoric and actions here directly feed into anti-immigrant sentiment, xenophobia and, ultimately, white supremacy. The govt's implicit message helps drive some really ugly momentum.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
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Sit with that a minute. Multiple members of the Toronto Police Service have been accused of running what amounts to a matchmaking service for violent criminals. We send you the place. You commit the crime. Everybody gets paid.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: How deep does the rot go in the Toronto police?
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw says the allegations against the eight officers are not representative of the forces more than 8,000 members. The onus is on the police to prove
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Sit with that a minute. Multiple members of the Toronto Police Service have been accused of running what amounts to a matchmaking service for violent criminals. We send you the place. You commit the crime. Everybody gets paid.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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The Holocaust they don’t teach you about:
On this day February 5th, 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium declared Congo as his personal colonial possession and proceeded to commit horrific genocide upon the Congolese people.
On this day February 5th, 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium declared Congo as his personal colonial possession and proceeded to commit horrific genocide upon the Congolese people.
February 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The Holocaust they don’t teach you about:
On this day February 5th, 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium declared Congo as his personal colonial possession and proceeded to commit horrific genocide upon the Congolese people.
On this day February 5th, 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium declared Congo as his personal colonial possession and proceeded to commit horrific genocide upon the Congolese people.
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Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
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The true horror of US employment situation is snapping into focus. The worst job cut month since that terrible year of 2009.
CHALLENGER JAN. US JOB CUTS 108K, MOST TO START YEAR SINCE 2009
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The true horror of US employment situation is snapping into focus. The worst job cut month since that terrible year of 2009.
🇨🇦 The law should apply equally to everyone, regardless of their wealth, power and status.
#BillC-15 would allow federal ministers to exempt any entity from federal law or regulations, other than the Criminal Code. This exemption is determined by the relevant minister.
#cdnpoli
#BillC-15 would allow federal ministers to exempt any entity from federal law or regulations, other than the Criminal Code. This exemption is determined by the relevant minister.
#cdnpoli
This should be front page news in Canada. The rule of law is fundamental to Canadian democracy.
#Canadasky
#Canadasky
The law should apply equally to everyone, regardless of their wealth, power and status.
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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A @policyalternatives.ca and Parkland Institute report argues that Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, violates the Canada Health Act by creating a private insurance market for publicly insured care
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/03/a...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/03/a...
Alberta’s Bill 11 violates Canada’s Public Health Care Act, says new report - Red Deer Advocate
Alberta’s New Democrats launch health care emergency petition
reddeeradvocate.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A @policyalternatives.ca and Parkland Institute report argues that Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, violates the Canada Health Act by creating a private insurance market for publicly insured care
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/03/a...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/03/a...
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In its new report on the Hastings forced evictions, the BC Human Rights Commissioner just identified a, uh, pretty major gap in oversight:
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In its new report on the Hastings forced evictions, the BC Human Rights Commissioner just identified a, uh, pretty major gap in oversight:
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Rural municipalities in Alberta getting screw over by oil and gas companies with the UCP's help.
Companies owing millions in taxes allowed to skirt AER rules and acquire new wells
open.substack.com/pub/drilland...
open.substack.com/pub/drilland...
Companies owing millions in taxes allowed to skirt AER rules and acquire new wells
“Why are you allowing it? And what are you doing to stop it?” asks Rural Municipalities of Alberta representative in new report by The Investigative Journalism Foundation
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Rural municipalities in Alberta getting screw over by oil and gas companies with the UCP's help.
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This should be enough for the world to get behind eliminating super wealth. Tax it out of existence.
This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
This should be enough for the world to get behind eliminating super wealth. Tax it out of existence.
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Evan Solomon? Using digital asbestos to do his job for him? The hell you say!
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Evan Solomon? Using digital asbestos to do his job for him? The hell you say!
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Who the Hell Cares About Industrial Carbon Pricing?
You should. Export markets like China and the EU are beefing up their carbon markets and regulations.
Alberta's system doesn't work. I'm skeptical @abdaniellesmith is committed to fixing it.
#abpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/who-the-he...
You should. Export markets like China and the EU are beefing up their carbon markets and regulations.
Alberta's system doesn't work. I'm skeptical @abdaniellesmith is committed to fixing it.
#abpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/who-the-he...
Who the Hell Cares About Industrial Carbon Pricing?
Canadians, that's who
markhamhislop.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Who the Hell Cares About Industrial Carbon Pricing?
You should. Export markets like China and the EU are beefing up their carbon markets and regulations.
Alberta's system doesn't work. I'm skeptical @abdaniellesmith is committed to fixing it.
#abpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/who-the-he...
You should. Export markets like China and the EU are beefing up their carbon markets and regulations.
Alberta's system doesn't work. I'm skeptical @abdaniellesmith is committed to fixing it.
#abpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/who-the-he...
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
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FUN FACTS
Jesus' name is mentioned 983 times in the New Testament.
Trump's name is mentioned over 38,000 times in the #EpsteinFiles.
Jesus' name is mentioned 983 times in the New Testament.
Trump's name is mentioned over 38,000 times in the #EpsteinFiles.
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
FUN FACTS
Jesus' name is mentioned 983 times in the New Testament.
Trump's name is mentioned over 38,000 times in the #EpsteinFiles.
Jesus' name is mentioned 983 times in the New Testament.
Trump's name is mentioned over 38,000 times in the #EpsteinFiles.
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The $750K fine applied to EsteeLauder by Environment & Climate Change Canada for using forever chemicals in its eyeliner products, after being warned not to, s/b ⬆️ if we expect compliance.
To the order of $10M. $750K for a global cosmetics corp is pocket change.
Investigate rest of beauty industry.
To the order of $10M. $750K for a global cosmetics corp is pocket change.
Investigate rest of beauty industry.
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The $750K fine applied to EsteeLauder by Environment & Climate Change Canada for using forever chemicals in its eyeliner products, after being warned not to, s/b ⬆️ if we expect compliance.
To the order of $10M. $750K for a global cosmetics corp is pocket change.
Investigate rest of beauty industry.
To the order of $10M. $750K for a global cosmetics corp is pocket change.
Investigate rest of beauty industry.