Greg Fingas
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🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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“Canada should anticipate that the petition and likely referendum on Albertan independence will be subject to foreign interference over both the outcome and the process itself.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Danielle Smith has put out the welcome mat for foreign interference in Canada
Alberta’s new Bill 54 makes it much easier to hold a secession referendum - and for adversaries to exploit a societal rift
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
“Canada should anticipate that the petition and likely referendum on Albertan independence will be subject to foreign interference over both the outcome and the process itself.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Who would have imagined
I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻♂️
#kikorangi
I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻♂️
#kikorangi
Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas - Carbon Brief
The UK government has secured a record 7.4 gigawatts of solar, onshore wind and tidal power in its latest auction for new renewable capacity.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Who would have imagined
I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻♂️
#kikorangi
I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻♂️
#kikorangi
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Tainted food is becoming an ever increasing problem, costing human lives. And yet the Carney government is cutting 600 jobs from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to pay for more American military spending.
Federal union says Canadian Food Inspection Agency cuts could harm consumers
A federal union set up a table just metres away from Parliament Hill with commonly recalled food to sound the alarm about planned cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
www.ctvnews.ca
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Tainted food is becoming an ever increasing problem, costing human lives. And yet the Carney government is cutting 600 jobs from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to pay for more American military spending.
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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Always enjoy being told that the private sector is a more efficient and productive way to deliver public services
Public-private partnerships do 👏 not 👏 work 👏.
'Predatory' NDIS providers targeting remote communities with gifts
People with disabilities in remote Northern Territory communities are being targeted by unscrupulous NDIS providers using high-pressure sales tactics and inducements including cash, cigarettes and alc...
www.abc.net.au
February 15, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Always enjoy being told that the private sector is a more efficient and productive way to deliver public services
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Those Who Agree - "It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance to break up this country from a foreign power"
🟢 All: 81%
🟢 BC: 86%
🟢 ON: 83%
🟢 ATL: 83%
🟢 SK/MB: 82%
🟢 QC: 72%
🟢 AB: 69%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
🟢 All: 81%
🟢 BC: 86%
🟢 ON: 83%
🟢 ATL: 83%
🟢 SK/MB: 82%
🟢 QC: 72%
🟢 AB: 69%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
Canadians Call It Treason as Alberta Separatists Face National Backlash
A clear majority agree that turning to the U.S. for assistance in separation is inappropriate
canadianpolling.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Those Who Agree - "It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance to break up this country from a foreign power"
🟢 All: 81%
🟢 BC: 86%
🟢 ON: 83%
🟢 ATL: 83%
🟢 SK/MB: 82%
🟢 QC: 72%
🟢 AB: 69%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
🟢 All: 81%
🟢 BC: 86%
🟢 ON: 83%
🟢 ATL: 83%
🟢 SK/MB: 82%
🟢 QC: 72%
🟢 AB: 69%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
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L (biggest breath I can possibly hold in my middle aged lungs) MAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
L (biggest breath I can possibly hold in my middle aged lungs) MAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
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Thank you. My lord. Too many rubes (or worse, people playing rube) ignoring this shit. It's no different than your "AI microwave" that for some reason needs to be attached to your wifi. Everything is selling/using your data and giving you zippo in return.
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Thank you. My lord. Too many rubes (or worse, people playing rube) ignoring this shit. It's no different than your "AI microwave" that for some reason needs to be attached to your wifi. Everything is selling/using your data and giving you zippo in return.
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on a Very Special Episode of Bring Back Shame
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
on a Very Special Episode of Bring Back Shame
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“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The trans rights panic is purely based on elite signaling. It is entirely inorganic, driven by media and wealthy interests. It's nonsense to say that elites cannot sway opinions, and the popularists are advocating for unilateral disarmament because they like Trump and want him to win.
I'm not an expert, but I have read a fair amount of polisci research for a layperson, and there is just absolutely no justification for the argument that "elites cannot sway opinion." Nobody thinks that. It's completely wrong. 1
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The trans rights panic is purely based on elite signaling. It is entirely inorganic, driven by media and wealthy interests. It's nonsense to say that elites cannot sway opinions, and the popularists are advocating for unilateral disarmament because they like Trump and want him to win.
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good thing most people aren’t running around repeatedly getting an oncogenic virus because the government convinced them it’s nbd
Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
good thing most people aren’t running around repeatedly getting an oncogenic virus because the government convinced them it’s nbd
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This is a *critical* conversation to have as we sail through 1.5°C
“Hardly any country has comprehensive national frameworks for planned relocation; many lack the political will, resources, capacities and knowledge to design relocation.”
Source: www.swp-berlin.org/p...
#ClimateCrisis
“Hardly any country has comprehensive national frameworks for planned relocation; many lack the political will, resources, capacities and knowledge to design relocation.”
Source: www.swp-berlin.org/p...
#ClimateCrisis
February 14, 2026 at 5:32 AM
This is a *critical* conversation to have as we sail through 1.5°C
“Hardly any country has comprehensive national frameworks for planned relocation; many lack the political will, resources, capacities and knowledge to design relocation.”
Source: www.swp-berlin.org/p...
#ClimateCrisis
“Hardly any country has comprehensive national frameworks for planned relocation; many lack the political will, resources, capacities and knowledge to design relocation.”
Source: www.swp-berlin.org/p...
#ClimateCrisis
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An important read from @theatlantic.com: This is how a child dies of measles, by Elizabeth Bruenig. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
An important read from @theatlantic.com: This is how a child dies of measles, by Elizabeth Bruenig. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
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“We will end the suffering in Cuba,” say the Americans now making Cuba *suffer like never before* 😡
WATCH: Massive fire erupts at one of Cuba’s largest oil refineries, Ñico López in Havana, amid severe fuel shortages and the U.S. embargo; cause remains unknown.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“We will end the suffering in Cuba,” say the Americans now making Cuba *suffer like never before* 😡
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Lesson (which, sadly, still needs to be learned by many): stop trusting billionaires who tell you what you want to hear.
There is so much fretting about trust in news these days. Maybe there shouldn’t be. My latest, on how Bezos won my misplaced trust the same way the media often did: by telling me what I wanted to hear. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...
Opinion | Why Did I Trust Jeff Bezos?
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Lesson (which, sadly, still needs to be learned by many): stop trusting billionaires who tell you what you want to hear.
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Stripping the EPA’s authority to fight climate change is a dereliction of duty. More profits for fossil fuel executives and wealthy shareholders at the expense of our planet and future.
The climate emergency is here.
tinyurl.com/mryaaj9v
The climate emergency is here.
tinyurl.com/mryaaj9v
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
tinyurl.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Stripping the EPA’s authority to fight climate change is a dereliction of duty. More profits for fossil fuel executives and wealthy shareholders at the expense of our planet and future.
The climate emergency is here.
tinyurl.com/mryaaj9v
The climate emergency is here.
tinyurl.com/mryaaj9v
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Large electric powered container ships are already a reality.
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership
China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...
maritime-executive.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Large electric powered container ships are already a reality.
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
When posting about this 2 years ago the so-called “experts” said it is impossible.
Can people stop listening to oil and gas “experts” soon?
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This story is appalling. From this detail...
"The annual $31 million savings amounts to about one & a half times what the government spent on ads about how it was “building a better health care system"
...to patients dying in pain to, um, SickKids trying to run cover for the Ford govt.
#OnPoli
"The annual $31 million savings amounts to about one & a half times what the government spent on ads about how it was “building a better health care system"
...to patients dying in pain to, um, SickKids trying to run cover for the Ford govt.
#OnPoli
February 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This story is appalling. From this detail...
"The annual $31 million savings amounts to about one & a half times what the government spent on ads about how it was “building a better health care system"
...to patients dying in pain to, um, SickKids trying to run cover for the Ford govt.
#OnPoli
"The annual $31 million savings amounts to about one & a half times what the government spent on ads about how it was “building a better health care system"
...to patients dying in pain to, um, SickKids trying to run cover for the Ford govt.
#OnPoli