Jan Slakov
@janshalom.bsky.social
Such an unfathomly beautiful world we are destroying. For me, Indigenous teachings (eg https://worldviewliteracy.org/) offer a useful path forward. Also #nonviolence!
Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada
Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada
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December 14: BCI has ~$78.61M in Chevron Corp, the US fossil giant.🛷Per Carbon Majors, it’s the 4th biggest CO2e emitting entity of all time and “opposes climate regulations + advocates for new fossil fuel infrastructure across the world.“ Surely if we engage Chevron just a bit more it will change!🔔
Carbon Majors: 2023 Data Update
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.
carbonmajors.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
December 14: BCI has ~$78.61M in Chevron Corp, the US fossil giant.🛷Per Carbon Majors, it’s the 4th biggest CO2e emitting entity of all time and “opposes climate regulations + advocates for new fossil fuel infrastructure across the world.“ Surely if we engage Chevron just a bit more it will change!🔔
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December 11: BCI owns 9% of Thames Water, the troubled utility serving 1/4 of England’s population.☃️Years of bad decisions, and a litany of water leaks, sewage spills, and fines have torpedoed the firm’s finances and the value of BCI’s stake. Thames = THE poster child for privatization’s problems.🎅
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water's lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
December 11: BCI owns 9% of Thames Water, the troubled utility serving 1/4 of England’s population.☃️Years of bad decisions, and a litany of water leaks, sewage spills, and fines have torpedoed the firm’s finances and the value of BCI’s stake. Thames = THE poster child for privatization’s problems.🎅
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J’ai informé le premier ministre de ma décision de démissionner comme ministre de l’Identité et de la Culture canadiennes, ministre responsable des Langues officielles, ministre de la Nature et de Parcs Canada, ainsi que comme son lieutenant au Québec.
Ma déclaration complète:
Ma déclaration complète:
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
J’ai informé le premier ministre de ma décision de démissionner comme ministre de l’Identité et de la Culture canadiennes, ministre responsable des Langues officielles, ministre de la Nature et de Parcs Canada, ainsi que comme son lieutenant au Québec.
Ma déclaration complète:
Ma déclaration complète:
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In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
www.wired.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
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Steven, we appreciate your advocacy. Thank you for your work to preserve a livable planet for us and our children. 🌎
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Steven, we appreciate your advocacy. Thank you for your work to preserve a livable planet for us and our children. 🌎
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It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
A Canadian company is selling armoured vehicles to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending over C$10 million on armoured vehicles designed to protect against bomb blasts and military-grade weapons. The supplier of the 20 vehicles is...
chrishouston.ca
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Oh my. Until seeing this (how the BBC brass censored @rutgerbregman.com's Reith lecture: substack.com/@johnralston... ) I didn't know. ...As pres of consciencecanada.ca I'm thinking I should read Moral Ambition :)
John Ralston Saul (@johnralstonsaul)
BBC has lost its way. Amazing. Once the model of free speech on radio. And to remove words from the Reith Lectures. Unacceptable.https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1993246411291603301?s=12&t=XZt7xAAcz9N...
substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Oh my. Until seeing this (how the BBC brass censored @rutgerbregman.com's Reith lecture: substack.com/@johnralston... ) I didn't know. ...As pres of consciencecanada.ca I'm thinking I should read Moral Ambition :)
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Donald Trump, 2024: "I was never on Epstein's Plane..."
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Donald Trump, 2024: "I was never on Epstein's Plane..."
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Emergency Department deaths in hospitals taken over by private equity rose by 13.4%
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Hospital Staffing and Patient Outcomes After Private Equity Acquisition | Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: After private equity acquisition, hospitals may experience changes in staffing with implications for patients. Objective: To examine hospital staffing and patient outcomes in emergency dep...
www.acpjournals.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Emergency Department deaths in hospitals taken over by private equity rose by 13.4%
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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CBC says: "intercepted after allegedly crossing illegally"
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Group of asylum seekers arrested in Montérégie, Que. | CBC News
Nineteen asylum seekers of Haitian origin were arrested Thursday night in the Havelock area of Montérégie, Que., according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
CBC says: "intercepted after allegedly crossing illegally"
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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THANK YOU.
When mainstream media *repeatedly* repeats this lie/error, they're not reporting news, they're serving up propaganda.
bsky.app/profile/axed...
When mainstream media *repeatedly* repeats this lie/error, they're not reporting news, they're serving up propaganda.
bsky.app/profile/axed...
People like Doug Ford, who purposely LIE on the issue, need to be taken to task.
Time for some facts...
Time for some facts...
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
THANK YOU.
When mainstream media *repeatedly* repeats this lie/error, they're not reporting news, they're serving up propaganda.
bsky.app/profile/axed...
When mainstream media *repeatedly* repeats this lie/error, they're not reporting news, they're serving up propaganda.
bsky.app/profile/axed...
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December 21: BCI has ~$503.47M in Meta Platforms Inc, the US tech firm that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp + Messenger.❄️ By prioritizing ‘user engagement’, Meta’s algorithms have fuelled misinformation and violence around 🌏. Ominously, CEO + controlling shareholder MZ is now aligned with Trump.🎁
Meta’s new content policies risk fueling more mass violence and genocide
Recent content policy changes by Meta pose a grave threat to vulnerable communities globally and drastically increase the risk of violence.
www.amnesty.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
December 21: BCI has ~$503.47M in Meta Platforms Inc, the US tech firm that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp + Messenger.❄️ By prioritizing ‘user engagement’, Meta’s algorithms have fuelled misinformation and violence around 🌏. Ominously, CEO + controlling shareholder MZ is now aligned with Trump.🎁
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December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
December 25: BCI has ~$48.88M in Palantir Technologies Inc, the US tech giant whose AI-powered data-analysis is used by the Gestapo/ICE.🎄 In 2025 it won a $30M contract to build a platform to “streamline” immigrant identification + deportation.🔔 Other clients include the Pentagon, police depts, …
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A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
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“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
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Flashback post and yep, still our favorite.
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Flashback post and yep, still our favorite.
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Facebook blocked my post warning people that the US government is targeting NGOs who are identifying those who falsify the horrific history of residential school abuse.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Facebook blocked my post warning people that the US government is targeting NGOs who are identifying those who falsify the horrific history of residential school abuse.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
Marco Rubio is using state sanctions against people calling out disinformation. Facebook trying to shut down discussion on this.
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#SmedleyButler was right almost a century ago: #WarIsARacket
And the #RulingClass are all in on it.
#NoWarButClassWar
#CutThePentagon ✂️
And the #RulingClass are all in on it.
#NoWarButClassWar
#CutThePentagon ✂️
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#SmedleyButler was right almost a century ago: #WarIsARacket
And the #RulingClass are all in on it.
#NoWarButClassWar
#CutThePentagon ✂️
And the #RulingClass are all in on it.
#NoWarButClassWar
#CutThePentagon ✂️
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To remember that Bethlehem is not a myth but a place where people still live. If the Christian world is to honour the meaning of Christmas, it must turn its gaze to Bethlehem — not the imagined one, but the real one, a town whose people today still cry out for justice, dignity and peace."
December 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
To remember that Bethlehem is not a myth but a place where people still live. If the Christian world is to honour the meaning of Christmas, it must turn its gaze to Bethlehem — not the imagined one, but the real one, a town whose people today still cry out for justice, dignity and peace."
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There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
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Wow, @janshalom.bsky.social shared a story with me that is more powerful than I expected.
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
Love of Enemy / Spiritualité et pratique de la non-violence - Conscience Canada
Love of Enemy It is crucial that we stop trivializing nonviolence and refuse the false choice of “nonviolence or force”. The true choice is between the force of hatred/violence and the force of love w...
www.consciencecanada.ca
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wow, @janshalom.bsky.social shared a story with me that is more powerful than I expected.
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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