Rochelle Baker
@rochellebaker1.bsky.social
Rochelle Baker: LJI reporter @NatObserver
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
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“DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency”
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
“DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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There's a growing gap between Canada’s emissions and its climate targets, according to the Canadian Climate Institute's progress report on Canada’s 2030 climate plan.
To build a prosperous, resilient future, governments must implement their climate plans.
To build a prosperous, resilient future, governments must implement their climate plans.
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There's a growing gap between Canada’s emissions and its climate targets, according to the Canadian Climate Institute's progress report on Canada’s 2030 climate plan.
To build a prosperous, resilient future, governments must implement their climate plans.
To build a prosperous, resilient future, governments must implement their climate plans.
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My heart is with Tumbler Ridge. As families grieve, we’re seeing harmful misinformation targeting the trans community. Facts matter, transgender people are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. Tragedy should never be weaponized to divide us. Choose compassion and care over fear.
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
My heart is with Tumbler Ridge. As families grieve, we’re seeing harmful misinformation targeting the trans community. Facts matter, transgender people are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. Tragedy should never be weaponized to divide us. Choose compassion and care over fear.
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Why can't Jeff Bezos escape from Trump's billionaire bunker? Because he has two right feet.
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Why can't Jeff Bezos escape from Trump's billionaire bunker? Because he has two right feet.
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yep, come on GenZers and millennials, a down payment on an average home here is only $186k so all you need to do is skip your next rotisserie chicken 15,500 times and you're sorted, easy peasy
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
yep, come on GenZers and millennials, a down payment on an average home here is only $186k so all you need to do is skip your next rotisserie chicken 15,500 times and you're sorted, easy peasy
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The wealthiest 1% of families in Canada owned 22.7% of wealth in 2023, up from 19.3% in 1999, seeing a total increase of $3 trillion over that period.
Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social:
bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social:
bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future ...
bcpolicy.ca
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The wealthiest 1% of families in Canada owned 22.7% of wealth in 2023, up from 19.3% in 1999, seeing a total increase of $3 trillion over that period.
Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social:
bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social:
bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
Reposted by Rochelle Baker
Reposted by Rochelle Baker
I testified on the topic of critical minerals before the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence this morning.
The video of the session is available here:
The video of the session is available here:
Notice of Meeting - NDDN (45-1) - No. 24 - House of Commons of Canada
Notice of Meeting - NDDN (45-1) - No. 24 - House of Commons of Canada
www.ourcommons.ca
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I testified on the topic of critical minerals before the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence this morning.
The video of the session is available here:
The video of the session is available here:
Yozaa. Go get em
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Yozaa. Go get em
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When the return to the office mandate is driven by downtown business and real estate interests, it ignores reality
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No desks, no strategy: Experts say government's latest return-to-office order ignores reality | CBC News
With federal public servants mandated to return to the office four days a week this summer, experts and unions are sounding the alarm over a lack of clear strategy or infrastructure to support such a ...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
When the return to the office mandate is driven by downtown business and real estate interests, it ignores reality
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Reposted by Rochelle Baker
Just two Republican congressmen (TWO) can get their way on Ukraine funding, or tariffs, anything… by shutting down the floor of the house. Rare chance in history. Quit tweeting “concern” and start acting, NOW! Here’s how:
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Just two Republican congressmen (TWO) can get their way on Ukraine funding, or tariffs, anything… by shutting down the floor of the house. Rare chance in history. Quit tweeting “concern” and start acting, NOW! Here’s how:
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"The greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished from the North Atlantic archipelago, until a remnant population was discovered in a damp and overgrown alleyway in Hamilton, the island capital, in 2014."
#snails #inverts
#snails #inverts
Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort
Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A reality check for Canadians who might be feeling self satisfied bout our approach to immigration compared to US.
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care | The Tyee
Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage.
thetyee.ca
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A reality check for Canadians who might be feeling self satisfied bout our approach to immigration compared to US.
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Now that most of the country wants to abolish ICE, get ready for the goalposts to shift, so that abolish ICE becomes "reform ICE" as we get closer to the election. We have to continue pressure to make sure we really mean abolish, when we say it, otherwise we will be sold out.
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Now that most of the country wants to abolish ICE, get ready for the goalposts to shift, so that abolish ICE becomes "reform ICE" as we get closer to the election. We have to continue pressure to make sure we really mean abolish, when we say it, otherwise we will be sold out.
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The latest in the loooong fish farm saga on the West Coast from @rochellebaker1.bsky.social
Appeal court ruling backs Discovery Islands salmon farm closures
A federal court ruling affirming fish farm closures in Discovery Islands now shifts spotlight to government action and future of industry on the West Coast.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The latest in the loooong fish farm saga on the West Coast from @rochellebaker1.bsky.social
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me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk
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It was Melania, she needs to get the negative attention off of her movie flop.
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
It was Melania, she needs to get the negative attention off of her movie flop.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Via @ubcoceans.bsky.social - All at sea: Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations - @rochellebaker1.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com via @squamishchief.bsky.social
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All at sea: Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations
Canada and the U.S. are playing by different rules when it comes to protecting threatened whales, experts warn.
www.squamishchief.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Via @ubcoceans.bsky.social - All at sea: Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations - @rochellebaker1.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com via @squamishchief.bsky.social
www.squamishchief.com/highlights/a...
www.squamishchief.com/highlights/a...
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The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
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Fantastic news. Stick that in your vape stick and puff it, Mary Barra.
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Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada
Non-binding MOU stems from campaign to win submarine contract for Canada’s navy
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Fantastic news. Stick that in your vape stick and puff it, Mary Barra.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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"This is a preschool you stupid motherfuckers" should be the Democrats' 2026 slogan
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"This is a preschool you stupid motherfuckers" should be the Democrats' 2026 slogan