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Roy Jemison
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evidence-based liberal/reformed politico | self-appointed media critic | climate & energy | Slava Ukraini! | Vive le Canada!
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Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Good grief.

“Sala said battery storage is "in a development stage," and is also too expensive to be relied upon more heavily as a means of increasing the reliability of the provincial electrical grid.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thanks for the 54% price increase, Adobe.
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Looking forward to reading your manifesto.
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Evergreen cartoon.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There’s journalism, then there’s @cnn.com appearing to do journalism.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Nov 9
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Unproven tech, hugely expensive, never likely to make an appreciable dent in carbon emissions…what’s not to like? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Energy expert questions proposed Manitoba carbon capture facility | CBC News
A Geneva-based climate policy expert is questioning an NDP government-endorsed carbon capture facility proposed for southwestern Manitoba.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Also, the cauliflower version is an abomination.
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There’s not nearly enough outrage about the fact that Original KD isn’t, in fact, the original. The pasta is inferior.
October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
EDITORIAL | Inuk man's suggestion to release #Marineland belugas into the wild is better than killing them in capitivity
#Nunavik #Nunavut #Iqaluit #Inuit

nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...
Releasing Marineland’s belugas into the wild beats the alternative
Life in the state of nature is “nasty, brutish and short,” according to English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. That’s why 30 captive-born beluga whales at the Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, O...
nunatsiaq.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m going to miss NY Yankees fan reaction videos tbh
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reposted by Roy Jemison
If you read only one thing today, read this letter written from prison, where she has been languishing for several months, by the awesome Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghobeli.
She dared to speak the truth to the Moscow's puppets.
EU leaders don't have her courage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reposted by Roy Jemison
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.
Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Reposted by Roy Jemison
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reposted by Roy Jemison
Given the coverage of my piece published yesterday in the leading French daily @lemonde.fr, I felt I should release a slightly expanded version for subscribers to my IR blog #TenzerStrategics.
Thank you to the newspaper for giving me permission to do so.
tenzerstrategics.substack.com/p/any-restra...
Any Restraint on Europe’s Part in Responding to Russia’s War Would Encourage Aggression
For Our Own Security, It Is Time to Stop De-Escalating
tenzerstrategics.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My eye is still twitching.
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
*advice
September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We’re just like Minnesota but with free healthcare, no guns and without the weird Fargo accent. What’s not to like?
September 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.” - Saul Alinsky
September 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They needed to do something. Starmer has a Prime Ministership to save.
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Did a phone scammer write this?
September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This f*cking guy.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
September 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Manitoba is recruiting.

“Calling all U.S. health care professionals looking for new and exciting career opportunities in Manitoba, Canada!”

www.practiceinmanitoba.com
Practice in Manitoba, Canada | Join Our Free Webinars in Sep 2025
We're holding free information webinars this September for healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, paramedics & psychologists) interested in making the move to Manitoba, Canada.
www.practiceinmanitoba.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM