Pete Hurd
@thatpeteguy.bsky.social
Post(?)-punk neuroscientist.
TF am I doing here? Social media is an oligarch propaganda tool posing as an inclusive mass delusion, a cure for loneliness. Inuring us to the inevitability of terminal ecological collapse.
Send music tips, recipes...
TF am I doing here? Social media is an oligarch propaganda tool posing as an inclusive mass delusion, a cure for loneliness. Inuring us to the inevitability of terminal ecological collapse.
Send music tips, recipes...
oh, and 'No Pedo Princes' either!
(locals have been staging 'No Kings' support rallies, but calling them 'No Tyrants' because they don't want to offend their cherished monarchy... Hullo? Cognitive disconnect much?)
(locals have been staging 'No Kings' support rallies, but calling them 'No Tyrants' because they don't want to offend their cherished monarchy... Hullo? Cognitive disconnect much?)
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
oh, and 'No Pedo Princes' either!
(locals have been staging 'No Kings' support rallies, but calling them 'No Tyrants' because they don't want to offend their cherished monarchy... Hullo? Cognitive disconnect much?)
(locals have been staging 'No Kings' support rallies, but calling them 'No Tyrants' because they don't want to offend their cherished monarchy... Hullo? Cognitive disconnect much?)
Is it just my imagination, or have music videos just become a sub-genre of tobacco advertising?
October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is it just my imagination, or have music videos just become a sub-genre of tobacco advertising?
Crooks running the show...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
www.cbc.ca
August 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Crooks running the show...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Prime Minister Carney pushed through a mega bill without providing First Nation leaders time to read the full text.
Now he insists that they write their questions in advance before meeting with them.
Are you kidding Mark?
This is a really bad look.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/11/o...
Now he insists that they write their questions in advance before meeting with them.
Are you kidding Mark?
This is a really bad look.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/11/o...
Ottawa tells chiefs to submit questions before meeting with PM on…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Prime Minister Carney pushed through a mega bill without providing First Nation leaders time to read the full text.
Now he insists that they write their questions in advance before meeting with them.
Are you kidding Mark?
This is a really bad look.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/11/o...
Now he insists that they write their questions in advance before meeting with them.
Are you kidding Mark?
This is a really bad look.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/11/o...
Grok is less an Artificial Intelligence, more an Elon Musk simulator...
July 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Grok is less an Artificial Intelligence, more an Elon Musk simulator...
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So let's get this straight.
Taxpayers spent $34 billion on the TMX pipeline because no private company would take the risk.
That's $1200 per household.
We subsidize every barrel down the pipe by 50 cents on the dollar because Big Oil won't pay.
And now they want another one.
As the planet burns.
Taxpayers spent $34 billion on the TMX pipeline because no private company would take the risk.
That's $1200 per household.
We subsidize every barrel down the pipe by 50 cents on the dollar because Big Oil won't pay.
And now they want another one.
As the planet burns.
June 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So let's get this straight.
Taxpayers spent $34 billion on the TMX pipeline because no private company would take the risk.
That's $1200 per household.
We subsidize every barrel down the pipe by 50 cents on the dollar because Big Oil won't pay.
And now they want another one.
As the planet burns.
Taxpayers spent $34 billion on the TMX pipeline because no private company would take the risk.
That's $1200 per household.
We subsidize every barrel down the pipe by 50 cents on the dollar because Big Oil won't pay.
And now they want another one.
As the planet burns.
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The American tyrant is threatening the Boss.
Bruce Springsteen represents the best of the American spirit.
The tyrant is a sexual predator and convicted crook.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender.
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend."
Bruce Springsteen represents the best of the American spirit.
The tyrant is a sexual predator and convicted crook.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender.
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend."
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The American tyrant is threatening the Boss.
Bruce Springsteen represents the best of the American spirit.
The tyrant is a sexual predator and convicted crook.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender.
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend."
Bruce Springsteen represents the best of the American spirit.
The tyrant is a sexual predator and convicted crook.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender.
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend."
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ⚖️
April 16, 1963. Birmingham Jail.
April 16, 1963. Birmingham Jail.
April 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ⚖️
April 16, 1963. Birmingham Jail.
April 16, 1963. Birmingham Jail.
Meanwhile, in that Funny Little Country To The South: they're going to put the poisons back into the food, to make it great again...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Meanwhile, in that Funny Little Country To The South: they're going to put the poisons back into the food, to make it great again...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How am I feeling about having Alberta Health schedule my surgery for April 2026 in a private clinic? Alberta healthcare is being systematically destroyed by politicians and their rich business associates who admire the system down in Los Estados Unidos.
www.parklandinstitute.ca/operation_pr...
www.parklandinstitute.ca/operation_pr...
Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits
New data analyzed in this report shows that the costs of private surgical services under the Alberta Surgical Initiative have skyrocketed, even as patients face increasingly long waits—including for c...
www.parklandinstitute.ca
March 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How am I feeling about having Alberta Health schedule my surgery for April 2026 in a private clinic? Alberta healthcare is being systematically destroyed by politicians and their rich business associates who admire the system down in Los Estados Unidos.
www.parklandinstitute.ca/operation_pr...
www.parklandinstitute.ca/operation_pr...
A month ago in That Funny Little Country to the South:
March 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A month ago in That Funny Little Country to the South:
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Literally a month ago, we got news that an mRNA vaccine showed promise against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest
Not enough words to describe how willfully destructive this is
Not enough words to describe how willfully destructive this is
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Literally a month ago, we got news that an mRNA vaccine showed promise against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest
Not enough words to describe how willfully destructive this is
Not enough words to describe how willfully destructive this is
Direct action gets the goods.
March 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Direct action gets the goods.
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More on the NIH termination of vaccine hesitancy studies.
The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next.
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.science.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
More on the NIH termination of vaccine hesitancy studies.
Dumb as a sack of hammers.
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Dumb as a sack of hammers.
TFA: It’s the only kind of trade war that Canadian politicians can win against Americans: the kind where prices for Canadians don’t go up because of tariffs; where the price of apps, repair, parts, and upgrades goes way down
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property? - CCPA
The following article was originally published by Cory Doctorow on his blog. It is reprinted here with his permission and under the terms of its Creative Commons 4.0 licensing.
www.policyalternatives.ca
March 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
TFA: It’s the only kind of trade war that Canadian politicians can win against Americans: the kind where prices for Canadians don’t go up because of tariffs; where the price of apps, repair, parts, and upgrades goes way down
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Until SpaceX is gone I think we need to say "this ain't brain surgery" instead of "rocket science" given the current state of rocket scie- hold on I'm getting a memo about something called Neuralink
March 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Until SpaceX is gone I think we need to say "this ain't brain surgery" instead of "rocket science" given the current state of rocket scie- hold on I'm getting a memo about something called Neuralink
