The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦
@thebullypulpit.bsky.social
Watch Dogs Keep Score
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
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Our biggest shortcoming is our lack of imagination.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
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Need a reason to rejoice about the coming of the new year?
Capital Economics called it in 2024.
Just one thing left to do now:
Make it so.
Capital Economics called it in 2024.
Just one thing left to do now:
Make it so.
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Need a reason to rejoice about the coming of the new year?
Capital Economics called it in 2024.
Just one thing left to do now:
Make it so.
Capital Economics called it in 2024.
Just one thing left to do now:
Make it so.
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We don't know why COVID disables, only that it still does. There are no treatments nor cure for Long COVID. That is why those who've been paying attention remain #OneOfTheTwo. They aren't pretending a mild infection didn't end my life & couldn't end theirs, too. Stay safe out there—and thank you.
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We don't know why COVID disables, only that it still does. There are no treatments nor cure for Long COVID. That is why those who've been paying attention remain #OneOfTheTwo. They aren't pretending a mild infection didn't end my life & couldn't end theirs, too. Stay safe out there—and thank you.
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History will show that COVID disabled many more people than we realized:
• Humanity lost the ability to smell rot. #AI #Slop #MAGA #DOGE #ICE #Oligarchy #Disinformation #FauxNews
• As well as the ability to think clearly. #ClimateCrisis #Genocide #Transparency #Privacy #PublicHealth #Collapse
• Humanity lost the ability to smell rot. #AI #Slop #MAGA #DOGE #ICE #Oligarchy #Disinformation #FauxNews
• As well as the ability to think clearly. #ClimateCrisis #Genocide #Transparency #Privacy #PublicHealth #Collapse
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
History will show that COVID disabled many more people than we realized:
• Humanity lost the ability to smell rot. #AI #Slop #MAGA #DOGE #ICE #Oligarchy #Disinformation #FauxNews
• As well as the ability to think clearly. #ClimateCrisis #Genocide #Transparency #Privacy #PublicHealth #Collapse
• Humanity lost the ability to smell rot. #AI #Slop #MAGA #DOGE #ICE #Oligarchy #Disinformation #FauxNews
• As well as the ability to think clearly. #ClimateCrisis #Genocide #Transparency #Privacy #PublicHealth #Collapse
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For far too many across the U.S., holidays are a grim reminder of the loss caused by mass incarceration.
Nearly 50% of Americans have an immediate family member who has been incarcerated. That’s millions of people who are familiar with the carceral system’s far-reaching grasp.
Nearly 50% of Americans have an immediate family member who has been incarcerated. That’s millions of people who are familiar with the carceral system’s far-reaching grasp.
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
For far too many across the U.S., holidays are a grim reminder of the loss caused by mass incarceration.
Nearly 50% of Americans have an immediate family member who has been incarcerated. That’s millions of people who are familiar with the carceral system’s far-reaching grasp.
Nearly 50% of Americans have an immediate family member who has been incarcerated. That’s millions of people who are familiar with the carceral system’s far-reaching grasp.
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The supernatural awe was invented to flatter us. Hidden cost: Entitlement and the need for flattery breeds loneliness and insecurity.
Nature's awe and naturalism is humbling. We know "effectively zero" about life on Earth that makes our own lives possible. Hidden benefits?
Nature's awe and naturalism is humbling. We know "effectively zero" about life on Earth that makes our own lives possible. Hidden benefits?
Most cells and most DNA in plants 🌱 and animals 🦍 are of bacterial origin 🦠 The microbiome is the most primary and complex life on Earth and evolving in real time.
We no "effectively zero" about it and life on Earth. We mainly know how to destroy all life on Earth.
We no "effectively zero" about it and life on Earth. We mainly know how to destroy all life on Earth.
December 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The supernatural awe was invented to flatter us. Hidden cost: Entitlement and the need for flattery breeds loneliness and insecurity.
Nature's awe and naturalism is humbling. We know "effectively zero" about life on Earth that makes our own lives possible. Hidden benefits?
Nature's awe and naturalism is humbling. We know "effectively zero" about life on Earth that makes our own lives possible. Hidden benefits?
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Day 1201—I am of the millions who've quietly disappeared.
I was the energy, the drive; the snow-fort-building, big-gift giving, adventure-planner. There was nothing I couldn't do.
Now there's nothing I can do. Not without crashing.
COVID robbed me of myself.
Stole me from my family, too.
#MECFS
I was the energy, the drive; the snow-fort-building, big-gift giving, adventure-planner. There was nothing I couldn't do.
Now there's nothing I can do. Not without crashing.
COVID robbed me of myself.
Stole me from my family, too.
#MECFS
December 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Day 1201—I am of the millions who've quietly disappeared.
I was the energy, the drive; the snow-fort-building, big-gift giving, adventure-planner. There was nothing I couldn't do.
Now there's nothing I can do. Not without crashing.
COVID robbed me of myself.
Stole me from my family, too.
#MECFS
I was the energy, the drive; the snow-fort-building, big-gift giving, adventure-planner. There was nothing I couldn't do.
Now there's nothing I can do. Not without crashing.
COVID robbed me of myself.
Stole me from my family, too.
#MECFS
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Day 1200—New research shows maladaptation in ME/CFS following exertion:
Unlike cancer or diabetes or MS, which are wholly present at rest, ME/CFS only reveals itself when the body’s systems are put under stress.
"That’s why it’s one of the most functionally disabling diseases known."
Unlike cancer or diabetes or MS, which are wholly present at rest, ME/CFS only reveals itself when the body’s systems are put under stress.
"That’s why it’s one of the most functionally disabling diseases known."
December 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Day 1200—New research shows maladaptation in ME/CFS following exertion:
Unlike cancer or diabetes or MS, which are wholly present at rest, ME/CFS only reveals itself when the body’s systems are put under stress.
"That’s why it’s one of the most functionally disabling diseases known."
Unlike cancer or diabetes or MS, which are wholly present at rest, ME/CFS only reveals itself when the body’s systems are put under stress.
"That’s why it’s one of the most functionally disabling diseases known."
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Canada has the authority to enforce environmental laws, yet is choosing not to as climate targets fade into the distance.
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Enough deals with provinces, just enforce the law: Guilbeault
To make progress on the targets, the federal government should keep federal regulations to clean up Canada’s electricity grid, make good on repeated (and so far unfulfilled) promises to strengthen ind...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Canada has the authority to enforce environmental laws, yet is choosing not to as climate targets fade into the distance.
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
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A lot of that going around.
We need to better distinguishing between expert opinion (experience-based intuition), expert knowledge (deep awareness of relevant information), and expert understanding (mechanistic integration of expert knowledge).
#TrustButVerify
We need to better distinguishing between expert opinion (experience-based intuition), expert knowledge (deep awareness of relevant information), and expert understanding (mechanistic integration of expert knowledge).
#TrustButVerify
A lot of short cuts are being made by people who should know better—myself included
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
@mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know.
TRUST.
BUT VERIFY.
A must-read for all who care about getting it right
#MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A lot of that going around.
We need to better distinguishing between expert opinion (experience-based intuition), expert knowledge (deep awareness of relevant information), and expert understanding (mechanistic integration of expert knowledge).
#TrustButVerify
We need to better distinguishing between expert opinion (experience-based intuition), expert knowledge (deep awareness of relevant information), and expert understanding (mechanistic integration of expert knowledge).
#TrustButVerify
One day, soon, humanity will realize what you've done.
There will be a reckoning.
But no matter how bloody, how extreme, it will still be considered—by all—as too little, too late.
That's the extent of this crime.
Worse than murder: ecocide.
The pillaging of our collective future.
#EPA #Climate
There will be a reckoning.
But no matter how bloody, how extreme, it will still be considered—by all—as too little, too late.
That's the extent of this crime.
Worse than murder: ecocide.
The pillaging of our collective future.
#EPA #Climate
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ok, so forget about climate.
Rampant disinformation.
The normalization of corruption.
What else could go wrong?
As it turns out... a lot.
Rampant disinformation.
The normalization of corruption.
What else could go wrong?
As it turns out... a lot.
Satellite mega-constellations in low Earth orbit face increasing collision risks, with catastrophic events possible within days if control is lost, especially during severe solar storms. doi.org/hbfq26
2.8 days to disaster: Why we are running out of time in low earth orbit
A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama.
phys.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ok, so forget about climate.
Rampant disinformation.
The normalization of corruption.
What else could go wrong?
As it turns out... a lot.
Rampant disinformation.
The normalization of corruption.
What else could go wrong?
As it turns out... a lot.
What's the plan #Canada?
Are we really going to invest in antiquated fossil fuel extraction, or are we going to ween ourselves off of Dutch Disease once and for all?
There is a smart way forward and a corrupt way forward. Please choose wisely, M. Carney.
#ElbowsUp
Are we really going to invest in antiquated fossil fuel extraction, or are we going to ween ourselves off of Dutch Disease once and for all?
There is a smart way forward and a corrupt way forward. Please choose wisely, M. Carney.
#ElbowsUp
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
None. And no, I will not be googling it.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO idea who these people are.
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
None. And no, I will not be googling it.
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Time to start writing the wrongs, then.
We should reach out to ME/CFS, Long COVID & Clean Air advocacy groups and urge them to coordinate letter-writing campaigns to elected officials demanding science-based Public Health (clean air, PSAs).
Pressure our respective MPs and the press. #CanPoli
We should reach out to ME/CFS, Long COVID & Clean Air advocacy groups and urge them to coordinate letter-writing campaigns to elected officials demanding science-based Public Health (clean air, PSAs).
Pressure our respective MPs and the press. #CanPoli
MONTBLANC | '100 Years of MEISTERSTÜCK'
YouTube video by Montblanc
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Time to start writing the wrongs, then.
We should reach out to ME/CFS, Long COVID & Clean Air advocacy groups and urge them to coordinate letter-writing campaigns to elected officials demanding science-based Public Health (clean air, PSAs).
Pressure our respective MPs and the press. #CanPoli
We should reach out to ME/CFS, Long COVID & Clean Air advocacy groups and urge them to coordinate letter-writing campaigns to elected officials demanding science-based Public Health (clean air, PSAs).
Pressure our respective MPs and the press. #CanPoli
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The reason it's so hard to remain safe from Long COVID is that no indoor public space is sufficiently ventilated, no one realizes "just sniffles" is still destroying lives. We need a cultural shift regarding respiratory infections. We need for Public Health to do its job. #CanPoli #CleanAir
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Je me souviens.
“As a society, we continue to deny the straight line between the minimization of everyday violence against women and the more horrific forms of misogyny that eventually materialize. The groundwork for gender-based violence is laid out daily in a world that allows misogyny to be normalized.”
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Je me souviens.
Time to Roundup the guilty parties and put them on trial for subversion of public health, malignant corruption of science and ecocide.
Malevolent industry has gotten a free pass for too long. They got rich, we got cancer, the biosphere's collapse accelerated. Enough.
#CdnPoli #AssNat #Monsanto
Malevolent industry has gotten a free pass for too long. They got rich, we got cancer, the biosphere's collapse accelerated. Enough.
#CdnPoli #AssNat #Monsanto
Study that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication
The study, which has been cited more than 700 times in scientific publications, concluded that the main ingredient in Roundup is safe for humans.
www.thestar.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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If vaccine-injured Long COVID turns out to be a thing—and it could very well be—it'll be due to some people's inability to clear the SARS CoV-2 proteins that vaccines use to prompt our immunity.
SARS CoV-2 proteins.
COVID was going to maim us regardless. Why? Wish we knew. But until we do…
SARS CoV-2 proteins.
COVID was going to maim us regardless. Why? Wish we knew. But until we do…
"I'm convinced the spike protein is dangerous! No way I'm letting that anywhere near my body, whether it's by vax or infection! In addition to refusing the vax, I'm going to do all I can to prevent infection!" is a logically consistent position that virtually no one appears to take. 1/
a close up of a man 's face with the word fascinating written below him
Alt: Spock: Fascinating.
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If vaccine-injured Long COVID turns out to be a thing—and it could very well be—it'll be due to some people's inability to clear the SARS CoV-2 proteins that vaccines use to prompt our immunity.
SARS CoV-2 proteins.
COVID was going to maim us regardless. Why? Wish we knew. But until we do…
SARS CoV-2 proteins.
COVID was going to maim us regardless. Why? Wish we knew. But until we do…
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To those who say:
"I'm still on X because they are on X"
A quick reminder:
People are still on X because you are on X.
#BeTheChange you want to see in the world. The change we desperately need. Please pass it along to your twitter feed.
"I'm still on X because they are on X"
A quick reminder:
People are still on X because you are on X.
#BeTheChange you want to see in the world. The change we desperately need. Please pass it along to your twitter feed.
Why are Amy Proal @polybiorf.bsky.social David Putrino @putrinolab.bsky.social & so many others more active on X than here?
Why are we still legitimizing malignant platforms? Knowing what we know about the societal damage they're causing (see: how MAGA won; misinformation, apathy). Esp given that:
Why are we still legitimizing malignant platforms? Knowing what we know about the societal damage they're causing (see: how MAGA won; misinformation, apathy). Esp given that:
Scientists Leaving Elon Musk’s X are Driving Growth on Bluesky: Study
With rising engagement and originality, Bluesky is fast becoming a go-to platform for science communication and scholarly exchange.
observer.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
To those who say:
"I'm still on X because they are on X"
A quick reminder:
People are still on X because you are on X.
#BeTheChange you want to see in the world. The change we desperately need. Please pass it along to your twitter feed.
"I'm still on X because they are on X"
A quick reminder:
People are still on X because you are on X.
#BeTheChange you want to see in the world. The change we desperately need. Please pass it along to your twitter feed.
Sorry, not good enough.
How anyone — ANYONE — can still be voting for such a nihilistic, counter-productive, barbaric, ecocidal, murderous, CORRUPT kleptocratic regime fills me with dread.
You'd think these were sports teams: win or lose, I'm a Titans man! Fuck you, Tennessee. Signed, humanity.
How anyone — ANYONE — can still be voting for such a nihilistic, counter-productive, barbaric, ecocidal, murderous, CORRUPT kleptocratic regime fills me with dread.
You'd think these were sports teams: win or lose, I'm a Titans man! Fuck you, Tennessee. Signed, humanity.
95% of the vote is in. Trump won this district by 22 points in 2024 as Democrats across the country continue to over perform even in the reddest districts.
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Sorry, not good enough.
How anyone — ANYONE — can still be voting for such a nihilistic, counter-productive, barbaric, ecocidal, murderous, CORRUPT kleptocratic regime fills me with dread.
You'd think these were sports teams: win or lose, I'm a Titans man! Fuck you, Tennessee. Signed, humanity.
How anyone — ANYONE — can still be voting for such a nihilistic, counter-productive, barbaric, ecocidal, murderous, CORRUPT kleptocratic regime fills me with dread.
You'd think these were sports teams: win or lose, I'm a Titans man! Fuck you, Tennessee. Signed, humanity.
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
This is gold.
This is gold.
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
This is gold.
This is gold.