Benign Hermit
@benignhermit.bsky.social
Maritimer.🇨🇦
Clean the air.
Clean the air.
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Oh no. Heartbreaking news. Alice was such a light in the world.
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Oh no. Heartbreaking news. Alice was such a light in the world.
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Dr Joe’s COP30 Day 5
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dr Joe’s COP30 Day 5
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
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Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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Remember Virginia.🕊️
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Remember Virginia.🕊️
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crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
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Sure I *could* talk to you on the phone for ninety seconds…or we can sort this out over hundreds of misinterpreted text messages and three months of broken email chains like adults
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sure I *could* talk to you on the phone for ninety seconds…or we can sort this out over hundreds of misinterpreted text messages and three months of broken email chains like adults
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Tonight was a vote to advance. Call your MoCs: 2S & 1 Rep.
"The Sunday vote is procedural and does not mean the package has cleared the Senate. If the measure clears the chamber, it would still have to go to the House for passage before heading to...Trump’s desk."
1/2
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
"The Sunday vote is procedural and does not mean the package has cleared the Senate. If the measure clears the chamber, it would still have to go to the House for passage before heading to...Trump’s desk."
1/2
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Live updates: Senate reaches deal to extend government funding in major sign shutdown is poised to end | CNN Politics
Several Senate Democrats are signaling a willingness to vote to reopen the government if they secure some concessions from the White House, according to a source. Follow here for the latest.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tonight was a vote to advance. Call your MoCs: 2S & 1 Rep.
"The Sunday vote is procedural and does not mean the package has cleared the Senate. If the measure clears the chamber, it would still have to go to the House for passage before heading to...Trump’s desk."
1/2
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
"The Sunday vote is procedural and does not mean the package has cleared the Senate. If the measure clears the chamber, it would still have to go to the House for passage before heading to...Trump’s desk."
1/2
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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Everyone needs to call. Everyone, everyone, everyone - first thing Monday morning!
Final votes can differ from the procedural vote to advance the bill. CALL your Democratic Senators, & tell your friends & family to call theirs.
Final votes can differ from the procedural vote to advance the bill. CALL your Democratic Senators, & tell your friends & family to call theirs.
They need to be overwhelmed by the volume of calls. Those currently able NEED to understand that poverty and needing help can happen to anyone, at any time!
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Everyone needs to call. Everyone, everyone, everyone - first thing Monday morning!
Final votes can differ from the procedural vote to advance the bill. CALL your Democratic Senators, & tell your friends & family to call theirs.
Final votes can differ from the procedural vote to advance the bill. CALL your Democratic Senators, & tell your friends & family to call theirs.
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No, no, no! Have you called your Senators yet? They're on the Hill tonight - tell them to hold the line on the ACA subsidies!
"About 10 Senate Democrats are expected to back a proposal [to end the shutdown]...But it would not extend Affordable Care Act )...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"About 10 Senate Democrats are expected to back a proposal [to end the shutdown]...But it would not extend Affordable Care Act )...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Senate takes key vote toward ending government shutdown
The deal that split Democrats doesn’t extend ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
No, no, no! Have you called your Senators yet? They're on the Hill tonight - tell them to hold the line on the ACA subsidies!
"About 10 Senate Democrats are expected to back a proposal [to end the shutdown]...But it would not extend Affordable Care Act )...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"About 10 Senate Democrats are expected to back a proposal [to end the shutdown]...But it would not extend Affordable Care Act )...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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'10% of Meta's gross revenue comes from ads for fraudulent goods & scams, the company knows it, decided not to do anything about it because the fines for facilitating this fraud are far less than the expected revenue'
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
'10% of Meta's gross revenue comes from ads for fraudulent goods & scams, the company knows it, decided not to do anything about it because the fines for facilitating this fraud are far less than the expected revenue'
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Facebook #instagram #threads #WhatsApp
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Here is me getting all festive and stuff......
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here is me getting all festive and stuff......
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Holy shit. So racist
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Holy shit. So racist
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Beep was originally developed by Farmers Co-Op Dairy in Bedford, Nova Scotia in 1961, and within the next year was being marketed around the province as a "wonderful, dairy-processed product", promoted as a breakfast drink
May 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Beep was originally developed by Farmers Co-Op Dairy in Bedford, Nova Scotia in 1961, and within the next year was being marketed around the province as a "wonderful, dairy-processed product", promoted as a breakfast drink
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
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He said there was no room to sleep. People sat up, slept on the floor, standing up. He saw many pregnant women there too. The conditions were unbearable. His wife is horrified by his account.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said there was no room to sleep. People sat up, slept on the floor, standing up. He saw many pregnant women there too. The conditions were unbearable. His wife is horrified by his account.
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Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Please take time to read the whole thread. It’s time we Nova Scotians stopped being such bootlickers. We need to send grifters like these packing once and for all.
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Please take time to read the whole thread. It’s time we Nova Scotians stopped being such bootlickers. We need to send grifters like these packing once and for all.
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/11 And so it goes on Nova Scotia. Unless Houston and Cabot have met their match? Nova Scotians are really, really, really pissed off and pretty damn determined to save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. And that’s the end of this thread. Or is it? www.savewestmaboubeach.com
Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park | Nova Scotia
A community-led campaign to Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
www.savewestmaboubeach.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
/11 And so it goes on Nova Scotia. Unless Houston and Cabot have met their match? Nova Scotians are really, really, really pissed off and pretty damn determined to save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. And that’s the end of this thread. Or is it? www.savewestmaboubeach.com
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/10 Now Houston and his new natural resources minister, yes-woman Kim Masland, say they will “listen” to any business proposal for any protected land or park in Nova Scotia. Including Cabot’s proposal for a new private golf course in a cherished public park. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-hou...
Opponents push back on West Mabou golf project - Halifax Examiner
Volunteers behind Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park group have ordered 100 signs featuring the premier that parody advertising used by realtors.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
/10 Now Houston and his new natural resources minister, yes-woman Kim Masland, say they will “listen” to any business proposal for any protected land or park in Nova Scotia. Including Cabot’s proposal for a new private golf course in a cherished public park. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-hou...
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/9 … a private golf course was not permitted under the N.S. Provincial Parks Act. Ah, but that was then! This is now. Rushton is gone, and Premier Houston 2.0 has a “super majority” and a hate-on for citizens trying to protect public places and the environment. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
Tim Houston and his yes-men are yesterday’s men, gearing up for an assault on the environment, and those who would protect it - Halifax Examiner
Not even a year into his second mandate as premier, Houston is proving himself to be yesterday’s man, surrounded by yes-men with yesterday’s plans, which weaken democracy and spell climate and environ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
/9 … a private golf course was not permitted under the N.S. Provincial Parks Act. Ah, but that was then! This is now. Rushton is gone, and Premier Houston 2.0 has a “super majority” and a hate-on for citizens trying to protect public places and the environment. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...