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calderwood.bsky.social
Marxist Monster Mayhem
@calderwood.bsky.social
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He/him. Writer, teacher, communist. New fiction in the Dalhousie Review issue 104.3. “I’ll be around in the dark.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸
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anne-azon.bsky.social
That's good! I've known people who've had dengue and it isn't pleasant.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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thenarwhal.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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unenthusiast.com
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech but it's Ellen Ripley
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
calderwood.bsky.social
If they are still asking this, they deserve to lose more by-elections and fire more strategists. If you don’t have firm principles, what is the power even for? My whole adult life they’ve faced this choice and picked “power,” and where has it got them?

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
With its future uncertain, should the NDP pursue power or principles?
After near electoral collapse, should the NDP shift left with bold, systemic proposals, or focus on pragmatic gains and achieving power?
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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climatedad.bsky.social
Two billion kids would REALLY appreciate it if we did more about this than just make a few non-binding promises every year & then instantly forget about them.
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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emmettmacfarlane.com
Fucking idiotic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
calderwood.bsky.social
Canada doesn’t have a failing healthcare system. It has 10 provincial and 3 territorial healthcare systems and at least 8 of them are being maliciously dismantled by corrupt premiers.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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the-independent.com
Home Office official fears Palestine Action ban will see innocent people criminalised
Home Office official fears Palestine Action ban will see innocent people criminalised
Home Office official fears Palestine Action ban will see innocent people criminalised
www.independent.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
TOLD YOU.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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parismarx.com
from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI.

decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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globalabortionnews.bsky.social
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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drgorfinkel.bsky.social
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?

Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.

The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare

...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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pik-potsdam.bsky.social
"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
calderwood.bsky.social
I read the Lizza thing and I understand why those guys in the allegory wanted to go back in the cave and only look at the shadows. Sounds nice.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
calderwood.bsky.social
I was just thinking how socialism is the biggest problem America is dealing with right now. Glad they got rid of that!
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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beansproutsmom.bsky.social
See what's happening again?

'The public' excludes people with underlying conditions.
health.bnonews.com BNO News (Health) @health.bnonews.com · 6d
BREAKING: Man from Washington state dies after being infected with H5N5 bird flu
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
calderwood.bsky.social
Chrystia Freeland is my MP and I just want to say fuck off and good riddance, you Nazi-sympathizing fraud.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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lizrenzetti.bsky.social
"Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."

www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
calderwood.bsky.social
I know we can’t like, advertise this, but I just confirmed that another member of my favourite AP English class is gay. As a teacher this is such a massive win. I might be above 50% for that class.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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markusoff.bsky.social
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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erininthemorning.com
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.

Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Cabinet has agreed to introduce new safeguards on the prescribing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, while ensuring patients with medical needs can continue to access appropriate care, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. "We are putting in place stronger safeguards so families can have confidence that any treatment is clinically sound and in the best interests of the young person or child. "Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues play an important role in treating a range of medical conditions. We are ensuring they remain available for patients who need them for conditions such as early-onset puberty, endometriosis, or prostate cancer, where there is strong clinical evidence of benefit." The Ministry of Health’s evidence brief found that there is a lack of high-quality evidence that demonstrates the benefits or risks of the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for the treatment of gender dysphoria or incongruence. While this uncertainty persists, the Government is taking a precautionary approach. Following public consultation, Cabinet has agreed to introduce new regulations under the Medicines Act to align New Zealand's approach with the United Kingdom: New patients seeking treatment for gender dysphoria or incongruence can no longer be prescribed gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, pending the completion of the United Kingdom's clinical trial on their use in this context. Ensure existing youth gender services are maintained for young people experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence and bringing these services together through a central, accessible online resource. "These changes will ensure a more consistent and carefully monitored approach. This mirrors steps taken in other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, where additional safeguards have recently been implemented to ensure decisions are made in line with the best available evidence," Mr Brown says. The new approach will not impact patients cu…
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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sjklapecki.itch.io
So for my majority Non-Canadian followers: the Notwithstanding Clause is a clause in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms (our bill of rights) that basically lets the government go "nuh-uh" to human rights for a period of 5 years...and after five years, you can just...use it again. No cooldown.
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM