Chris Wood
@chriswoodwriter.bsky.social
A creative before it was a noun. Writer since 1973. Poetry, magazines, fiction, books, on-line. Has lived in four countries and on three Canadian coasts, twice on boats. Empiricist: show me the evidence. Working on empathy: we are all one. God is an iron.
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
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The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
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theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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Further to the very real war on women being waged by America's white 'christian' nazis.
Mifepristone has been approved in 96 countries around the world and has been prescribed in the USA since 1980. After 25 years of safe use tRump's evangelicals want it banned as "unsafe".
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November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Further to the very real war on women being waged by America's white 'christian' nazis.
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Donald Trump keeps Americans busy with culture wars so they won’t fight class wars.
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Donald Trump keeps Americans busy with culture wars so they won’t fight class wars.
Somehow, from somewhere, it is leaking into the whisper-sphere in Mexico that Canada is doing this shit too. For the record, disinfo-spreaders, NO, we don't do this here.
Parece que hay chisme en México que hacemos igual en Canadá. NO ES CIERTO!
Parece que hay chisme en México que hacemos igual en Canadá. NO ES CIERTO!
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Somehow, from somewhere, it is leaking into the whisper-sphere in Mexico that Canada is doing this shit too. For the record, disinfo-spreaders, NO, we don't do this here.
Parece que hay chisme en México que hacemos igual en Canadá. NO ES CIERTO!
Parece que hay chisme en México que hacemos igual en Canadá. NO ES CIERTO!
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Miami meeting with sanctioned Russian spurs questions about Ukraine proposal - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I have a soft spot for student radio. It's where I got my start in the craft that has kept a roof over my head (and at times a hull beneath my feet) into old-guy-hood, a good few decades.
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College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have a soft spot for student radio. It's where I got my start in the craft that has kept a roof over my head (and at times a hull beneath my feet) into old-guy-hood, a good few decades.
unpaywalled www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
unpaywalled www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
This is not a ceasefire. This is ongoing genocide.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
The Israeli strikes came as international momentum was building on Gaza, with the U.N. Security Council on Monday approving the U.S. blueprint to govern the territory.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is not a ceasefire. This is ongoing genocide.
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JOHANNESBURG – The world’s most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington’s disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while pushing back on a Ukraine deal that western allies deemed insufficient.
Canada joins Europe rejecting Trump's Ukraine plan, Anand says sovereignty is key
JOHANNESBURG – The world’s most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington’s disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while pushing back on a Ukraine deal that western allies deemed insufficient.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
JOHANNESBURG – The world’s most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington’s disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while pushing back on a Ukraine deal that western allies deemed insufficient.
Couldn't be prouder of the RCAF's answer here.
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Couldn't be prouder of the RCAF's answer here.
Opinion | The Epstein Saga Awakens a Familiar Feminist Rage
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November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A Norwegian company plans to invest $3.2 billion to build North America's largest synthetic graphite production facility in St. Thomas, Ont., with the aim of creating up to 1,000 jobs.
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Norwegian firm to build $3.2B synthetic graphite plant in Ontario, promising up to 1,000 jobs | CBC News
A Norwegian company plans to invest $3.2 billion to build North America's largest synthetic graphite production facility in St. Thomas, Ont., with the aim of creating up to 1,000 jobs.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A Norwegian company plans to invest $3.2 billion to build North America's largest synthetic graphite production facility in St. Thomas, Ont., with the aim of creating up to 1,000 jobs.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Emergency response kangaroos in action.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan likely discriminates on the basis of race.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Emergency response kangaroos in action.
There needs to be pushback on this kind of algorithmic hate speech from every still-sovereign democratic nation.
France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. https://to.pbs.org/43MkfIl
France will investigate Musk’s Grok after AI chatbot posted Holocaust denial claims
France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There needs to be pushback on this kind of algorithmic hate speech from every still-sovereign democratic nation.
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⚡️ European leaders push back on surprise Ukraine peace deal, affirm support for Kyiv.
European leaders pushed back on Nov. 21 against parts of a new and controversial U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine.
European leaders pushed back on Nov. 21 against parts of a new and controversial U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine.
European leaders push back on surprise Ukraine peace deal, affirm support for Kyiv
European leaders pushed back on Nov. 21 against parts of a new and controversial U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
⚡️ European leaders push back on surprise Ukraine peace deal, affirm support for Kyiv.
European leaders pushed back on Nov. 21 against parts of a new and controversial U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine.
European leaders pushed back on Nov. 21 against parts of a new and controversial U.S. plan for peace in Ukraine.
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"The price for keeping the dialogue (with the U.S.) cannot be the sovereignty of Ukraine, which this plan undermines altogether," Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker from the opposition Holos party, told the Kyiv Independent.
'A plan of capitulation' — US push for controversial peace plan met with backlash in Ukraine
Amid mounting pressure from the White House, Kyiv is now grappling with a U.S. 28-point peace plan that many in the country view as a "capitulation."
Ukrainian activists, lawmakers, soldiers and vete...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"The price for keeping the dialogue (with the U.S.) cannot be the sovereignty of Ukraine, which this plan undermines altogether," Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker from the opposition Holos party, told the Kyiv Independent.
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If Carney’s narrow budget escape was a ‘rookie’ move, I’ll take more of that, please
#Opinion from the Star's Andrew Phillips
#Opinion from the Star's Andrew Phillips
Andrew Phillips: If Carney’s narrow budget escape was a ‘rookie’ move, I’ll take more of that, please
The government decided to do the more-or-less unthinkable — take steps that will pay off in the long run, maybe only years down the road. It’s a bit shocking because
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If Carney’s narrow budget escape was a ‘rookie’ move, I’ll take more of that, please
#Opinion from the Star's Andrew Phillips
#Opinion from the Star's Andrew Phillips
They could start be elevating serious, honest people to leadership positions in their own party.
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Conservatives increasingly concerned about Canadian democracy, poll suggests
Just 52 per cent of Conservative supporters were satisfied or very satisfied with Canadian democracy, down from 89 per cent in 2014
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
They could start be elevating serious, honest people to leadership positions in their own party.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
'The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America'
Indeed. It has the Unhinged States in its jaws.
The trap is "a pattern that has played out repeatedly through history: the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Indeed. It has the Unhinged States in its jaws.
The trap is "a pattern that has played out repeatedly through history: the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
'The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America'
Indeed. It has the Unhinged States in its jaws.
The trap is "a pattern that has played out repeatedly through history: the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Indeed. It has the Unhinged States in its jaws.
The trap is "a pattern that has played out repeatedly through history: the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Thousands of bald eagles descend on B.C.’s Fraser Valley for winter migration | CBC News
Every winter, tens of thousands of bald eagles descend on the lower Fraser Valley — a migration biologists say forms the world’s largest congregation of eagles.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
it's tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime