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In today’s post Aly Firth explores drag during the First World War through the life of Ross Hamilton from Nova Scotia.
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
Duty in Drag: The Life of First World War Drag Star Ross Hamilton
The rich history of drag has strong roots in Atlantic Canada; one notable example being Ross Hamilton, the famed female impersonator from the concert party troupe the Dumbells. During and following…
activehistory.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In today’s post Aly Firth explores drag during the First World War through the life of Ross Hamilton from Nova Scotia.
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
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Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
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Canada budget: AI is going to do an awful lot apparently. We can cut lots of money, AI will deliver instead!
Public safety? AI will deliver
RCMP? You guessed it, AI will save the day
Fisheries? Yup
ESDC? Also on the AI train
CRA? See above
Gosh I hope this AI thing works out
Public safety? AI will deliver
RCMP? You guessed it, AI will save the day
Fisheries? Yup
ESDC? Also on the AI train
CRA? See above
Gosh I hope this AI thing works out
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Canada budget: AI is going to do an awful lot apparently. We can cut lots of money, AI will deliver instead!
Public safety? AI will deliver
RCMP? You guessed it, AI will save the day
Fisheries? Yup
ESDC? Also on the AI train
CRA? See above
Gosh I hope this AI thing works out
Public safety? AI will deliver
RCMP? You guessed it, AI will save the day
Fisheries? Yup
ESDC? Also on the AI train
CRA? See above
Gosh I hope this AI thing works out
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In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but
Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
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Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, & the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part of a broader strategy to criminalize opposition while minimizing the real threat of far-right violence.
How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...
globalextremism.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, & the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part of a broader strategy to criminalize opposition while minimizing the real threat of far-right violence.
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In Canada, groups are weaponizing claims of media bias to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine with complicity of newsrooms.
How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.
New from Zahra Khozema:
ricochet.media/labour/media...
#cdnpoli
How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.
New from Zahra Khozema:
ricochet.media/labour/media...
#cdnpoli
How Israel and its 'digital army' work to silence the truth about Gaza
In Canada, groups weaponizing claims of media bias are being used to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine under the quiet complicity of Canadian newsrooms
ricochet.media
October 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In Canada, groups are weaponizing claims of media bias to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine with complicity of newsrooms.
How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.
New from Zahra Khozema:
ricochet.media/labour/media...
#cdnpoli
How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.
New from Zahra Khozema:
ricochet.media/labour/media...
#cdnpoli
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
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You know, when you really think about it, does all that driving and car dependency really make sense? @adamconover.net weighed in.
Adam Conover - Driving cars is insane
YouTube video by Interstellar1977
youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You know, when you really think about it, does all that driving and car dependency really make sense? @adamconover.net weighed in.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Both Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and BC NDP leader David Eby are calling for end to TFW program — blaming migrant worker programs for "filling up" shelters, food banks, schools & housing, and for causing "high youth unemployment".
THIS IS RACIST, SHITTY and TRUMP-IAN argument. Here's why.
THIS IS RACIST, SHITTY and TRUMP-IAN argument. Here's why.
September 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Both Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and BC NDP leader David Eby are calling for end to TFW program — blaming migrant worker programs for "filling up" shelters, food banks, schools & housing, and for causing "high youth unemployment".
THIS IS RACIST, SHITTY and TRUMP-IAN argument. Here's why.
THIS IS RACIST, SHITTY and TRUMP-IAN argument. Here's why.
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Tsunami watch for some parts of the BC coast
Tsunami Watch for B.C. - EmergencyInfoBC
Tsunami - A Tsunami Watch is in effect for B.C. Tsunami Notification Zones A, B, C and D: the north coast & Haida Gwaii, the central coast & northeast Vancouver Island, the outer west coast of Vancouv...
www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca
July 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tsunami watch for some parts of the BC coast
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The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
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Identifying subjects of stories is basic journalism—but when it comes to people committing racist acts, Canadian media regularly blur out and protect their identities.
@desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down why anonymizing racism isn’t just bad journalism—it’s a gift to white supremacy.
@desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down why anonymizing racism isn’t just bad journalism—it’s a gift to white supremacy.
How Canadian media provide cover for racist acts
YouTube video by The Breach
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Identifying subjects of stories is basic journalism—but when it comes to people committing racist acts, Canadian media regularly blur out and protect their identities.
@desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down why anonymizing racism isn’t just bad journalism—it’s a gift to white supremacy.
@desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down why anonymizing racism isn’t just bad journalism—it’s a gift to white supremacy.
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New piece: We need to dig into the nationalism and protectionism that is abound in Canada right now and follow the money. Politicians are just fast-tracking the oligarchy.
tinyurl.com/bddf5j6r
tinyurl.com/bddf5j6r
Elbows up? Here’s how some of the major projects we’re fast-tracking will end up helping Trump’s inner circle
Canada’s oil and gas industry is, to a large extent, owned by American companies, including oil majors, asset managers, and other financial players.
www.thestar.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New piece: We need to dig into the nationalism and protectionism that is abound in Canada right now and follow the money. Politicians are just fast-tracking the oligarchy.
tinyurl.com/bddf5j6r
tinyurl.com/bddf5j6r
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This is a very interesting read for those interested in the ongoing court challenge to the Declaration Act 👀
Funny how following the money is always an excellent avenue of investigation 🤷♀️
#bcpoli
Funny how following the money is always an excellent avenue of investigation 🤷♀️
#bcpoli
February 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is a very interesting read for those interested in the ongoing court challenge to the Declaration Act 👀
Funny how following the money is always an excellent avenue of investigation 🤷♀️
#bcpoli
Funny how following the money is always an excellent avenue of investigation 🤷♀️
#bcpoli
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Routes that handle 2000 people a day in decent weather should not be uncleared more than five days after a snowfall.
February 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Routes that handle 2000 people a day in decent weather should not be uncleared more than five days after a snowfall.
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Je fais un petit fil sur les tricoteuses pour répondre à x questions
(dans le contexte de la sortie sexiste et antiféministe de l'avocat au procès Mazan)
les tricoteuses est à l'origine le nom donné aux femmes révolutionnaires militantes
des femmes qui allaient écouter les séances de l'assemblée
(dans le contexte de la sortie sexiste et antiféministe de l'avocat au procès Mazan)
les tricoteuses est à l'origine le nom donné aux femmes révolutionnaires militantes
des femmes qui allaient écouter les séances de l'assemblée
December 20, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Je fais un petit fil sur les tricoteuses pour répondre à x questions
(dans le contexte de la sortie sexiste et antiféministe de l'avocat au procès Mazan)
les tricoteuses est à l'origine le nom donné aux femmes révolutionnaires militantes
des femmes qui allaient écouter les séances de l'assemblée
(dans le contexte de la sortie sexiste et antiféministe de l'avocat au procès Mazan)
les tricoteuses est à l'origine le nom donné aux femmes révolutionnaires militantes
des femmes qui allaient écouter les séances de l'assemblée
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One type of comment on renewables I get frequently is from people who show primary energy demand.
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of…
medium.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:50 AM
One type of comment on renewables I get frequently is from people who show primary energy demand.
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
They say “We will never be able to replace this with renewable energy.”
I tend to differ. Here’s why.👇
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
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IF YOU ARE EVACUATING FROM FLORIDA HAVE NOWHERE TO GO OR CANNOT AFFORD A HOTEL...
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email tracypaula@erinregananimalsanctuary.com
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email tracypaula@erinregananimalsanctuary.com
October 8, 2024 at 8:20 PM
IF YOU ARE EVACUATING FROM FLORIDA HAVE NOWHERE TO GO OR CANNOT AFFORD A HOTEL...
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email tracypaula@erinregananimalsanctuary.com
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email tracypaula@erinregananimalsanctuary.com
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Am rapidly rebuilding my bubble over here. Thanks everyone for following. But I’m missing a bit of diversity compared to my old feed on the bird site. Anyone got some good starter packs from the Global South?
August 24, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Am rapidly rebuilding my bubble over here. Thanks everyone for following. But I’m missing a bit of diversity compared to my old feed on the bird site. Anyone got some good starter packs from the Global South?
T-Sou-ke lands sure are beautiful. Southern Vancouver Island.
August 20, 2024 at 2:03 AM
T-Sou-ke lands sure are beautiful. Southern Vancouver Island.
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This cartoon has not been improved upon.
August 29, 2016
August 29, 2016
June 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
This cartoon has not been improved upon.
August 29, 2016
August 29, 2016
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This article is so good and packs so many killer lines that are so insightful that I literally could not decide on which to copy and paste here so just go read the whole thing.
A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear”
In this piece, long-term bicycle traveler Laura Killingbeck reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and adds her unique perspective...
bikepacking.com
May 24, 2024 at 11:45 AM
This article is so good and packs so many killer lines that are so insightful that I literally could not decide on which to copy and paste here so just go read the whole thing.