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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Trans Mountain is making big profits now, right?

Actually, no.

Thanks to accounting wizardry and a shell company, the pipeline has transformed Canadians' losses into gains on its balance sheets.

My deep dive on this for @thetyee.ca:

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee
How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The least creative people on earth love AI and so much of science is about creative problem solving using the science we already understand.
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Watch - Palestinian girl wishes death to escape hardship in Gaza.

"I wish to die"
"Why?"
"So I can rest from life, from carrying water"
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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#BREAKING | A Palestinian was killed after being shot by an Israeli army drone in the “yellow line” area of Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, Gaza City.
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump administration seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, US officials say
President Donald Trump's administration has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"Hello to Netanyahu, we will win, Revenge!"

Israeli settlers destroy and vandalise a Palestinian village, conducting pogroms at the area
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Thanks to the Treaty nations court intervention, the American funded separatist group trying to have Alberta separate, was found in court to violate Treaty & Sec. 35 of the Charter. So Treaty rights are being affirmed over redneck buffoonery. Source to share: www.facebook.com/share/p/1KJ4...
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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We could have a wealth tax, but the Liberals have decided what Canada really needs are more forest fires.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty-0
Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty says
<article data-history-node-id="432042" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty-0" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty-0" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;is still waging a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide</a>&nbsp;against&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians&nbsp;</a>in Gaza despite the fact that a ceasefire in the enclave is entering its second month and all living Israeli captives have been released, Amnesty International has said.</p> <p>“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,” Agnes&nbsp;Callamard, Amnesty's secretary general, said in a statement on Thursday.&nbsp;</p> <p>"While Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over,” she added.</p> <p>Amnesty in December 2024 deemed Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide. That judgment was reaffirmed by the United Nations’ top investigative body on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;in September when it ruled that Israel is guilty of the crime of genocide in the strip. That view has been shared by dozens of world leaders, historians, human rights experts, and genocide scholars.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty says" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty-international-says">Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty says</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/Gaza-camp-nov-AFP.jpg.jpg?itok=VUcwLRa4"></p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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UN report:

Israel has destroyed 69 years of human development in Gaza, “the worst economic collapse ever recorded.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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B.C. health authorities see non-fatal overdoses spike in recent weeks
B.C. health authorities see non-fatal overdoses spike in recent weeks
Health authorities across B.C. are warning of an increase in 911 calls related to non-fatal overdoses in recent weeks.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service
Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service
When Vancouver Island resident Iris Parker began applying for the Canada Disability Benefit, she didn’t expect to face steep up-front costs—particularly to have AI-integrated software fill out one of her documents.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Elon Musk, ladies and gentlemen
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Price tag for new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M
Price tag for new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M
The City of Vancouver confirmed the cost of the PNE’s new amphitheatre has climbed to $183.7 million, well above the original $64.8 million estimate.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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🚨Thug’s thugging again.🤬🚨

Hid changes to public WATER in fast-tracked omnibus bill w NO committee discussions. Most ppl think ON Bill 60 is abt rent, thx to MSM.🤬

Language is vague &will lead to PRIVATIZATION of our WATER.🤬

Alarm bells should be ringing in ON.🤨
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Our time is running out. Is it that our leaders don’t care because they’ll be dead? Some parents, some are psychopaths both types are ignoring science repeating the old ways, uncritically chasing trade deals afar, lying saying #NationBuilding must include #FossilFuel economics & #AI #Ignōrō #G7 🇨🇦
"What you do makes me cry at night." 💔
In light of #COP30 in Brazil, we’re revisiting Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s powerful 1992 Earth Summit speech in Rio de Janeiro. Severn was celebrated around the world for the courage she brought to the global stage. 🎥 Simone Giampaolo.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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In our exclusive interview, MP Chris d'Entremont says Conservatives Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin barged into his office — nearly knocked down his assistant — and called him a snake.

He says other party caucus members were considering crossing the aisle.

Details: tinyurl.com/yxpa6e44
D’Entremont says Conservative Party felt like a ‘frat house rather than a serious political party'
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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WOW!!

Smith threw her staff under the bus hard today!

In defense of her continuation of the "Alberta is calling" campaign, she claimed that she learned about the federal immigration policies & impacts not from briefings...

But from a tweet.

By David Staples.

#abpoli #cdnpoli
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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@davidebybc.bsky.social WTF brother. Why are you allowing USA grapes in when our winery’s are struggling. JFC

B.C. grape growers can't find buyers — even as wineries are allowed to import U.S. grapes share.google/FQNpyLqbnh9e...
B.C. grape growers can't find buyers — even as wineries are allowed to import U.S. grapes
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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‘Disgusting’: Plan to slash B.C. pipelines’ taxable value could hit local revenues
‘Disgusting’: Plan to slash B.C. pipelines’ taxable value could hit local revenues
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she’ll look into a plan by BC Assessment that would cut the taxable value of pipeline and other projects in a move that has angered some local officials.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM