@emmett-shane.bsky.social
Semi-retired recovering journalist interested in music, media, public health, housing, transit, urban affairs, Toronto, Canada, International politics, Toronto Maple Leafs, Team Canada, pro tennis
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Hopefully this report will help Americans understand that there _wasn't_ a prior period during which Elon Musk was a mensch who cared about the environment.
He's always been a robber baron who cares about nothing but profit and his own glorification. Environmental issues were merely a tool for him.
He's always been a robber baron who cares about nothing but profit and his own glorification. Environmental issues were merely a tool for him.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hopefully this report will help Americans understand that there _wasn't_ a prior period during which Elon Musk was a mensch who cared about the environment.
He's always been a robber baron who cares about nothing but profit and his own glorification. Environmental issues were merely a tool for him.
He's always been a robber baron who cares about nothing but profit and his own glorification. Environmental issues were merely a tool for him.
My latest for the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation: canlyme.com/2025/04/lyme...
Lyme disease is difficult to detect. But a new device could make it almost as easy as taking your temperature
CanLyme’s Dr. Vett Lloyd and Dr. Anna Ignaszak studying tiny biosensor to detect bacteria in patients’ urine.
canlyme.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My latest for the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation: canlyme.com/2025/04/lyme...
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The bond market shows capital flight from the United States, with people selling off US debt.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The bond market shows capital flight from the United States, with people selling off US debt.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
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I said he was going crazy, and he is.
All day he’s been posting deranged nonsense, culminating in this: a call for the arrest of the woman exercising her First Amendment rights by organizing protests against Tesla.
Remember when Musk was still pretending to be an advocate for the First Amendment?
All day he’s been posting deranged nonsense, culminating in this: a call for the arrest of the woman exercising her First Amendment rights by organizing protests against Tesla.
Remember when Musk was still pretending to be an advocate for the First Amendment?
March 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I said he was going crazy, and he is.
All day he’s been posting deranged nonsense, culminating in this: a call for the arrest of the woman exercising her First Amendment rights by organizing protests against Tesla.
Remember when Musk was still pretending to be an advocate for the First Amendment?
All day he’s been posting deranged nonsense, culminating in this: a call for the arrest of the woman exercising her First Amendment rights by organizing protests against Tesla.
Remember when Musk was still pretending to be an advocate for the First Amendment?
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The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier
The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier
Elon had a rough weekend.
buff.ly
March 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier
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The government email address of powerful unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk is now publicly available.
erm71@who.eop.gov
erm71@who.eop.gov
Here’s Elon Musk’s Government Email (Do With This What You Will)
Elon Musk’s government email address is now public.
newrepublic.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The government email address of powerful unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk is now publicly available.
erm71@who.eop.gov
erm71@who.eop.gov
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Not only is this the second explosion in a row for Musk, but this launch wasn't even supposed to happen—as the investigation into the _last_ one isn't done yet.
The only reason this launch went forward is Trump's FAA cleared it prematurely as a favor to Musk.
Now FL travelers are paying the price.
The only reason this launch went forward is Trump's FAA cleared it prematurely as a favor to Musk.
Now FL travelers are paying the price.
Falling debris from a failed test of a SpaceX Starship prototype disrupted flights at several Florida airports.
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Not only is this the second explosion in a row for Musk, but this launch wasn't even supposed to happen—as the investigation into the _last_ one isn't done yet.
The only reason this launch went forward is Trump's FAA cleared it prematurely as a favor to Musk.
Now FL travelers are paying the price.
The only reason this launch went forward is Trump's FAA cleared it prematurely as a favor to Musk.
Now FL travelers are paying the price.
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In a significant business development, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has decided to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite technology and instead invest in his own infrastructure. The decision comes after a series of tensions between the two magnates.
Carlos Slim orders to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk's Starlink
In a significant business development, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has decided to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk's Starlink. The decision
mexicodailypost.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In a significant business development, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has decided to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite technology and instead invest in his own infrastructure. The decision comes after a series of tensions between the two magnates.
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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“Memo to Dem: Ronald Reagan is Not Your Friend” - @premthakker.bsky.social
Memo to Dems: Ronald Reagan Is Not Your Friend
Why waste a second mentioning a man whose wildest dreams are being fulfilled by Trump and Musk today?
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Memo to Dem: Ronald Reagan is Not Your Friend” - @premthakker.bsky.social
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Fearing repercussions from your government. Fearing the sudden loss of healthcare for your whole family. Fearing that what the government intends for you is mere sadism—trauma without purpose or justification. This is what evil men do when we let them spend a lifetime doing evil without consequence.
February 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Fearing repercussions from your government. Fearing the sudden loss of healthcare for your whole family. Fearing that what the government intends for you is mere sadism—trauma without purpose or justification. This is what evil men do when we let them spend a lifetime doing evil without consequence.
My neighbourhood polling station today. Not exactly what you’d call a magnet for voters eager to do their civic duty.
February 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My neighbourhood polling station today. Not exactly what you’d call a magnet for voters eager to do their civic duty.
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Never forgive, never forget
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Never forgive, never forget
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At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
February 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
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You could not pay me to get into any Musk-produced vehicle. I believe them to be categorically unsafe, as I believe him to be the sort of unscrupulous businessman who will cut any corner possible.
Today it was just a massive explosion and space debris affecting commercial flights. Were it manned...
Today it was just a massive explosion and space debris affecting commercial flights. Were it manned...
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
You could not pay me to get into any Musk-produced vehicle. I believe them to be categorically unsafe, as I believe him to be the sort of unscrupulous businessman who will cut any corner possible.
Today it was just a massive explosion and space debris affecting commercial flights. Were it manned...
Today it was just a massive explosion and space debris affecting commercial flights. Were it manned...
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In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
January 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
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RIP President Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024 at 11:42 PM
RIP President Jimmy Carter
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This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.
Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over | CNN Politics
In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn ove...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:11 AM
This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.
Hello, everyone. This my first post. Trying this out in case I have to make a quick getaway from Xitter. Would love to hear from any and all of you.
November 12, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Hello, everyone. This my first post. Trying this out in case I have to make a quick getaway from Xitter. Would love to hear from any and all of you.