annette hegel
@erstelinie.bsky.social
queer settler artist, #Witness4FNkids, urban farmer, bike riding pinko, system change - not climate change - born at 318ppm
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FAR be it from me to be hyperbolic, but at this point what's the point of Alberta having a fucking Charter at all
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta Legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for 4th time | CBC News
Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter's notwith...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
FAR be it from me to be hyperbolic, but at this point what's the point of Alberta having a fucking Charter at all
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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By all means, let's burn the planet with these energy vampires for short-term gain and next to zero jobs in automated data centres. Canada can kiss its Paris accord obligations goodbye thanks to Carney's deal with the devil. #ClimatePariah #EnergyTransition
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Capital Power providing electricity to Alberta data-centre builder
Electricity producer’s binding MOU with an unnamed developer a boost to Alberta’s nascent industry
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
By all means, let's burn the planet with these energy vampires for short-term gain and next to zero jobs in automated data centres. Canada can kiss its Paris accord obligations goodbye thanks to Carney's deal with the devil. #ClimatePariah #EnergyTransition
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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A national stain. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
Alberta’s governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter’s notwith...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A national stain. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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I am watching a freight train as C series legislation hurling towards Canadians, sailing through committees, bracing for impact— knowing our Senate is a rubber stamping chamber now and screaming at the top of my lungs to help us derail it.
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I am watching a freight train as C series legislation hurling towards Canadians, sailing through committees, bracing for impact— knowing our Senate is a rubber stamping chamber now and screaming at the top of my lungs to help us derail it.
this thread!!!!
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
this thread!!!!
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I’m reminded of the fact that in the 1930s, Germany’s government rejected the use of Futura because it was a “degenerate” typeface.
They preferred Fraktur because it was more masculine and traditional.
They preferred Fraktur because it was more masculine and traditional.
Mr. Rubio said switching back to Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.” Calibri is “informal” when compared to serif typefaces like Times New Roman and “clashes” with the department’s official letterhead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’m reminded of the fact that in the 1930s, Germany’s government rejected the use of Futura because it was a “degenerate” typeface.
They preferred Fraktur because it was more masculine and traditional.
They preferred Fraktur because it was more masculine and traditional.
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
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you should all be resigning in abject humility.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/11/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/11/v...
City council approves Vancouver mayor's motion to explore bitcoin
Mayor Ken Sim's motion to explore making Vancouver a "bitcoin-friendly city" has passed with approval from the majority of city councillors.
vancouver.citynews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
you should all be resigning in abject humility.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/11/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/11/v...
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Oh ya? Well cutting 72,000+ thousand of them and forcing the rest to adhere to old boomer white men’s ideologies for what work looks like will definitely produce better outcomes huh. We are in a post-data and expertise era and we can’t even be honest about it. Fucking pathetic #cdnpoli
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Oh ya? Well cutting 72,000+ thousand of them and forcing the rest to adhere to old boomer white men’s ideologies for what work looks like will definitely produce better outcomes huh. We are in a post-data and expertise era and we can’t even be honest about it. Fucking pathetic #cdnpoli
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It’s pathetic that pundits who get national airtime can spout off that the public service hasn’t been delivering for Canadians and it’s because they get hybrid work arrangements and there’s zero fucking push back.
This is about control, and not data or evidence or even what is best practice now
This is about control, and not data or evidence or even what is best practice now
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It’s pathetic that pundits who get national airtime can spout off that the public service hasn’t been delivering for Canadians and it’s because they get hybrid work arrangements and there’s zero fucking push back.
This is about control, and not data or evidence or even what is best practice now
This is about control, and not data or evidence or even what is best practice now
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Time to re-up that joke about the brilliant carbon-sequestration technology science has discovered.
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Discover the countries with the largest forests in 2025 and how just five nations hold more than half of global woodland.
www.visualcapitalist.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Time to re-up that joke about the brilliant carbon-sequestration technology science has discovered.
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Norway has announced the creation of a commission that will map out the country's path in a post-oil economy.
Canada should do the same. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Canada should do the same. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Canada needs its own transition commission
The federal government has done a poor job of preparing the public for the possibility of a post-oil economy. It's time for it to do something about it.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Norway has announced the creation of a commission that will map out the country's path in a post-oil economy.
Canada should do the same. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Canada should do the same. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Nobody ACTUALLY wants a truly small government. What they want is a *boutique* government. Services THEY use should be well-funded and run smoothly, (preferably by people with no job security making minimum wage) and everything else should be left to rot.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Nobody ACTUALLY wants a truly small government. What they want is a *boutique* government. Services THEY use should be well-funded and run smoothly, (preferably by people with no job security making minimum wage) and everything else should be left to rot.
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10 years on, 14 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action have been fulfilled. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out?
Some Canadians may want us to move on from the dark residential-school chapter of this country’s history. But a decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report was published, its l...
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
10 years on, 14 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action have been fulfilled. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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I'm almost 44 and my whole life has been 99% of workers getting robbed over and over so a few creeps can buy 8 houses
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm almost 44 and my whole life has been 99% of workers getting robbed over and over so a few creeps can buy 8 houses
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Mineral extraction should not happen at the cost of people and planet.
Governments meeting at the UN Environment Assembly this week should support Colombia’s initiative for a binding minerals treaty. #UNEA7
Governments meeting at the UN Environment Assembly this week should support Colombia’s initiative for a binding minerals treaty. #UNEA7
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mineral extraction should not happen at the cost of people and planet.
Governments meeting at the UN Environment Assembly this week should support Colombia’s initiative for a binding minerals treaty. #UNEA7
Governments meeting at the UN Environment Assembly this week should support Colombia’s initiative for a binding minerals treaty. #UNEA7
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We need a renewables plan @mark-carney.bsky.social : “At present, it is occurring in an unplanned, unsupported & chaotic way, with key disemployment decisions made unilaterally by fossil fuel employers [maximizing their own profits]”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/n... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #NLpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/n... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #NLpoli
Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism
A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We need a renewables plan @mark-carney.bsky.social : “At present, it is occurring in an unplanned, unsupported & chaotic way, with key disemployment decisions made unilaterally by fossil fuel employers [maximizing their own profits]”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/n... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #NLpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/n... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #NLpoli
thread:
On Dec. 8, 1941, the RCMP impounded 1,200 fishing boats owned by Japanese-Canadians.
Within a few months, Japanese-Canadians were sent to internment camps. More than 21,000 people were uprooted.
This is the story of Canada's Japanese Internment.
📸 LAC C-057250
🧵 1/12
Within a few months, Japanese-Canadians were sent to internment camps. More than 21,000 people were uprooted.
This is the story of Canada's Japanese Internment.
📸 LAC C-057250
🧵 1/12
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
thread:
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions | CNN
Fossil fuel production is still increasing and the United States is in climate denial mode. But, globally, the use of renewable energy is on the rise — and several countries are shifting to solar fast...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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“It cripples you in our modern world.”
Canadian #ICC Judge Kimberly Prost on the psychological, emotional, and practical toll of the sanctions against her (sanctions which Canada has refused to denounce): aljazeera.com/video/newsfe... #ASP24 #cdnpoli
Canadian #ICC Judge Kimberly Prost on the psychological, emotional, and practical toll of the sanctions against her (sanctions which Canada has refused to denounce): aljazeera.com/video/newsfe... #ASP24 #cdnpoli
ICC judge speaks out on impact of US sanctions
Canadian ICC Judge Kimberly Prost has told Al Jazeera that US sanctions have had a ‘crippling effect’ on her life.
aljazeera.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“It cripples you in our modern world.”
Canadian #ICC Judge Kimberly Prost on the psychological, emotional, and practical toll of the sanctions against her (sanctions which Canada has refused to denounce): aljazeera.com/video/newsfe... #ASP24 #cdnpoli
Canadian #ICC Judge Kimberly Prost on the psychological, emotional, and practical toll of the sanctions against her (sanctions which Canada has refused to denounce): aljazeera.com/video/newsfe... #ASP24 #cdnpoli