Jane Munroe
@janemunroe.bsky.social
I'll still block all real estate agents.
Currently in #yeg, Absurdistan (or Alabama North), 🇨🇦.
Currently in #yeg, Absurdistan (or Alabama North), 🇨🇦.
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People get mad when I say it, but I will again: The intentional gutting of all media that could and has historically been used to help protect democracy is deeply linked to the rise of fascism and the end of democracy. The wealth class has consolidated enough of media to fully embrace anti-democracy
Vice had the best extremism coverage going. A very deep loss. America is about to face the fascist takeover without much of a way for people to reliably find out about it.
February 22, 2024 at 11:06 PM
People get mad when I say it, but I will again: The intentional gutting of all media that could and has historically been used to help protect democracy is deeply linked to the rise of fascism and the end of democracy. The wealth class has consolidated enough of media to fully embrace anti-democracy
@eissyrc.bsky.social Are you all wrapped up over at twitter? I couldn't tind your name.
January 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
@eissyrc.bsky.social Are you all wrapped up over at twitter? I couldn't tind your name.
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I figure many owners feel this way.
December 27, 2023 at 6:48 PM
I figure many owners feel this way.
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In case you were wondering, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms’ 2023 “Year in Review” does not include any mention of its president having his law license suspended for 3 years for hiring a private eye to place a judge under surveillance.
calgaryherald.com/news/nationa...
calgaryherald.com/news/nationa...
December 27, 2023 at 7:48 PM
In case you were wondering, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms’ 2023 “Year in Review” does not include any mention of its president having his law license suspended for 3 years for hiring a private eye to place a judge under surveillance.
calgaryherald.com/news/nationa...
calgaryherald.com/news/nationa...
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I think a lot about the epidemiologist I heard on NPR at the start of the pandemic who said her primary concern for misinformation was "bored white guys who love data"
This is what happens when everyone decides that you are the very best at fantasy baseball.
December 26, 2023 at 11:42 PM
I think a lot about the epidemiologist I heard on NPR at the start of the pandemic who said her primary concern for misinformation was "bored white guys who love data"
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The deal seems to be that people can largely live like in pre-pandemic times as long as we accept getting miserably ill maybe twice a year (especially during family holidays), accept heightened risks of long-term health problems, and let old/vulnerable folks die. Doesn’t seem like a good deal to me.
December 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM
The deal seems to be that people can largely live like in pre-pandemic times as long as we accept getting miserably ill maybe twice a year (especially during family holidays), accept heightened risks of long-term health problems, and let old/vulnerable folks die. Doesn’t seem like a good deal to me.
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just found out about Irawaddy Dolphins and I need a minute
August 9, 2023 at 10:44 PM
just found out about Irawaddy Dolphins and I need a minute
...and Telus just axed 6000 jobs.
August 4, 2023 at 4:18 PM
...and Telus just axed 6000 jobs.
Alberta just axed renewable energy projects in Alberta.
"Tilting at windmills" just turned into a very dark phrase indeed.
"Tilting at windmills" just turned into a very dark phrase indeed.
August 4, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Alberta just axed renewable energy projects in Alberta.
"Tilting at windmills" just turned into a very dark phrase indeed.
"Tilting at windmills" just turned into a very dark phrase indeed.
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The easiest way to find white people in the woods is to belt out "Sweet Caroline"
They'll inevitably shout back "bum bum bum .."
They'll inevitably shout back "bum bum bum .."
My brother is blaring Sweet Caroline at this lake house at 9:30 AM and I guess I can still be annoyed by my baby brother pretty effectively
July 31, 2023 at 2:42 PM
The easiest way to find white people in the woods is to belt out "Sweet Caroline"
They'll inevitably shout back "bum bum bum .."
They'll inevitably shout back "bum bum bum .."
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A refinery in northern Alberta was able to operate for 22 years without environmental permits, demonstrating the lawlessness of Alberta's oil and gas industry.
My latest for Jacobin:
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/alberta-tar-sands-fossil-fuel-industry-regulatory-capture-environmental-law
My latest for Jacobin:
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/alberta-tar-sands-fossil-fuel-industry-regulatory-capture-environmental-law
The Oil Industry Makes Its Own Rules in Canada’s Tar Sands
An oil refinery processing tar sands crude without permits for over two decades showcases Alberta’s need for regulation. But with the Trudeau Liberals’ history of giving Big Oil no-strings-attache...
jacobin.com
July 31, 2023 at 6:11 PM
A refinery in northern Alberta was able to operate for 22 years without environmental permits, demonstrating the lawlessness of Alberta's oil and gas industry.
My latest for Jacobin:
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/alberta-tar-sands-fossil-fuel-industry-regulatory-capture-environmental-law
My latest for Jacobin:
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/alberta-tar-sands-fossil-fuel-industry-regulatory-capture-environmental-law
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The Bluesky error screen should be a chicken screaming that the sky is falling
July 31, 2023 at 1:53 AM
The Bluesky error screen should be a chicken screaming that the sky is falling
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Good night and sweet dreams... A week of insomnia is catching up and I may be completely unable to function if this doesn't work out soon.
Until then, I love you and take your night drugs.
Until then, I love you and take your night drugs.
July 31, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Good night and sweet dreams... A week of insomnia is catching up and I may be completely unable to function if this doesn't work out soon.
Until then, I love you and take your night drugs.
Until then, I love you and take your night drugs.
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Cabinet shuffle. Always going to be concerned when Canada finally starts federal disability benefits process then switches out the minister responsible. 🤞
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cabinet-shuffle-analysis-and-list-of-who-s-who-after-trudeau-s-cabinet-overhaul-1.6494914
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cabinet-shuffle-analysis-and-list-of-who-s-who-after-trudeau-s-cabinet-overhaul-1.6494914
July 27, 2023 at 3:07 AM
Cabinet shuffle. Always going to be concerned when Canada finally starts federal disability benefits process then switches out the minister responsible. 🤞
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cabinet-shuffle-analysis-and-list-of-who-s-who-after-trudeau-s-cabinet-overhaul-1.6494914
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cabinet-shuffle-analysis-and-list-of-who-s-who-after-trudeau-s-cabinet-overhaul-1.6494914
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Obviously ghosts aren't real, if they were, the ghost of Nikola Tesla would haunt the grifter who bought the company bearing his name and turned that name into a watchword for shoddy, dangerous products, using his ghost powers to ensure that talentless hack is incapable of happiness or satisfaction.
July 30, 2023 at 9:39 PM
Obviously ghosts aren't real, if they were, the ghost of Nikola Tesla would haunt the grifter who bought the company bearing his name and turned that name into a watchword for shoddy, dangerous products, using his ghost powers to ensure that talentless hack is incapable of happiness or satisfaction.
Ouch.
July 26, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Ouch.
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This should be obvious, but just as addressing social biases requires adopting an explicit counter bias (anti-whatever the original bias was), governments that claim to want to increase conservation and protect biodiversity need to adopt an explicit pro-conservation stance.
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July 25, 2023 at 5:11 PM
This should be obvious, but just as addressing social biases requires adopting an explicit counter bias (anti-whatever the original bias was), governments that claim to want to increase conservation and protect biodiversity need to adopt an explicit pro-conservation stance.
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Jack Dorsey looks like the kind of guy who, if you meet him at a party, would talk for hours about psychedelics, microdosing, and the totally 'authentic' and life changing experience he had during his last Ayahuasca trip. Then, switch suddenly into a chat about why Nazis deserve free speech.
jack dorsey looks like the kind of guy who says “it’s a good problem to have” when it is not, in fact, a good problem to have.
jack dorsey looks like the kind of guy who you were polite to at the beginning of the party which he takes as an open invitation to corner you later on and regale you about his multiple “ventures”, using as many tech-speak futurist buzzwords possible meanwhile you’re just trying to get drunk & dance
July 25, 2023 at 6:23 AM
Jack Dorsey looks like the kind of guy who, if you meet him at a party, would talk for hours about psychedelics, microdosing, and the totally 'authentic' and life changing experience he had during his last Ayahuasca trip. Then, switch suddenly into a chat about why Nazis deserve free speech.
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Teamsters wiiiiin. A/C and raises for all, no more lower tier works.
UNIONS WORK MOTHERFUCKERS
UNIONS WORK MOTHERFUCKERS
July 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Teamsters wiiiiin. A/C and raises for all, no more lower tier works.
UNIONS WORK MOTHERFUCKERS
UNIONS WORK MOTHERFUCKERS
Nice to see you here, Heather. 🙂
July 25, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Nice to see you here, Heather. 🙂
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BREAKING: For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time
Actors Go on Strike in New Blow to Struggling Hollywood Studios
For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time — a cataclysm for hundreds of thousands of film and TV workers already idled by the entertainment indus...
www.bloomberg.com
July 13, 2023 at 7:33 PM
BREAKING: For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time