Karen Siwak 🇨🇦🌎🧐🤦♀️
@karensiwak.bsky.social
Canadian with lots of opinions on global politics ~ Humanist, 🏳️🌈 ally
Career Coach ~ Masters of Counselling Psychology in progress
Career Coach ~ Masters of Counselling Psychology in progress
Pinned
History will remember the collaborators and the do-nothings
March 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
History will remember the collaborators and the do-nothings
A tectonic shift away from investing in US markets is underway "the U.S. is no longer as reliable as a trade partner, we have to take care of our own needs on defence," said Tim Graf, head of macro strategy for EMEA at State Street Global Markets.
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
Investors spy the dawn of a tectonic shift away from US markets
A historic global trade war, a proposed $1.2 trillion European fiscal bazooka and the emergence of China as tech race leader are upending global flows of money, marking a potential turning point for investor capital away from the United States.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A tectonic shift away from investing in US markets is underway "the U.S. is no longer as reliable as a trade partner, we have to take care of our own needs on defence," said Tim Graf, head of macro strategy for EMEA at State Street Global Markets.
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
🇨🇦 We are seeing the geopolitical equivalent of the Ewing Paradox. EU and Commonwealth countries are playing a stronger game now that USA has benched itself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🇨🇦 We are seeing the geopolitical equivalent of the Ewing Paradox. EU and Commonwealth countries are playing a stronger game now that USA has benched itself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
🇨🇦 When you buy groceries, you aren’t subsidizing the grocer. When you buy a house, you aren’t subsidizing the builder. Trump got rich by not paying his bills, he thinks paying bills is for losers.
This is why he’s mad at Canada, the US has to pay what they owe, and it makes him feel like a loser
This is why he’s mad at Canada, the US has to pay what they owe, and it makes him feel like a loser
February 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🇨🇦 When you buy groceries, you aren’t subsidizing the grocer. When you buy a house, you aren’t subsidizing the builder. Trump got rich by not paying his bills, he thinks paying bills is for losers.
This is why he’s mad at Canada, the US has to pay what they owe, and it makes him feel like a loser
This is why he’s mad at Canada, the US has to pay what they owe, and it makes him feel like a loser
Announcing your intention to ethnically cleanse Gaza the same week you are gutting both the CIA and the FBI seems like the perfect set up for a terrorist incident in the USA, creating the national emergency circumstances he’s been looking for to declare martial law
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Announcing your intention to ethnically cleanse Gaza the same week you are gutting both the CIA and the FBI seems like the perfect set up for a terrorist incident in the USA, creating the national emergency circumstances he’s been looking for to declare martial law
🇨🇦 Quite aside from the damage to goodwill, which is already incalculable, the US is no longer a safe supplier of unprocessed food, because it’s no longer tracking outbreaks of infections. No sane purchaser will buy produce that might contain E. coli, dairy that might contain listeria,
February 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🇨🇦 Quite aside from the damage to goodwill, which is already incalculable, the US is no longer a safe supplier of unprocessed food, because it’s no longer tracking outbreaks of infections. No sane purchaser will buy produce that might contain E. coli, dairy that might contain listeria,
When everybody in the C-suite looks the same, sounds the same, thinks the same and has the same lived experience, they have the same blind spots.
Techbros’ “conformity hire” business practices made them vulnerable to getting blindsided by shit they did not know to watch for. Chinese AI, for example
Techbros’ “conformity hire” business practices made them vulnerable to getting blindsided by shit they did not know to watch for. Chinese AI, for example
January 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
When everybody in the C-suite looks the same, sounds the same, thinks the same and has the same lived experience, they have the same blind spots.
Techbros’ “conformity hire” business practices made them vulnerable to getting blindsided by shit they did not know to watch for. Chinese AI, for example
Techbros’ “conformity hire” business practices made them vulnerable to getting blindsided by shit they did not know to watch for. Chinese AI, for example
What we can expect from a PP vs Carney debate.
Carrney has Pete Buttigieg energy, smart, reasoned, and on point.
PP is a gotcha weasel, with nothing but slogans.
youtu.be/SPY_SxyNB5M
Carrney has Pete Buttigieg energy, smart, reasoned, and on point.
PP is a gotcha weasel, with nothing but slogans.
youtu.be/SPY_SxyNB5M
Pierre Poilievre vs Mark Carney: A heated exchange on pipelines
YouTube video by Financial Post
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What we can expect from a PP vs Carney debate.
Carrney has Pete Buttigieg energy, smart, reasoned, and on point.
PP is a gotcha weasel, with nothing but slogans.
youtu.be/SPY_SxyNB5M
Carrney has Pete Buttigieg energy, smart, reasoned, and on point.
PP is a gotcha weasel, with nothing but slogans.
youtu.be/SPY_SxyNB5M
This would be a good day for 🇨🇦 to shut off the electricity, no?
Polar vortex...DC's weather forecasted for Jan 20th is bitter cold, possible snow, with lots of wind.
...snickers...
...snickers...
January 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This would be a good day for 🇨🇦 to shut off the electricity, no?
I think this interview is the reason Christie Clarke has withdrawn from the leadership race. I suspect she’s not the only conservative who was feeling shaken this morning
January 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think this interview is the reason Christie Clarke has withdrawn from the leadership race. I suspect she’s not the only conservative who was feeling shaken this morning
Inside you are 2000 light years from home
Inside you are 100 years of solitude
Inside you are twelve angry men.
January 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Inside you are 2000 light years from home
People who never thought they’d be homeless are homeless today. People who believed in rugged individualism are relying on the kindness of strangers. We are one disaster away from the kinds of desperation that compel refugees to travel through danger in search of safe harbour. It could be any of us.
January 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
People who never thought they’d be homeless are homeless today. People who believed in rugged individualism are relying on the kindness of strangers. We are one disaster away from the kinds of desperation that compel refugees to travel through danger in search of safe harbour. It could be any of us.
A country that elects a serially bankrupt rapist felon for president can’t be trusted to be sheriff of Tinytown, never mind the world. The US will be iced out of strategic intelligence sharing by former allies and opportunists like Putin will gleefully manipulate Trump thru misinformation
Trump Defense nominee Pete Hegseth wants the U.S. military to “be the world’s sheriff.”
December 30, 2024 at 11:36 PM
A country that elects a serially bankrupt rapist felon for president can’t be trusted to be sheriff of Tinytown, never mind the world. The US will be iced out of strategic intelligence sharing by former allies and opportunists like Putin will gleefully manipulate Trump thru misinformation
The state of social media is such that I have to come onto BlueSky to find out if Meta is messing with me personally or if it’s down for everyone. It is down for everyone, turns out. And I’m taking it personally.
December 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM
The state of social media is such that I have to come onto BlueSky to find out if Meta is messing with me personally or if it’s down for everyone. It is down for everyone, turns out. And I’m taking it personally.
“Please don’t shoot me” policy reversal from Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross
Anthem REVERSED a decision to cap anesthesia. Was this a test? Why would they do such a disgusting horrendous thing? Did they want to see if anybody was noticing to keep them in check? What else are they and other insurance companies going to do? OVERSIGHT!👏👏👏👏 www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/a...
Anthem Insurance will no longer cap anesthesia coverage at certain time limits for CT patients: official
Update: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will no longer implement a policy to limit coverage of anesthesia, according to the state comptroller. See the original story below. Anyone with an Anthem Blue Cr...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:05 PM
“Please don’t shoot me” policy reversal from Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross
Martial law declared in South Korea. I expect Trump will follow suit in January.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
South Korean president declares emergency martial law | CBC News
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared "emergency martial law" on Tuesday, accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Martial law declared in South Korea. I expect Trump will follow suit in January.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Free Leonard Peltier
Free Leonard Peltier.
December 2, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Free Leonard Peltier
Je pense que la France se moque de Trump et essaie de décider s'il est plus drôle de laisser cet idiot être l'ambassadeur américain ou de dire non. Aucun Européen ne va partager des renseignements stratégiques avec un criminel condamné, qu'il ait été gracié ou non.
International law allows a country to refuse to accept an incoming ambassador's credentials.
France, are you that Badassed?😊
France, are you that Badassed?😊
December 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Je pense que la France se moque de Trump et essaie de décider s'il est plus drôle de laisser cet idiot être l'ambassadeur américain ou de dire non. Aucun Européen ne va partager des renseignements stratégiques avec un criminel condamné, qu'il ait été gracié ou non.
Trump should steer clear of windows in tall buildings, sounds like
Holy sh*t.
In a speech, Putin suggests Trump might not finish his term alive:
“Trump is not even safe now, but I hope he is a smart and cautious person,” — Putin
In Putin’s doublespeak, this could be a threat.
In a speech, Putin suggests Trump might not finish his term alive:
“Trump is not even safe now, but I hope he is a smart and cautious person,” — Putin
In Putin’s doublespeak, this could be a threat.
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Trump should steer clear of windows in tall buildings, sounds like
Petition to save journalism at the Guardian and Observer
If you’re interested there is a petition to show your support -sign, share, amplify:
www.change.org/p/stop-the-t...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-t...
Assine o Abaixo-assinado
Stop the takeover of The Observer newspaper
www.change.org
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Petition to save journalism at the Guardian and Observer
During Trump’s last term, the UN considered relocating to Geneva. Now that Trump has made it clear that the US will no longer be a world leader, and he intends to create a hostile environment for foreigners, I wonder if the UN will reopen the relocation discussion
press.un.org/en/2019/gadi...
press.un.org/en/2019/gadi...
First Committee Votes to Reject Draft Decision on Relocating Overseas, Unanimously Approving 2020 Work Programme as Session Concludes | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
Concluding its programme of work, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today rejected a draft decision that would have potentially seen it convene in Geneva or Vienna in 2020 d...
press.un.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
During Trump’s last term, the UN considered relocating to Geneva. Now that Trump has made it clear that the US will no longer be a world leader, and he intends to create a hostile environment for foreigners, I wonder if the UN will reopen the relocation discussion
press.un.org/en/2019/gadi...
press.un.org/en/2019/gadi...
Many Washington Post and New York Times subscribers switched to The Guardian in protest, due to the relentless sanewashing of a serially bankrupt rapist felon by the NYT and WP. Now journalism at the Guardian is also under threat
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 26, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Many Washington Post and New York Times subscribers switched to The Guardian in protest, due to the relentless sanewashing of a serially bankrupt rapist felon by the NYT and WP. Now journalism at the Guardian is also under threat
Tariffs can’t be inflationary if they are recessionary ~ the subtext
Nothing but idiots all the way down
Nothing but idiots all the way down
".. During a radio interview Saturday .., Bessent said 'tariffs can’t be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up -- unless you give people more money -- then they have less money to spend on the other thing, so there is no inflation.'"
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
‘Huge relief.’ CEOs exhale after Trump taps Scott Bessent to lead Treasury | CNN Business
Hedge fund executive Scott Bessent survived an internal squabble over the role of Treasury secretary, a key position that will face almost immediate deadlines and pressures.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Tariffs can’t be inflationary if they are recessionary ~ the subtext
Nothing but idiots all the way down
Nothing but idiots all the way down
Note to self ~ check that any book I look to read has not been published by Spine
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Note to self ~ check that any book I look to read has not been published by Spine