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actor/creator Mi'kmaki NovaScotia hobbies incl: splainin' the obvious to the oblivious. i heart planet i heart-not fascism i pre-aplogise 4 typoos. NO DMs if we've never had tea! funny script here https://www.playwrightscanada.com
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Quite the quote on #COP30, by Professor Michael Jacobs of the think tank ODI Global and the University of Sheffield. Source: ‚Backchannel‘
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Hopefully, if this does come to pass, any new construction will take seismic risk into consideration. Tehran is an earthquake disaster waiting to happen. Retrofitting old buildings is much harder than building new ones that are more resilient.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:

"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.

Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.

Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I also have a scar that says Trump Whore but mine is from a freak trampoline accident
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
nietzsche - without god everything is possible. millenial christians - with god everything is possible. either way, people who are convinced everything is possible are scary.
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
www.city-journal.org/article/minn... walz needs to fix it fast. this fraud is a gift to trumpers.
Minnesota Welfare Fraud: Some Funds Went to Al-Shabaab
How some of the state's welfare funds ended up in the hands of a terror group
www.city-journal.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Somali-Led Cartels Are Fueling Kenya’s Real Estate Boom With Minnesota Fraud Money from American 🇺🇸 social welfare programs - Kenya Insights - kenyainsights.com/a-pattern-em...
A Pattern Emerges: How Somali-Led Cartels Are Fueling Kenya’s Real Estate Boom With American Fraud Money
Real estate agents in Nairobi’s upmarket estates—Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, and even Karen report a surge in cash purchases by Somali-Kenyan buyers over the past five years.
kenyainsights.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.

by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Priestley member, Prof Simon Lewis, features in The Guardian, discussing the Congo Basin and how it is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but it is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#COP30 #tropicalrainforests #CongoBasin
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
People who just wanted to 'Drain the Swamp' only now realizing they voted for an Alligator.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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#ResistanceEarth

Pope Leo called for urgent action to combat climate change, noting that one-third of the Earth’s population is vulnerable because of climate change impacts. “To ignore these people is to deny our shared humanity,” he said.

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'
Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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There is far more to this than jobs.
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab offering 10,000 jobs, Joly says, as Canada's F-35 review drags on | CBC News
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly pitted two giant defence companies against one another on Tuesday for the future of Canada's fighter fleet, saying the $27-billion contract to buy 88 U.S.-made F-35 jets...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Tonight, the House of Commons has voted to pass Budget 2025.

It’s time to work together to deliver on this plan — to protect our communities, empower Canadians with new opportunities, and build Canada strong.
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
cow burps naw the big stink is greasy fking Billionaire oily flatulent greed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm white but I do not support White Supremacy, I'm cis/straight but I do not support Cis-Hetero White Supremacy, I'm Catholic but I do not support Christian Cis-Hetero White Supremacy, I'm - well you get the gist.
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gives me hope that in this crazy mixed up world these Two Kids found each other (Three if you count the Wormnotaworm)
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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“Let’s try and make it so that everyone has everything they need.”

“But isn’t that unfair to the people who ALREADY have everything they need?”
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM