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And the madness continues
Https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/22/trump-stalin-national-center-atmospheric-research?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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fairvote.ca
A Liberal in rural Alberta or a Conservative in downtown Toronto can vote for decades without ever electing a candidate they support.

A system that locks regions to one party is not democracy.

Proportional representation ensures every vote counts, no matter where you live.
Graphic with lightning imagery explaining that Liberals in rural Alberta and Conservatives in downtown Toronto are more likely to be struck by lightning than win their local seat, arguing that first-past-the-post locks regions into one party control and that proportional representation would give everyone a real voice.
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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junioreinsteins.bsky.social
Junior Einsteins After School Science Clubs Fast paced, hands on and packed with real experiments every week.
#JuniorEinsteins
#AfterSchoolClub
#STEMKids
#ScienceForKids
#KidsActivities
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
peterryl.bsky.social
nationalobserver.com Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28d
Canada's climate policy is backsliding—carbon price gone, emissions cap at risk, 2030 targets in jeopardy. This is why independent climate journalism matters. Help fund this work: $250K goal by Dec 25. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/o...
When Ottawa won't talk climate, we dig deeper
Getting our hands on the right documents takes time, teamwork and resources — and your support makes this work possible.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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mikehudema.bsky.social
Amazon’s plastic packaging waste alone could encircle the globe 500 times: buff.ly/AREVW3M. We need to do better.

Use less, buy less, waste less.

#ActOnClimate #climate
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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avilewis.ca
Let's put an end to First-Past-the-Post elections together and build a true democracy! Join us: lewisforleader.ca
fairvote.ca Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · Nov 21
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.

NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.

When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
What do you get when you combine malignant narcissism with dementia? An existential threat.
Via @thetimes.com Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OtO...
‘The smoking gun’ that points to Trump’s cognitive decline | Psychologist analyses Trump
YouTube video by Times Radio
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November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
peterryl.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘A historic victory’: our panel reacts to Zohran Mamdani’s triumph | Panel
Our panelists discuss what Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the mayoral race means for New York and beyond
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Federal agents charged and knocked down two 84-year-olds (84!) as they peacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home. Psychopaths.
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest
An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
www.oregonlive.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
The young, and even the not-so-young, of the Sunrise Movement rise to the occasion again. We all need to support them any way we can

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
Will the Democrates size this chance?

Https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/30/unions-democrats-opportunity-government-shutdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Unions are handing Democrats a golden opportunity amid the shutdown battle | Judith Levine
Federal workers’ move offers Democrats a chance to win the budget battle – and their identity
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
Some wonderful photos here.
www.theguardian.com/media/galler...
Tapir, toad tadpoles and Trump’s bodyguards: the 2025 Siena awards festival – in pictures
A selection of some of the work on display in Siena for the 11th edition of the Siena awards festival in Italy
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
How many other "xxx-cides" will be required before real actions are taken to stop this criminal behavior in Palestine
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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peipolitical.bsky.social
Thank you to former PM Justin Trudeau. 👍👏
The Moderna facility in Laval, Quebec will soon be rolling out Canadian made Covid vaccines. Hopes of later producing RSV & some Cancer fighting vaccines. HUGE!!! 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
September 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
peterryl.bsky.social
Another deadly consequence of the climate emergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world
Toxic particles spewed by 2023’s wildfires were even responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
peterryl.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production
Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
peterryl.bsky.social
Barnes is challenging the case on constitutional grounds, arguing her right to freedom of expression through gardening is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/29/n...
Constitutional right to a wild garden with weeds and bees to be tested in Ontario court
A Burlington homeowner is fighting charges over her “naturalized garden” of native plants in her front and back yards. The city is taking Karen Barnes to Provincial Offences Court, seeking up to $400,...
www.nationalobserver.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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ubcoceans.bsky.social
The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU #seal product ban. Why? theconversation.com/the-european... via @theconversation.com
The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?
The EU has failed to engage Greenlandic people in public consultations that are part of its review of its seal trade regulations.
theconversation.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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chuchiface.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to the launch of @meidascanada.ca

The majority of #Canadian #MSM is #Conservative owned & funded.

We NEED an alternative in #Canada

@meidastouch.com with @charlieangus104.bsky.social
on #LabourDay

#MeidasCanada #MeidasTouch #Independant #News
#Canada #cdnpoli #antifa
charlieangus104.bsky.social Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Aug 28
We launch @meidascanada.ca on Labour Day.
I spoke earlier this summer at the PanAmerican Congress in Mexico on fighting fascism.
One of the key tools is building alternate networks of information.
This is why I have teamed up with @meidastouch.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...
WHY MEIDAS CANADA IS STEPPING UP
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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smith.senate.gov
“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.”

— Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
peterryl.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department softens human rights criticisms of Trump-allied countries
Report steps up criticisms of Europe, Brazil and South Africa but says little about abuses in Israel and El Salvador
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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ericbrooke.bsky.social
Like many Canadians I stopped buying many things made by USA companies because of tariffs and threats, but I am extending that because I do not want to support fascism or the damage they will do our environment

It’s amazing to see the destruction to the USA brand - who trusts it now?

#canada
July 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM