Penny Haggarty 🇨🇦
@pethagg.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, feminist, lifelong learner; in the next chapter of my life after working more than four decades as a librarian. “Dog mom” to a very friendly lab-pit bull cross.
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This is exciting news for the Canadian media ecosystem. Love to see it! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/new...
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA - An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is exciting news for the Canadian media ecosystem. Love to see it! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/new...
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Think tanks and climate obstruction: Atlas affiliates in Canada
by Nicolas Graham
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by Nicolas Graham
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April 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Think tanks and climate obstruction: Atlas affiliates in Canada
by Nicolas Graham
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Nicolas Graham
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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“We did buy an oil pipeline… and what did we get?
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“We did buy an oil pipeline… and what did we get?
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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Media need to stop selling this false dichotomy too
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Media need to stop selling this false dichotomy too
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The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Try as they may, dinosaur conservative premiers will not be able to find buyers for their ⬆️ oil/gas prod’n beyond 2035:
“Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/n...
“Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/n...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable,’ despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Try as they may, dinosaur conservative premiers will not be able to find buyers for their ⬆️ oil/gas prod’n beyond 2035:
“Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/n...
“Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/n...
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Yes. It’ll be the ONLY thing Trump will ever do that will make the world a better place
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yes. It’ll be the ONLY thing Trump will ever do that will make the world a better place
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Time to plant my flag.
Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Time to plant my flag.
Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Time to plant my flag.
Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Time to plant my flag.
Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
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At Edmonton City Hall this afternoon for the Holodomor Commemoration - an event with a very real resonance this year, with Ukraine again under Russian threat. #yeg #yegcc #Holodomor #Ukraine #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
At Edmonton City Hall this afternoon for the Holodomor Commemoration - an event with a very real resonance this year, with Ukraine again under Russian threat. #yeg #yegcc #Holodomor #Ukraine #cdnpoli
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APHA and other leading medical, health and patient advocacy groups issued a joint statement on the alarming changes made to the CDC autism website. #SpeakForHealth
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November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
APHA and other leading medical, health and patient advocacy groups issued a joint statement on the alarming changes made to the CDC autism website. #SpeakForHealth
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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This part of Alberta really sucks. 😣
Alberta’s decision to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause for the second time in just a month– this time to override the rights of transgender children – endangers transgender and gender-diverse Albertans and violates the spirit of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA CONDEMNS ALBERTA'S USE OF NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE TO PROP UP ANTI-TRANS POLICIES
In response to the Government of Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause for the second time in a span of one month to protect a
amnesty.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This part of Alberta really sucks. 😣
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Canada needs a national citizens assembly on healthcare.
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
Learn more 👇
Learn more 👇
Public and private health care
The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.
www.cma.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Canada needs a national citizens assembly on healthcare.
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
Premiers continue to make changes without a transparent or moral mandate to do so.
Prov elections are not giving Canadians what we need in healthcare and there is too much propaganda misinforming
#cdnhealth
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For the evening crowd, my @XtraMagazine column: Provinces' cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign #canqueer #cdnpoli
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."