Stefan Hostetter
@steho.bsky.social
The truth about stories, is that that’s all we are. -Thomas King
Organizing & Storytelling with Green Majority, Stories We Don't Tell, Harbinger Media Network, Toronto Climate Action Network
Organizing & Storytelling with Green Majority, Stories We Don't Tell, Harbinger Media Network, Toronto Climate Action Network
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🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement, only 3% of climate finance supports #JustTransition policies.
Today, 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries are calling for a Just Transition that makes climate work for the people who live its consequences.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/Gbjxu
#COP30
Today, 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries are calling for a Just Transition that makes climate work for the people who live its consequences.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/Gbjxu
#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement, only 3% of climate finance supports #JustTransition policies.
Today, 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries are calling for a Just Transition that makes climate work for the people who live its consequences.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/Gbjxu
#COP30
Today, 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries are calling for a Just Transition that makes climate work for the people who live its consequences.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/Gbjxu
#COP30
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Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Important action for anyone who cares about climate in Toronto
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
act.stand.earth
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Important action for anyone who cares about climate in Toronto
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
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Via musk v Altman, lol
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Via musk v Altman, lol
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Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Exxon to ‘pace’ low-carbon spending blaming weak demand and bad policies
CEO Darren Woods says rules reminiscent of ‘centrally planned economies’ have failed to support green products
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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i got it and it's by a Bloomberg backed org.
Black New Yorkers, did y'all get this mailer?
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
i got it and it's by a Bloomberg backed org.
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Some explanations deliver themselves.
Soft denialism on the march.
Soft denialism on the march.
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Some explanations deliver themselves.
Soft denialism on the march.
Soft denialism on the march.
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Did you know 80-90% of Canadians support a wealth tax on the rich, yet this budget just CUT taxes for middle- and upper-income earners.
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Did you know 80-90% of Canadians support a wealth tax on the rich, yet this budget just CUT taxes for middle- and upper-income earners.
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
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A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered.
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered.
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
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Kids to Doug Ford: We're suing you for weak GHG reduction targets & no plan to achieve them because our future depends on avoiding worst impact of climate change.
Judge: They've got a point.
Doug Ford: Our new law says we don't have any targets or a climate plan. Gotcha!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Judge: They've got a point.
Doug Ford: Our new law says we don't have any targets or a climate plan. Gotcha!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target | CBC News
The Ontario government says it wants to scrap parts of a law requiring it to set and update its emission reductions targets, wiping out legislation that's been key to a youth-led constitutional challe...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Kids to Doug Ford: We're suing you for weak GHG reduction targets & no plan to achieve them because our future depends on avoiding worst impact of climate change.
Judge: They've got a point.
Doug Ford: Our new law says we don't have any targets or a climate plan. Gotcha!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Judge: They've got a point.
Doug Ford: Our new law says we don't have any targets or a climate plan. Gotcha!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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ICE detained a US citizen with a toddler in the backseat. ICE had to be bullied by the crowd to not do their usual MO and drive off with the man and just leave the car in the road. The crowd asked them to let the family come take the baby. Instead they drove off with the child
Armed federal immigration agents drive away with a toddler in the backseat
Armed federal agents drive off with toddler in the back seat of car after arresting the child’s father, a U.S. citizen, who is accused of assault.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ICE detained a US citizen with a toddler in the backseat. ICE had to be bullied by the crowd to not do their usual MO and drive off with the man and just leave the car in the road. The crowd asked them to let the family come take the baby. Instead they drove off with the child
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MAMDANI: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words: 'Turn the volume up.'"
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
MAMDANI: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words: 'Turn the volume up.'"
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Quick call from MSNBC on the New York City mayoral race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Quick call from MSNBC on the New York City mayoral race.
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well, well, well...
Members of Gen Z in New York City found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm for Zohran Mamdani turned into real votes.
Mamdani’s Mayoral Run Gave Gen Z More Than Politics
Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
well, well, well...
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“This is a guns-not-butter budget with massive new spending on border guards, police & the military, but austerity for programs that care for people and nature,” said [me] “You can’t fight for our future when you are retreating on climate action...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
Feds unveil new climate strategy with no details on Canada’s emission commitments
The federal government’s climate competitiveness strategy promises a stronger industrial carbon pricing system and the prospect of ending the emissions cap on oil and gas production to drive more inve...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“This is a guns-not-butter budget with massive new spending on border guards, police & the military, but austerity for programs that care for people and nature,” said [me] “You can’t fight for our future when you are retreating on climate action...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
#Breaking: Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont, who has left the Conservative caucus, will join the Liberals: Source
Canada budget 2025 live updates: Deficit balloons to $78 billion; Carney’s plan includes public service cuts, major investments; Tory MP to join Liberals
The Liberals now need to find the votes to support the $581-billion budget. Here’s the latest.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
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Also no more money for childcare. That sucks
The massive cuts - $57 billion - is 40 per cent more than proposed in Carney's platform
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency
There’s no olive branch for the NDP in today’s federal budget--might Canada be plunged into another election? Full CCPA analysis of the budget is now live: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Also no more money for childcare. That sucks
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Excellent analysis of #Budget2025 from
@hadrianmk.bsky.social
He says this is the worst budget for climate since the Harper days
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
@hadrianmk.bsky.social
He says this is the worst budget for climate since the Harper days
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Excellent analysis of #Budget2025 from
@hadrianmk.bsky.social
He says this is the worst budget for climate since the Harper days
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
@hadrianmk.bsky.social
He says this is the worst budget for climate since the Harper days
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
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I did not have this on my Budget Bingo card: Carney will weaken the anti-greenwashing legislation
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I did not have this on my Budget Bingo card: Carney will weaken the anti-greenwashing legislation
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Budget 2025 is full of goodies for fosdil fuel companies, like accelerated capital cost allowances for LNG
Carney once again revealing that he doesn't care about addressing the climate crisis- and is in fact all too happy to keep pouring fuel on the fire
Carney once again revealing that he doesn't care about addressing the climate crisis- and is in fact all too happy to keep pouring fuel on the fire
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Budget 2025 is full of goodies for fosdil fuel companies, like accelerated capital cost allowances for LNG
Carney once again revealing that he doesn't care about addressing the climate crisis- and is in fact all too happy to keep pouring fuel on the fire
Carney once again revealing that he doesn't care about addressing the climate crisis- and is in fact all too happy to keep pouring fuel on the fire
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Remember how in the Business Insider story about all his sexual abuse allegations he chased after a fleeing, naked teenager trying to avoid rape going "Stop running away from me. Stop running away from me."
now that's what I call a Mamdani endorsement. Don't threaten New Yorkers with a good time, Dave. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’
Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.
www.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Remember how in the Business Insider story about all his sexual abuse allegations he chased after a fleeing, naked teenager trying to avoid rape going "Stop running away from me. Stop running away from me."
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Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.