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I believe in humanity. Skeptical about humans. liberal democracy is the best humanist system of government so far devised. I am centrist because I eschew ideology in favour evidence-based decision making. #factsmatter Lists, ad hominem => block
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This president & this entire administration, with every major position filled as it is with unqualified maga loons, has no idea what to do

#climatechange #cdnpoli #ClimateChage @mark-carney.bsky.social

Overstory Media Group’s AI policy is a giant time suck for reporters By me

From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Uncle Sam’s stablecoin passion has shaky rationale reut.rs/4lcrUWv

‪“More than 440 drones and 32 missiles were used. Kyiv has faced one of the most horrific attacks,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who joined the G7 leaders in Kananaskis for talks on June 17, said in a social media post that morning.‬ ‪ www.thewhig.com/opinion/trum...

#climatechange #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis @mark-carney.bsky.social

56.8% attendance at the FIFA Club World Cup, so far & pundits are giving numerous "reasons" for the dismal turnout while ignoring the obvious: Why would anyone travel to the US & risk harassment or even encarceration by CBP? www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social

Members of Windigo First Nations Council have declared there will be no development in their traditional territories until their “own nation-building objectives” are met. They promise to defend the land “at all costs“ unless the well-being of their members is made a priority.

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Pretty loose definition of the word soon here www.independent.co.uk/space/earth-...

#climatechange #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis

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There goes the neighbourhood. 😏

Fault lines: In small-town Alberta, a measles resurgence exposes divides over vaccines and faith www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @alannasmith.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca

“Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.” #uspoli

“This is a critical decade: human-induced global warming rates are at their highest historical level, and 1.5 °C global warming might be expected to be reached or exceeded in around 5 years in the absence of cooling from major volcanic eruptions"

Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ (𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca

The USA is becoming the world's petri dish. #uspoli #ettd

Nova Scotia village moves to drop 'Cornwallis' from its name 'We felt it was the right thing to do,' says chair of Cornwallis Square's village commission #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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“Airbnb is gentrification on top of gentrification, pushing out local residents and the communities they support. It’s like a cancer, eating away at society from within — destroying the cities that tourists came to see in the first place.”

Trump’s pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration has acknowledged he does not have a commercial pilot’s license — despite having claimed publicly for years to have one.

Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."

They hid it in the fine print. C-5 exempts “national interest” projects from Canada’s core environmental laws, treaty obligations, and public scrutiny. This is legislative sleight-of-hand, not sober second thought. proconsul.ghost.io/bill-c-5/ Proconsul Clarity Action Proof

Ask Iran first. Taco lies. #uspoli #globalpoli

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"...strong evidence of a partisan asymmetry in misinformation sharing which cannot be attributed to political bias..." Study finds Republicans flagged for posting misleading tweets twice as often as Democrats on Community Notes phys.org/news/2025-06... Misinformaiton + Politics = Bad Mix.