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jokinen.bsky.social
Radio documentaries, writer, labour activism, birding, cycling. Climate crisis shouter-abouter. On the Canadian prairie.
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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Those are Nazi salutes. They're Nazis.

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Haha ever notice how we “drive” on a “parkway” but “god” “has” “abandoned” “us”?

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Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg.

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Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano killing the appetite for a drink.

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Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney general pick after Gaetz steps aside

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I sing the kettle electric

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One early lesson from the longshoremen's strike: the ocean shipping industry has the cash to pay for its own decarbonization.

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I want to do a bunch of life stuff over again but with enough magnesium

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monch

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The only way to stop a bad guy from eating a goose is with a good guy threatening to murder every elementary school student in town.

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I saw a werewolf buying Two-Buck Chuck at Trader Joe's, his hair was disheveled

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If you put hot dogs and pickles against an AM radio tower, they act as speakers (h/t Dan Bodah). https://buff.ly/3B7c1iv

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In my first magazine story for @motherjones.bsky.social, I wrote about attacks on disinformation researchers, and the ways they echo attacks on climate scientists in the '90s. One person compared it to the Red Scare: “How do we not see the historical parallels?” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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H.G. Peter, 1948

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For The Reveal I wrote about one of my favorite supporting characters in any movie: VERTIGO's Midge, whose crucial role in the film isn't always noticed (kind of like Midge):

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i don’t think it’s sinking in for some white liberals that your neighbor putting up a trump/vance sign is the equivalent of supporting the KKK. it is an act of aggression. i really don’t care if they’ve been nice to you—they are objectively hateful people with whom you should not associate.

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“You have to be on Twitter,” they said. So what now? @kaatefishman.bsky.social gathered reporters, editors, and communicators to find out. With @annaleen.bsky.social, @nyaruai.bsky.social, @kendrawrites.bsky.social, @WhySharksMatter.bsky.social and more. www.theopennotebook.com/2024/09/17/r... 🧪

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“what would you be doing to fight fascism if it comes?” could/should be restated as “what are you doing to take power away from the police now?”

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,048,068!

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thewalrus.ca/tim-hortons-... Latest for Walrus: Canada as brand

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reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202... Local ghost tales.

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Men only want one thing and it’s to be bodily lifted, by the nostrils, by a sentient plume of aroma and carried in a reverie to a pie on a windowsill

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I’ve never been diagnosed as ADD/ADHD, but sometimes I’ll stare out the window and think about the 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers for like an hour

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*sigh* right about now

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Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: I wrote about a potential change to how the U.S. Census tracks disability, which would lead to significant drops in estimates of how many Americans are disabled, including estimates of #LongCovid.

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I think he’s ready.

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Welcoming the newbies to Bluesky.

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Norman Fell was our greatest Vice President

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Chicken men don’t blow up at that latitude. Wake up

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The last thoughts of What's His Name.

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For us everything lies in our concept of the world; changing our concept of the world means changing our world, that is, the world itself, since it will never be anything other than how we perceive it. — Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet, ed Jerónimo Pizarro, trans Margaret Jull Costa

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So what is a propelling pencil? www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/09...

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"Those who do not get a COVID-19 vaccine have an increased likelihood of developing long COVID,” CDC epidemiologist Sharon Saydah said during a recent meeting of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices."

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On Sept 20th, the ultra-conservative right have planned nationwide events to protest teaching 2SLGBTQIA+ content in schools under the guise of protecting children. Find a counter-protest in your community & peacefully demonstrate your support for 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 youth & their families!

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twitter is rebranding to this

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