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Norm Farrell IN-SIGHTS.CA

@normfarrell.bsky.social

I began writing IN-SIGHTS.CA in April 2009, covering Canadian public affairs with a focus on British Columbia. I am particularly interested in climate, energy, and matters of integrity in governments and industries.

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How Kentucky bourbon went from boom to bust Tariffs, oversupply and teetotaling Gen-Zs have all contributed to the downfall of one of America's most iconic liquors.

An American colleague told me about an elbows up experience he had in Canada. He asked the bartender what kind of bourbon she had.
The woman replied, "Honey, as long as that orange asshole is in power, you will never get a drink of bourbon here."
#boycott
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/kentuck...

11.08.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1415    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 41

BBC, Reuters, CNN, almost all Western media are STILL using passive voice in attributing who is doing genocide & mass starvation.
They are still lying & calling 200 assassinated journalists on the ground reporting facts daily to be β€˜terrorists’.
The racist colonizer monsters should burn to hell

10.08.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Australia federal election: Anthony Albanese wins in landslide Donald Trump loomed large over the election, with comparisons drawn between the US president and defeated opposition leader Peter Dutton.

Australia election has striking parallels to what just happened in Canada--Labour coalition returned, Trumpist conservative leader who was poised to win a few months ago loses his seat of 24 years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.05.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terawatts of clean energy American company Quaise Energy is developing a new way to access the largest untapped energy source available. It will use established production methods of the fossil fuel industry, but the techno…

American company Quaise Energy intends to use beams of energy to vaporize bore holes through rocks and access deep geothermal heat. By going deep, we can tap into the Earth’s heat from anywhere on the globe and use that energy for heating and electricity generation.
in-sights.ca/2025/07/22/t...

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Lew Edwardson on BC Hydro Always articulate and thoughtful reader Lew Edwardson left a comment on the IN-SIGHTS article THE HEAT BENEATH OUR FEET. I think it needs to be amplified. Drought in northeast BC continues to be a …

Always articulate and thoughtful reader Lew Edwardson joins Norm Farrell to comment on management at all official levels responsible for generating electricity in British Columbia. The losses that ratepayers will absorb measure in the tens of billions of dollars.
in-sights.ca/2025/07/13/l...

14.07.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The existing american agricultural labor system is hellish and coercive enough, and somehow the gentry want to make it even worse.

14.07.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 578    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NPR had a quick, upbeat mention about how farmwork could function as healthcare with people "prescribed" to do it and it feels maddening that a significant swath of elite opinion seems to be trying to soft relaunch serfdom.

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Nothing Left anymore, right turns only I have never liked the left-right, straight line concept of a political spectrum. I prefer to think of a u-shaped curve that moves from progressive to reactionary, with extremes of both sides shari…

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

in-sights.ca/2025/01/30/n...

12.07.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A editorial cartoon with an ice agent saying keep your hands up and the farm worker with the product on top of his head saying don't worry they're busy holding up your economy.

A editorial cartoon with an ice agent saying keep your hands up and the farm worker with the product on top of his head saying don't worry they're busy holding up your economy.

So true. Powerful piece of art by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.

11.07.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1797    πŸ” 597    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 21
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The heat beneath our feet After writing about geothermal energy, I made a remark on Facebook regarding a Western Canadian company having to go to Bavaria to launch its first commercial clean energy project. I said that was …

A Western Canadian company had to go to Bavaria to launch its first commercial clean energy project. I said that was because European policies are not dictated by oil and hydropower interests. That led to a response by Glen Clark, Chair of BC Hydro… in-sights.ca/2025/07/11/t...

12.07.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Geothermal, ever present energy Months ago, I wrote Geothermal β€” clean, non-destructive renewable energy. It was about Calgary-based Eavor and the company’s use of unique drilling technology to realize geothermal energy. I …

He's back. Work has resumed at IN-SIGHTS. Today, it is an update on a Canadian company's work on geothermal energy. But it's not happening here because European policies are not dictated by oil and hydro interests. in-sights.ca/2025/07/07/g...

08.07.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or highβ€”no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or highβ€”no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars.

Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!

05.05.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7187    πŸ” 1522    πŸ’¬ 260    πŸ“Œ 458
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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 people in Gaza, officials say Bureij, Beit Lahiya, Gaza City and Khan Younis hit as Israeli government prepares to expand offensive

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

03.05.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

03.05.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 18919    πŸ” 5173    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 201
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I’m not catholic but I find this wildly offensive

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Best sign from yesterday.

02.05.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20022    πŸ” 3108    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 129
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#BankruptCasino #BidensFault
#BankRuptTrumpUnivesity #BidensFault
#BankRuptTrumpSteaks #BidensFault
#BankRuptTrumpWine #BidensFault
#34Felonies #BidensFault
Biden's been busy!! πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜…
#JoeBidensFault πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

#NOTsoSLEEPY 😊

02.05.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

02.05.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3663    πŸ” 1674    πŸ’¬ 499    πŸ“Œ 250
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RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

02.05.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8315    πŸ” 2722    πŸ’¬ 2259    πŸ“Œ 1397
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Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."

02.05.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 21969    πŸ” 5877    πŸ’¬ 581    πŸ“Œ 225
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What is the right-wing working for? Something they already have. But they want even more concentration of wealth. Enough is never enough.

03.05.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indoctrination.

02.05.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20556    πŸ” 6280    πŸ’¬ 2861    πŸ“Œ 863
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#booksky

02.05.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12359    πŸ” 1752    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 76
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Puppets…

02.05.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 24464    πŸ” 5380    πŸ’¬ 484    πŸ“Œ 205

But, but… Conservatives said Canadian streets were dangerous and our neighborhoods were threatened with constant violence. Is it possible they were being untruthful?

03.05.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I ... got nuthin'.

02.05.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, the judge is "alarmed" ... is this better or worse than being "troubled" or "concerned?"

02.05.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Under Trump, they’re allowed to start resegregating schools in Louisiana. This must be stopped.

02.05.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2423    πŸ” 685    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 72
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Stornoway, Poilievre, And Why We Don’t Need To Be Assholes We Don’t Need To Boot Poilievre Out

And this is why "leftists" continue to get their asses handed to them over and over and over ... because they insist on playing nice with assholes who would never return the favour.

scrimshawunscripted.substack.com/p/stornoway-...

02.05.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drones hit β€˜Freedom Flotilla’ Gaza aid ship in international waters Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations including blockade and β€˜bombing of our civilian vessel’.

Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations of international law, including blockade and β€˜bombing of our civilian vessel’.
Providing aid to starving and abused people is opposed by perpetrators of genocide.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

03.05.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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