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Vote blue? No, matter who!

IDK, maybe you'll remember this thing the base wanted the dem presidential candidate to not do a genocide, and Harris decided she'd prefer to lose.

The trump admin people were treated with kid gloves last time around. There is no reason for things to be different this time.

I'm not talking about dem voters, I'm talking about dem establishment. I think it's pretty well established that the base's ability to make their electeds actually do things pretty much doesn't exist.

I don't want to be too contrarian here, but what reason do we have to think that any Trump admin people could face justice? The Dems love nothing more than letting these people off the hook.

Two things gave us the new deal era: strong unions, and the alternative order offered by the Soviet Union. The cons of the time didn't lay out their money out of the goodness of their hearts, they did it to defang the rise of Communism at home.

But things look rather different today.

mad mamdani, they call him. mad, he's not well.

If you're a journalism student or blogger, read as much as you can find of Bob's journalism. He possesses an extraordinary skill for making complex topics understandable and readable. Thorough reporting and crystal clear writing.

If you watched riot cops spilling through the windows at Columbia to beat up students and still thought the Dems had it sealed, I don’t know what to tell you. Then one university betrayal after another until UCalgary and UofA three weeks later. Mamdani is the youth-led course-correction.

We're posting on the quip app, where anyone can drop in on any conversation and where subtlety goes to die. To use this app is to be deranged.

For Harris, maybe silence wasn't an option. The last thing she wants to encourage is the honest accounting of how a vice president used their power. What if people did that to her record someday?

Climate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thought New economic research indicates Canada (and all countries) will see a larger hit to GDP thanks to climate change.

“Cost of climate inaction will hit hard and soon... Promoting new fossil fuel projects is nation burning, not nation building,” @angelavcarter.bsky.social Memorial University www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/29/n... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #bcpoli

Mature Asset Strategy - the Latest Dirty Cleanup Scheme - Alberta Views The Mature Asset Strategy is a report on the thousands of wells and pipelines that dot Alberta years after the oil and profits are gone.

"Critics say Alberta’s new cleanup strategy caters to industry, and transfers risks—and costs—to taxpayers." Dirty Cleanup Scheme: The latest plan to dump industry’s mess onto taxpayers albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu... @albertaviews.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess

Chinese astronauts become the first to grill wings in space, paving the way for future uncstronauts

Yep. The best application of machine learning in recent years was Alpha Fold, which is quietly revolutionizing health research, and which will earn zero dollars.

Screenshot of an AirSpot article titled “Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights.” The image shows a crowded airplane cabin with passengers seated close together, viewed from the back of the plane. The article header includes the AirSpot logo with green, yellow, and red bars and the tagline “Discover Healthy Air.” The byline below notes the article was published on October 1, 2023, with a 2-minute read time.

"Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights"

Article published: 01 Oct 2023

"If you believe it's now safe to fly without a protective mask, you might want to think again. New research shows the COVID-19 virus has been found on nearly every flight tested."

Source: archive.li/1S0tH

A deficit paid by workers and a bailout for the wealthy Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17 billion, yet ordinary Canadians face cuts to essential services while the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loo...

Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17B, yet ordinary folks face cuts to essential services while the ultra-rich and corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loopholes and taxing offshore wealth could fully fund health care, housing, and education—proving the crisis is a political choice.

What else could socials be at this point

This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.

In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.

CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.

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The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services

NEW: In my latest for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, I take a look at the world of offshore tax havens.

ricochet.media/labour/class...

Those first few months of 2020 when everyone was pulling together was the first and last time that I felt hope for this continent.

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS

THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

Comic, an old survivor tells young survivors at a camp fire that "Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

Every day we draw closer to this.

Congratulations! With so many new faces the incoming council is hard to read, it's an interesting time to be sure. Best of luck!

Spoke with a pharmacist at a small private shop yesterday, they're selling lots of shots to people who do not want to wait, and who have private coverage.

"I didn't know that was a thing": Calgary Herald pulls Guy Felicella's op-ed after defamation notice On October 1, Guy Felicella published an op-ed in the Calgary Herald responding to a piece written by Marshall Smith that favoured expansion of police power to address public drug use. On October 6, a...

NEW:
On Oct 1, @guyfelicella.bsky.social wrote an op-ed in @calgaryherald.com responding to Marshall Smith’s piece favouring more police power to address drug use.

On Oct 6, a defamation notice from Smith to Felicella prompted the Herald to drop Felicella’s piece.
drugdatadecoded.ca/i-didnt-know...

dontcha stuff it in your face!

Haha wow, I guess we can always have a bit less police accountability in this province eh?

Joking about the team's chances with your die-hard fan friends, and making them unbelievably angry by accident, is one of life's thrills.

Lately I've been thinking that the best option is to go live somewhere serious.