Kevin Gangel

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Opinion: Alberta needs to lead — not leave — Canada Alberta doesn't need to leave Canada. Alberta needs to lead Canada; to create jobs, attract investment, and build long-term prosperity.

“It’s tempting to think we’d be better off on our own. But every day this separatist conversation continues, Alberta loses ground where it matters most: investment, jobs, and economic growth.”

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So, people who feel safer and more cared for do less crime.

What's wild is that Trump is going around deliberately & explicitly trying to bully countries into becoming dependent on US LNG.

Who on earth thinks becoming dependent on the US is smart right now?

the_thinking_great_ape You know what WON'T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Sunlight and solar panels. @nickofnz

Based on these results, I would let you make me a latte.

Study: Grasslands could shrink by half due to climate change | CNN A new study from a research institute finds that the world’s grasslands could shrink by half as climate change becomes more intense, threatening global food systems. Chaohui Li, the study’s lead autho...

'A new study from a research institute finds that the world's grasslands could shrink by half as climate change becomes more intense, threatening global food systems.'
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#ClimateEmergency #unknowns #grasslands #FoodSecurity

For those familiar with the language of IFS - I'm interested in work looking at the idea that, from the behavior of a certain type of leader in gov't or business to overconsumption patterns, we might see the behavior of unexamined unintegrated "protector parts"

Who would I read to explore Internal Family Systems theory (aka "parts work") as a way to understand drivers of eological overshoot, authoritarianism and other crises of our times?

Displace millions, disrupt energy access, instill austerity and then turn around and blame immigrants, LGBTQ people, or whatever scapegoat they want and the far right can use the chaos to gain power. That's always been the playbook.

Unstable energy markets and migration are fuels for far right populism. With Germany, France, and the UK about to fall to far right nationalist parties, this will push them over the edge. I believe that's part of the goal. Russia has done this for over a decade with Syria and Ukraine.

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It's independent media collab day!

- Prof. Bec Ingber joins to explain (domestic & int'l) law of war on Iran
- Chris Geidner (Law Dork) talks legal news - including what he's broken
- Marc Elias (Democracy Docket) describes another Trump admin war - on democracy crooked.com/podcast/the-...

Democracy will not survive without strong independent media Trump and his allies are rapidly taking over our major news outlets.

Not long ago, independent media felt like a luxury. Specialized news subscriptions that provided in-depth information, opinion and analysis were costly and time-consuming. They were purely optional, even indulgent.

That is no longer the case. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...

Your loss is our gain, hey?

Families say Mount Sinai ended teen trans health program It is the latest medical center to stop caring for transgender young people after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funds.

Mt Sinai has followed NYU Langone in blatantly violating NY state and NYC law by stopping provision of gender affirming care to trans youth.

Seriously, what are @mayor.nyc.gov, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, and @governor.ny.gov going to do about this?

www.advocate.com/health/trans...

The fact that these sentences always end with "... which we will cram with more work for them" and not "... so we moved to a four-day workweek" really illustrate the hollowness of some AI evangelists' promises that AI will deliver us to some kind of post-work utopia.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.

Open questions remain, and we're in communication with witnesses & SPPD to get those questions answered. If the city finds that any laws—at all—were broken by ICE, SPPD needs to hold those agents accountable. If you have any information, please share it with us here or at ward4@ci.stpaul.mn.us.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

RESIST AND REIMAGINE: LESSONS FROM MINNESOTA FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS REP. ILHAN OMAR (MN-05) REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL (WA-07) Bishop Dwayne Royster, Faith in Action Elianne Farhat, TakeAction MN Minister JaNaé Imari (Bates), Faith in Minnesota Bernie Burnham, MN AFL-CIO Sara Steffens, We Build Progress bit.ly/resistreimagineMN Feb. 12 @ 7 PM ET (logos for Faith in Minnesota, MN AFL-CIO, Faith in Action, Indivisible, TakeAction Minnesota, People’s Action, We Build Progress, and Women’s March)

Organizers in Minnesota have transformed crisis into action and tragedy into solidarity. On Thursday, those organizers and MN leaders will share what they’ve learned so we can all be better prepared to organize and protect our neighbors from ICE and CBP deployments: www.crowdcast.io/c/reimagine/...

The text says: “JIM CROW 2.0: The “SAVE” Act is voter suppression in disguise. This impacts ALL of us, especially: -150 Million Americans without a passport. -Seniors who are less likely to have access to their birth certificates. -Students frequently moving, facing a prove residency nightmare. -Members of the Military trying to make their voice heard in the country they serve. -Victims of Natural Disasters or those with lost documents. -Immigrant communities targeted for exercising their basic rights. -Call 833-346-1779 Tell your senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act.

While Americans struggle with real issues, Republicans are wasting time on a voter suppression bill that would block millions of people from voting. They're not trying to save America—they're trying to take OUR power to keep theirs. Call your MOC: #StopTheSaveAct
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The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote. Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name.

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(Threading for Season One 🤓)

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

For those familiar w/ "ARkStorm/ARk2.0" flood scenarios for California, a comparable event has been unfolding on the Iberian Peninsula. These ridiculous rainfall accumulations, caused by a long series of extremely moist atmospheric rivers, have brought widespread severe flooding to Spain & Portugal.

Whale Evolution:
Flamingo-Legged Watermelon Mouse
Mutant Sewer Rat King
Gator Wolf
Steel-Jawed PollyWorg
Titan MerSausage

always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

When my kid was 4 we started Bedtime Qs: ask anything you want during snuggles. His first Q: "What happens after we die?" Day 2: "Why do some people do mean things?" Day 3: "What was the very first plant?" MANY followup Qs. Explaining Gay was easy!

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."