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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian industrial zone near Tulkarem - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-palestinian-industrial-zone-near-tulkarem

You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.

The Growth Ponzi Scheme: A city builds new infrastructure. That development brings in some quick revenue. But the long-term cost of maintaining all that infrastructure is far greater than the revenue it generates. So when the bills come due, the city doesn’t have any money.

I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...

Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation. But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.

Anyone keeping a tally on the billions wasted by the UCP? Pipeline gamble: 1.3B Dynalife: 97M Turkish Tylenol: 80M Coal settlements: 238M Cancelled rail: 1.3B Superlab cancellation: 35M War Room: $120M Heck, just scratched the surface. One blunder can take down a government. Flood the zone.

One thing councillors can count on is an annual pre-budget visit from the police chief predicting chaos without vast amounts of new spending. Meanwhile, services that prevent crime are cut to pay for the police budget, social neglect goes up, and rinse and repeat.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

People want to be with other people. A recent event showcased the wisdom of William H Whyte, and I ask: why don’t our public spaces follow his lead? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: Carter Lavin on Better Streets, Transit, and Communities. momentummag.com/if-you-want-...

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

If only We could adopt this in America 🇺🇸. Thinking 🤔 out LOUD….

Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average. If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.

By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.) By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

You won't find this message in Canada's official #COP30 statement: Canada, with already the worst #GHG emissions record in the G7, intends to increase oil sands production from today's record levels. #climatecrisis abpolecon.ca/2025/11/08/w...

"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. "Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man." ~ A.R. Moxon

Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?

Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.

Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.

This week on ‘Whatever This Is’ we unpack why Danielle Smith is running Alberta like a cosplay authoritarian because she’s too weak to govern like a Premier. We break down her fake “strongman” act, her panic over recall laws, and what Albertans can do to push back. Follow for more #abpoli #ableg

"...the biggest climate story of the past 10 years is the simply staggering speed at which the global energy transition has zoomed from margin to mainstream." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Picture a fascist trying to exert control over a cat. "You can't sit there!" they'd bark, pointing to an off-limits chair. The cat, naturally, would hop onto the chair... "Oh, I didn't hear you over the sound of me not caring." Great advice, @brittlestar.com!

It’s now 24 UCP MLAs that are in various stages of recall development currently! If you live in one of those ridings find out where you can sign the petition operationtotalrecall.ca Let’s keep this momentum going Alberta!! #Alberta #ABLeg #ABPoli #FireTheUCP #YEG #YYC #RedForED

This would be a really great time for the Democrats to serve up a single-payer program that wouldn't enrich health insurance companies and would lower health care costs.

thrilled to see @thejuicemedia.com taking aim at mark carney and david eby’s big, terrible push for lng. i may be tempted to call carney “banker daddy” from now on though 😬

Necessary but also good economics. The energy transition is in full swing. Look at investment capital in clean energy, rapidly rising and now double fossil fuel investments. It’s like hanging on to your landline or driving a horse & buggy

Dear aspiring leaders, Read this, and then read it again. Yours truly, Woman who got shit done.

🚨 Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta describes evidence of systematic organ theft from Palestinian bodies recently returned from Israeli custody, saying hearts, lungs, kidneys, and corneas were surgically removed from those killed in Gaza. He noted surgical cuts and stitching from the chest to the abdomen...

"I argued in 2021 that it would have been proactive for the UCP to limit the reasons that an MLA recall campaign could be held. But, perhaps expecting the law might be more likely used against their political opponents, the UCP chose to leave the recall law open-ended."

‪Why do people treat billionaires' opinions as expertise? Stop conflating wealth with wisdom.

Your Sunday morning podcast is HERE. Fire up that morning coffee and enjoy. Have a GREAT Sunday! www.podcastics.com/episode/3890... #CleanUpYourMess #MakePollutersPay #PolluterPays #NoMAS #Conservation #ClimateChange #BigOil #cdnpoli #AER #yyc #abpoli #AlbertaEnergyRegulator #ClimateSky

Call To Action: A General Strike & Boycott Called BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM, Declared For November 25th - December 2nd. Their strength is your spending and labour. #3E #BindingChaos #BTS #NoKings #EndFascism #EndOligarchy Info: www.blackoutthesystem.com/blackout-the...

What's behind the Conservative support? Is it the cruelty, greed, violence, hate, incompetence, corruption?

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

Hi PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, Calgary Climate Hub here. Judging by the responses to this post, this is a REALLY popular idea amongst Canadians. We believe that in 2025 #NationBuilding means #Electrification, not building out more #OilAndGas infrastructure. Happy to chat! #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

The Hub is about PEOPLE that work HARD moving the ball on climate in this city, this province & this country. We're asking for your help. Every bit helps. Help us help Calgary (and Canada) do the right thing. DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli

France would know what to do

Israeli forces kill several people across Gaza, as settlers and military continue attacks in the occupied West Bank.

This is a good article, worth reading. Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways: First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices. Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

If you're Canadian, this is important.

Dear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Congratulations on your historic victory. At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.

The relationship between Alberta Conservative politicians, state agencies under their control, and the oil/gas/coal corporations may be described as fusional. This has been the case since the 1950s. The AER is run by oil/gas industry men --always has been. 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...