Captain Fin
@fintanhartnett.bsky.social
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Progressive Pirate. Sailor. Green Buccaneer. Preferred pronouns Captain/Skipper. Viva!
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Olga Nesterova
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Brazil
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A great response from a strong leader. Mark Carney appears to be AWOL. Viva!
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Sabrina Fernandes
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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Good question. Viva!
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Mark Carney has been moved to an underground bunker in Timmins while the PMO tries to work out which province Caracas is in. Viva!
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Jeff Tiedrich
about 6 hours ago
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
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Canadian and Danish special forces should be making plans for a raid on the WH. Viva!
about 2 hours ago
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As a Canadian I watch the debacle in Venezuela with a small degree of: go fuck yourself Trump. Viva!
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John Clarke
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For
#Africa
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#climatechange
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I thought the Beaverton was a parody thing, not hard-truth insightful commentary? Viva!
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David Ho
1 day ago
This is one current bright spot for climate and human wellbeing.
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Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
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Trapdinawrpool
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500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion in 2025, Fueling Calls for Wealth Tax
www.commondreams.org/news/billion...
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500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion in 2025, Fueling Calls for Wealth Tax | Common Dreams
The top 500 billionaires—led by Big Tech's Bezos, Musk, and Ellison—added a record $2.2 trillion to their wealth in 2025, sparking new calls for a wealth tax.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-list-2025
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Predictions 2026: - Trump sleeps in more meetings - Billionaires still suck - Media tries too hard - Climate crisis doesn't go away - Jays win World Series Viva! & Have a great 2026
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This has to stop. Viva!
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YGK Rogue City🍁
2 days ago
Canada's Grocery Code Of Conduct Day 1 Consumers shouldn't get too excited. The Code does not regulate pricing, it is a behavioural code, not a pricing or cost-management tool. The retailers will still gouge you with surveillance pricing, surge pricing and greed.
#ygk
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And yet in Canada we're betting the farm on an oil pipeline. Viva!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Oil prices record steepest annual fall since Covid pandemic
After biggest loss for producers since 2020 the slide could continue, with global output expected to remain high
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/01/oil-prices-record-steepest-annual-fall-covid-pandemic
2 days ago
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Mother Jones
2 days ago
From “global cooling” to “beautiful coal”, the president’s opinions, once more, had no basis in fact.
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The five most unhinged climate lies Trump told in 2025
From "global cooling" to "beautiful coal", the president's opinions, once more, had no basis in fact.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/the-five-most-unhinged-climate-lies-trump-told-in-2025/
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James R Benn
3 days ago
B&N has a pre-order deal going on now through January 1. This includes not only the forthcoming Billy Boyle novel #21 The Ninth Circle, but also the paperback edition of this year's A Bitter Wind - use code PREORDER25.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bitter-w...
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A Bitter Wind|Paperback
To solve a murder at an English airbase, US Army Captain Billy Boyle must immerse himself in the fascinating and secretive world of WWII radio espionage.Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put ...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bitter-wind-james-r-benn/1146743811?ean=9781641298377
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Justin Mikulka
3 days ago
When it saves you money and improves your life to put solar on your roof. You put solar on your roof (South Africa edition). "Today, solar and battery systems are deployed across a variety of businesses — auto factories and wineries, gold mines and shopping malls. "
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/climate/solar-south-africa-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlA.peII.upRhx147Zkzc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁
4 days ago
First-past-the-post rewards rigid party discipline. Proportional representation does the opposite. It gives MPs and voters real alternatives, which forces parties to listen instead of taking support for granted.
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James R Benn
5 days ago
From the blog of Dana Stabenow, author of the Kate Shugak (and other) terrific mysteries: "Benn works real characters into his narratives so naturally and it is always a surprise and often a delight."
blog.stabenow.com/2025/12/29/c...
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“Conan Doyle?” I asked. “Any relation to…?”
Poor Billy Boyle. It’s Christmas Day 1944 and he’s managed to finagle a whole day’s leave from taking out Eisenhower’s dirty laundry at SHAEF. All he wants to do is take a walk down the White Cliff…
https://blog.stabenow.com/2025/12/29/conan-doyle-i-asked-any-relation-to/
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Justin Mikulka
5 days ago
"Excess fuel supplies, a hardware backlog and a more competitive alternative bode ill for LNG market incumbents. A crash is looming." I'm used to making forecasts a few years ahead. But things are moving fast now. I wrote this story in Sept and now Reuters is running with the same message
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Breakingviews - Renewables turn LNG glut into a sinkhole
Drillers from Exxon to Shell aim to boost global supply of the fossil fuel by 50% by 2030. Yet demand in key markets like China is falling. And hopes of gas replacing coal power look misplaced as sola...
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/renewables-turn-lng-glut-into-sinkhole-2025-12-26/
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AI6YR Ben
8 days ago
#Climate
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I'm guessing the Canadian government will be keeping an eye on this. Viva! The Ukrainian Air Force prepares its first pilots for training with Gripen fighters in Sweden
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The Ukrainian Air Force prepares its first pilots for training with Gripen fighters in Sweden
Seeking to pave the way for the potential induction of a significant fleet of new Gripen fighters, the Ukrainian Air Force has announced that it is
https://share.google/wL1aO9gichSxDgiJn
7 days ago
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Climate Dad
7 days ago
Our world is becoming uninsurable. Without insurance our society will collapse.
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2025 One of Costliest Years for Climate Disasters: Report
The top-10 costliest climate disasters of 2025 resulted in economic losses of $120 billion, according to a new report by Christian Aid.
https://earth.org/2025-one-of-costliest-years-for-climate-disasters-report/
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Mike 🍁
10 days ago
Ding ding ding
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The wholesale looting of the US economy by the richest 10% is in full swing and Americans are helpless. Or are they? Intrigued to know what happens next. Viva!
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Trump's 'Golden Age' has arrived for the top 10%
The robust GDP numbers reported this week mask the extent to which wealthy Americans are driving growth.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/24/its-boom-times-for-trumps-economy-especially-if-youre-rich-00704816
10 days ago
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Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience
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Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience
Real skeptics study the evidence and ask questions, rather than taking political dogma on faith. Experiencing disasters can open more eyes to the risks.
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Canada's National Observer
10 days ago
A year ago, U of T’s Laura Tozer was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students.
@cloelogan.bsky.social
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This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students
Each year, University of Toronto professor Laura Tozer updates a slide deck that she presents to her graduate students on the state of climate policy in Canada. This year, she is deleting everything.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/news/university-of-toronto-professor-carney-letter
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ProPublica
11 days ago
Fact-checking, vetting, verifying — they’re not optional, they’re the core of our reporting process. Your support gives us the time it takes to do that work carefully and thoroughly. Join us by Dec. 31:
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Adam Kinzinger
11 days ago
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes. The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it. But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
https://open.substack.com/pub/adamkinzinger/p/mitt-romney-is-right-tax-the-rich?r=kjv0f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Reporting I trust: ProPublica Reporting I favor: National Observer Reporting which is propaganda: Fox Reporting for international news: BBC Reporting which drives me mental: CBC Viva!
11 days ago
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Is it me or is Canada now governed by Goldman Sachs? Because it's starting to feel that way and I don't like it. Viva! Canada hired an ex-Goldman Sachs banker to revive its military. Investors are excited
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Canada hired an ex-Goldman Sachs banker to revive its military. Investors are excited
Canada’s annual defence budget is expected to reach $150 billion by 2035. Spending this year is estimated at $62.7 billion.
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Excellent question. Viva? Will anyone want Canada’s oil and gas? Energy regulator delays forecast | The Narwhal
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Will anyone want Canada’s oil and gas? Energy regulator delays forecast | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. have shifted energy and climate policies, making it harder to predict global demand for fossil fuels in the coming years
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Ruh roh! Viva!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump
Letter to former US gymnastics team doctor postmarked three days after Epstein’s death
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-files-larry-nassar-letter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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1. Social media makes a lot of money out of perpetuating lies, 2. PR firms working for Big Oil know this and 3. Big Oil has far deeper pockets with which to disseminate lies than climate scientists have to rebut them. Source: The Conversation
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Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it
Climate misinformation is undermining emergency response during crises. Canadian governments need to develop co-ordinated efforts to tackle it.
https://search.app/kWXda
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Markham Hislop
13 days ago
Elizabeth May Dishes on Carney, Smith, Pipeline and More! The
@canadiangreens.bsky.social
MP has some choice comments about
@mark-carney.bsky.social
,
@abdanielsmith.bsky.social
, the AB pipeline MOU, and much more. Must watch!
youtu.be/9aYrPib5fgQ
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Elizabeth May Dishes on Carney, Smith, Pipeline and More!
YouTube video by Energi Media
https://youtu.be/9aYrPib5fgQ
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Biggie
13 days ago
But he wasn't really friends....🤔🤔
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The polls say climate is only on the radar for about 13% of Canadians, which is both depressing and a win for Big Oil and corporate Canada. Carney has forsaken his 'values' and future generations will pay. Boomer neo-liberalism at its absolute worst. Guilbeault sux. Viva!
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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ANALYSIS | Can Carney still put together a credible climate plan? Does it matter? | CBC News
If Mark Carney's first nine months as prime minister have revealed a difference of opinion over how the federal government should go about fighting climate change, he now has to prove that his approac...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-climate-guilbeault-analysis-9.7007724
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A little Xmas cheer. Viva!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’
Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/montreal-grocery-store-santas-elves-robbery?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Torontonian🍁🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️
15 days ago
#CanadianNews🇨🇦🍁
#Inflation
- These grocery items are on the naughty list as food prices keep climbing Food inflation is the highest in 2 years, says StatsCan, but some items are worse than others.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- via The Torontonian Magazine 🇨🇦🍁 - Toronto's Voice
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These grocery items are on the naughty list as food prices keep climbing | CBC News
Grocery price inflation is the highest its been since 2023, with the price of food bought from stores rising 4.7 per cent in November year over year. But which items have hit your grocery bill hardest...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/food-prices-inflation-9.7020772
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We are bad actors in the fight to combat climate change and under Carney we are judged to have become even worse. Viva!
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Canada
https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/canada/
14 days ago
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Climate Dad
14 days ago
When my son was 1 world leaders pledged to keep warming below 1.5C. By the time he’s 13 we’re likely to hit a yearly average of 1.7C. A childhood defined by corporate greed, political corruption, media complicity & public apathy. The Great Betrayal.
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17 days ago
Canada's legally binding climate targets are now 'far out of reach'; 'the country is "well off track and needs immediate policy delivery."'
#Canada
#CDNPoli
#ClimateCrisis
#NoPipelines
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Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to Environment Canada data | CBC News
Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emissions-reduction-plan-greenhouse-gas-projections-9.7020385
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This is a bit of a wrinkle. Viva! World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/a...
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World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn
Government-commissioned modelling of water use by the planned $16.5 billion Pathways CCS project, a linchpin of the energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta last month, concluded its use of the region...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/analysis/pathways-carbon-capture-water-use
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Archie Bunker had more class than Trump. Viva!
19 days ago
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He's not wrong. I have a feeling they're going to try and out-conservative each other now. Viva! Pierre Poilievre: Mark Carney Liberals 'counterfeit' Conservatives
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Poilievre says Carney’s Liberals are ‘counterfeit’ Conservatives
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is practising “counterfeit Conservatism.”
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Blog for Iowa
20 days ago
"As my fellow farmers talked about tariffs and consolidation I realized all this would be moot in a few years.I mentioned that farmerless farms were on the horizon.Seeing skeptical looks around the table I said it reminded me of Kodak.'They planned to go digital in 10 years.They were bankrupt in 2."
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Farmerless farms are on the horizon
Robotics – the last nail in rural America’s coffin
https://open.substack.com/pub/theiowamercury/p/farmerless-farms-are-on-the-horizon?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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