The corruption never stops.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.

After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: https://www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was-coming-then-trump-killed-it/

AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest

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"The issue led to turmoil inside the Conservative Party of BC." #Kamloops #bcpoli #racism

Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · 3w ago

My story about Second Sons showing up in Kamloops and how experts say this is a wake up call to law enforcement, and to political parties who have been making space for residential school denialists. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Trump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it."

"Earth beyond its Safe Operating Space. The planet's natural resilience is weakening: Global warming is accelerating, ecosystems are showing clear signs of degradation, and early warning signs of tipping points are emerging in key systems." #globalwarming #climate www.planetaryhealthcheck.org

Planetary Health Check

We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries.The Planetary Health Check 2026 makes it clear: We have to act now.

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Justice Catherine Murray rules parts of Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are unconstitutional and Kalicum, Nyx and the Drug User Liberation Front reduced harms associated with the toxic drug crisis and didn't negatively impact community or public safety. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.

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ECCC report says warming and changes in Canada's climate are effectively irreversible. -Glacier melt and permafrost thaw will continue even after surface temperatures stabilize -Sea level rise will continue for thousands of years as excess heat spreads to deep ocean. www.canada.ca/en/environme...

I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death leaves a hole in the firmament. Which brings me to the person whose values are as far from Dolly Parton’s as any human could possibly be...

Dolly Parton was the polar opposite of our bullying president | Robert Reich

Terrified of being seen as a loser, Donald Trump is nonsensically lashing out – even against our old friend Canada

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A great piece by Cory Doctorow on what Canada can do to establish digital sovereignty. It's clear that over-reliance on the US is risky and ill-advised, so let's get on with it. #cdnpoli pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/e...

Did you know that thanks to climate change the US is expecting its worst wheat harvest in half a century? We're pushing up against physical limits, and we're pushing hard. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reality-in...

Reality intrudes

We can’t actually keep on like this

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Dolly Parton was an icon. She was a brilliant songwriter and performer. She was an incredible activist and advocate, helping to donate over 200 million free books to children. She was one of my personal heroes. This is a terrible loss. She will be greatly missed.

These handbooks will be designed for use within First Nations schools and public schools and to support educators more broadly with a First Nations perspective around climate change education. [...] The targeted grade level will be secondary schools/high schools.   www.ubcic.bc.ca/rfp_fns_pers...

Request for Proposal –First Nations Perspective on Climate Change: Teacher’s Handbook(s)

Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

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"We need to reprioritize street space with bus-only lanes to allow public transit to bypass congestion and protected, connected active transport lanes for cycling, mobility aids and scooters." @brenttoderian.bsky.social #TrafficEvaporation #climateaction #pwd www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

A world without traffic? Three urban experts rethink how cities move

Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again

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✨ New today: the Vancouver Sun 📰published this op-ed by researcher Leah Montange on the *significant* strain hashtag#BCwildfires put on already over-tasked long-term care workers across the province. Read it here: epaper.vancouversun.com/1000/2026082...

Trying not to be mean-spirited, but the Liberals small climate adaptation announcement in the face of this year's horrific fires rang hollow. Seems like a pittance compared to the resources that will be sunk into a new pipeline and will make matters worse. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/12/o...

Carney can’t buy climate cover with pocket change

These sprinklings of cash will no doubt be welcome, but they seem a laughable pittance when you consider the government’s top priority: fast-tracking construction of another pipeline from the Alberta ...

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Must read; vital analysis from @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇 Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis is cooking up a future nobody wants to live in. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/17/a...

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis is cooking up a future nobody wants to live in

Canada’s calm, low-fire summers are gone, cooked away by unchecked fossil fuel burning. Here’s what we’ve replaced them with and where we are headed if we don’t stop feeding the fire weather beast.

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Look who won’t be getting any interviews with me for their pieces 👇

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.

Last month was the hottest in U.S. history, and tied for the hottest ever recorded on our home planet. billmckibben.substack.com/p/fun-with-n...

Fun with numbers

A datacenter is an oil well, and other insights

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New working paper by Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams and Dr. John Price. They explore the roots of the colonial backlash that followed two recent landmark court decisions (Cowichan Tribes v. Canada and Gitxaala v. British Columbia) + the BC gov’s threat to roll back DRIPA. bcpolicy.ca/DRIPA-BC

DRIPA, the 1846 Oregon Treaty and the Future of Indigenous-Settler Relations

Dr. John Price and Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams (Líl’wat) explore the coloniality crisis that has arisen in the wake of two landmark court decisions (Cowichan Tribes v. Canada and Gitxaala v. Britis...

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Tara Mahoney nails it: "When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, & extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfolding around them." ricochet.media/media/canada... @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

Canada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why?

When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, and extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfo...

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We have climate solutions now. We just need governments to enact them. Meantime we will see more wildfires and more destruction. Demand that your local MP, MLA and City Council members take steps to reduce fossil fuel pollution. #climateaction #bcpoli #yyj

If climate arsonists like Mark Carney and David Eby get their way, and keep shoveling public funds at pipelines and other fossil fuel extraction, the climate crisis will spiral out of control. Adaptation won't be possible. Time to step up and speak out @wgreaves.bsky.social! #yyj #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Will Greaves@wgreaves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My thoughts are with the thousands of British Columbians affected by wildfires in our province. The devastation caused by wildfires is all too real. As we help those who’ve been displaced, governments and communities must adapt for fire and extreme weather in the future. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 7, 2026 ~ The big lie. "Our ability to share knowledge and understand the situation we’re in has become utterly compromised, and deadly. If so many people weren’t dying and going to die, it would almost be impressive." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...

The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate

Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...

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Eight thousand people evacuated, over 7000 placed on alert, more than 300 structures burned. And there's more to come as hot weather is forecast. Those figures are just for BC. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 5 | CBC News

Thousands of people remain under evacuation order and several hundred properties are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed. Here is what you need to know about B.C.'s wildfire situation today.

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The BC government's current approach does not follow the evidence. This continuing expansion of coercive confinement wastes precious health system resources and only sets us back in our fight against the worst public health emergency in our history. (8/8)

130° in Death Valley this Weekend? Not probable, but certainly possible! NOAA’s forecast is for 129 - 1° short of the highest temperature ever “reliably measured” on Earth, also set in Death Valley in 2021. Believe it or not… 1/

#Vancouver is getting hundreds of new battery electric buses with dynamic charging (AKA in-motion charging). We have the technology to leave fossil fuels in the past, it is the fossils like Carney and Eby holding us back (as Canada burns). #climateaction #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Ruofan 🚎 王若凡@ruofan.ca · 3mo ago

Got to try out the new Solaris trolleybus today. It was a smooth ride and the AC is going to be a godsend in the summer. Very excited for it to enter service!

OMG. The USA is now a torture chamber for smart people!

A deeper look than just the “5 o’clock news version” of life on the street in Victoria. #homelessness #homeless #addiction #substenceusedisorder www.timescolonist.com/islander/on-...

On the Block: Life on Pandora can be kind, cruel, caring and ruthless, sometimes all at the same time

The 900-block of Pandora in Victoria may look dangerous. But for many, it feels safer than camping in a park, or sleeping next to strangers in a noisy shelter.

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France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK