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@racthewaterweaver.bsky.social

Interests are all things watery and making our world a happier place. Natural historian, ecologist/hydrologist, and online at www.weavingwatersexpedition.com.

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Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 20h ago

Dependence on Starlink isn’t just a military threat. As more of the public depend on Elon Musk for internet and possibly mobile phone service in the future, he gains more power over our societies.

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 20h ago

SpaceX wants to launch Starlink Mobile, an offering to let people buy mobile phone service from Elon Musk’s company. This week @parismarx.com took over the show to explain why increasing our dependence on Musk would be a terrible idea. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/354_...

David Hamer@davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 20h ago

So Big Dumb Doug Ford tore out speed cameras in order to pander to the spoiled brat crowd who think it’s unfair to be caught breaking the law, and now speeding’s multiple times worse. Well duh, Doug. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Doug Ford banned speed cameras a year ago. On Toronto roads where they stood, speeding has tripled, Star analysis reveals

The number of drivers going 20 km/h or more over the posted limit near former camera sites has tripled, according to a Star analysis of city data.

thestar.com

Rogerman@rogerman99.bsky.social · 2d ago

Doug Ford's advertising for 2 tier health care, a system for the poors & a system for those who can afford the supplementary insurance, is really fucking grim. "Protect Ontario" my ass. #onpoli bsky.app/profile/heal...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition@health-wrregion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Court Ruled It Unlawful, So They Changed the Law: Demand Answers for Alex Shved - Posted by the Ontario Liberal Party on Facebook 😢 #onpoli #Ontario #OntarioHealth #PatientRights #Accountability #JusticeForAlex

Allen Curry’s Space@racthewaterweaver.bsky.social · 23h ago

Yet again a lack of openness honesty and an overdose of father-knows-best just doesn’t cut it anymore @mark-carney.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/11/12/i...

Senior staff at Major Projects Office linked to oil, gas and banking sectors

Senior staff with higher influence over decision-making at the Major Projects Office are linked to companies that stand to benefit from Prime Minister Mark Carney's efforts to fast-track infrastructur...

nationalobserver.com

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24h ago

Doug Ford banned speed cameras a year ago. On Toronto roads where they stood, speeding has tripled, Star analysis reveals. The increase comes as Toronto's traffic deaths this year have already passed 2025's total, by Raju Mudhar, Nathan Pilla www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou... via @thestar.com

Doug Ford banned speed cameras a year ago. On Toronto roads where they stood, speeding has tripled, Star analysis reveals

The number of drivers going 20 km/h or more over the posted limit near former camera sites has tripled, according to a Star analysis of city data.

thestar.com

Allen Curry’s Space@racthewaterweaver.bsky.social · 23h ago

The new age of techno fascist / nerdopolis mantra “fake it until you make it” and “move fast and break things” should be relegated back into the windowless garages and basements from whence it was spawned…

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions@mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · yesterday

I used to be in the business of building non-life-critical software and back in the olden days we used to do weird stuff like load testing patches and system updates in a staging sandbox to identify bugs and failure points before going live but we were probably just being way too overly cautious.

Pembina Institute@pembina.org · 2d ago

Alberta's royalty changes will send even more public money to highly profitable oil companies — during an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis. Taxpayers already fund substantialtax credits and a $43-billion pipeline. 🔗 Our response: buff.ly/MnFatiT

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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now@scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 2d ago

“As governments push to accelerate development, Canadians should pay close attention. The consequences will be felt not only in boardrooms and construction sites. They will be felt in rivers, forests and households across the country for decades to come.” Or…Mess up now pay the price for ever…

What Bill C-39’s loosened environmental regulations could mean for Canadians

Under Bill C-39, Ottawa would be able to permit preliminary construction to begin, before environmental impact assessments are completed.

theconversation.com

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2d ago

planning to write about it if i can ever find the time, but the microsoft outage is such an obvious case for digital sovereignty and reducing dependence on these major US services — even if only because such extensive dependence on one service creates massive society-wide vulnerabilities.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last yr.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Yvette d’Entremont@dentremy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Why teaching ‘ethical’ classroom use of AI to learn writing must include the right to refuse "If educators default to “how” to use AI ethically in our classrooms, we bypass a more fundamental question of: 'What makes us think this is ethical in the first place?'" writes UVic's Loren Gaudet.

Why teaching ‘ethical’ classroom use of AI to learn writing must include the right to refuse

If we want to teach writing students to engage with AI chatbots ethically and responsibly, we need to first consider what we mean by “ethical.”

theconversation.com

Pembina Institute@pembina.org · 2d ago

At #COP31, countries are showing how they're building the economies of the future. Canada’s Budget 2026 included historic investments to electrify the economy... but major public $ for new fossil fuel infrastructure will drive emissions higher. Let's choose the cleaner path.

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d ago

A doctor in Cuba called to say that there were no supplies at the Children's hospital because of the Trump blockade. @meidascanada.ca is working with Containers4Cuba to get medical supplies past the blockade. But we need your help. Here's how you can help: charlieangus.substack.com/p/today-we-b...

Today We Break the Cuban Blockade

The time has come to defy Marco Rubio and Donald Trump and their brutal blockade of Cuba.

charlieangus.substack.com

Mike Schreiner@mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ontario spends $1,109 less per person on healthcare than the Canadian average. To Ford, that’s just a number. To frontline workers, it’s short-staffed shifts, burnout and patients left waiting. It’s time to care for the people who care for us.

Pembina Institute@pembina.org · 3d ago

We ran the numbers on the proposed Pacific Link pipeline. 🏭 Up to 900 MT of CO₂ to Canada’s emissions — that’s the same as undoing Alberta’s coal phase-out. 💰 Cause up to $253 billion in climate damages Learn the full cost of the pipeline ➡️ buff.ly/hkxVyoG

Aerial view of an industrial oil-and-gas complex with smokestacks emitting plumes, promoting Pembina's report on the full cost of the Pacific Link pipeline.A pipeline would add 676–900 Mt CO2e over its operating life—equivalent to undoing Alberta’s coal phase‑out—overlaid on smoking industrial chimneys with the headline "A major emissions increase."The price tag goes beyond construction: $219–$253 billion estimated climate damages, including flooding, wildfire, health and ecosystem impacts, overlaid on a pipeline construction scene with the Pembina Institute logo.Promotional call to read the Pembina Institute report "Pipeline Promises, Climate Risks," assessing lifetime climate impacts of the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline, shown over a construction photo of pipes and the report link.
Allen Curry’s Space@racthewaterweaver.bsky.social · 3d ago

All very true, we are losing our rule of law - starting to feel like we are about to experience our own Trump moment in Canada, unless our MPs decide to start caring about the electorate @liberalca.bsky.social

Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mark Carney's vision for Canada doesn't include the rule of law. Instead, we get a "whim of law," where politicians in his cabinet get to unilaterally decide at will that the rule of law no longer applies to projects or businesses of their choice. It fully eviscerates the rule of law. 🧵1/

Four images in sequence. In the top left corner, we see an image of the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa. Text over that part of the image reads: Bill C-5: Cabinet can use any subjective criteria they like to declare a project "in the national interest" and thus free to ignore an immense range of laws. In the top right corner, we see a different image of the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa. Text over that part of the image reads: Bill C-15: Ministers can free any business or individual from having to follow almost any law for up to six years "for economic reasons" without informing the public. In the bottom left corner, we see yet another image of the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa from a third angle. Text over that part of the image reads: Bill C-39: Ministers can unilaterally "add, remove, or amend ANY condition" regarding the approval of any project. In the bottom right corner, we see Canadian prime minister Mark Carney smiling broadly, looking extremely pleased with himself. Text over that part of the image reads: In Mark Carney's Canada, the rule of law doesn't apply if he doesn't feel like it.