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vegan restaurateur | the profane buddha canada | the world

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For the last time in BC.

08.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯Ήβ€œEverything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. Every 10th of a degree we can prevent of temperature rise saves…species, communities. Of course we’re going to lose a lot - we’ve already lost a lot - but we don’t have to lose everything, and we don’t have to surrender”

07.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Green Party of Canada graphic on a dark green background. The text reads: β€œCanadians are going HUNGRY While grocery billionaire Galen Weston is the third richest person in Canada.” β€œHUNGRY” and β€œGalen Weston” are bolded. A black-and-white portrait of Galen Weston appears in the lower right with a bright green outline. The Green Party of Canada logo is in the lower left.

Green Party of Canada graphic on a dark green background. The text reads: β€œCanadians are going HUNGRY While grocery billionaire Galen Weston is the third richest person in Canada.” β€œHUNGRY” and β€œGalen Weston” are bolded. A black-and-white portrait of Galen Weston appears in the lower right with a bright green outline. The Green Party of Canada logo is in the lower left.

Green Party graphic on a dark green background featuring a large black-and-white open mouth in the centre. Three overlapping text blocks read: β€œWEALTH TAX NOW!” The word β€œTAX” appears on a tilted white box outlined in green. The Green Party logo and name appear at the bottom.

Green Party graphic on a dark green background featuring a large black-and-white open mouth in the centre. Three overlapping text blocks read: β€œWEALTH TAX NOW!” The word β€œTAX” appears on a tilted white box outlined in green. The Green Party logo and name appear at the bottom.

In a country as wealthy as Canada, why are families going hungry while billionaires get richer? It’s time to end extreme wealth and build a Canada that takes care of people. #Wealthtaxnow

06.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Boycott the buggers. Don't buy eggs.

06.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's business section is at it again.

I'll be taking two pieces into the ol' woodshed today. Let's start with this one:

06.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

Killing girls in school is the purpose.

06.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

How about we create an actually intelligent machine?

thebullshitmachines.com/index.html

06.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought the term "sushi" meant something like "sour rice"?

06.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If our allies propose bombing a girls school, we should not support them. Is the US considered an ally? Is Israel?

They have and are committing war crimes.

05.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

If bombing a girls school because AI identified it as a target is not a war crime, it needs to be.

05.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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For people to be healthy, safe, and stable, they need housing.

The BC Conservatives have NO plan to address homelessness - only opposition to the real solutions we’re putting forward to get to the root of the problem.

05.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Be careful that we don't land up in a situation of "with partners like that, who needs enemies?"

Or that we land up supporting war crimes.

05.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Why does Bell want to bullshit on the public?

thebullshitmachines.com

05.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, so let's do true zero!

04.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

is it 1950?

04.03.2026 05:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What are the carbon opportunity costs of our food? What are the carbon opportunity costs of our diet? How much carbon could we store by regrowing forests and wild habitats on existing farmland?

We can sequester 547 billion tonnes of CO2. We have the technology.

ourworldindata.org/carbon-oppor...

04.03.2026 05:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Β‘Mas mezcal porfa! Β‘Y menos ganado!

04.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

true

04.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AOC

04.03.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So let's build a shit load of solar, battery, wind instead.

It's cheaper.

04.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

... makes the case for solar/wind/battery ..

it is long past time to get serious about phasing out fossil fuels.

04.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So let's phase out fossil fuels instead!

04.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah no, not much better.

bsky.app/profile/sean...

04.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That's an interesting use of the term "modern". Generally, modern refers to the last hundred or two years, not the last million or two ...

03.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eat the rich. There is enough money in the Canadian economy to pay the bills, and then some.

03.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bill C-233: A Call to Action
Bill C-233: A Call to Action YouTube video by Jenny Kwan, MP

NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social Releases Video Calling for Support on Bill C-233 Before Upcoming Vote. Watch here πŸ‘‡

The video calls on MPs from all parties to support the End the Loopholes Act to prevent πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ arms from going to countries violating human rights via the US...

youtu.be/oTSCJ4U1Hfs?...

03.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah, quite happy to read his response.

03.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great response from @wgreaves.bsky.social

I was one of those protesting the Canadian governments statements on this crisis, noting that they contradict the PMs Davos speech.

03.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0