Genwil 🍁
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Genwil 🍁
@genwil.bsky.social
· Sep 11
www.taxfairness.ca
Check out @policyalternatives.ca, www.taxfairness.ca/en, and @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social for writings on this.
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"The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record," writes Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) at The Climate Brink.
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
www.theclimatebrink.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record," writes Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) at The Climate Brink.
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I'm not down for JVL's B.S. realpolitik. If Trump isn't impeached, then his crimes won't be enumerated for the public to see. Impeach him, but also then have the fuqqing spine to combat his firehouse of lies every day, every hour. Do the fuqqing work of political persuasion. THAT'S THEIR JOBS!
September 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I'm not down for JVL's B.S. realpolitik. If Trump isn't impeached, then his crimes won't be enumerated for the public to see. Impeach him, but also then have the fuqqing spine to combat his firehouse of lies every day, every hour. Do the fuqqing work of political persuasion. THAT'S THEIR JOBS!
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If you have not read @mckay4senate.bsky.social's account of the toll the world has paid in lives for the destruction of USAID, do so www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...
What Elon Has Done
Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has faded from public consciousness in America, despite leaving death and destruction in its wake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
If you have not read @mckay4senate.bsky.social's account of the toll the world has paid in lives for the destruction of USAID, do so www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...
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It’s such a perfect example of the Gilded Age have/have not world we’re living in right now where people are suffering more then ever but Apple thinks it’s reasonable to release a $2,000 phone.
I know there are people who buy a new iPhone every year but it feels a little jarring to see the $2000 Duo announcement in contrast to ongoing layoffs, high prices for groceries and gas, food recalls, ICE raids, mass deportations, and people who have lost everything from weather disasters this year
September 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It’s such a perfect example of the Gilded Age have/have not world we’re living in right now where people are suffering more then ever but Apple thinks it’s reasonable to release a $2,000 phone.
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Mayor Andy Fillmore is hosting public sessions to get input on the 2027-2028 budget. Most of these sessions are really out in rural HRM: Musquodoboit Valley, Sheet Harbour, Prospect, North Preston.
You can also fill out a survey, which is at this site:
www.halifax.ca/city-hall/ma...
You can also fill out a survey, which is at this site:
www.halifax.ca/city-hall/ma...
Mayor Fillmore’s 2027/28 Budget Engagement
Help shape the choices ahead by sharing your priorities for 2027/28 municipal budget.
www.halifax.ca
September 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Mayor Andy Fillmore is hosting public sessions to get input on the 2027-2028 budget. Most of these sessions are really out in rural HRM: Musquodoboit Valley, Sheet Harbour, Prospect, North Preston.
You can also fill out a survey, which is at this site:
www.halifax.ca/city-hall/ma...
You can also fill out a survey, which is at this site:
www.halifax.ca/city-hall/ma...
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These people believe that individual choice, powered by the invisible hand of the free market, will naturally reveal what is good and what is bad, except when it comes to their own beliefs. Then they're gonna force you to sit there and listen.
Can't believe "I hate you. You're the dumbest generation. You don't deserve jobs." hasn't been a winning sales pitch.
September 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
These people believe that individual choice, powered by the invisible hand of the free market, will naturally reveal what is good and what is bad, except when it comes to their own beliefs. Then they're gonna force you to sit there and listen.
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True but that conflates two separate problems: (a) wealth disparity generally and (b) the socioeconomic power and corresponding danger of the <0.001%.
$10m net worth is great but their individual ability to steer gov't policy and economic activity remains insignificant. Not so for the billionaires.
$10m net worth is great but their individual ability to steer gov't policy and economic activity remains insignificant. Not so for the billionaires.
"These billionaires’ total estimated wealth is $8.4 trillion...An enormous number, but it’s less than five percent of total U.S. household wealth. By comparison, households in the 90th to 99th percentile of wealth (from $2 million to $11.5 million) have total wealth of $63.2 trillion! "
September 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
True but that conflates two separate problems: (a) wealth disparity generally and (b) the socioeconomic power and corresponding danger of the <0.001%.
$10m net worth is great but their individual ability to steer gov't policy and economic activity remains insignificant. Not so for the billionaires.
$10m net worth is great but their individual ability to steer gov't policy and economic activity remains insignificant. Not so for the billionaires.
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OK, if all we needed was more investments in new things.
But we also have to invest in maintaining/improving the old. The care economy is drowning in stories about inadequate access, lengthening waits, deteriorating quality, and rising costs.
The fix isn't private. It's public and it needs tax $$.
But we also have to invest in maintaining/improving the old. The care economy is drowning in stories about inadequate access, lengthening waits, deteriorating quality, and rising costs.
The fix isn't private. It's public and it needs tax $$.
September 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
OK, if all we needed was more investments in new things.
But we also have to invest in maintaining/improving the old. The care economy is drowning in stories about inadequate access, lengthening waits, deteriorating quality, and rising costs.
The fix isn't private. It's public and it needs tax $$.
But we also have to invest in maintaining/improving the old. The care economy is drowning in stories about inadequate access, lengthening waits, deteriorating quality, and rising costs.
The fix isn't private. It's public and it needs tax $$.
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Doing my bit!
I totally respect how Carney is using his personal political currency to bring more investments to Canada at a time when we are staring down the barrel of the trade war gun at a wave of DISinvestment.
I just think he also has to make good on public goods.
#StandingOnGuardForWe
I totally respect how Carney is using his personal political currency to bring more investments to Canada at a time when we are staring down the barrel of the trade war gun at a wave of DISinvestment.
I just think he also has to make good on public goods.
#StandingOnGuardForWe
September 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Doing my bit!
I totally respect how Carney is using his personal political currency to bring more investments to Canada at a time when we are staring down the barrel of the trade war gun at a wave of DISinvestment.
I just think he also has to make good on public goods.
#StandingOnGuardForWe
I totally respect how Carney is using his personal political currency to bring more investments to Canada at a time when we are staring down the barrel of the trade war gun at a wave of DISinvestment.
I just think he also has to make good on public goods.
#StandingOnGuardForWe
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'The UN says Israel is targeting Palestinian children. Here’s why the ‘bias’ defence doesn’t hold up'
"Israel has refused to accept its obligations...and the international community has failed to insist meaningfully that it does so. Which means, for now, that this suffering has no end in sight."
"Israel has refused to accept its obligations...and the international community has failed to insist meaningfully that it does so. Which means, for now, that this suffering has no end in sight."
The UN says Israel is targeting Palestinian children. Here’s why the ‘bias’ defence doesn’t hold up
The dehumanizing language used by Israeli officials reflects and enables an underlying disregard for Palestinian life that connects to the findings of the recent June 2026 UN Commission of Inquiry rep...
theconversation.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
'The UN says Israel is targeting Palestinian children. Here’s why the ‘bias’ defence doesn’t hold up'
"Israel has refused to accept its obligations...and the international community has failed to insist meaningfully that it does so. Which means, for now, that this suffering has no end in sight."
"Israel has refused to accept its obligations...and the international community has failed to insist meaningfully that it does so. Which means, for now, that this suffering has no end in sight."
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"Pretty much every Carney policy has come from left field, justified not by careful study or enacting long-discussed plans, but by his assertion that he’s the Smartest Man in the Room and if we don’t do exactly what he says right now, the Americans will get us."
"governance by whim"
#CdnPoli
"governance by whim"
#CdnPoli
It’s a bit odd to talk about potential costs when in reality nobody has *any* idea what Carney actually has in mind,
I can’t remember a single time in the past 50 years where one man was given such latitude to determine Canada’s future in the absence of *any* public debate or discussion.
I can’t remember a single time in the past 50 years where one man was given such latitude to determine Canada’s future in the absence of *any* public debate or discussion.
There are costs for Mark Carney’s closer ties with Europe
There could be a political cost in addition to the financial price tag for Canada’s proposed “unique alliance” with the European Union.
www.thestar.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"Pretty much every Carney policy has come from left field, justified not by careful study or enacting long-discussed plans, but by his assertion that he’s the Smartest Man in the Room and if we don’t do exactly what he says right now, the Americans will get us."
"governance by whim"
#CdnPoli
"governance by whim"
#CdnPoli
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We have never seen a family in the White House as corrupt as the Trump!!
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Shock Report Says Kushner Raised $5 Billion For His Fund While Negotiating With Iran On Behalf of US
Kushner’s fund has long been a source of controversy as critics claim those countries invested with Kushner as a kind of "pay-for-play" access to his influence.
www.yahoo.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
We have never seen a family in the White House as corrupt as the Trump!!
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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The details matter. We haven’t spent nearly enough time evaluating Carney’s strategies and absolutely no time considering alternatives. Instead, Canadians are left on the sidelines, guessing at what, exactly, Carney is doing, treated as spectators, not participants, in the country’s fate.
September 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The details matter. We haven’t spent nearly enough time evaluating Carney’s strategies and absolutely no time considering alternatives. Instead, Canadians are left on the sidelines, guessing at what, exactly, Carney is doing, treated as spectators, not participants, in the country’s fate.
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Mark Carney has centralized power to an unprecedented extent. How many people in his small circle are either besties (the otherwise inexplicable Evan Solomon) or besties who are also investment bankers?
And he‘s acting as if we don’t have any options but what he’s doing. But of course we do.
And he‘s acting as if we don’t have any options but what he’s doing. But of course we do.
September 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Mark Carney has centralized power to an unprecedented extent. How many people in his small circle are either besties (the otherwise inexplicable Evan Solomon) or besties who are also investment bankers?
And he‘s acting as if we don’t have any options but what he’s doing. But of course we do.
And he‘s acting as if we don’t have any options but what he’s doing. But of course we do.
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California's wealth tax is not perfect, but it's damn good
deanbaker22.substack.com/p/california...
deanbaker22.substack.com/p/california...
California’s Wealth Tax Is Not Perfect: But It’s Damn Good
You nail the rich with the taxes you have, not the ones you’d like to have
deanbaker22.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
California's wealth tax is not perfect, but it's damn good
deanbaker22.substack.com/p/california...
deanbaker22.substack.com/p/california...
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Give oil companies an inch and they will take the entire planet. No new drilling in the North Sea - we have better green technology and it is cheaper and more reliable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses
The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Give oil companies an inch and they will take the entire planet. No new drilling in the North Sea - we have better green technology and it is cheaper and more reliable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Arrest him?
September 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Arrest him?
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Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
projects.propublica.org
September 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
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What is the risk to the government to say "we stand on guard for the programs that make you proud to be Canadian, that make you say 'Never 51st', that distinguish Canada from the U.S."
These services are in trouble.
We can at least make clear we do not intend to raise the risks of making them worse.
These services are in trouble.
We can at least make clear we do not intend to raise the risks of making them worse.
September 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
What is the risk to the government to say "we stand on guard for the programs that make you proud to be Canadian, that make you say 'Never 51st', that distinguish Canada from the U.S."
These services are in trouble.
We can at least make clear we do not intend to raise the risks of making them worse.
These services are in trouble.
We can at least make clear we do not intend to raise the risks of making them worse.
Essential reading about effects on Canadians of oil price jumps.
As gas jumps another ten cents/litre due to craziness on the other side of the planet with zero connection to Canada, this is my regular reminder that the cost of producing that gas hasn’t changed one cent. More on why we pay so much for our own petroleum: centreforfuturework.ca/2026/05/17/a...
A Sequel We Don’t Want: What the 2026 Oil Price Shock Will Cost Canadians. - Centre for Future Work
The war in the Persian Gulf has caused the biggest disruption in oil supply in world history, and is driving up costs and inflation around the world – including in Canada. New research from the Centre for Future Work, published through the False Profits project, shows how damaging this latest oil shock will be for affordability and inflation in Canada. It also proposes policies to protect consumers and workers.
centreforfuturework.ca
September 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Essential reading about effects on Canadians of oil price jumps.
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Last day to get your nominations in to @alanmaceachern.bsky.social for a series on Commemorating Canadian Environmental History
Describe your topic and discuss its impacts, environmental and otherwise, and how it meets the HSMBC criteria
niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a...
#envhist #cdnhist
Describe your topic and discuss its impacts, environmental and otherwise, and how it meets the HSMBC criteria
niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a...
#envhist #cdnhist
A Failure to Commemorate - a call for submissions
Environmental history remains vastly underrepresented on Canada's national register. Pitch your ideas for a new NiCHE series and help shape HSMBC designations.
niche-canada.org
September 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Last day to get your nominations in to @alanmaceachern.bsky.social for a series on Commemorating Canadian Environmental History
Describe your topic and discuss its impacts, environmental and otherwise, and how it meets the HSMBC criteria
niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a...
#envhist #cdnhist
Describe your topic and discuss its impacts, environmental and otherwise, and how it meets the HSMBC criteria
niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a...
#envhist #cdnhist
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One by one, the Republican Party is rolling back every reform that has made our society safer and healthier.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump EPA says it is eliminating rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants.
September 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
One by one, the Republican Party is rolling back every reform that has made our society safer and healthier.
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Stay focused: Nothing about the Investment Summit prohibits investors from "Buying Canadian" - Canadian long term care, childcare, doctors' offices, day surgeries, apartment buildings, as a tsunami of private equity forms.
How about some rules to prevent that?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
How about some rules to prevent that?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
To save Canada, Mark Carney is courting foreign money. He’s risking an ‘investment invasion’
The care economy is looking tempting to foreign investors but that mustn’t be used as a reason to privatize sectors like health.
www.thestar.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Stay focused: Nothing about the Investment Summit prohibits investors from "Buying Canadian" - Canadian long term care, childcare, doctors' offices, day surgeries, apartment buildings, as a tsunami of private equity forms.
How about some rules to prevent that?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
How about some rules to prevent that?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
September 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?