Canadian Curmudgeon
CdnCurmudgeon@mastodon.social
<p>Unrepentant woke democratic socialist, semi-retired writer & editor, ukulele player, aficionado of ERB, Godzilla, tequila, Chaucer, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Stoics, Homer, scifi, trilobites, Horace, & Wodehouse. Pro-science, pro-vaccine, anti-crypto, avid reader, skeptic, bread baker & pasta maker, anti-creationist. Tax the rich! Tax the churches! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a><br />Also on Bluesky: @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social and Facebook, but left Xitter.</p>
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Post #4374882
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOcQRl9ASc When a dinosaur speaks, you better listen... The Don’t Choose Extinction campaign features a collective intelligence platform, the Global Mindpool, to help tackle the most important issues of our time. Linking insights from around the world - on the climate emergency, the crisis in nature and inequality – the Global Mindpool will support UNDP to better inform and equip policy makers in government, civil society, and the private sector.
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Post #4043622
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/trumps-secret-war-on-taco-bell Trump’s Secret War on Taco Bell™ How the White House launched covert ops to defend a strategic ally under fire for giving America the shits
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Post #3749727
https://aeon.co/essays/it-doesnt-have-to-be-us-versus-nature The measure of flourishing Human prosperity depends on nature, but no global metric has captured this with precision. Enter the Nature Relationship Index
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Post #3702422
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lx4lbzfpjGs
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Post #3681713
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-great-american-state-fair Trump's 'great' fair limps to its conclusion But the grift goes on. The Great American State Fair on the National Mall was more than a national embarrassment. It was the endpoint of a MAGA-fication of the nation’s historic birthday, transforming it into a vehicle to glorify Trump and line his allies’ pockets. And according to a report by House Democrats on the Natural Resources Committee, it may also be a crime.
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Post #3680947
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/still-no-sign-of-life-from-glitch still no sign of life from Glitch McConnell, but Republicans are going full Weekend at Mitch’s you can say this about Mitch McConnell: he sure knows how to stay dead. or incapacitated. or whatever the fuck is going on with him at the hospital where his handlers have him stashed away.
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Post #3471453
https://www.opendemocracy.net/climate-change-allatra-cult-doomsday-russia-maga-trump-ukraine-disinformation/ Inside the doomsday ‘cult’ spreading climate disinformation to global leaders In Parliaments, TikTok and COP summits, AllatRa spread claims that greenhouse gases are not main cause of climate crisis
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Post #3449033
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/trumps-religious-liberty-report-is Trump's "Religious Liberty" report is really a blueprint to end church-state separation The administration's commission claimed to defend religious freedom while pushing policies that privilege conservative Christianity (aka Talibangelism) over everyone else
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Post #3427673
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167816 Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
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Post #3383377
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/grand-theft-paint-chips-worst-crime grand theft paint chips worst crime since assault with a deadly sandwich once again, it’s all so fucking stupid
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Post #3170229
https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/a-putin-trump-tunnel-connecting-russia?publication_id=382626 A &quot;Putin-Trump Tunnel&quot; Connecting Russia and Alaska? Putin&#39;s Wallet Says an Agreement Will Be Signed Tomorrow While Russia wages a genocidal war against Ukraine, threatens NATO countries, and expands its shadow war against the West, Russian state media is fixated on a proposed &quot;Putin-Trump tunnel&quot; connecting Russia and Alaska. And of course, according to Rus...
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Post #3170228
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-made-sourdough-bread-with-yeast-found-on-otzi-the-icemans-mummified-body-180988894/ Scientists Made Sourdough Bread With Yeast Found on Ötzi the Iceman’s Mummified Body Discovered in the Alps in 1991, the remains are home to a wide variety of bacteria, fungi and yeasts Researchers say they have successfully made sourdough bread using yeast found on Ötzi’s body. Up next, they hope to try making beer.
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Post #3170227
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHDyryrh_TU Evidence of Minor Earth Core Reversal and Other Strange Discoveries Inside Earth
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Post #3170226
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDlfc-Tq5E &#39;I&#39;m embarrassed even READING this to you&#39;: Nicolle on Trump GIDDY about his BIG pool renovation Deranged Dictator Donald Trump continues to fixate on his DC landmark projects despite his growing unpopularity.
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Post #3170225
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WHnz8qG0xw Deranged Vindictive Dictator Trump adds Brian Tyler Cohen to official enemies list
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Post #3170224
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SaaKeQTb5M The climate phenomenon that makes the world even hotter is returning | DW News The world is heating up fast and it’s about to intensify. Scientists say there’s now up to a 90% chance El Niño will strike by year’s end. In climate terms, that’s as close as it gets to a sure thing. What does it mean for the world? We asked NOAA scientist Dr. Michael McPhaden - he has studied El Niño for decades.
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Post #3170223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol55Jf01ZDE ‘Godzilla’ El Niño could be one of the strongest ever recorded | BBC News A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern is &quot;on our doorstep&quot;, according to UN scientists, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change
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Post #3170222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gZSWYCa-vg How El Niño Could Shape Summer 2026 Across Canada A developing strong El Niño could play a major role in shaping the summer of 2026, but not everyone will feel the heat equally. Kim MacDonald and Meteorologist Tyler Hamilton break down why Western Canada may see hotter and drier conditions, while parts of the East could deal with cooler stretches, showers, and thunderstorms.
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Post #3170221
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/transgender-trump What does government oppression really look like? You don&#39;t have to look far. One of the most popular and profitable grifts in the world of the religious right and MAGA is the production of propaganda to convince Christians that they are horribly discriminated against, or even oppressed, by the government and government funded entities.
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Post #3170220
https://ifloz.substack.com/p/an-apology-to-the-world-signed-a An Apology to the World. Signed, a Mom in Texas. We got him the first time because we got tired. I am writing this so we never hand him the second.
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Post #3170219
https://globalnews.ca/news/11892572/hot-humid-summer-canada/ No relief: Environment Canada predicts hot, humid summer across country After a particularly cold and snowy winter across much of Canada, it appears summer may tip the scales in the opposite direction. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) released its 3-month summer forecast which compares outlook probabilities to Canada’s climate from the 30-year period spanning 1990-2020. The verdict: expect heat and humidity.
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Post #3170218
The Nodfather, after spending hours in the wee small hours of morning posting AI images of himself...
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Post #3170217
How Not to Communicate by Email The average person, the MIT Communication Lab tells us, &quot;receives ~120 emails/day and spends about 11hrs/week sorting through emails.&quot; Matt Plummer, in a 2019 article titled, How to Spend Way Less Time on Email Every Day, adds, &quot;The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email... that amounts to a staggering 2.6 hours spent and 120 messages received per day.&quot; https://ianchadwick.com/blog/how-not-...
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Post #3170216
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-uk-europe-rejoin-polling-john-curtice-b2989867.html In the &quot;I Told You So&quot; category of news items: Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says John Curtice.
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Post #3170215
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/05/31/Trump-Hoekstra-Cabal-Pushing-Alberta-Separatism/ Trump, Hoekstra and the Cabal Pushing Alberta Separatism Signs of deepening American collusion point to the US ambassador among others. Will Ottawa investigate? It is high time that Canadians, including the Mark Carney government, started to seriously worry about Alberta’s separatist movement and its U.S. connection.
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Post #3170214
Trump regime has reduced the number of religions US military recognizes from 211 down to 31—with 22 as denominations of Christianity. The only 9 non-Christian faiths recognized now are: Agnostic, Baha&#39;i, Buddhism, Hindu, Islam, Judaism, Sikh, No Religion, &amp; &quot;Other.&quot; Indigenous faiths &amp; global faiths like Jainism, Daoism, Confucianism, &amp; Shinto are now not recognized. This is no doubt a path towards eventually eliminating all non-Christian faiths....
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Post #3170213
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05l-rqt084 The rightwing Maple MAGA National Post (Canada&#39;s Der-Sturmer-wannabe paper) has reported on the latest new thing to be offended about.. a red triangle on a soccer jersey.
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Post #2056819
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-30-2025 &quot;This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT). “[W]e&#39;re debating a bill that’s going to cut healthcare for 16 million people. It&#39;s going to give a tax break to…massively wealthy people who don&#39;t need any more money. There are going to be kids who go hungry because of this bill. This is the biggest reduction in…nut...
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Post #2003367
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd9CGEUsIFA The Hen - Official Trailer Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece. As she fights to protect her eggs, she becomes an unwitting witness to the complex human lives around her as the restaurant is caught up in greed, smuggling, and the migrant crisis.
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Post #1769601
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/im-sorry-but-preznit-fuckwits-vulgar the thirdworldification of America is almost complete. ‘Dear Leader needs a gaudy monument to himself’ is some real tinpot dictator shit. this is exactly the kind of thing we used to mock backwards countries for.