Gordon J Holtslander
pinhman@mstdn.ca
<p>VanIslander ExSker Pinholer altphoto steelGuitar linux !Fear&Ignorance guitars & cameras. I make new old photos. Was a biologist once, now herd electrons through complex mazes?</p>
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Post #2396959
Israeli forces have boarded a charity vessel attempting to reach the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said early on Monday. Israeli forces board aid boat bound for Gaza, Freedom Flotilla Coalition says - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/freedom-flotilla-coalition-says-alarm-sounded-its-gaza-bound-ship-2025-06-08/
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Post #1027377
&quot;The panic now visible in British Columbia is not evidence that reconciliation has gone too far. It is evidence that reconciliation has begun to have material consequences. And for the first time in generations, those consequences involve a loss of unilateral authority for the Crown and the economic elite that has long benefited from it. The power dynamic is changing. The real question is not whether Canadians should fear that change. It is who benefited from the status quo, and for how...
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Post #1011298
Canadian politicians still use X? A fake video of the NY airport accident that killed two Canadian pilots. Was produced by X’sAI Grok. Convenience or accuracy? CBC has begun the ugly task of identifying misinformation. They will be criticized by every political actor relying on misinformation #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7138926
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Post #1011296
With the uncertainty surrounding mstdn.ca I&#39;m establishing another instance: @pinhman@humanwords.cc humanwords uses Sharkey If I&#39;m going somewhere new, explore :) https://blog.elenarossini.com/sharkey-a-fediverse-project-that-is-beautiful-inside-out/
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Post #771163
Atlas Network works to inflame and outrage in B.C Canada over questioning a now inappropriate name for a community Justice Centre is a AtlasNetwork operative, playing the usual pushing ignorance &amp; prejudice for political gain “The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change how American investors and Alberta oil interests are fueling division in small-town British Columbia” #atlasnetwork #bcpoli https://www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-money-behind-powell-rivers https:/...
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Post #724757
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board recently ruled that Amazon violated the provincial Labour Code by denying scheduled pay increases to workers who unionized.| &quot;No worker should be punished for exercising their legal right to join a union, and today’s ruling sends a clear message that Amazon is not above the law,” said Unifor national president Lana Payne in a union press release.&quot; https://www.readthemaple.com/amazon-breached-b-c-labour-code-by-denying-pay-increase/...
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Post #724755
Hazer Group of Australia continues its development of its Methane Pyrolysis plant partnership with FortisBC project development work continues on the 2,500 tonnes per annum (“tpa”) commercial facility. The parties have now engaged Hazer’s global alliance partner, Kellogg, Brown &amp; Root (“KBR”), to fast-track the project, leveraging their engineering and project execution capability. The question for Canadians why this is being led by an Australian company in Canada? https://mailchi.mp/...
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Post #715538
Public service cutbacks or tax policies that challenges wealth without work? “ Rather than using the tax system to prevent wealth concentration .. our current tax system promotes wealth concentration. – those who earn income from wealth have more income left over after taxes, allowing them to accumulate wealth more quickly than others. If Canada does not rebalance our tax system to prioritize work over wealth, we may soon find ourselves with a runaway wealth inequality – billionaires in contr...
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Post #681472
@McRocker Another part of my Methane Pyrolysis rant. Even in Alberta&#39;s heavy oil industry, M pyrolysis would lower costs (and emssions) &quot;Upgrading bitumen requires generous amounts of hydrogen, typically produced through steam reforming of natural gas&quot; pyrolysis can do the same job, cheaper, without the carbon emssions. https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/technical/alberta-bitumen-upgraders
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Post #649282
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai @mojo@aus.social BC’s Green Party argues the provincial BC NDP has become conservative in its support for resource development and its reliance on resource income to solve debt issues https://bcgreens.ca/emily-lowan/
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Post #621353
With Iran, Its 2022 again on oil pricing? &quot;the oil price spike of 2022 was a needless and very costly episode that caused a cascading worldwide disruption. It was not the result of fundamental economic forces; it was the result of speculation, financialization, geopolitics, and monopoly power. Canadians paid massively for this spike, and continue to do so. The petroleum industry profited, with higher consumer expenses flowing into industry profits on a near dollar-for-dollar basis.. W...
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Post #621352
&quot;World oil prices are not determined by fundamental physical supplies of, and demands for, actual petroleum. The leading benchmarks are set in highly volatile financial forums, called ‘futures markets’, in which the vast majority of participants have no intention of ever buying or using physical oil.. liquidity, expectations, and fears are far more important in shaping price movements than real economic fundamentals (like cost, productivity, and growth).. the supply of physical oil is...
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Post #621350
When you drive by a gas station and gasp at the advertised price, remind yourself that the oil market is a yet another tool to manipulate resources for wealth. Will the voices that shout about the cost of living do anything to challenge market manipulation by the world&#39;s wealthiest? https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/679d4ed301fa26e771ccafaa/68e7f6f5455ed72dca79079d_FalseProfits-March2025-Counting%20the%20Costs.pdf
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Post #621346
“Liberal MP Wade Grant says a staff member for Vancouver MLA Dallas Brodie crossed the line, by storming into his constituency office on Friday in an aggressive manner” Brodie’s provincial constituency (Vancouver-Quilchena) is within Grant’s federal constituency (Vancouver Quadra). Both “represent” some of the same people. Brodie arguing one can’t both represent Canadians and Indigenous Brodie&#39;s Vancouver Quilchena constituency consistently votes conservative #bcpoli https://globa...
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Post #621345
16 Canadian-headquartered companies supported politicians who voted not to certify the 2020 election through corporate PACs https://theijf.org/article/canadian-companies-election-deniers
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Post #621344
@skinnylatte If you still follow whales .. 3 unidentified orcas spotted in Vancouver Harbour never before documented in B.C. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/3-unidentified-orcas-spotted-in-vancouver-9.7121475
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Post #621341
New Democratic Party MP Lori Idlout is crossing the floor to join the Liberals, NDP Leader Don Davies said Tuesday evening. #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/idlout-crossing-floor-liberals-9.7123443
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Post #597814
Tanille Johnston: &quot;Health, Care and Recognition We have long been known as the party of healthcare, but we have let Liberals own our successes as of late. It is time we reclaim that title, not just for our party but for all healthcare advocates who fought long and hard to build our public healthcare system. Liberals and Conservatives systematically dismantled public services through privatization and our healthcare system has not been spared.&quot; #cdnpoli https://www.tanille.c...
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Post #592784
“ Incentives for disinformation At the root of the problem, according to Lavigne, is the design of social media algorithms to optimize for engagement. “Conspiracy theories tend to provoke some sort of outrage,” said Lavigne. This makes the content more engaging, keeping users eyeballs fixed on social media apps longer, which generates more advertising revenue.. The Media Ecosystem Observatory report found that Elon Musk’s X was the epicentre of Canadian conspiracy content, accounting for 70 p...
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Post #576291
@ela@infosec.exchange Appears to be a well developed “ Verifiable Credentials Data Model” that could be extended to meet demands of identity while maintaining privacy. Will this just be ignored? https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/
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Post #575318
@dmacphee@mas.to Canada’s foreign owned oil industry announces it will take every opportunity to inflate prices and maximize profit. I ‘heart’ “Canadian” Oil and Gas .. https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-action-received-100-thousand-from-arc-resources/
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Post #449680
@MissConstrue@mefi.social Leaving the innocent to freeze? That’s a Saskatoon thing (from Canada) https://www.nfb.ca/film/two_worlds_colliding/
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Post #423945
&quot;During the 2019 federal election, the Manning Centre, now known as the Canada Strong and Free Network, raised and donated more than $300,000 to Canada Strong and Proud and its affiliates, which in turn “only disclosed the Manning Centre as the sole source of the funds.” Canada Strong and Free (Manning centre) is a US based conservative advocacy organization. Is it being used by Americas to influence and interfere with Canada&#39;s politics? Both Canada and US allow charities to...
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Post #423944
Poilievre: Hatred and Ignorance is Free Speech #cdnpoli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUXxx_YpLY
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Post #423941
Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan. #cdnpoli https://www.desmog.com/2026/02/20/carney-government-knew-carbon-capture-was-very-limited-docs-show/
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Post #423940
Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show. #cdnpoli https://www.desmog.com/2026/02/25/carney-allowed-gas-powered-ai-centres-after-lobbying-from-alberta-energy-company/
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Post #401159
&quot;Climate policy has not failed, it has been defeated. Key to this defeat is the organised production, by and for fossil fuel interests, of strategic counter-science and anti-climate policy disinformation, which is probably the largest component by sheer volume of the total quantity of disinformation encountered by Australian citizens&quot; The same climate misinformation network is active in Canada, with many of its conservative politicians members of the same. Jason Kenney pres o...
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Post #368738
@dyckron@mstdn.ca @McRocker@mstdn.ca Yes, but the Australian inquiry must become very well known in Canada. Then carefully watch what politicians work hard to deny & dismiss and the awkward dance they do insure their dismissal isn’t seen outside their supporters
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Post #250407
If anyone needs a little help this Monday morning https://www.youtube.com/live/AcvoSoUT7EE?list=RDAcvoSoUT7EE&start_radio=1
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Post #245574
Canada’s agriculture? Why hobble it with cutbacks when it faces both climate and political issues and interference? It’s one of the countries “super powers” Canada loses between $10 - $20 billion a year to tax havens. Challenge this, or hobble one of Canada’s greatest resources. Carney worked for Brookfield, one of the most successful tax shelter businesses. He knows these intimately. He has the skills and knowledge to challenge tax sheltering and could do something substantial. But he’s mo...