Billy Armagh

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Socialist, antifascist, queer, farmer, gardener, worker, support #landback, support the Treaties, rebuild public health

Got booted from Twitter for fighting anti-trans bigots.

In a state that is attempting to prevent students from learning about the enduring legacy of slavery and racial terror, Black lawmakers were stripped of their jobs by their white bosses for essentially speaking out of turn.

Continue to fill the treasure chest of the richest people in Canada or starve: consumer choice.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-revenue-q4-2022-1.6757480

Loblaw earns $529M in Q4 profits as Canadians struggle with rising food prices | CBC News

Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s fourth-quarter results beat analysts' expectations on Thursday as the Canadian retailer was boosted by its pharmacy business and a continued demand for groceries.

CBC

East Palestine Ohio is yet more evidence that the safe place for hydrocarbons is sequestered safely underground. Not extracting in the first place is the biggest safety lever there is for people, planet, water, and life.

We can use the circular closed loop non-toxic chemistry of the rest of life on this planet, and the sooner the better.

Pepper spray for the school run? The weaponised SUV set to terrify America’s streets

The extreme features of the Rezvani Vengeance – including electrified door handles and blinding strobe lights – are wholly in tune with lethal trends in the US market

The Guardian
Information like this should never be kept secret. It’s a threat to democracy. It’s breaking the law. https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-energy-capp-lobbying-foi/
Alberta kept oil lobbying records secret for 799 days. That’s bad for democracy — and against the law

Alberta Energy terminated the contract of the person preparing the release of records of its meetings with lobbyists from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Then the ministry said it didn’t have enough staff to handle the request

The Narwhal
@BillyArmagh I feel like allowing corporations to build platforms that let innumerable loudmouthed amoral cretins monetize the dissemination of disinformation on matters of life and death was probably not a good idea.

Me: I wonder what the new Beyoncé video looks like!

YouTube: OK, but here, watch this random anti-vax propaganda instead.

We now have overwhelming evidence from a million different directions that sprawly car culture *doesn't work*. Suburbs don't pay for themselves. More lanes don't decrease traffic. Stroads kill people & inhibit economic growth. Parking is economic deadweight.

We refuse to learn.

Proper bandit country of Coed y Brenin this afternoon.