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@giflian damn, this is hitting hard. He was a true friend. We had so much fun at conferences, panels, teaching together, along with Janni Aragon (Uvic poli prof) - always leaving us silly gifts - he once wired my lecture mic through a guitar vibro pedal, made me sound like Donal Duck

Mat Wright 16h ago

OMG NO... so sad. I knew Raul really well. Guest lectured his poli-sci/comms classes for years when he was a prof at UBC. Such a fun, warm, smart person who really engaged with his students

https://bsky.app/profile/smsociologia.bsky.social/post/3mnb2bilnj22z

Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología (@smsociologia.bsky.social)

La Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, profesor del CIDE y FLACSO. Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos. Descanse en paz

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Mat Wright 22h ago

oh hell no....

#CDNpoli #BCpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-alberta-smith-pipeline-oil-documents-bc-9.7216983

Where will Alberta's oil pipeline go? Documents reveal possible B.C. routes | CBC News

The Alberta government has considered three different pipeline routes through northern British Columbia for a new major oil export pipeline, according to documents obtained by CBC News which provide a first glimpse into where the project could be located.

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Mat Wright 1d ago

@ai6yr no it started quite a while ago, but he's feeding a wave

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Mat Wright 1d ago

@magrat it's not always easy - I mute topics and they still show up from some instances, not everyone is on the same systems

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Mat Wright 1d ago

@chris PandemicPond is such a good tag idea

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Mat Wright 1d ago

@giflian they continually make it hard to like them - it's exhausting

Mat Wright 1d ago

JFC CBC, it's not an either/or question - we can manage both climate and the economy for the better, it just takes political will

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #ONpoli #ABpoli #CBC #Climate #ClimateChange

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Mat Wright 2d ago

@Amgine I agree, pundits are framing this as a huge relief for Eby and the NDP, that no even near majority will vote for BC Cons under Findlay, but I disagree - she's a PP acolyte, the entire Fed machine will run behind her next BC election - the only question is can she maintain caucus and bring OneBC back into the fold

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Mat Wright 2d ago

@Amgine the Overton window is already far right, she will take it utterly fascist