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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

Byoliveridley January 15, 2012

RT @paulwillcocks: Ian Reid looks harder at 'ethical oil' claims http://t.co/yXaPfY5e #bcpoli #gateway #tarsands #oilsands #
The myth of Japan's economic demise http://t.co/wt34lZbn #
RT @wicary: Northern Gateway pipeline hits its highest hurdle http://t.co/sCjyu3ep #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
Americans Drastically Overestimate Number of Unauthorized Immigrants, And Don't Want To Know The Truth http://t.co/Z0LlhEPw #
If that 1.2 km run/walk to successfully catch my #yyj 70 bus is any indication, I am woefully out of shape. #mondaysaretough #
RT @UBCIC: Poll: BC Worried About Foreign Investment in Canadian Resources, Not Philanthropic Support for Enviro Grps http://t.co/D6Bsstg6 #
Increasing copyright extensions on books to lifetime+70 years impedes innovation – @mgeist http://t.co/sM2HUEyC #
Zero words on env. costs. RT @heraldenergy: Spending billions on pipeline will quickly pay off http://t.co/qeEqs7Zb #tarsands #oilsands #
Well said 🙂 RT @jordynmarcellus: BLOG: Why I'm a feminist http://t.co/CIFtRDCw #feminism #
RT @LifeCyclesPrjct: Looking for Diggers! Hands-on learning while contributing to community food gardening http://t.co/b546cItr #yyj #
RT @drgrist: My new post: Caving on #KeystoneXL Still a dumb idea http://t.co/nuWkBo7q #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
Totally Drug-Resistant TB Emerges in India http://t.co/xIIY54Eh #stopbreathing #
All you need to know about logging of pristine Cortes island forest by Brookfield Asset Management http://t.co/B0agd7l9 #vanisle #
Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline not so popular after all http://t.co/iB46d89L #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
Re: my previous tweet, here's what I think of all opinion polls whether they fit my beliefs or not. http://t.co/5vXnVDB3 #
Disturbing that the Canadian government is accusing its people of treason and media response is to just report. #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
Apparently, in Canada, unlike in India, if you change parties after an election, you don't have to resign and get re-elected #cdnpoli #
If a small carbon tax on flying that increases prices less than one of your checked bags can cause a trade war… http://t.co/duaGHmOQ #
A great post by @nytimeskrugman on why running a business is nothing like running a country http://t.co/SwH1ADSB #
As the Cdn government rails at radical env orgs, it is collaborating w/ them on closed containment fish farms http://t.co/Gm0viSum #cdnpoli #
t is good that the Canadian government is funding research into closed containment of farmed salmon http://t.co/Gm0viSum #cdnpoli #
RT @joshvanbc: #Enbridge Hearings: United By Salmon, Radical citizens unite against pipeline http://t.co/YKuEiCMT #cdnpoli #bcpoli #oilsands #
RT @Sierra_BC: @VancouverSun's Stephen Hume reels at shamelessness of "ethical oil" spin doctors http://t.co/GSSvjRqx #ethical_oil #cdnpoli #
RT @antoniaz: The enemy without and within – @aaronwherry http://t.co/0Nl5T8ov #cdnpoli #TidesCanada #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @mikehudema: Who's in the room at #Enbridge hearings. Only foreign bogeymen are oil companies: http://t.co/TO4dCwmz #tarsands #cdnpoli #
RT @naomiaklein: Harper playbook: 1-Cut $ from grps that don't toe Tory line. 2-Call activists foreign agents when they get $ someplace else #
RT @wildernews: 'Minister may have broken law ahead of #Enbridge pipeline hearings: Critics' http://t.co/y5qQqITx #TankerBan #cdnpoli #
#cdnmedia response to treason allegations on #tarsands a great Joe Oliver interview by @cbc Carol Off http://t.co/hvtFMuEw #oilsands #
Looks like @storify has a new plugin for @wordpress – Should check it out http://t.co/Ae656zdS #
Um, social calendar this week leaves no room for exercise, I guess I should wake up at 5 in the morning? #FAIL #
Who said comments on newspaper websites always suck? Read these on proposed Vancouver #yvr bike sharing. http://t.co/JCxnLZ9Y #
Right wing hindu fundamentalists caught trying to foment violence by planting Pakistani Flags. http://t.co/e4rGoQI0 #
A quiz for Joe Oliver: How many died building CPR? http://t.co/pJxSb5pt #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
Condemning pipeline rhetoric = good. Assuming all benefits and no costs, #cdnmedia #FAIL http://t.co/DrA6C1EW #tarsands #oilsands #
India's children reap the bitter harvest of endosulfan. http://t.co/Xc0JKmk8 #
Wow. Who's killing all these Iranian scientists? http://t.co/MP1WgZ9H #
Making wine cheaper while making other alcohol more expensive linked to lower fatalities. via @sarahkliff http://t.co/Wqrl5y0W #
Leaks are inevitable RT @kategalbraith: Enbridge reports leak from Louisiana pipeline http://t.co/gkzRG9rh #ngp #tarsands #oilsands #
Jeffrey Simpson – Complain about foreign money on #ngp after Canada's heavy #KeystonXL lobbying? http://t.co/qWZk0eU5 #tarsands #oilsands #
Jeffrey Simpson – Complain about foreign money on #ngp after Canada's heavy #KeystoneXL lobbying? http://t.co/qWZk0eU5 #tarsands #
RT @marcleeccpa: A few more blatant lies and deceptions in NR Minister Oliver's letter exposed via Tom Walkom: http://t.co/NUVUflCc #cdnpoli #
What a great article on the racket that is academic publishing #openaccess #elsevier #springer http://t.co/n9ESNajT via @ezraklein #
Pakistan defence official fired amid tensions -@AlJazeera Looks like a scary situation http://t.co/CPy75muQ #
Foreign companies got >50% of oil and gas revenues in '09 http://t.co/S8WV2HWH #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands via @marcLeeCCPA #
Ugh. Ottawa does about-face on same-sex marriage for non-Canadians http://t.co/K0Gxxdps #cdnpoli #
"Eco-saboteurs intent upon blocking Canada’s vital bitumen semi-fluids" Ha!! #oilsands #tarsands http://t.co/WPDnlT0V #
Busker's Festival organizer wants street closure http://t.co/6HOfDQ5U I support @victoriabuskers on this 🙂 #yyj #
RT @ghoberg: I can't believe BC's Minister Falcon is aping Harper/Oliver/ethical oil attack http://t.co/iZ0vhpoq #bcpoli #cdnpoli #oilsands #
The New York Times Public Editor asks whether journalists should report the truth http://t.co/KjOXOJEU #nottheonion #facepalm #
RT @avjustice Delta, United raise rates by whopping $3 to comply with EU #aviation #climate law. THIS is why they sued? http://t.co/IVLYikNw #
RT @thetyee: Andrew Nikiforuk: The Expert's Report that Damns the Northern Gateway Pipeline http://t.co/cAD7MMsb #oil #energy #cdnpoli #ngp #
Nice paper in Science ($$) on how mitigating trop. Ozone and black carbon has high health and #climate change benefits. http://t.co/eFhR845a #
MT @kady: As far as I can tell, the govt has not challenged the Globe's #ssm story at all. It is providing new information. #cdnpoli #
Canada's Conservative Government Turns My Husband Back Into My Boyfriend http://t.co/oCMqttOH #cdnpoli US consequences #
RT @fakedansavage: Harper government walking it back: my husband again my husband as of 3 minutes ago. More soon. #cdnpoli #SSM #
RT @jayrosen_nyu: Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling Vigilante? http://t.co/gH0SCTUu Amusing. Context: http://t.co/zDbUMIlW #
Getting closer…RT @vicpdcanada: School Resource Officers at Quadra School. Officers looking for cougar now in area. #yyjcougar #yyj #
#yyj politicians worried about Trans Mountain oil leaks, demand consultation on pipeline http://t.co/vAodTgjE #oilsands #tarsands #
RT @michaelbabad: Canada to end ban on early rls of election results as social media, technology dates it #cdnpoli http://t.co/ocyYZru6 #
Gallup: Wealthy worry about deficit, poor worry about jobs http://t.co/36vo7Ddz #
Good clarification by the government RT @ctvottawa: All same-sex marriages legal: Canadian justice minister http://t.co/8WswVrQP #cdnpoli #
RT @GeoffDembicki: Is #EthicalOil shadow arm of #Harper govt? @DeSmogBlog reveals new, intriguing info http://t.co/qGrjgCdG #oilsands #
RT @TondaMacC: Social conservatives feeling betrayed by #CPC #pmsh move to boost non-resident same-sex divorce rights. http://t.co/RzkeAB0o #
Haha! RT @DougSaunders: Try new Adobe Endless Self-Updater™. Now with optional PDF-viewing functionality. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

Byoliveridley August 14, 2011

#Oilsands expected to undo cuts in GHGs from powerplants http://t.co/9AYPTjS via @globeandmail #cdnpoli #tarsands #
RT @drgrist: Analysis: U.S. Shale Gas Industry Reserves Are Over Stated at Least 100 Percent http://is.gd/mtUbRy #fracking #
A true #feminist acc. to Naomi Wolf RT @drgrist: Bachmann pledges to have the EPA’s doors locked and lights turned off http://is.gd/xTo7L0 #
Saanich Coun. Vic Derman tries to declare Juan de Fuca Sprawl development invalid – Wednesday http://ow.ly/5YSLN #yyj #saveJDF #
electric battery technology getting better real fast. http://ow.ly/5YW0C #
Harper's angering some Brazilians. RT @InklessPW: Something appears to have happened in Brazil. http://j.mp/oOKrUI #cdnpoli #
Nice! RT @rabbleca: New program provides immigrants with a way in to civic participation #immigration #p2ca #
Regardless of BC #HST outcome, #bclib handling of election and counting is beyond incompetent #bcpoli http://ow.ly/5Z04I #
Shame. RT @michaelhaack: SF #gay married couple loses immigration battle – Obama cites DOMA… #WTF #canqueer #lgbt http://icio.us/k0ihGo #
From Barbara Ehrenreich: How the Safety Net Became a Dragnet. The criminalization of #poverty http://ow.ly/5Z2dN #
How cities can get carbon down to zero @Grist http://ow.ly/5ZawO #
One day, I will make it, but soccer more fun… RT @danpollock: #GreenDrinks is tonight 5-7 at @theofficelounge: http://j.mp/oIijT6 #yyj #
"Riots are about power, and about catharsis" RT @sethdklein: A particularly insightful view on the #LondonRiots http://t.co/o64JZWk #
RT @brlamb: This account of Harper's bathroom weirdness a little easier to comprehend, no less embarrassing: http://wapo.st/q4dQPo #cdnpoli #
Surprise! Canada says oil, gas industry organized PR strategy for #oilsands http://dlvr.it/fYKsn : @mikedesouza #tarsands #cdnpoli #
Who knew. Stop feeding chickens antibiotics, stop creating antibiotic resistant superbugs http://ow.ly/5ZElu #
The Progressive Economics Forum » Stimulus vs Public Investment. Nice read from the @ccpa http://ow.ly/5ZR2z #
Canadians dissatisfied with #cdnhealth system, want expansion of public care, salaried doctors, family health http://ow.ly/5ZSa4 #cdnpoli #
Indian Food FTW! Antioxidant spices, like turmeric and cinnamon, reduce negative effects of high-fat meal http://ow.ly/5ZZ8R #
Big CRD meeting on Juan de Fuca Sprawl today. Follow @triadonaldson for live tweets. http://ow.ly/5ZZUY #yyj #savejdf #
Typical. RT @climateprogress: Michelle Bachmann asked the EPA for money before demanding it be abolished. #
Looks nice. RT @sherwinarnott: Simple fluid design. #css RT @joelfriesen The 1140px Grid · Fluid down to mobile http://t.co/bVVwpcM #
Wait, I thought twitter won elections?? RT @globeandmail How to win an election: go knock on doors #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
Looking for a pannier messenger convertible in #yyj Any #yyjbike stores up for this? This timbuk2 or similar http://ow.ly/608RD #
RT @blunt1: CRD kills debate on sprawling vacation home complex at Juan de Fuca park, public hearing for Sept 6, 7 Sooke Comm Hall #savejdf #
Really? RT @libartsandminds: Latest Ipsos on Ontario: 38% #cpc and 36% #lpc . #onpoli #
Getting emails about electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from smart meters and wifi accumulating in the human body. My head is going to explode #
RT @andrew_leach: Prof. Mark Jaccard on Maxim Power and what it says about Canada's GHG future. http://fb.me/JDBxqAlQ #climate #cdnpoli #
Fossil fuel industry crafted federal #oilsands strategy targeted provincial plans http://ow.ly/60OZj #tarsands #cdnpoli via @mikedesouza #
Wow, I have no energy at all today, would have been a good day to read in bed… #
RT @pembina: Ontario #NDP #green #energy commitments would benefit Ontarians and environment #onpoli #eco #climate #
RT @marcleeccpa: New Climate Justice report on green jobs in BC's forest industry. Oped: http://t.co/Hsizzwz Full paper: http://t.co/ONk0vDV #
RT @adam_stirling: Elections BC: 1.6 million registered voters returned #HST Referendum Ballot Packages by the deadline of 4:30 p.m #bcpoli #
RT @politicsrespun: If there are 1.6m #HST ballots returned and if that's 52%, that's higher than the 2009 election turnout. #bcpoli #
From @solveclimate #KeystoneXL Primer: How the Pipeline's Route Could Impact the Ogallala Aquifer #tarsands #oilsands #
Indeed, if "corporations are people", then Mitt Romney is guilty of repeated homicide for profit 🙂 http://ow.ly/616xZ #
Adaptive Management: Don’t live in homes with dead space, and more sustainability ideas #yyj " @lanapopham #
Heh, method used by "expert" to show that US stimulus didn't work shows that it worked when correct data was used. http://ow.ly/618pR #
Hacking, privacy, tampering, some real #smartmeter concerns that don't involve EMF From @sciam #
Peer reviewed and all! RT @drgrist: Solid scientific evidence that rich people are a**holes: http://on.msnbc.com/oF2HnZ #
The Hijacked Crisis @NYTimeskrugman tries to explain how a jobs crisis morphed into a false deficit crisis http://ow.ly/61zPd #
RT @marcleeccpa: BC Hydro review fails on the real problem: buying high from IPPs for new supply to sell low to mining+oil+gas industries. #
RT @adam_stirling: A ban on short selling!?! That would mean people would actually have to own what they agree to sell! Madness!! #economics #
Industry insiders RT @propublica: Federal panel acknowledges gas drilling regulations may be insufficient: http://propub.ca/p5MyjJ #fracking #
RT @timescolonist: Mother Nature wreaks havoc on local farms: http://t.co/PjcTi4h #yyj #
RT @gmwatch: India Takes #Monsanto To Court For Biopiracy Over Development Of #GMO Eggplant via @lawsteph #
Aggression during #G20 rally ‘perpetrated by police,’ judge rules http://ow.ly/61QrW #cdnpoli #onpoli #
Potty humour. Beaverlodge, AB Sewage Treatment plant is now called the @ezralevant http://ow.ly/61TKz via @benwest #cdnpoli #
I would love to have a sewage treatment plant named after me, they do good work, take crap and turn it into water. #
ugh. RT @kevinsmcarthur: *cough* prior art *cough* RT @d_edler: Apple trying to patent the process of cartography? http://t.co/yey039b #fail #
RT @mcshanahan: A nice reminder: "The Mind-Reading Salmon: The True Meaning of Statistical Significance" from @sciam http://t.co/uelwL3y #
RT @evidencenetwork: Scientific evidence supporting publicly financed #healthcare is long +strong. http://ow.ly/61Vga #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
Very little data on #oilsands pipeline corrosion. Pipelines like #KeystoneXL across aquifers?http://ow.ly/6233m #tarsands #
BTW, the article on #oilsands pipeline corrosion data, a good primer into the issue, was by @jeffmjatreuters http://ow.ly/6233m #
Royalists take note. Looting hit U.K. economy less than Royal wedding – The Globe and Mail http://ow.ly/6250U #
Awesome 🙂 RT @triadonaldson: Plotting to #savejdf with @dogwoodbc while enjoying the patio at @saucerestaurant #yyj #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-06

Byoliveridley July 6, 2011

An reported #oil spill every 5 days in Canada. 100 pipeline spills and accidents since 2010 http://ow.ly/5wYSP #climate #
Rock Camp Showcase July 17th.The bands, instructors and local musicians perform original material http://ow.ly/5x0AI #yyj #
RT @ccpa: The economic history and consequences of government assaults on unions: #cdnpoli #
RT @mikehudema: As Alberta’s #TarSands Boom, Foes Target Project’s Lifelines by Jim Robbins: http://t.co/1cFfcb2 #oilsands #ableg #cdnpoli #
Awesome headline 🙂 RT @drgrist: High on Pond Scum: When Will Aviation Biofuels Justify the Hype? #
#abgov Env. Monitoring Panel: "Integrated. Sustainably-funded, arm’s length
Environmental Monitoring" needed for the #oilsands #tarsands #
Link tho the #abgov Environmental Monitoring Panel Report http://t.co/de3ULpH via @andrew_leach #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
The #abgov #tarsands panel says sustainable, arms length, traditional knowledge, comprehensive, ecosystem based. Implementation?? #tarsands #
RT @vicmicrolending: Victoria's first micro loan is … fully repaid. Thanks all who make this organization, this community possible! #yyj #
RT @DanWoy: Enviro monitoring w/out mgmt & enforcement is like having smoke detectors but no firetrucks or firefighters. #oilsands #ableg #
Rock Camp gear really coming together, thanks to awesome community members like Brent of Brentlift, forklift mechanic, and musician! #yyj #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-06-17

Byoliveridley June 17, 2012

RT @climatekeith: No exception: #Greenpeace on site at latest Alberta #oilspill http://t.co/EwRmMLjV #cdnpoli #NGP #ABleg #
#Enbridge 2010 Michigan #oilsands Spill Far Larger Than Official Estimates: @InsideClimate http://t.co/nXXjOmxB #tarsands #
The technology to reach #climate mitigation goals exists, not the political will or institutions: IEA http://t.co/ZKvCXjRk #
Sea level rise is a liberal phrase that is to be avoided in official documents, says Virginal lawmaker http://t.co/KJghfWZb #
Sweden's account @sweden rotates by citizen every week, @Canada wants theirs to be taken over #workitout http://t.co/o453OOfv #cdnpoli #
RT @cbcpolitics: NDP charges contempt over lack of budget details http://t.co/T1rIHVrt #cdnpoli #
RT @nathancullen: #bcndp petition against #Enbridge pipeline. http://t.co/3OIHWmTp #tarsands #oilsands #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
Damn RT @brookejarvis Actual study by actual MIT researchers: tinfoil hats don't protect you from radio waves. #science http://t.co/CZydnlrk #
Alberta oil spill sparks call for pipeline safety review of aging infrastructure http://t.co/of7hYeOx #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @althiaraj: One Relatively Small Oil Spill.. One HUGE Clean-Up http://t.co/yLEfzVfB #CdnPoli #sundre #reddeer #
RT @MarcLeeCCPA: New @ccpa report out by yrs truly, calling for a green industrial revolution: http://t.co/QfoWGotz #
Elinor Ostrom, Only Female Nobel Laureate in Economics, Dies. She provided the commons with a theoretical foundation http://t.co/EJDmsDdn #
Here's Elinor Ostrom's last piece, published today. Read it. http://t.co/rfKdBiWW #
China could be hiding an entire Japan’s worth of carbon emissions: @bradplumer http://t.co/PawiYJj6 #climate #
RT @justinwolfers: An appreciation of the late Elinor Ostrom. http://t.co/d9F6T799 #RIPElinorOstrom #commons #
.@marcleeCCPA Great work with the green Industrial revolution. @CCPA: Think about releasing as epub/mobi as well, please! #pdfsucks #
WHO's cancer agency reclassifies diesel fumes as carcinogenic, same as arsenic, UV rays. http://t.co/TLly18Zc #
#Transit oriented buildings fetch higher rents – @fabulavancouver on #yvr offices and more. http://t.co/evOf8amb – Great! #
RT @deanbaker13: OECD economists can retire at 51, yet they want countries they advise to raise retirement ages to 69 http://t.co/UBfDbA8H #
"@drgrist: Jonathan Haidt described motivated reasoning most pithily "We may think we’re being scientists, but we’re actually being lawyers" #
All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons – http://t.co/hl6PQllf Waiting for me at Russell's – Appropriate given Elinor Ostrom #
RT @wicary: #Oilsands must do ‘heavy lifting’ to meet #climate goals, Ottawa told. http://t.co/cIzACLkl #CdnPoli #tarsands #
So, the #NRTEE advised that the #tarsands needed to cut emissions, got itself cut instead. #oilsands http://t.co/cIzACLkl #
.@swiftkey got some free and good publicity @xkcd today, it is my favourite android keyboard http://t.co/a5dnNEGS #
MT @kaileywilletts Hello lovely #yyj peeps! Centennial Square 5:30 to stand against the #omnibudget Dress as a super hero. #13heroes #
RT @askessler: Thomas Mulcair’s Dutch Disease warning supported by OECD report http://t.co/oiKhgNl7 #cdnpoli W#tarsands #oilsands #
+1 RT @mgifford: Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter! http://t.co/dApmw3IV HT @phillipadsmith #
Why we need #13Heroes Budget cuts threaten federal mitigation "plan" for #oilsands and #coal http://t.co/2GUnmjg8 #cdnpoli #
The @nytimes highlights Canada's multi-directional #tarsands pipeline building goals. http://t.co/ZR7d2Sed #oilsands #cdnpoli #
RT @mikehudema: #ourbudget not yours. #13heroes #splititup save our pensions save our shores #C38 #cdnpoli #24in24 #
MT @pbelperio: 200 Sechelt BC voters protest Bill #c38 at MP John Weston's office. Just the start! http://t.co/cCh89ulp #13Heroes #cdnpoli #
Home wind turbine has Vancouver neighbourhood upset – Gotta love the NIMBYs http://t.co/TzXqc2S3 #yvr #
Canada best G20 country to be a woman, India worst: @Trust_Law poll which doesn't include Scandinavia http://t.co/i7KFGNV2 #
RT @leadnowca: 800+ photos from coast to coast in overnight: rallies and virtual vigil for #13heroes http://t.co/cE6YNF86 #omnimess #c38 #
RT @commonsensecdn: NDP's Horgan deems natural gas a greener way for B.C.'s future http://t.co/ZT68oZET #bcpoli #fracking #
RT @softgrasswalker: Pipeline spills are not the exception in Alberta, they are an oily reality http://t.co/yiSvHHSi #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @mikedesouza: Feds favour "responsible" growth in #oilsands over sustainability: Docs: http://t.co/55MWR5Ke #Rio 20 #cdnpoli #tarsands #
Parks Canada staff banned from criticizing Feds http://t.co/4sMArqkf #cdnpoli #AllHailDearLeader #
RT @victorianews: @BC_Transit purchasing new buses, launching service review for #yyj http://t.co/HE2ocJD3 #yyjtransit #
In Mumbai, a Campaign Against Restroom Injustice http://t.co/EfN6XIWb #
RT @cbcthenational: Elections Canada alleges illegal campaign spending from Dean Del Mastro, cover-up. http://t.co/4OcmHHhw #cdnpoli #
Hey #yyj @bc_transit.. The 642 NB rt70 is a no show so far. What's the issue? This bus gets 20+ people to work on time usually. #
Cooperative based healthcare in the year of the cooperative #yyj http://t.co/n01HI3pC #bchealth #
Some #yyj @BC_Transit drivers really go beyond their mandate to help the passengers they serve, makes up for institutional shortcomings. #
Obama signs order to indefinitely delay (renew every 2 years) deportation of undocumented immigrants http://t.co/RXBKEOI7 #
But #yyj @bc_transit communication and mitigation policies around bus no shows really need to change. #
World leading Experimental Lakes program cut due to research that contradicted govt #oilsands message? http://t.co/genblkAO #cdnpoli #
Tories fear marathon voting session may have exhausted political capital http://t.co/m2K2ACGJ #cdnpoli Actions->consequences #
B.C. New Democrats hover near 50% http://t.co/8QY15Jrx #BCNDP #BCPoli #
RT @amp6: Pretty huge: B.C. Supreme Court says Canada's ban on physician-assisted suicide is unconstitutional. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
Obam Admin Begins Review of New #KeystoneXL Pipeline Route http://t.co/DxlnsI8k #tarsands #oilsands #
First Nations lost and forgotten in War of 1812 http://t.co/bkyP6zCZ #cdnpoli Reality check on current triumphalism #
What do "profit" and "loss" mean for BC ferries, 100% owned by the gov, but pretends it is private? http://t.co/1RUo0uZf #bcpoli #
RT @cbcenviro: It cost the feds $2M a year to run the Experimental Lakes Area. It could cost them $50M to shut it down:http://t.co/uifcnuLq #
Resign. RT @stphnmaher: Employees linked to cousin’s company each gave $1,000 to Del Mastro campaign http://t.co/DdRqsxAt #CdnPoli #
BC Libs' Flip Flop Puts Massive Private Power Project Back on Table – @TheTyee http://t.co/jg6xqwQX #bcpoli #
RT @natnewswatch: Latest federal poll – Forum Research: #NDP 37, #CPC 30, #LPC 22 http://t.co/qEBk6s5u #CdnPoli via @Anudda #
MT @paulwillcocks: Brian Hutchinson on the disastrous failure of the Pickton inquiry well worth reading http://t.co/LtYWAkGU #bcpoli #MWCI #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-09

Byoliveridley July 9, 2011

RT @k_crawford1: 75% of Cdns don't think MPs share their views on big issues of the day. An alarming figure: #cdnpoli #
RT @greenhousenyt: #Krugman hits Obama for adopting "Herbert Hoover" views. Embrace of GOP ideas endangers economy http://nyti.ms/o639vo #p2 #
RT @cfuv: Feminist Rock camp rocks like a feminist! http://fb.me/xJIUkM8O #yyj Sure does! #
Canada Has Plenty of Oil, but Does U.S. Want It? http://ow.ly/5zR02 #tarsands #oilsands #keystoneXL #abpoli – WSJ #
Carbon dioxide, a gas "suspected" to contribute to global warming" – A gem of a quote from the WSJ http://ow.ly/5zRgK #climate #
RT @harshawalia: Hey #YVR my girl @brownstargirl is launching her co-edited book Revolution Starts At Home. July 21 7 PM http://t.co/XunKMyf #
.@dgardner US conservatives: Hypocrisy is a useless argument against political parties, they function to gain power, not to show consistency in reply to etateee #
Too bad for the cougar. RT @cfax1070: Cougar shot near Sidney Pier #cfax #yyj… http://fb.me/VlURQawp #
How the Right knocks over democratic building blocks by @JamieBiggar of @leadnow http://ow.ly/5zW0n #democracy #canpoli #
RT @raulpacheco @translink: "Regional Cycling Strategy." TransLink's long-term transportation strategy: details #
RT @charlieangusmp: #CRTC can't be trusted to protect public on net neutrality. #NDP will legislate clear rules on net neutrality. #cdnpoli #
RT @rabbleca: Defining our class: The riddle of the middle from Erika Shaker of the @ccpa #cdnpoli #
Jim Stanford of the CAW on Smart Tax Alliance Shenanigans. B.C.’s Toxic #HST Debate http://ow.ly/5zYPh #bcpoli #
RT @iglikaivanova: BC lost 9,400 jobs last month according to latest StatsCan data. Elsewhere, ON up 40,300 and AB up 22,000. #jobs #bcpoli #
RT @mrdeadtv: NDP to introduce motion on proportional representation in the House next session #electoralreform #cdnpoli http://t.co/Fbuq13S #
.@julespenner go to @propublica Our Reader's Guide to the Phone Hacking Scandal http://j.mp/pxhvc5 #
#Sidney is a suburb of #Victoria according to @CBC 🙂 Cougar shot in Victoria suburb of Sidney http://ow.ly/5A2B0 #yyj #
Excellent column by David Brooks of the NYT (yes!!) on the cognitive effects of scarcity, Shafir and Mullainathan's work http://ow.ly/5Aazl #
More BC red light cameras to reduce rising traffic fatalities http://ow.ly/5AcBj I support anything that inconveniences cars via @thetyee #
Google+ is very pretty, and functional. I am liking it much #googleplus #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06

Byoliveridley May 6, 2012

RT @wicary: Liberals across Canada are being hoist with their own petard: @briantopp on strategic voting. http://t.co/iES7qgxP #cdnpoli #
RT @edyong209: I suspect ppl are increasingly conditioned to be wowed by the bigness of ideas, vs their truth. See: TED, Gladwell, etc. #
British government considers placing surface to air missiles on apartment buildings for the olympics http://t.co/vmQuboTx #NotTheOnion #
RT @sethdklein: My blog post: Poverty Reduction – Even Alberta joins the fold. When will BC? – http://t.co/c3Kl0Jts #bcpoli #
Ha! RT @mikedesouza: Oil lobbyists approved Harper’s climate policy as ‘elegant’ approach http://t.co/EFA2RlTd via @montrealgazette #cdnpoli #
Hey come out to watch me, @nsoumya @noisyandquiet @amazingbillyyu & Birger do a White Stripes Cover show tonight. http://t.co/qy3x67Pd #yyj #
How to Rescue Canadian Journalism? @Kainagata reports back from conversations http://t.co/b7WF5iEC #cdnmedia #
The Harper gov has lost much more support than they did post 2006 and 2008 elxns #cdnpoli http://t.co/A4WC8EzZ via @308dotcom #
RT @wicary: Ottawa’s quiet removal of internal auditors draws fire. http://t.co/dqQhBAub #cdnpoli #
RT @WCELaw: 59% of Cdns: Govt's gutting of #envirolaws puts Oil & Gas interests ahead of Canadians: http://t.co/JMHw4BD5 #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #
The Copenhagen Bike Superhighway http://t.co/hArv0gsz #yyjbike #
Stephen King's polemic on taxation and inequality would be better if he didn't start with a fat joke http://t.co/7Rzizhen #
Wasting Our Minds -@NYTimesKrugman on the ravages of youth unemployment and conservative antipathy http://t.co/OmTMTjzo #
RT @mgeist: US maintains bully tactics, keeps Cda on Special 301 list http://t.co/XTrmuW0Z Why it doesn't belong there http://t.co/b0C32peZ #
The @bcndp caucus opposes the #Enbridge #NGP in a letter to the Joint Review Panel http://t.co/gXPBiFxU #tarsands #oilsands #
Canada less bad, but… "@drgrist: US productivity has been rising, but workers aren't reaping the benefits. Here's why http://t.co/8t7FkhXs #
RT @wicary: Parks Canada hit hard as Ottawa doles out nearly 4,000 job notices http://t.co/F69VFrtB #cdnpoli #
Lessons from Quebec's Student Protests and why they won't spread to BC: @kainagata http://t.co/8T3Ia5G6 #bcpoli #
I am seeing drone ads from the Source all over my google, this is a bit scary… #
Wow.. Fancy new @bc_transit double decker on the rt70, feels like I'm going away on vacation #iwish #yyjtransit #
Dear @bc_transit. Please send double deckers to meet the #yyj ferry. You leave a lot of people behind in Sidney #
“Every tax … is to the person who pays it a badge, not of slavery, but of liberty. Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations #commie #
David Suzuki thinks that The fundamental failure of environmentalism was departmentalization http://t.co/wK8xMPvU #
Clean Energy Switch to Cost Fossil Industry $4 Trillion by 2020 http://t.co/mjdZwhxH says the IEA via @cleantechnica #
New study predicts #fracking fluids can migrate to aquifers within years. http://t.co/IGbcbvCb #
RT @ghoberg: The wisdom of messy, democratic assessments http://t.co/CBLyW4cr #cdnpoli #EA #
RT @dgardner: The AG reveals the government lied to Parliament and this is the Globe's editorial headline?. http://t.co/RjxKsgDo #cdnopli #
Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stay-at-home mom?? Bizarre quote in #yyj octopus eating seagull story http://t.co/sPersHU7 #
RT @propublica: How the S.E.C. keeps the ratings game rigged: http://t.co/IGdPyBnJ @eisingerj's latest column. #
The Jet That Ate the Pentagon – An American view of the #F35 fiasco from @FP_Magazine http://t.co/nA9HcQtk #cdnpoli #
Malcolm Gladwell piece on "football" and the ethics of watching it was posted before the suicide of yet another player http://t.co/EHstIUxO #
RT @Sierra_BC: Breaking news: Gitga’at Nation is reporting oil spill in the #GreatBearRainforest not far from proposed #Enbridge route #NGP #
Oh, so begging for a your mama comeback, but I'll refrain 🙂 RT @drgrist: Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong http://t.co/vb1NuWNB #
US shale causes rise in waste gas pollution #fracking http://t.co/PjMxTIW8 #
Changes to immigration policy are part of deliberate shift to lower wages: @ArmineYalnizyan http://t.co/20ruEm2r #cdnpoli via @milescorak #
When conservatives fight! Romney camp criticises British PM's Obama 'love-in' ahead of Olympic visit http://t.co/M19pzKXr #
Canada's stealth PM – All indirection, confusion and outfoxing the public: @acoyne http://t.co/wslywbdv #cdnpoli #
Why is the Cowichan Valley being used as a dumping ground for hazardous waste? http://t.co/QzGPhhY4 #bcpoli #
New poll: #NDP leads Conservatives #cpc by three http://t.co/kHua02vJ @308dotcom #cdnpoli #
Rob Ford wants @TorontoStar reporter out of city hall http://t.co/iFnnFppL #topoli #pathetic #
"@a_macleod_tyee BC is introducing a bill so provincial laws apply to commercial and industrial projects on first nations' reserves" #bcpoli #
RT @nathancullen: Oil spill in Grenville Channel threatens 40% of Gitga’at diet. http://t.co/XyUowodT. #oilsands Tankers on horizon. Risk? #
#F35 costs low-balled on purpose: Budget officer Kevin Page http://t.co/FPaczYZp #cdnpoli #
Oh man RT @tmpear: The average life expectancy of an #NFL lineman is 52. Fifty two. http://t.co/Qw88Oym6 #
Predictions about the impacts of climate change involve politics as much as physics http://t.co/ZJSa7jNO Nice one as usual by @drgrist #
Chuckle RT @marcleeccpa: I'm quoted in National Geographic on BC's carbon tax: http://t.co/Y9p6rMfE 'Cuz I'm a charismatic megafauna. #
Environmental toxicants causing ovarian disease across generations http://t.co/1RsMfWyT #epigenetics #pcos #
RT @deanbaker13: The latest on bashing of public sector workers — the cause of all our economic ills http://t.co/in7ktjNG #
RT @sethdklein: Sign Petition To BC Government: Extend the Minimum Wage to farmworkers: http://t.co/afwoQKJn #bcpoli #
Mark Jaccard: Why I'll be blocking BNSF coal trains on Saturday http://t.co/oGnnXbVO #bcpoli #
See a category missing in this Globe and Mail "poll" on employment? http://t.co/RVA8TzPk #callous #
'Unlawful' fees still charged by payday lender. Cash store and instaloans. Scum of the earth. http://t.co/yri9Q6t3 #bcpoli #
Obama Must Lead on Climate Change http://t.co/EMgWDoXF Don't think lay readers will appreciate what a huge step this is for the ES&T journal #
I feel I am in a world now where there isn't any place for sane analysis." Mark Jacard prepares to @stopcoalbc http://t.co/aS74TD04 #
Shocker, no Net Zero for #BCLibs cabinet staffers, 10% raises and more http://t.co/KiZlGD84 #bcpoli #notshockingatall #
RT @wicary: New EI rules could force unemployed into jobs they don’t want http://t.co/yNBiyWlI #cdnpoli #
Just FYI, Android ICS is available for your @Bell_Mobility Samsung Galaxy SII, update your Kies, connect your phone and click away. #
The @HeartlandInst is using the UnaBomber, Castro and others in billboard ads on #climate denial http://t.co/hV3TBFi5 #nuts #
Library and archives program cuts devastating. Little money saved, lots of information destroyed http://t.co/XOtFZEtq #cdnpoli #
TransCanada expected to reapply for #KeystoneXL pipeline permit as soon as Friday. http://t.co/LB8nmxhU #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @strategicthghts: May Forum Research poll sample included 501 women: 52% for #BCNDP 20% for #bclib now that's a gender gap LOL #bcpoli #
RT @cknw: SFU prof Mark Jaccard is willing to risk arrest this Saturday in the citizen action to stop coal trains. Now on @billgood980 #
The mystery of the ‘secret canadian bank bailout’ Great post by @sherwinarnott on the @ccpa and @stephenfgordon http://t.co/wvTpIXHL #
Silly man. RT @drgrist: First-ever manual labor! RT @samsteinhp: Romney says he will build #KeystoneXL even if he has to do it himself. #
RT @dougsaunders: France, searching for a way to deal with the DSK embarrassment, has made sex harassment legal. http://t.co/p8oPvusf #
RT @ottawacitizen: #Robocalls IP address same as used by Conservative worker: Elections Canada #cdnpoli http://t.co/mR4urja4 #elxnfraud #
RT @acoyne: Globe: Pierre Poutine’ launched robo-calls from computer used by Tory campaign http://t.co/sOflfvc2 #elxnfraud #cdnpoli #
Via @kady: @evansolomoncbc: Imagine Canada writes letter to P Kent asking him 2 name names or retract "laundering money" comments #cdnpoli #
Liking my samsung galaxy S2 ice cream sandwich update so far. Good job by @Bell_Mobility for being reasonably quick with the upgrade! #
RT @propublica: Two regulators wary of steam-injection drilling were fired in CA. Permits shot up: http://t.co/Qf1bshho #muckreads #
Bar Bouncers in England 'checking Facebook on phones' as identification http://t.co/6ufCk8RE This will end well (NOT) #
Orca pod!! On @bc_ferries to tsawassen #
Getting set up for the #TyeeMasterClass @thetyee with Sean Holman @publiceyeonline, part of fun weekend with @sherwinarnott #FTW #
Going later, looking forward to it. RT @alvinsingh: Romance Spot Prawn Style @ Spot Prawn Festival http://t.co/QDhENaeF #yvr #
🙂 RT @sherwinarnott: There are so many #smart folks in this room. #TyeeMasterClass @thetyee #
Coal dependent: US Pacific Northwest activists fight new export terminals http://t.co/knPmebyS Just like @stopcoalBC in BC #
The high cost of free parking: Exhibit A: Granville island #yvr #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07

Byoliveridley August 7, 2011

RT @benwest: Yikes! #Arctic #oil spill cleanup impossible one day in five: energy board report http://j.mp/mSb06G via @JoshVanBC #cdnpoli #
Amused by uproar around #NDP caretaker Nycole Tummel while we have Alberta separatists roaming the halls of power #cdnpoli #
Oops, make that Nycole Turmel, not Tummel, spelling #FAIL #
Wait, labour and management can negotiate for a mutually beneficial outcome? CUPE, Air Canada http://ow.ly/5TbAE #cdnpoli #unions #
US gas tax lowest in OECD. Will The US Federal Gas Tax Be Grover Norquist’s Next Hostage? @mattyglesias http://ow.ly/5TcQ1 #
RT @paulwillcocks: Canadian cure for the U.S. debt crisis, it's called taxation http://t.co/9DPCx7O + good points about #bcpoli tax shifts #
The National Post is still printing #climate denial 101, e.g this Lorne Gunter doozy h/t @andrew_leach http://ow.ly/5TfvZ #cdnpoli #
RT @drgrist: My post: civil disobedience is great, but it needs to be creative and surprising. #
Delaying this plant may kill it. RT @cbcedmonton: Green groups challenge Alberta over coal plant expansion #yeg #abpoli #
.@jonathanfowlie @inklessPW #BCliberals were missing at Victoria pride as well, the #bcndp had a booth, and @r_garrison was prominent. #yyj #
Looking for a finisher or handyperson in Victoria for a glass panel railing project. #yyj #
RT @victorianews: Marijuana's role in car crashes focus of UVic centre's massive study #yyj #
Avg. newsreader not qualified to answer this question. Should cities hand out clean crack pipes to drug users? – CBC http://ow.ly/5TBxQ #
I am assuming that the NDP is toast in #elxn42 in 2016 due to its caretaker leader? How about #elxn43 ? #cdnpoli #
RT @drgrist: Letter from Scientific Experts to Obama Re: Authorization of the #Keystone XL Pipeline #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @shaminis: RT @OntarioNDP: Greenpeace calls #ONDP conservation-first energy policy a model for other parties: http://t.co/3VCx8GT #ONPoli #
RT @rabbleca: What in tar-nation? a "National Energy Strategy" http://t.co/jIipgs8 #tarsands #alberta #climate #cdnpoli – From Gordon Laxer #
RT @wcelaw: Stop the Spray BC has a petition to halt #pesticide spraying in BC's forests – #bcpoli #toxins #
Nice article from @milesgrant on yet another scientist witch hunt in the US in aid of Arctic Drilling http://ow.ly/5Uvi4 #
RT @hughstimson: Public perception of science vs. reality, comic format: http://t.co/GN5BYnm Accurate, esp. the swearing. via @maggiekb1 #
RT @markfromslap: Struggle for GLBT equality is being exploited by oil to re-brand the #tarsands Weird! http://t.co/fWNJ9wK #canqueer #lgbt #
RT @BenWest: An alternative to waste #incinerators Extended Producer Responsibility @nstefenelli http://j.mp/ptmcCF #bcpoli #YVR #
Heavens, google voice to India is now 2c/minute. Wonder why #rogers charges me 35c/minute to call Vancouver. #
RT @marcleeccpa: Env't Cda: 85% of projected increase in Canada's GHG by 2020 come from oil and gas industry. Time for a moratorium. #
Holy crap: Cargill (US) recalls 36 million pounds of turkey tainted with antibiotic resistant salmonella http://ow.ly/5UExD Canada?? #
COPE with this! Vancouver voters leaning farther left, poll finds – The Globe and Mail http://ow.ly/5UKjh #yvr #
Really need to get some biking gloves, fingers about ready to fall off after 30 km, but it's a beautiful morning in #yyj #
RT @theonion: Obama turns 50 despite Republican opposition: http://t.co/C0OV8xB #
RT @academictitles: “Cheeses of Nazareth: A Bacteriological Evaluation of Israeli Lactose Intolerance” #
RT @sheril_: How Do Scientists Get Involved In Policy? http://t.co/T2VkVGS Traditional academic system discourages this, but it's vital. #
700 Environment Canada jobs on the chopping block, 11% of the workforce! – thestar.com http://ow.ly/5Vfyc #cdnpoli #
Chinese Official says carbon caps real possibility – Intensity targets already in place. http://ow.ly/5VfIQ #climate #
RT @cultivatedtable: RT @Laurie_David: Largest US meat recall in history and @nytimes puts it in small column page b3…? #cargill #
RT @kainagata: "The Day I Lost All Respect For The National," by Tim Knight, former producer of CBC's The National #
RT @carbonmeme @josh_nelson #Tarsands Pipeline Backers using Fake Twitter Accounts To Show Grassroots Support #cdnpoli #
RT @racialicious: Consciousness only accounts for 2% of racial bias; 98% are unconscious impulses based on societal framing. #
The enormous flap over acting NDP leader Nycole Turmel's past Bloc membership is baffling. http://ow.ly/5VmLb @timescolonist #cdnpoli #
RT @kellycryderman: Arctic melt: Historically unusual, recently commonplace opening of vast stretches of ice-free water. http://t.co/QYBteU2 #
Nice writing 🙂 RT @sherwinarnott: Some thoughts on "continued retreating denial" http://t.co/A7B8cjm @DeSmogBlog @drgrist #climatechange #
Do wish my friend and fearless warrior @triadonaldson a fracking dam sprawly coal free birthday today! #
108M burgers. All you ever needed to know about the #cargill MASSIVE turkey recall, from @tomphilpott http://ow.ly/5VrPo #
RT @lawsteph: new compulsory license in India for a cancer drug. Long process. especially for essential drugs #bigpharma http://t.co/vFAzaWL #
TSX too. RT @pourmecoffee: Dow down huge. This will hurt the handful of people who have not already spent their investment holdings. #
Every movie name I've ever typed into @netflix netflix.ca returns "is not available". I must be a weirdo. #
Three weeks, people! RT @cbcsmart: #bcpoli Elections BC says it hopes to release #HST results by Aug 25th. #
RT @masalacanada: Ship sinks off Mumbai, loaded with coal and fuel oil, spectre of massive environmental damage http://t.co/EO9xOYq #
Decline in US #unions responsible for 1/5-1/3 of rise in U.S. wage inequality: Peer Reviewed Study. http://ow.ly/5VwMO #p2 #
RT @academictitles: “‘The Day the Dhow Crashed’: A Genre Analysis of Maritime Diaries Recovered Off the Horn of Africa” #
The US #immigration policy leaves hispanic families isolated and broke – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/5VZTF #
As punishment for Shell's horrible practices in the Niger, the US is giving them Arctic drilling leases http://ow.ly/5W075 #
Um, Yeah! Potential jurors shouldn't be dismissed for being gay, court told – latimes.com http://ow.ly/5W10u #
Good stuff. Lifehacker Pack for Linux: Our List of the Best Linux Downloads – @Lifehacker http://t.co/6q5NQbs #
It's probably not a good idea to keep wasabi flavoured rice crisps at my desk, will eat it all in 10 minutes. #
Amusing to see all the "separatism" panic among Canada's twitterati when India faces this kind of thing everyday. http://j.mp/nXByv9 #
US private sector jobs growing better than in Bush 2001 recession, but massive govt job losses keeping unemployment high http://ow.ly/5WjJD #
RT @AJFaultLines: Our new episode on US #wealth #inequality and #debt is up in full: http://youtu.be/XdVODFombco AlJazeera #
RT @cshirky: Real names policies aren’t empowering; they’re an authoritarian assertion of power over vulnerable people #
RT @TheFWordMedia: New podcast! Resisting burnout in feminist activism http://t.co/yBmkQcn @rabbleca #feminism Vicki Reynolds #

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