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Seven years ago, I called #LeonardCohen's *Everybody Knows* "the perfect anthem for our times."
> Everybody knows the fight was fixed
> The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
> That’s how it goes
> Everybody knows
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> Everybody knows the fight was fixed
> The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
> That’s how it goes
> Everybody knows
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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That was just after Cohen died, and while the world seems to want to settle on *Hallelujah* as his totemic song, *Everybody Knows* keeps inserting itself into the discourse, in the most toxic, hope-draining way possible. 3/
It's been more than a decade since I began thrilling to @beatonna's spectacular, hilarious snark-history webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," pioneering work that mixed deceptively simple lines, superb facial expressions, and devastating historical humor:
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Beaton developed Hark! into a more explicit political allegory, managing the near-impossible trick of being trenchant and topical while still being explosively funny. 2/
Her second Hark! collection, *Step Aside, Pops*, remains essential reading, if only for her brilliant #StrawFeminists:
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Having travellers quarantine would basically shut down fly-in-fly-out workers at oil camps like those owned by CNRL, which have been hubs of covid spread.
Oil and Gas doesn’t love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Oil and Gas doesn’t love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
I wonder how the current #CNRL outbreak compares to earlier outbreaks at #Cargill and ther meat processing plants?👇
#CNRL received $192,648,603.55 from the federal government in CEWS benefits in 2020, but would not keep their workers safe.
Where did all that money go?
#BoycottUCPdonors #ableg #abpoli
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Where did all that money go?
#BoycottUCPdonors #ableg #abpoli
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BREAKING: On Wednesday evening in #Pinole, #BayArea community members will pack the room at a @USACESPN hearing to speak against the Army Corps proposal to dredge #SanFrancisco Bay and Carquinez Strait. #tarsandsfreesfbay #protectthebay #sfbay Read more 👇 stand.earth/latest/people-…
@USACESPN Opponents call the Army Corps proposal to dredge #SanFrancisco Bay and Carquinez Strait a move by #BigOil and @realDonaldTrump to expand the #fossilfuel industry in #California to increase imports of Canadian #tarsands #crudeoil and exports of US #coal.
@USACESPN @realDonaldTrump 18K people signed a petition to stop the Army Corps from doing the bidding of #BigOil by dredging #SanFrancisco Bay and Carquinez Strait. Petition calls on local leaders @RepDeSaulnier @JohnGaramendi
@JohnGaramendi @RepThompson @SenFeinstein @KamalaHarris to oppose the project.
@JohnGaramendi @RepThompson @SenFeinstein @KamalaHarris to oppose the project.
BREAKING: Two #fossilfuel storage tanks have exploded at #NuStar, a tank farm next to the #Phillips66 refinery near #Crockett & #Rodeo in the #BayArea. No reported casualties, according to @KTVU. The explosion likely caused an adjacent brush fire. ktvu.com/news/fire-at-c…
@KTVU Our thoughts are with #firstresponders and community members in the #EastBay as a shelter in place has been ordered. Stay safe and don't go outdoors until the order is lifted. Check the latest on the @CCCounty Community Warning System here: cwsalerts.com
@KTVU @CCCounty A situation like today's #NuStar tank farm explosion in #EastBay is exactly why we must put a stop to the expansion of #fossilfuel infrastructure in the #BayArea and around the world. Learn more about the movement to #ProtectTheBay: protectthebay.org
BREAKING: California coalition launches to protect San Francisco Bay from tar sands, oil tankers stand.earth/latest/people-… #cdnpoli #bcpoli #transmountainpipeline
#BayArea residents aim to educate local community about health, climate, spill risks from #tarsands expansion proposal at #Phillips66 #SanFrancisco Refinery. Learn more & sign the petition showing growing opposition to the project: protectthebay.org/take-action. #TarSandsFreeSFBay
If #Phillips66 #SanFrancisco refinery expansion move ahead, 2x as many #crudeoil tankers could travel to #BayArea, some carrying Canada #tarsands. Read more in @thenarwhalca: Why Californians are worried about the #TransMountainPipeline thenarwhal.ca/why-california… #TarSandsFreeSFBay
HAPPENING NOW: Local residents in the SF Bay Area are holding a regional town hall to address Phillips 66's plan to expand tar sands refining at their Rodeo plant.
Watch here: facebook.com/standearth/vid…
#TarSands #TarSandsFreeBay #KeepItInTheGround
Watch here: facebook.com/standearth/vid…
#TarSands #TarSandsFreeBay #KeepItInTheGround
Jan Kirsch M.D., M.P.H and member of @350BayArea is laying out some of the health concerns around tar sands, including birth defects, cancers, and mental impairment.
Watch now: facebook.com/standearth/vid…
Watch now: facebook.com/standearth/vid…
@350BayArea Greg Karas senior scientist for @CBECal in Richmond:
"The refinery’s latest plan to expand dilbit imports, cracking of that bitumen, and recovery of those diluent oils threatens to lock in a worst-case future for our climate, air, health, safety, and Bay."
"The refinery’s latest plan to expand dilbit imports, cracking of that bitumen, and recovery of those diluent oils threatens to lock in a worst-case future for our climate, air, health, safety, and Bay."
