...reminded again that every geospatial job in Australia is an ESRI job - especially in government.
Never "hey we need mad skills", always "ESRI".
*sigh*
#CorporateCapture
“This volume of #essays, edited by Bruce Campbell, is frankly a truly depressing read. It examines how a swath of sectors in #Canada is subject to varying degrees of #corporatecapture.” #books #BookSky #CanadaSky open.substack.com/pub/orbitpol...
July-December Book Reading Rou...
Seems the #mining industry has captured the Carney Cons. This so-called loan will never be repaid, will do nothing in the longer term of the #NWT, and will leave Northerners with yet another huge liability when this #Australian miner takes the money and runs. https://cabinradio.ca/272994/news/economy/federal-ekati-loan-brings-relief-skepticism/
A reflective piece about a #justTransition away from #fossilfuels that is largely hampered by the lack of imagination and courage. https://www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-from-a-five-year-effort-to-shift-canada-into-climate-emergency-mode/
So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support.
"Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy
This is what happens when a Goldman Sachs CEO-type PM takes over #Canada's federal government. https://theijf.org/article/ottawa-planning-to-make-access-to-information-even-more-restrictive-internal-document and this https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/news/federal-business-leaders-embedded-government
@AlisonCreekside Truly in the category of ``I love my country but fear my government.`
"Dabrusin said she remains committed to #Canada’s 2030 #climate targets." She may but her govt and PM aren't. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/news/environment-minister-pipeline-climate
"Prime Minister #MarkCarney and Premier #DanielleSmith have signed an agreement to advance #Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken at least seven #climate policies." https://thenarwhal.ca/carney-alberta-pipeline-grand-bargain/
#cdnpoli #abpoli #BigOil #CorporateCapture #ClimateCriminals
The parties who've repeatedly failed Australia in very serious ways (see below for some examples) think it's best to limit membership to themselves?
What a surprise. #RoboDebt #AbuseOfRefugees #AgedCareCrisis #HousingCrisis #DemonisationIfTheUnemployed #AUKUS #RecognitionOfTheKhymerRouge #CorruptionOfTheAustralianPublicService #CorporateCapture #OnlineGambling #ClimateChange #GazaGenocide
🕵️🤝 #CorporateCapture at its highest: During their intervention in the #CarbonMarket negotiations - Indonesia copied #FossilFuels lobbyists’ talking points, sometimes verbatim & presented them as its own. A 🧵 on a very deserved #FossilOfTheDay. READ: climatenetwork.org/resource/fos...
Another COP, same playbook: #FossilFuel lobbyists are welcomed with a red carpet while communities suffering from the crisis are only heard after demanding their rights & challenging barriers to their participation. ⚠️ This is #CorporateCapture, not climate governance ⚠️
Africa: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil, With Largest Ever Attendance Share: [Global Witness] With one in every 25 COP30 attendees a fossil fuel lobbyist, massive industry presence intensifies calls to protect climate negotiations from corporate capture http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPG1mT #ClimateAction #COP30 #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #CorporateCapture
#Canada does not need another pipeline. Canada does not need ongoing failure to reduce #emissions. Canada cannot continue to be a #climateCriminal. https://thenarwhal.ca/video-pipelines-canada/
@rabbleca “When you’re looking at the world today and thinking about how to best protect people, it’s by acting on #climatechange rather than buying more guns ...Guns aren’t going to stop the #wildfires or the floods washing away communities.” Exactly!
These junior #fossilfuel companies are #DanielleSmith's back room boys AND she pays their bills. https://thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-alberta-unpaid-bills/
The banker isn't a #climate action champion or an #environmentalist in spite of what he says in his 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All. https://thenarwhal.ca/carney-budget-environment-cuts/
#cdnpoli #NeverTrustaLiberal #NeverVoteConservative #CorporateCapture
"#Carboncapture and storage is an expensive and ineffective technology that risks locking #Canadians into higher costs, stranded assets, and continued dependence on #fossilfuels. Meanwhile, the world is accelerating towards clean #energy and electrification."https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/03/49-groups-urge-pm-mark-carney-to-reject-public-funding-for-pathways-ccs-project/
#cdnpoli #NoMoreFossilFuelsSubsidies #BigOil #CorporateCapture #ClimateEmergency
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