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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h

Did we need another reminder that “first past the post” elections generally suck?

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Some thoughts I shared while in the UK, where Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has acknowledged that anti-genocide protestors "were right" but activists are still serving long prison terms for stepping in where their government failed. @astra.bsky.social

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.

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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey Canadians still using Twitter but not buying U.S. booze or fruit because you're patriotic. Maybe have a rethink on the Twitter part.

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 07/10/2026

In his latest cartoon, Theo Moudakis imagines what it’s like when Alberta separatists get together with Americans pushing their cause 🦃

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 08/10/2026

I hate living in a time where empathy is seen as a vice. Empathy is literally the most important virtue there is. Nothing else comes close.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fact that Geoff Meggs just told Gloria Macarenko on CBC that Emily Lowan of the BC Greens appeals to “upper class environmentalists” is a big indication of how worried the NDP are about the Greens. Nothing more. Lowan taking on billionaires doesn't seduce the fancy, Geoff. #bcpoli

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rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 05/10/2026

‼️Carney’s Bill C-39 is an employer’s dream and a worker’s nightmare #canpoli #canlab buff.ly/rEnwHsf

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Carney’s Bill C-39 is an employer’s dream and a worker’s nightmare

Why unions are good and necessary.

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Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Basically, the left needs to stop acting like they can meet fascists in the centre, and actually do leftist policy.

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Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's a really common belief that humans are just inherently bad, and I get the argument, but then you look at all of the major problems we have right now and they're far and away caused by like 10 guys who were just born into positions that allowed them to weaponize capitalism in extreme ways.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

brings me no joy to say that Fukuyama nailed it

But supposing that the world has become "filled up," so to speak, with liberal democracies, such that there exist no tyranny and oppression worthy of the name against which to struggle?
Experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause because that just cause was victorious in an earlier gen-eration, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain boredom: for they cannot imagine living in a world without struggle. And if the greater part of the world in which they live is characterized by peaceful and prosperous liberal democracy, then they will struggle against that peace and pros-perity, and against democracy.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 03/10/2026

So “slop” is the negative externalities imposed on consumers by the imposition of synthetic communications by profit-seeking entities.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 03/10/2026

At a panel on AI slop and got this email. This is the cost, making hundreds of thousands of people a day try to decide if they are talking to a real person or not.

Hi Damon,
I know you are likely not actively job searching, so l will keep this brief.
Your progression from digital newsroom leadership into product management, particularly building McClatchy's product organization and establishing its first Product Design and UX Research teams, stood out for a very specific reason.
1 am a Sr Executive Search Consultant working with leading organizations across media and technology, and I am currently conducting a search for a Director of Product at the New York Post.

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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We have to call this what it is, foreign election interference. That matters because it’s a crime.

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 03/10/2026

This is a five alarm fire

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Moon Blight 🫀 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"The social and psychological benefits of work" are freely available to anyone without having an employer. UBI just gives people a choice about what to work on.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 03/10/2026

UBI is a floor. It's a dividend. It's not about replacing jobs. It's about making sure everyone has a non-zero floor to stand on and never fall beneath, and it makes sure that everyone benefits from productivity growth. And it is about enabling everyone to *choose* what they work on, paid or not.

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Make Alberta America again? The fantastic Globe crew unearths even deeper ties between Alberta separatists and Republican officials, including a pledge to give the U.S. some of our resources in exchange for backing sovereignty www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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The elephant in the room

Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A year earlier, Pope Leo XIV put the contradiction plainly: “someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion,’ but says, ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty,’ is not really pro-life.”

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 02/10/2026

I’ve lived on the Sunshine Coast on and off for the past 20 years, embedded in a caring, close-knit community. This news is a huge relief for the 400 workers at Howe Sound Pulp and the local economy. Congrats to @unifor.org Local 1119 and all involved in saving these good union jobs at the mill!

Screenshot of an article headline from CTV News: ‘Immense relief for our community’: B.C. pulp mill saved from indefinite closure.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Has anyone checked in on the pundits who said none of this would ever happen because Carney didn't really want a pipeline and he knew that no private investor would pay for it or he assumed that Indigenous communities would block it?

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026

Butterbutt. An older comic.

A four-panel comic titled "yellow-rumped warbler poem". In panel 1, a yellow-rumped warbler stands on a branch in a late autumn scene, and says "Fall is here." In panel 2, the warbler watches a brown leaf fall to the ground, and says "Winter's near." In panel 3, the warbler faces the viewer as brown leaves fall, and says "Need some cheer?" In panel 4, the warbler is showing its luminous yellow rump, and cheerfully says "See my rear."

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Can we please stop posting X screenshots like they're some sort of gotchas? It's a cess pool and we know it and I don't want that in my TL, thanks!

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here’s AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak last week saying the major projects office — which Carney touted as doing sufficient consultation ahead of naming this oil pipeline in the “national interest” — “don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to First Nations.” TRC day was yesterday.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.

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California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Finally, some good news

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ellen teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @ellenteapot.ca · 01/10/2026

Well, that’s fine in a big city like Saskatoon, but I don’t know about a sleepy village like Burnaby Heights

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're in a post-human economy baby!

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 01/10/2026

Cost of living negatively affecting mental health of many Canadians, Emma Convey reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MentalHealthCA

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As @jameswsthomson.com noted already, the sheer audacity of Carney to begin his oil pipeline announcement by mentioning a wildfire that almost levelled the town. WHAT IS EXACERBATING THE WILDFIRES MARK???? MARK???

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unclear from the article whether this rack inside or outside the apartment complex. Either way, who locks at $10,000 bike to rack and walks away for two weeks?

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's scary that capitalism has gone past mining humans desires for profit. Capitalism, which is a parasite, has realized that we're not efficient enough to sustain it. It's terrifying that our main driving economic system has left us behind. AI and austerity have made this possible.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the past week, I've heard a lot of people say "provincial and municipal elections happening at the same time is confusing, especially since I don't fully understand what a city is in control of." So, I did a four minute explainer piece to try and help www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlh...

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What municipalities can and can’t do in B.C.

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

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Jay Cockburn @jaycockburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh they might say sorry, but I don't think Trump understands just how much seething passive aggression a Canadian can load that word with.

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I find myself in the position where I need to become a morning person to become productive. I'm of the night owl archetype but I'm at the age where I'm a sleepy kitty at night. So I feel like a 5 am start will improve my life. Ugh. Any tips!

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Would love to watch an Inglorious Basterds style movie where they hunt down the men in the group chat. Except maybe it's directed by Emerald Fennell or Julia Ducournau.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not a good look at all

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 30/09/2026

The ultrawealthy aren’t just pulling away from average Americans. Buoyed by a stock-market boom that's added trillions of dollars to their net worth, the extremely rich are even pulling away from other rich Americans.

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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider

The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 29/09/2026

To be permitted and built just in time for the world to electrify, killing the business case for LNG growth. This is like investing in Blockbuster in 2004, when the company was at it's peak, and Netflix was new on the scene.

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