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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 23h

Not anywhere. There is not one place in this country where toxic drugs and open drug use is not a problem.

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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New: Here’s what went down behind the scenes 2 years ago when Vancouver Police changed their press release to make it look like my reporting in @thetyee.ca was false, and then launched an attack on X. Thanks to @policeoversight.ca for asking me to write about this bizarre series of events!

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 06/10/2026

You would think that in a province where a kid shot and killed people at school because an AI chatbot encouraged them that a policy stopping AI in schools would be big news. But apparently not #bcpoli

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's a very strange thing. And to challenge her point, when was Toronto never like what it is today? And where is open drug use not happening? Is there a magical city which she can point to that has solved the toxic drug crisis?

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know nothing about law. Is this legal?

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm so keen to watch this film.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

and there was no real avenue for DULF to get approved to operate legally through s. 56 of the CDSA. she finds s. 7 of the charter was violated and that declaring s. 5(2) of the CDSA is unconstitutional.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's not about access. It's about your audience. Politicians need your audience or they wouldn't do your show. I have had comms people tell us that our show is too insignificant to do, so they are taking a pass. (celebs work the same way). So access is fickle. Don't make that the basis of your job.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whenever you have a politician on your show, ask the question that puts them on the back foot -- ask the question that they know is coming but will still hurt when you ask.

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Vancouver tomorrow to highlight "an historic investment in Canada's energy industries" 👀

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.

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The media has the AI threat all wrong

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just to catch up on AI: People using AI can: --create child porn -- learn how to create efficient killing scenarios -- make deep fake versions of real people -- hack into health systems -- seek therapy advice from chat agent that scrapes responses from reddit

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isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SOGI is friggin high stakes for me. 1) I want my trans grandchildren, and all children, to be protected from bigotry 2) it's a slippery slope for all queer kids 3) it's a slippery slope for EVERYONE. First they came for the trans kids ...

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I dunno if the BC Conservatives and One BC will come together at all to form a conservative block, but they do agree with scrapping SOGI 123, which is probably low stakes for voters at this point.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think the issue is that we are replying to Will at different times and that impacts how we saw what he wrote. He added much later, but the post I was responding to implied violence. I delete my original reply as it muddies up how I now see what he was saying.

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Brandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com · 23/09/2026

I just want to thank @electionsbc.bsky.social for what is no doubt going to be a bonkers time

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Time to admit they sucked, Mike. They really sucked this year.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not that hard that I read better than you.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Once KLF was gone, the need for an alternative was gone. The real story is that conservative party members have basically been told their vote for party leader doesn't matter at all.

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Breaking: British Columbia Premier David Eby calls snap provincial election for October 24

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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The solution is to defeat him and end his rule, with force" I can misread things, but yeah, this seems plainly written.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last weekend, conservatism was dead in BC. Today, progressive politics is on the ropes! Tomorrow, an election shall be called.

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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My plan was to tally how many "crisis pregnancy centres" had lost charity status or beefed up disclosure of their anti-abortion stances since tighter restrictions were announced in 2024. Instead I discovered the Liberals had quietly abandoned this promise. theijf.org/article/otta...

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Ottawa promised to crack down on anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centres.’ Carney’s Liberals have abandoned that goal

Abortion rights activist who lobbied for changes says surprise news is ‘such a shame’

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am back on Blue Sky after taking a break. Here is what I learned:

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I really believe in the power of information. And that information can enlighten us all. But information can be twisted and bent to make things seem far worse (or better) than it actually is.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Doom scrolling on my phone doesn't help my recovery. And it actively hurts my brain which does not compute information the way it once did.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I had a stroke in October, one of those mini-strokes doctors like say. Well, it left me partially blind in one eye. And recovery has been uneven and at times difficult.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Life needs boundaries. I can't continue on with the bombardment.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I understand the power of social media to connect people and to connect ideas. I do think there is value in it. But to me, it's outweighed by the constant extreme takes on here in order to draw engagement.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am exhausted by social media, even places where I thought it would be better (and it has been better here). I spend too much time here and I feel like I am ignoring the real world.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Been thinking a lot about leaving Blue Sky. I am drawing attention to myself, but to be clear it is not my poor engagement metrics that makes me want to leave (tho it doesn't help me want to stay either).

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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our newest reporter, Sav Jonsa, explored how the problems with overcrowding, unsafe drinking water and inadequate sewage systems that drove Hep A epidemics in residential schools continue to cause outbreaks in First Nations today.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just read. Read this. Also a book. By Abdulrazak Gurnah. Also, some men have also never read. We used to call them idiots. Pass that along.

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yesterday I went on a tour of Senakw! Here are some units and a thread with some info.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Are we prepared for the repercussions if we escalate? Nations have gone to war for far less than one's natural resources.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just being angry about things does not seem like a long term strategy.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am left wondering what fighting back looks like. Because I wonder about strategy when dealing with a country that is much bigger and more economically flexible than you are.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm interested in this conversation. What does fighting back look like to you?

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I will never accept the small mics. THEY LOOK DUMB. Don't care why they are there. They look really bad.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

While this is true, it is makes it unsafe for pedestrians. Bike lanes do mostly make that safer, but for some weird reason, a segment of the population views bike lanes as a personal offence.

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