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Bev Pausche, APR

@bevpr.bsky.social
3.4K followers 2.5K following 7.2K posts

Semi-retired PR. Curious. Blood #cancer survivor. #Covid-19 #N95 No unsolicited DMs Nova Scotia, Canada

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 19m
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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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 6h
Anna is doing some great work on an important issue.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 7h
All this and we need no more stories of men getting away with sexually assaulting women. We need more stories of men having the weight of justice slam down on them for assaulting women. #NOMORE
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 13h
We shouldn’t have to hold press conferences just so people can be treated with basic dignity. Ben is fully dependent and requires wraparound care. Yet he was denied AISH and told he should get a job.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.” tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
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The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West
The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“None of these are intended to be shared with a company that repeatedly steps on any available rake when it comes to privacy issues.”
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Researchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC News
New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
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mac64.bsky.social @mac64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ca.news.yahoo.com/poll-shows-n...
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New poll shows number of Canadians with negative views on AI increasing
A new poll shows the number of Canadians who have a negative view on artificial intelligence is increasing. Research Co. finds majority would like to see a slow down on the development of the technolo...
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mac64.bsky.social @mac64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Why federal guidelines for AI data centres are facing pushback
Ottawa’s new framework for guiding the development of artificial intelligence data centres is failing to win over critics.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
like the german nazis, american conservatives have oriented themselves around a "return" to america that never existed. a whites-only wonderland where women were happily subservient and there was widespread prosperity with zero crime and straight white men at the center of the universe.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it would be like watching a racist episode of leave it to beaver and then being so fucking dumb you thought it was a documentary.
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Skatingfool @michaelbruceschaub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
. Mr. Trump himself had once blacklisted Venezuelan gold, declaring that it destroyed the environment, poisoned people and financed gangsters and corrupt military officials. But after Mr. Trump toppled the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, his view changed. Now the gangs are his partners...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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debravogler.bsky.social @debravogler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What Hegseth Is Hiding www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
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Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/w...
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Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”?
Narcissism: Marked by grandiosity, pride, arrogance, and a constant need for attention and admiration. Psychopathy: Characterized by high impulsivity,
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LeftRightUSA @leftrightusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Mr. Trump has been withholding a $14 billion sale of weapons to Taiwan, even though the U.S. government has been required by law since 1979 to send arms of a defensive nature to the island." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
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Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing (Gift Article)
The package worth billions of dollars and endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. and China plan an April summit.
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Jonathan Cohen @jonups.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Egypt Warned Netanyahu of Impending Attack on Israel Before Oct. 7
The alert adds to claims that the Israeli leader ignored signs of Hamas’s battle plans, giving his election opponents fuel.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most American policymakers and legislators of both parties to be…the only real challenger to America as a superpower.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Indybhoffman @indybhoffman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The FEC and congressional oversight rules prohibit public funds from being spent on "partisan self-aggrandizement or election campaign messaging". WHY IN THE AF DOES HE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS SHIT!?
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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We had the most gorgeous weather! No rain. On the west coast! Just stunning 🍃🌺🍃
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These are atrocities that US citizens would condemn harder if they understood that they have the same value as everyone else in the world. It is state sanctioned murder.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am rarely affected by discourse on social media, but the current wave of posts asserting that Long Covid is psychosomatic has angered me. To be very clear: if you're asserting that LC isn't a physical disease, you're ignorant of science. End of.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/ovary-... Intriguing findings.
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The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why
A growing body of research is putting the ovary in a new light, not as an egg factory with an expiration date, but as an organ that shapes women’s health long after the fertile years have passed.
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Marzipandancer @marzipandancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FAFO wapo.st/4da9OTD
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She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her.
Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes,” but a vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“…more than 90 percent of rare diseases have no approved treatments, and pharmaceutical giants don’t commit many resources to try to find them. There isn’t typically much money to be made developing a new drug for a small number of patients…”
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RecoveringXtian @recoveringxtian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Art of the Steal" "A series of editorials exploring how Donald Trump has been lining his pockets — and mixing personal profits with public policy — since he returned to the White House." Gift link: share.inquirer.com/S48yp6
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The Art of the Steal: How Donald Trump has been lining his pockets | Editorial series
A series of editorials exploring how Donald Trump has been lining his pockets since he returned to the White House.
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joethompson.bsky.social @joethompson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b... "indefinite suspension may be untenable"....no - what is untenable is the fact that the slippery slope is slipping and the much vaunted unity of the press erodes.... let the fuckhead shred the goddamn constitution in front of our fucking faces? this is not ok.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a gift article. A lot of replies on the paywalled version (from kids espousing estrangement) do not allow reposts, replies or quote posts. Seems they have their minds made up and are going no contact with Bluesky as well. www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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Why Are So Many Adults Cutting Off Their Parents?
Many experts believe that estrangements are becoming an epidemic, driven by shifting family norms and changing therapy practices.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026
First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd party
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New poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apart
According to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 26/09/2026
Concerns over privacy have led to calls to ban smartglasses in public spaces in Canada. According to the CBC, these products are being used against women, with reports of attempts to extort money from victims to remove humiliating videos from social media platforms.
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Privacy concerns prompt calls to ban smartglasses in Canada
Concerns over privacy have led to calls to ban smartglasses in Canada to prevent covertly recorded videos from being shared on social media.
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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Six hours. A permanent resident. Horrifying. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained at border crossing, questioned for hours about voting | CBC News
Paige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing and questioned about voting for hours. Lawyers are r...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There is no upside to this, these data centres are noisy, they increase the temperature in the atmosphere around the centre, they kill off agriculture, they use too much water and electricity, once built very few jobs in the centres, no economic benefit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Some local leaders see opportunity in proposal for Nova Scotia's first data centre | CBC News
EverWind Fuels has confirmed plans to build a data centre near its Cape Breton facility in Point Tupper, N.S. While municipal leaders see potential economic opportunities, environmental advocates are ...
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Evidence keeps mounting that the Trump regime is attempting to break up Canada by whatever means possible short of military action. It is one thing to impose illegal tariffs, it is another thing entirely to try and split Canada up by striking secret deals with individual provinces.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
True. “There was an approach in the spring to attempt to have an agreement with us, Quebec,” Ms. Fréchette told reporters Friday." - Globe & Mail It appears the US has been attempting to break up Canada with separate trade deals. Makes me wonder if secret deal(s) have been discussed with Alberta.
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think one reason, and a grim one, that energy-limiting diseases get so little attention (aside from Covid denialism) is that it’s hard to capitalize on those of us with them. We are mostly very poor because our working ability is limited, we have little buying power and thus,little lobbying power.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... Error leads to backlog of voter registration applications in Texas. Incomplete voter registration applications that were missing some information were not sent on to election officials, potentially leaving Texans unregistered or with out-of-date voter files.
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Error leads to backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in Texas
County election officials are rushing to deal with the pile of delayed records before early voting begins in the state next month.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good fact check. Yes, the Carney government is attacking the right to strike. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cbc.ca
Fact check: Is Carney changing the right to strike?
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government’s proposed set of changes to the Labour Code “absolutely reinforces the right to strike.” Here are the facts.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 25/09/2026
Who’s actually behind the push for an Alberta separation referendum? Between political operatives, leaked voter registries, and international players, the battle lines are expanding fast. Here’s our breakdown of who’s who: thewalrus.ca/alberta-referendum-who…
On the left: side-by-side photos of Alberta premier Danielle Smith and Republican Party of Alberta leader Cameron Davies with a monochrome blue filter. On the right: text that reads “Alberta referendum who’s who: The major players and how they’re connected. Keeping track of those angling for separation—and the groups pushing back.”
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