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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The Claude Delusion; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/s... #Pluralistic

$Two cross-sectioned anatomical drawings of men's heads revealing their brains, which have been filled with marching robots from old pulp magazines. Their stare at one another with raw, exposed anatomical drawing eyeballs, which radiate a halo of spiky lines. The background is a psychedelic, fractal-shot colored cloudscape.$

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Watch this video. A brief history of the Guillotine, by Jacob Witzling. It's interesting how similar our time line is to what was happening in France during their Revolution. How close we are on turning our hatred towards the rich. How close we are to, history repeating!

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Captain Canada lays it all out. Premier Wab Kinew: "Release the Epstein files. Donald Trump is Jeffrey Epstein's best friend. The reason they are at war with Iran is because of the Epstein files." youtube.com/shorts/tskfL...

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‘Release the Epstein files. Donald Trump is Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend’: Wab Kinew

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Get Lost. Delete Google Maps. 🇨🇦

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Another spoiler from an upcoming report. Young workers used to move *towards* economic opportunities. But with the housing crisis, they're moving *away* from them, towards less dynamic job markets in search of a home they can afford.

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404 Media @404media.co · 26/08/2026

NEW: In leaked audio 404 Media obtained, Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.

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Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case

Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

That's right: in 2012, Canada passed a law that lets *American* companies use *Canada's* courts to destroy *Canadian* companies that help *Canadian* technology users get more out of *their own property*. 47/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege": pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 1/

A Canadian flag, its elements replaced with circuit boards. In the foreground, a bent-double, exhausted Uncle Sam trudges over rocky terrain, shlepping a giant sack on his back. Centered in the maple leaf is the word SORRY.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 11/08/2026

Should we be following in the footsteps of Vienna, Austria's social housing projects? 🌳🏘 This socialism blasphemy 😉 has made them the world's most livable city, with renters paying a third of what people pay to live in London, Paris, or Dublin!

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Matt Lichtenstadter @mattsmusings1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And since the CONCACAF U-20 semis are being played at Azteca, the loser chant is still there and now being directed at children. Great work everyone!

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 31/07/2026

two days after Vancouver city council voted down their own Villages Plan, west side residents who opposed the plan en masse are complaining that Dunbar (!!) doesn’t have any wine bars, boutiques or gyms — the kind of amenities that require neighbourhood density to support

Hi fellow neighbours. Have you ever wondered why Dunbar has been so slow to develop decent shops and restaurants? Dunbar & King Ed; Dunbar & W 16th; Dunbar & W 41st - all pretty well trafficed intersections yet theres no decent pub, restaurant or wine bar. No boutique shops or decent shopping. There's also no decent gym besides the community centres which are fine but not if you like specialized equipment.
What gives? I've been in Dunbar for over 10 years & more recently moved to Southlands. Before that was in Kits. Kits is vibrant but a different crowd.
Would love to see some better business development in Dunbar / Southlands & area.
Closest thing is Kerrisdale - concentrated to a few blocks, still only one decent wine bar - not much selection.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Waterparks Tears Down Warped Tour with Unreleased Anti-ICE Anthem

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Vancouver Villages plan was defeated. This is a huge blow to housing policy in the city. This was the easiest part of the Vancouver Plan to implement; Ken Sim directed staff to prioritize it. If we can't pass this, what's the point of any of it? All housing policy work here is in limbo.

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Villages Plan is not that controversial & Council should approve all 17 villages. There was not that much opposition considering most complaints were poorly founded & the result of NIMBY fear-mongering. For comparison, consider 1805 Larch, ONE 5-storey apartment building.

Apartment at 2nd and Larch, 1805 Larch Street

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Vancouver's Villages Plan is a real, meaningful step in the right direction: legalizing small low, low-rise apartments on off-arterial streets. "It's not fair that some neighbourhoods have to shoulder all the regional growth, while some get to live in Never Neverland." youtu.be/MJk0dxF01Wg?...

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Why Vancouver Needs the Villages Plan | Peter Waldkirch at City Council

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Heading home? Time to filibuster

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Here's our 44 minute debate this morning between Stephanie Allen, Pete Fry and William Azaroff as they compete to (maybe, probably) be the sole progressive Vancouver mayoral candidate this October. Glad to do this public service journalism! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhK6...

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3 Vancouver mayoral candidates debate why they should be voted in

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Schwantz 👊🔥🇨🇦 @schwantz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Time for Canada to tariff all US digital services and products.

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cubarsi, young player winner. Rodri, golden ball winner. Oh look, de Fourgerolles top 5 in WC defending. #WorldCup #CMNT #Fulham

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

BC Conservatives have hired longtime propagandist/disinformationist as their new comms director. #CosminDzsurdzsa literally worked for Kremlin propaganda outlets in addition to white nationalist promoting outlets & dark money #CdnDusinfo outlets like #RebelNews #TrueNorthCentre aka #Juno. #BCpoli

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What the heck do "villages" have to do with Vancouver housing policy?! We're a CITY aren't we?!! Turns out it's the largest Vancouver land use plan of this council's term! 4-6 floor apartments off arterial roads! 🎉 Mixed use commercial streets! 🏪 Let's see how the public hearing goes!

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ruofan: "The truth is, no amount of gentle density will ever be gentle enough to appease those who do not want things to ever change, and by prioritizing those voices for decade, council after council have robbed young people of the opportunity to stay in this great city." PERFECTLY SAID

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Why Finland Has ZERO School Dropouts 🧪 Sir Ken Robinson www.youtube.com/shorts/QGXKl... Sir Ken Robinson explains why Finland has no school dropout problem - and why the same solution doesn't exist in most American schools.

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Why Finland Has ZERO School Dropouts | Sir Ken Robinson

YouTube video by Sir Ken Robinson

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Where is everyone getting their daily #Canucks fix? Walking the dog this morning without HalBro was a real bummer. I know it’s just sports talk, but it feels like a loss of community

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Many people are saying this is the greatest presidential veto in history #USMNT

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Why do Moroccan fans doing the Nordic clap every game? 🤷 #canmor

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

GenAI is a tech bubble of hype and absurdity. It runs on nothing but vibes and dollar signs in billionaire's eyes. But that's why we must resist it. We broke NFTs, we broke the Metaverse, we can break this nonsense too.

The reason RAM prices went up 4x is that a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn't really exist to put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in data centers that haven't been built, powered by infrastructure that may never exist, to satisfy demand that isn't actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

There needs to be a full international investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault by Israeli forces against the 428 kidnapped aid volunteers. Israel's war crimes are mounting and there needs to be action from the world community. www.youtube.com/shorts/CWWHc...

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TIME TO CALL OUT ISRAEL'S WAR CRIMES

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

ICON Hayley Williams says fuck ICE & fuck Mr. Wonderful (Kevin O'Leary) during concert.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Danielle Smith Is Holding A Referendum Whether You Whiny Losers Like It Or Not youtu.be/N_q4WLMdUQQ

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Danielle Smith Is Holding A Referendum Whether You Whiny Losers Like It Or Not

YouTube video by Clare Blackwood

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Spike Lew @blewnote.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Arsenal win the league!! Celebrating in Vancouver with my dog and Henry crisps!

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Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

There’s bottle… And there’s bottle. Vamos ❤️

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I wanted to take a moment to say a few things as directly as I could. Wanting to legalize apartments in the West Side of Vancouver isn't radical. A status quo built on exclusion is. If we want to move the needle at all, we'll need councillors committed to big ideas and real change.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

8 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... "Multiple large observational studies have found that routine adult vaccines are associated with a reduced risk of dementia, with some showing risk reductions of 25% to 40%." #VaccinesWork!

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Eight vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia

A growing body of research is beginning to reveal the impact that regular routine vaccines could be having on the likelihood of conditions like dementia. Here are the jabs with the strongest evidence ...

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

David Cochrane: "I never stop to be shocked at how shocked the Americans are at the logical consequences of their actions, 'Can you believe they're not selling our booze after we disrupted all of their core industries?'"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/04/2026

I joined the Times Tech Report to talk about the Hater's Guide To OpenAI, Sam Altman's long history of lies and con artistry, the larger OpenAI con, and the disingenuous PR campaign behind Anthropic's Claude Mythos. youtu.be/RojN74P1lDI?...

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‘Sam Altman is an historic con artist’ | Ed Zitron

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Adam Scott Glancy @adamscottglancy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Once again, Snake Plisken is on point.

Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken dropping the line "Get a new president."

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Jayan Kandathil @jayankandathil.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The CBC's Ian Hanomansing interviews Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net on his concept of 'enshittification' www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVU...

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The ‘enshittification’ of the internet, explained

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

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kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thankfully this electrifying moment doesn’t just have to live in my heart—which it will, forever—because thanks to @solace.bsky.social it will also be available for a jolt of fiery solidarity when we need it again. youtu.be/LLMKAxFtjB8

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Tom Morello - Intro + Killing In The Name Of

YouTube video by Kyle Matteson

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 08/12/2025

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

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The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications

The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 22/11/2025

A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Canada, please be aware that Turning Point USA tied entities or groups in your country are in fact foreign agents attempting to subvert your democracy and harm your national security.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

More on the 'drill and dash' strategy of the fossil fuel industry. The Alberta Energy Regulator estimates the cost of well / pipeline / mine cleanup at north of a quarter TRILLION $$$. But Big Oil & Gas plan to have taxpayers to pick up the tab. #EndFossilFuels www.theenergymix.com/alberta-orph...

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Alberta Orphan Well Strategy Faces Pushback from Residents, Municipalities, Experts

Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory system that lets oil and gas companies dodge taxes, skip ...

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