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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 15h

This little female Wood Duck has been hanging out at our pond for about a week now. birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'A subimperial power is not a global imperial force; rather, it acts as an imperial actor within its own regional sphere while aligning its actions with the overarching interests of a global power like the United States.' #UAE jacobin.com/2026/09/suda...

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The United Arab Emirates Is Devastating Sudan for Profit

Several outside actors have stoked the flames of war in Sudan, but none has had as great an impact as the United Arab Emirates. The evidence of its destructive role is overwhelming, but the Gulf kingd...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This could have been a Cultural Studies piece a few years back when Cultural Studies departments were still popping up everywhere. Doesn't mean it's not worth a read. Social Media and Democracy. www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...

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Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.

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Marsha (Sunshine)🔐 @marsha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Met an Irish lady yesterday and she was confused why Newfoundland continues to have an Orangeman day holiday

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The chariot of the people in Hamilton Ontario is still of t's axel apparently.....

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'The right to strike is under threat like perhaps never before. The labour movement needs to act like it.' #BillC39 www.readthemaple.com/bill-c-39-po...

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Bill C-39 Poses An Existential Risk To Strike Rights

It will effectively allow the labour minister to decide if workers can strike.

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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The US is building an illegal military base in Ecuador When one of Noboa's generals objected, the right wing president sent him packing We break the story down at PWS

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week’s #ShareCanGeo spotlight goes to Lisa Connor (@lisaconnorwildlife), who captured this honeybee perched on a purple coneflower in a garden in Stoney Creek, Ont. Remember to use #ShareCanGeo in your captures for a chance to be featured.

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finrodsauronverynsfwprivatefolderdonotlook @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

love early 20th-century hebrew typefaces

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/09/2026

Plan to cut 400 jobs at Hamilton Health Sciences will increase wait times and further erode morale, Codi Wilson reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026

AI air traffic control — what could go wrong? Starts today.

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Sasquatch McGillicuddy @antilinguist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Walking around #Hamont and discovering one of the city's greatest neoliberal ironies. Construction preparing infrastructure for upcoming light rail projects have unearthed... Hamilton's original light rail that was cancelled, buried, and forgotten 70 years ago

Original light rail exposed under four inches of asphalt in Hamilton Ontario along the current future route of an eternally planned(and maybe never deliverered) light rail route

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/09/2026

I’ve found a new hobby and it is finding articles critiquing AI written by AI. blogpros.com/claude-writt...

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@ijvcanada.bsky.social Independent Jewish Voices, Hamilton Ontario. Doctors who worked in Gaza to speak Sept 21

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026

Last month, ICE told 12 Somali men they were being deported to Somalia. Instead, they sent the men to Guantanamo Bay.

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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo

“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Didn't know "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Cub was sampled THAT much! www.whosampled.com/Tom-Tom-Club...

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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been covering prediction markets intensively for just over six months now and felt like it was the right time to unleash this take... to understand them, you need to understand that they are a type of media company: www.wired.com/story/predic...

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Polymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media Company

The legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.

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UM LEGACY PRESS LTD @umlegacypress.com · 15/09/2026

Protesters voice concern over privatization as Carney’s investment summit kicks off Hundreds of activists gathered in downtown Toronto on Monday to protest against an investment summit organized by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Protesters voice concern over privatization as Carney’s investment summit kicks off

Hundreds of activists gathered in downtown Toronto on Monday to protest against an investment summit organized by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The current scene at the protest against Carney’s financial summit. Heavy police presence and barricade. @nationalobserver.com

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

why worry about AI killing humans when humans are working relentlessly to do it themselves

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Hamilton Ontario HSR nonsense continues...

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Some cool Eno (via John Peel)

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Saudis have the 8th most well funded military on earth and it has never displayed competence at anything but committing war crimes.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11/09/2026

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another of the world’s critical shipping routes at Hormuz.

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Iran-backed Houthis seize Red Sea port, putting another key trade route at risk

With the Strait of Hormuz already snarled up, simultaneous disruption looms at the southern gateway to the Red Sea.

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hamilton Ontario, HSR buses, classic mismanagement

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

McMaster University, Hamilton Canada....

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 09/09/2026

HSR cancellations again this morning, HSR managers remain unwilling to provide public updates. From GTFS data: Buses removed from routes 2, 11, 41 No school "extra" service to area secondary schools No peak demand "extras" to McMaster Plus capacity decreases to McMaster #HamOnt (1/2)

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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Great first impression for Mac students to add to their decision of whether to stay in #HamOnt after graduation

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cool Hendrix odds n sods. Ginsberg eh?

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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Great oft forgotten mk II era Troggs music. Overlooked proto punk www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngB...

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The Troggs' Forgotten Singles | Raw Power (1968-73)

YouTube video by Yesterday's Papers

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/09/2026

Now on TPR: In a leaked internal memo, the HSR expects to cancel trips on seven bus routes next week and beyond. Service cancellations will begin with Routes 51 University, 2 Barton, 20 A-Line, 22 Upper Ottawa, 25/26 Upper Wentworth & Wellington, 33 Sanatorium, and 44 Rymal. #yhmcc #HamOnt (1/2)

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Widespread Public Transit Cancellations Expected in Hamilton Starting Next Week

HSR will not provide secondary school "extras" as Hamilton's high school students face grading penalties for attendance beginning this school year.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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