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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, look! The Trump administration is making crossing the US border more onerous for all the millions of Canadians who are no longer doing it. They are smart that way.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 23h

Got my approval 💥👏

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 19h

Old guy conundrum. I absolutely refuse to vote for the BC Conservatives as long as they harbor a group of racists, but economic idiocy on the left makes it painfully hard to vote for the NDP.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Medicare should be able to negotiate every single prescription drug price in this country.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking. Allow me. 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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Opinion: This was the week Canada stopped shooting its oil patch in the foot

We’re finally witnessing our country act with some sense of its own self-interest

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise.

Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" showing change in non-farm payrolls since January 2025 through September 2026. Healthcare and social assistance added 998,000 jobs with consistent growth throughout the period, while the rest of the economy lost 222,000 jobs, meaning all net job creation came from healthcare. The rest of the economy showed particular weakness from May through August 2025 when losses reached 218,000 jobs. This striking divergence reveals an unusual concentration where one sector's growth of roughly 48,000 jobs per month has offset persistent contraction across all other industries combined.

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❤️🇺🇸💙💛🫘🌊 @aloofdagntag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This Chuck Grassley?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up

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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Buddy Fucked Around. Buddy found out. Sooke Brewing Company is closing for the time being but John Adair has been fired effective immediately. #yyj Good job, team.

Sooke Brewing Company
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John Adair has been terminated, effective immediately.
We want to be unequivocally clear: his views and actions do not reflect the values of Sooke Brewing Company, its ownership, or its staff. We are devastated by his actions and sincerely apologize for the hurt they have caused. We stand with our community in condemning this behaviour and have made the decision to close the brewery for now.
Sooke is our home. We grew up here. We live here. And we work here. We care deeply about this community and the people who are part of it. We are committed to Truth and Reconciliation and to respectful relationships with local First Nations communities and have reached out to First Nations leadership to listen, understand their concerns, and determine the appropriate next steps to ensure something like this does not happen again.

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@mark-carney.bsky.social Given the reach of these unjust Trump sanctions, what can Canada do to make this Canadian judge's life a little easier?

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 01/10/2026

These people are insane

Fragmented, smaller Canadian statelets are much easier for the United States to dominate through closer economic and geopolitical integration, including the COFA arrangement. Such indirect domination is preferable to a straight-up annexation, which will likely lead to a protracted and costly occupation as the presence of the U.S. occupation enflames Canadian nationalism and leads to widespread.

I offer two potential policy options to facilitate this fragmentation.

The United States should consider covert support for PQ ahead of the election. These include (1) overt financial support for PQ in the election and (2) psychological operations to foment Quebecois and Albertan separatism, (3) behind-closed-doors trade negotiations with the PQ, where the United States commits to offering lower tariffs on Quebec than on the rest of Canada.

$Instead, the primary focus should be to weaponize the “reconciliation” process to demoralize Canadian elitedom by delegitimizing the very existence of the confederation. If heritage Canadians are led to believe that their confederation is a sham, they will lack the energy necessary to keep together a fracturing confederation. These efforts include (1) covert litigation financing for indigenous land lawsuits, (2) State Department funding for Indigenous scholars in Canada, and (3) psychological operations to marginalize “denialism” of indigenous claims$

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The Centrifugal Strategy
Fragmentatation as strategy in the northern Monroe Doctrine.

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On January 3rd, the United States launched its smash-and-grab operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, securing control of the hemisphere’s largest oil field in a four-hour operation. Just a week later, Canadian Prime Minister Carney visited Beijing to pitch him on a major trade deal, opening up the hemisphere to a flood of Chinese investments in key sectors like automobile and energy.

Carney’s trade deals directly undermined the administration’s National Security Strategy, which aims to ensure a “Hemisphere that remains free of hostile foreign incursion or ownership of key assets.” Just as Washington closed off Caracas’s oil from Chinese access, Ottawa signed away another source of oil in the Western hemisphere to Beijing. No surprise that Chinese propaganda hailed the visit as an opportunity for Canada to assert its “strategic autonomy” from the United States.

These recent events demonstrate that Canada’s desire for strategic autonomy poses a serious national security problem for the United States. The United States cannot share the longest undefended border in the world with a country so eager to court hostile great powers in our hemisphere.

At the same time, Canada today is more splintered than it has been in decades. A wide range of centrifugal forces–specifically provincial separatism, a record-high foreign-born population, and indigenous grievances–may soon precipitate the total fragmentation of our northern neighbor. The United States should exploit the soon-to-arrive fragmentary moment in Canada as an opportunity to drastically reshape the North American environment into one more amenable to U.S. interests.

To fully take advantage of the coming fragmentary moment, the United States must reel in its annexationist desires to the north. Given the obv…

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jack Smith is an American patriot. Those dumb ass Senate republicans yesterday should be ashamed of themselves. I hate each and everyone of them

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Multiple lawyers from each of the AI companies looked at this and did not notice the spelling error? Impossible. The signature page came through DocuSign and was not the same as the document reviewed by the legal teams. I wonder if other changes were made AFTER that legal review ...

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The absolute best MLS spin on the Man City debacle ...

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jesus Christ dude

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a guy who lived right within the telecom/fiber build era, I find the first graphic very interesting. There were tremendous overbuilds of fiber networks based on unrealistic expectations of demand growth. Sound familiar?

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Manuel Veth @manuelveth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Breaking! Thomas Müller has signed a contract extension for the Vancouver Whitecaps for the 2027 MLS sprint season. #VWFC

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech:
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To my fellow residents of Vancouver-Quilchena: vote for anyone EXCEPT Dallas Brodie (OneBC). "The issue led to turmoil inside the Conservative Party of BC. Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie was ejected from the party’s caucus after she appeared to mock residential school survivors ...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My story about Second Sons showing up in Kamloops and how experts say this is a wake up call to law enforcement, and to political parties who have been making space for residential school denialists. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee

‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"... a new potential ownership group had emerged; ..., the CEO clarified that it is an international group he recently travelled to London to meet with. “But it’s not qualified yet because the structure they had in mind isn’t what MLS is after,” he said. “I don’t know where this will go.” " #VWFC

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kash Patel’s phony manufactured stats that he uses to cover up his gross incompetence.

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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING AN ASSAULT WAS CONSENSUAL

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jesus fucking Christ

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

Seven Arizona State men’s hockey players asked the university’s president to place the Sun Devils’ coaching staff on administrative leave pending further investigation into the workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich on life support.

In a 26-page letter sent to ASU president Michael Crow on Monday and obtained by The Athletic, the players disputed numerous findings from the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout, writing that Mayich did not receive water and was provided inadequate medical care after his collapse.

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026

NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report released today "exposes how [Howard Lutnick-linked] Tether & its...token have become central to Iran’s shadow banking system" allowing Iran to fund proxies, commit human rights abuses, and...defy US sanctions, says Senator Blumenthal.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026

Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.

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Chris Corrigan @chriscorrigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just another 31 signatures needed to help this petition meet its goal. The TSS Rovers club and supporters are supportive of this. www.change.org/p/bring-acti...

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Bring Active Living Upgrades to King George Park | 乔治国王公园 | ਕਿੰਗ ਜਾਰਜ ਪਾਰਕ !

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026

"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this

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Nathan Durec @ndurec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a first start for Cvetkovic! Veselinovic and Poku both make the bench after long injuries. Selemani and Sedin also on the bench after getting short-term contracts. #VWFC

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Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 26/09/2026

We’re finally live at the Annual Business Meeting. Will live blog it here…

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Bruce Tattrie 🇨🇦 @brucetattrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Would be curious to know these numbers for the Caps ... #VWFC

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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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