Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 10hInternet of merde www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attackHundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros. 1234
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Silvie @cabinchef.bsky.social · 12/10/2026When it was learned that the RCMP were going to crack down on prostitution and gambling in the Klondike, Frederick sold the hotel on his own accord, fled to Germany, where he was then deported for draft dodging.thisiscanadiana.comThe Brothel Behind The Trump Fortune — CANADIANA web seriesYou can trace the fortune that helped to propel Donald Trump into the White House all the way back to Canada at the end of the 1800s. A story about a ghost town, a brothel, and a businessman whose ven... 01510
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Toronto Star @thestar.com · 11/10/2026Crime is down in Toronto — homicides at a 50-year low, shootings and robberies falling — yet most Torontonians believe the opposite is true.thestar.comToronto is safer than ever, but not everybody thinks so. That fear is shaping the mayoral race 1212349
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 460196806970
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!oc88.bsky.social @oc88.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’m American, but the last place I wanted to take my family on vacation was home. So we drove north - The Globe and Mail apple.news/ATgkMTIdZQSm...apple.newsI’m American, but the last place I wanted to take my family on vacation was home. So we drove north — The Globe and MailA trip to Montreal and a train ride to the Maritimes left Reif Larsen in a ‘Canadaze’ 011
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The US is a very divided country, so when I encounter American tourists, I assume they are here to express their solidarity with Canada. @minibubbly.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/t...theglobeandmail.comI’m American, but the last place I wanted to take my family on vacation was home. So we drove northA trip to Montreal and a train ride to the Maritimes left Reif Larsen in a ‘Canadaze’ 262
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"I asked the question coming into Downing Street 'Was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia?'. And I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was. These things are important to put on the record and help voters in Germany and France understand." via @therestpolitics.bsky.social 66719
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!VeeCowl @veecowl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Because rath is a grifter that made deals to have AB join the US, because that is/always has been the main purpose for this separation movement... 042
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is wild. Nobody - from people running for mayor to elites who carry on about crime - will talk about Toronto police corruption. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caToronto police officer charged after CBSA intercepts firearm suppressors | CBC NewsA Toronto police officer has been charged with multiple firearm offences after an investigation by Canada Border Services Agency. 20274129
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20558412389
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026People also cant believe there is such a thing as “cell rent.” 41 states have it & even if you leave early states like FL make you pay the TOTALITY of your original stay. One Black woman was billed $127,000 ($50 a day for 2,555 days) for the full 7 years of her sentence despite only staying 10 mos 21500266
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Did Russia interfere in the 2016 EU referendum? Theresa May: No comment Boris Johnson: No comment Liz Truss: No comment Rishi Sunak: No comment Keir Starmer: No comment Andy Burnham: "Clearly." The first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin meddling in Brexit. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukBurnham confirms Russia 'clearly' interfered in Brexit referendum 14310109
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 08/10/2026Endangered orcas will likely face an ocean noisy enough for the foreseeable future to cause their extinction, as new federal targets risk locking in harmful noise levels, advocates warn.nationalobserver.comCarney picks 'a very noisy year' as yardstick to beat for ocean noiseThere are only 76 whales left in the genetically distinct Southern Resident orca population. While a shortage of their main food source, chinook salmon, and pollutants have driven their decline, the u... 610174
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Meanwhile, the attack on the rule of law by Smith and her justice department (the leader (Malcolm Lavoie) was just appointed to the Court of Kings Bench) is so bad a Bencher has resigned. #ableg 59952
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“AGAIN” 807115195176
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-... 21835461915
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is calling out Smith’s claims she had no idea separatists were meeting with the US State Department… While pointing out they raised the alarm on this months ago. With receipts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 22823405
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🇨🇦 CBC traces how anti-lockdown protests, vaccine skepticism and Freedom Convoy networks helped energize Alberta separatism. Researchers say the organizing, fundraising and distrust of institutions may outlast the Oct. 19 referendum. What happens to these movements afterward? 295
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Ontario Nurses’ Association @ontarionurses.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ford's plans to shift towards health care privatization is costing Ontarians more money and time! www.thestar.com/opinion/contributor… #onpoli #onhealth 13245117
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 216179
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026Trump's must-run orders have prevented several fossil fuel power plants from closing, costing ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars, even though those plants are barely running, because their power is not economic. A pure example of large public cost for narrow private benefit.subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: Trump rescued these fossil fuel power plants. Americans are paying for it.The must-run orders have kept alive aging generators that are costly to run — and produce plenty of pollution. 110543
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Treason? Betrayal? Or a nothing burger? The Globe and Mail's Tyler Dawson argues revelations about deeper ties between Alberta separatists and U.S. political players shows that sovereigntists are willing to sell out not just Canada, but Alberta as well. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...podcasts.apple.com 2269
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province. Behind the cross-border effort to sway Alberta’s secession vote.” What’s the word for that?theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 108837
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.youtube.com"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEWYouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 23539173
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Air passengers flying into Moscow from Irkutsk where a lab technician died of the plague are now being given mandatory temperature checks by masked staff before they’re allowed to disembark. 98743267
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#Glyphosate Science: Cancer, neurotoxicity & endocrine disruption. This Oct. 6 webinar features Dr. Daniele Mandrioli on recent findings from the Global Glyphosate Study, and Dr. Lianne Sheppard on the findings presented at the Seattle Glyphosate Symposium healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...healthandenvironment.orgGlyphosate Science: Cancer, neurotoxicity & endocrine disruptionGlyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides are widely used in conventional agricultural systems around the world and in home and garden products in the US and other countries. Human exposure to... 11812
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Brian Boudreau @boudro604.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Canadian gov’t & labor unions state that Cleveland-Cliffs failed to honor the terms of its legally binding agreement. They had layoffs up to 500 jobs across plants in Hamilton/Nanticoke. They intend to pursue Cleveland-Cliffs "to the fullest extent of the law" for breaching its legal employment. 021
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Brian Boudreau @boudro604.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/... Stelco is owned by the American steel mfr Cleveland-Cliffs, acquired Stelco in Nov 2024. Lourenco Goncalves, the chairman/CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. laid off workers at Stelco. He has openly praised Trump's proposed steel tariffs as a tool to protect US mfr.ici.radio-canada.caStelco’s U.S. owner to face ’fullest extent of the law’ over layoffs: PM Carney | RCIStelco, owned by Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs, directly linked its layoff plans in Hamilton to trade war 101
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026‼️ Alberta separatists are clearly MAGA north ‼️ Same hate. Same rage. Same lies. Same ignoring of facts, science, and morality. Same lack of shame...👇 "...separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support..." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...,theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 23270116
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Article link: www.thebanker.com/content/0228...thebanker.comWhistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein diesThe former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide 057
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 46762783587
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them 84870418
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🇨🇦 CBC Investigates reveals how Second Sons Canada recruits through patriotic fitness messaging while a former soldier describes Nazi praise, antisemitism and secrecy behind closed doors. CBC also uncovered corporate records and NDAs. How should Canada address violent extremist recruitment? 163
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident 14140422240
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Toronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visitscp24.comToronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visitsA Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time. 042
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Susan Kiddie @susankiddie2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“It gives me a lot of hope that we can rally behind a solution that is more humane and cost-effective,” Dr. Andrew Boozary, the executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at UHN, said in an interview." Toronto is so fortunate to have Dr. Boozarytoronto.citynews.caToronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visitsA Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time. The ... 042
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30725351402
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026As data breaches go, this is pretty sizable, significant, and also bafflingly bad in terms of time it took to discover and that the stolen data was unencrypted. News of this breach comes weeks after a huge theft of FBI agents' personal data. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260930...techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 26703294
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826811211
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Survival International @survivalinternational.org · 30/09/2026Last week there was a hearing in Uruguay on the uncontacted Mashco Piro people…from Peru. Why? And what happens now? They're the largest of the 196 known uncontacted peoples and groups in the world, and they could be wiped out if their territories aren’t protected. Take action: svlint.org/MPPeruB 055
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 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. 51614311
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An absolutely damning report on the unnecessary COVID deaths of workers at the Cargill plant in High River, AB, highlighting public health and infection control's mismanagement of the crisis, and failure to engage OHS or follow the precautionary principle. albertapolitics.ca/wp-content/u... 9212108
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’ve walked the fields at dawn for years. The air used to hum with bees. Now it’s quieter every season. What most people never see is the scale: over 3.7 million tonnes of pesticide active ingredients poured onto the planet every year — more than double what we used in 1990. 891795931
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Vote, Organize, Do Good. @melissahbuckner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026👇 252
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reject the Permits: No Water-Taking for Bottling - Ice River Springs wants another 10 years of water extraction. We want to end water profiteering for good. www.waterwatchers.ca/rejectwhitew...waterwatchers.caReject the Permits: No Water-Taking for BottlingEmpowering people to work in solidarity towards social justice through the unifying lens of water 042
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 11838931492
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hospital MRIs sit idle overnight as province funds private clinics: report www.sootoday.com/local-news/h... via @SooTodaysootoday.comHospital MRIs sit idle overnight as province funds private clinics: reportNew report from Ontario Health Coalition lays out why private health clinics are 'not benefiting the public' 033
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!r/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, just reinstated Trump’s mass voter verification system ahead of the midterms. Trump can use social security data to verify voter registration, a system experts say can lead to mass voter roll purges.reddit.comThe Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, just reinstated Trump’s mass voter verification system ahead of the midterms. Trump can use social security data to verify voter registration, a system experts say can lead to mass voter roll purges.r/protectUSelections 354
Reposted by First One to Grow a Spine .... wins!Barchart @barchart.com · 24/09/2026JUST IN 🚨: U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield jumps to highest level since the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis 1417069
![None of the evidence we reviewed showed any communication
or coordination between AHS EPH officials and Alberta OHS at
this time. In response to our freedom of information requests for
email correspondence between the manager for OHS in Calgary
and several AHS officials who were directly involved in the Cargill
response, we were informed by the Government of Alberta’s
access to information that “a thorough search […] did not yield any
records responsive to your request.”195
By April 16, the total number of known confirmed positive cases
had reached approximately 550. At this point, there had only
been one in-person inspection of the plant, that being AHS’ April
7 visit, which resulted in non-binding recommendations. And, as
mentioned, there was no epidemiological analysis of the outbreak
showing the temporal pattern of the spread within the plant and
in the community.
An internal AHS MOH update on April 17 noted that “84% of
new COVID-19 cases [in the province] are in Calgary Zone, ‘most
related to Cargill.”196 By this time, a Cargill worker and union shop
steward had been admitted to an ICU. On April 18, another worker
would need life support care in the ICU. Cargill, AHS, and OHS had
lost control of the outbreak.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ou6sjyhswn7s3qyfqhw7mbk6/bafkreievc5urg7ipxcuw4jug5bbwo4tro6fpdptwv4r4gsvwjbtxvm2pwa)
![Echoing Cargill’s response to the union’s April 12 letter, Dreeshen
cautioned workers not to listen to “inflammatory rhetoric” and
appealed to them to instead focus on information from public
health experts:
“…On this call are Alberta’s best medical minds and
they provide Alberta’s government with the best up
to date information on a daily basis and I would just
like to encourage everyone to not get distracted by
misleading noise or inflammatory rhetoric because
any government's primary goal — our core goal — is
to keep our people safe…”
Immediately after the town hall, Dreeshen posted on his social
media: “Directly communicated with [Cargill] workers to reassure
them that their worksite is safe.”217 Internal email messages
among senior officials with the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry suggest there was also “a request” to share some “key
messages” about the safety of Cargill’s plant through Hinshaw’s
Twitter account.218
Hours after the town hall, Dr. Nick Etches, acting lead medical
officer of health for the Calgary Zone, wrote to colleagues
requesting assistance with an epidemiological analysis of
the outbreak:
“[Hu] just spoke with [Hinshaw] and she wants us
to answer some questions that will likely require
additional epi support. Essentially we want to
determine the proportion of the Cargill-associated
cases that are due to:
1) Workplace transmission](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ou6sjyhswn7s3qyfqhw7mbk6/bafkreiducdnl5mzbehcbulfzcxrgndii3fjhezu7znkdstgpwd26gtcy2i)
