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Retired, artist, photographer, Victoria, BC, Canada. This is my second account for topical and news-related posts. My photography and art account is @canavart.bsky.social I'd like to try to keep them separate.

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Baj Mihal @bajmihal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am not even going to consider going to the US until you put the Nazis from this regime and their oligarch allies in jail for life. I realize that is a long way to say “Never”.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keller: "We dreamed that we could sideline a core national industry without undermining national unity or sapping our ability to fund social programs." Did we? Because I seem to remember taxpayers funding the most important pipeline for the oil industry and its profitability in decades.
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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is insane.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.
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Bruce D. Cowherd 🇨🇦 @brucedc77.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A truck carring supplies to Campobello Island, an isolated New Brunswick island linked to Canada by U.S. roads was turned back at the International border. #cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky #nbpoli #NewBrunswick
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Truck carrying mail, milk and alcohol to isolated N.B. island held at U.S. border
A truck carrying supplies for an isolated New Brunswick island linked to the rest of Canada by U.S. roads was turned back at the international border Tuesday, says the local member of Parliament.
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clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦 @clnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good one @thebeaverton.com! "Apology experts say that would be an impossibility at this point, due to the fact that Donald Trump is now the only person, place, or thing on this planet that Canadians do not and will never feel the urge to apologize to." Sorry, never sorry eh! 🇨🇦🤣
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Trump becomes only object on Earth exempt from Canadian urge to apologize
"Canadians will say they’re sorry, in that particular Canadian pronunciation, to literally anything, but they won’t say it to Donald Trump."
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026
I spent the summer trying to understand what makes Mark Carney's government tick. What I found is a C-Suite obsessed with efficiency — which is trying to ignore what's deeply broken. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Who does Mark Carney really listen to? I asked the insiders
It’s become clear that the prime minister would much rather circumvent problems than fix them.
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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump’s tariffs aren’t talking points. They are real and causing serious damage to the Canadian economy and thousands of layoffs, and harming local businesses. So it’s sad to see border lineups of British Clumbians eager to spend money in the USA, rather than in Canada. #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So let me get this straight, it’s ok for you ignorant twats to interfere in our elections and pressure our businesses to move there, but you are threatening us when we are NOT doing the same? Please, take your fucking threats and shove them up your collective asses 🤣 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms | CBC News
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it "interferes" in the upcoming midterm elections — though it's not clear what he anticipates the country...
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Joe Brian 🇺🇦 will win @mrjoebrian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dude was brilliant
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boys will be boys. Locker room talk. It was just a joke. That’s just how men are. Not all men. Dear men, If any of those phrases are your response to SA and harassment, then you're NOT one of the "good guys". You're reinforcing the patriarchy, and are part of the problem. PLEASE take a stand.
My dear male friends,
PLEASE acknowledge in the comments that you have read this post. It's important to me to know where you stand.
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I thought the day I saw a million #metoo posts was heartbreaking. But the recent news of an alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student by a bunch of entitled frat boys makes me want to throw up. I've been queasy since last night.
(Don't know the details of this horrific attack? Look it up. Now.)
I need you to listen to me:
Not all men?
You're a good guy?
Prove it.
I need to see you post on YOUR timeline that you're committed to stopping rape culture. I need to know that you will:
• Call the f@cking police and report any sexual abuse or sexual harassment the minute you learn of/witness it. It's not that hard.
• Commit today to practice bystander intervention.
• Man up when you hear your friends--in the locker room, on the golf course, while watching football at your favorite sports bar--make lewd comments about women.
• Stop laughing at that disgusting joke your brothers, co-workers, gym buddies tell. And don't tell me you've never heard this type of sh!t. I know you have.
• Call out those who demean women. "Bro, that's not OK," is the MINIMUM you owe humanity.
• Talk to your sons! Hold them accountable to the above.
If you're not doing this already, or not willing to do it in the future, you ARE part of the problem, and frankly, I don't care to have you in my life.
You might never dream of hurting a woman, but if you stand by and watch or remain silent while others do, YOU'RE HURTING WOMEN.
Take a stand.
Do something.
Today.
Don't let what happened at Cornell and what happens every day at every college across the country continue to happen.
I'm counting on you to be the good guy in all this.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Canadian response to the convicted felon in the White House who claims that Canada will come pleading for a deal and say, "Sir, we're sorry." That ain't ever gonna happen. @meidascanada.ca
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Water’s Edge 🇨🇦 @westcoastcdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine the reaction if Canada openly funded a movement to break up the U.S. Yet an American think tank is literally proposing support for Quebec separatists to “destabilize” Canada. No thanks. Canada isn't breaking up anytime soon, and certainly not because another country wants it. 🇨🇦
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope enough people draw so much attention to this tragedy that the police and the school are unable to cover it up as they have been trying to do.
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chercat208.bsky.social @chercat208.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ever notice how everyone screaming about cutting social security as an 'entitlement' are the politicians who will retire with a comfy pension or the obscenely wealthy who have enough money for a thousand lifetimes? Raise the damn cap!!!
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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I learned that I have failed in my duties as a husband because my wife has never seen Tremors, so we shall begin this year's September/October giant horror shebang with giant worms.
Theatrical release poster for Tremors
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The revelations coming out of Quebec should remind us that the US is still a member of the United Nations. Its charter explicitly forbids the use of threats against Canada's territorial integrity or interventions in our domestic jurisdiction. #Canada #cdnpoli #tariffs #CanadaStrong #UnitedNations
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She’s so damn dumb it actually hurts.
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Make it make some sense already 😳😡
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It really seems like it’s in the interests of every democracy on earth that the GOP crumbles
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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Miss Elle 🇨🇦 @misselle1212.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The hypocrisy of this 🍊💩 felon and his thugs. Don’t lecture 🇨🇦 about 🇨🇳 while rolling out the red carpet for Xi and protecting 🇺🇸’s much bigger trade relationship! That is not principled trade policy…it is economic intimidation dressed up as patriotism! #Canada🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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ANALYSIS | Trump loves Chinese trade — as long as it's with the U.S. | CBC News
American officials have scolded Canada for making a deal with China. But the numbers show the U.S. does vastly more business with China than Canada would possibly dream of.
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Misa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Image description: an accessibility-related infographic with a lined note paper background. There are five lines/points related to accessibility. From the top:

The first line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of pink. Pink text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible once you get up the stairs” is not accessible.”

The second line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of green. Green text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible if you have someone to help you” is not accessible.”

The third line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of orange. Orange text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible if you can leave your mobility aid behind” is not accessible.”

The fourth line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of blue. Blue text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible, but you can’t access the restroom” is not accessible.”

The fifth line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of purple. Purple text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible just because we call it accessible” is not accessible.”

Centered at the bottom of the image is the handle “@MisaOnWheels” in light pink text.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
West Seattle today
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Dave Peterson @davepete.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The reason we don't have health care in this country if because every congressperson who votes it down takes bribes from the health insurance industry. I don't know if that changes after November, but I'm hoping...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“This bill explicitly gives government the power to end legal strikes when a minister decides that a strike is or could become contrary to the national interest — and the national interest is defined solely by the opinion of the minister,” warns top labour leader Bea Bruske. Holy shit. This is bad.
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waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
what an incredibly fucked up thing to say to the UN
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
What's happening in Alberta is even more batshit than I ever thought. Danielle Smith is a dangerous psychopath, and the AB separatist movement largely exists because COVID broke far-right brains, and is led by Christo-fascist religious white nationalists, relying on dark money. 2/n
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There is no rake these guys won't step on.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Roy&Tanya @royandtanyaorganic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Interesting that... one of our Roma plants has a vine with a "sport". Quite distinctly different from the parent variety. It's not ready yet, but will collect seed from it and experiment growing next year. This is how many interesting new Tomato 🌱 lines start. How interesting 👍
A tomato 'sport' on a vine of Roma fruit
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ForceBlast @forceblast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, just our moronic president casually telling the entire world and our adversaries where they can find a large cache of munitions. Also, clearly the snipers are for us. He’s a very stupid and very sick person. Enjoy your $5+ gas folks. It isn’t going to get better.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026
Okay, this got me.
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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You ever see your hospital or insurance company with a huge ad at an MLB stadium and think wow thats wild I wonder where they got all that money to spend on baseball
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@svaneksmith.bsky.social and I have been doing chart-offs recently. For my challenger this week, I looked at thousands of comments from Canadians on a recent video. The biggest takeaway is that the fight isn't about the trade war. It's about our decaying relationship. youtu.be/hDhY8-Cc1jE
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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
American newspaper suggests Canada is overreacting. Lol
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jim Acosta to Ali Velshi on MSNOW last night: "The major networks and newspapers need to tell Trump they will pull their teams out of the WH if this ban happens. There should be no pool coverage, starting at the UN this week. No WH Correspondents Dinner. Cancel that. Band together and hang tough."
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interviewer: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" Me:
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is so insane I cannot believe this is real. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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