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I believe in humanity. Skeptical about humans. liberal democracy is the best humanist system of government so far devised. I am centrist because I eschew ideology in favour evidence-based decision making. #factsmatter Lists, ad hominem => block

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Me 🍁, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦 @l82be.bsky.social · 29m
Sass Jordan has passed Away at the age of 63. backstageaxxess.com/2026/10/cana...
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Canadian vocalist Sass Jordan has passed away at the age of 63
Posted on her FB page:   On Oct 2 2026, surrounded by her loving family, Sass Jordan peacefully crossed over to the other side. She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature. An irr…
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Telling a Black woman who is a descendant of enslaved people to leave America, JD Vance. I do not know what to say. Even I didn't believe you would go this low.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 3h
Rewind your mind back to the 1960s and rediscover this classic album | Explore our retrospective tribute here: album.ink/rollingstone...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
Alito's participation was likely already pivotal—and he still owns oil stocks.
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Alito’s recusal from a key climate case may be too little, too late
His participation was likely already pivotal—and he still owns oil stocks.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 5h
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Hugh of Borg: Resistance Is Crushing Fascism. @hugh258.bsky.social · 7h
I seem to recall that shortly after 2007, the last time things went this pricey, the global economy didn't do so hot and the US economy imploded...
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 7h
Russia may be facing a large-scale plague outbreak. Multiple reports allege that authorities are concealing it, with comparisons to the Soviet cover-up of Chernobyl. If confirmed, this could pose a serious risk to both Russia and the international community.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h
This reminds me of two scenes in the German movie “Downfall,” which depicts, historically accurately, Hitler’s last days. Both scenes involve Hitler and Albert Speer discussing Hitler’s “Nero Order,” by which the Führer had ordered the destruction of the Reich’s remaining economic infrastructure...
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John Meadows @johngmeadows.bsky.social · 8h
Not at all surprised. If there is one thing a lot of people south of the border love to do, it's blame others for their own failings. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Eric Ham: Canada is Trump’s latest scapegoat. The consequences could be enormous
Eric Ham argues that as the Republican party implodes ahead of a likely historic midterm defeat, the Trump administration is actively positioning Canada as a convenient scapegoat for its failures.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 8h
They would sell themselves, and their province, to the Trump administration for pennies on the dollar. The question I keep asking: why has the business community been so willing to go along with this charade for so long?
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#retweet #cdnpoli
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Far-right council of East German town passes motion by AfD to ban future Holocaust memorial plaques. The AfD want to rewrite history. Obscure the past. #policy
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East German town bans future Holocaust memorial plaques
An East German town has approved a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and ruling centre-right ​Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to reject future installation of brass plaques ‌comme...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h
Scroll by this quickly if you don't want to get mad.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 20h
New research suggests vaccines could help prevent autism www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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New research suggests vaccines could help prevent autism
A major new study of 3.7 million people suggests certain infections, including rubella, could be linked to the development of autism in babies born with the disease.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20h
3 October 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Robert Bleier, was born in Gyömrő. In July 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow
Vintage photograph of a young boy in a formal outfit with large white collars, standing beside a wooden backdrop.
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Patrick Burns @terriermanpburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
HEART OF GLASS by Elisapie Isaac, Canadian Inuk, singing it in Inuktitut, the principal laguage of the Inuit. ❤️ youtube.com/watch?v=tKKW...
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Elisapie - Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart Of Glass) (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
Charlie Angus: In just a year and a half, Canadian purchases of vehicles made on the American side of the border dropped 30%. If you take the American export auto economy, Canada’s number one. If you take the next 10 countries and put them together, it’s still less than Canada at number one.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(takes his collector’s edition complete 29-season DVD box set of director’s cut Mr. Dressup out of his carry-on and zips it back up)
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Avoid packing ‘Canadian-origin products’ when travelling to U.S., snowbird group advises
The Canadian Snowbird Association has advised travellers to the U.S. to avoid packing some dairy products and Canadian alcoholic beverages for their trips.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tethered Ken Danby 1976
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Liz McFie @lizmcfie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ben TG @ben-tg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump’s cuts to NOAA, which regulates fisheries, has left the agency slower to respond to the industry’s needs, fishermen said. Staff cutbacks also resulted in the agency reducing weather balloons used to gather data fishermen rely on. apnews.com/article/dona... @standupforscience.net 🧪
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Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
Some commercial fishermen have come to question whether Trump is meeting the needs of an industry he has long leaned on for support.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October starts with record heat in swathes of NORTH AMERICA MINIMUM 84F Galveston Hottest October night for Texas MEXICO RECORD HOTTEST NIGHT Min. 28.1C La Paz 27.6C Tampico (28.8C 30 Sept) -Sept (and all time) & Oct records broken in 3 days ! GUATEMALA Max. 36.0 Retalhuleu
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/10/2026
Apple says it will flag AI requests for Mac data after Meta's Muse draws complaints reut.rs/4rGHsWU
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Apple says it will flag AI requests for Mac data after Meta's Muse draws complaints
Apple said on Friday that it plans to change its Mac operating system to make it more obvious when AI agents ask ​to access all of the data on Macs.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Big Oil Fears the Evidence of Its Climate Lies www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-...
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Big Oil Fears the Evidence of Its Climate Lies | Common Dreams
Fossil fuel companies are desperate to escape trial in climate deception lawsuits. The Supreme Court should not shield them from accountability.
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Like I needed yet another reason to not travel to the USA…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/10/2026
'Handful' of G20 countries reject US stance on excess industrial capacity reut.rs/4zxmpsT
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'Handful' of G20 countries reject US stance on excess industrial capacity
A "handful" of G20 trade ministers rejected US calls to curb excess industrial capacity and "non-market" policies, the US Trade Representative's office ​said on Friday, exposing divisions within the group of major ‌economies.
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What should citizens know about data centers? Our partners at Drawdown Georgia are committed to equipping citizens with the information they need and have created a comprehensive toolkit full of useful resources. bit.ly/4yCTXFJ #datacenters
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Data Centers in Georgia
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Oligarchy, Neo Fascism, and Liberation
Lesson ten in my lecture series
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Anaximander's Elbows Up Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Anthropic's disclosure [suggests that ] government perceptions of the company and ⁠its conduct could extend beyond its direct dealings to affect customers, partners, other commercial relationships — and even civilization. " Hyperbole aside, this describes the purpose of good government. #aibubble
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns government attitudes may hurt customer ties, IPO prospectus shows
Anthropic warned that government attitudes toward the company and its technology could have broader implications for ‌its business, including its relationships with customers and partners, according t...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Danielle Smith's first priority has always been Danielle Smith" While raising the alarm on the slow motion separatism of Smith's 9 questions and her expected gerrymandering, Nenshi pulled few punches today. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Separatists will crawl across broken glass to vote. This is no time for apathy. We, proud Canadians, must be counted too. We must vote. nationalpost.com/news/thomas-...
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Alberta anti-separatist brings hard message to Central Canada: show a little gratitude
Thomas Lukaszuk told a Toronto business audience at the Economic Club of Canada that “the promise of a pipeline” is not enough for Alberta.
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The illusion of progress. Justin Trudeau tried to buy UCP loyalty with a pipeline and failed. Now #GoldmanSachsCarney is repeating Trudeau's effort, foolishly expecting a different outcome. #cdnpoli
indigenousinsider.substack.com
Whose Nation Is Being Built?
Carney’s first “national interest” project is an oil pipeline through Indigenous territories. Consent was not part of the announcement.
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electricautonomy.ca
ZEV market share grew in 2025 by 27.7 per cent: StatsCan | Electric Autonomy Canada
Market share of light-duty vehicles was 3.5 per cent by the end of the year, with Quebec and B.C. leading the country
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ukrainians who survived russian captivity are thanking Canada for its advocacy and for funding programmes to help children heal from trauma. In 're-education camps', "Children were turned into Russians, into zombies," Dariia Tomashova, 18, said. She escaped occupied-Crimea four months ago.
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Ukrainian survivors describe Russian captivity, praise Canada's efforts
TORONTO - Ukrainians who survived Russian captivity are thanking Canada for its advocacy and for funding programs to help children heal from trauma.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As @jameswsthomson.com noted already, the sheer audacity of Carney to begin his oil pipeline announcement by mentioning a wildfire that almost levelled the town. WHAT IS EXACERBATING THE WILDFIRES MARK???? MARK???
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please people go tell PM Mark Carney what you think of him designating a new pipeline a project of national interest and paying for it (90%) with taxpayer dollars:
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Offsetting for habitat loss almost never works. Ottawa wants more of it www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Offsetting for habitat loss almost never works. Ottawa wants more of it
New policy proposed in Bill C-39 will allow developers to buy credits or pay fees to compensate for the habitats they destroy.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Brainiac Kim 🇨🇦 @brainiackim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very catchy tune. Has an east coast Canada's tune to it, eh. #USpoli
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THIS! 👇 “AI going rogue” is just a euphemism for “AI company who trained the LLM to do something harmful, unethical or illegal is now shirking accountability for doing exactly what they trained it to do.”
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🇨🇦 👊
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Aatos Lehtila @aatosl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Conservatives always push for privatization, even though that costs more and provides less.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney could undermine the values extolled in his highly praised Davos speech with his attempt to make sweeping changes to Canada's labour laws, warns the world's largest federation of trade unions. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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International labour federation urges Mark Carney to abandon strike-law changes
The International Trade Union Confederation urged Carney to show "leadership" and back down on proposed labour law changes.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 02/10/2026
Why, it is almost as if this is the sort of blatantly unconstitutional anti-Indigenous horseshit we'd have expected from Pierre Poilievre. Summing up much of Carney's time as PM so far.
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If Carney was PM in the early 1900s, he would have invested taxpayer's $$ in buggy whip manufacturing.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So in the end, he says we’re building “a Canada that works.” My question is: a Canada that works for who, and at whose expense?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social about Trump, power, and what comes next. snyder.substack.com/p/trump-powe...
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Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich
A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation
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