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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I sense a not-so-level playing field.

Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The answer, as per Google's AI Overview? 'Yes, Google's Gemini can access and read your emails, as well as other Google Workspace data like Drive and Calendar, to provide answers and perform tasks, and this is often enabled by default.

Google's AI Overview: 'Does Gemini read my emails?'

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

@aliciataylor.bsky.social Was this for Saturday, October 25th or Saturday, November 1st? The image doesn't show the date. Are there any future dates for Lethbridge planned?

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

@govnb.bsky.social The Government of Nova Scotia follows the Government of New Brunswick via Bluesky. As such, would it be possible for the Government to reciprocate by following the Government of New Brunswick?

5 accounts followed by the Government of Nova Scotia, with the list including the Government of New Brunswick.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

As per where I live, the closest thing that Alberta has to a presence on Bluesky might be this account belonging to "Danielle Smith": @daniellesmithab.bsky.social Maybe X/Twitter works better than Bluesky for a premier hoping to sever ties between Alberta and the rest of Canada.

Elon Musk: "Canada is not a real country"
Post made on Feb 24, 2025
[Screenshot taken from article written by Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News]

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Whereas, now, they have a link for X/Twitter that links up to a selection of 4 Heritage-related X/Twitter accounts.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

There was one linked-to X/Twitter account for the Department of Canadian Heritage -- back in January of this year.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Plus, there's a whole laundry list of other reasons to have reservations about X/Twitter. The Nazi salutes would be one that stands out. Albeit the rigged algorithms would stand out too. amp.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Twitter data appears to support claims new algorithm inflated reach of Elon Musk’s tweets, Australian researcher says

Dr Timothy Graham says his analysis shows that after the algorithm change was reported to have occurred, impressions of billionaire owner’s tweets went up 737%

Josh Taylor * Thursday, February 16, 2023

“It doesn’t bear out that kind of order of magnitude, but definitely something happened,” he said. “[On] the night when Elon Musk reportedly asked his engineers to do stuff … lo and behold, the next morning [there’s] this massive increase in his impressions, and then that’s sustained ever since.”

The graphs show that in the hours when the algorithm change was reported to have occurred, Musk’s impressions went up 737%, and his daily impressions have close to tripled.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Dept of Cdn Heritage has a whopping 13.2 K posts via X/Twitter. One might hope that a Heritage Bluesky acct could get up and running and get at least a couple of dozen posts. Albeit, if someone at Heritage can get Porto to work, there could be a lot more than a couple dozen posts via Bsky.

Canadian Heritage

@CdnHeritage
Canadian Heritage (Government of Canada) Français:
@Patrimoinecdn

Terms of Use: https://ow.ly/owJR50V20vO
Gatineau, Quebec
canada.ca/en/canadian-he…
Joined April 2009
924 Following 86K Followers

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Yikes! Point out to a former NDP MP to update his profile and he blocks me! I guess with social media, one might wonder if I might have been facetious about enjoying his retirement. (I wasn't trying to be.) But I got blocked! For something as seemingly innocuous as that. :( #Cdnpoli #NDP

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

As per the Leaders' Debates Commission, their criterion (iii) states: '28 days before the date of the general election, the party has endorsed candidates in at least 90% of federal ridings.'

Leaders’ Debates Commission issues decision on the Green Party of Canada

The Leaders’ Debates Commission has decided to rescind the invitation to the Green Party of Canada to participate in the two leaders’ debates for the 45th general election, for the reasons set out below.
Background

On January 14, 2025, the Commission published the participation criteria for the leaders’ debates for the 45th general election, along with a detailed rationale. In order to be invited by the Commission to participate in the leaders' debates, a leader of a registered political party must meet two of the following criteria:

(i): on the date the general election is called, the party is represented in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament who was elected as a member of that party.

(ii): 28 days before the date of the general election, the party receives a level of national support of at least 4%, determined by voting intention, and as measured by leading national public opinion polling organizations, using the average of those organizations' most recently publicly-reported results.

(iii): 28 days before the date of the general election, the party has endorsed candidates in at least 90% of federal ridings.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It might be worth noting, in passing, that the CBC has been set up to be 'producing, promoting and distributing' the English debate. As such, one might wonder whether a case of deliberately sloppy CBC reporting might be designed to stay in the LDC's good graces, at the Green Party's expense.

Leaders' Debates Commission · @debates_can · Oct 28, 2024

The next leaders' debates (1 in FR & 1 in EN) will be free for media organizations to broadcast. The English debate will be moderated by TVO's Steve Paikin, an experienced journalist & skilled moderator, with CBC producing, promoting, & distributing it.

debates-debats.ca
45th General Election: Leaders’ Debates Commission names debates producer and moderators | Leaders'...
8:19 AM · Oct 28, 2024 · 2,140 Views

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I also have a screenshot.

Background

On January 14, 2025, the Commission published the participation criteria for the leaders’ debates for the 45th general election, along with a detailed rationale. In order to be invited by the Commission to participate in the leaders' debates, a leader of a registered political party must meet two of the following criteria:

(i): on the date the general election is called, the party is represented in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament who was elected as a member of that party.

(ii): 28 days before the date of the general election, the party receives a level of national support of at least 4%, determined by voting intention, and as measured by leading national public opinion polling organizations, using the average of those organizations' most recently publicly-reported results.

(iii): 28 days before the date of the general election, the party has endorsed candidates in at least 90% of federal ridings.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

@jpedneault.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social A Leaders' Debates Comm X/Twitter post from October of last year notes: 'The next leaders' debates (1 in FR & 1 in EN) will be free for media organizations to broadcast. The English debate will be ... CBC producing, promoting, & distributing it.'

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

After a few recommended people to follow, I have one other screenshot from X/Twitter. Post on Oct 28, 2024 Repost from The Globe & Mail, Oct 16, 2024

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Screenshot #5 Two previous posts March 24, 2025 -- announcement re: debate times & Jan 14, 2025 -- announcement of criteria to be followed for determining participants in the debate

Leaders' Debates Commission
@debates_can
The leaders’ debates will be held in Montréal on Wednesday April 16 at 8 p.m. EDT (in French) and Thursday April 17 at 7 p.m. EDT (in English).
9:19 AM · Mar 24, 2025

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Leaders' Debates Commission
@debates_can
We have released the participation criteria for the next leaders' debates.
8:22 AM · Jan 14, 2025

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Screenshot #4 Third-most recent post, March 24, 2025

Leaders' Debates Commission @debates_can · Mar 24
Media accreditation for the upcoming leaders’ debates opens today. Apply here https://bit.ly/4j0PWD0

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Screenshot #3 Second-most recent post, April 3, 2025

Leaders' Debates Commission @debates_can · Apr 3
Apply now. Media accreditation is open. Deadline is Friday April 11 at 23:59 EDT. http://bit.ly/4j0PWD0

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Screenshot #2 Most recent post, April 11, 2025

Leaders' Debates Commission @debates_can · Apr 11
Today is the last day to apply for media accreditation. The process closes on April 11 at 23:59 EDT. http://bit.ly/4j0PWD0

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In any case, here's Screenshot #1 Homepage. Most recent post, April 11, 2025

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Here are the three official criteria

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The LDC's most recent tweet was one issued on April 11th. It related to media accreditation. Not about a very last-minute disinvitation of one of the five attendees at a critical debate.

Leaders' Debates Commission -- Screenshot of X/Twitter homepage, as taken early on April 17, 2025.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

EmergencyInfoBC even lists its 'X (Twitter) at the top of its homepage, along with the bottom. While EmergencyInfoBC would appear to also have presences on Facebook and Instagram, X/Twitter gets extra special attention

Top of EmergencyInfoBC homepage, which shows a link to an 'X (Twitter)' account that offers updates.

Further down the web page, there are links to what appear to be presences that EmergencyInfoBC has via Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram, in that order.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It appears that BC is still honouring X/Twitter and its top owner, via government websites. Work BC gives top recognition to X/Twitter, listing it first on the homepage.

Work BC screenshot -- screenshot of Work BC homepage. Bottom of homepage depicts five social media icons:
'X,' Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn

(Hence, 'X' icon appears first. No Bluesky icon is featured at all.)

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I think that @charlieangus104.bsky.social got things right when he configured his account settings on X/Twitter, alongside his 'X-it,' per se, so that only those he follows or those mentioned can reply to his post.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

As per Wes Davis of The Verge, Nov 17, 2024: 'They report that starting around July 13th, Musks’ posts received 138 percent more views and 238 percent more retweets than before that date.'

Elon Musk’s X may have tweaked its algorithm to boost his account, along with those of other conservative-leaning users, starting around the time he announced his support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. That’s according to a new study published by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), which found that Musk’s posts in particular were suddenly much more popular.

The study’s authors — QUT associate professor in digital media Timothy Graham and Monash University communications and media studies professor Mark Andrejevic — first looked at Musk’s engagement before and after his July endorsement of Trump. They report that starting around July 13th, Musks’ posts received 138 percent more views and 238 percent more retweets than before that date.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

As per Zoë Schiffer and Casey Newton of The Verge, Feb 14, 2023: 'The algorithm now artificially boosted Musk’s tweets by a factor of 1,000 – a constant score that ensured his tweets rank higher than anyone else’s in the feed.'

By Monday afternoon, “the problem” had been “fixed.” Twitter deployed code to automatically “greenlight” all of Musk’s tweets, meaning his posts will bypass Twitter’s filters designed to show people the best content possible. The algorithm now artificially boosted Musk’s tweets by a factor of 1,000 – a constant score that ensured his tweets rank higher than anyone else’s in the feed.

Internally, this is called a “power user multiplier,” although it only applies to Elon Musk, we’re told. The code also allows Musk’s account to bypass Twitter heuristics that would otherwise prevent a single account from flooding the core ranked feed, now known as “For You.”

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Technically, the @csis.org is not the CSIS that we know in Canada. As with pretty much every other federal government department, Canada's CSIS doesn't have a presence on Bluesky. Canada's CSIS would appear to have presences via Facebook, 'X,' YouTube & LinkedIn. But no Bluesky. :(

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Prof. Allan Lichtman in NewsNation interview (Nov 12/24): "..We’ve always had disinformation, but disinformation has exploded to an unprecedented degree. You talked about a grievance election, but a lot of that grievance was driven by disinformation,” Lichtman said[.] thehill.com/homenews/med...

The Hill -- Media
Lichtman blames bad election prediction on disinformation, Elon Musk
by Dominick Mastrangelo - 11/12/24 9:56 AM ET

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Lichtman pointed to conservative media platforms and Musk, who poured millions into President-elect Trump’s campaign and has become one of his loudest media cheerleaders, as a factor in his inaccurate prediction.

Musk had helped fuel the spread of false or misleading information online about issues like immigration, hurricane relief and the war in Ukraine, Lichtman said, effectively “putting his thumb on the scales.”

“And you know, as scholars have shown, once you dissolve truth, democracy dissolves along with it, the way authoritarian takes hold, and it’s taking hold all over the world, not just here, is not through force, but through the manipulation of information, as George Orwell warned in 1984 you know, in that dictatorship, war is peace, famine is plenty,” Lichtman said.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

As per sharing of articles, Radio-Canada, to its credit, does hide its small social media 'X' icon, for tweeting out an article, under a sort of Forward arrow icon. At least, in this sense, Radio-Canada, unlike its English-language counterpart, is not advertising for Twitter/X to the Xth degree.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#Cdnpoli As per web links for sharing, news outlets -- especially struggling, for-profit news media -- may be motivated to include Twitter/X links for sharing. It's difficult for them, especially given financial pressures that they face. That being noted, take a look at these two screenshots.

Recent article via northeastNOW, a publication owned and operated by Pattison Media. Article displays links along bottom for sharing via Facebook, Bluesky and 'X.'

Recent CBC article -- displays icons under top photo for sharing via Twitter/X, Email, Reddit and LinkedIn. (No longer includes an icon for sharing via Facebook.)

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The Guardian reported that an Australian researcher found that Musk's impressions went up 737% and his daily impressions came close to tripling -- after a claim that engineers 'deployed a new algorithm to artificially inflate Musk’s tweet' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Here's a screenshot of part of the footer of a Brazil government homepage. It's got Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, TikTok & Kwai. But no Twitter bird & no 'X.' Maybe more governments can follow Brazil's lead. www.gov.br/pt-br

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Excellent article! Very well stated. I am glad that Policy Magazine is able to make that available, free of a paywall. As with so many places online, though, I couldn't help but notice that Policy Magazine had 3 social media icons at the bottom. The second? The old Twitter bird. :(

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Good question. First things first, though. @charlieangus104.bsky.social Is there any chance that you can get your profile adjusted on the NDP website 'Team' web page? You've got an old Twitter bird icon, but no Bluesky icon. See www.ndp.ca/team 23 of 25 NDP MPs appear to now be on Bluesky.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@esoorc.bsky.social Happened to notice that you're a follower of a theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social account. (Note the lower-case 'B' before the bsky (dot) social .) Please see screenshot.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@realdonniechump.bsky.social Happened to notice that you're a follower of a theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social account. (Note the lower-case 'B' before the bsky (dot) social .) Please see screenshot.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@davemac1112.bsky.social Happened to notice that you're a follower of a theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social account. (Note the lower-case 'B' before the bsky (dot) social .) Tried reporting the account a day or two ago, but haven't heard back. Please see screenshot.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@lloydmill.bsky.social Thought that I should let know about a theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social account. (Note the lower-case 'B' before the bsky (dot) social .) Tried reporting the account a day or two ago, but haven't heard back. Please see screenshot.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@theartofvalue.bsky.social Happy New Year! Thought that I should let know about a theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social account. (Note the lower-case 'B' before the bsky (dot) social .) Tried reporting the account a day or two ago, but haven't heard back. Please see screenshot.

@ theartofvalueb (dot) bsky (dot) social
118 followers 491 following 60 posts

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

One story that took me aback -- and which I only found out about *after* your country's election -- was that Elon Musk really, really had his own tweets amplified. Back in Feb 2023, it was by a 1,000 X amplification factor. (Or, well, I guess it was a 1,000 Twit amplification factor at the time.)

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

3/ At 22 out of 25, the NDP is pretty close to having all members get on Bsky. Whereas, at 1/2, the Greens are just 1 member away from having all members on Bsky. Plus, Mike Morrice has implicitly indicated that he's not a big fan of Twitter/X, via a pinned tweet.

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Apart from Section 8(1), I noticed Section 9 of the same regulations you cited: 'Undue Preference or Disadvantage.' But isn't there undue preference given to the Chief Twit? laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulati...

Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (SOR/97-555)
[Accessed on Nov 30, 2024]

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I looked up the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, Section 8. Here's a link for it, along with a screenshot. laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulati...

Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (SOR/97-555), Section 8.
[Accessed on Nov 30, 2024]

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The opaque algorithms of Twitter/X may push whatever the Chief Twit & company want to have pushed. One report from Feb 2023 suggests that Mr. Musk received an algorithmic amplification of 1,000. Yeah, Elon gets amp'ed. (It was later tamed down, but even still??!) How can others compete with that?

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Granted, too, the opaque algorithms of Twitter/X may push whatever the Chief Twit & company want to have pushed. One report from Feb 2023 suggests that Mr. Musk received an algorithmic amplification of 1,000. (It was later tamed down, but even still??!) How can others compete with that?

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Dee Gee @dee-gee.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,039,019!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,039,019, dee-gee.bsky.social ‪@dee-gee.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 21, 2024"

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