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Don Pittis

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Reader, writer, columnist, producer, broadcaster at rthk, bbc, cbc etc.

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 7h
Warm war
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 7h
Cars are smaller in Toulouse
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 7h
Connect your fridge to the web, they said, it will be a smart fridge
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12h
"'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident" www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting  — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident
A cyberattack has hit supermarkets in Europe, disabling refrigerators.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h
The US productivity-pay gap ft.trib.al/ibVdzIy | opinion
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The US productivity-pay gap
Workers’ share of output is shrinking
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klassmi.bsky.social @klassmi.bsky.social · 20h
#Citroen chief executive Xavier Chardon described the new 2CV car as "a modern, ingenious and refreshing response to the mobility challenges of tomorrow". 🚗 #FutureIsClean www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age
The French firm is reinventing the classic model as carmakers come under pressure from Chinese rivals.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22h
💥 This is today! If you've not sent an email to your MP yet asking them to attend, now would be a perfect time. Here's the link you need to send that email --> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Pentagon Just Got Handed a Troubling Account From Kuwait: Troops Say a US Base Ran Short of Ammunition During an Iranian Attack nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-pentagon...
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The Pentagon Just Got Handed a Troubling Account From Kuwait: Troops Say a US Base Ran Short of Ammunition During an Iranian Attack
Troops told CBS a US base in Kuwait ran short of ammunition during an Iranian attack, adding to warnings about a looming Patriot shortage.
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candiceyyz.bsky.social @candiceyyz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This was at my local Superstore the other day. $6 for 🇨🇦 strawberries, $3 for 🇺🇸. They’ve been wasting $ on 🇺🇸 NOBODY IS BUYING THEM, even with no other options.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This single child going round and round on a carousel in Toulouse would have made a poignant clip in a video about French population dynamic.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OpenAI announces earnings expectation $20 billion short of the $70B that markets were using to set valuations. Is this the turning point so many have been worrying about? www.ft.com/content/b66a...
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OpenAI annualised revenues $20bn less than previously signalled
AI giant recently told investors the key figure was approaching $50bn in September, far less than the $70bn that was widely reported
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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Spicy Scorpio🪶🧡🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🇪🇺 @nish57.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This 👇👇👇👇 is Canada
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How’s everyone doing on this fine day away from corporate shackles? ☕️😘
Saturday smiles
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Majority government with 30% of the vote.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 01/10/2026
Question for anyone who files Access to Information (ATIP) requests online in Canada... Have you ever successfully used the new "CanadaLogin" system? I did the steps to create/migrate my account but every time I actually try to login to the ATIP portal it just ends up in this endless error loop:
        CanadaLogin

    Manage CanadaLogin

Something went wrong

Sorry about that. Try one of the following options:

Manage CanadaLogin    Return
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 01/10/2026
Here are 16 Canadian-owned brands you can buy instead of the usual grocery store picks. 🇨🇦 #BuyCanadian ✅ Get my free weekly newsletter: farandwide.news Note: A previous version of this graphic listed a Canadian-owned company which had moved its production to the U.S.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/09/2026
For those keeping track, Canada now has *two* journalists with purported links to foreign intelligence agencies
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This National Post Columnist Says He Spied for a Foreign Intelligence Agency. Experts Call His Behaviour ‘Unethical’ and ‘Absurd’.
National Post columnist Adam Zivo says he was moonlighting as a foreign intelligence asset at the same time as he worked for the National Post
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026
Although Policy Options published an article from an author with an apparently AI-generated headshot and whose articles sound like they were also generated by AI, I appreciate their transparency here and also sharing additional details about the deceptive behaviour of this "Daniel Robson" character
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026
It turns out "Daniel Robson" is also a prolific contributor to the Western Standard His first articles for WS were published February 2026, the morning after the Tumbler Ridge school shooting Since then, it's a lot of criticisms focused on crime, immigration and pro-Palestinian protesters
Daniel Robson is an independent Canadian journalist specializing in extremism, terrorism, and crime. His work Tocuses on nauonal ana communirv secuntv. as well as the legal. Institutional. and voicv dimensions of public safety. He writes on emerging threats, digital extremism, and accountability in Canada.
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A cautionary tale for my editor friends (and probably many others in this new world.) Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...
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Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson
Policy Options removed an article after concerns about the contributor’s identity could not be resolved. Here is what happened and why.
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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 26/09/2026
"Canadian citizen detained at U.S. border crossing, questioned for hours about voting." Please, fellow Canadians, and our allies and friends around the world, DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained at border crossing, questioned for hours about voting | CBC News
Paige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing and questioned about voting for hours. Lawyers are r...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It must be increasingly hard to find a gas/petrol station. Some early analysis by the Boston Consulting Group suggested market forces would quickly push fueling stations to the uneconomic margin after EV takeoff.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thinking of visiting the US? Consider it carefully, as they’re going to seize your phone and look at everything you have on it. ~ Tod Maffin
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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The TTC is finally considering increasing streetcar stop spacing, active gap supervision on subway, and introducing mid-route timing points on surface network. Please consider filling this out to help bring TTC operations into the 21st century.
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TTC Service Standards Review - Round One Survey
We are reviewing and updating our Service Standards, and we want your feedback on the options we’re exploring. Learn about the options by taking this survey.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"All models are wrong. Some are useful." -- statistician George Box 1976 (Ex ft comments)
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don't disagree. You must decide what to do.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Hormuz oil flows can’t possible be above 13 MMbpd bc crude is over $100!” Brother, if you had told an oil analyst in January that Hormuz flows were still down 7 MMbpd after >200 days of war—with the East-West pipeline hobbled—and oil was ONLY $100 they’d have looked at you like
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Shia La Beouf: Are You On Drugs? (Transformers)
ALT: Shia La Beouf: Are You On Drugs? (Transformers)
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That is as may be. Historians will bicker. But the rest of us must look to the future.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fabulous moving graph for chart lovers. Tail risk! That's where all the info is.
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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tailing around
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Coffee Makes Everything Better @aegg527.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm crying Danielle Smith tears! 😢 FAFO 🤣 😂 👏 🇨🇦 💪
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The pumpkins are in.
A pile of pumpkins in an old fashioned pickup truck parked in front of a small grocer
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Gabe Blanc @gabeblanc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh, you thought I was finished? Stay tuned. @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that it's cutting ICE shifts. What fantastic news, I wonder what major world event may have caused this massive shift 🤔 share.google/hhDE8Rfi7MR9...
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Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shifts
Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. Volkswagen’s...
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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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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Would love an electric car but I fear our 2017 Prius (3.5 L/100km) might outlast my driving life.
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Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In the most university-dorm post ever (@nomiclairelazar.bsky.social), I am super excited to have found the description of inflation in H.G. Wells's Outline of History (1920). He is just so good at capturing the weirdness of inflation. A thread of some delicious snippets
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m happy to receive answers to questions on subjects I’m not an expert in. I’m open to different points of view. But I don’t appreciate responses immediately couched in patronising & insulting terms or in name calling. That is unnecessary, uncivilised and rude and not worth engagement.
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#onthisday a look back a year with our forever farm friends rush hour
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Don “Dr Mabuse” Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What’s everyone #reading this weekend? #books #BookSky
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Try Massif as a palette cleanser. You'll be glad to return to something more substantial.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really liked her Shakespearean apocalypse novel. I read another that put me off, forget which one. But this one has kept me entranced.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't think you've said what you are reading yet, mr current.
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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
3/4 way through Emily St John Mandel's new book Exit Party, mix of surreal and hard reality. Enjoying. Just finished Massif by Garth Nix after seeing recommend in guardian. Fun quick space opera with plot I could not describe to my spouse for fear of ridicule. "A mountain jets into space, ya see..."
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