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Canadian Leftist trying to soak up life on the coast before The Big One. 🌊

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 10h
"A closer look at the data reveals a brute-force guessing machine, not a reasoning intellect. Mathematics isn't dead; it's being spammed, strip-mined, and exploited by an industry that needs human creativity more than it admits." emeraldbook.org/news/oct-162...
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The 91% Failure Rate: Why AI Is Not Killing Mathematics – Emerald Book
◆ Emerald Pages ◆ Technology / Academia The 91% Failure Rate: Why AI Is Not Killing Mathematics Emerald Book Publication October 16, 2026 9 min read The panic over AI solving the Navier-Stokes equatio...
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 10h
😭Another data breach! “We have today confirmed that your name, and, if provided, address, phone number, email addresses and date of birth on the More Rewards database were accessed during this incident.” #cybersecurity #F@ckYourLoyaltyPrograms #DataHarvesting #PersonalSecurityInformation #CdnPoli
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Dear Valued Customer,
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Our team discovered unauthorized activity occurring on one of our servers on October 13 and took immediate action that day to shut down the server and launch an investigation with a third-party cybersecurity expert. The incident was quickly contained, and we are in the process of notifying the appropriate authorities and privacy regulators.
We have today confirmed that your name, and, if provided, address, phone number, email addresses and date of birth on the More Rewards database were accessed during this incident.
Based on the information available to us, no other personal information (e.g., passwords, credit card data, or transaction history) was accessed, and your More Rewards account remains secure.
We will never contact vou for sensitive information such as
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 08/10/2026
The Liberals and Conservatives just voted together to attack labour, environmental, and Indigenous rights to fast-track corporate mega projects. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Conservatives vote with Liberals as Bill C-39 heads to committee
A key piece of the Carney government’s economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons Thursday when Conservatives voted with the majority Liberals to send the bill for study...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Liberals and Conservatives teamed up again today — funny how that keeps happening — to get Bill C-39 over the hurdle of its first vote. The massive, 243-page bill bulldozes environmental protections, Indigenous rights and attacks the right to strike. Here's what this means:
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Danielle Smith appoints Evan Romanow as DM of Hospitals and Surgeries. He was involved in this. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT (section 4); public service act (section 18) - Effective October 13, 2026, appoints Bryce Stewart as Deputy Minister of Affordability and Utilities and Evan Romanow as Deputy Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Oh Come On Meme Reaction
Alt: Oh Come On Meme Reaction
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Conflict screen excludes Mark Carney from eight more government decisions Carney has been sidelined on eight more government decisions because of potential conflicts with his prior businesses, a new report says, including on help for Canada’s airlines and a loan to a Baffin Island mine. The Star
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘No excuse for this’: B.C. Conservatives drop candidate over social media posts
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‘No excuse for this’: B.C. Conservatives drop candidate over social media posts
The B.C. Conservatives have dropped their candidate in a Vancouver Island riding over social media posts a B.C. NDP candidate called out as “horrific racism.”
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Starship Troopers: Carl Jenkins - It's Afraid
Alt: Starship Troopers: Carl Jenkins - It's Afraid
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sooke brewery meets with Indigenous leaders after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ controversy
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Sooke brewery meets with Indigenous leaders after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ controversy
A Vancouver Island brewery says it has met with local Indigenous leaders as it works toward reopening following a controversy that began when one of its co-owners wore a “Show Me the Evidence” shirt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/10/2026
I'm guessing @tsnofficial.bsky.social has no policy on its journalists publicly endorsing candidates in elections? (Serious question too, TSN actually does legitimate sports journalism)
Jennifer Hedger Earlier this year I met with @BradMBradford I have lived in Toronto for 25 years. For the past 5, the city has been in a steep decline. Crime. Open drug use. Gridlock. Garbage. Safety concerns on the TTC. It didn't used to be like this. Toronto can return to being a thriving city but it begins with leadership. We need a serious Mayor. Get out and vote.
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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have never heard anyone complain that the police, courts, military and health care systems aren't generating enough profits.
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Canuckistan Bob @nonotmenotmeno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jeffry freaking Rath quoting scripture??? Well, Shakespeare had it right I guess: "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." Merchant of Venice I:iii
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 07/10/2026
The union representing Hullo ferry workers says a frightening incident at Nanaimo's terminal on Sunday was de-escalated by a team of workers on the scene. cheknews.ca/quite-surprised-hullo-f…
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‘Quite surprised’: Hullo Ferries workers stay calm facing passenger armed with knife
The union representing Hullo ferry workers says a frightening incident at Nanaimo's terminal on Sunday was de-escalated by a team of workers on the scene.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“(Carney is) approaching things by violating treaty rights, by violating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and just steamrolling on national interest strategies that completely exclude us by way of disrespect,” #CdnPoli
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Canada's economic reconciliation plan is not working say critics
While the prime minister is courting corporations to invest in Canada, critics say his economic plan with Indigenous Peoples isn't working.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You do not have to be a parent to feel anger at the details in the latest investigation by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @samanthamichaels.bsky.social. But the white-hot rage I felt as a dad reading this is going to stick with me for some time.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wonder if the CAQ regrets not fixing the electoral system?
CAQ 1 seat from 16 of the vote
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline. That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas. Here's what you need to know:
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj
Excerpt from the Globe article reads: “A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.
Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta's pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration and conservative political establishment to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta.”
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sauce: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Morgan Stanley, CIBC Win Mandate for Sale of Canada Airport Concessions
The Canadian government has hired Morgan Stanley and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to advise on selling the operating rights to the country’s four largest airports, according to people with knowl...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Elbows up baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bloomberg headline reads: “Morgan Stanley, CIBC Win Mandate for Sale of Canada Airport Concessions”Wikipedia page for Morgan Stanley opens: “Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial…”
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
RCMP Const. David Tucker spread false conspiracy theories on White Supremacist militia second sons inseries of public Facebook posts minimizing the incident & suggesting people should consider whether it was orchestrated by political officials www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop... #bcpoli
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Casimir has 'public trust' concerns after Kamloops Mountie's Second Sons posts
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this day, thirty years ago, some of us yelled, “Get off the phone, I want to use the internet!”
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 24/09/2026
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
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An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
‘Our models took actions we did not intend,’ ChatGPT maker admits after latest outrage
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i'm sure no one needs access to the pentagon secret computer
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I read this report today and oh my god actuaries.org.uk/media/ni4erl...
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“climate change should be a core part of national security planning” #Climate #BuildingResilience #DefendCanadians #JustTransition #Housing #HumanRights #DefendDemocracy #RoofTopSolar #MaximumLivableTemperature #MiniSplitForTheWin #TheFutureIsElectric actuaries.org.uk/media/ni4erl...
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Collaborative insights in the public interest
January 2025
Planetary Solvency
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finding our balance with nature
Global risk management for
human prosperity
by Sandy Trust,
Lucy Saye, Oliver Bettis,
Georgina Bedenham,
Oliver Hampshire,
Timothy M. Lenton,
Jesse F. Abrams
Global risk management for human prosperity January 2025
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"A soldier shot a baby to death..." And the question is not what the soldier's punishment is, but whether he was investigated... More than two months have passed, and the Military Police Investigation Unit still refuses to say whether it investigated the soldier who shot a baby to death
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מעל חודשיים חלפו ומצ"ח עדיין מסרבת לומר אם חקרה חייל שירה למוות בתינוק
במשטרה הצבאית החוקרת הבהירו כי מתנהלת חקירה בדבר התקרית בחברון בה נהרג סאם פאהד אבו הייכל, בן שבעה חודשים, בעת שהיה ברכב עם בני משפחתו
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12/08/2026
Myanmar's military has carried out a sustained campaign of deliberate attacks on civilians – including airstrikes on homes, schools and camps for displaced people, alongside arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violence – according to Human Rights Council-appointed investigators.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 06/08/2026
During his first year in office, PM Carney met with fossil fuel industry lobbyists at least 14 times, compared to Trudeau who only took two such meetings between 2023 and the end of his term in January 2025.
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Big Oil is targeting Canada's highest-ranking decision makers — and it's paying off
Canadian government officials met with fossil fuel lobbyists more than 1,300 times in 2024, including at least 83 times with Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson. At the same time, the...
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As Alberta heads toward a pivotal referendum, one of the latest incidents of anti-Indigenous hate was a racist banner that was spotted over the long weekend near Edmonton, drew outrage and fear from First Nations communities.
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Racist banner near Edmonton draws outrage and fear from First Nations communities | APTN News
As Alberta heads toward a pivotal referendum, one of the latest incidents of anti-Indigenous hate was a racist banner that was spotted over the long weekend near Edmonton, drew outrage and fear from…
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Billions in taxpayers’ dollars are available to backstop a new bitumen pipeline to the west coast or dubious carbon capture technologies The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) reported that about half of their members working at a national centre for disaster response were fired in January."
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 04/08/2026
The Bradley Creek fire that is believed to have destroyed about 230 homes on the Okanagan Indian Band Reserve is among six so-called "wildfires of note" that have forced thousands of people from their homes in British…
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With hundreds of homes lost, these ‘wildfires of note’ threaten B.C. communities
The Bradley Creek fire that is believed to have destroyed about 230 homes on the Okanagan Indian Band Reserve is among six so-called "wildfires of note" that have forced thousands of people from their homes in B.C.
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Here in Calgary I show people this graph and if I get any further guff I ask if they know what a graph is. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #Wildfires #smoke #cdnpoli #abpoli
Calgary smoke hours show dramatic hockey stick curve heading into the 2020s and beyond
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Wildfire smoke triggers air quality warning in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
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Wildfire smoke triggers air quality warning in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
An air quality warning was issued Monday for the eastern Fraser Valley due to wildfire smoke, according to the regional district.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 03/08/2026
For the first time in more than 70 years, women took the field in a professional baseball game. Dreams that generations fought for are finally becoming reality. Here’s to every girl who has ever been told, “Baseball isn’t for you.” Keep proving them wrong💪 #WomensSports #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/a7Y4hWvyPz8?...
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The Shopify CEO who suggested poor people shouldn't vote has the ear of Canada's PM. Here's proof
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Days after Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke publicly supported the idea that pensioners and the poor should lose their right to vote — and the wealthy should have extra votes — Elon Musk called him a "national treasure." But that's not all. Lutke also has the ear of Canada's prime minister. Here's proof:
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Will the Liberal wait until flight attendants go on strike before interfering on behalf of Westjet or will they do so pre-strike as Trudeau liked to do
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/07/2026
A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List
A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 22/07/2026
In the least surprising news ever
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Andrew Tate charged with possessing child abuse images
Social media influencer and brother appear in Miami federal court, where lawyers say they will fight extradition to the UK
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22/07/2026
INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.
After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on.

I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft.

Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If Mark Carney wants Canada to walk the same energy and climate path as Norway, he has to do a better job of equipping us for the journey. First and foremost: give clean energy the same financial and political support as fossil fuels are getting. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Mark Carney wants to make Canada more like Norway. He has some work to do
The now-annual bouts of wildfire smoke are yet another reminder of the importance of reducing our use of fossil fuels and replacing them wherever possible with electrification. It's time for the prime...
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Measles exposure alert issued after case confirmed in Nanaimo area
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Measles exposure alert issued after case confirmed in Nanaimo area
Island Health has confirmed a travel-related measles case in the Nanaimo area, warning some people they may have been exposed at two locations on July 12.
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