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Father,Husband,Software Security Architect, Ethical Hacker,Musician,& Karate Geek.OWASP Ottawa Chapter Leader. Trying to learn Kendo. Devious-Plan.com founder. He/Him Mastodon is better @garthoid@infosec.exchange 📍🇨🇦

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 3h
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to partner with Tech2Step Ottawa for our OWASP Ottawa Day 2026 event. Keep the conversations going after OWASP Ottawa Day at the UofO with a Tech2Step Walk & Connect to share and learn. 📅 October 17, 2026, Tech2Step 5:00-6:00 pm ℹ️ tinyurl.com/mrcyx43j 📍 UofO-STEM 117
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Tech2Step CyberConnect Ottawa · Luma
Tech2Step CyberConnect Ottawa Ask Cybersecurity Professionals Anything: Careers, Communities & Connections Keep the conversations going after OWASP Day at the…
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 17h
#Stelco ‘s C$3.4-billion sale to American Cleveland-Cliffs was approved by the #Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne formally approved the acquisition subject to binding 5-year employment commitments. www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
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Ministerial statement on the Investment Canada Act review of Cleveland-Cliffs acquisition of Stelco - Canada.ca
Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the following statement:
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that Kayode Olabisi will be speaking at #OWASP #Ottawa Day 2026 with: "Your LLM App Passed the Checklist. Now What?" 📅 October 17, 2026 ℹ️ Information: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... 🎟️ Tickets (free): buytickets.at/owaspottawac... #OWASPOttawa2026 #LLMSecurity #AISecurity
Speaker Poster for  for Kayode Olabisi who will be speaking at #OWASP #Ottawa Day 2026 with: 


"Your LLM App Passed the Checklist. Now What?"


If the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs provides risks this talk focuses on where controls belong. Using prompt injection, sensitive data disclosure, and supply chain risk as examples, it maps each to practical enforcement points across the application, policy layer, and model provider.
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Tyler Watt @tylerwatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The FAO says Ontario will be $2 billion short just to maintain CURRENT health care services. I asked Minister Jones a simple question: yes or no, will there be service cuts? She deflected. I asked again. She never answered. #onpoli
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
you’re going to want to read jeremy’s book on the extreme-right wing premier fucking not just with alberta, but all of canada
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is pleased to announce that Alexander Rudolph, PhD presenting @ OWASP Ottawa Day 2026 on: "Canadian Digital Sovereignty in a Zero-Trust World" 📅 October 17, 2026 ℹ️ Information: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #Canada #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On behalf of #OWASP #Ottawa, a huge thank you to Mark Cimon and the Cimon Real Estate Team for supporting OWASP’s 25th Anniversary event at OWASP Ottawa Day! Information and tickets: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... #OWASP #Ottawa #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec #Cybersecurity #Community
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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tell me again how Canada’s importing a small number of Chinese car imperils US national security.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Charles Graeber @charlesgraeber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes! Working on it now!
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On behalf of #OWASP #Ottawa, a huge thank you to Forward Security and Farshad Abasi for supporting OWASP’s 25th Anniversary event at OWASP Ottawa Day! forwardsecurity.com #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec #Cybersecurity #Community
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 27/09/2026
Mark Carney has confirmed that Canada will diversify away from Elon’s Musk’s Starlink. Canada will be exploring other options for satellite internet in the context of reducing reliance on U.S. defence and technology — especially in areas where that reliance comes with risks to Canadian sovereignty.
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Canada confirms plan to diversify away from Elon Musk's Starlink
In a New York Times interview, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will diversify away from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@charlesgraeber.bsky.social Will there be an updated sequel to “The Breakthrough“?
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 24/09/2026
Is it too much to ask for Canada's biggest pension funds to invest 3 per cent of assets in real Canadian growth? We don't think so. Today we're publishing a policy paper delving into how our biggest pension funds are actually investing our money. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/reports/wort...
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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good. And six is a good number. Any American pressure obviously came to nothing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Ottawa signs preliminary deal with Swedish firm Saab for 6 GlobalEye aircraft | CBC News
The federal government has announced a preliminary agreement for the acquisition of six GlobalEye detection aircraft that would be built in Canada by the Swedish firm Saab in collaboration with Canada...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whistleblower alleges millions of #Driscoll’s berries sent to #Canada with excess chemical levels from #California and the client tried to cover it up Lawsuit claims about 50% of shipments from 2022-24 had fruit exceeding Canadian safety levels www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1826, Bytown was founded. It was named for Colonel John By with the British Royal Engineers who oversaw the construction of the Rideau Canal. The community was renamed Ottawa on Jan. 1, 1855 when it incorporated as a city. 🎨 Henry Francis Ainslie
A tranquil riverside village scene with wooden docks and small boats beside a stone warehouse at the base of rolling hills, two wind-leaning trees atop the hill and tall cypress along the ridge under a pale, cloudy sky.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m not sure if even those Americans who are full-on fighting Trump, MAGA and the GOP can fully understand that the rest of the world looks at 37% STILL supporting the most obviously and completely corrupt, moronic and power-mad leader as evidence that the United States can’t ever be trusted again.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
How a web of institutes and academics — with ties to a U.S. non-profit and outsized influence on the United Conservative Party government — helped turn separatism from fringe idea to the mainstream. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/09/2026
Today we're celebrating the two year anniversary of Bellingcat's Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit. The resource that helps you discover and use open source tools is maintained by a group of amazing volunteers. If you've not explored it yet, you can find it here: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
The Bellingcat Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit Turns 2!
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 21/09/2026
Extremely online Conservative MPs and staffers want to act out their own Brexit fantasies so badly
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 21/09/2026
The AI doomerism being pushed by the tech oligarchs is meant to reinforce the idea that AI is inevitable, unstoppable, and impossible to regulate. But it's not. It's just going to require that we go back to global cooperation, hard as it may sound. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: It’s the nuclear bomb of the 21st century. This is how we can control it
Reining in AI will take international co-operation.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more likely to break traffic regulations? Research at the University of Helsinki provides some answers.”
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The fast and the furious: Research shows that owners of high-status cars are on a collision course with traffic | University of Helsinki
Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more li...
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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 21/09/2026
FAA to deploy A.I. air traffic system at DC Airports starting this week, because having it bomb a school and nearly start a war with China isn't enough.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More than 4 years on, Russia Today is still busy trying to deny the Bucha massacre, despite multiple investigations by human rights organisations, international bodies, and investigative journalists that showed Russia's responsibilities.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you think you have to move your business to the USA because of tariffs then you really didn’t have a business and you really don’t know how to run a business. And maybe you are not really Canadian anyways.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump thinks he can control who everyone else can trade with. He tried it with Canada, and Canada walked away. Now he’s trying it with the EU. He will completely tank the US Economy & every international alliance the US had. Sounds like exactly what Putin would want him to do. What a coincidence.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canada is building a deeper alliance with the EU so that we may write our own futures — with our values, and our ambitions.
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Special thanks to Robert Babaev and Katie McMillan for speaking at the #OWASP #Ottawa September meetup. Thank you to the volunteers who helped make this happen and a special thanks to @uottawaeng.bsky.social for providing an excellent venue.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This post is AIL-0. danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-infl...
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AI Influence Level (AIL) v1.0
Humans care who created things. Especially art. They especially care when the origin is in question, and more again when the origin might not be human. AI is yi
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 16/09/2026
If Canada is seriously looking about how we can deepen ties with the European Union, maybe we should think about copying their homework on digital sovereignty. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/euro...
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Europe can teach Canada a thing or two about digital sovereignty | Canadian Shield Institute
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Strasbourg, getting feted by the European Parliament. The news is that Canada wants to get closer to the EU, and the...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The EU has delivered greater stability across the continent, greater mobility for its citizens, and a single market that gives Europe global economic weight. An honour to hear President von der Leyen address the European Parliament today as we build a deeper partnership for the future.
Prime Minister Carney visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.Prime Minister Carney visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“We believe that power does not belong to the strongest, the richest or the loudest, but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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European Union opens door for Canada to become first associate member
Commission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 16/09/2026
“Ursula von der Leyen said Europe wants to open the door for Canada to become an ‘associate member’ of the European Union. ‘I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,’ von der Leyen said Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation”
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Europe wants Canada as its first 'associate member', von der Leyen…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Easy. #WorldBollardAssociation
A brick wall topples over but is held back by 2 bollards.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.
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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 14/09/2026
The best part is how Donald jr. isn’t disputing it and claims he just randomly met this Russian oligarch while he was out hunting Meanwhile Eric is insisting he has no knowledge of a bald Russian oligarch who speaks limited English at the small destination wedding on a private island he attended
ProPublica @propublica.org • 45m
A spokesman for Trump Jr. did not dispute the wedding payments from Kremlev, calling him a "personal friend of Don." The rep said there is no "business relationship" between the men and that they met through a mutual friend in the hunting world. 8/12
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A spokesperson for Eric Trump, who also attended the wedding, said of Kremlev: "Eric has absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name."The guest list numbered around 50. It included Trump Jr.'s brother-in-law Jared Kushner, Eric Trump — and Kremlev, an imposing man with a shaved head who speaks limited English. The oligarch was part of a large group whose presence puzzled other attendees. They sometimes stood off by themselves, speaking Russian.
"It was really small, like, just really close friends," Trump Jr. later said on his podcast.
"Tried to keep it really tight. And it was just awesome."
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 14/09/2026
We're going to hear a lot of talk this week about investment. But not all investment is created equal, as @vassb.bsky.social writes in the Toronto Star. The thing to watch is going to be whether Prime Minister Carney is drawing investment that leads to real growth. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Mark Carney wants to attract $1 trillion to Canada. It’ll only make sense if we fix this glaring problem
Investment within Canada should focus on building out the economy or funding infrastructure rather than mergers or bonds.
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Uncle Joe @sydseter.com · 10/09/2026
I don't always do threat modeling before releasing mobile apps, but when I do... I play cards with OWASP Cornucopia Mobile App Edition v2.0. Read more: dev.to/owasp/owasp-... (1/3) #ai #appsec #security #threatmodeling #cornucopia #mobile #games
I DON’T ALWAYS DO THREAT MODELIING
BEFORE RELEASING MOBILE APPS, BUT WHEN I DO, I PLAY CARDS WITH OWASP
CORNUCOPIA MOBILE APP EDITION V2.0. (NOTE: AI WAS NOT USED TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE)
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Karen would like a word with the manager. #USA #Americanexceptionalism #Karen
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Andrew Potter: The American Karentocracy
Our neighbours to the south are the last people on Earth to realize that the problem is them.
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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The data suggest that consumers led on this, well before the shelf ban was put in place. It’s also a shelf ban, not an import ban which Trump has enacted. substack.com/@jenniferrob...
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If the U.S. booze goes back on the shelves, will Canadians drink it?
The White House appears to feel some pressure to show that they have made progress, as Senator Blackburn (R., Tennessee) put it in July, to “get the Canadians to put Jack Daniels back on their shelves...
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot' — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Space photograph of Earth in a thin crescent, with a blue atmosphere and white cloud swirls along the sunlit edge against black space.
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🚨 #OWASP #Ottawa September 2026 #Meetup with Katie McMillan and Robert Babaev 🚨 Open Source Software is Federally Included in Canada with Katie McMillan -and- Can You Not? How to Avoid Destroying Prod with Agent Permissions with Robert Babaev #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #AppSec #Tech
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OWASP Ottawa September 16th, 2026 with Katie McMillan and Robert Babaev, Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
* **Note: Our Meetup page may be removed soon due to platform changes at OWASP. For the most up-to-date** **information on OWASP Ottawa events, resources, and announcements
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My goodness the misinformed in the #Alberta pro-separatists: "If I speak about Christianity in the street I will be jailed." This is just false. Outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa there are regular groups of people with megaphones talking about Christianity. They have not been arrested.
cbc.ca
The House with Catherine Cullen | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Politics these days can seem like one big shouting match. Catherine Cullen cuts through the noise. Every Saturday she makes politics make sense, taking you to Parliament Hill and across Canada for in-...
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In 1972, then Canadian Secretary of State for external affairs, Mitchel Sharp said Canada has 3 options vis-a-vis the US: status quo, deeper integration, or diversification. Since the 1980s we have chosen 2. If Carney manages to Third Option, even just a bit, it's going to be very, very interesting.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU
As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part.
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Ross O'Connor @oconnor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Carney is pushing to lay the pipelines Canada needs to redirect gas—normally pumped across the U.S. border—to European allies still struggling to replace Russian energy.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time.” — Carl Sagan
A space photograph of Earth as a thin, glowing blue crescent against a vast, solid black background, with most of the planet in shadow.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yay! My sign has arrived. Thank you @jleiper.bsky.social #Ottawa
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Fiete Stegers @fstegers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hamburg zeigt (riesige) Flagge #hh1109 #pruefdemo
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