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I invoice German engineers for their mistakes. Formed by the landscape I grew up in. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 2h
This makes me think of the Saudi spy ring that operated in Twitter HQ 14+ years ago. I'd like to know more about this one. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over covert recording device, DOJ says
The case highlights growing security concerns around sensitive AI research.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
Feels like we don’t talk enough about how Peter Thiel, who puppeteers JD Vance and funds Trump, has written that he “no longer believes freedom and democracy are compatible” We are literally being run by people who oppose our very system of government. www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/p...
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 6h
A war run by two personalist dictators surrounded by oligarchs, with a democratically elected ex-comedian caught in the middle.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h
I told you that’s next.
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I confirm that tonight SpaceX introduced a speed restriction on Starlink terminals while in motion.
At present, the restriction applies to the Star Shield
"military package" and is set at 100 miles per hour.
Our Defense Forces received no prior warning about this limitation, which resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.
Obviously, this cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation.
(Quoting Zelensky's miltech advisor)
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 21h
Looks like the topic this week in Canada will be whether we are nationalizing steel after USA's Stelco fucked us over for Trump. Apparently it's getting more likely with the hour. I know nothing. But I'm a big fan of nationalizing and putting profits in our Sovereign Wealth Fund.
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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 21h
#PartofOurHeritage
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Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/10/2026
Raphaël Glucksmann’s decisive victory in France’s center-left primary may have won him the backing of the Socialist Party. But he needs even more support if he wants to drive his distinctly pro-European platform all the way to the Elysée Palace. 🔗 vist.ly/5n9c3
Man in suit smiling with bright lights and text overlay.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/10/2026
@chrystia-freeland.bsky.social reacts to Trump forgoing our alliance with Ukraine so that he can strengthen his relationship with Putin: “America is committing superpower suicide…America, for no good reason, is throwing away this amazing thing it built. It's vandalism.”
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 13/10/2026
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AI agents repurposed a U of T link-sharing tool to communicate with each other
The University of Toronto learned earlier this month that a tool it uses to make web links easier to share had been repurposed by artificial-intelligence agents from OpenAI to communicate with one another, apparently unbeknownst to their human creators.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WSJ: The Crown Prince “is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers .. .. The costs of the war have already widened the budget deficit and threaten to push the economy into contraction.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ukrainians take out Russian bot farms and suddenly the internet has a suspicious shortage of Trump supporters.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax
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Kicking at the Darkness @hakailens.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FFS…
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 10/10/2026
In a special interview from her home on Vancouver Island, Tyee health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social interviews six-time Olympian Clara Hughes about her years of transformation, healing and seeing her relationship with sport more clearly. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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The Courage of Clara Hughes | The Tyee
The six-time Olympian’s latest book is true feat of strength. A Tyee Q&A.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Canada has been massively investing in drones and our military. But we have left the back door open with lax rules on foreign interference. The US laid out the strategy of breaking Canada apart from within and picking up the pieces. We need to get serious about the threat. youtu.be/lrkt6TsMDpU?...
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CANADA IS PREPARING FOR THE WRONG WAR
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 09/10/2026
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Advocates of human rights and international justice cheered, as Israel and its supporters expressed disappointment, after South African jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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Praise pours in for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay even as Israel criticizes selection
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Advocates of human rights and international justice cheered, as Israel and its supporters expressed disappointment, after South African jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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HollowStaber101 @hsrw101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Considering how much money and influence the musk rat has and is using that to interfere in other countries like Germany, England, Brazil, and now Canada, we can't take this lying down! My home country is at risk of being taken over from within by sell outs and traitors!
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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 09/10/2026
We have a responsibility to uphold international law. The EU is fully committed to the independence of international justice. We urge the United States to use the coming months to engage in dialogue. We will continue support the ICC and to protect its members and staff.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary
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Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary
The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Would the American people fail to understand that the death penalty has been carried out if the execution of the criminal weren’t live-streamed? Of course not. The cruel spectacle is the point. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @joshuatait.bsky.social:
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize. to.pbs.org/4yev2Y2
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WATCH: Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to uphold international justice
Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel comm...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 09/10/2026
A former federal prosecutor predicts President Donald Trump's latest bid to keep former special counsel Jack Smith's report hidden is about to fall apart.
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Trump’s gambit to bury Jack Smith report past midterms about to collapse: ex-prosecutor
A former federal prosecutor predicts President Donald Trump's latest bid to keep former special counsel Jack Smith's report hidden is about to fall apart.Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney, said in a Thursday episode of "Talking Feds" that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to reject a re...
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Ben Schlappig @onemileatatime.com · 09/10/2026
Saudia A320 Destroyed At Riyadh Airport, As Houthis Warn Airlines To Avoid Saudi Arabia onemileatatime.com/news/saudia-...
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Saudia A320 Destroyed At Riyadh Airport, As Houthis Warn Airlines To Avoid Saudi Arabia
A Saudia Airbus A320 was destroyed in a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh Airport, with the group warning all airlines to avoid Saudi Arabian airspace.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
I could have renamed hbo to hbo max for only $400 million
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hoooboy. The NDP has surfaced these fairly recent tweets from Joachim Agou, the Conservative candidate for Victoria-Beacon Hill. Includes video of car driving into Sept 2025 pro-Palestinian demonstration in Switzerland and Agou replying in French: "He should have reversed as well!!!"
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
PM Mark Carney’s response to EM telling our provinces to separate #Canada
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 08/10/2026
Furious Trump rails against Canadian Anne Carson winning Nobel Prize in Literature
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Furious Trump rails against Canadian Anne Carson winning Nobel Prize in Literature
WASHINGTON D.C. - Following the announcement of Canadian poet Anne Carson as this year's Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, President Donald Trump unleashed an online tirade insisting he was more de...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vancouver Police Department leadership and union leadership has criticized me, publicly and privately, for focusing too much on straight forward data analysis of crime rates. Several times. Not expecting an apology, but as a person who prefers data over anecdotes, I hope they'll continue this.
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David Antoš 🇪🇺 @davidantos.cz · 08/10/2026
Enemy of the free world
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 08/10/2026
“This kind of fake-public company should not exist. Every public share should be valued the same. Dual-class shares should be banned outright… The reason founders like Zuckerberg set up a dual-class structure is that they want all the benefits of being publicly traded with none of the drawbacks…”
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI has made coding surveys easier as well as testing them on simulated respondents. The big problem is that ensuring you're not just running that survey on other people's bots means spending a lot more money than you would have before.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 07/10/2026
Amid Cold War flashpoints, the US and the Soviet Union created the International Atomic Energy Agency to set rules around loose nuclear material. The US and China face the same challenge now with AI. Sebastian Mallaby (@cfr.org) explains the urgent need for regulation of artificial intelligence.
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‘We are at a moment of peril with AI ... The sooner [it is regulated], the better’
Sebastian Mallaby, the author of a recent book on Google DeepMind, tells Mike Higgins about the urgent need for regulation, why Europe will have to follow the United States’ lead and the way to talk t...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/10/2026
Britain left the EU – but British exceptionalism never went away. Rejoining is still discussed in terms of what special terms might win enough support. Niall Ó Conghaile argues that misses something fundamental: it isn’t all about Britain. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @nialloconghaile.bsky.social
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Britain still hasn’t learnt what being outside the EU means
Closer ties with Europe require Britain to abandon exceptionalism and understand what being outside the EU means
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026
Here's the @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social write-up of today's physics Nobel Prize, featuring a quote from our director, particle physicist Marcela Carena, and one toward the end by me :) perimeterinstitute.ca/news/francis...
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Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics | PI News
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to particle physicist Francis Halzen today “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So are Turkey and Pakistan directly intervening in the Houthi-Yemen-Saudi conflict, or was that Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement just words? If they do send forces, how much, where to, and doing what? A bit of air defense in Riyadh? Bombing the Houthis? A battalion in combat in west Yemen? What?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026
Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan
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Kicking at the Darkness @hakailens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Whoah…
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026
remember when every company was like "we're gonna make a leaderboard for uses the most AI" until someone looked at their budget
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everyone involved with this, except a dozen or so already very wealthy people, will lose.
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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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...
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Michael Ledger-Lomas @michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Evict Ken Sim (and regain proper democratic oversight over the VPD into the bargain).
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Kicking at the Darkness @hakailens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Where’s my Jack Smith merch at? 😎
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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