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Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...

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Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote

Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.

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Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social · 9h

The 2026 line ran off the top of the Niño 3.4 chart, so Climate Reanalyzer had to raise the ceiling from 30°C to 31°C. Ocean temps in the heart of this El Niño are running about 3°C above the early October average and higher than any other year on record for this time of year.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 11h

(My actual answer is responsible government for municipalities: stop electing mayors separately and let councils choose among their member who will lead them. The current system lets people have summer side hustles without any obligation or consequence.)

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 11h

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 13h

My new book HYPERSCALE is out in two weeks — and my copies just arrived! I recorded an unboxing video to share some thoughts as it gets closer to release and show you what it looks like. Hate data centers? You’re going to want a copy! Preorder yours today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h

“Trump has tried to drive the entire South American continent towards the Far Right, an operation that will have implications far beyond the Midterms for both the US and the rest of the world.”

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Trump In South America

The Far Right shift is almost complete

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 11h

Obvious case for proportional representation.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Quebec’s separatist Parti Québécois won the provincial election but fell short of a majority, taking about 60 of 127 seats and returning to power for the first time in more than a decade, AP reports.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We've now added Playwright to the mix (automated headless browser testing). Used a lot

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is super creepy. The plague is transmitted mostly by fleas. Sound hard to prevent.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love it 👇

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, more and more reports are confirming what should have been admitted for years. The Trump administration has business deals ready to go with Putin, once they can bully the Ukrainians into surrendering more of their land and people. This is the real Trump/Kushner win-win.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Free weekend update is out. Russia has a strategy for this winter--massive war crimes to make Ukraine unlivable. We need to speak the truth on that. One reason they need to do this is that they are struggling in other parts of the war--see Vivaldi. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

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Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”

Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Majority government with 30% of the vote.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tabarnac

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Flying over uptown Toronto (North York), with its corridor of towers along the Yonge Street subway, and density that sharply drops off one or two streets back.

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.

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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News

As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking at strategic planning rather than line by line budgets might be more fruitful. And having an accurate budget, comparable to audited amounts would be helpful. Also, have a look at capital accounts. Toronto hoards cash.

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Leave it to @graphicmatt.com to debunk Bradford’s justification for a line-by-line audit of Toronto's budget. Argues any per capital increases can be easily traced to things like opening libraries on Sundays, crisis response teams & improved snow clearing #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Matt Elliott: There’s no mystery behind Mayor Olivia Chow’s budget record — there’s just math

Lately, the leading candidates taking on Mayor Olivia Chow in the race for mayor have taken to referring to the city’s budget like it’s some great cosmic mystery. A riddle

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

See The Local for a full list of Toronto Council candidates. thelocal.to/ward-1-etobi...

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Ward 1 — Etobicoke North | The Local

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026

Monoculture is not healthy. Take away AI investments, and the US economy is basically treading water.

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Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great news for Canada. #1 with most trees per person: 94,400.000 Now, lets work on EQUITY in cities.Upper income areas have over 40% tree canopy; lower income ones under 10%, many under 5%. Proposal: for next 5 - 10 years ALL budget for tree planting should be for U-10% areas.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

JUST IN: Today El Niño Broke its Record Hottest Temperature Ever! 🥵 Today the El Niño region surpassed 2015 for the highest temp ever measured in the El Niño (3.4) region. It comes 2 months earlier than typical peak (late Nov/ Dec)…

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When it comes to climate change, the amount of money going to effective solutions matters. After all, we are talking about rebuilding the world. Sadly, money going into climate is way down from a few years ago. In government funding, investing, corporate spending, etc. We need to turn that around.

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CNN @cnn.com · 27/09/2026

Nearly half a million people across the world could lose their lives by February due to El Niño-driven extreme heat, according to a new report.

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Super-sized El Niño could cause more than 450,000 heat deaths by February, study suggests | CNN

Nearly half a million people across the world could lose their lives by February due to El Niño-driven extreme heat, according to a sobering new report.

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 26/09/2026

An engagement plan helps you create structure around conversations for decision-making that are informed by strategy rather than reactiveness. lesscomputer.ca/design-an-en...

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Matt did you know that Toronto had a windfall of ~$6.7B during the *pandemic*? Was that communicated clearly to Toronto by City staff (generally, or in budgets)? <rhetorical>. My recollection is that they continued with their "we're broke" narrative during that time.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Note that two parts of the budget process presented by Toronto are traditional now: - every year the staff present a dire picture -- fear mongering - every year the staff congratulate themselves on achieving the impossible -- a clear message of 'leave this to us'

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sure a lot of Toronto budget information is available to the people of Toronto, but much of it is inscrutable. Also, as I've been saying for years, it is mis-stated by the $billions. That's structural, and imo deliberate, to wrap the budget in a fog. See for example: bsky.app/profile/henr...

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a general comment about the bill C-39 which increases discretion on the part or Canada ministers to suppress labour actions... I've believed for decades that an initiative that would increase the relevance of unions would be to insist that unions have a meaningful seat at the management table.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sitting on my balcony, had a sip of coffee and got stung on my lip by a wasp -- I didn't notice it was there. Ouch. Swelling starting.

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Floating bus stops are a simple way to make busy streets work better for everyone. Buses do not get held up by cyclists, while people cycling get a continuous, protected route instead of being forced into traffic. Safer cycling, quicker bus journeys and streets that work for people.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I often think about the speed camera chopping vigilante who returned to the scene of their crime on Parkside Drive multiple times but Toronto police didn’t catch them & it led to Doug Ford banning speed cameras for 16 million people & now speeding is at epidemic levels & people will die.

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