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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 19h

How am I managing this *+%#*! election campaign in Quebec? By reading Kati Marton's biography of Angela Merkel. (In my head, I've already left.)

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mauditanglais @mauditanglais.bsky.social · 19h

"Earlier this week, PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said neither he nor anyone in his party had sought out a meeting with the U.S. government, telling reporters there was 'no contact, no attempt' to meet with the Trump administration."

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 20h

PQ sought meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, State Department says montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was out for a meeting, and caught a bit of the Fra-Ita match, and was reminded.... Mmmmm, Zidane. Yum.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rainy afternoon walk in Montreal (and already mourning the colours.)

Brown bench against a red-brown wall of leaves. Bright aqua public sculpture among still-green bush, colourful leaves and trees and omg I'm going to lose this all in a sea of gray and dirty white for months and months and months with no end.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When you order a butter dish, and this is what you get:

An enormous box wider than my kitchen table, for a butter dish.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ugh, why am I allergic to the air I breathe. (Allergies)

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

14th femicide this year in Quebec. This should really been a focus of the campaigns, and like most important things (Premières Nations, environnement), it hasn't gotten the attention it should.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Un homme accusé du meurtre au premier degré de sa conjointe L’homme de 78 ans en couple avec une septuagénaire retrouvée mardi sans vie à Laval a été formellement accusé de meurtre au premier degré. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/228...

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Un homme accusé du meurtre au premier degré de sa conjointe

L’homme de 78 ans en couple avec une septuagénaire retrouvée mardi sans vie à Laval a été formellement accusé de meurtre au premier degré.

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The Objective @objectivejournos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"If a $1/word rate matched today’s inflation, the average writer should be making about $2/word. But — according to our data — they aren’t." @fspnwu.bsky.social members jen byers and Elena Novak analyze data from the project's Rate Sharing Database. buff.ly/g7wyXFU

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Freelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000

New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.

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Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the endless adult cPTSD recovery cycle: 1. in a Situation. fear. brain melt down 2. realize people have power over you 3. take it back. no power: no fear. no worries 4. whoops now no one is allowed near you. SOME worries 5. allow a people 6. repeat

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It would be great if Americans would save U.S. democracy for democracy's sake, but I'll take Diesel prices for now.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Louder, for the mairesse in Outremont:

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mildly panicking (a notch up from my natural state) about a possible PQ majority. Ive been really working hard to convince myself that they would never get a majority. Which made it easier to dismiss their whole campaign. (We do what we have to, to be calm.)

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doing the weekly calendar, which is now even *further* complicated by the fact that (francophone) 9yo (still yelling about how I somehow robbed him of his UK citizenship) has now decided he's an Arsenal fan. We do not have enough hours in the week for this.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Charging the solar panels from the colimaçon

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Grabbing a dinner out on the terrasse. Gotta hold onto these times (why do I only feel alive when it's +25C?)

Brown table, brown chair, water bottle on table, fake leaves on walls, still mostly green leaved-trees on Avenue du Parc.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This byline makes me laugh. (It's very rare I see one of my tribe in public.)

All that matters is the first surname, spelled with an E as God intended.)

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Nicolas Marcotte @nicolasmarcotte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow! La projection sur un édifice pour sensibiliser à la dangerosité de l'avenue du Parc donne des photos à couper le souffle. Félicitations Le Sémaphore CAP - Collectif Apaisons du Parc.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And, we've been warned about foreign interference in the vote (from whom else but the US) www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/09/25/i...

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David Cowhig 高大伟 @gaodawei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The U.S. government contacted Quebec government, in an attempt to bypass Canada in trade talks. Quebec said no. Ingérence: Washington a approché Québec directement sur les tarifs douaniers pour court-circuiter Ottawa dans la guerre commerciale | TVA Nouvelles www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/09/25/w...

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You know it's Friday and my brain is fried when it takes me more than 5 seconds to figure out who France will be playing in the FRA-TUR match. (Brain focused on Turkestan for entirely too long.)

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Le vieillissement de la population, un enjeu oublié Au-delà de l'immigration, l'impact des changements démographiques sur les finances publiques du Québec à moyen terme sera majeur. L'avons-nous bien saisi? ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/228...

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Le vieillissement de la population, un enjeu oublié

Au-delà de l'immigration, l'impact des changements démographiques sur les finances publiques du Québec à moyen terme sera majeur. L'avons-nous bien saisi?

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cracks me up that I have not seen the overwhelming majority of US-shows on this list. But have watched and loved 95% of non-US shows (haven't seen Slow Horses, it's on the list)

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think my sense of not being targeted this Qc election as an immigrant is bc I'm not listening to PSPP. Tho the larger point still stands about Qc media, bc in '18/'22, media just took everything Legault said as newsworthy and credible, and I'm not seeing PSPP have the same effect.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It has fundamentally shifted this long-held assumption that access to oil/gas will always be assured. And has propelled countries to think very differently about energy security.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I still get email updates on changes to social services/taxes from the French government. I'm never unsubscribing. I lived elsewhere once, and I will once again.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I dump on Quebec a lot (expect more of that as the temperatures plummet), but here's good news: Purchases of new books has grown 25% since 2020.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I adore this. So much of NYC culture is not accessible to too many New Yorkers. Every city needs initiatives like this.

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Trajectoire Québec @trajectoireqc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🤔 Et si le Québec s’inspirait d’autres pays en imposant pour financer le transport collectif et le réseau routier? Le péage à New York, qui a débuté en 2025, porte ses fruits. L’achalandage dans les TC a augmenté de 9% et la congestion a diminué de 11%. @alliancetransit.bsky.social 1/4 #polqc

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, I kinda love the blank look my 9yo gives me when I yell at him (jokingly) in 2 languages (FR/DE). So many stories to tell his future therapist....

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're on day what? 23? 24? of the Quebec provincial campaign, and I have to say ..... As an immigrant, I am pleasantly surprised by how little anti-immigrant nonsense there's been. Yes PSPP tried to blame immigrants for overcrowding in schools, but for once, (most) Qc media weren't having it.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Jax Jacobsen @jaxjacobsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The headline might be a tad incendiary, but I found this to be a good overview of the divide, and a calm discussion about how to address it. macleans.ca/longforms/th...

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The Great Generational Rip-Off - Macleans.ca

Boomers are hoarding Canada's wealth. Millennials are fighting for scraps. A radical case for redistribution.

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