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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦

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An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario. Born at 319 ppm 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@jockr, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15m
Banff is in Treaty 7 territory and leases its land from the feds. So what happens to it if Alberta separates? | CBC Radio www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/banff-what-…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18m
Gimli Glider pilots to receive aviation distinction award, hall of fame induction | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gim…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h
Category 4 Hurricane Simon barrels toward Mexico | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-sim…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h
Twelve killed in attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw33x4y8k…
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Twelve killed in attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport
Another 309 people are injured, with the Saudi-led coalition saying the attack by Yemen's Houthis is "war crime".
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h
Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage | Ukraine | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
John Lennon post-Beatles concert coming to Blu-ray | GuitarPlayer www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joh…
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John Lennon played only two full-length concerts after the Beatles — now, both are coming to Blu-ray
The newly restored ‘Power to the People’ captures Lennon and Yoko Ono’s legendary 1972 Madison Square Garden shows, with a deluxe edition also including the ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ documentary.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
Netanyahu faces fresh allegations he ignored warnings about Oct. 7 — right before an election | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-war…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
Ukraine war: Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwvgdpv64…
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Ukraine war: Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people
Volodymyr Zelensky says the attack, which left children dead, was Russia expressing its "thanks" for a US diesel deal.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
Still wielding a chainsaw at 85: the Australians restoring nature in retirement | Australian lifestyle | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng…
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Still wielding a chainsaw at 85: the Australians restoring nature in retirement
For a growing band of older Australians, retirement has become an unlikely second act, spent rewilding mountains, counting sea slugs and coaxing damaged country back to life
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
Antimatter is leaking out of our Galaxy into intergalactic space, say astronomers | BBC Sky at Night Magazine www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/ant…
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Antimatter is leaking out of our Galaxy into intergalactic space, say astronomers | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Is antimatter leaking out of our Galaxy? Gamma-ray hotspots suggest the Milky Way is making more antimatter than we thought.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3y0e871r…
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Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island
The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h
The heightened likelihood of America paralysed and facing internal chaos means every of America's allies need to develop capacities to secure their interests without Americans
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h
The Putin regime's entire geopolitical strategy hinges on Trump and MAGA hacks ruling the US over decades when there are signs building of such a massive backlash against Trumpism in American society that it has the potential to viciously savage everyone associated with Trump
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
Man guilty in Hepworth postal outlet ketamine import scheme - Owen Sound Sun-Times www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/man-…
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Man guilty in Hepworth postal outlet ketamine import scheme
Eighty international packages received at the Hepworth postal outlet were addressed to post office boxes 'not assigned to anyone or were addressed to people no longer using their box and or to people who did not exist or were dead," a court decision says.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy says | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
J.M.W. Turner Painted This Breathtaking Roman Landscape Nearly 200 Years Ago. If You Look Closely, You Can Still See His Fingerprints […]
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 18h
This video...!
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Massive Hurricane Rachel waves destroy Southern California Beaches! 25' Backwash Waves and Flooding!
YouTube video by BEEFS T.V.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h
Facts.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 20h
AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents Financial Times reveals that OpenAI’s annualized revenue is roughly $20 billion lower than previously expected: futurism.com/future-society/ai-fina…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
Experts are alarmed? What about the public!? -- FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed | Trump administration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenicThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals...
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Why is there no word for please in the Nordic languages? www.bbc.com/travel/article/20261008…
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Why is there no word for please in the Nordic languages?
Visitors may be surprised to discover that "please" doesn't work quite the same way across the Nordic countries – revealing a very different way of thinking about politeness.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h
‘I just wasn’t going to give up’: the fight to free the longest-serving political prisoner in the US | Documentary films | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/1…
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‘I just wasn’t going to give up’: the fight to free the longest-serving political prisoner in the US
Leonard Peltier was imprisoned for 49 years before his sentence was commuted. A new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘corrupt’ system that allowed it to happen
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h
Born 80 Years Ago Today in Illinois, the Vietnam War Veteran and Mailman Who Became One of the Most Influential Songwriters of the 20th Century - American Songwriter […]
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h
‘People forgot I existed’: Audrey Niffenegger on taking 14 years to write a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
B.C. teen rescued from 'Widowmaker' mountain trail says AI isn't to blame | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hiker-ai-stu…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Trolling or part of a larger plan?: Why Elon Musk waded into the separatism debate | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elon-musk-…
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude Us abusing our customers is different, you understand www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y7vxLQi4pQ… - video […] [Original post on circumstances.run]
robot being chased by scientists, one of whom is wielding a wrench
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
14th review – Ava DuVernay’s galvanizing documentary is a remarkable achievement | Documentary films | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/0…
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14th review – Ava DuVernay’s galvanizing documentary is a remarkable achievement
New York film festival: the director has made a fascinating and troubling companion piece to her Netflix documentary 13th, which takes a fiery look at American injustice
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Demolition of Talisman Resort buildings on hold, BTC and Grey Highlands to discuss - Owen Sound Sun-Times www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/demo…
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Demolition of Talisman Resort buildings on hold, BTC and Grey Highlands to discuss
The Bruce Trail Conservancy's board voted to demolish the buildings months after purchasing the former resort lands.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
The Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026 | Space www.space.com/stargazing/astrophoto…
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The Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026
A breathtaking, cosmic view.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
AI surveillance startup Flock to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say | Surveillance | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Somebody not sucking up enough? --- Microsoft suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B workers, JD Vance says | Microsoft | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company | Capital punishment | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company
Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin' www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm1dwgr66…
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Tenzing review – reconstruction of first summit of Everest puts Sherpa at the centre of the story | Film | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/0…
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Tenzing review – reconstruction of first summit of Everest puts Sherpa at the centre of the story
Genden Phuntsok brings charm and innocence to his portrayal of Tenzing Norgay, while Tom Hiddleston is suitably frank as Edmund Hillary
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Just seeing this now. 😢 -- It’s true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Trump administration hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/icc-sanctions…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Thieves make off with €5m haul from prestigious Italian winery | Italy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
⚠️ “AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event. These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.”
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Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt
Inside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Mark Zuckerberg is leading us a merry dance: the Stephen Collins cartoon | Life and style | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/pi…
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Mark Zuckerberg is leading us a merry dance: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Whatever next …
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Layoffs at Stelco underway, and will roll out over 3 weeks, says union president | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ste…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Everyone loves Anne Carson — even if it took some time for Canada to get her | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/anne-…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away | Astronomy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oc…
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Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Amazon says it's reviewing oversight after contractor damages Winnipeg preserve | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ama…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Please, sir, can I have a walk? Dickens biographer finds likely inspiration for Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/…
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Please, sir, can I have a walk? Dickens biographer finds likely inspiration for Oliver Twist
Exclusive: Theresa Musgrove unearths newspaper archives showing one Alice Shepherd was severely punished in 1836 for similarly innocent request
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
The Alberta question: How separatists took hold of the province’s governing party | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-alberta-…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/space…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/12091271/jeff-ra…
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