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Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What happened at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is beyond disturbing. A masked group arrived on the Nation’s land displaying hateful signs targeting the children who never came home from residential schools. There must be a full investigation to hold those responsible accountable.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026

Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.

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Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@hfxrec.bsky.social When does registration open for Fall programs?

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ιм єνιℓ иσω :3 @vreni.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/05/2026

Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war in a war-torn region, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?

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Ray @raydoesdata.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

completely triggered by this

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 13/05/2026

Nintendo goes after another fan project. smh

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The majority of people filling out the census: normal people That one person that put 'return to sender' and all kinds of other idiotic things on their form that's making it's rounds on social media: 2 brain cells working overtime

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DBJ @deadblossomjesse.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

7 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador is reminding folks to get their vaccines…..using a 6-fingered clearly AI-generated “human” in the ad campaign.

An ad from the government of Newfoundland & Labrador says “Adults Need Vaccines Too and then shows a white woman with the sleeve of her shirt rolled up and what’s probably supposed to be a bandaid showing on her arm. She’s holding her upper arm with her hand - which has 6 fingers

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

@landofsticks.bsky.social FYI your newsletter from Ghost today ended up in my junk folder. Not sure if you wanna gives a heads up to people or not. Thanks for all you do!

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PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

GIVEAWAY ALERT 🏰 REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN an ESRB Collector's Edition of The House in Fata Morgana for Nintendo Switch! #VideoGames #Canada #USA #Free #Giveaway

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich  Well, today we're taxing the rich...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is so well done. 👌

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

(watching a movie where a character announces that he will destroy a city if they don't meet his specific demands by a certain deadline) oh that's probably the good guy in this movie

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Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 07/04/2026

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Councillor Kathryn Morse doesn’t post on here, and I know some of you aren’t on facebook, so I’m sharing this informative post from her.

Kathryn Morse on facebook
BUDGET UPDATE; FUTURE OF HALIFAX FORUM;
PROVINCE DRIVING HIGHER TAXES FOR HRM?;
DUTCH VILLAGE ROAD; YOUTH SERVICES SURVEY HRM BUDGET: TEN NEW BUSES AND BETTER ROAD SAFETY
The HRM budget is almost done. As we do every year, Council listened to residents before making budget decisions. We heard many residents are struggling to pay their bills right now and many residents asked us not to raise property taxes.
On the opposite side of the equation, many residents asked us not to cut tax-funded municipal services that make life more affordable, such as transit.
Slowly, carefully and transparently, Council has worked through the budget, cutting spending in some departments and increasing spending in others, trying to find a balance for our growing municipality.
HRM has a $1.3 billion annual operating budget.
Most of that budget pays for essential services such as policing, fire protection, transit service, garbage collection, snow clearing, and road maintenance. In terms of new spending there is very little this year, but here are a few highlights:
-there will be new spending to improve road safety (fast-tracking improvements for problematic intersections; more coordination around enforcement; increasing crosswalk upgrades);
-there will be $14.5 million in new spending for 10 articulated (extra long) buses to improve key transit routes;
-and there will be new spending to add firefighters in Sackville.

To help offset these and other costs, parking fees will be going up and drivers will have to pay for on-street parking downtown on Saturdays. Transit fares will also be going up by 25 cents, likely sometime in the fall. Property taxes are still to be finalized but they will also go up, however not by the 10-11% initially proposed.
Here are some of the items that were suggested for budget cuts that Council did NOT approve:
-we did not eliminate Sunday and holiday transit service
-we did not cancel transit service after 10 pm
-we did not reduce ferry service
-we did not lower bus stop snow clearing standards
-we did not lower sidewalk snow clearing standards
-we did not eliminate curbside collection of larger items
-we did not cut the library collection by $300,000 (HRM residents use their libraries more than the national average)
-we did not raise property taxes on non-profit organizations
-we did not cut arts, affordable housing, heritage, and low income grants by 10%
Council received more emails about the 2026/27 budget than we usually do, many prompted by a social media campaign spearheaded by HRM's largest rental property owners. The rental landlords were demanding Council cut municipal jobs and services to reduce taxes.
However there were residents who argued they would rather pay slightly more this year for the services that keep the city liveable and affordable.
As one resident put it to Council: "Please just bite the Bullet of Unpopularity and increase taxes to the level required. We must all pay for a healthy, functioning community."
The budget numbers will be finalized next week.

HALIFAX FORUM DECISION
There is one more step in the budget process before Council can confirm the amount of the upcoming tax increase. On Tuesday, Council will consider the capital budget which includes major projects like the Windsor Street Exchange, the Mill Cove Ferry and the Halifax Forum.
It's expected that Council will decide the future of the Halifax Forum as part of the capital budget. The Forum is almost 100 years old. Councillors had a tour of the building a few months ago and saw firsthand how the bricks are crumbling. The Forum doesn't meet modern standards and the building is in such poor condition it has to be closed temporarily when the snow load on the roof gets too heavy.
Mayor Fillmore has stated his wish to see the Forum torn down and the site sold to a private developer for higrise housing. Others on Regional Council believe the Forum should be rebuilt and modernized on its historic site, a plan approved by the previous Council.
Whether you play hockey there, attend graduations there, go to craft shows there, or remember Kiss concerts there, the Halifax Forum is an important landmark and a valuable public space in the city's North End. I don't think the Forum should be seen as just another piece of real estate that could be developed. If we start selling our municipally-owned public spaces and heritage sites, what will be left of Halifax? Public buildings and common land should be safeguarded for the common good.

NEW PROVINCIAL POWERS MAY DRIVE HRM TAXES
HIGHER
The Houston government introduced legislation last week that will give provincial ministers new powers over HRM. Some of these new powers may increase property taxes for all HRM residents in future years.
The powers in the bill (Bill 212 - An Act Respecting Administrative Measures for Housing) will allow the Province to expand HRM's service boundary and dictate where new suburban housing development will happen. This will force HRM to set up new water, sewer and other services outside the existing municipal service boundary.
Here's the downside of Bill 212 for HRM residents: by cherry-picking the locations of new housing developments and ordering HRM to expand suburban sprawl, the provincial government will create a situation where HRM property taxes will have to go up to pay for the infrastructure. By green lighting development on the edges of the city the Province will force HRM to raise taxes higher than if the housing had been built inside the municipal service boundary. Sprawl costs us all, as the saying goes.
Here's why: it's expensive for HRM to build new infrastructure like water and sewer pipes to serve low density housing in more remote areas. These new subdivisions will also require additional municipal services such as police, fire, transit, garbage collection, and snow removal. Typically it is much more cost-effective to add new and denser housing inside the service boundary, where municipal infrastructure already exists.

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Claudia Chender @claudiachenderns.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

You can impact this budget bill. Present to the Public Accounts Committee. It's your chance to tell this government face-to-face how these cruel cuts will affect you and your family. Sign up to speak on Bill 198, the Financial Measures Act: Call: 902-424-8941 Email: Legc.office@novascotia.ca

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Government of Nova Scotia

Novascotia.ca is the official website for the province of Nova Scotia. It is the one place to find all government services and information.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night. This is a press freedom issue. Here’s what happened:

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I wish there was a summary of all the Halifax BALs that were voted on after a day of deliberations and who voted on what. Maybe I'll take a kick at that, if it's not already being done.

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Grateful to people like Terri for live posting council meetings. An easy way to stay connected for those of us who can't watch the stream all day. Thank you!

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Been a few days since I emailed ~20 MLAs. Only 2 have replied back to me.

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Daaaaaaamn! That Andy burnnnnn! Good for her!

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Tim Houston with some salient advice from the Doug Ford playbook: when in doubt, pour one out.

News headline: NS premier booed at African Heritage Month gala as budget cuts spark upset.

Image of Tim Houston as Mr. Burns and Doug Ford as Mr. Smithers. Quote: "Doug, are they booing me?"

Image of Tim Houston as Mr. Burns and Doug Ford as Mr. Smithers. Quote: "Uh, no, they're saying 'Boo-oze, boo-oze'"

Headline: "Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales."

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Jillian @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I’m really impressed with all the HaliSky folks who’ve come together to advocate for fiscal sustainability in Halifax. Unlike the astroturf landlord group with their clickbait facebook survey, we now have a website with facts & tools for folks to contact council. Send those emails! #TaxMeDaddy

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HRM Against Austerity | Stop The Cuts!

Tell Halifax Regional Council to stop disastrous cuts. Invest in transit, culture, and our future.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It is 1991. I am 15 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East. It is 2003. I am 27 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East. It is 2026. I'm too old for this shit. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.

Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, sitting alone on the surface of Mars.

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David Trueman @davidwtrueman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Join HCC in solidarity with many other groups to protest Tim Houston selling out everything we stand for in NS. The environment, the climate, the arts, cycling, active living, treaty rights, and our democratic rights are all under attack. Tue, March 3rd at noon on Granville behind Province House.

Poster advertising the rally: Shoulder to Shoulder, We are all Treaty People. The rally is Tuesday, March 3rd at noon, meeting on Granville, behind the N.S. Legislature.

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Going to be a long morning emailing every single one of these people. But y'gotta do whatcha gotta do.

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PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

GIVEAWAY ALERT 💉 REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN a Resident Evil Requiem Edition NS2 Pro Controller! Control yourself as best you can around Leon Scott Kennedy. See you in Raccoon City.

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I heard that @nsgov.bsky.social removed some pages from Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage. Sure enough, I had a link saved from last year: cch.novascotia.ca/sites/defaul... I get a 'page is not found' error now. But using the Wayback machine, I know it used to be there. Why remove this?

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Probably should've gave the summary, but here it is: Current Grant budget: $408M Total reduction ($): $128M (31% decrease)

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I took the Province's Grant Reduction PDF and put it in a Google Sheet in case anyone wants an easier way to look at the data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Haven't been really using BSky a whole lot, but going to change that. Starting to follow a bunch of Halifax folks, and am tickled every time I see someone I recognize from Twitter. It's like the whole family is here!

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Had an interview yesterday. One of the questions I got was 'what's your dream job?' And I know I've been radicalized because my first thought was to answer 'I don't dream of labour'. But I suppressed that urge and gave a nice, corporate-y answer. Would've been funny though to see their reaction

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machzy.bsky.social @machzy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I don't think I've ever paid so much attention to Municipal affairs as I have been for the past few weeks. I made a post on Fb & tagged my councillor and told them I wanted to be taxed more (h/t to @seebo429.bsky.social for getting the ball rolling!) There were lots of confused comments on my post.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

NS switching from subsidizing EVs to putting bonus taxes on them is some galaxy brain public policy stuff.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Is this even satire?

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PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

GIVEAWAY ALERT ❗️ REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN a WINNER'S CHOICE of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 and 2 BUNDLE!** War has changed. #VideoGames #Canada #USA #Free #Giveaway

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

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PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

GIVEAWAY ALERT 💉 REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN a Resident Evil Requiem Deluxe Edition! Leon Help! Prize will be shipped upon the game's release - Feb 27th!

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PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

GIVEAWAY ALERT 🎮 REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller! Experience peak comfort and battery life!

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