Reposted by Alan SmitheeRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 59375522245
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Imagine co-hosting the worlds most popular sporting event and have these results to show for it. 021
Reposted by Alan SmitheeJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026threaten, good time, etc etc 417722
Reposted by Alan Smitheemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"i'm james talarico and i approve this message" 161569206
Reposted by Alan Smithee🎸Paul🎹 @paul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Newest batteries charge to 70% in 4 minutes. Soon they will charge faster than it takes to pump gas. This is no longer an argument. 33615
Reposted by Alan SmitheeWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 871286088259
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They are going to have to start cutting corners! 000
Reposted by Alan SmitheeBirb_at_Arms @birblib.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There are two kinds of premier in Canada: premiers who think they are the mayor of their province's largest city, and premiers who think they're the Prime Minister. 2498
Reposted by Alan SmitheeTimes Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026dlvr.itB.C. sues OpenAI, says one call could have prevented Tumbler Ridge mass shootingSurvivors and witnesses, including pupils and staff at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, are separately suing OpenAI. 172
Reposted by Alan SmitheePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online. 61833496
Reposted by Alan SmitheeStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Contracts ending, cameras being dug up, and then reinstalled. The debate over Flock Safety cameras is boiling over across the country and it’s creating a rare rift between neighbors, city councils, and law enforcement. Some are in favor of less privacy for more security. Video by Phillip Hawkins. 27735
Reposted by Alan SmitheeGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 19/09/2026Right-wing politics is laden with contradictions, but "We're the movement of authentic, traditional masculinity who have to ask for help sounding tough from the calculator" is one of the funnier ones. 71752285
Reposted by Alan SmitheeJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting." Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news." 35555631183
Reposted by Alan SmitheeBryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A.I. doesn't have "behavior." It doesn't "go rogue." It doesn't have "goals." Because it isn't a person. It's a machine, an unliving thing, a set of binary digits. It does what human beings programmed it to do. They are culpable for its actions, not it. 24923
Reposted by Alan SmitheeGaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026People will really act like leftists have impossible purity tests and will only accept perfection when in reality we’ve spent the last few days defending Macklemore 0515
Reposted by Alan SmitheePaul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You know who else thought one of their neighbors deepening their relationship with the EU was a hostile act? 411425
Reposted by Alan SmitheeDT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Carney wants us to believe that we can’t do anything without rich people’s money. Spoiler: We can. 27217
Reposted by Alan SmitheeIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran was the kind of kid the Crash Test Dummies wrote songs about 833930
Reposted by Alan SmitheeWill Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you see Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson trying to get off a sinking ship, let them drown ffs 073
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026No @mark-carney.bsky.social it is NOT OK to privatize our airports!! 000
Reposted by Alan SmitheeKen Wood part owner of 🇨🇦 @madhat59kenwood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026And it just got out of debt. While that beautiful airport was rebuilding enlarging they were/are charging travellers improvement fees, inc parking costs various other fees. All under a non-profit. #cdnpoli 141
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026@hedyfry.bsky.social privatizing airports or any national infrastructure is a terrible idea. Please do not allow PM Carney to sell off Canada’s assets. 020
Reposted by Alan SmitheeParis Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026it’s very telling how adamant investors are about getting their hands on canada’s airports. it shows exactly why financiers should *not* be let anywhere near them. 312719
Reposted by Alan SmitheeParis Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026flying is already so expensive in canada. happy to see mark carney finding new ways to suck money out of canadians’ pockets to give to wealthy investors. 219641
Reposted by Alan SmitheeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong." 519263037446
Reposted by Alan SmitheePEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Houthis recorded all the U.S. military equipment they seized from Saudi Arabia after defeating them. The level of humiliation they're subjecting the United States and its allies to is unprecedented. The rebel doing the filming does it with an iPhone to rub it in even more. #cdnpoli 47401181
Reposted by Alan SmitheeBill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026BBC is reporting that Russia and the US are involved in fuelling the Alberta separatism debate. Quelle surprise. 25351146
Reposted by Alan SmitheeXtra @xtramagazine.com · 12/09/2026"The potential reality that these separatists are putting forward is something that needs to be called out for what it is, and voters in the province need to understand that’s what’s being offered." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...xtramagazine.comThe free future Alberta separatists promise is a facade | Xtra MagazineCode words like “parental rights” and terms like “lawful” sexual orientation in separatist documents should be taken as warning signs 01311
Reposted by Alan SmitheeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026Looks like OpenAI may have stolen another mathematicians work. 20847287
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Canada must not privatize air traffic or its airports. 010
Reposted by Alan SmitheeEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026it's unclear whether this is a rationalist-poisoned guy or just a deeply cynical valley guy but if you truly think this is what you and your peers are doing this is a very strange way to act. It also, as ever, doesn't deal with the actual harms happening today 842620
Reposted by Alan SmitheeEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026AI* has a >10%** chance to kill us all *not the AI we're working on but some other AI that we'll build for sure if you keep funding the company I work at **number I made up based on a still-theoretical technology that nobody has but we all love talking about 351105237
Reposted by Alan SmitheeFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/09/2026“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else. 7838621024
Reposted by Alan SmitheeKatiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"An emotional former USAID employee recounts how 500 pounds of food destined for starving children was already on the ground but could not be distributed because of the government veto, meaning it was allowed to pass its expiration date and then be destroyed." 4365130
Reposted by Alan SmitheePatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026diesel is closing in on a $6/gal national average as wholesale prices surge tonight 13c/gal with new attacks and threats. BUT the real story may be out West- California could blow past $8/gal, and some pumps aren't even built to display what could come next. 1472082482
Reposted by Alan SmitheeJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026I can’t wait to read the NYT op-ed from Renee Good’s wife about grief on the one year anniversary of her death. Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy 62950684
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Kinda think we need a new underground railway again… 010
Alan Smithee @mbraincity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Funny, my plumber does use a GameBoy to unplug my toilet! He gets it in there real good. 010
Reposted by Alan SmitheeMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The United States, the only country in history to be so shamelessly stupid it erects a triumphal arch after LOSING a war. 3021941538
Reposted by Alan SmitheeCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Some amazing Canadians are building a Canadian Map Navigation system, currently in Beta testing--If you are a 100% Canadian business contact them and you will get a Maple Leaf on your business on the Map. Link here maplemaps.camaplemaps.caMapleMaps — Navigation made for CanadaMapleMaps is a navigation app built for Canada: live traffic and closures, a maple leaf on Canadian-owned businesses, English or French, and data that stays in Canada. The iPhone beta is open. 11278140
Reposted by Alan SmitheeMark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026YVR should be renamed Terry Fox International Airport. 1171
Reposted by Alan SmitheeDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Margaret Thatcher did not 'regenerate the British economy'. She devastated the UK's industrial base, put three million people on the dole and plunged entire communities into the kind of poverty they still haven't recovered from four decades later. 28502160
