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We must realize Canada and Europe are both under attack by the same Mafia, economic war and threats on Canada is a form of war, in Europe it's full hybrid war. Donald Trump instructed Elon Musk to shut down Starlink in Ukraine.It's one enemy.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 19h

YES. Compare two superficially similar Ridley Scott movies about the Middle Ages, "Kingdom of Heaven" and "The Last Duel." 1) Kingdom: huge hit, because (not despite) it being a totally idealized and smoothed-over medieval world. 2) Last Duel: much more accurate and unpleasant, absolutely bombed.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 18h

Local unknown man tries to convince neighbours he's the one in charge.

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 14/10/2026

In saner times, we would consider an American who graduated from a US law school and then spent the only practical part of her career practicing for an undisclosed employer in Beijing as "having been developed as a Chinese asset and should in no circumstances be permitted in the White House." But...

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18h

YES! Matt Damon plays a violent, thuggish, honor-obsessed fool. The real Carrouges ended up participating and dying in the single dumbest crusade of the Middle Ages, charging into a fortified position with the flower of French chivalry and either dying immediately or getting captured and beheaded.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 18h

You're trying your best, Steve...

A close-up photograph of Steve the otter staring directly at the camera against a neutral background in a simple meme layout.
Text on the image reads: “That feeling when you’re smart enough to know how awkward you are, but not smart enough to know how not to be awkward.” (A small watermark in the corner says “Otter News.”)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 18h

Brilliant logic. I haven’t crashed my car this week, guess I’ll pull the airbags out.😐

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18h

A better headline than "Are Women Being Left Out of AI?" -- which suggests being left behind when a great thing is happening -- would be "Are Women Being Ignored on AI?"

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Are Women Being Left Out of AI? - The Shorenstein Center

New evidence on who builds, uses, trusts, shapes, and gets heard in the AI era

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 18h

In Chrysta Freeland's new book she states that Howard Lutnick threatened to invade Canada "by sundown" over Doug Ford's electricity surcharge. The fact that US trade negotiators put military threat on the table must be taken with the upmost seriousness. charlieangus.substack.com/p/they-threa...

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They Threatened to Invade by Sundown

Lutnick and his crowd cannot abide a proud democratic nation on the border.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 20h

Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

missed Mike Johnson yesterday in Texas expressing concern that House Republicans in districts that Republicans gerrymandered have to deal with "brand new voters"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Pretty clear that Trump/Hegseth are doing everything they can to force Ukraine to surrender to Putin by withholding all US assistance while actively helping fund the Russian war machine to kill as many civilians as possible including kids. What a dark, evil chapter in US history.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

"Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, while Kyiv received no warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its energy facilities for the second day running."

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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps

Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

I've said for a long time that the economics profession owes Trump big time. You've never had a real world test of "what if a President does everything he can to raise inflation?" a generation of PhD dissertations will be written on this.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 18h

ICE officers were hired? Who did that? Where did they get the money to do that? Oh, right. You voted for it and supported it. ICE officers weren't vetted or trained? Who failed to vet them and train them? What have you done about that other than support it?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h

Russia was attacking Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian forces say Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted their military satellite service without warning, disrupting critical drone missions. Ukrainian adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov says the restrictions affected Starshield, the military version of Starlink,

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

"We are cancelling your life insurance because you are yet to make a claim."

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Brent Travels @brenttravels.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I feel strangely confident that that threatening Greenland in the name of lowering oil prices caused by his war in Iran isn’t going to be warmly received

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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 13/10/2026

2026 REFERENDUM - Recruitment Do you live in Bragg Creek, Canmore, Springbank, Rocky Mountain House, Wetaskiwin, or Stettler? We are hiring ballot counters! Apply today at ow.ly/2nq050ZXm3i.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/10/2026

Seeing Jacob Rees-Mogg seriously portrayed as the voice of moderation tells you everything you need to know about the stage of mainstreaming of far-right politics we are at and how little mainstream actors understand or care about it

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

MARYLAND — @RepAndyHarrisMD gets laughed at 🤡 for trying to blame the Dems for high fuel prices, then whines about the “first amendment” 😢 Who wants to tell Andy getting appropriately ridiculed for saying embarrassing things doesn’t violate his rights?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026

Trump: "Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland!" #OurGreenland

Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland! There are Experts that are saying that the amount of easily available Oil is far greater than that of almost any land, anywhere in the World and, even more importantly, from a Security Purpose in the Defense and Offense of both the United States of America, and Europe, is second to none. Any future attack on the United States will have to come across Greenland, where our Defense will routinely knock down drones, missiles, or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived. It gives us time, location, and sightline, like nowhere else in the World! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026

Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

They should try jumping out of a plane without a parachute. I’m sure AI will build them jet-boots on the way down. Trust in the process, guys! Have faith.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability. Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.

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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Mitch Sylvestre: "I went to the US...I actually met with the Premier that very day & told them that we were going there to talk..." Premier's Office: "The Premier is not affiliated with these individuals' activities & has no knowledge of these alleged meetings." #abpoli

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bloomberg.com

CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades

Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I don't know that it makes him presidential material but Ossoff's ability to just be honest about how much of a pile of shit these people really are should be a model to the party.

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Aria Winningson @aria.labeledrude.online · 14/10/2026

happy sickos day to all who celebrate

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The sun is shining brightly in Kyiv after a loud night when russians targeted our energy infrastructure. I opened the window. Generators can be heard everywhere. No power. But I had a warcoffee. Strong. Black.

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Jessica Pickett @pickettjessica.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I am so conflicted about this as a health economist who's spent 20 years thinking about both vaccine cost effectiveness & public health delivery. The excerpt is much more absurd taken out of context; it certainly hits different with his current net worth than on his grad student budget at the time.

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cooperativescience.bsky.social @cooperativescience.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The EA movement *thinks* it's being rational about charitable funds, but what's really happening is that it's paring down charity to the simplest and most legible metrics in very poorly controlled ways, resulting in inefficient allocation, because they aren't charity professionals.

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Chad Crichton @chadcrichton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm reading Dune: The Butlerian Jihad for the first time and I just hit the part where the robot Erasmus used this reasoning when he decided to murder Serena Butler's infant child in front of a very large group of enslaved humans and... ... it lead almost immediately to a galaxy-spanning holy war.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Murray went on to found Endell Street Military Hospital in London, staffed entirely by women. One of the most successful military hospitals of the war. Its motto was: "Deeds, not Words." When the war ended, she ordered the suffragette flag raised, to the sound of cheers from the male patients.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 23h

Poland’s Foreign Minister this morning.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 21h

On this day in 1957, Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the 23rd Canadian Parliament. This was the first time that the Monarch of Canada opened Parliament. Her son, King Charles III, would do the same for the 45th Parliament in 2025. 📸 LAC

Queen Elizabeth II seated on a throne under a red and gold canopy, wearing a white gown and crown. Prince Philip is seated beside her, dressed in ceremonial attire. The scene includes a large audience of formally dressed individuals, some in military uniforms, seated and standing, with a red carpet and elaborate decorations in the background.

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Arthur Sinho @asky-csky-asky.bsky.social · 23h

privsec.dev/posts/androi... is a good start point. I use GrapheneOS and most issues I've had come from setting bank accounts up, which is more likely due to VPN use and other "weirdness" in how I present

privsec.dev

Banking Applications Compatibility with GrapheneOS

Maintained Compatibility List for International Banking Apps This list includes banking apps that have been tested, submitted, reviewed, and verified as compatible. LIST | SUBMIT | UPDATE | POSSIBLE W...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22h

14 October 1913 | Pole Józef Garlinski was born in Kyiv. A lawyer. He served in the counterintelligence of the Home Army. In #Auschwitz from May 13, 1943. No. 121421 Transferred to KL Neuengamme. He survived. Author of "Auschwitz Fighting" about the resistance in Auschwitz.

Black and white portrait of a man in a white shirt and polka dot tie, looking to the side.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 22h

Steve needs Halloween costume ideas! What should he go as this year?

Scene: Steve the otter stands on a dark, patterned rug wearing a small orange-and-black witch’s hat and a purple cape, his mouth open as if mid-squeak.
Text: None visible.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 22h

It sometimes seems like despite polarization we could agree on the desirability of an immigration system that is both more open, more orderly, and more selective than the status quo. Other times we get "The Indian Question." www.slowboring.com/p/the-right-...

slowboring.com

The right-wing obsession with “The Indian Question”

It’s not good!

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 22h

Would be good to generate more electricity to power these cars — huge air quality improvements even if a large share of the new electricity comes from gas-fired power plants.

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Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I strongly believe the myth of existential risk of AI is purely a projection of techbros' obsession with specific niches of the hentai world

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It’s hard to think of a better definition of a traitor to the West than someone who deliberately sabotages a European democracy’s military operation against a barbaric Russian invasion.

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A tale of two Collinses getting wrecked on live TV while Trump wanders around Alaska trying to pick a fight with Canada. @atrupar.com earned every sip of that coffee.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today I learned that the former MMA fighter who was obsessed with offering to fight my old editor has been fighting for Erik Prince's mercenary force in the Congo and sustained severe injuries. Small world! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...

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A Deadly Firefight Exposes Erik Prince’s New Shadow War in Congo (Gift Article)

The injury of a former Green Beret and death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder’s growing role in one of Africa’s most intractable conflicts.

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