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5/ Under current lease ("concession") agreement, the private owners are not supposed to rely on public funds, even for capital improvements. And yet... RIGHT NOW, Canada giving $13 BILLION to "modernize" just Toronto & Montreal airports. Who will pay their current DEBTS in "privatization" sale?

The user-pay basis fails to drive the capital investment required for large-scale infrastructure improvement.

Under the current framework, many Canadian airports have taken on a considerable amount of debt to support airport infrastructure needs. In fact, the current model focuses on revenue-protection measures, designed around access to the debt markets as the primary capital channel, in the absence of public funding or equity. This adds complexity for airport authorities as any change to revenue streams or asset arrangements must preserve debt-service coverage and the collateral supporting outstanding debt instruments.

Compounding these constraints, airport authorities face sustained public pressure to keep aeronautical charges low for airlines and passengers, limiting the ability to raise revenues from core aviation activities to fund necessary infrastructure investments.

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4/ While the current operators of 26 Cdn airports are PRIVATE, they are NONPROFIT and have considerable public & govt input, plus public reporting requirements. Their Boards include: prov govt, municipal govt, unions, and community. Privatizing means LOSING CONTROL. No longer stakeholders.

In 1994, the government established the National Airports Policy, which created the National Airports System (“NAS”). The NAS currently oversees 26 airports, including three airports owned and operated by territorial governments. An additional 71 regional airports were identified as non-NAS airports, with ownership and operations being handed down to other levels of government or the private sector.

Under the NAS framework, 23 airports are owned by Transport Canada and leased under long-term ground leases to airport authorities. The airport authorities operate pursuant to the Airport Transfer (Miscellaneous Matters) Act. Airport authorities are private, not-for-profit, non-share capital corporations. They are not Crown corporations, nor agents of the Crown. An airport authority’s board typically has between 9-15 directors. The governance structure is composed of member/directors nominated by: the Minister of Transport; the applicable provincial government; local municipalities; and local non-governmental organizations. Directors have a fiduciary duty to the airport authority and not to the entity that nominated them.

3/ The "concession" model Carney proposes, is just another name for "lease" - to operate, maintain the ENTIRE airport (not just the stores). The private "investor" would own everything, but the land it all sits on. Like Hwy 407.

Gowling WLG website:
https://gowlingwlg.com/en-ca/insights-resources/articles/2026/airport-privatization

Privatization is not a binary concept. It encompasses a spectrum of models, each involving different degrees of private participation, risk transfer, and public oversight:

Full divestiture (IPO or trade sale):

The government sells 100% of its ownership interest in the airport outright, typically through an initial public offering or a trade sale to a strategic buyer. The private owner assumes full operational and financial responsibility. The United Kingdom's 1987 privatization of the British Airports Authority (BAA) is the paradigmatic example. Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, and London City were also fully or partially privatized through trade sales during the 1990s and 2000s.

Partial privatization (mixed ownership):

The government retains a significant ownership stake while selling a minority (or in some cases majority) interest to private investors. This model allows governments to monetize assets while maintaining influence over governance and strategic direction. France's Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and Germany's Fraport AG operate under variants of this model.

Gowling WLG website.

Long-term lease or concession:

The government retains ownership of the underlying assets but grants a private operator a long-term lease (typically 30 to 99 years) to operate, maintain, and invest in the airport. The operator collects revenues and bears operational risk. Australia's 50-year airport leases and numerous Latin American concessions follow this approach. As of January 2025, 132 concession transactions were in the global pipeline.

Public-private partnerships (P3/DBFOM):

Under a design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) structure, a private consortium finances and delivers a specific terminal or infrastructure project, operating it for a defined concession period before it reverts to public control. Recent examples include the US$4 billion LaGuardia Terminal B and the US$9.5 billion JFK New Terminal One projects.

Management contracts:

The government retains ownership and financial risk but engages a private firm to manage day-to-day operations for a fee. This is the lightest form of private participation and is common at smaller airports, such as Gary/Chicago International and Indianapolis.

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2/ If current private operators of Canada's major airports (26 of them) can't make a profit - what would Carney offer to NEW private owners? Considering the already high "airport fees" customers pay, these airports still require PUBLIC FUNDS, even tho they aren't supposed to.

Extract from Gowling WLG website.
https://gowlingwlg.com/en-ca/insights-resources/articles/2026/airport-privatization

Canada’s airports are at a crossroads. For three decades, the country’s major airports have operated under a unique not-for-profit model, with airport authorities managing federally owned land under long-term ground leases.

Airport authorities provide airport facilities and related infrastructure to allow ongoing commercial air service, including runways, air terminal buildings, baggage handling facilities, check-in facilities, facilities to allow government inspection, and for various ancillary activities.Per the National Airports Policy, airport authorities are to be financially independent, receiving minimal to no public funding, though some exceptions have occurred through various government infrastructure programs. Rather, the facilities and operations are sustained solely by the people and entities who use them. Authorities set their own fees and meet their own costs through charges to aircraft operators, passengers, and commercial revenues. Canadian airport revenue is derived primarily from three sources:

1. Aeronautical revenue: Landing and terminal fees, mostly charged to passenger and air carriers as well as general aviation tenants.

2. Non-aeronautical revenue: Revenues generated through business engagements, land leasing, and other commercial activities within the airport campus, such as parking, retail, and hotels.

3. Airport improvement fees (AIFs): Fees collected from passengers that are used exclusively for capital infrastructure programs.

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Did you know that the US govt can collect data that runs over US tech, even when the data centre it passes through is not on US soil? Be safe, get off US tech: Microsoft, Google, Apple, Zoom, Amazon, ... techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/w...

Screenshot of a paragraph from an article by TechCrunch:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/whats-behind-europes-efforts-to-ditch-u-s-software-in-favor-of-sovereign-tech/

The CLOUD Act changed the equation

One change Europe is reacting to dates back to the first Trump presidency. Enacted in 2018, the CLOUD Act forces U.S.-based tech companies to comply with law enforcement requests for data even if the information is stored abroad. This means that even servers located on European soil are no longer enough reassurance when critical data is concerned.

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This account just followed me. I have NEVER talked about cars. I do NOT WANT AI-generated content. @moderation.bsky.app @safety.bsky.app Please remove STARTER PACKS from the feeds - since you made it "easier" to access that 3rd-party service, I'm inundated with followers I don't want.

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Website design - the main goal is to INFORM your visitors. Cluttering up the screen with intrusive, non-informative content is sure to drive visitors AWAY. Here's a website that makes less than 1/3 of the page actually available to read. #UI #UX #Usability #website #design #humanFactors

Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This account seems to be following random Starter Packs as marketing reach. I didn't check whether the store is legit, I just don't want to be someone else's marketing scheme- so I blocked I wish there was an "unfollow" option to remove followers.

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i don't know if this is a Bluesky issue or a YouTube issues, but the clip you posted shows this message when I clicked on it.

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here's an account labeled SPAM by Bluesky, that's following Shay Coyne, which appears to be promoting a rip-off of Heated Rivalry (book series and TV series) Take a moment to check their followers / followed so you can report & block the entire network #BlockBots

Meme fella @collostinga.bsky.social

1.1K followers 41.1K following 15 posts

Spam

Labeled by @moderation.bsky.app

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've found MULTIPLE small accounts promoting books that appear to be straight forward rip-offs of Heated Rivalry - a story about two male hockey players falling in love, now a hot TV series by Jacob Tierney on Crave. Based on Game Changers book series by Rachel Reid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated_...

Shay Coyne @shaycoyne.bsky.social

Crease Collision by @ryan-josh.bsky.social is the hockey romance that grabs you from the first page.

Tropes:
Hot Chemistry
Two Rival Hockey Goalies
Found Family
Hookup to Lovers

Available at Amazon
Available Formats: Kindle Unlimited, e-book, and paperback
Link:

Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Are you following this account? It's following over 14K accounts and does NOTHING but re-post others. NO original content. No words. Just re-posts. Bots can be useful, think weather or alerts. But they identify as bots. VET followers #BlockBots

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@briantylercohen.bsky.social Hi - I got this unsolicited DM request in the attached screenshot. Do you know @clintona78. bsky.social ? He indicates he works for you. Do you authorize these unsolicited DMs for "feedback"?

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Alt-text for post above by @altfda.altgov.info - CRITIQUE of a paper purporting to be research, but really just slop. See original thread for full critique.

5 HHS Report: Gender Ideology& Left-Wing Authoritarianism

Methods
Participants and Design
We recruited 1,305 U.S. adults through CloudResearch Connect. Data collection began after pre-registration on the Open Science Framework (OSF: n2cqj). 97 participants were excluded for failing one or more attention checks, failing all three bot-detection items, completing the survey in under six minutes, having duplicate IDs, or incomplete responses, yielding a final analytic sample of N = 1,208. The sample was 51.2% female, 47.8% male, and 1.1% transgender identifying/gender non-conforming; mean age = 45.1 years (SD = 16.0). By party affiliation,
55.0% identified as or leaned Democrat, 27.2% identified as or leaned Republican, 15.1% were Independents with no lean, and 2.7% reported no affiliation or something else. By race/ethnicity, the sample was 56.8% White, 12.0% Hispanic, 11.8% Black, 11.7% Asian, 5.5% multiracial, and
2.3% another identity (Alaska Native or American Indian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, or something else). By religion, 51.2% identified as Christian, 22.4% as agnostic, 13.3% as atheist, and 13.1% as another religion or something else (including 1.9% Jewish, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.9%
Muslim, and 0.7% Hindu). Sixteen respondents who reported no political affiliation or "something else" could not be placed on the left–right spectrum and were excluded from analyses controlling for political identity (N = 1,192 for those models). Scales were presented in
randomized order across participants.
Measures
Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA). We used the 13-item Brief LWA Scale (Costello & Patrick, 2022). Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS). We developed the CGAS to measure endorsement of the official clinical consensus positions of the APA (2015), APA (n.d.), WPATH (2022), and
AAP (2018) on individuals who identify as transgender and medical interventions. The five items were derived directly from the clinical guidance language in these documents and rated on the sam

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Alt-text for "report" posted by @altfda.altgov.info in order to CRITIQUE the "report". BAD SCIENCE. Extreme bias. Invention of non-existing categories. Political slop. #ScienceSky #SocialScience 🧪 See original thread for critique details - this is just alt-text.

https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/Gender%20Ideology%20Left-Wing%20Authoritarianism%20Report.pdf

HHS Report: Gender Ideology& Left-Wing Authoritarianism

affirming speech, institutional discipline, and intervention against parental resistance appear morally necessary and clinically protective.
Third, it reorders conventional sex and family norms. The clinical literature and professional guidelines increasingly frame gender identity as not reducible to biological sex. They recommend “affirmation” of asserted names, pronouns, and “gender expression”; and emphasize that family, school, and clinical environments should support “affirmation,” with rejecting responses treated as risk factors for psychological distress and suicidality (American Psychological Association, 2015; Coleman et al., 2022; Hidalgo et al., 2013; Olson et al., 2016; Rafferty, 2018; Ryan et al., 2010; Tordoff et al., 2022; Russell et al. 2018). Within the proposed
model, this supplies LWA with a third form of ideological fuel: a conventional order to dismantle. As such, biological-sex classifications and traditional parental or familial authority is seen as structures of harm requiring a moralized project of institutional correction. Each component is specific, actionable, and derives from clinically endorsed consensus
positions (American Psychological Association, 2015; Coleman et al., 2022; Hembree et al., 2017; Hidalgo et al., 2013; Olson et al., 2016; Rafferty, 2018; Ryan et al., 2010; Tordoff et al., 2022).

Thus, gender ideology identifies the type of oppressor and oppressed classes about which people high in LWA are particularly concerned; it seeks top-down censorship and control over those who do not conform to its dictates, something those high in LWA generally endorse when
applied to “oppressors;” and third, it seeks to exercise that control in a project that aspires to overturn the status quo with respect to sex and family, and overturning the status quo is something those high in LWA generally endorse. Thus, LWA is predicted to correlate with endorsement of “gender-affirming” principles, practices, and recommendations (measured through CGAS) such that those high in LWA will do so substantially more than those low in LWA.

Study Overview

A questionnaire assessing LWA, CGAS, beliefs about the importance of affirming people’s “gender identity,” beliefs about the threats to individuals who identify as transgender from a variety of groups (White supremacists, men, the Supreme Court, etc.), beliefs about an ongoing
“trans genocide” and support for anti-democratic behaviors unrelated to gender ideology issues was administered to a national sample of over 1,200 adult Americans. The present report is organized around three central questions:
1. How strongly do CGAS and other gender ideology-related beliefs correlate with LWA?
2. Does LWA predict CGAS and other gender ideology-related beliefs over and above political identity, or is LWA just a proxy for being liberal?
3. Do CGAS and LWA predict support for political violence?
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1 Analyses are ongoing, and additional research questions will be addressed in subsequent analyses. Initial analyses have yielded evidence relevant to the broader claims of this project beyond the three questions addressed directly in this report.
Appendix A provides the full correlation matrix across key study variables, as well as an additional matrix disaggregating perceived danger from each outgroup identified in the study

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Alt text for paper CRITIQUED by @altfda.altgov.info WARNING - BAD SCIENCE! 🧪#sciencesky #SocialScience See original thread for details of critique.

https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/Gender%20Ideology%20Left-Wing%20Authoritarianism%20Report.pdf

Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-
Wing Authoritarian Psychology?
Ohad Fedida¹, Danit Finkelstein¹†, Colin Wright, Ph.D.², Lee Jussim, Ph.D.¹*, Joel Finkelstein,Ph.D.³*
¹Rutgers University | ²Manhattan Institute | ³Network Contagion Research Institute
*Co-Principal Investigators | †Doctoral Candidates

Abstract
For decades, psychological research on attitudes toward individuals who identify as transgender has focused almost exclusively on prejudice and has attributed that prejudice to authoritarian dispositions presumed to reside on the political right. Little research has examined the characteristics associated with strong endorsement of "gender-affirming" norms. We developed the Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS), drawing items from official guidance issued by the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, World
Professional Association for Transgender Health, and American Academy of Pediatrics, and administered it to 1,208 U.S. adults. Across preregistered analyses, CGAS and related gender ideological-belief measures were strongly associated with left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), with Spearman correlations ranging from ρ = 0.44 to ρ = 0.59. CGAS also significantly predicted LWA, accounting for 31.5% of its variance. In ordinal regressions predicting CGAS, political identity was the strongest predictor, but LWA remained an independent predictor after controlling for political identity and age. LWA and CGAS were also positively associated with justification of political violence across six targets: killing Charlie Kirk, killing Donald Trump, killing Brian Thompson,
arson of ICE buildings, damaging wealthy people’s property, and violence against police. Both independently predicted all six violence outcomes after controlling for left-wing political identity.

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Alt text for paper posted by @altfda.altgov.info - follow original thread for critique of this paper: THIS IS A CRITIQUE, NOT SUPPORT!! "New Research on Gender Ideology and Left-Wing Authoritarianism" opa.hhs.gov/gender-ideol...

Screenshot of paper on HHS.gov website, showing banner and menus of website, as well as overview of the paper.

https://opa.hhs.gov/gender-ideology-and-left-wing-authoritarianism

New Research on Gender Ideology and Left-Wing Authoritarianism

Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology? is a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services examining the psychology behind strong support for radical gender ideology and left-wing authoritarianism.

Researchers surveyed over 1,200 U.S. adults using a new measurement tool built from “gender-affirming” guidance issued by major medical and psychological associations. The study found that people who scored higher on this measure (i.e., those who are more likely to agree with the guidance) were also more likely to hold left-wing authoritarian views — and more likely to say political violence could be justified in certain cases, even after accounting for political party alone.

The authors conclude that support for "gender-affirming" norms is strongly associated with broader authoritarian attitudes, not just political identity, and predicts support for political violence.

Published August 2026

PDF version of paper:
https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/Gender%20Ideology%20Left-Wing%20Authoritarianism%20Report.pdf

Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-
Wing Authoritarian Psychology?

Ohad Fedida¹, Danit Finkelstein¹†, Colin Wright, Ph.D.², Lee Jussim, Ph.D.¹*, Joel Finkelstein,
Ph.D.³*
¹Rutgers University | ²Manhattan Institute | ³Network Contagion Research Institute
*Co-Principal Investigators | †Doctoral Candidates
OSF Pre-registration: n2cqj | CloudResearch Connect | N = 1,208

Abstract
For decades, psychological research on attitudes toward individuals who identify as transgender has focused almost exclusively on prejudice and has attributed that prejudice to authoritarian dispositions presumed to reside on the political right. Little research has examined the characteristics associated with strong endorsement of "gender-affirming" norms. We developed the Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS), drawing items from official guidance issued by the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, World
Professional Association for Transgender Health, and American Academy of Pediatrics, and administered it to 1,208 U.S. adults.
Across preregistered analyses, CGAS and related gender ideological-belief measures were strongly associated with left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), with Spearman correlations ranging from ρ = 0.44 to ρ = 0.59. CGAS also significantly predicted LWA, accounting for 31.5% of its variance. In ordinal regressions predicting CGAS, political identity was the strongest predictor, but LWA remained an independent predictor after controlling for political identity and age. LWA and CGAS were also positively associated with justification of political violence across six targets: killing Charlie Kirk, killing Donald Trump, killing Brian Thompson,
arson of ICE buildings, damaging wealthy people’s property, and violence against police. Both

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An account following 23k, with only 7 original posts? This account just reposts content and its few posts are inane, with awkward sentence construction. VET before following ! #BlockBots #AltGov #Resist

Screenshot of Bluesky bio.

Venus @valodrum.bsky.social

5.8K followers 21.8K following 7 posts

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Just blocked this new account whose entire purpose seems to be rage-baiting, and piling on to disparage the deceased.

Screenshot of Bluesky bio and a post they've retweeted.

Bombscare.bsky.social

14 followers 13 following 44 posts

Reposted post by Lindsay Beyerst

Arday's dissertation was heavily plagiarized. His most widely-cited paper was... for lifting whole passages without proper attribution from

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Global News listing for this URL is "page not found" It looks suspiciously like an AI-generated list that's already been debunked. Except with graphics added Can you confirm the URL for Global News?

Global News website page

Global News
404
Page Not Found

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@martininghi.bsky.social This acct just followed me. Following 24K, only 56 posts, generic bio / avatar Don't blindly "follow back". This is how botnets are built. VET your followers #BlockBots #Inauthentic

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An acct that ONLY reposts content is not worth following- unless it's a weather or emergency or identifies itself as an automated bot This account with ZERO posts is following 10K & has 3K followers ! VET yr followers #Inauthentic #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:
Tjd666885.bsky.social

[empty bio]
3.2K followers 10.3K following 0 posts

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This generic acct re-posts news, mostly Fox. Never click "follow back" w/out vetting!! It's not reasonable to be following ~60K accts & only 162 posts This is how botnets are created VET yr followers #BlockBots #Inauthentic accts @rvawonk.bsky.social

Unless YOU want to be a walking advertisement, DON'T LET ACCOUNTS LIKE THIS FOLLOW YOU. They use you and your followers to attract clients, or spread disinfo. Don't let them use you. VET yr followers #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky accout:

Jason Straughan @jdstraughan.com

4.4K followers 120 following 340 posts

VintageChair, Executive Coach, Group Facilitator in San Antonio, TX

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3/ Here's Bluesky CEO talking about his push to recruit "sports" and away from its perceived "lefty bent" Which is troublesome as Bsky is only "lefty" in comparison to GOP, any push to "extend" politics here is to recruit the far right www.techbuzz.ai/articles/blu...

Screenshot from article:
https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/bluesky-s-new-ceo-toni-schneider-eyes-decade-long-vision

AT Protocol the standard serve different masters. The consumer app has a reputation problem—widely perceived as a progressive echo chamber sitting opposite X's hard-right shift. Schneider wants to expand that, pointing to sports content as proof it's possible. "We've made a very concerted effort to bring on sports leagues and sports writers, and it's worked really well," he said. Yet when pressed on whether he wants users to leave X for Bluesky, his answer is careful: "Yes. It can stay on X too."

The protocol's next evolution addresses the app's biggest limitation: everything on AT Proto is currently public. Private data support is rolling out soon, enabling

This "sports fan" acct posts non-stop visual political memes. NO sports chat. Bsky CEO @toni.bsky.team actively recruited "sports" - the EASIEST topic to mimic / fake Protect the midterms, avoid botnets, BLOCK all "sports" accts VET followers #BlockBots @joncooper-us.bsky.social

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Many of you are following accts like this. In 14 days of reposting other's content, or posting visual memes (clearly designed for FB, IG), this is the only original content I found. Does this sound like an American? Native English speaker? Memes aren't content VET yr followers #BlockBots

Screenshot of "Newshound411" @newshound411.bsky.social

Orange Turd cares only about stealing OUR money to enrich his Crime Family. It's clear we're being robbed like never before in American history. We had a revolution for it once. Time for another?

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This is what Apple Podcast shows for "That's No Moon"

Screenshot of Apple Podcast search listing multiple shows with that name

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Another acct with generic name / pics, bio is slogans, English is "off", following HUGE numbers. No original content, only reposts & graphic memes- as if this is IG Entire topics : re-tweeted big liberal accts, dogs, flowers VET your followers

Screenshot of Bsky bio:

Katie @rebelrouser.bsky.social

20.4K followers 42.6K following 3.9K posts

We are all being judged by people who don't have their shit together! Stay feral girlie... be the problem. Be the plot twist. Be yourself. The rest is none of your business!

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Generic name / pics. Bio is slogans. Following HUGE numbers Reposts almost exclusively- only 2 topics: Dem accts + dogs Only original content is: "hear, hear", "bravo", "RIP" (about a dog) VET yr followers If you want a Dem feed, go to Feeds, don't follow accts just bc they re-post Dem content

Screenshot of Bluesky account:

JanetOp @jcog.bsky.social

18.7 followers 30.5K following 404 posts

Mom, wife, Jersey Shore rocks! #Yankees! We believe in equality and the rule of law. Democracy counts. #Bluecrew #Resist 💙💙💙 [more emojis] #Blueresists NO DM'S! will block

Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Generic name / bio, following INSANE number for an acct only 2 mths old. Has only posted about 4 original posts, everything else is re-posts VET your followers This is how bots, trolls, sock puppets build networks- innocuous at first, pump disinfo later, using you. #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

Isolde @monkeman.bsky.social

1.7 followers 15.8K following 14 posts

A woman with a vision becomes unstoppable.

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Bluesky CEO in The Verge article supports a strong open protocol, that allows integration of longer formats & micro-blogging- at user's choice, and spins off control of user identity to completely independent Swiss company. It's just his belief that Bsky is "lefty" that's wonky

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Please VET YOUR FOLLOWERS! Botnets are building their networks now, to be ready for midterms. They're using YOUR acct to build their networks. No need to "Follow Back" accts just bc they follow you. Generic acct, no bio, no original content, following 9,000!!!! #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

Ssasukaa.bsky.social @ssasukaa.bsky.social

398 followers 9K following 4 posts

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I say that most new "sports" accts are likely bots, and this acct - exclusively sports content- follows me. Can't Bluesky identify accts doing automated following? #VetFollowers #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

Arseradio @arseradio.com

459 followers 3.9K following 18 posts Followed

Watch however you watch. Turn on Arseradio for the audio. Each match will have a pre-game discussion, live commentary & stats during game, and post-game chat with hosts and guests.

Always free at www.arseradio.com

No need to ""Follow Back"! This generic acct NO original content, only re-posts New Bluesky CEO opened gates to bots, fakes, sock puppets to "expand" beyond what he calls "liberal bubble" He's massively recruited "sports" - easiest topic to mimic ("Go Team!") #BlockBots @altrogue.bsky.social

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

Fta010170.bsky.social @fta010170.bsky.social

133 followers 61 following 4 posts Followed

All suspected bot followers are blocked

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You don't need to "Follow back"! There's been surge fake accts since Bluesky CEO started recruiting "sports" & "expand" beyond what he calls "liberal bubble" This acct - generic name, no bio /pics - no original content in 10 days of constant re-posts @canadian-critic.bsky.social

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

Jankep.bsky.social @jankep.bsky.social

554 followers 129 following 12 posts

Followed by Pierre Polyester and 1 other

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I write a post saying I believe most of the new "sports fans" are actually fake accts, part of an influx of botnets, in advance of midterms... ...and this "Arsenal fan" follows me. Sports talk only. The easiest topic for bots to mimic. I never talk sports. #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky bio:

SilverArrows47 @silverarrows47.bsky.social

Arsenal lover, F1 fan. Most things auto/ motorsports, cats, art, fashion, music, travel, photography, architecture, science, and tech. Waffles are life.

305 followers 707 following 2.9K posts

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Mirth @mirthdal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I've seen more & more of these "empty" accounts, nonsense or neutral account names & bio. Only re-post, or have completely inane comments. Does no-one remember Twitter? Elections are coming up - the bots are building networks now. #VetYourFollowers !! #BlockBots

Screenshot of Bluesky account bio.

ANNE @nninschimp.bsky.social

931 followers 4.6K following 70 posts

The meaning of life is to do things that make you proud.

Followed by JeffTrnka
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Includes partial view of a re-posted skeet from "Autochtonia"

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For a defunct agency, Canada's competition bureau seems to be pretty active. What's really hard at moment is news about Carney often incomplete / missing key details. Carney will do some good things & some bad. Rather than divide into "camps", keep pushing for desired changes Like Billy Bishop

List of actions by Canada's Competition Bureau in July 2026 at:

https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-foster-competition/education-and-outreach/news-releases

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5/ PAGE-BY-PAGE approach to web design = INCONSISTENT info @proton.me clearly doesn't have central list of products, packages, or buttons Button "Proton Free" pkg: "Get Proton for free" Button "Proton Meet" pkg: Get Proton Free <- pkg name - "Proton Free" pkg does not list Meet among the products

Screenshot from proton.me/mail/pricing
Package Name: Proton Free
Products indicated: Mail, Calendar, VPN, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Pass
Button: Get Proton for free

Hand-written annotations:
Red circle after list of products, encircling a blank space, indicating "Meet" is not listed
- green underlining the words: "for free"

Screenshot from proton.me/meet/pricing

Title: Meet Free
Product icons: Stylized movie camera
Price: $0.00 /month
Button: Get Proton Free

Hand annotation - green line under the words: "Proton Free", with a green arrow pointing to the underline

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4/ The lack of a "single source of truth" for products on @proton.me, means IT DEPENDS which web page you land in, for which products are available. Proton Meet (video-conferencing) is FREE, but somehow not in the "Proton Free" package, because...? #UI #UX #Website #Icons #Usability

Screenshot from proton.me/meet/pricing

Header naming: ProtonMEET
Title: Meet Free
Image / icon: stylized old-style professional movie film camera
Price: $0.00/month
Button: Get Proton Free
Details:
- 60 minutes per meeting
- Up to 50 participants

With a partial view of the next package description for Meet Professional

Screenshot from proton.me/mail/pricing
Option: Personal (with non-selected options: Family, Business)
Title: Proton Free
Images / icons - representing, from left to right:
- Mail
- Cal.
- VPN
- Drive
- Docs
- Sheets
- Pass
Price: $0.00 / month
Button: Get Proton for free
Details:
- 1 GB storage
- 1 user
- 1 encrypted email address

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3/ You can tell when websites designed PAGE-BY-PAGE, instead of Information Architecture- bc each page is a new adventure. While the marketing / "design first" web pages have lost important text... These icons STILL HAVE product names - on SOME web pages @proton.me #UI #UX #Design #Usability

Screenshot from proton.me/mail/pricing
Personal
Title: Proton Free
Sub-title: Basic

Row of 7 images / icons, with these words under them:
- Mail
- Cal.
- VPN
- Drive
- Docs
- Sheets
- Pass

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2/ You can tell when marketing gets involved in website design, because they start following MYTHS... like: "Images are better than text" - and then start removing all those useful words. Like product names. Can you GUESS what these products are?? @proton.me #UI #UX #Design #Icons #website

Line of product icons, from left to right:
- stylized "M" in purple
- square with color changing from purple in upper right to blue in lower left, with a circle with "31" in it in the lower-right corner
- stylized file folder, light purple in lower-left, graduating to purple in upper right
- blue square with white lines and upper right corner folded (or fades out)
- green square with two crossed white line in lower left, upper right corner folder (or fades out)
- triangle with the point at the bottom, changing from blue at the bottom to purple along the top
- square standing on a point (roughly diamond shape), with orange at the bottom point, changing to purple at the top point
- stylized and out of focus old-style video camera, blue in lower left corner changing to purple in upper right

[Based on icons used elsewhere, a good guess would be...
- Mail ("M")
- Calendar ("31" in corner)
- Drive (file folder)
- Document (blue with white lines, folded corner)
- Spreadsheet (green with crossed white lines, folded corner)
- Unknown (Triangle on point)
- Unknown (diamond on point)
- Videography, more likely video-conferencing than a video, picture or editing app

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1/ @proton.me continues to be COY about what products they offer - essentially the same package has a different PRICE and includes different PRODUCTS --> depending on which web page you use... 0$ (FREE) - 7 products (shown, but not described) $7/mth - 2 products (shown) or possibly 4?

Screenshot from proton.me/mail/pricing
"Personal" page

Title: Proton Free
Image heading: Basic
Images / icons with words underneath: Mail, Cal., VPN, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Pass
Button: Get Proton for Free
- 1 GB storage
- 1 user
- 1 encrypted email address

Screenshot from proton.me/mail/pricing
Business

Title: Mail Essentials
Images / icons (no text): stylized "M" in purple, Square with bottom corner cut off and the number 31
Button: Buy now
Text: Try free for 14 days
Includes these features:
- 15 GB storage
- 10 encrypted email addresses
- Secure email and calendar
- Cloud storage and file sharing
- Document and spreadsheet editor
$6.99/user/month