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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vikings might be the worst football team to ever have the longest active win streak in football - watching them whoopsie their way towards 4-0 right now.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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beata @cbeatae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

for years habs fans have gone into every preseason sens vs habs game convinced the big bad sens are going to be targeting their players and every time without fail xhekaj has thrown an illegal hit

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The NDP requested an emergency debate in Parliament over the plan to open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment. The speaker said no. Cool.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"MacKinnon said contracts the government signs with private investors will contain provisions to ensure further increases 'will not be unreasonable'." That's that, then. No wiggle room there! Bring on the reasonable price increases!

thestar.com

Ottawa will block ‘unjustified price increases’ by private investors for air travel, transport minister says

The federal government will use contracts to prevent "unjustified price increases" that impact the cost of plane tickets when it sells off the operation of the country's four largest airports

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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

Phew, here was everyone thinking it would affect their content

Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI
This article is more than 1 year old
GNM press office
Fri 14 Feb 2025 14.05 GMT

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Daniel Robson @dancollen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The National Post published an article defending the white nationalist Dominion Society because, they propose, 8% of Canadians *could,* "for argument's sake" support ethnic cleansing—meaning it's more popular than the NDP. They Included a legal argument but did not disclose the author was disbarred.

Polls have shown that roughly half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high. Let’s say for argument’s sake that only eight per cent of Canadians support remigration, and 92 per cent oppose it. Should having only eight per cent support for your opinion mean losing your right to rent government-owned facilities, and to use public spaces like parks and sidewalks?

If yes, then no government facilities should be available for rental by the NDP, which garnered only 6.3 per cent of the popular vote in Canada’s most recent federal election. Almost 94 per cent of Canadians rejected the NDP in 2025. Yet the NDP is not disqualified from being able to exercise its Charter freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

earlier i encountered an ai agent of some kind who seemed to sense my presence the instant i walked into the room. that was unsettling enough, but what happened next terrified me: it wrote a song, suggested i play it "note for note," and, when i expressed worry, told me not to worry but "be happy"

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New Nathan Fielder documentary?

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

What if post-Trump America is even *worse*? 1/

A nuclear mushroom cloud wearing a giant Trump wig. A decaying American flag fills the sky behind it.

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Shawn Menard @shawnmenard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The statistics are in - Free Transit for under 18 users has had a dramatic effect this summer. Approximately 28,000 youth riders have made about 456,000 trips. For comparison, in the summer of 2025, about 8,000 youth customers made about 130,000 trips. We worked for years to bring this in.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Blaring this whole thread from the rooftops

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/08/2026

There are pubs that are good at community building, and pubs that aren’t, but, and I think this is key: the same is true of people. There are people who are good at building community, and people who never learned or developed that skill, because they weren’t taught or weren’t interested.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Reposting this for both parts at once

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There are a few big fat Canadian political eye-openers in just these three paragraphs...

As first reported by the Star on Friday, the federal government clipped the wings of the premier’s vision for an expanded Billy Bishop within hours of receiving public survey results showing 87 per cent of 87,000 respondents were opposed to the idea.

The move blindsided Queen’s Park. Ford and Carney, who have enjoyed warm relations since the prime minister succeeded Justin Trudeau in March 2025, had even shaken hands to informally seal the deal at the premier’s Etobicoke home.

“It’s Billy Bishop for Alto, that was always the understanding,” said one insider, referring to the federal government’s proposed high-speed rail line linking Toronto to Quebec City.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Honestly a great time, it’s important that folks know that lol

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This week's comic: Lorem Ipsum foxtrot.com/2026/07/19/l...

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Lorem Ipsum

FoxTrot by Bill Amend | July 19, 2026

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 16/07/2026

elbows up (against essential parts of the public service)

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Andreas Kirsch @blackhc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose" Not one safeguard survived intact

Collage titled "Trust is not Governance — an essay from inside Google DeepMind, written in personal capacity."

A 2014 memorandum, "Conditions of the Acquisition," lists: military applications of DeepMind technology banned; deployment decisions before an independent ethics board (as reported in Mallaby's The Infinity Machine).

Red threads lead to a 2026 U.S. Department of Defense agreement for classified networks reading "any lawful government purpose," with safety settings and filters adjusted at the government's request and no contractor veto (reported terms, The Information, Apr. 2026).

Below: a 2018 AI Principles strip ("no weapons, no surveillance") stamped DROPPED 2025, and a Project Mario 2016–2021 tag stamped ABANDONED.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 12/07/2026

i know you’re looking for it. here she is, girls. here she is, world

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Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!! @misctakes.com · 08/07/2026

DSA needs to be clearer to outsiders about the difference (as well as many other things) but I can attest as a veteran of several bruising endorsement debates that from DSA's perspective the difference is *massive*

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It would be an honour to disqualify Mark Carney from a Canadian spelling bee.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“Le conjoint de Naomi Klein” is so based

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Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Right, DSA endorsements are quite selfconsciously more like party nominations, because DSA is selfconsciously more like a party. But we can’t nominate people without being a third party, hence our endorsement process is elevated relative to that of other groups in American politics.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I wrote about the sad Trump Country Fair thing and the very specific and hilariously shitty vision of America that it expresses. The war on metaphor continues apace. defector.com/dead-country...

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Dead Country Fair | Defector

Things come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he wa...

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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Trump: It's not working! Why don't they love the fair? How do I make the crowds cheer? Oracle of DC: If you test your strength against the heat with a very long speech, the nation will celebrate harder than they ever have. They will party in the streets. No one will ever forget the night.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Ottawa Police has a problem with women: sexual harassment, sexual assaults, sexual misconduct. The number of examples of wrongdoing: from sergeants to the police union president who himself is accused of sexual assault: www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/24/t...

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The OPS needs a culture change, and it won't come from inside - The Hill Times

Calls to defund the police were not to starve them of resources; it was about reducing their power and instilling accountability. We had a chance to do so, and blew it.

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

now you got me anthropomorphizing the age of empire II goats

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The world's first trillionaire did this

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Creating AI profiles of offenders is utterly dystopian and could exacerbate biases and violate both offenders and victims rights if information is hallucinated, omitted, or incorrect. This is not an area where we need to feign efficiency by using AI.

thestar.com

Carney government testing use of AI in prisons to create profile reports of offenders

Mentioned in documents tabled in Parliament and confirmed by Correctional Service Canada, the test run comes as the Carney government tries to ramp up AI adoption.

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Chris Sinclair @chrissinclairrr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Nunavut Fury, a girls hockey club in northern Canada, will unveil its new name, the Nunavut Ukpiit this Friday, according to the organization. “Ukpiit” translates to “Snowy Owls.”

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Premier of Toronto (Mayor of Ontario?) Doug Ford at his utter best.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

JCO showing that she’s not just a system player, she can perform across all disciplines.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

If you really knew the deep lore on Trebek, you’d know that if he had been a few decades younger, not only would he have been a bigger poster than Jennings, he’d never have been allowed on a microphone.

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Because you’re fire-selling our naturally monopolistic assets to enrich global capitalists…like Brookfield Asset Management.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"The PWHL is expanding" yes we all knew that, great! "from 8 teams to 12" oh that's... a lot of expansion very fast "to Detroit," fuck yeah "San Jose," sure! "Hamilton, and Las Vegas" pardon???

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Kim Dong Hyun is Korean Shoresy confirmed

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

As a pub trivia host sometimes people ask me "why don't you just have AI write all your questions?" I was googling something else and this is what Google vomited up for two "name all the (X) that fit (Y)" questions. There are roughly 12 things that are just straight-up nonsensical or wrong here.

Name 6 countries that have the consecutive letters "az" or "za" in their name.
Answer: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Zambia, Brazil (Wait, 6? Need to be specific! Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Zambia... Brazil is sometimes accepted, but it's BRA-ZIL not ZA).
Name 5 animal species with abecedarian names (all letters in alphabetical order).
Answer: (This requires a very specific list! E.g., Aardvark (Wait), Abutilon (Plant), Acedia, Aggie (No). Answer: Aardvark is not. Examples: ADDER (No), ACTOR (No). Actual: A, B, C, D, E... Abort (No). Correct Examples: Chimps? No. Correct examples: Aardvark (A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K). The question is very hard! Try: Name 5 animals that start with A).

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Despite ample evidence that the rich are staying put so far, warnings of an apocalyptic exodus of wealth have persisted and even intensified in the first months of Zohran Mamdani's term as mayor of New York City: jacobin.com/2026/04/mamdani-nyc-wealthy-corporate-flight

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Québec city in 3 acts: single-family housing next to our main transit network without a sidewalk, transformed into a missing-middle 6-8 stories building with townhouses and apartments with a sidewalk and trees, with the addition this week of a 20-slot bike share station replacing car parking

A picture of a street with 3 parts: top shows a house without a sidewalk, middle a row of townhouses with cars parked next to a sidewalk and bottom the cars replaced with a bike share station

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

we're gonna start publishing the first few episodes of The History of Charging the Mound on youtube over the next few weeks. first one drops tomorrow

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 12/04/2026

It's kinda interesting to think about how differently Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper have spent their retirement years

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau at Coachella

Orbán Viktor @PM_ViktorOrban Had a great meeting today with @IDUAlliance Chairman @stephenharper. International cooperation between right-wing, conservative parties is more important than ever. Chairman Harper is a great ally in this respect. Thank you for your support, Mr. Chairman!

Orbán Viktor

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Norton Ford @nortonford.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Ngl, “These are only the main skirmishes of a winter-long logorrheic war of attrition between Canadian politics’ two silverbacks.” almost made me leave my phone behind at the bar and drive home.

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