Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026California has the chance to rein in out-of-control corporate power — but Big Tech is spending millions to stop the plan. Here’s what you need to know. 8649002274
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 14/05/2026BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes. This should be our final alarm bell:.We can have privacy or we can have C22, not both! #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...theglobeandmail.comSignal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access billSecure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government 5370232
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/05/2026It is not that European startups never get attention — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are many more that insiders are tracking.techcrunch.comBeyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch | TechCrunchIt is not that European startups never get attention — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are many more that insiders are tracking. 2178
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 02/05/2026On May 2, 1986, Expo 86 opened. The second World's Fair to be held in Canada, it showcased Vancouver to the world and its success helped lead to the 2010 Winter Olympics. This is the story of Expo 86! 📸 Vancouver Public Library 🧵 1/12 48419
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15/04/2026OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.techcrunch.comOpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents | TechCrunchOpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity. 2132
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Looks like I.C.E. is in D.C. for more than just bringing down crime rates. Does this look like the worst of the worst? 1821089640
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it. Ongoing attacks compromised around 100 organizations over the weekend. SharePoint’s vulnerability was identified during hacker competition. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comMicrosoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch itA security patch released by Microsoft last month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in U.S. tech giant's SharePoint server software that had been identified in May, opening the door to a sweeping global cyber espionage operation. 68170
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Seriously? www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...cbc.caCanadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC NewsCanadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's ambassador in Washington. 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Qatari Royals Give Trump A Plane As A Donation To His Presidential Library It has been made clear the Qatari plane is officially a bribe. The New York Times does everyone a huge disservice by not making clear that this isn’t how presidential libraries work. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/qatar... 31310
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Albertans should be paying attention and be VERY concerned: Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system. Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits: 🧵 1/12 buff.ly/NHDveGpbuff.lyOpinion: What's next in for-profit care in Alberta? Your local hospital?25 years after Klein passed Bill 11, that opened the door to more private for-profit involvement in health care, the UCP is at it again. 1011092
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Shan Kumar 🍁🇨🇦🇱🇰 @sraj81.ca · 09/05/2025One of the many Trudeau decisions which are starting to pay dividents ! "Volkswagen has dodged the tariff & trade dispute between Canada & the U.S. & its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead" lfpress.com/news/local-n... #CDNpoli #Trudeau #TeamCanada #BEVlfpress.comSt. Thomas gets huge tariff update on Volkswagen's planned 3,000-worker plantVolkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant in St. Thomas will go ahead 719164
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Utilizing the Investment Canada Act, @mark-carney.bsky.social has the power to protect our natural resources from foreign investment and put solutions in for lowering housing costs. Write your MP to urge our PM to help shift the story back to Canadian owned. 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Canadian Birdie 🖇️ @cdn-birdie.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Way to go #Australia!! 🇨🇦 is very happy you made the same choices we did.media.tenor.coma blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the windALT: a blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the wind 1686
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 02/05/2025If the Alberta government feels they have the right to recall a mayor, then why can’t that translate up? Feds recalling a Premier who is not loyal to the country! 000
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 01/05/2025If you're marching today (or any day), see these tips for safe protesting. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory resistancedirectory.com/links/catego...media.tenor.coma poster that says thank you for your service with a man holding a mopALT: a poster that says thank you for your service with a man holding a mop 44525
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/04/2025April 28th is the day we remember workers injured and killed on the job. They don't teach us the monumental stories of resistance and organizing to make workplaces safer. This is my reflection on the origins of April 28th and the miners of the north who made history. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comApril 28: Remembering the True Cost of WorkCan't you feel the rock dust in your lungs? 302046549
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Grandma G 🍁 Kanadiac @kanadiac.bsky.social · 27/04/2025PM Mark Carney joins the ITV podcast youtu.be/XFxLBOAbrJY?...youtu.bePM Mark Carney joins the ITV podcastYouTube video by Village Media 38017
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Voted! 🇨🇦 #elbowsup #canada #neverconservative 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...nbcboston.com‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from CanadaBachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont 18452768010553
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Watching the nightmare unfold in the U.S. and with a Canadian election coming, I am strategic voting to avoid the conservative sell outs. smartvoting.caouting.ca 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 15/04/2025An American journalist’s opinion Canadians Know Danielle Smith Is a Traitor, Right? www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/canadians-...notesfromthecircus.comCanadians Know Danielle Smith Is a Traitor, Right?How Transnational Ideological Loyalty Is Replacing Democratic Sovereignty 2621192
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 12/04/2025There is literally the #Alberta Republican Party! WTF I am so discouraged right now! albertarepublicans.com/5-steps-to-a...albertarepublicans.com5 Steps to a Strong & Free Alberta | Republican Party of AlbertaAt the Republican Party of Alberta, we’re committed to taking bold, decisive action to secure the independence Albertans deserve. Here’s our five-step plan to 110
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 11/04/2025338Canada🍁federal update | April 11, 2025 🔴LPC 196 ----------------majority: 172 seats 🔵CPC 120 ⚜️BQ 17 🟠NDP 8 🟢GPC 2 Details here → 338canada.com/federal.htm Find your riding here → 338canada.com/districts.htm 811817
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Occupy Calgary 🇨🇦 @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025~Received this DM this morning! Unfortunately, I never saw it until just now. "I can’t put this out as it’ll be traced back. Pollivere is visiting boilermakers local 146, 15220 114 Ave, YEG AB T5M 2Z2 Canada at 10:00AM. Please pass this on as PP wants to keep it quiet… ie. no protesters" 26427
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Made in Canada 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP 💪🍁🦫🌈🦋 @canadianpride.bsky.social · 07/04/2025It is against the law to remove, deface or impair election signs. "If you notice that one of our signs has been damaged, defaced or removed, please let us know so we can replace it" LPC 0154
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 07/04/2025That's as honest and truthful a response to his bumbling fumbling treatment of the economy as I've ever seen. Sadly,I know the hands in the face look at something he's done all too well. www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...cnn.comSee Richard Quest’s reaction to Trump advisers’ tariff remarks | CNN PoliticsCNN’s Richard Quest reacts to top economic officials in the Trump administration defending the widespread tariffs Trump announced that has caused US stock prices to plunge. 01515
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Use every parliamentary arrow in your quiver to stop the Trump agenda Holds Filibusters Speeches Refuse unanimous consent Add as many amendments to bills as you can Force as many votes as you can And never-under any circumstances-accept feckless choices Be bold Be brave Be a leader 33839265
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025And the cuts just keep on coming. Alberta Children & Family Services have now cut Child & Youth Support. For how adamant Smith & the UCP were that kids need to be supported and protected a year ago, they sure seem to consistently be making them targets… #abpoli #cdnpoli 37312145
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Alberta public education dollars are funding private exclusionary schools. This is wrong! 020
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Made in Canada 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP 💪🍁🦫🌈🦋 @canadianpride.bsky.social · 02/04/2025🇨🇦 FEELING ANGRY ABOUT FIRING OF CTV FACT- CHECKER , RACHEL GILMORE ? EXPRESS YOURSELF TO MIRKO BIBIC , PRESIDENT OF BELL MEDIA AT mirko.bibic@bell.ca YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE FIRING OF LISA LAFLAMME FOR HAVING GREY HAIR #factcheck 36433205
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/04/2025We deserved some good news! 243726148477
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I am in Alberta, I am not okay! Voting matters. Please vote strategically for your country! 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Oh look, another Russian mouthpiece in the White House. Nothing to worry about here, folks. 478121244054
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I can’t help but wonder what Trump has promised Danielle Smith, that she would betray her own country and constituents with a separatist agenda. #elbowsup #neverconservative #traitor 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Democracy Rising @democracyrisin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Canada has its own leader, and it’s not #DanielleSmith. Undermining Canada’s solidarity, leadership, and its citizens is unwelcome. Focus on provincial matters—you’re barely managing those. Don’t neglect the needs of #Alberta citizens. We need more doctors, not private healthcare. #cdnpoli #abpoliedmontonjournal.com'Exactly what we wanted': Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends Florida trip, doubles down on fighting tariffsPremier Danielle Smith says speaking with a controversial U.S. podcaster on tariffs had the exact outcome she wanted. 38454101
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Every time I try to remix a liberal IG post or share one that sheds light on the conservative agenda, it fails! By design? #instagramfail #elbowsup 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 30/03/2025#Canadians 🇨🇦 Are you registered to vote? 🗳️ APRIL 28/2025 @mark-carney.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social #CanadaStrong 💪🍁 #UnCanadaFort #CarneyforCanada #CarneypourleCanada www.elections.ca/content2.asp...elections.caRegistration – Elections CanadaAll you need to know to register to vote in the Canadian federal election, 2025. 3156
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Bernie is a failure, and AOC is a poser!!! @africanprincess7.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I don’t know if y’all realize this, but Toupee Fiasco is a figure head. He’s not in charge. The Project 2025 crew, Heritage Trust, and Apartheid Clyde are in charge. They let him sign the EOs, do interviews, and golf because that’s all he cares about. Oh, and not being in jail. 32751241171
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025This is not a drill. This is not just Sunday. This is the ’dictator for a day’ guy publicly announcing on a storied legacy media outlet that he plans to overturn the US Constitution and American democracy as we know it. 40249901521
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 30/03/2025The icing on the cake. Bruce Fanjoy 🇨🇦 is trending to wipe out Pierre Polievre off the map and take Carleton Riding. What a wonderful day that would be. #cdnpoli 651115328
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Disaster waiting to happen. I’ve worked in Tech for a long time and this sounds like a nightmare! 000
Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦 @pattiblackstaffe.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Stop blaming Trump! Sure, he’s the person ‘in charge’ but there is an entire GOP, lobby group, 1% of collective societies, and evangelical movement behind it. The left need to organize! 010
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will continue to revoke visas for “people that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States.” This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom 74395222798
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦olderthandirt1.bsky.social @olderthandirt1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The elephant in the room. 7732701082
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 27/03/2025A 10% reduction in Canadian tourism to the USA had a projected loss to the American hospitality industry of $2 bn. So Canadians said “okay there Cheeto duster, howabout a 70%?” Yeah the travel boycott is real. So is the damage. 💪🇨🇦🫶 41696176
Reposted by Patti Blackstaffe 🇨🇦Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 27/03/2025Things are getting dark. Tariffs, Trump, and an election with so much at stake. I have not figured out how to stay informed AND not sink into doom. Join me Monday, as I chat with a clinical psychologist about how to retain hope and sanity in the age of collapse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoUZ...youtube.comHope (and Sanity) in the Age of CollapseYouTube video by Tod Maffin 812815