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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They should go much further; e.g., refuse to cover Republicans in the lead up to the midterm elections. Exert some pressure on his fellow Republicans to rein him in.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A recent analysis conducted at the behest of The New York Times found that the AI-generated summaries, which appear above Google search results, are accurate around 91% of the time.”

futurism.com

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Whether it’s killing a civilization, or bombing them back to the Stone Age, or the destruction of civilian infrastructure, or a nuclear bomb is dropped, it doesn’t matter who you voted for. If you’re American, it’s done on your behalf and in your name.

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Nicholas Bellono @nbellono.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Pablo Villar et al discover male octopus mating arms are sensory organs used to find females, navigate internally to the oviduct & deliver sperm. From behavior to structure, these findings offer a framework for how sensory systems shape reproduction & species barriers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Canadianroots @shannonpeel.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you want to fight misinformation- the facts must be repeated more than the lies

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If I understood the speech correctly, the key takeaway is that the US has achieved all of their military objectives, no matter how poorly articulated they were. Iran’s military has been rendered completely inoperable. Nevertheless, he still wants to bomb them back to the Stone Age. Why?

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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Have you seen this yet? This is wrong. Parliament is supposed to be a civic space — the one room in this country where every faith, and no faith, stands on equal ground.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Wild that America has a president who regularly goes “I’ll start World War 3” to tank the stock market and then at the last minute says “j/k I’m not invading Greenland/Iran/Canada/etc” then the market jumps back up with mysterious people making a killing after he backs down. An amazing coincidence.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Exposes his cluelessness to whom? Most people of the world, including in the US, have been very well aware of his cluelessness before he took office for the first time. Still he was elected twice. This doesn’t expose Trump. It exposes the American electorate.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I retired a few years ago, moved three provinces away into a house requiring endless renovations. Started a new retirement gig to help offset the costs. A full pension would definitely open up a position for someone with a lot more energy than me. The economy would benefit from that trade off.

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

According to the Financial Times, France, Italy, and other European nations are in talks with Iran to guarantee safe passage for their ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Europe is taking things into their own hands and not waiting for Trump to ‘feel it in his bones’ to stop the war in Iran. #Iran

ft.com

France and Italy open talks with Iran in hope of securing safe Hormuz passage

Europeans look for ways to restart energy shipments as Iran’s new supreme leader vows to keep strait shut

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable, what then?” —George Orwell, 1984

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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Why wouldn't we be supportive and satisfied?! We have a brilliant statesman and strategist in our Prime Minister. We are envied because of him, and reasonable, sensible Canadians know that his team is sincerely and tirelessly working for us, for Canada, so that we not only survive but also thrive. 🇨🇦

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

They just so thoroughly disappeared.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Because of anti vaccine propaganda and the refusal to mask in high risk situations: since August 2025, there have been 452 influenza-associated deaths, with 255 of them in Alberta. Map of flu activity Feb. 21, 2026: health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-... It’s everywhere. Get vaccinated + mask.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I bought the 45 (including the additional little yellow plastic thingy that would make it fit on my turntable) of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy." I'm _that_ old.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

So, if true, what makes the United States different from any other radical religious fundamentalist group like ISIS or Al-Qaeda?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

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Al Czarnecki @alczarnecki.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“We are all Canadians now.” #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #Never51 A guest essay in the New York Times (free article). Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I don’t see a problem here. Every Canadian knows that a triangle is the shape a tire takes after sitting for a night in the driveway at -40 C.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today. Streets for people. HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after

Street transformation from car space to street willed with people including kids

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Looking forward to hearing your take on his deranged response to this decision. Apparently, he can "destroy countries" but he can't "charge them any money." What the hell is he talking about?

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

On Feb. 20, 1959, the Avro Arrow program was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government. Thousands of people lost their jobs, and the Canadian aeronautical and aviation sector was decimated. The day became known as Black Friday. This is the story of the Arrow. 🧵 1/12

A black-and-white aerial view of the Avro Arrow, a delta-winged jet aircraft marked with "RL-201" and a Canadian maple leaf insignia, displayed on a tarmac surrounded by a large crowd of people and a stage with officials, near a building and parked cars.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Got my Public Lending Right payment for the year. If you ever wonder if you're shortchanging an author by getting their book from a library - absolutely not, and this is one of the ways (for countries with a PLR program). 1/2

Part of my "Public Lending Right" statement, showing an incoming payment of $372

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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I agree - hard NO and likely never again! @guardtheleaf.bsky.social

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government. My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...

I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government.

Building a stronger, more resilient, and more independent country will require ambition, collaboration, and occasionally, sacrifice. I am grateful to Matt and his family that he will continue his service as a strong voice for Edmonton Riverbend in Parliament.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.

Downtown Vancouver separated protected bike-lane filled with people on bikes

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Yep. Canadians are different! #cdnpoli

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I feel like I got out just in time.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Sitting in Mexico watching #TeamCanada play ice hockey in Italy.

Ice hockey on a TV screen beside a window overlooking ocean waves crashing up on a beach under a blue sky.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

As long as the people who benefit most from the disinformation campaigns facilitated by social media are the same ones setting the regulations, change will be too slow to meaningfully protect democracy and democratic institutions.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

What other #POTUS could post such a shameful and overtly racist image of a former #POTUS — or anyone (!)—and have any hope at all for holding onto office, even for one more day? #25th

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/02/2026

We all share this beautiful planet. It's up to all of us to fight back against those who want to cause it harm. We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high. Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6

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Louis-Eddy 🇨🇦 @jledrc53.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

It's time for Canada to legislate social media platforms to hold them accountable for the hateful and racist content they distribute (as in EU). Time to also revoke broadcasting licenses of foreign news channels that promote hatred (e.g., Fox News), this content is already contrary to Canadian law.

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

“When you’re a star, they let you do it.” —DJT

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Greg Pyle @pikewrangler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Of the 30% of Albertan's that support separation, half are just stick-it-to-the-Libs types, who will say anything to signal their perceived moral and political superiority. The remaining 15% are split between too-dumb-to-know-better and genuine separatists. Their bark is worse than their bite.

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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Again for those in the back: "#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Happy Wakefield retraction day to all those who celebrate it

The front page of a paper entitled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" with lead author Andrew Wakefield. Across the page is stamped "Retracted" in red. At the top it says "Happy Retraction Day! On February 2nd 2010, the Lancet retracted Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent paper linking the MMR to autism!"

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

scientificamerican.com

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

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