Reposted by michelleMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8hThe crowd absolutely erupts when Carney says the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the U.S. Mark Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it." 16754561421
Reposted by michelleNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 16hSo we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness… 19587001412
Reposted by michelleI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Which one is named the Amistad? 1106
Reposted by michelleJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10796093018
Reposted by michellePatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it continues to absolutely boggle my mind how few people realize that refineries in the US Rockies, Plains, Midwest/Great Lakes rely so heavily on millions of barrels of Canadian crude oil *every day* and have since the 1950s 371124316
michelle @pipichelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026😳 (advantage of moving countries multiple times is each government insisted on revaccinating the cursed immigrant. Advantage of living in a landing strip immigrant neighbourhood is high vax rates) 010
Reposted by michelleAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But what that means is that it's useful to think about what we do to habitats in terms not of natural/unnatural, but in terms of levels of permanence of disturbance. 118018
Reposted by michelleKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6079092230
Reposted by michelleWhakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol 514562
Reposted by michelleLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259802001
Reposted by michelleMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comCanada's boycott forces the sale of a California wineryAs California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year. 2673121918
Reposted by michelledarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026every day it seems a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world 592118382
Reposted by michelleRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thursday is going very well. 0541
Reposted by michelleAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/09/2026"Unacceptable": Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website. OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent an email outlining the incident to a generic email address u.afp.com/S9Uj 49545
Reposted by michelleDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145841293
michelle @pipichelle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Could have been talking about a light rail project that got truncated here in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) 110
Reposted by michelleI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Maybe they shouldn't have promoted that random unqualified dude with the arched eyebrow for cubersecurity. 2256
Reposted by michelleViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thanks to @queenoliviaiii.com I now know that the Wellington Public Library lends out CO2 meters! www.wcl.govt.nz/services/at-...wcl.govt.nzCO2 metersBorrow CO2 meters to monitor air quality and ensure a healthy environment. 412536
Reposted by michelleJos Buurmans | New Zealand @josbuurmans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thin Ground - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand #photography #landscape #nz 615924
Reposted by michelleTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability. 91321416
Reposted by michellewesterner @lanelmorgan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"One of the most pathetic sounds in the world is the bleat of a millionaire wounded by the expenditure of public money in a way which does not yield him an immediate profit." Murray Morgan (my dad) Tacoma radio broadcast in 1958. 110121
Reposted by michelleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026One aspect of living in a personalist form of government is that people no longer expect the laws or norms to protect them. If the king is rumored to be thinking of demolishing a believed institution, people assume they must defend it in person 402325536
Reposted by michelleDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss 2234771348
Reposted by michelleMedia Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative. How many more? 681642708
Reposted by michelleWolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living." .. (Franklin. D. Roosevelt) ..(cartoon Nick Anderson) 8867062536
Reposted by michellePaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Kara Swisher: “I think this idea that AI is going to kill us, it’s not AI, it’s the people making AI who are killing us. Let’s stop blaming the machines. Let’s blame the people who are making these things and the administration that refuses to put any guardrails” 311152293
Reposted by michelleCourtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NEW: Saddle Lake Cree Nation calls Alberta trans health-care laws a violation of Treaty rights, announces path to work around the legislation 6466203
Reposted by michellePaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 08/09/2026U.S. billionaires hold a combined net worth of $8.4 trillion. Nationalise them & we can all retire at 60 ya cunts 0202
Reposted by michelleFlavio Volpe, C.M. @flaviovolpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We’ve been over this before: Every Global 7500 that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 GE engines built in Indiana, 🇺🇸. Every Challenger that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 Honeywell engines built in Arizona. 🇺🇸. Bombardier employs 3,000+ 🇺🇸s & has 2,800 🇺🇸 suppliers. Not so smart. 100791328
Reposted by michelle🇨🇦Trescee @teemack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🇨🇦 rn:static.klipy.comRegina George: Why Are You So Obsessed?ALT: Regina George: Why Are You So Obsessed? 1211
michelle @pipichelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Have lived in parkdale 21 years and never been to the CNE because the idea of crowds turns me into one of those bugs that curls up into a ball and my maths brain rebels at exorbitant prices. But bars every 100m has me rethinking priorities … 121
Reposted by michelleCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The language we use here matters. And so much of the language is determined by the AI companies themselves. Lots of sci fi or futuris terms. But what if we didn’t abide by their definitions? What if the singularity is here but it’s not something flattering or even a technological achievement? 57318
Reposted by michelleKylie @styla73.bsky.social · 30/08/2026WHAT FUCKING JOBS ARE OUR GRADUATES SUPPOSED TO STAY HERE AND TAKE www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNational vows to reduce student loan repayment rate if re-electedThe National Party is promising to reduce the compulsory student loan repayment rate if re-elected, while cracking down on overseas-based borrowers. 1310225
Reposted by michelleBen McNulty @ponekeben.bsky.social · 27/08/2026WATCH THIS VIDEO BEFORE YOU CROSS MOLESWORTH STREET 🚶♀️🚶♂️ 614561
Reposted by michellePaul Brislen @brislen.nz · 28/08/2026My favourite part and I'm only one paragraph in. 1210436
Reposted by michelleStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.stripes.comWest Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit saysAdam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says. 48977413701
Reposted by michelleDeborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Treat yourself to this fabulous essay. tressie.substack.com/p/the-dolly-...tressie.substack.comThe Dolly MomentWhy We Stan A Post-Racism Queen. A new essay on my new project, essaying. Live now. If you are an OG tressiemc.com subscriber - you got this delivered to your inbox along with a free Substack subscrip... 1234
Reposted by michelleBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...propublica.orgTop Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part... 1212018892
michelle @pipichelle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I agree. I was responding to someone who thought Iceland was the closest Europe got to Canada geographically 010
michelle @pipichelle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026While not part of the euro Econ area, check out the geographical proximity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (part of the EU) to Canada. Problem with talk of joining EU though is it further isolates western Canada, which has historical ties to east Asia and the pacific 260
