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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 19h
Nine days into the NHL's regular season, the Winnipeg Jets are 2nd in the league, without Connor Hellebuyck playing. Hellebuyck, meanwhile, has forfeited US $344,044 (and counting) since the Jets started their season without him. You can track how much money he's giving up, second by second, here:
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Connor Hellebuyck has forfeited $344,044
That's as of Oct. 7, 2026, 9:34 p.m. CT. It goes up 45 cents every second. Watch it live.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 07/10/2026
‘Make sure this doesn’t happen again’: editors work to tighten vetting as experts warn ‘Daniel Robson’ persona won’t be the last AI deception www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/07/m...
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is likely gaining critical insights for future warfare from Russia. The PLA appears particularly concerned about how to conduct mechanized maneuvers in a drone-saturated environment. Read the full report: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An outbreak of pneumonic plague is suspected in Russia. An investigation by the local media outlet People of Baikal, based on eyewitness accounts, has described what is happening in Russia's Irkutsk and Shelekhov, where an employee of an anti-plague research institute died
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The Insider @theins.press · 06/10/2026
Russian-made Oxygen Forensics software was used to extract data from Hunter Biden’s laptop, RFE/RL reports Former U.S. Secret Service agent Gus Dimitrelos said he used Oxygen Forensic Detective to recover over 160,000 deleted files from the laptop for The Washington Examiner.
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Russian-made Oxygen Forensics software was used to extract data from Hunter Biden’s laptop, RFE/RL reports
Oxygen Forensic Detective, whose Russian version is marketed as “Mobilny Kriminalist,” was used to examine the laptop of Hunter Biden, according to a report by…
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: In August, OpenAI convened around 40 mathematicians to discuss what to do if AI outpaces human capabilities in the field. The company hinted that its powerful models had solved hundreds of longstanding math problems, say people who were in attendance. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again
“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Separatists' Trump Treason MUST Be Denounced by Danielle Smith Premier, you and Rob Anderson have two choices: 1. Stand up for Canada 2. Admit you support the separatists What you should do: grow a spine and stand by your country. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/g_BL-Ayqm9Y
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Separatists' Trump Treason MUST Be Denounced by Danielle Smith
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/10/2026
Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...
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Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote
Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Knowing Russia,I believe the suspicions that the Irkutsk institute was involved in developing biological weapons are justified If a Russian laboratory was experimenting with Yersinia pestis as a biological weapon&a leak occurred,the consequences could be tragic not only for the population of Russia
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/10/2026
Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant, Jack Goldsmith argues:
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Zombie Originalism
Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I went ahead and made a new edit that included over two minutes of Trump's speech before his highly controversial and confusing statement about San Diego and Los Angeles. The viral clip was NOT creatively edited. I purposefully made the captions large and easy to read.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 05/10/2026
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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The strike triggered a severe fire and the vessel sank. The incident occurred within Romania's exclusive economic zone, approximately 9 nautical miles from the Pescăruș offshore platform. Romanian maritime authorities have launched an investigation and have not yet specified the cause of the fire
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
2 crew members were killed&11 more rescued after a reported drone attack in the Black Sea targeted the grain carrier Royad Mammadov The vessel was hit after departing from Izmail,Ukraine's Odesa region,bound for Ravenna,Italy.Although operated by a Turkish company,it flew the flag of St.Kitts&Nevis
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Russia's missiles and drone violations of Moldova’s airspace over recent days are unacceptable. The Kremlin is putting lives at risk across the continent. The European Peace Facility remains the backbone of Moldova's defence modernisation. (1/2)
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 05/10/2026
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection. By Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Lex Harvey, and Anna Chernova. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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Canada Healthwatch | Health News, Policy & Analysis
Canada’s independent briefing on health policy, science, and systems change.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/10/2026
In public statements and campaign ads, many members of Congress from both parties say they’re staunchly opposed to congressional stock trading. But despite a real opportunity to legislate changes, they didn’t deliver.
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Why a Popular Push to Ban Congressional Stock Trading Crashed and Burned
But is it only mostly dead?
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. But Older Candidates Keep Winning" . www.nytimes.com/interactive/... "the gerontocracy remains alive and well in American politics" 😔
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Canada and China deepen clean-tech ties as Ottawa rebuilds economic relationship Canada and China are expanding cooperation on clean energy technologies as Ottawa tries to build a larger economic relationship with the world’s biggest clean-tech market. energi.media/canada/canad...
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Canada-China clean-tech cooperation deepens | Energi Media
Canada and China expand clean-tech cooperation as Ottawa targets more trade, climate collaboration and stronger institutional ties.
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Ray @raywc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... F these clowns. Down with the UCP !
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/10/2026
David Robinson, who worked on OpenAI’s safety team, resigned from the company this week. “I believe we need to look deeper than specific rules or new laws. We need to talk about culture,” he writes:
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I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.
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Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"It's sad to see what's happened to our city." Stephen Mandel ignited a firestorm when he described downtown Edmonton as a "shithole" during a recent forum featuring five former #yeg mayors. He tells #RealTalkRJ what prompted his comment, and what he'd do differently... youtu.be/0V1OHACWiJU?...
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The Story Behind Mandel's "Sh*thole" Comment
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/10/2026
Canadian students are racking up six-figure debts to attend medical school abroad. Is it worth it? For some, yes. With fierce competition for limited spots at Canadian medical schools, it can be the only way to become a doctor. Read the full story: www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/10/2026
The Baltic states are linked by their experience on Russia’s western borderlands: one of subjugation and dispossession, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social writes. He spent a month in those countries, learning how they are preparing for a possible Russian attack: theatln.tc/jgeHxpks
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen Harper with an op-ed in his paper of choice - National Post - to make the case against Alberta separatism. Given that the conservative movement is split, it is important to meet them where they are. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
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Stephen Harper: Separatism poses 'significant risk' for Alberta
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he sees "no benefit and significant risk" for Alberta from a prolonged debate on separatism.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views. Full Story: on.wsj.com/4eawfIy
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social : Putin can't walk it back from any of this stuff, but I can guarantee you that if one day he were to drop dead of a stroke or something like that, anybody else could walk back from it immediately.
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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ Report after report tells us that separation is an economic disaster for Alberta. This time, the evidence comes from the Calgary Chamber and economics professor Trevor Tombe. calgarychamber.com/wp-content/u...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
i have been laughing at this for 5 minutes straight
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Measles: What is likely going to happen in Florida (and much of the US) as MMR vaccination has dropped below the threshold needed to prevent outbreaks? Hundreds of deaths in the next 5 years projected throughout the US. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the new @science.org special issue on women's health, a 5★ review of menopause hormone therapy to promote healthy aging science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
G. Elliott Morris: Amid rising diesel prices, Republicans turn against Trump for first time on handling inflation open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Amid rising diesel prices, Republicans turn against Trump for first time on handling inflation
In our September poll, 52% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents disapprove of Trump's handling of prices. That could be dragging down Republican Senate candidates in red states
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 02/10/2026
Minnesotans are paying the price for Trump’s reckless war every time they fill up their tank. We’re standing with the farmers and truckers that keep Minnesota moving. www.morningagclips.com/gov-walz-aut...
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Gov. Walz Authorizes Trucking Weight-Limit Expansion
The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) appreciates Gov. Tim Walz’s Oct. 1, 2026, executive order that authorizes vehicles transporting agricultural and forest products to exceed regular weig...
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 02/10/2026
states w/ key senate races + corresponding diesel $/gal increase since iran war began nebraska: +98% ohio: +93% michigan: +93% kansas: +92% iowa: +92% texas: +91% north carolina: +81% minnesota: +79% georgia: +75% alaska: +75% florida: +73% new hampshire: +68% maine: +64% - aaa/@eurasiagroup.net
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The same guy who has been using government records to launch phony investigations is firing the people who do actual investigations after the investigated him.
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Ray @raywc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Andrew Leach: Could Alberta separation launch a new National Energy Program? open.substack.com/pub/theline/... I for one don't want to live as a US territory with no say in gov't and 4x the healthcare costs and be a serf to USA...
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Andrew Leach: Could Alberta separation launch a new National Energy Program?
It would be foolish to assume that the United States would want Alberta for any reason other than to drain its resources for its own ends.
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Nature @nature.com · 02/10/2026
A single clinical trial of 40 children might have wrongly swayed medical evidence in favour of using Prozac to treat depression in children and adolescents, a group of researchers say. go.nature.com/4rMmwhx
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Prozac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trial
One small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ Ukraine's A1 Artificial Intelligence Centre has developed, with UK support, a new AI platform called SPECTR AI to greatly reduce the time taken to detect and engage Russian targets. A Russian analysis highlights its capabilities and the threat it poses to Russian forces. ⬇️
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rise of Alberta, the brash social media account-cum-swag retailer, has direct ties to a more mild-toned separatist group leader, @alexboyd.bsky.social and @jeffyates.bsky.social report: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Ray @raywc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
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His bank says he opened a $35K line of credit and was issued a card at a Milton branch. But he’s never been there.
Manshapinder Singh of Brampton, Ont., says last November he went online to check his banking and was confused to see a $35,000 line of credit had been added to his account.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In econ terms: nominal wages are up. Real wages are down.⁣ ⁣ In normal terms: congrats on the raise, sorry about the pay cut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0f8dsDt0o4
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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Stoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert says Netanyahu knew October 7 was coming. Not only that, but he funded Hamas and let it happen to kill the two-state solution. Netanyahu was warned of 7 October Hamas attacks, book claims share.google/hauT5WXw0arR... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Journalist among eight people killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza
Muhammad Abdel Aziz al-Najjar becomes the 263rd Palestinian journalist to be killed by Israel since October 2023.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The hell is going on with his legs?
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
xAI employee leak Trump's chat logs with Grok challenge
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The moment a drone or missile whistles nearby, 🇺🇦 women instantly become a shield for their children—covering them with their bodies, holding them tightly, covering their eyes and ears, comforting them. Every Ukrainian mother, sister, & grandmother is always ready to become a shelter. Thread 1/5🧵
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