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Rick Harp

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👉 Winnipeg-based podcaster/journo 🎙️ APTN News Brief podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief 🎙️ MEDIA INDIGENA podfollow.com/mediaindigena 🤝 Co-convenor, Indigenous climate journalism forum: "Beyond Fires & Floods" mediaindigena.com/BFF

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/10/2026
"A proposal by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to power data centres in the province will only allow natural gas-powered projects to connect to the grid" The worst petrostates on the planet are scrambling to cement AI slop as a new demand source for fossil fuels
A proposal by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to power data centres in the province will only allow natural gas-powered projects to connect to the grid.

The June proposal states that gas-fired thermal generation can operate in all weather conditions, can handle high electric loads and passes the “electrical island” test, meaning it can provide stable power without grid access.

Renewables, hybrid facilities and standalone energy storage facilities are excluded because they don’t meet those requirements it says.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6h
Panicked husband realizes turkey pan has been soaking since last Thanksgiving www.thebeaverton.com/2015/10/pani...
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Panicked husband realizes turkey pan has been soaking since last Thanksgiving - The Beaverton
BRANDON, MA – As his family prepared for this weekend’s thanksgiving festivities local man Stephen Island realized that he had left the pan they use to cook the turkey every year sitting in a pool of ...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 10/10/2026
NEW: I appeared on Alberta Primetime last night to discuss how Danielle Smith’s populist style of politics led us to this current moment in Alberta. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...
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Alberta referendum is the culmination of Smith's approach to politics: author | Alberta Primetime
Author Jeremy Appel joins Alberta Primetime's Michael Higgins to discuss his new book following Danielle Smith's political career.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 5h
Don't forget Pt 2 of this sweeping @aptnnews.bsky.social retrospective of #IdleNoMore's emergence: ▶️ WATCH FREE: youtu.be/_adSU_QiOfE?...
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The Power Was With Us: Idle No More - Part 2
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 7h
Homes from Pennsylvania to Florida are without power and flood threats are rising as the US deals with a rare double tropical threat from the remnants of storms Isaias off the Atlantic and Rachel moving into the Southwest from the Pacific
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Dual Tropical Storms Hit Both US Coasts With Floods and Outages
More than 440,000 homes and businesses from Pennsylvania to Florida are without power and flood threats are rising at both ends of the country as the US deals with a rare double tropical threat from the remnants of storms Isaias off the Atlantic and Rachel moving into the Southwest from the Pacific.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 23h
An organization barring media from covering “the most important free speech event of the year” is chef’s [redacted]
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 8h
“Our analysis shows a wide distance between Canada’s emissions trajectory and the country’s targets ... today’s climate policy commitments would be insufficient to achieve the country’s 2030 target—even by 2050.” 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...
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2030 target and net zero: Canada is 20 years behind
This analysis shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/10/2026
"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT. www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
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Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after…
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Businesses using cargo bikes in Montreal! This restaurant delivers beer and burgers to nearby parks.
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WIRED @wired.com · 05/10/2026
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, “Gouged,” traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 22h
Weakening environmental protections to fast-track resource extraction is so late 2012. Relive the emergence of the Indigenous-led #IdleNoMore movement in the two-part APTN News docuseries I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social 🎬Now at 40,000 views + counting! Pt 1 👇 youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
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The Power Was With Us: Idle No More - Part 1
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Everyone can see new oil and gas projects are getting the lion's share of Ottawa's time and resources, but put that next to the latest emissions estimates that show electrification efforts are stalling too and Carney's sales pitch really starts to unravel.
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Hodgson pledges oil and gas at ‘heart’ of economic strategy as national electrification stalls
While Canada's energy minister pitches natural resources as central to a "recalibration" of economic risk, new Canadian Climate Institute figures show the country slipping further from its emissions g...
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 08/10/2026
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Canada signs on to pledge to fight subsidized overproduction of EVs, batteries, and solar panels
More than a dozen G20 countries say their domestic industries are being harmed by excess factory capacity elsewhere
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 09/10/2026
Nobel Peace Prize: Navanethem Pillay, a tireless advocate for international justice
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Nobel Peace Prize: Navanethem Pillay, a tireless advocate for international justice
The 85-year-old South African judge, who notably served on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the 1990s, recently chaired the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry, which determined that a 'genocide' was taking place in Gaza.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
raise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this)
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
3 out of 10 Canada Pension Plan board members also serve on boards of oil and gas companies, which Chief Public Affairs Officer Michel Leduc says is “not a conflict of interest.” Last year it made at least $6 billion in new fossil fuel investments and dropped its net zero target.
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Advocates call for climate action and Indigenous rights at CPPIB meeting
Advocates confronted Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) executives at a meeting in Ottawa yesterday, urging them to strengthen their approach to the climate crisis and Indigenous rights.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 09/10/2026
Ditch Chrome; use Vivaldi
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 08/10/2026
“We have infrastructure that is sitting idle,” said @alonghurst.bsky.social, a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). “It’s not funded. #onpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
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Idle MRIs at hospitals while Ontario funds private clinics
Ontario Health Coalition says HHS and St. Joseph's could run MRIs longer as the province shifts publicly funded scans to private clinics.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
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ExxonMobil's own scientists doubted climate fixes the company hyped
Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Two BC activists risked life in prison to challenge Canada's drug trafficking laws—and won For our latest podcast, DJ Larkin of @candrugpolicy.bsky.social joined me to break down a historic court ruling that paves the way for a safer supply of drugs in Canada breachmedia.ca/bc-activists...
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BC activists risked jail time to provide safe drugs—and won a historic court ruling ⋆ The Breach
The B.C. court decision could provide a pathway for “compassion clubs” that aim to reduce overdose deaths
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not the odds, but the stakes. That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in election coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes. Sep. 11, 2023
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICYMI - Separatist leader Jeff Rath under increasing legal/financial pressure. U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1209127...
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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
West coast First Nations on opposite sides of the fish farm debate once again travel to Ottawa, each group hoping to lobby the federal government to their respective point of view. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: West coast First Nations bring fish farm fight to Ottawa
Our lead story: west coast First Nations on opposite sides of the fish farm debate once again travel to Ottawa, each group hoping to lobby the federal government to their respective point of view.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 08/10/2026
Check out our free webinar on counting the costs (harms and benefits) of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and the build out of data centres in Canada. From @policyalternatives.ca. October 15 @12pm ET. Details and sign-up below: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Think Twice: A Citizen’s Guide to AI and Data Centres. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Canada's federal government is pushing Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and the build out of data centres, but Canadians can, and should, push back. The harms of the AI industry are real and the ...
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Scenes of police violence costing teenagers their eyes and hands have shocked France. Now the government has closed high schools in a bid to suck the energy out of the rising protest movement.
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In France, High Schoolers are Beaten, Choked, and Gassed
For over a week, high school students and teachers in France have been protesting the state’s abandonment of the education system. The government response: send in police to subdue them.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yay! @sonyaballantyne.bsky.social made their goal! 😃
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/10/2026
I keep telling people that even Newfoundland’s Progressive Conservative government has sent multiple letters to the federal Liberals asking to get a pharmacare deal because some other provinces have them, and Carney’s government will not do it.
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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A document meant for a behind-closed-doors group of fossil fuel advocates earlier this year got right to the point: Canada’s policies to fight the climate crisis, protect nature and defend Indigenous Rights are a “problem” and environmental organizations are “opponents” thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...
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‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: It’s been three years since the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap. A former Ontario attorney general says the Mounties should properly update the public on the status of the probe. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Three years later, RCMP says investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal is still ‘ongoing’
It has been more than 1,100 days since the Mounties launched their probe into Ford's $8.28-billion land swap on Oct. 10, 2023.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 07/10/2026
Alabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared. Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too. bit.ly/4rTEVJg #EDUSky #AcademicSky
A photo illustration of an old map of the southern United States of America including the gulf. It has “Mexico” crossed out and the replaced text now reads “Gulf of America.”
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Centrists everywhere may want to coronate Mark Carney as the "leader of the free world.” But Lula, despite his recent election woes, still offers a democratic vision attuned to people’s needs, while Carney offers little more than neoliberalism redux.
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Mark Carney Isn’t the “Leader of the Free World.” Lula Is.
Newspapers around the world have anointed Canada’s prime minister the new “leader of the free world.” But Lula links democracy to economic equality and solidarity, while Mark Carney revives the technocratic neoliberalism that helped create its crisis.
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 08/10/2026
Alberta’s government paid land rent for some 480 delinquent oil and gas companies in 2025. @brettmckay.bsky.social reports for the Investigative Journalism Foundation. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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Alberta Companies Owe Millions in Unpaid Land Rent | The Tyee
Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 06/10/2026
In 2024, the federal budget set aside $1.5-billion for a national pharmacare program, but under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the top priorities have significantly changed and experts say they don't expect it to become a reality in this Parliament. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/05/n...
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Semafor @semafor.com · 06/10/2026
French youths have been demonstrating over poor conditions at school buildings, and analysts expect unrest to intensify after a teenager’s hand was blown off by a riot police sting grenade. Read more: www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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France student protests roil politics ahead of elections
Analysts expect unrest to intensify after a teenager’s hand was blown off by a riot police sting grenade.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 07/10/2026
"The Israeli government exploited the trauma, the pain, the fear of the Israelis after the October 7 massacre to change the status quo from conflict management to ethnic cleansing," says Maoz Inon, who lost his parents in the October 7 attack.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 07/10/2026
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis
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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New episode of Sandy and Nora is out! We talk about riots! Young people are rising up in France over the state of their education system, and in Spain over the high cost of living. Canada would prefer if you didn't know about this. sandyandnora.com/episode-395-...
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Episode 395 – Canada hopes you don’t notice Spain and France right now
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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca today. In the lobby. This is fantastic.
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 07/10/2026
In our latest investigation with The Guardian, we reveal that a Microsoft-linked data center in New Jersey likely emitted around 140 tons of smog-forming NOx before regulators stepped in. That's enough to rank it among the state's top five polluters.
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REVEALED: NJ data center emitted staggering amounts of air pollution for nearly a year before regulators intervened
Newly obtained public records shed light on emissions caused by DataOne’s unpermitted generator fleet
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Phones are a distraction engine. What if the ban on phones triggered France's high school students' revolt? "According to a professor..., when his students looked up from their smartphones, they discovered that an unbearable world had been prepared for them." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/dimanches...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
NEW: A 26-year-old man has become the de facto advocate of last resort for families who are homeless in Arizona’s most populous county. As ProPublica’s @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social reports, it’s a scene that’s “both heartening and disconcerting.”
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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps
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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026
HYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...
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Hyperscale is out in two weeks!
Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout
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