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Hamiltonian. Cat mama. Nerd. Runner. House people, build bike lanes, end racism, dismantle the patriarchy.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control. So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me? by Jake Pearson
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is why I have a problem with the White House using beloved kids book “The Magic School Bus” for its ICE propaganda. Abolish ICE.
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Hamilton Public Library @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
See something different? It's not your eyes playing tricks on you. It's our new HPL website that officially launched yesterday! Even though it's a new look and feel, you can still browse and access your library needs and resources as you had before. #Hamont, start exploring at www.hpl.ca!
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Privatization wasn’t on the ballot when Canadians voted for Mark Carney. Really foul the way he’s using the blind trust so many continue to have in him to make massive, fundamental changes to Canada (hurting normal Canadians) so big companies can profit. Please pay attention.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2026
Abortion bans make exceptions for ectopic pregnancies, but some people still don’t get care. One doctor told a woman intervening in her pregnancy could land him jail time, according to a lawsuit. “I felt like my life was a risk he couldn’t afford.”
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
Looks like OpenAI may have stolen another mathematicians work.
Screenshot of an X post by user Valerio Capraro (@ValerioCapraro) featuring text followed by an embedded photo of a man in glasses and a dark sweater against a forested outdoor background.
The post text reads:
"BREAKING: OpenAI might have stolen another major proof.
In a detailed Mastodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAI may have trained Astra on conversations in which he and Gábor Kun were working on Gromov's soficity conjecture, one of the ten problems OpenAI later announced Astra had solved.
I know Andreas. We met several times early in our careers. He is an exceptional mathematician, a leading expert on sofic and hyperlinear groups, and one of the most respected scholars in the field. He has spent two decades working on this problem.
If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a breakthrough by the model itself.
And if the allegations raised by Levent Alpöge, Tristan Buckmaster, and now Andreas Thom are all substantiated, we are no longer looking at isolated incidents.
We may be looking at one of the greatest intellectual scandals in the history of science.
AI is not discovering new mathematics.
AI is stealing human discovery."
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.” Proverb. Paramount cannot be trusted. They just don’t act in good faith on any level. www.techdirt.com/2026/09/08/p...
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Paramount Caught Using ‘Astroturf’ Group To Drum Up Fake Support For Merger
We've well established how the $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets. But the kind of behaviors Paramount leadership have been engaged in to sell the deal also give a pretty clear indication what kind of company we're dealing with, and why they shouldn't be allowed to...
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Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Canada’s First Dementia-Inclusive Park Martin Family Legacy Garden Great news; there there should be many, all over. Park's Safety, Sensory, Signage, Support Old-older pop is growing everywhere. Calgary has 20,000+ living with dementia; in 2030 it'll be 34,000. Thks Parks Fdn Calgary bit.ly/4ynwMPk
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026
This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.
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Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
‘Dig deeper’ and ‘still no proof’ are slogans printed on new orange shirts being sold by Rebel News. Niigaan Sinclair says the shirts create conflict and clickbait while attempting to monetize a traumatic moment in Canadian history. Truth & Politics: youtu.be/8WUJmfIpAfg
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Toronto Wildlife Centre does amazing and important work! Please help them recover by donating, if you can. If not, please help spread the word!
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City of Hamilton @cityofhamilton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton has initiated a Heat Warning beginning on September 1, 2026. Heat Warnings stay in effect until they are cancelled or escalated to an Extended Heat Warning. Tips to stay cool: Hamilton.ca/heat #HamOntHeat
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New: 404 Media obtained footage of investigation and arrest of a cop who used police surveillance databases and license plate cameras to surveil and stalk a woman. "We’ve told them over and over again 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'" www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...
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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/08/2026
Breaking news: The Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism on Ivy League campuses pressured universities into punitive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of systemic abuse, according to a whistleblower complaint.
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Politics drove antisemitism probes against Ivy League schools, DOJ whistleblower says
A Trump administration task force on antisemitism pressured universities into punitive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of systemic abuses, a whistleblower says.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/08/2026
Penguin Random House has suspended promotion and public sales of a forthcoming book by journalist Ross Barkan following allegations of extensive plagiarism in political columns he wrote as a freelancer for New York Magazine.
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Publisher suspends sales of journalist’s book after plagiarism review
New York Magazine said it updated 67 of Ross Barkan’s columns that did not include proper attribution. His Penguin Random House book on Mayor Zohran Mamdani was set for the fall.
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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
N95 masks filter out fine particulate in wildfire smoke that causes headaches, inflammation, sore throat and lungs. Anyone living in the Interior Health region can get masks for free from these locations: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202... Remember, you need to be clean shaven for the mask to work.
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More support for people affected by wildfire smoke
Free N95 respirator masks protect people from wildfire smoke, poor air quality
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/08/2026
A rare sighting of an elusive Pallas's cat was caught on camera by a nature enthusiast in the mountains of northern Iran.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/08/2026
It is unbelievably amusing to see various people moaning that Claude 'watermarking' text (by doing a sort of statistical signal in the word choice) will "degrade quality" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulation
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/08/2026
also HOLY MOLY www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This was evidenced recently when a paper in a leading chemistry journal had to be retracted because the authors appeared to have used an AI tool to draft part of the publication. The tool used the phrase “mass killing of an ethnic group” as an alternative for “final solution”, though the paragraph in question appeared to be about a zinc nanogel.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
The same climate experts whose model overestimated the potential of geological carbon storage have repeatedly underestimated solar power — one of the energy technologies that would allow more oil to remain in the ground. ➡️ Read our full story w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social: propub.li/4gdTCBc
Two line charts are depicted. At the top, the line chart is labeled "Carbon Capture Capacity." The y-axis is "megatons" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). More than a dozen blue lines show a steady increase from the left edge of the chart to the right edge of the chart. Some of the blue lines exceed 4,000 megatons between years 2030 and 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line is at around 0 megatons from 2010 to 2025. The maroon line is labeled "Actual carbon storage". 

The second chart is labeled "Solar Power". The y-axis is "terawatt-hour" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). Dozens of blue lines increase from around 0 on the left side of the chart, showing moderate growth from 2010 to 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line starts at 0 in 2010 and rises sharply to over 2,000 in 2024. The maroon line is obviously increasing much faster than the blue lines. The maroon line is labeled "Actual solar electricity production."
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”
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Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it
Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/08/2026
As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/08/2026
Irish musicians and entertainers were among mourners who packed into a Dublin cathedral for the funeral of Glen Hansard, the Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter killed last week in a motorcycle crash, aged 56.
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Bono, Eddie Vedder among mourners at the funeral of Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard
Irish musicians and entertainers were among mourners who packed into a Dublin cathedral for the funeral of Glen Hansard, the Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter killed last week in a motorcycle crash, aged 56.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 03/08/2026
How a clinic for seniors in Quebec City is taking the pressure off ERs: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by Anchal Sharma, based on reporting by @marikawheeler.bsky.social. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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How a clinic for seniors in Quebec City is taking the pressure off ERs | CBC News
Three geriatricians from Quebec City have founded a clinic to help seniors avoid prolonged stays in the emergency room.
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Family caregivers are the backbone of the healthcare system. Without their labour, care would collapse.
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I love a good #Stargate reference
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Matt Jelly @mattjelly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Premier Ford charged taxpayers for Florida trip to attend union conference at Disney | Globalnews.ca
The province's travel, meal and hospitality expense disclosure list shows four individuals expensed commercial flights and hotels totalling $11,709 for the trip in mid-July 2025.
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The Bearded Giant @stewfromhamont.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
To any leftist, progressive, or even left-leaning voters in #HamOnt who've strategically voted; how'd that work out for you? Did you 'hold your nose' to vote Liberal in the last election? How happy are you with Carney? What if instead we all voted for the candidate who best represents our beliefs?
Screenshot an article in The Hamilton Spectator.

text inside of * denotes highlighted in yellow, not part of the article

"At his event, Loomis also released the results of a robocall poll commissioned by his campaign showing he was the preferred choice for 38 per cent of decided respondents, followed by Horwath at 24 per cent, Cooper at 22 per cent *and Scarlett Gillespie at nine per cent.*

The poll also noted 35 per cent of the 921 respondents answered "unsure" when asked to choose a preferred candidate and so were excluded from the results.

The top issues — which respondents selected from a list — included homelessness, keeping taxes low and housing affordability, as well as the cost of living, and city roads and infrastructure."
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The #BillyBishop #airport decision by the feds was made possible by #publicengagement. People need to speak truth to power.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Seven First Nations leaders along with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Anishinabek Nation are calling for a public inquiry into the Ontario government over their response to the wildfires in the province.
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Several First Nation leaders call for public inquiry into Ontario government | APTN News
Seven First Nations leaders along with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Anishinabek Nation are calling for a public inquiry into the Ontario government over their response to the wildfires in the…
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/07/2026
The AI procurement question hiding in your doctor’s office: www.digitaljournal.com/article/the-... Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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The AI procurement question hiding in your doctor’s office
Ross Mitchell has two questions he wants every Canadian to put to their family doctor at their next appointment. Where is your data being stored, and is
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"By 2030, the energy required for data centers is expected to double to 945 terawatt-hours — enough to meet the needs of all 1.3 billion residents of Sub-Saharan Africa for 5.5 years." A great article about #AI and Indigenous perspectives by @aimeegabay.bsky.social indiginews.com/news/un-emri...
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AI data centers are booming. Indigenous People want help protecting their lands and knowledge
Indigenous leaders warn the UN that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence facilities threatens their rights
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 16/07/2026
I was interviewed in @thestar.com about the wildfire smoke today. “The unfortunate reality is that this extreme weather and wildfire smoke is not natural. It is man-made. It is a result of decades of burning natural gas, gasoline, coal, burning garbage… …we need to stop burning things for energy.”
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Toronto turns orange under a sky choked by Ontario wildfire smoke: ‘Is this the apocalypse?’
The city had the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday, prompting health warnings and event cancellations. About 200 wildfires are burning in northwestern Ontario where First Nations communities...
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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 15/07/2026
Hamilton City Council just voted to NOT implement interim control against data centres. It was a 6-10 vote. #yhmcc #HamOnt Read my full live blog coverage here: thepublicrecord.ca/2026/07/live...
Graphic from Joey Coleman (ThePublicRecord.ca) showing how Hamilton CIty Council voted on Interim Control Bylaw on Data Centres on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The motion reads: An Interim Control By-law to Control the Use of Land, Buildings or Structures for the purpose of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centres in Industrial Zones within the City of Hamilton. Moved by Nrinder Nann. The motion was defeated 6 to 10 under a simple majority. In favour: Cameron Kroetsch (Ward 2), Nrinder Nann (Ward 3), Matt Francis (Ward 5), Tom Jackson (Ward 6), Esther Pauls (Ward 7), and Alex Wilson (Ward 13). Opposed: Mayor Andrea Horwath, Maureen Wilson (Ward 1), Tammy Hwang (Ward 4), Rob Cooper (Ward 8), Brad Clark (Ward 9), Jeff Beattie (Ward 10), Mark Tadeson (Ward 11), Craig Cassar (Ward 12), Mike Spadafora (Ward 14), and Ted McMeekin (Ward 15). Note: Note: Data Centres are only permitted on Industrial Zoned Lands. They are not permitted on Commercial or Residential lands. Hence was written ICB is for Industrial Lands..
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Sam @samipeck.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The mayor could have chosen to exercise true leadership on this issue, but instead she did an about-face and chose not to implement a bylaw that would have supported responsible guidelines about #AIDataCentres
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
Now he supports gender affirming care.
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The Bearded Giant @stewfromhamont.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ah yes, perfect pipeline building & mandatory RTO weather. Thanks Carney.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Carbon capture is expensive and largely ineffective at making a real difference on emissions. Especially when the captured carbon can be used for enhanced oil recovery, which lets companies access oil that would have otherwise stayed in the ground!!!
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Sai On Blue Sky @saifiles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
👇Must-read 👇 "Since 2016, Postmedia has been majority owned by Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey-based hedge fund owned by Republican megadonor Anthony Melchiorre, who dined with President Donald Trump shortly after his initial election that year" ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
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‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 03/07/2026
LAST CALL: if you’d like to support Canadian reporting on our biggest asset — the environment — for any recurring amount (even just $5/month!), now’s the time to do it. The next 44 people to sign up get special Narwhal socks in the mail! 🧦 Offer expires midnight: thenarwhal.ca/socks-for-me...
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Become a member | The Narwhal
Join the readers who power The Narwhal’s ad-free, non-profit journalism about Canada’s natural world.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Canada Day extreme weather brought to you by climate change, which Carney announced yesterday we can’t afford to properly fight 🤗
CBC headline reads: Canada Day activities in Ottawa cancelled due to
'extreme weather,' including fireworks

Torrential rain falls on the capital

By: Gabrielle Huston

Published July 1 at 3:21pmET
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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 09/06/2026
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Feds launch Billy Bishop consultation
It comes after the Prime Minister announced he has not formed an opinion on plans to expand the airport
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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sound familiar Ontario? Ford has a reason, and if you knew why he was doing this with school boards and regional councils, you'd be worried. But #ONpoli
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch & share this news story. It’s pretty much perfect. Ford claims wrongly that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
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Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A first for me today. Glad to have this piece in The Guardian. Figured it was time more of our international friends heard some hard truths about how things are going here in 🇨🇦: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Canadian prime minster Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2026
Oil-based products are everywhere, from fertiliser to fashion. What are the alternatives?
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Oil-based products are everywhere, from fertiliser to fashion. What are the alternatives?
Substituting the petrochemicals that underpin everyday life is challenging, but there are ways to produce what we need without fossil fuels
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