Reposted by Andy Schan#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026‘Spit on our sacrifice’ Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at military #TheGuardiantwp.aiwww.theguardian.com‘Spit on our sacrifice’: Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at military 12610
Reposted by Andy SchanThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/10/2026Trump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsthebeaverton.comTrump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsWASHINGTON D.C. - Trump Administration trade advisor Peter Navarro is accusing Canada of interfering in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, unfairly distracting from American efforts to interfere in ... 7417159
Reposted by Andy SchanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses - Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators - is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them. 1324695
Reposted by Andy SchanTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 05/10/2026the differences in sports across the pond is always interesting. look how the brits do bowling. totally different than how we do it 572136413
Reposted by Andy SchanSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21290551662
Reposted by Andy SchanMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 212103111636
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 05/10/2026thewalrus.ca/carney-wants...thewalrus.caCarney Wants to Privatize Airports. It’s a Terrible Idea | The WalrusBe ready to pay more for everything 121
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 05/10/2026thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...thetyee.caCanada Needs an Opposition That’s Serious and Constructive | The TyeeInstead, we get Poilievre’s simplistic sound bites, leaving Carney unaccountable. 032
Reposted by Andy SchanJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026I'm not saying I have a gift of prophecy but 521547137
Reposted by Andy SchanOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Of course, you have to decide for yourself whether all this floating about actually happened. Either way, I think the most remarkable thing in all this is that I got to the end of this thread without doing the ‘air friar’ joke. Clearly, I’m growing as a person 4863
Reposted by Andy SchanTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 182013976
Reposted by Andy SchanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026The post-war "peace dividend" owed its existence to three factors: industrial capacity, political freedom and pent-up demand. 517967
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 03/10/2026www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...nationalobserver.comAmerica still doesn't understand how deep the rift goesMemo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you 000
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 02/10/2026thewalrus.ca/canada-is-bu...thewalrus.caCanada Is Building Its Own Military Satellite Network. The US Still Holds the Keys | The WalrusSpace sovereignty won’t be easy when so much of the infrastructure remains American 000
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 02/10/2026www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young... 000
Reposted by Andy SchanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/10/01/d...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 26524
Reposted by Andy SchanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Here's a funny thing about the right to vote: it wasn't won by voting. 5444169
Reposted by Andy SchanJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026Come for the historical rethink of the Nazi's rise, stay for the "human advertising pillar." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.com‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrongIn a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt... 2289
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 01/10/2026I've read that you've said "creating an additional 2,000 jobs" Sure, during construction; afterwards, 90 permanent jobs and 150 contractor positions (finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...). That's a different spin, no?finance.yahoo.com 000
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 01/10/2026"creating an additional 2,000 jobs" Sure, during construction; afterwards, 90 permanent jobs and 150 contractor positions (finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...). That's a different spin, no? 000
Reposted by Andy SchanThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equitythebeaverton.comChild's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equityBRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges... 221241321
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 01/10/2026<sarcasm> no, AI is great; why would you ask something like that? </sarcasm> www.cbc.ca/news/busines...cbc.caOvernight, Meta deleted all her accounts. AI customer service won’t let her reach a human | CBC NewsToronto resident Jasmine Ault says Meta disabled her accounts overnight, without giving her a reason, and that she's been unable to get past their AI chatbots to speak to a human to resolve the error.... 000
Reposted by Andy SchanNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick. 161485386
Reposted by Andy SchanCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On Sept. 30, 1958, Canadian children were treated to a new show. It featured a giant who told them to "look up!...waaaaaay up!" For the next 27 years, the show was a fixture on CBC and is beloved to this day. This is the story of The Friendly Giant! 📸 CBC 🧵 1/12 924550
Reposted by Andy SchanCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Draganfly Drones is promoted as a Saskatoon success story. They are run out of Tampa, Florida with top Trump military appointees on the board. Don Jr is an investor. The PM committed to building a Canadian supply chain for our defence. This stinks. charlieangus.substack.com/p/stop-don-j...charlieangus.substack.comSTOP DON JR FROM GETTING A CUT OF CANADA’S MILITARY BUDGETDon Jr. has his fingers in a Canadian military contract obtained through Saskatoon-based Dragonfly Technologies. 24385193
Reposted by Andy Schandr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/12/2025look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts 3568431674
Reposted by Andy SchanPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 833650922
Reposted by Andy SchanDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Roses are red, These times are quite trying 102023652
Reposted by Andy SchanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026“…Muse can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups – including undocumented immigrants, transgender teachers, poll workers, Iranian dissidents, and women who said they had ordered abortion pills in states with abortion bans”hntrbrk.comDox for Me, O MuseMuse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users. 615774
Reposted by Andy SchanKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 522122854
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 29/09/2026😠 #Enshittification @doctorow.pluralistic.net www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, study says | CBC NewsWait times for most of the province’s publicly funded priority surgeries and procedures have increased between 2017 and 2025, according to a study released Monday. 000
Reposted by Andy SchanCJMaill @cjmaill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Paging @doctorow.pluralistic.net… 0193
Reposted by Andy SchanUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 28/09/2026just put together a Dögg from IKEA, but I think I screwed something up 1742576
Reposted by Andy SchanCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What does a family wedding have to do with the price of potash? Just more shinnanigans in the world of Agent Krasnov and his criminal family. charlieangus.substack.com/p/agent-kras...charlieangus.substack.comAGENT KRASNOV HOSTS A WEDDINGThe issue of a foreign oligarch fronting cash for the president’s son is as outrageous as it gets. 818256
Reposted by Andy SchanEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122103312681
Reposted by Andy SchanWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation 781899316
Reposted by Andy SchanUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At my age, some days the glass is half full, some days the glass is half empty. Either way, I have to pee. 825255
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 27/09/2026The game plan is to starve publicly funded health care, then say "See? We need private options!". Not everyone has the means to pay out of pocket, and shouldn't have to borrow money to do it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFacing a 2-year wait, this P.E.I. couple borrowed $25K to get a hip replacement in Montreal | CBC NewsNeil and Janet Payne call it "Le Hip Trip." The Kinkora, P.E.I., couple were facing a wait of up to a year and a half for Neil’s hip replacement — so instead of waiting, they borrowed $25,000 and drov... 010
Andy Schan @schan.ca · 27/09/2026LOL: "Sources inside the BC NDP confirm that Eby regrets calling a snap election while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet as it caused half his voters to disappear." 000
Reposted by Andy SchanJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oh and there’s a nonzero chance they were programmed to do this to push the issue of the government bringing in AI development in order to help mediate their giant financial problems and gain more power and control. Cool stuff, really. Not at all problematic. 13899132
Reposted by Andy SchanJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092943069
Reposted by Andy SchanIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331189413978
Reposted by Andy SchanKatie 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 5776502129
Reposted by Andy SchanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441194
Reposted by Andy SchanRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/09/2026Voyager Instruments xkcd.com/3302/ 253081431