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Ryan S.

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Policy and law / science / human rights / environment / random geekery. Canadian. Personal account and views.

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 19h
(Models Available For Subscribers) British Columbia Provincial Polling: CON: 39% (-5) NDP: 36% (-9) GRN: 13% (+5) CNBC: 5% (New) ONE: 5% (New) Others: 2% Leger / Sept 28, 2026 / n=1003 / Online (% Change With 2024 Election) Check out @338canada.bsky.social here: 338canada.com/bc
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just to tie this into Alberta at this very moment, the Cargill workers that Kenney's UCP treated as expendable are exactly the foreign workers that Smith's UCP wants to charge $1,900 a year to access health care, even though these workers pay taxes from the minute they start working.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jesus fucking Christ
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Troy Avevipart🍁 @privatevotary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Conrad Black will forever and exclusively be remembered as a traitor who renounced his Canadian citizenship, committed over $6,000,000.00 in fraud, was convicted, and then lovingly shone Trump's penny-loafers with his decrepit tongue to secure an undeserved pardon for his crimes. What a legacy.
Conrad Black: Trump pardons ex- media baron 'friend'
16 May 2019

Conrad Black, who became Lord Black of Crossharbour, was known for his extravagant lifestyle 

US President Donald Trump has signed a full pardon for former media mogul Conrad Black, who he describes as a "friend". 

Black, 74, was convicted of fraud and obstructing justice in 2007 and jailed for more than three years in the US.
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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canada really never should have let this convicted fraudster re-acquire residency. That we we did is a much bigger indictment of the country than any of the tripe Black writes. #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
keeper71: #Alberta #DanielleSith #Seppies In her own words...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday. At a migrant house before Mass , he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”
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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After all the healthcare scandals, use of the notwithstanding clause, a 10 question referendum, and so much political interference, there are *still* people who will vote for Danielle Smith and the UCP. Oh. My. God. Alberta: you can be so embarrassing sometimes. 🤬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC News
The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just want everyone to take a second to imagine how Poilievre would have responded if Justin Trudeau had done this while in office. like i just think it would be a fun experiment for us
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now consider: companies in every other sector could've done this from the beginning. Never forget who collaborated, because they have revealed themselves as quislings and monsters, and they will be that way long after Trump is a bad memory.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...
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Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
We’re at the point in Alberta where Ministers of the crown are celebrating the opening of garage doors. That’s it. It’s a garage door. Not an ambulance, no, it’s a garage door. #ableg #abpoli
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is false and misleading. There is nothing in the constitution that would require Ottawa to negotiate with Alberta if a majority of Albertans choose Option 2 on Question 10. Alberta Proud is a registered third-party advertiser. Daniel Kary, of Calgary, is the main contact/CFO.
There's a lot of confusion about what Question 10 on the October 19 ballot actually means, so let's be clear.
Question 10 gives voters two options: remain a province of Canada, or start the legal process toward a binding referendum. A binding referendum means a future province-wide vote whose result the government is legally required to act on, not just listen to and ignore. Choosing the second option doesn't take Alberta out of Canada.
Under Canada's constitution, if enough Albertans choose the second option, Ottawa would be required to come to the table for a real conversation about Alberta's place in Canada, how our resources are managed, and whether we're getting a fair return.
Are you voting on October 19?
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can't overstate just how bad the outcome is going to be in the aftermath. People will not be safe. #ableg #abpoli After the referendum, Alberta will be angrier, more divided, more radicalized, and a worse place to invest albertapolitics.substack.com/p/after-the-...
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After the referendum, Alberta will be angrier, more divided, more radicalized, and a worse place to invest
Whatever happens on Oct. 19, the Premier Danielle Smith will have left Alberta a worse place than it was before
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is all right-wing politics is now, a guy who's killed tens of thousands of children complaining about podcasters
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is it any surprise that this is the guy trying to "negotiate" with the White House about Alberta separation?
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$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca
Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q - Won't making businesses pay $1900 a year extra for their workers just cause them to have to increase costs & pass those on to consumers? Smith - Your business should be able to handle that. It's not that much. So Albertans will pay either way. Great referendum.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@vermontgmg.bsky.social pushes for "a long, long, long series of consequences" when Democrats take charge: "We need to return to punishing people who do obvious crimes. Make Crimes Criminal Again." His list of such crimes is devastating (and only partial). www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc. But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 22/09/2026
The NDP, Bloc & Greens should form a temporary “united opposition” party to hold Carney accountable It would be funny to hear Carney pivot from talking about Canadian unity to dusting off Stephen Harper’s “Bloc Orange” talking points #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“a close look at her career in media and politics reveals that she is little more than a political opportunist whose primary ambition is wielding state power to reward her allies and discipline her enemies.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Danielle Smith is no separatist – she’s something even more dangerous
Smith isn’t the ideologue her opponents portray her as, but she is a power-seeking opportunist
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1/8 🇨🇦 DANIELLE SMITH IS SOMETHING MORE DANGEROUS THAN A SEPARATIST 🇨🇦 Alberta’s Premier has advanced secession more than any before her. Yet her critics may be misjudging her true, deeply cynical motives. Source: The Globe and Mail #WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Alberta #Separatism
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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
A small digger trying its hardest to dig out the Ever Given ship that has run aground. It says, “Structural Problem” on the giant Ever Given and, “Making different personal choices” on the tiny digger.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve been told this too, from UN sources - the US will sanction the #ICC as an institution this week, & that they have considered designating the Court as a terrorist or terrorist supporting body. All for Netanyahu (and Putin). States that believe in the rule of law must denounce this lunacy.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UCP voters’ list change shows ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of scrutineers’ role in democracy, former elections official says. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-...
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UCP voters’ list change shows ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of scrutineers’ role in democracy, former elections official says - Alberta Politics
The United Conservative Party decision to provide Alberta political parties with a “list of electors” with no electors listed in it for the Oct. 19 referendum vote either “demonstrates a fundamental m...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My orange-pedo loving sister said she has to vote R to stop trans people. Me: "I don't fucking care what people want to do with their own fucking bodies. It's none of your fucking business. You thinking you have a say in this is the stupidest thing I've ever fucking heard." 🤬
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Following months of firings, departures, toxicity, turmoil, leaks, and scandals, Kerry-Lynn Findlay has resigned as leader of the BC Conservative Party, just 2 days after saying “I’m not going anywhere”. #cdnpoli #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative party | CBC News
"This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for our movement and our province," she wrote in a statement Sunday.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
Video appears to show an injured man — from being struck by an ICE agents’ car or from being beaten is unclear — and the ICE agents driving away with a flat tire (!) while the man is still laying in the street. Unreal.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In his ruling last week, Judge Cooper underscored @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu 's point below & also addressed, in his understated way, Trump’s threat to destroy the bldg & institution if his name wasn't re-nailed into its façade. … 1/5
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
She's five.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you think that this billboard is paid for by separatists - you’re wrong. This billboard is paid for by you - Alberta taxpayers. This is how Danielle Smith supports Canadian unity. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh for fuck’s sake
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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
$130 million to "make a point." I hope this province can make a point to her in 2027 by unceremoniously throwing her out of the Premier's office. #ableg #abpoli
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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