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A working knowledge of music, words, politics & drink. 🇨🇦

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/10/2026
According to @theglobeandmail.com, the email account used by "Daniel Robson" was used to register a Moroccan Microsoft account earlier this year The fake journalist's articles published in Canada also "praised Morocco's King Mohammed VI" and encouraged closer ties between Canada and Morocco
Several of the Robson articles published in Canada also praised Morocco's King Mohammed VI and urged Canada to form a security partnership with the African country.

The Globe identified a link between Morocco and Mr. Robson. According to a digital research tool, Mr. Robson's e-mail address was used to register a Moroccan Microsoft account in March, 2026. That account was last active in early September, records show.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Canada’s Indigenous health obligations can’t be separated from rights and reconciliation theconversation.com/canadas-indi...
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Canada’s Indigenous health obligations can’t be separated from rights and reconciliation
Commitments to Indigenous health research cannot be clawed back as part of proposed dismantling of equity, diversity and inclusion criteria for federal research funding.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/sn25kdf...
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Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and we’re live at 11 a.m. ET leading up to the special 90-minute multilingual commemoration, Remembering the Children. Watch live in English, Plains Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Kanien'kéha and Inuktitut here: www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/r...
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Remembering the Children | APTN News
For 160 years, Indigenous children were taken and put into institutions across Canada. September 30 is a day to remember the children.
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Nicholas Keung @nicholaskeung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s on immigration Smith’s talent for taking the most feverish fantasies of the far-right and translating them into terms that sound reasonable to the broader public is displayed most prominently, writes @readtheorchard.org www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The most worrying part of the Alberta referendum isn’t separatism
Five questions are about immigration and immigrants.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For anyone who doesn't know, Postmedia is controlled by Chatham Asset Management, LLC, which owns about a 66.7% stake in the company. Chatham is an American private equity firm with ties to the Republican party. It matters.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So this month the Toronto Sun published a piece about the Allison Inquiry that called vaccines "a crime against humanity at worst" and demanded arrests, and the National Post published a piece deeming Avi Lewis not just an enemy but a danger to Jewish people, with a thinly coded appeal to violence.
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NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade @69thsb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇨🇦 84% raised ($20,203.16 / $23,850) We’re raising with Canadian Fellas for a NAFO Truck 3.0 for the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade 🇺🇦 🔗 Donate here: www.help99.co/patches/cana... Just 16% left to go! Let’s boost this campaign 🚀 @mrssnorman.bsky.social
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Alberduh is free to be dumb @alberduhfreedumb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this day of Truth and Reconciliation, never forget who PP really is.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
California company accused of shipping pesticide laden berries to Canada. We can't trust American product we should be able to trust that our government has adequate numbers of inspectors in place to protect us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You have to watch this. Trust me. You'll be glad you did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC9n...
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Best Canadian Cover band of all time. Rick, John and Eugene perform a flawless cover.
YouTube video by Directors Chair Media Group
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/09/2026
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓
rollingstone.com
Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.
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Victory L. 🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇾🇪 We are All Born Antifacist @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/85c473e... @canadasky1.bsky.social
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Sovereign individuals are a threat to democracy in the United States – and Canada, too
Canada must be wary of the intersection between tech oligarchs and far-right ideology
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
⚠️ CBC reports a Mother Jones investigation alleges ChatGPT told the Tumbler Ridge shooter how to avoid safety flags by framing violent requests as hypothetical. The claims are now part of a wider debate. If an AI system detects serious risk, what should companies be legally required to do next?
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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 24/09/2026
I thought for sure that Carney would use this case as an excuse to push Bill C-22, but this story shows that surveillance bill wouldn't have made a difference. OpenAI already had the capability to track and then report this, and just... didn't. "Cops need lawful access to keep us safe" is bullshit.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is really good. God, I miss frontline reporting.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/09/2026
I'm fascinated by U.S. tech and business journalism because it doesn't adhere to literally any rules of actual journalism. There's no effort to actually explain objective truth; they can't even so much as hint at the fact there's funny math here and the company isn't worth anything close to this
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OpenAI Considers New Financing at a $1.5 Trillion Valuation (Gift Article)
The funding round would double the value of the start-up behind ChatGPT and establish it as the world’s most valuable private company.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Daniel Robson @dancollen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The National Post published an article defending the white nationalist Dominion Society because, they propose, 8% of Canadians *could,* "for argument's sake" support ethnic cleansing—meaning it's more popular than the NDP. They Included a legal argument but did not disclose the author was disbarred.
Polls have shown that roughly half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high. Let’s say for argument’s sake that only eight per cent of Canadians support remigration, and 92 per cent oppose it. Should having only eight per cent support for your opinion mean losing your right to rent government-owned facilities, and to use public spaces like parks and sidewalks?

If yes, then no government facilities should be available for rental by the NDP, which garnered only 6.3 per cent of the popular vote in Canada’s most recent federal election. Almost 94 per cent of Canadians rejected the NDP in 2025. Yet the NDP is not disqualified from being able to exercise its Charter freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026
SCOOP: A leaked document indicates Alberta is considering rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations to take over the natural gas system and build new gas pipelines and taking on costly legal battles — in large part so AI data centres can have access to power, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/the-...
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The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List - Alberta Politics
There’s a substantial and growing body of economic research that separation would be a catastrophe for Alberta and Albertans, especially working people. As economist Jim Stanford observed in his Aug. ...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
👁️ Researchers found LG TVs logging plain text transcripts in standby, mapping every device in the house, & feeding it to LG's ad arm Unplug the internet and it saves files until network restored. LG says its TVs don't record conversations. Evidence begs to differ. 216 million in homes /Braiinsforge
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
👍“The Ford Govt had actual & constructive knowledge of the foreseeable serious harm to school-zone child pedestrians that would result from removing automated speed enforcement protection without an effective replacement protective measure in place” #onpoli #cdnpoli www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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Toronto teen’s family points to removed speed cameras in lawsuit over crash that severely injured him
The removal of speed cameras was a factor when a 15-year-old boy from Toronto was struck and suffered a brain injury, multiple fractures, vision loss, and other life-altering injuries, his family is a...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doug Ford knew that banning speed cameras in Ontario would cost lives. He did it anyway. He also knows that banning and removing protected bike-lanes in Ontario will cost lives. He did it anyway. Every resulting life stupidly cut short is on him.
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Jim Parrett 🍁 @jymn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Joanie Labine played records in a suspended booth next to the Whisky a Go Go stage and danced along to the music. Beginning with a Johnny Rivers’ set, she pioneering 'go-go' dancing in her self-made fringe dress that became a go-go fad. Photos from 1964.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
SF City Attorney's office says Meta's response is "astonishing"
Statement from SF City Attorney's Office: 

“We find Meta’s response astonishing. Meta appears less concerned about whether they’re guilty of exploiting children than whether San Francisco should say anything about it. Meta has bigger problems to solve here than determining our jurisdiction.


"To be clear, San Francisco consumers can access the unlawful ads through Meta online spaces. In that way, Meta is serving California consumers, including San Franciscans, with advertisements that contain unlawful, sexually explicit material.
 

"The San Francisco City Attorney is empowered under state law to act in the name of the People of the State of California to address unfair, unlawful, and fraudulent business practices across the State. Our letter to Meta simply asks that the company stop violating the law.”
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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Ford government is a crime syndicate that runs Corruptario in secret. globalnews.ca/news/1204843...
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Inside the Ford government’s pause on all freedom of information requests | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government made the unprecedented decision to pause all transparency requests for more than a week. Here's what happened behind the scenes.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣 Dear Separatists, Again, you are being manipulated‼️ A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i... via @nationalobserver.com "...presenting fake images, names and quotes from over 100 invented Alberta voters..."
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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I wish the Juice Media would open offices in the United States, too. Wait… hold that… how about in *every* country?
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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If I were looking for a photo to make the Canadian Army look weak I certainly wouldn't choose candidates on the Patrol Pathfinder course, one of the physically hardest courses out there that requires airborne and recce quals just to be eligible to attend.
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Grim @slackdad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
25% turnout! This is the real problem.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rebel News is selling shirts that question the existence of suspected unmarked graves at former residential schools. Jennifer Laewetz says it feels like it’s meant to provoke people ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Truth & Politics: youtu.be/8WUJmfIpAfg
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brilliant complex investigative reporting here via @rorywh.bsky.social that raises serious questions about Let Alberta Decide, which its leaders, Keith Wilson and Tanya Clemens, are not answering.
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Grim @slackdad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Long overdue.
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Court orders Ottawa to release details about resettlement of Nazi war criminals in Canada
B’nai Brith challenged redactions in 40-year-old report concerning U.S. efforts to help Nazi collaborators gain entrance
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Grim @slackdad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Canada Climate Report #environment #Cdn
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Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good piece about the Trump administration (and MAGA generally) stoking separatism in Alberta www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | MAGA Is Feeding a Separatist Surge in Canada
Drawing inspiration from MAGA, separatists in Alberta are pushing for a break away from Canada.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 02/09/2026
agree with ketan's sentiment but also you should read the undressing performed by datacolada here. it is spectacular datacolada.org/138
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[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination
A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh nothing just one of the cornerstone papers about “grind set” of the last five years found false by someone connected to Epstein and Is also one of the base papers of hustle and what a lot of platform design/ “future of work” is based on dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 02/09/2026
NEW A months after incorporating, ROSC Solutions Group had over $70,000,000 in funding from Alberta's UCP government – despite senior officials knowing that the politically connected company was ineligible. Now, the UCP is stonewalling access to contract records. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
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Alberta government refuses to disclose why it gave millions to ROSC Solutions Group
ROSC Solutions Group incorporated in late 2022. By March 2023, it had $70 million in Alberta provincial funding. Now, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is deflecting requests for information...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 02/09/2026
Conservative MP Matt Strauss, the anti-lockdown doctor who once launched a lawsuit against Queens U funded by Elon Musk, says he joined the Ontario Liberal Party to support Eric Lombardi’s leadership bid He’s spent the last hour clarifying he still supports Pierre Poilievre and didn’t switch teams
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@strauss_matt • 1h

Today, I joined the Ontario Liberal Party in order to vote for Eric Lombardi,
@EricDLombardi, in the upcoming leadership contest.
My involvement in politics has always been about advancing actual liberalism: expanding human freedoms. Free speech, free trade, free choice.Matt Strauss O
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Some confusion in the replies: I am 100% a Conservative, and will remain a Conservative
MP.
I have never in my life voted Liberal in either a provincial or federal election.
Matt Strauss • @strauss_matt • 2m Just to make it all crystal clear, 1 am:
1) Remaining a federal Conservative
2) Opposing the illiberal Liberal Party of Canada.
3) Working hard to make @pierrepoilieve the next Prime Minister of Canada!
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Canada is going to Eurovision 2027.   If you have what it takes to represent Canada at the most gloriously over-the-top celebration of music on earth, apply now: cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/eurovision
Screenshot of an article from Toronto Life. The headline reads: Want to represent Canada in Eurovision? Now's your chance
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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Brian Lilley wins the "False Equivalence" award of the month with a late entry published in the Toronto Sun. It has been added to the "of the year" and "of the decade" categories and is also being considered for the "of all time" award. bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stop what you're doing & watch this right now & smile & laugh & cry & rage all at the same time. Jesse Welles is a national treasure. youtu.be/Lwz1XwHwWhY?...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Those in power may pretend not to know where the present political trajectories are taking us, but they seem to sense that they’ll have to hide." www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
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A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The ‘excursion’ Trump referred to is breaking everything. Does he have any idea how many US citizens join the forces because they can’t find other work? Trillions in debt and counting.
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