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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦

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🇨🇦 Bassist, producer, retired IT Pro, political junkie, Eco-Socialist dog lover, punster, straight he/him. Founder and bassist for Sissiboo. Cofounder of blues trio Sound of 3. No party affiliation. Equal opportunity mudslinger. Now living in beautiful NS.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 14h
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
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Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
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Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’ * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has opened the door to the UK rejoining the EU, saying Britain could “go all the way”, as he prepares to reconsider Labour’s post-Brexit red lines. The prime minister used a series of interviews after his emotional Labour conference speech to spell out how wide-ranging his consideration of Britain’s future with Brussels could be because Brexit had caused “more harm than good”. Continue reading...
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026
Former ‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton has created a website to expose information about Cornell University’s administration in response to the group sexual assault case: “Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do. And we all know this headline will disappear.”
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 7h
Fwd: Alberta, Quebec
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 7h
'The #DULF founders said there were no pathways through the relevant laws that would have permitted a 'non-medicalized safer supply program...'' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 7h
The trade war is no excuse for flights of economic nationalist fancy, @acoyne.bsky.social writes www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Opinion: The trade war is no excuse for flights of economic nationalist fancy
Calls to boost ‘value-added’ production and to direct pension funds to support Canadian businesses are having a moment – but that doesn’t make them any less fallacious
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 20h
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 7h
'In a downside scenario in which earnings disappoint and expectations prove too optimistic, a 25% correction in the S&P 500 could wipe around USD27trn from US household wealth..with weaker confidence and spending pushing the US economy into recession.' #AI www.allianz.com/en/economic_...
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Global Wealth Report Summary: Allianz 2026 Key Findings
Global Wealth Report Summary: Explore Allianz’s 2026 findings on assets, debt, inequality and AI. » Read the key findings.
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Matt Brand @mattbcbc.bsky.social · 7h
Not many vehicles on the road - but we do have a collision on Robie, near the Cogswell/Bell Rd/Quinpool intersection #HFXTraffic
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 7h
Trump is set to tout a $54 billion deal with South Korea to help build a massive gas pipeline across the full length of Alaska to ship #LNG. I reported from Alaska last year for @rollingstone.com on Trump's Illusive Alaskan Pipe Dream. It's worse than you think. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Inside the Fight Against Trump's Alaskan Pipe Dream
Donald Trump is using Alaska and a proposed LNG pipeline to kickstart his fossil-fueled "National Energy Dominance" agenda. Alaskans are resisting.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 6h
Go Habs!
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10h
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 6h
Wow, I can’t imagine.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h
We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
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We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
Andrew Bailey’s comments come as fears grow that rogue models could take financial system hostage * Business live – latest updates The governor of the Bank of England has said authorities must retain the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage. Andrew Bailey said the risks posed by the rapid advancement of frontier AI models – a number of which have gone rogue in recent months – were “real and increasingly significant” and reduced the ability of society to supervise and intervene when things went wrong. Continue reading...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 6h
Make no mistake. This isn't about reducing carbon emissions with clean energy: it's about propping up the fossil fuel industry and continuing to burn the planet while we wait decades for these plants to arrive. Nuclear is a stalking horse for oil, gas & coal. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Saskatchewan to build two large nuclear reactors, Moe says
Nuclear power to play a part in province’s broader electrical grid with first reactor potentially online in 2042, Premier says
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
“Data centers are gonna be very popular”🤔 Trump again makes it clear his loyalty is to the tech oligarchs (who enrich him and his family), not to regular Americans
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 7h
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 13h
EV sales double in Australia as one in four new cars now electric
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One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 6h
😂🤣😂
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 6h
Trump: You all gotta vote like I'm on the ballot everywhere! US voters: Oh, we know.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 6h
Americans hate ai because we’re spending trillions to create almost no jobs just because billionaires want to cash in on a technology they can’t control and which could end us.
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Martha ✿ @martha2024.bsky.social · 16h
Once we wipe out those pesky Orcas …
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 7h
The Mars Bar is gone. Rest in peace David Marsden, dead at 85. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Legendary Canadian radio DJ David Marsden has died at the age of 85 | CBC Radio
David Marsden, a pioneering radio DJ who brought alternative rock to the Canadian airwaves, died on Friday. He was 85.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 7h
Service Nova Scotia Minister Jill Balser said the province is working within its means as it grapples with a $1.4 billion deficit. Ummm, no they’re not. They are still spending outside of the budget. That’s the opposite of working within your means. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Heating assistance rebate excludes too many Nova Scotians, advocates say | CBC News
With winter heating bills on the horizon, the Nova Scotia government is once again offering a 400-dollar rebate to low-income households, but some say the program is insufficient.
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 17h
Well actually: bsky.app/profile/rach... Also in the news: "Nor is the power confined to so-called “strategic sectors.” Rather, it reaches any lawful strike within federal jurisdiction, from a bank call centre to a grain elevator." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 17h
😂🤣😂🤣😂
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Marc Kodack @ridden6570.bsky.social · 17h
Second-hand EVs retain their value better than industry claims, study
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Second-hand EVs retain their value better than industry claims, study
Depreciation estimates impact leasing and financing deals, leaving EVs often overpriced. Accurate estimates should make leasing companies, carmakers and…
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 17h
What folly! What a waste of money. Methane is poison and thankfully the world is turning away from it.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17h
“Upon reviewing the disciplinary action we took toward the seven Chi Phi brothers who allegedly gang-raped a student for over seven hours, we have concluded that the mandated two-page minimum on essays was woefully inadequate.” — Michael Kotlikoff, Cornell president
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
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Jim Patterson 🇨🇦 @sheamuspatt.bsky.social · 23h
The mindset of people who promote these PPP or fully private scenarios is clear - more "investment opportunities". It's obvious that the people of NS will pay for the bridge somehow. At least, if it's left in public hands, that will be all they pay for. Otherwise they'll be paying rent forever.
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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎶 not much of a Premier .. he's the only one we got.. the lying con #TimHouston, friend to no voters #NSPoli
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the report ieefa.org/resources/ln...
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LNG Canada Phase 2: After FID key questions remain
Phase 2 must contend with greater uncertainty around construction costs, economic inflation, potential global oversupply, and a turbulent trade environment.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 29/09/2026
Why are big oil companies ditching their investments in Canadian methane production? Could it be the same reason that Mark Carney wants AI data centers powered by fossil fuels? A dying market?
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 29/09/2026
Great, next get me some inter-city public transportation between Waterloo Region (the 10th-largest census area in Canada) and Toronto (the largest) that doesn't take 2 hours.
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D.VOntario @sunlightwarden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 407 was supposed to be a cautionary tale!
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 29/09/2026
Then after we’ve paid for the expansion they’ll sell it to American investors. This government is not to be trusted.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Matt Brand @mattbcbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back-ups around this are getting quite bad... Many folks taking the 103 into the city are avoiding the 102, and taking the SMBR - so the SMBR is EXTREMELY busy. But we also have BIG back-ups on HWY 102 inbound and on the ramp from the 103 to the 102 #HFXTraffic
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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time for some election fact checking on Toronto's water budget. We heard a claim from candidate Brad Bradford today that implied that the City's capital reserve fund for water infrastructure like sewers, pipes, and water treatment is unnecessary. This is dangerous and short-sighted. 1/4 #topoli
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Euronews @euronews.com · 29/09/2026
Putin expands army for fourth time this year as war losses mount
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Putin expands army for fourth time this year as war losses mount
The decree adds 15,500 troops, bringing the authorised military strength to 1.55 million, the fourth such increase since March. Zelenskyy said Moscow had "already begun additional mobilisation" and that North Korea was preparing to send a further 10,000 soldiers to Russia.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 29/09/2026
It’s been decades since I thought I would never say this again but here goes. Listen to the Pope because he’s right.
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Peter Konieczko @sandboxpete.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pope Leo says AI safety fears are not 'fake news' and criticizes Nvidia's billionaire CEO www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Google Earth updated the images of Gaza. It's devastating.
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The Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For “not being a dictator”, he sure does a lot of things a dictator would do.
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Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rack his balls! 😡
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Read the release: $162M over five years for 10,000 co-funded Mitacs placements. That's ~2,000 a year. In 2017 Ottawa funded Mitacs to reach 10,000 a year. A five-year total announced like it's a new annual number.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neoliberalism is a cancer.
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