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@soulmetal.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian, Left of centre, Artist, twitter refugee and grandma extraordinaire. Coffee is my friend. Sarcasm is my love language. #ontpoli #hamONT #science #medical www.soulmetal.ca

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14/04/2025
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is the difference between practising medicine in the US and practising it in Canada or anywhere the government isn’t pushing autogenocide on its citizens. #3E #EndAutogenocide canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...
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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
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Tom Joseph @tomjchicago.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A Pentagon-wide advisory went out one week ago warning against using the messaging app Signal, even for unclassified information. "A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," begins the department-wide email, dated March 18, obtained by NPR www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
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Ahead of the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned of the app's weaknesses
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
F’ck him. Drop them all or nothing. Don’t protect them from the consequences of their actions.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The insanity continues…
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
From Project 2025: Shrink American farmers’ access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for producers. It’s almost like there was a plan all along…
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦 @nancybennett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Keep buying Canadian, European, African, Asian. They're seeing what it's like to stand alone. 🇨🇦
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AltUSGS @handle.invalid · 01/03/2025
Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring: - earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings - landslide risk assessments - water quality testing - wildlife conservation - wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation - invasive species tracking
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Democracy, Canadian Style 🇨🇦 Elbows Up! @democracycan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
oh my heart!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against: -Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest -Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers -Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans  It's open season for corporate crooks.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The more you know...
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The Faolán on the Hill @marypathyland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What we just witnessed was a profile in courage. Snarling dogs all around him and he kept his cool and he retained his dignity. So glad he didn’t sign the grift for the minerals!
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CdnJean 🇨🇦 @cdnjean.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
An excellent interview with George Osborne, ex-chancellor of the exchequer of the U.K., who headhunted Carney to run Britain's central bank in 2012 and says now he has the skills, confidence and experience to become Canada's next prime minister. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bISJ...
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Is Mark Carney ready to go from banker to PM? | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
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Nerdy Pursuit @nerdypursuit.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is a lovely comment about Pete Buttigieg. And I had never heard this quote before: "The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." - James Allen
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Sound familiar Canada, we cannot allow this POS anywhere near the Prime Ministers office. Liberal Party ad #Canada #PoilievreIsJustLikeTrump #cdnpoli
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How beautiful 
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/01/2025
hey question, is this bad?
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
In children per year, the US birth rate is at an all-time low, but in Miles’ per hour it’s at an all time high.
A graph showing the number of people named Miles born per hour. It has grown exponentially since 1980.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Vietnam has a larger trade surplus with the US than us. He’s deranged.
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RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I really find that RFKJR reminds me way too much of Martin Short doing an impersonation of Katherine Hepburn imitating a car that won't start.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The ICE hotline is allegedly being flooded with people reporting Elon Musk to ICE. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/29/e...
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
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Cathy Browne 🇨🇦 @cathybrowne.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Too good not to share.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Omg. Laughed out load at this one!
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
There is no bottom whatsoever.
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Jo in Halifax @johalifax.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My first thought after I digested the initial shock. Yeah, our research facilities are smallish compared to the USA, but that’s something to sort out. In the meantime, thousands of people with brains, expertise, and experience are going to be running for the exits. Let’s welcome them. #cdnpoli
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Only because he couldn’t fit a dog in the blender.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social 👀👀👀
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 28/01/2025
VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
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Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article)
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
#JanuArty #red My metal art always been nature based. This was something completely different I did just for fun. I knew it was kinda weird, but I knew someone out there would love it. I wasn’t wrong.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The impact of institutional failures to protect the population and subsequent success of far-right politics in Nazi Germany. Not only did incompetent public health leaders waste an enormous number of lives in COVID, they likely helped elect the current US government.
Figure showing a positive German regional correlation between population loss to influenza in the 1918 pandemic and subsequent votes for the Nazi party
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This. 👇
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Manfred Siegenthaler @swissinusa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I wonder what the rest of the world is saying about us now. Berlin newspaper.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This is perfect explanation
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 23/01/2025
What Just Happened: What Trump's Hobbling of the Privacy Oversight Board Portends for Exercise of Surveillance Powers www.justsecurity.org/106738/trump...
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What Just Happened: What Trump's Hobbling Privacy Oversight Board Portends for Exercise of Surveillance Powers
A “small” story about the removal of the three Democrats on the Private and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) is ominous.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower. "What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations." theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do.

When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.

We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide.

One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic.

We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions.

The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA."

What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted.

The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen.

I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs.

Yours sincerely,

A former employee who can't sleep at night.
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Soul Metal @soulmetal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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