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Steven Woods

@stevenwoods.com
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Canadian. Tech. Nature. Democracy. UWaterloo M.Math & PhD (CS). Inventor. Xoogler. Investor. Rational. “Science is a candle in the dark”. I miss Carl Sagan. 🇨🇦🦫

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Waiting for the WHO tweet “FACT: plague is not airborne; keep washing hands”. (Plague is airborne)
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 04/10/2026
so sad - all the ruined lives - and all because of abject racism
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
Forget the speech, the optics are speaking louder.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar who then ran for office as a Republican & now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I hope everyone involved ends up in cages at the Hague
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 04/10/2026
🇨🇦 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
newrepublic.com
Transcript: Trump Fury at Canada Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Sound Alarm
As Trump’s trade war against Canada grows more unhinged, the author of a piece on GOP midterm woes explains how his anti-Canada derangement could alienate working class voters.
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 04/10/2026
And in our affairs too. 🇨🇦
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Governors and Mayors begging for Canadians to come back need to give their heads a shake. #Cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
cbc.ca
Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 03/10/2026
Canada is not actually 'battling for survival' in the context of secession, because in both Alberta and Quebec secession has relatively small amounts of public support. What we're battling is dipshit far-right populist politicians enabling/pushing for this destructive bullshit.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A whiff of treason in the air
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 03/10/2026
I’m always surprised he is a) not in prison, b) alive, c) deemed relevant (not) and d) publishable (?!) archive.is/2026.10.03-1...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/10/2026
Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic's leaked S-1, the deterioration of the tech industry, and the growing debt pile underneath every major hyperscaler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXn...
youtube.com
Anthropic IPO: "This is a dog of a company" | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 02/10/2026
i suppose things can always get worse
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This sounds scary as hell.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 30/09/2026
this list is interesting bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 30/09/2026
Loving it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Launches Government Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
you’re going to want to read jeremy’s book on the extreme-right wing premier fucking not just with alberta, but all of canada
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/09/2026
The idea that we are all supposed to stop calling AI “artificial intelligence” after these companies branded it as such for years and suddenly start calling it “SI” and “super intelligence” is cult-like levels of delusion
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Oh look. More things that makes sense happening in these United States.
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 29/09/2026
Empathy is a essential to humanity. Sociopaths are truly having a moment. archive.is/2026.09.28-1...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026
This the most anti-American administration in history. Destroying everything good about us, growing all that is bad.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/09/2026
Is he serious
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026
(Might as well plug my piece on it here too)
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A new film about Elon Musk reveals him as so awful it’s almost tragic. Almost
Four hours is a long time to spend inside the mind of the world’s richest man – and that’s because his mind turns out to be a twisted, miserable nightmare
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 26/09/2026
Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk "was an error and the ads are being restored" (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 26/09/2026
Canadian citizen detained at U.S. border crossing, questioned about voting for hours www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained at border crossing, questioned about voting for hours | CBC News
Paige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing and questioned about voting for hours. Lawyers are r...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does 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.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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fundy67.bsky.social @fundy67.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Matk Critch does an excellent job as trump. This is one of my favourite trump impersonation by Critch as trump from Greenland. He does such a great job one guy confronted him not realizing it was a comedy skit. youtu.be/651_MuV9gZA?...
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Donald Trump is in Greenland... because he needs it! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bob Rae on Trump's UN speech: "I thought it was just horrendous. And I think American people are going to have to decide as time goes on if this is what they really want to be as a country." #cdnpoli
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If there is still anyone out there who believes Trump’s bogus claims about Canada, here is a full fact-check and rejection of his latest lie, this one about our immigration. #CanadaStrong www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump says Canada is 'destroying itself' with immigration. Ministers say that's bogus | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Canadian immigration policies on Wednesday, saying the country is "destroying itself" by allowing "millions" of people into the country without proper securit...
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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Blogpost #187: AI Chatbots Aren't Intelligent, Much Less "Superior" They don't think, feel, or know anything either. Let's stop saying they do. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
psychologytoday.com
AI Chatbots Aren't Intelligent, Much Less "Superior"
AI chatbots don't "think," "feel," or "know" anything. Let's stop pretending that they do.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
China could do the funniest thing and buy all of Canada's Potash next.
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Claire 🇨🇦 @jemmscee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The brilliant Michael de Adder, hits it, again.
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Steven Woods @stevenwoods.com · 22/09/2026
@gmbutts.bsky.social telling it straight
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/09/2026
It's 2026 and the US President is bragging about an almost certainly inaginary deal to buy potash from a Russian vassal state because Canada refuses to become a US one.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump is looking to Belarus (which has no ports) to supply American farmers with potash. Fine. If North Dakota wants to count on sanctioned ships out of Russian ports for their supply we can easily ship to global customers who are desperate for potash. #agentkrasnov globalnews.ca/news/1206696...
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Trump says he wants potash from Belarus for ‘subtantially less’ than Canada | Globalnews.ca
European officials call Belarus an 'accomplice' to Russia's war in Ukraine and earlier this year, Belarus let Russia practice the use of nuclear weapons Moscow stations there.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There is no rake these guys won't step on.
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Abacus Data:🍁"Would you support closer integration between Canada & the European Union, while Canada remains outside the EU, including measures to make it easier to trade, travel, work, study, and cooperate on security?" 🟢81% Support 🔴10% Oppose www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
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338 Sunday Update: Canadians Want Closer Ties With Europe
Associate E.U. member? To be determined. But as Canada explores closer ties with the European Union, new polling shows Canadians overwhelmingly favour greater integration with Europe.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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