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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 17h
Local columnist sees that bike lanes work and draws entirely the wrong conclusion
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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 09/10/2026
Emissions from the site of a recently approved LNG expansion in Metro Vancouver are projected to exceed Canadian ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide, a harmful pollutant, according to company reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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A Delta LNG Project Is Expected to Push Emissions Past Standards | The Tyee
As Fortis expands its facility along the Fraser, pollution is expected to worsen in neighbouring communities.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 07/10/2026
gaza landscape, three years after oct 7
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In calling on Teheran to wipe out Los Angeles and San Diego, Trump challenged long-standing norms of presidential comportment.
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Enjoyer of Hats @themikeheld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5... recommended listening for this one.
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Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're a drone-maker in Canada and you want to test your drones against electronic interference, which is the very core of anti-drone warfare, you pretty much can't do it here. thelogic.co/news/radio-j...
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Canada’s radio-jammer ban is forcing military drone makers to test in Texas - The Logic
Federal laws all but prohibit the gear needed to find out how drones would perform against well-equipped enemies
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Evacuation efforts in the surrounded city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine's Kherson region are currently blocked as russian forces refuse to open humanitarian corridors or allow aid access. Residents are suffering severe starvation with no food or Rx deliveries since May. #russiaIsATerroristState
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Tracey Saxby @traceysaxby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fun facts: 🔥Since 2007, BC’s climate pollution has decreased by 2.3 million tonnes. 🔥Approved LNG export projects will increase BC’s climate pollution by 21.2 million tonnes by 2035. 🔥This is ten times more pollution than we’ve managed to cut in nearly 20 years.
Trends in BC's greenhouse gas pollution from 1990 to 2023, with two projected futures. Approved LNG projects will increase BC's emissions by 21.2 million tonnes. If we meet BC's climate targets emissions will decrease by 80%. From 2007 to 2023 BC has only reduced 2 million tonnes of climate pollution.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And Doerkson promised to make BC an "energy superpower" (where have I heard that before? 🤔) by leaning hard on LNG A BC Conservative government would double LNG production by 2030, triple it by 2035 by clearing as many regulatory barriers as possible #bcpoli
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NSG's Gallery @nsgsgallery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
So far no major illness has been reported after mushrooms tentatively identified as Paxillus involutus were sold. It’s not clear if anyone who ate them is out of the woods, Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Andy Delli Pizzi said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Potentially Toxic Mushrooms Were Sold at a Farmers Market Near Nelson | The Tyee
Interior Health is still working to track down customers who bought what they thought were chanterelles.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If a human did what ChatGPT did, they'd be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, which can carry a life sentence. It's unconscionable that Canada's legislators are letting OpenAI get away with helping to plan murders. At the very least, it shouldn't be allowed to continue to operate in Canada.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 21/09/2026
a year ago, few countries dared cross trump. now canada, europe, china, iran, russia and others are all more willing to say no. that's the story heading into this year's unga. @gzeromedia.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhtfC7iqbdo
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Why Trump's Greenland deal signals a shift | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take
In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer explains why the Greenland deal President Trump plans to announce at the UN this week is a story about shifting US leverage on the global stage. Subscribe to GZERO's YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http:/...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 14/09/2026
putin’s appetite for risk is growing… kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
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Ukraine war latest: Kyiv-Warsaw train struck by Russian drone near Polish border as mass attack targets western Ukraine
Key developments on Sept. 12-13: * Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train near Polish border * Russian drones target Volyn, Rivne oblasts in rare mass attack in western Ukraine * Russian strikes hit...
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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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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump EPA says it is eliminating rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
During a 9/11 related event Trump said he was jealous that ' the man in the red bandana' was more famous than he was. Welles Crowther was only 24 years old when he saved 18 people from the World Trade Center. He perished when the South tower collapsed.
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Max Fawcett: "She consistently has told Albertans that 'you have a right to be angry...with British Columbians, you have a right to be angry with Ontarions, you have a right to be angry with anyone in *this* country, but you don't have a right to be angry at Trump or the Americans."
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Whenever someone asks what I’m doing later and my answer is “nothing,” please understand that nothing is not an opening in my schedule. Nothing is the event. Nothing is the plan
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Paul Chapman @paul-chapman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Keep hearing US analysts talking about tariffs who say #1 issue going into midterms is cost to families. Not corruption, racism, cruelty, murder, war, pedophilia cover up. The millions of people who can so easily overlook human atrocities but whine about the price of gas is staggering.
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Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
So what good did the capitulation to the U.S. in terms of the Online Streaming Act accomplish? Any way, here’s the Canadian Media Producers Association response to last night’s trade breakdown:
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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 22/08/2026
If you've been lapsing in your commitment to buying Canadian, it's time to triple down. As much as 'no deal is better than a bad deal' is true, this is gonna hurt.
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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
ㅤ Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone — Hana_b30 ㅤ
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 19/08/2026
If Canada gives up the ability to regulate digital platforms in the name of regulatory "alignment" with the United States, in exchange for lowering tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles, it's difficult to overstate how much of a catastrophic defeat that would be for us.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't think we should give them any of those things 💁‍♀️
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Mike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He's now being treated in the 49ers' Airborne Asbestos Recovery Room.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is our climate change reality. BC is at the sharp end of the climate change spear in terms of fire in Canada. Graph below shows annual area burned in BC 1950-2026. Top 6 years have been since 2017 and BC has experienced more area burned during 2017-2026(red) as compared to 1950-2026 (green).
Annual area burned in BC 1950-2026. Recent years are ciffc data
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ellen teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @ellenteapot.ca · 05/08/2026
uncontrolled fire reported at təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra Regional Park within the past half-hour:
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BC Wildfire Service
BC Wildfire Service App
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026
Russia has discovered a new purpose for drones, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes: “Instead of avoiding civilians, Russian operators can now target them, as if they were playing a video game”:
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The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Musk calls for the assassination of a reporter who embarrassed him with basic questions
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 25/07/2026
Scoop by @rorywh.bsky.social and Darius Snieckus.
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Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This sounds like how civilization ends www.gadgetreview.com/henrico-coun...
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Henrico County Has 37 Data Centers – and Is Asking Teachers to Turn Off the Lights
Henrico County hosts 37 data centers driving up electricity costs, then asks teachers to unplug chargers to offset a 25% rate hike.
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here @acoyne.bsky.social, as usual, nails it: "If there’s nothing we can do – if we lose no matter what – then we might as well do what we want." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: There is no appeasing Donald Trump, or deterring him
Trump’s latest tariffs have liberated Canada, in a strange sort of way
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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
THIS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL PILOT, ALSO FLEW FOR ORNGE AIR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AIR AMBULANCE SYSTEM ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN NORTH AMERICA, A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO CANADIANS AND AMERICANS ALIKE. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🚁
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PraiseTheSun🌅 @praisethe-sun.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
lmao
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
yeah we’re gonna have to ban prediction markets
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People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster | CNN
As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, which locations they would reach and when they would be contained.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says" Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.
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Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says
Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026
Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 12/07/2026
Tweet posted Jan. 6, 2025:

@LindseyGrahamSC
My only thought today as the states’ electoral votes were listed off: they skipped Canada. 

We’ll fix that next time!
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Carney calling Lindsey Graham a defender of democracy and freedom when the man made jokes on his official X account about taking over Canada is just the last straw of many last straws for me.
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A U.S. senator who doesn’t want his state to suffer consequences because of the president his country elected has not bothered to learn which level of government in Canada he needs to be appealing to for relief.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meta to build $13-billion AI data centre north of Edmonton, the technology company’s first such facility in Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Meta to spend $13-billion to build AI data centre in Alberta
To meet the facility’s electricity needs, a $4.6-billion natural gas plant will be built in Sturgeon County
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