Reposted by Douglas SoltysCanadaland @canadaland.com · 01/04/2026Should we get serious about bilingualism or is the debate around Air Canada’s CEO a sign that we’re not a serious country? @trondizzle.bsky.social co-hostsbuff.lyAir Canada CEO’s French ExitAn English-only statement from Michael Rousseau following the tragic accident at LaGuardia airport sparked a heated debate around bilingualism. Politicians expressed their disappointment, columnists and commenters online debated Air Canada’s language requirements. Even Elon Musk weighed in. 151
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 26/02/2026🎂 Today, BetaKit turns 10 🎂 On February 26, 2016, BetaKit spun out on our own and officially became BetaKit Incorporated. That was the moment we became like so many of the companies we cover: a Canadian startup 🧵 122
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 13/02/2026How much transparency does the government owe us when it uses #AI to help create policy? Jaxson Khan and @trondizzle.bsky.social sort through transparency, accountability, and answer whether the government should show us its prompts. Their full chat is here: betakit.com/an-insiders-... 001
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Literally the temperature I walked to the gym in with a Booster Juice on Monday. 010
Reposted by Douglas SoltysTyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 13/06/2025Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars. 7367372083
Reposted by Douglas SoltysJosh Tabish @joshtabish.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Grateful to see my 2026 tech predictions featured in @betakit.com! Even more rewarding: being included in such a strong slate of Canadian tech thinkers. 🇨🇦 👏 001
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 05/01/2026"Maybe we will see the robots that we want in our lives in 2026. But be prepared: they will definitely be controlled by people in India with Xbox controllers." In a lighthearted BetaKit Podcast, @trondizzle.bsky.social and @sarahcrgr.bsky.social tackle tech's biggest questions for 2026.betakit.comThe biggest tech questions of 2026 | BetaKitRobots, and IPOs, and AI, Oh My! 2026 poses many tech questions. 022
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 30/12/2025So many tech platforms have decayed beyond usability. Can we reverse the process? BetaKit is ending the year with a look back at the biggest #CDNtech stories of 2025. Here's @sarahcrgr.bsky.social on the year enshittification became undeniable: bit.ly/4pg0kJq 054
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 22/12/2025With billions set to flow into the country’s defence industry, Canadian tech is angling for a cut. BetaKit is ending the year with a look back at the biggest #CDNtech stories of 2025. Here's Josh Scott on the year Canadian tech embraced defence. bit.ly/4spMOWK 001
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 22/12/2025In 2025, Canada woke up to the possibility of buying and building Canadian. Real change depends on what happens next. Here's @madisonmcla.bsky.social on the year Canada realized it needs sovereign tech: bit.ly/4920aiU 011
Reposted by Douglas SoltysSarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Experts are missing AI-hallucinated citations—including fake authors and fake journal entries—in their peer review of academic papers. From @youcaughtscott.com for @betakit.com:betakit.comStartup investigation reveals 50 peer-reviewed papers contained hallucinated citations | BetaKitGPTZero found “obvious” instances of false, LLM-generated references in academic papers. 0115
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025On Sarah's first day, BetaKit surpassed our 2024 audience & readership totals. An auspicious start! Her experience & skillset ensure that what was once our ceiling becomes our floor. As ME, Sarah will shape the growth of our newsroom & its #CDNtech coverage. We’re just getting started. Let’s gooo. 030
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This is a big win for #Cdntech and a bigger win for @betakit.com. Welcome aboard, Sarah! 031
Reposted by Douglas SoltysLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/11/2025Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵 481825972
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025On a recent podcast about BBM, The Verge's @reckless.bsky.social correctly summarized BlackBerry as a company built on navigating technical constraints. For the newsletter, I wrote a few words about why Gen Z is looking for new constraints in their tech use. betakit.com/gen-z-wants-...betakit.comGen Z wants BlackBerry back. Why?A few weeks back, a bunch of gadget heads descended upon a Brooklyn café to kick off the campaign to Bring Back BlackBerry. 030
Reposted by Douglas SoltysJosh McConnell @joshmcconnell.com · 20/10/2025Hey look, it's me referenced by my friends at BetaKit. 001
Reposted by Douglas SoltysGander Social @gandersocial.ca · 15/10/2025“It’s one thing to say ‘let’s do this in a sovereign way.’ It’s another to actually do it.” ^Ben spoke to @trondizzle.bsky.social from @betakit.com about being children of CanCon, giving people control of their feeds, and why sovereignty doesn’t mean isolation. More👉 betakit.com/canada-gande...betakit.comCan Canada build its own social network? | BetaKitGander CEO Ben Waldman explains his vision for sovereign social media. 47326
Reposted by Douglas SoltysAmber Mac @ambermac.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Thanks so much for having me on this week's episode of the @betakit.com podcast 🇨🇦! 151
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Working in #CDNmedia can be fun AND interesting AND important. @betakit.com wants to tell every #CDNtech story across the country. Come join us. ⤵️ 000
Reposted by Douglas Soltysjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekendnytimes.comOpinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. 370143273173
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Big @betakit.com scoop on changes at @omersventures.bsky.social. One #CDNtech #VC just told me that the "pensions are all retreating back to Canada." @madisonmcla.bsky.social has a first file with more coming from her and Josh Scott. 011
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Goodbye to Masai Ujiri as president of the Raptors. The dreams stayed big: it was the owners who got small. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...thestar.comBruce Arthur: Everything Masai Ujiri did — his dreams and his success with the Raptors — was big. Maybe too big for the team’s ownerMLSE CEO Keith Pelley said the decision to replace Ujiri was his, without explaining why. We can put the pieces together. 1419643
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Ambition is the word of #TorontoTechWeek, but #CDNtech ambition didn't start on Monday. For more than a decade, @ericmigi.com has been chasing a specific dream. He won't let anything get in his way. For #MostAmbitious, the rise and fall of Pebble, and why this time will be different.betakit.comThis time, Eric Migicovsky won’t let anything get in his wayA decade after the death of Pebble, the company's founder is still chasing his dream smartwatch. 020
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Was great chatting with @aaron.bsky.team today (twice!). Looking forward to dropping our podcast next week. 171
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 23/06/2025Breaking: Toronto Mayor @mayoroliviachow.ca kicked off BetaKit Town Hall #MostAmbitious by announcing 50 percent off city bike share for @TOtechweek attendees all week! 021
Reposted by Douglas SoltysJennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025In the US, money is speech. Canada has robust laws to regulate political fundraising & spending by parties, candidates & 3rd party groups. They ensure free & fair elections, & help protect against foreign interference in our politics. Rubio doesn’t mention Canada, but we should worry. 127336
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Hearing @jay.bsky.team talk at Web Summit Vancouver reminds me of why I fell in love with social media in the first place. The open web can still be a beautiful thing. 030
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 27/05/2025A new BDC Capital (@bdc-ca.bsky.social) report urges a "collective wake-up call" for domestic #VC investment as CVCA conference Invest Canada kicks off in Calgary. #CDNtechbetakit.comCanadian VCs arrive at annual industry gathering in need of a “wake-up call”Venture leaders publicly grapple with weak performance and uncertain future ahead of CVCA Invest Canada conference. 012
Reposted by Douglas SoltysMadison McLauchlan @madisonmcla.bsky.social · 25/05/2025BetaKit (@betakit.com) bopped around Alberta this week, hitting up Inventures in Calgary and Upper Bound in Edmonton. 101
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 21/05/2025BetaKit wants to report locally and connect nationally. Today's announcement is a big step forward in achieving that mission. No better time to announce than during #Inventures2025 and #UpperBound25. YEGAF? YEGAF! 000
Reposted by Douglas SoltysMichael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 13/05/2025TIL @betakit.com is active on here 111
Reposted by Douglas SoltysPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u... 662285955
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 03/04/2025“Changes nothing”: #CDNtech still in limbo as country escapes worst of US tariff wave.betakit.com“Changes nothing”: Canadian tech still in limbo as country escapes worst of US tariff wavePM Mark Carney: US has signalled additional tariffs on pharmaceuticals, semiconductors. 001
Reposted by Douglas SoltysChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time. 18263626416137
Reposted by Douglas SoltysChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag. 770213225347
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Is the new Hamilton Leithauser release the Album of Spring? (this is a very BlueSky post) 000
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025It's a Carney cabinet shuffle. @madisonmcla.bsky.social has the latest on Canada's new innovation minister. #CDNtech #CDNpoli 010
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 13/03/2025THANK YOU. Bring back Canadian heritage moments, too. If FB won’t comply, boot them from the country. 030
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 08/03/2025In which @jessebrown.bsky.social gets me to distinguish between #CDNtech and media coverage of #CDNtech and everyone is happy with the results. 041
Reposted by Douglas SoltysCanadaland @canadaland.com · 05/03/2025Grandpa, Did You Fight in the Trade War? @trondizzle.bsky.social co-hostsbuff.lyHow to Win The Dumb Trade WarMaking Sense of Trump’s Tariffying Tuesday. 3386
Reposted by Douglas SoltysClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 28/02/2025BREAKING: Ontario 1061277210
Reposted by Douglas SoltysBetaKit @betakit.com · 23/02/2025Black merchants disheartened after Shopify guts another Equitable Commerce program.buff.lyBlack merchants disheartened after Shopify guts another Equitable Commerce programFollowing end of Build Native, access to Build Black Slack channel locked at start of Black History Month. 044
Reposted by Douglas SoltysDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Depressing brilliance from my pal Ruben Bolling. 171499354
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I don't even care if we win tonight, I just want to see American blood on the ice. 000
