T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/01/2026"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/?? 37768303
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 25mI keep seeing Carney stans saying building fossil fuel infrastructure is a way to deal with Trump's threats. Really? Canada has to build infrastructure that'll last decades and won't even be finished for years to deal with a threat that'll be gone within 3 years? Your fear has made you very stupid. 8428
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 5mAs we hear chatter that Mark Carney may win the Nobel Peace Prize for not being Donald Trump, a reminder that this is pretty on brand given that Obama won it for not being George W. Bush. 1122
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 9mNEW: In the @thestar.com, I wrote about how the most dangerous aspect of Alberta’s October referendum is the scapegoating of migrants for the province’s overcrowded schools and hospitals. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comThe most worrying part of the Alberta referendum isn’t separatismNine questions are about immigration and immigrants. 1145
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 1hYou gotta read this! Charlie Angus Substack on how Trump family are part of a deal for Canada to build military drones for Canada’s army! Need to let Minister David McGuinty know this is NOT acceptable! email: david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca phone: 613-992-3269charlieangus.substack.comSTOP DON JR FROM GETTING A CUT OF CANADA’S MILITARY BUDGETDon Jr. has his fingers in a Canadian military contract obtained through Saskatoon-based Dragonfly Technologies. 01010
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2hMe: Carney is Harper 2.0. Carney fans: That's absurd! How could you possibly suggest that?!! Harper: Carney is me 2.0. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...hilltimes.comHarper sees Carney as his ideological heir - The Hill TimesPierre Poilievre’s real problem isn’t that he is facing discontent from within his caucus; it’s that he’s losing support from important Conservatives from without. 26025
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 3hFear of making a misstep is a Western way of thinking. Mistakes lead to growth. Just listen, reflect, and learn and allies will always be welcome - - mistakes and all. 093
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3hProtests against OpenAI get increasingly creative arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/w...arstechnica.comProtests against OpenAI get increasingly creativeNew sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship. 0136
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3h🤪🤖🫧💥 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 020
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3hwww.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...winnipegfreepress.comOpinion: Opinion: Building Canada Strong Act just another way of sidestepping Indigenous rightsIn 1846, Britain faced an emergency influenced by the Irish famine, so leaders repealed the country’s “Corn Laws” and restrictions on imported food and grain, transitioning to a system of free trade. 0199
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11hTime for this classic again. 84101503450
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3hWhen I hear scientists all excited about how much AI can do the work of scholarship for them, how it's the way of the future, I wonder if a lot of chefs said that about fast food when it first came out. It's amazing! You can prepare a steak* in 15 seconds! The future! (* gray meat puck on a bun) 2181
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3hSometimes I ask myself, am I wrong about genAI? Am I just an old man yelling at a cloud about what is actually really positive technology? Then I am reminded of what AI booster bros think and I realize, no, AI really does drink your water and eat your brain. 4418
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 4hThe 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.comtheglobeandmail.comOpinion: The trade war is no excuse for flights of economic nationalist fancyCalls 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 133
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 4hwww.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...cbc.caNow that you know the truth, what do you do about reconciliation? | CBC RadioFear of making a misstep can leave people unsure how to participate in reconciliation, but both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people say there are countless ways to contribute. 0133
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 15hAdditionally, be aware of responsibility washing. See e.g. 📝 Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. www.amnesty.org/en/documents... 27036
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18hRagebaiting myself by watching Carney announce “ocean protections” while he’s massively escalating tanker traffic for oil and gas exports 1021233
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 19hwww.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comMark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeakSubject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39. 0266
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 23hOh FFS. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukCanada could steal the one prize Trump wants mostMark Carney led humanitarian organizations as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on a popular prediction market 5254
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 28/09/2026She seems to be very much the wrong person to be in that job, entirely.winnipegfreepress.comMinister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialismOTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal Monday when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked to white nationalism reportedly staged a... 5208
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Democrats have announced they want to work with Canada and make things better. Must be an election in the offing. Whatever. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comDemocrats Show Up Too Late on Canada TariffsU.S. Senators want to visit Ottawa over Trump's tariffs, but Canadians remember the years of silence. #CanadaUS #Tariffs #TradeWar 4516742
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No one could have foreseen this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caLNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC NewsThe multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, Shell Energy Canada says, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coasta... 54517
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Canada strong", "national interest", "sovereignty", "Orange Scary Bad Man" -- all propaganda to get Canadians to accept the erosion of climate protections, food security, labour rights, Indigenous rights, the public sector, and public ownership. And all working very well indeed. 212354
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026Jonathan McKinsey, a transgender New Times executive who was head of engineering at NYT games, was murdered by his in laws over the weekend. This follows years of allegations that the in laws were abusive to him over his gender identity. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...edition.cnn.comNew York Times executive killed by his elderly in-laws, police say | CNNA couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with th... 14722241
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Told ya. The warning signs were obvious from the beginning. 58930
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Given which countries (read: rogue states) he says are the best, this is a huge compliment. 2659
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The act of hate and violence shown by white nationalist residential school denialists demonstrating on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation is abhorrent, dangerous and unacceptable. Read my full statement here:leahgazan.caMP Leah Gazan Statement on the Denialist Attack at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First NationMP for Winnipeg Centre 019179
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Team Fossil Fuels (Ford, Smith, Carney) hard at work using taxpayer money to enrich oil companies while ruining the planet. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...nationalobserver.comDoug Ford says he'll spend public money on east-west oil pipelineOntario’s premier sees no reason why it should take more than four years to build a 3,300 kilometre pipeline between Alberta and his province. “We just believe that it can get done,” he said. 66222
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes. 20982002249
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...cidrap.umn.eduMore than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds 13622
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"AI-generated science" 🤖🫧💥 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgThe “synthetic validity” problem in AI-generated science | PNASThe “synthetic validity” problem in AI-generated science 0141
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The oceans are on the move. Governments have been cutting key monitoring programs at a time when we need them more than ever. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comConcern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for CaliforniaThe ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast 411434
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm all for separation from the US, and Canada playing a bigger global role, and expanded relationships with the non-rogue countries of the world, and all that. My issue is with the conservative agenda being implemented by Carney domestically. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Canada is taking an outsized role in the construction of the post-American worldCarney is emulating earlier Liberals, such as Lester Pearson and Louis St. Laurent 4538
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/09/2026The human genome is part virus. And here's a virus that's part human, having picked up a human gene about 100,000 years ago. My story here: nyti.ms/4hRKNPCnyti.msThis Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It (Gift Article)Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us. 517449
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 28/09/2026in advance of the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation I spoke to Kimberly Murray & Connie Walker about their efforts to raise awareness about this looming destruction, which survivors may not even know is happening next year. read it today at @thenarwhal.ca: 14938
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Plagiarizing word guessing machines did another plagiarism. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...nytimes.comDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 2165
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear? 1132505359
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services My new @policyalternatives.ca research study evaluates whether this policy direction reduces wait times and serves the public interest www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpolipolicyalternatives.caNot adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPAThe Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy 10199127
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026AI drinks your water and eats your brain. Btw, "+ AI" in this equation is equal to zero. 3225
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No. Seriously, what are science media even doing anymore? 10 PRINT "I FEEL PAIN" 20 GOTO 10 RUN 🤪🤖🫧💥 8355
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That's because early branching does not equal ancestral. Basic tree thinking. Very often misunderstood, though, including in the scientific literature. 1295
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026FAFO and FU. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC NewsThe Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer. 6589
Reposted by T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The ACLU and Amnesty International have published an exhaustive, 322 page repoter about student (and faculty) speech being under attack around the world. www.aclu.org/publications... 110659