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VoiceOfFranky

@voiceoffranky.bsky.social
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What happened to liberal democracy?https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player/what-happened-to-liberal-democracy
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Canada’s Unity on 9/11 - and today bobrae48.substack.com/p/canadas-un...
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Canada’s Unity on 9/11 - and today
Eugene Lang and Bob Rae
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
‘Trump Voters Are Finally Starting to Sour on Him’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | ‘Trump Voters Are Finally Starting to Sour on Him’
Democrats want fighters. A former Republican has ideas.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Synthetic everything is warping America www.axios.com/2026/08/23/m...
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Synthetic everything is warping America
It's poisoning the signals people rely on to understand reality.
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Chris Rider (he/him) @crider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is some extremely interesting polling.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I Tested a Popular A.I. Slop Detector. It Felt Empowering. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/t...
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I Tested a Popular A.I. Slop Detector. It Felt Empowering.
Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it’s not reliable for spotting artificial images.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Liberal Dominance Masks a Rapidly Churning Political Landscape www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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Liberal Dominance Masks a Rapidly Churning Political Landscape
[Ottawa – August 11, 2026] The Liberals maintain a clear and commanding lead. At 44.7 points nationally, Liberal support has scarcely budged over the past year. However, this placidity disguises so…
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
substack.com/@voiceoffran...
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Frank Graves (@voiceoffranky)
We Need Clearer Standards for Respondent Authentication Survey research is facing a terminology problem that has become increasingly important in the era of inexpensive online sample exchanges and AI...
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Lexy Cameron 🇨🇦 @lexycameron.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Quite informative info in this discussion. Give it a listen.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Poilievre’s Conservatives’ latest ad featured ‘Canadians’ who weren’t even real. It takes us to a dark place
AI-generated political ads aren't just bad, they're corrosive.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Frank Graves: The Real Threat Behind Alberta Separatism open.substack.com/pub/markhamh...
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Frank Graves: The Real Threat Behind Alberta Separatism
Watch now | "Ordered populism" undermines democracy, institutions, social cohesion, and reality itself
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...
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Opinion | 3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It?
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
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Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Trump, Hoekstra and the Cabal Pushing Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Trump, Hoekstra and the Cabal Pushing Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
Signs of deepening American collusion point to the US ambassador among others. Will Ottawa investigate?
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Protecting Nature in an Era of Uncertainty www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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Protecting Nature in an Era of Uncertainty
[Ottawa – Mary 26, 2026] Nature occupies a distinctive and unusually resilient place in the Canadian imagination. In a period marked by heightened national anxiety, geopolitical uncertainty, sovere…
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Christopher @heychristofur.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Via @voiceoffranky.bsky.social
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Liberals Hold Commanding Lead in Tightened Race www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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Liberals Hold Commanding Lead in Tightened Race
[Ottawa – April 27, 2026] The Liberal Party maintains a commanding lead, though its advantage has narrowed somewhat over the past month. The Liberals stand at 44.5 per cent nationally, while the Co…
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Hungarian Candidate open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Hungarian Candidate
Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Polling has an AI respondent problem www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Polling has an AI respondent problem
Democracy doesn't know what's coming.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The World Simply Does Not Trust America open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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The World Simply Does Not Trust America
In much the same way that Americans no longer trust themselves.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...
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White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Polling has an AI respondent problem www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Polling has an AI respondent problem
Democracy doesn't know what's coming.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...
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New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications
A recent study in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that a single smartphone pop-up derails mental focus for seven seconds. Researchers found that fragmented digital habits cause more cogn...
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
yup
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
yup
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Johnny Lucas @johnnyplucas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
From Frank Graves @voiceofFranky over on that other place regarding PP and the next Canadian Federal election. Come on over to the BlueSky side Franky
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
From Collapse to Dominance www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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From Collapse to Dominance
[Ottawa – March 18, 2026] At the end of 2024, the Liberals trailed the Conservatives by a massive and seemingly insurmountable 25 points. Today, that deficit has flipped to a 20-point Liberal lead.…
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Dark Age 2.0 As measles cases climb, these 9 diseases threaten comebacks wapo.st/3ZVEIIl “We’re starting to see this tipping point where these outbreaks are lasting longer, they’re bigger, they’re more frequent."
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As measles cases climb, these 9 diseases threaten comebacks
When it comes to infectious diseases, measles is “the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Canadian support for defence spending reaches a 30-year high: Poll
Canadian support for defence spending reached a historic high.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Two-thirds of Europeans back taxing the rich, even more for big firms
Euronews Business takes a closer look at what Europeans think about a minimum wealth tax on the richest individuals, and a minimum tax on large multinationals in the countries where they operate.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
A Brief Note on the Perils of Hacking in Musk's X open.substack.com/pub/voiceoff...
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A Brief Note on the Perils of Hacking in Musk's X
Extortion, impersonation and fraud in the Digital Wild West
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
A Brief Note on the Perils of Hacking in Musk's X open.substack.com/pub/voiceoff...
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A Brief Note on the Perils of Hacking in Musk's X
Extortion, impersonation and fraud in the Digital Wild West
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Live Updates: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Live Updates: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Brilliant insight as always @voiceoffranky.bsky.social Thank you!
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Pretty much all that was missing was @voiceoffranky.bsky.social. Please welcome a smart guy whose account over in the old country has been hijacked and is being used to peddle crypto like there is no tomorrow, which, to be fair, is absolutely the case, if you’re crypto.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is so invisible. So important
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is so invisible. So important
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This site makes me nervous. Civilized, rational, humane. What's that all about?
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
From Afterthought to Imperative www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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From Afterthought to Imperative
Support for defence spending has reached historic highs. Once a lower-tier concern for Canadians, defence has surged to a near-pinnacle level. This shift is driven by deepening anxieties about the …
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling
[Ottawa – December 1, 2025] As AI tools become cheaper and harder to detect, non-probability, opt-in polls are becoming more vulnerable to synthetic respondents. This deck looks at what’s hap…
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky url: academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Eric Carroll @ericcarroll.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sorry that happened to you, that really sucks. Its gonna be very hard to get to a human over there, given the total lack of employees now. Good luck. Perhaps ex-twitter's loss is bluesky's gain...
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Eric Carroll @ericcarroll.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social did your twitter account get hijacked? Sudden crypto emoji posts.
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Eileen Kinley 🇨🇦 @eileenottawa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I particularly noted this and other mentions of disinformation: "Climate change, once a leading priority, has declined sharply, especially among Conservative voters and those exhibiting higher levels of disinformation. Immediate security concerns appear to be crowding out longer-term risks."
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Dread Deepens to Record High as Canadians Rally to a More Churchillian Carney www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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Dread Deepens to Record High as Canadians Rally to a More Churchillian Carney
[Ottawa – January 30, 2026] Canadians are entering 2026 with a darker view of the world than at any point in the past generation. A record proportion now believe the world is becoming more dangerou…
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Trump Just Proved Carney’s Point www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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Opinion | Trump Just Proved Carney’s Point
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VoiceOfFranky @voiceoffranky.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Reality Is Breaking The "AI Revolution" open.substack.com/pub/planetea...
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Reality Is Breaking The "AI Revolution"
AI job losses are total bulls**t.
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Marcy Field @mlfield.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The quiet crisis Canada faces is bounded on one side by the collapse of middle-class progress and the hyper-concentration of wealth, and on the other by the accelerating power of AI-driven, algorithmically amplified disinformation @voiceoffranky.bsky.social
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The Deeper Picture: State of the Nation and Prospects for the Future
[Ottawa – January 5, 2026] The pace and depth of transformative change in Canada over the past several years have been nothing short of breathtaking. For analytic clarity, these shifts can be under…
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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"Well, how 'bout that poll, Mr. Macdonald? Your party is now-" "I am drunk, long dead, and utterly disgusted by you. Leave me be, you insufferable quince."
Pierre Poilievre addresses a bust of Sir John A. Macdonald.
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