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• Never correct a professional proofreader's grammar on Bluesky. • Random thoughts, politics, EVs, the environment, and the Blue Jays. • Lekwungen territory/Victoria, BC

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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 3h
god that felt good
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 4h
Oh hi Miguel Rojas' smug-ass customized shoe, this is Karma. How you feeling this evening?
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 7h
Thanks. Do you have any recommendations for heat pump installers, based on personal experience or word-of-mouth?
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 9h
This 18-year-old should just say he was "angry" when he defended Hitler on X, given the BC Conservatives' campaign director has already established that it is okay to make racist statements on X so long as you did so out of anger
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B.C. Conservative campaign director will stay on: Doerkson
The election campaign director for the B.C. Conservatives is not going anywhere, the party’s leader says. Katy Merrifield made an anti-Islam social media post in June in which she said the religion wa...
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 10h
Once the federal govt’s new heat pump rebate goes into effect in early 2027, won't local installers just crank up their prices in accordance with the new rebates? In other words, should I just get a heat pump installed now (and only use the $4K BC Hydro rebate)?
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 10h
Thanks. Doing more research, I think I only qualify for the BC Hydro Home Renovation Rebate of $4000, which does NOT require an energy evaluation. Next question:
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 10h
Fact-check: Danielle Smith has helped the separatist cause in *every conceivable way*. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 11h
@leospalteholz.bsky.social Hey, I bet you'd know the answer to this. I'm thinking about getting a heat pump to replace my central electric furnace. Is it best to get the Energuide Evaluation done before getting installation quotes? Or is afterwards better?
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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 12h
No such thing as a threshold level of warming where "we're doomed" - every ton matters
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 12h
JUST IN: 14 news orgs, including POLITICO, file motion seeking access to court records related to Monday search of DC home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And NYT goes its own way storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Memorandum in Support – #1, Att. #1 in IN RE APPLICATION OF FOURTEEN PRESS ORGANIZATIONS FOR ACCESS TO SEALED SEARCH WARRANT RECORDS (D.D.C., 1:26-mc-00144) – CourtListener.com
APPLICATION pursuant to LCrR 57.6 ( Filing fee $ 52 receipt number 212746.) filed by PRESS APPLICANTS. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(znmw) (Entered: 10/15/2026)
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 14h
Conflating Palestine Action with terrorism is an attack on civil liberties from a state that is abusing security laws.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 14h
This is insane, anti-literary, book banning, barbarous behaviour from the UK. It’s an utterly Orwellian, oppressive state attack on free speech and thought. www.cbsnews.com/news/sally-r...
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Sally Rooney's books withdrawn in U.K. over author's support for designated terror group Palestine Action
Irish author Sally Rooney's books are no longer being supplied to U.K. retailers over her support for the banned group Palestine Action.
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 13h
But it's not a bubble.
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 13h
With the benefit of a few weeks' hindsight, I read @davidmoscrop.com's thoughtful post about #AI killing us all and I enjoyed it. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/what-comes...
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What Comes After Reading That AI Might Kill Us All?
Is there really a 10% chance we’re goners? No one really knows. But the seriousness of the risk asks us to find and pursue a greater purpose.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15h
Personally, I think what really threatens American Jews is insisting our safety is dependent on denying what the whole world sees, that the Israeli gov committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians. Force people to think protecting Jews means denying reality, and they will stop caring about us.
from Melissa Braunstein: "Nobody waged war against civilians. Lies like this from authority figures set dangerous things in motion that negatively affect *American* Jews."
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
That's the sound of goalposts being moved. #abpoli
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#BlueJays fans be like, "this is gold, Jerry! Gold!"
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The highest-IQ president in history
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I've noticed this, too. This is not the first Dodgers postseason game to have many empty seats. The parking lot, as seen on the aerial shot, is also not full.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The party of Reagan is now openly supporting Russia in its war of aggression against an eastern European country fighting for its life, all the while walking back free trade around the world and labelling Canada public enemy #1. Are you ok with this, Americans?
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
>we’ve reached the worrying about prison phase of the Trump Presidency
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
😩😩😩
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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B.C.’s lone fire watcher
YouTube video by CBC Docs
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
cc: everyone Max names and shames in this column! #cdnpoli
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Climate Action Tracker @climateactiontracker.org · 14/10/2026
🇨🇦 Canada’s climate action is headed in the wrong direction, with the federal government under Mark Carney’s leadership steadily dismantling climate policies. We continue to rate Canada’s climate action as “Highly Insufficient”. Read our full analysis here: climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Quitting X is the easy bit, but Canada's leaders can't even do that www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/14/o... by @maxfawcett.bsky.social via @nationalobserver.com Too many politicians seem to enjoy "X’s soup of misinformation, anti-immigrant hatred and foreign influence operations."
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Quitting X is the easy bit, but Canada's leaders can't even do that
For many of the country's most high-profile individuals, Elon Musk's social platform is a test. They're currently failing it.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If a bubble is going to pop, it has to start somewhere
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#abpoli #cdnpoli
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Connor Turner @ctoverdrive.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another reason Canadians should abandon Musk's Twitter. @maxfawcett.bsky.social
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
C'mon, Keith. *How* did Norway turn its oil reserves into "extraordinary national wealth"? *Public ownership of oil companies *78 per cent profit tax on oil companies *25 per cent sales tax economy-wide so the oil revenues could be saved These are not serious people. #abpoli
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#bcpoli #bcelection
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
These fucking people. If you want to save humanity, save it *here* and *now*. Bezos could easily move the needle on climate change if he wanted to try.
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACBr...
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Moore-Butts: How To Deal With Political Stress
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Alberta separation activists the moment a Russian data centre explodes
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Spider-Man's Death in Infinity War
Alt: Spider-Man's Death in Infinity War
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Scoop: Lesley Stahl's "60 Minutes" piece on the extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank spurred HEATED clashes behind the scenes at CBS News, with Bari Weiss "very, very hands-on." Stahl grew so frustrated, she floated quitting. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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Bari’s Stahl Showdown
Two recent clashes over Israel coverage have roiled Bari Weiss' CBS News, Status has learned, with one confrontation even pushing legendary “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl to the brink of quit...
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Dodgers rn
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Seinfeld Kramer
ALT: Seinfeld Kramer
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ICYMI — Globally Israel is now the worst-perceived country in the world, and 🇺🇸 is now 5th worst (behind even Russia and Iraq and Syria) The Trump and Netanyahu effect in number form 😕🤷🏼 146165116.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/146165...
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Where "everything possible" means launching more missiles to kill and terrify civilians and destroy their homes, energy production, manufacturing capabilities, farms and export capabilities
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Why young Canadians can't afford the lives their parents had | Power Lines with Max Fawcett
YouTube video by National Observer
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#uspoli #midterms
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What a shock. The BC Conservatives' campaign director is a racist sleazebag. #bcpoli #bcelection www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. Conservative campaign director under fire for anti-Islam posts | CBC News
The campaign director for the B.C. Conservatives is facing criticism over anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year, just days after the party fired another candidate over his own ...
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And our electoral system is shit, because I want vote Green. But a Green vote almost always helps the Conservatives, who would be 5x worse for the environment than the already bad NDP. #bcpoli #bcelection
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Western Hemlox @westernhemlox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I feel this. Old-growth logging has continued under the NDP, despite the party's protestations to the contrary. Forests minister @rparmarbc.bsky.social is useless, & so is @davidebybc.bsky.social. All talk. #bcpoli #bcelection No paywall: archive.ph/aCQf5 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Environmentally conscious voters in NDP stronghold ridings dismayed by Eby’s track record
Some previous NDP voters are shifting towards the Green party this election
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 11/10/2026
"The age of accountability for the fossil fuel industry has just begun and has a bright future," Jeff Goodell writes. "The reason for that is the emergence of a powerful field of climate science known as attribution science." nyti.ms/4jcT2XS
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 11/10/2026
Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia
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Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia
CLARKSVILLE, TN - During a midterm campaign rally, U.S. President Donald Trump thrilled his supporters by ordering them, as well as every other American, to personally mail $20 to Russian President Vl...
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 11/10/2026
I'm so sorry.
Elon Musk spliced into the Brita Perry "I can excuse racism meme". 

Above is a tweet from Elon Musk that reads, "Zelensky has gone too far." 

The caption on the image itself reads, "I can excuse Putin mudering civilians but I draw the line at Ukraine bombing a Yandex data center."
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