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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1h

“New” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this headline

How to downplay fascism a la CBC

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New York Times, AP, Reuters and Newsmax among news organizations fighting new press rules | CBC News

News organizations including the New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defence Department document about its new press r...

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1h

I think it's call psychopathy

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1h

surprise surprise

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 1h

Global Energy Pivot Now Unstoppable

Emma Goss of @DNV_Group on Global Energy Transition Outlook 2025.

Bottom line: the energy future is coming into focus and it's not what Canada is expecting.
@MarkJCarney @timhodgsonmt
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Global Energy Pivot Now Unstoppable

YouTube video by Energi Media

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe Carney and Solomon should do their homework?

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 3h

Many of the cases cited in the linked articles are related to doctors & lawyers using OpenAI's ChatGTP.
ChatGTP etc are designed to provide a convincing answer, even if it has to make one up.
The same OpenAI that wants to operate in Canada.
IMO one of the underlying
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The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

I don't want to alarm you, but I’m deeply concerned that two opaque industries are creating giant bubbles on the verge of bursting. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/beware-the-oligarchs-ai-bubble

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1h

Sigh…

Cut environmental programs while pushing AI on us

Great plan to destroy us

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Canada’s bet on an AI boom | CBC Radio

A look at the state of Canada’s AI industry: as Ottawa nails down its new strategy, what’s at stake for the country?

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

Abu Safiya is one of at least 19 doctors held in Israeli detention without charge.

“They are facing a very serious risk for their health and for their lives,” says Abbas.

“They are being tortured. They are facing violence daily.”

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

What about these hostages?

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Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers

Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

There is no case for Trump getting a peace prize—ever.

There is s staggeringly ironclad case for him to be immediately imprisoned for war crimes. And here it is.

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

sethabramson.substack.com

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19h

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN EAST ASIA

Full summer conditions continue with another absurdly hot night in SOUTH KOREA

The Minimum temperature at Sogwipo was 25.5C,
HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN KOREAN HISTORY
Broken for the 3rd time in few days

It's above JULY average!
Just unbelievable

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

Do we call that karma?

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

What a farce.
Copyright "growing pains"

Did you mean to say, THEFT?

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 2h

"copyright growing pains"

Lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit, and I wish them nothing but bankruptcy.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

"They got along really well – they were bros hanging out. Over time, there was this atmosphere of: ‘These crazy feminists, these extremists who want to have us punished for something that we didn’t do." Brilliant interview with Manon Garcia on the Pelicot trial www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

I consider this treason

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

This is more than a 5 alarm fire.

Want Project 2025 in Canada?

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 3h

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s Gaza plan demands atonement from Palestinians for horrific acts of 7 Oct, not from Israel for barbarity that followed. It calls for Gaza’s deradicalization, but no end to Israel’s messianism. It micromanages future of Palestinian governance & says nothing about future of Israel’s occupation

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 2h

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Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now? | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

It took an American president unbound by traditional domestic constraints to get this done and provide the parties with what they could accept

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 5h

Here we go

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6 Palestinians killed by IDF gunfire in Gaza, as names of 2 deceased hostages are confirmed | CBC News

The identities of two deceased hostages returned to Israel were announced on Tuesday, as health authorities in Gaza said at least six Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military, as a wider, tenu...

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 6h

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Ontario drafts special economic zone rules around minister's opinion | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government’s draft rules for special economic zones under Bill 5 empower ministers and dismiss First Nations’ request for oversight

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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 7h

This graph by @leonsimons.bsky.social is one of the clearest explanations of Earth’s accelerating climate crisis.

Earth’s energy imbalance is growing faster than @ipcc.bsky.social projections & why the 2020s already feel like climate chaos. 🧵

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/this-graph-s...

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 7h

Ask yourself why you have heard nothing on Freeports in the UK ? Why weren't you consulted about them ? Why is tax payers money going to private companies who run them ? Why are companies in Freeports exempt from Customs and Excise tax ? Why do companies in Special Economic Zones follow own rules?

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20h

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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