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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 40m

One of the smartest people on Canadian immigration, this @dougsaunders.bsky.social post with four major reforms to immigration, should be a template for other countries too www.dougsaunders.net/2025/09/four...

Four Steps to Fix Canada's Immigration System

These proposals are adapted from my Globe and Mail essay Borderlines: Canada's Border is Broken, but Not the Way Trump Thinks. Canada's immigration,

www.dougsaunders.net

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 44m

The wet tropical rainforests of Queensland are now a carbon source because CO₂ emitted from trees dying and decaying outstripped the CO₂ taken up by trees growing. 😕

Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study

Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new study.

www.abc.net.au

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 1h

This is a really useful table from the folks at IFSD — especially if we're about to talk a lot about public debt and the cost of carrying that debt.

www.policymagazine.ca/budget-2025-...

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Gander Social @gandersocial.bsky.social · 1h

“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...

Can Canada build its own social network? | BetaKit

Gander CEO Ben Waldman explains his vision for sovereign social media.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2h

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 4d

Meet the man tapped to be the Czech Republic's next Foreign Minister, Filip Turek. He has repeatedly endorsed Hitler and belittled the Holocaust. His string of racist vulgarities includes calling Obama the n-word. His sexist ugliness includes rejecting women's suffrage.
denikn.cz/1864721/popa...

„Popálit cikáně je polehčující okolnost, Obama je negr.“ Odhalujeme smazaný svět Filipa Turka

Možný budoucí ministr zahraničí Filip Turek na Facebooku opakovaně zveřejňoval otevřeně rasistické, sexistické či homofobní výroky a také četné narážky na Hitlera a Mussoliniho. Deník N má k dispozici...

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3h

TL;DR Sure, the US is increasingly authoritarian and led by a president who wants to annex Canada, but I miss my winter vacation

People can talk themselves into anything
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

A soul-searching snowbird wonders: should we take our RV down south this winter?

There are new forms to fill out now so we are still on the fence but fear not, I will still have at least one elbow up if I decide to cross the border

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 3h

Never be your own lawyer. And don't let AI represent you either, says Quebec judge.

Jean Laprade was ordered to pay $5000 fine after he was found to have cited expert quotes and jurisprudence that don't exist. The latter were generated by AI.

www.canadianlawyermag.com/business-new...

Quebec judge fines man $5,000 for improper use of artificial intelligence in court

Fabricated expert quotes and jurisprudence lead to financial penalty for self-represented litigant

www.canadianlawyermag.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5d

20 billion dollar US Treasury + Fed bailout for Argentina's Javier Milei. Cui Bono? "Funds at investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco are heavily invested in Argentina, as are investors such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, both of whom worked with Mr. Bessent."

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MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 4h

Unsurprisingly, Alex Bregman will be opting out of the final two seasons on his #RedSox contract:
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/10/alex...

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 4h

🍷 New research overturns the “light drinking protects the brain” myth. Even a drink or two a day isn’t risk-free — any alcohol use is linked to higher dementia risk. Using genomics data from 2.4 million people, researchers found that every threefold increase in drinking
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk, study finds

Even a drink or two a day is linked to a chance of developing dementia as you age.

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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 4h

I've tried for years to access an investigation report about misconduct during a clinical trial for spinal cord patients.

Michelle Ghoussoub and I can now tell the full story about how data was fabricated to make near-miraculous claims about a treatment for bed sores.

theijf.org/ubc-misconduct

Report says UBC researcher fabricated data, gave patients ‘false hope.' The public was not alerted

Aziz Ghahary ‘abandoned his scholarly integrity’ in clinical trial for patented treatment, investigation found

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 4h

But between arguing they can't sell EVs here, lobbying to keep better and cheaper EVs out, and showing limited commitment to a country they've repeatedly held hostage, traditional North American automakers are practically begging Canada to consider whether it can maintain an industry without them.

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 4h

I have to say, if Stellantis had been trying to time the news of its (planned) production move from Brampton to increase pressure on Carney to open things up to China, it couldn't have done much better.

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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 4h

Applications are being accepted for those wanting to become doctors through Simon Fraser University, in what the British Columbia government says is the first new medical school in Western Canada in decades.

B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades

The initial class of 48 students will start at Simon Fraser University’s existing campus in Surrey, while construction of the permanent facility begins late next year and is expected to be ready for c...

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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 4h

A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor.

Canada’s first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN

University Health Network says the procedure could grow the national donor pool by 30% if the practice is expanded across the country.

canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 6h

be real the pinnacle of his career was when he interviewed the “catch me outside” girl… after that he was doing too much of that Icarus shit

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 6h

But I thought we had to stfu and not criticize US cuz they're protecting us all from Russia and China. 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "All I hear from the Europeans is that Putin is coming to Warsaw. There are very few things in life I am sure about. I am sure he's not coming to Boston."

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 6h

Hits harder than any legacy media outlet.

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6h

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 7h

Everything Trump touches dies.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 8h

The most beautiful thing about the internet’s Golden Age was learning you could ask any obscure technical question and be confident someone had answered it years ago on Reddit or Quora or whatever.

Now, your question most likely pulls up 1,500 words of AI clickbait, and doesn’t answer anything.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 19h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 8h

Men's brains shrink faster than those of women, yet women have higher rates of Alzheimer's disease.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Men’s brains shrink faster than women’s: what that means for Alzheimer’s

Women’s brains age more slowly, but that doesn’t seem to protect them from a common form of dementia.

www.nature.com

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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 8h

Three things Canada’s health ministers could do to help Canadians with cancer, Dr. Sandeep Sehdev & Dr. Mita Manna write nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/15/t...

Three things Canada’s health ministers could do to help Canadians…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 9h

CBC puts faces to names of UK citizens wanted for manslaughter in Canada.

They came to Canada under false names, then ran a driveway paving scam across the country. After fleeing a restaurant in Owen Sound without paying, they killed the owner as he chased after them.

www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

CBC puts faces to names of trio charged in Ont. restaurateur's killing | CBC News

Newly discovered images of three men accused in the death of a southwestern Ontario restaurateur in 2023 help peel away mystery surrounding the case, adding to prior CBC News revelations about when th...

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