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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 12d

“There’s something deeply powerful about committing each day to a cause you truly believe in"

www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...

Young Canadians’ happiness has nosedived. They’re coping by redefining a meaningful life

Economic hardship and the climate crisis have forced young adults to reshape their ideas of a successful life

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Nik Barry-Shaw @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social · 24d

C'est qui, Maxime Deland?

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Nik Barry-Shaw @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social · 24d

So this game of calling everything the right doesn't like "socialism" didn't start with Obama then. Interesting.

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Anne Archet 🏴Ⓐ @annearchet.bsky.social · Sep 19

Quand les fascistes exigent que vous déclariez solonellement que la violence politique est à proscrire, c’est qu’ils veulent s’assurer d’être les seuls à pouvoir l’exercer.

Contre vous.

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Jon Milton @whosestreets.bsky.social · 29d

Banning arms shipments to a state committing genocide: ⛔️⛔️⛔️

Banning a hip hop group for speaking out against that genocide and slandering them as antisemitic: ✅️✅️✅️

Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 29d

A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇

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rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 29d

How should Canada respond to Trump’s economic attacks? Economist @jimbostanford.bsky.social joins RadioLabour to lay out a progressive plan. #canlab #canpoli

rabble.ca/podcast/how-...

How Canada can fight the Trump economic attacks

An Elbows Up Summit attended by progressive economists and policy analysts was held Sept. 15 to plan Canada's response to Trump's attacks.

rabble.ca

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · Sep 18

"The very thing that’s exciting about solar energy — its abundance and low cost — also makes it of little interest to investors. Sun (and wind) are so freely available all around us that it’s hard to hoard them and make big profits from them."

Amazing, @lindamcquaig.bsky.social!

#canpoli

Linda McQuaig: This is the national project Mark Carney should have chosen

Long considered a luxury for chardonnay-sipping environmentalists, solar energy now has the potential to become the energy choice of beer-drinking workers concerned about the cost of living.

www.thestar.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Sep 19

the history will continue until morale improves

poorly photoshopped die Hard 2 poster with Francis Fukuyama wielding a gun in front of explosion. caption: "History 2"

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Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · Sep 15

Canada: The industrial implosion

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · Sep 17

As criticism of Canada’s oligopolies mount, the establishment media is taking another tack—advising elites invest big in them.

Harrison Samphir an @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social analyze how the media is celebrating the benefits of a cost-of-living crisis for everyone else.

Canada’s media is advising elites to invest in oligoplies—and laugh all the way to the bank ⋆ The Breach

The establishment media praises corporate giants as safe bets for investors—while their outsized power helps cause a cost-of-living crisis for Canadians

breachmedia.ca

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 13

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts

At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.

www.nbcnews.com

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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · Sep 16

We take you inside Big Tech’s playbook for fighting laws that compensate news outlets for their content. Read our investigation with other media outlets into the actions of companies like Meta and Google that run public campaigns and make threats to stop serving news.

Inside Big Tech’s playbook to halt media compensation laws

Meta and Google ran public campaigns, made threats to stop serving news, struck private deals and mobilized prominent supporters to try to influence or stall laws in Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and…

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 16

“The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, a record high since data collection on this metric began in 1989.”

@weisenthal.bsky.social @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · Sep 16

Carney's liberalism has always been about power.

We knew he was a blue Liberal. But Mark Carney is alienating progressive voters

The new PM's defiant tone doesn't always appear to match his actions.

www.thestar.com

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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · Sep 15

A standing ovation for a fascist who supported annexing Canada. The elbows have never been more down folks.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Sep 15

Jesus Christ.

A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.

You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · Sep 16

Seniors ‘Draw the Line’ on inaction on climate change for future generations

On Sept 20, Seniors for Climate NB and partners will host a Climate Corner at the Sackville Fall Fair as part of the international Draw the Line Day of Action. #DrawTheLine #ClimateAction
nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/15/s...

Seniors ‘Draw the Line’ on inaction on climate change for future generations

September 20th is an international Draw the Line Day of Action addressing issues like the climate crisis. Civil society groups

nbmediacoop.org

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Sep 15

Charlie Kirk's death was a tragedy.
But he built his name on provocation and white supremacy.
He said that gun deaths of innocents was "worth it."
On Mark Carney's first day as PM in Parliament Liberals gave Kirk a standing ovation.
Ceding ground to extremism won't make them nicer.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · Sep 15

Canada's in a real bind. Our current moment requires a massive increase in state capacity *across the board*. But the Carney government (ie, Mark Carney) seems to be ideologically opposed to a greater role for government outside defence. Ideologies die hard, even when reality is banging at the door.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · Sep 15

I just did a radio interview where I highlighted how many truly ambitious "nation-building" ideas there are out there. The one thing they have in common, though, is that they require public money and expertise. Which makes them non-starters for a government focused on tax cuts and austerity.

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · Sep 15

👇👇👇

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: To counter Trump’s tariffs, Canada must invest in life sciences

We can take advantage of the increasingly hostile climate in the United States toward the sector

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · Sep 10

Liberal caucus chair @maloneyj.bsky.social says that “austerity will be a positive thing”.

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · Sep 10

Carney said that Canada has the best trade deal of anyone with the US, that over 85% of our goods are protected by trade agreement from tariffs. But this is false.

Even CUSMA-certified goods are being hammered with massive +100% or more tariffs, & severe bureaucracy. The US is not honoring the deal

ANALYSIS | Uncertainty around U.S. tariffs leaves businesses, experts and shippers guessing | CBC News

Even Canadian companies that are CUSMA compliant are getting hit by U.S. tariffs. The chaos and uncertainty around the American trade policy has created "layer upon layer" of bureaucracy that is addin...

www.cbc.ca

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Sep 8

It’s been interesting but not surprising to see the critics of the effort to put all the focus on antitrust and competition policy be proven right.

Now is the time to throw everything at the tech companies while investing in public, non-profit alternatives.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 8

Competition law won’t break up Big Tech on.ft.com/4piRJao | opinion

Competition law won’t break up Big Tech

US legal doctrine shies away from structural remedies but the behavioural ones aren’t working

on.ft.com

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Nik Barry-Shaw @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social · Sep 8

I mean, they've been pretty up front about the QUADRUPLING of military spending as basically being about building up a "defence-industrial base."

I think it will be disastrously inefficient, undemocratic and corrupt, but it's basically high-tech subsidies, dressed up in natsec garb.

Nik Barry-Shaw @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

but then you'd need a poster with meatballs instead of a burger.

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