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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 1d

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 1d

Despite the damage Ford is doing to the LCBO, Canadians are also doing more damage to the US spirit market.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

American spirit exports to #Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States CEO urges 'lasting return to tariff-free trade'

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 2d

Canadians doing far more damage than Carney is.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

The Canadian boycott of travel to the U.S. continued through September—cementing an enormous economic loss for American tourism in 2025 as visitors from around the world choose not to travel to the States amid geopolitical tensions.
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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · 3d

"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"

An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...

Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

So, BC Conservative MLAs submitted to a random fishing expedition:

“Rustad said on Thursday the phones were searched by other members to ‘make sure that there was nothing that had gone out that was inappropriate’.

The search didn't reveal anything that concerned Rustad…"

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 3d

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/09/b...

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find…

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

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 2d

Most people in this type of position would be fired over this.

TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · 3d

Labour minister was in Leafs glass seats with director of company he granted funding to

The ‘lower-scoring’ company got $7.5M of tax dollars through David Piccini’s office and is a client of the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding the minister recently attended

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 2d

How do you appease an authoritarian nation? Erode civil liberties bit by bit.

“…planned changes to the Criminal Code & the law governing CSIS that would make it easier to access information about internet subscribers, & would allow for warrantless police access in urgent circumstances.”

Liberals introduce 2nd border bill with aim to quickly pass less controversial measures | CBC News

The Liberal government has split its border security bill in two in the hope of seeing some measures pass swiftly while giving Canadians more time to evaluate other, more contentious ones.

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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 3d

And scene.

Ontario hospitals will be "rescued" by private capita, as intended.

Mob Hospital has brought in customer service consultants, and cabinet is invested in the healthcare precinct.

UHN has space for your health insurance info on the new ID bracelets.

The bust out reaches its conclusion.

Cbc News headline: Ontario hospitals say they have $1B in funding needs

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Pikmin’s Model @zaaack.bsky.social · 2d

now THAT’S funny

Vulture @vulture.com · 3d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 3d

“Prove me wrong”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 3d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 3d

It was only a matter of time.

“The text does not make it clear whether this could allow US officers to operate in Canada unaccompanied by a Canadian official. While some US officers currently work at Canadian airports, the bill could see their ability to operate in Canada increase significantly.”

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 4d

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 3d

“Sending money voluntarily does not solve the problem! Taxes should require those who have profited the most from investments in education, infrastructure, healthcare, etc. to reinvest back into the economy & ensure those services stay well funded.”

Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! Someone's cranky!

While we appreciate the free press from Terence, let's see if we can improve his mood point by point.

financialpost.com/opinion/tere...

Terence Corcoran: Help! I’m rich, so tax me more. Pretty please…

Here’s a message for socialist millionaires: send in the money voluntarily, or shut up. Read more from Terence Corcoran

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 3d

“Starlink’s satellites have a short lifespan of around 5 years. All those cremated satellites have scientists concerned about the pollution they’re causing by releasing metals into the stratosphere, with one study speculating that it could kick off a chain reaction that devastates the ozone layer.”

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

There are now one or two of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every single day.

According to Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, that figure is only going to keep climbing.

futurism.com/space/elon-m...

Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.

futurism.com

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 3d

"content creation" "audiences don't care if what they're looking at is AI" this sucks so bad man, if you treat making movies like second screen slop people shouldn't pay attention to you have already lost the market

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 4d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 3d

More of this should be happening, especially as AI is laundering creative works for their plagiarism machines.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

I wrote about this a few years ago

Bizarrely, this legislation is supported by the @ndp.ca despite warnings from Canada's privacy commissioner, legal experts and sex work advocates

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 4d

“(Kevin) O’Leary has also planned to build the world’s largest data centre. He’s doing it on drought-stricken Treaty 8 territory — and has yet to consult First Nations…”

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 5d

Water-hungry data centres are planned for drought-stricken regions across Canada. What will the AI data centre boom mean for communities? By @savannahridley.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal

Sprawling AI data centres — hungry for land, water and power — are coming. Plans the world’s largest, called Wonder Valley, are underway in Alberta

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 4d

Classic big tech. It’s not enough to destroy the planet, everyone else has to subsidize it too.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 4d

👇👇👇

They keep the circle tight.

soddenly @soddenlymoved2.bsky.social · 4d

The very next article from Trillium - wow hooboy:
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

www.thetrillium.ca

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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 5d

The threat of Canadian fentanyl is ever-present.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: Is the fentanyl crisis over at the Canadian border?

TRUMP: Is what?

Q: The fentanyl crisis

TRUMP: No, it's not over. I think it's never gonna be over