Christopher Lambe
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Father. Marketing & Community Professional. Gamer. Goldsmith. Raptor Fan.
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The allegations of GTA lawyer Deepak Paradkar’s involvement in the Ryan Wedding case and the assassination of an FBI witness, go *considerably* beyond what was reported yesterday.
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Inside the assassination of an FBI witness: How Ryan Wedding, a Colombian madame and a team of sicarios allegedly lured Jonathan Acabedo-Garcia to his death
The FBI’s key witness had worked with Ryan Wedding for more than a decade. Within three months, he would be dead.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The allegations of GTA lawyer Deepak Paradkar’s involvement in the Ryan Wedding case and the assassination of an FBI witness, go *considerably* beyond what was reported yesterday.
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
Great reporting, as always, by Calvi Leon.
www.thestar.com/news/world/i...
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NEW: A report found that a significant number of kids and teens are using AI companions.
More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
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More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW: A report found that a significant number of kids and teens are using AI companions.
More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
The USA is being run by snake oil salesmen.
SCOOP
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment
Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
New Head of Trump's Cancer Panel Questioned Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has speculated about a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The USA is being run by snake oil salesmen.
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A team to call our own. A jersey that makes it real.
Sign up at the link in bio to be the first to know when the inaugural Tempo Explorer jersey goes on sale.
Sign up at the link in bio to be the first to know when the inaugural Tempo Explorer jersey goes on sale.
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A team to call our own. A jersey that makes it real.
Sign up at the link in bio to be the first to know when the inaugural Tempo Explorer jersey goes on sale.
Sign up at the link in bio to be the first to know when the inaugural Tempo Explorer jersey goes on sale.
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Daily reminder that the US is now the bad guys.
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Daily reminder that the US is now the bad guys.
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Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble.
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
Canada’s Big Banks are a ‘culprit’ driving housing prices out of control ⋆ The Breach
breachmedia.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble.
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
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In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
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Why dark clouds loom over Bike Share Toronto, despite its undeniable success
Opinion in the Star by @graphicmatt.com
Opinion in the Star by @graphicmatt.com
Matt Elliott: Why dark clouds loom over Bike Share Toronto, despite its undeniable success
Adding more e-bikes certainly sounds like an admirable goal, but it comes with a downside.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Why dark clouds loom over Bike Share Toronto, despite its undeniable success
Opinion in the Star by @graphicmatt.com
Opinion in the Star by @graphicmatt.com
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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NEW VIDEO:
Brandon Ingram Professional bucket getter
I break down all the different ways BI torched the Cavs defense and got the Raptors the win by pouring in 37 points
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Brandon Ingram Professional bucket getter
I break down all the different ways BI torched the Cavs defense and got the Raptors the win by pouring in 37 points
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BUCKET GETTER Brandon Ingram 37 point DOMINATION - Raptors beat Cavaliers - Film Review #nba
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November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NEW VIDEO:
Brandon Ingram Professional bucket getter
I break down all the different ways BI torched the Cavs defense and got the Raptors the win by pouring in 37 points
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Brandon Ingram Professional bucket getter
I break down all the different ways BI torched the Cavs defense and got the Raptors the win by pouring in 37 points
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from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
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👩🌾 Grab your tools
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👩🌾 Grab your tools
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Immigration is too low AND ALSO Canada id one of the countries most responsible for taking in climate refugees. So our choice is to open our doors or slam them on the people whose houses we burned down.
We can have a sober national conversation about how much immigration is suitable to meet our social and economic goals. But scapegoating immigrants for the state of housing and health care obscures the real causes of these crises and stokes resentment against vulnerable members of our communities.
The myth of the immigrant threat
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and pundits blaming newcomers for crises like housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy failure and in...
canadiandimension.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Immigration is too low AND ALSO Canada id one of the countries most responsible for taking in climate refugees. So our choice is to open our doors or slam them on the people whose houses we burned down.
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thrilled to see @thejuicemedia.com taking aim at mark carney and david eby’s big, terrible push for lng. i may be tempted to call carney “banker daddy” from now on though 😬
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
thrilled to see @thejuicemedia.com taking aim at mark carney and david eby’s big, terrible push for lng. i may be tempted to call carney “banker daddy” from now on though 😬
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Ah yes Enbridge candy my favorite, I’ve always craved the taste of crude oil and natural gas
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November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ah yes Enbridge candy my favorite, I’ve always craved the taste of crude oil and natural gas
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
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Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.