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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 1d

"They can still be stopped — but only if we finally make anti-corruption the central focus of our politics."
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The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 1d

This happened in my metaphorical back yard!

From @404media.co:
'XhAle Brew Co., based out of Alberta [...] asked for its entry fees of $565 to be refunded, and for the “destruction of XhAle's data collected during, and post-judging for the Best Beer App.”'

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What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 4d

I'm really enjoying CORTIS. Big Hit seems to be giving them the tools and opportunity to have long careers. They're teens and they're already very accomplished!
www.koreaherald.com/article/1057...

Making noise: Cortis celebrates debut album with release party, a first for rookie group

Cortis, the rookie boy group under Big Hit Music, held its debut album release party in Seoul on Monday, less than a month after its official debut. Fans from 1

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 7d

'The question she posed is, "Should the government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?"'

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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 12d

The members of #BTS are hard at work at their group comeback album, but it is not stopping them from pursuing their own projects.

Bulletproof Journal: Haruharu

The members of BTS are hard at work at their group comeback album, but it is not stopping them from pursuing their own projects.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 17d

I never said Pelosi was getting paid by Putin: I stated point blank that she was NOT, as seen below. The Democrats have lied about this for over six years, so I wrote about it as an example of online smear tactics. Read on for a study in propaganda in the AI age: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Tweet from me in 2019: "There is no reason to think Pelosi is working for Russia..."

Article "Soul Stripping" on propaganda and AI: https://substack.com/@sarahkendzior/p-170373607

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Skaren Hill @mxkazhill.bsky.social · 18d

Bob Rae stayed in his seat.

Canada not part of mass walkout when Israel PM Netanyahu spoke at UN General Assembly

OTTAWA — Canada was not part of a mass walkout this morning during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly.

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 18d

Happy 120th birthday, special relativity!

Albert Einstein introduced special relativity in the paper "On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies," published in Annalen der Physik #OTD in 1905. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭

Manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
English: www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einst...

A black and white photo of Albert Einstein, around age 25, sitting at a desk. He is a wearing a flannel suit and resting his right arm on the desk. Einstein is looking to the left of the photographer in this posed photo.

The first paragraph of the paper, in German. Translated to English is reads:

It is known that Maxwell's electrodynamics—as usually understood at the present time—when applied to moving bodies, leads to asymmetries which do not appear to be inherent in the phenomena. Take, for example, the reciprocal electrodynamic action of a magnet and a conductor. The observable phenomenon here depends only on the relative motion of the conductor and the magnet, whereas the customary view draws a sharp distinction between the two cases in which either the one or the other of these bodies is in motion. For if the magnet is in motion and the conductor at rest, there arises in the neighbourhood of the magnet an electric field with a certain definite energy, producing a current at the places where parts of the conductor are situated. But if the magnet is stationary and the conductor in motion, no electric field arises in the neighbourhood of the magnet...

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Nicola Dinicola @nicoladinicola.bsky.social · 19d

On my way to a memorial edition of Coffee Outside. Expecting lots of friends comforting each other, sharing memories, savouring coffee and lots of tears.
Somewhere, behind the dark clouds, the sun is rising.
Elevator down; funicular is good.
7:19 am.

(Sept 26)
#YEGFunicularStatus

Looking east at the river with the sunrise hidden behind clouds

Darren Markland with his barista bike in Ezio Faraone park

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Bike Edmonton @bikeedmonton.bsky.social · 19d

Every Friday morning, #yegbike gathers for Coffee Outside. Tomorrow, we'll be gathering in support of one another as we remember one of the best of us, Darren Markland. He truly brought warmth and brightness wherever he went.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46HK...

Bicycle commuters brake for Coffee Outside

YouTube video by Edmonton Journal

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 19d

Darren Markland touched the lives of so many in Edmonton and across Canada and I know he will be greatly missed by family, friends, colleagues, patients and others. edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/dar...

Darren Markland Obituary | Edmonton Journal Remembering

View Darren Markland's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 6 tribute posts from the community.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 20d

Add group chats.

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 21d

I have a couple of small updates on this story, in case y'all have been wondering about any fallout since its July publication! 🧵

Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector

If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 25d

Get fucked LA comic con and whoever is involved

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 25d

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

An AI Stan Lee Hologram Will Speak With Fans at L.A. Comic Con

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Friday! I made a short playlist about love 💞

#Jin
#V
#BTS
#DPR_ARTIC & #MoonSujin
#DebbyFriday
#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees
#CheapTrick

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Love by Suzette Chan on Apple Music

Playlist · 8 Songs

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 26d

Watching Alberta at this moment is critical for the whole country.

That edgeward slide into authoritarianism, which feels like a threat looming in your peripheral vision, is now always in plain sight in AB. Its government *welcomes* what is happening in the US.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 26d

In addition to canceling Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, there’s a pretty lengthy thread on Reddit of Marvel Unlimited fans canceling as well.

For all of this, if you ARE cancelling, highly recommend you be explicit about why (Kimmel, fascism) in the comments or over the phone: www.reddit.com/r/MarvelUnli...

From the MarvelUnlimited community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the MarvelUnlimited community

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 26d

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26d

Straightforward effort to change military culture/personnel towards a specific political and partisan perspective. In doing so it would hack away at the norms that have maintained civil-military relations.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26d

Politicizing the military as with what they are doing to DHS/ICE/CBP. So dangerous.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 29d

Forestry Officials Tied CN Rail to Lytton Fire, Then Backed Off via @thetyee.ca & @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Forestry Officials Tied CN Rail to Lytton Fire, Then Backed Off | The Tyee

The ministry took steps to recoup costs from the railway company before changing its mind on the cause.

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 27d

MultipleTV station owner Nexstar pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

'The FCC commissioner thanked Nexstar "for doing the right thing" and said he hoped other broadcasters would follow its lead. Nexstar is currently seeking FCC approval for its planned $6.2bn merger with Tegna.'

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Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments

The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were "doing everything they can to score political points from" Kirk's death.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 29d

I glanced at this book at Goodwill and thought it was about human cloning.

A book cover titled how to make people like you in 90 seconds or less

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · Sep 10

Worth reading. What I'd point out is that conspiracy theory is usually used to *avoid* having to accept hard truths. What do you do when the conspiracy is the hard truth itself?

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself

This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.

www.theatlantic.com

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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Sep 8

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚

Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!

Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · Sep 6

I've been informed that today is Read A Book Day

How I plan to celebrate it: on other days, we can read (all or part of) several books, but on read a book day we must sadly confine ourselves to reading just one book, in memory of all the people who tragically haven't had enough books to read

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