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Mary Gillis

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Still in that awkward pre-ghost phase writer/editor at The Beaverton she/her | Vancouver B.C. Articles: https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/mary-gillis/ Money for me? Sure, go ahead: https://ko-fi.com/marygillis

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm not "wasting time scrolling social media." I'm gathering telemetry.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 8m

Alcohol should be packaged like cigarettes. Plain labels with pictures of diseased organs and car crashes. It doesn't make much sense for Canada to go all in on warning people about the dangers of tobacco and not do the exact same thing for alcohol.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 21m

Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/09/s...

Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging

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

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404 Media @404media.co · 2h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12d

Any driver who has a problem with traffic cameras wants to put other people in danger without having to suffer any monetary consequences for their recklessness. It's really that simple.

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Jade Van Kley @backlinenurse.bsky.social · 24m

I promise you won’t guess what this is replying to

autisticforacure @thewhalenebulae.bsky.social · 53m

Openly admitting to supporting fascism on blue sky. Bold move.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27m

"A study from SickKids Hospital in Toronto found cameras reduced speeds by 45 per cent"

For someone who hates to be that guy, here you are, being that guy, saying the same things as Ford and like him, ignoring the evidence that directly contradicts your assertion.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 38m

Vancouver's secret for transit success: frequency + land use

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 3h

Vancouver's TransLink is a rare success story in North American transit, with ridership almost matching pre-Covid levels. It might be the only big 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 agency that has *expanded* total bus service since 2019.

I spoke w/CEO Kevin Quinn about lessons from TransLink's rapid recovery. 🧵

The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery

The Canadian city’s transit agency, TransLink, bounced back from Covid even as other North American systems have struggled. Its leader explains why riders returned.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30m

The Climate Vulture Era

Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 31m

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30m

If Luigi walks oh my goodness

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 43m

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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blair @blairaf.com · 1h

Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies

Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries.

OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure.

Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 1h

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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PodKATT @podkatt.bsky.social · 50m

In LA, the Lt Gov is basically responsible for nothing but the tourism board. I would say it's funny watching FAFO happen to Nungesser if it wasn't so damn tragic for everyone else locally.

NPR @npr.org · 2h

Louisiana's Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said he’s heard from many Canadians who are avoiding the state, including upcoming festivals in Acadiana. He wants President Trump to apologize to Canadians.

Trump’s comments are hurting Canadian tourism in Louisiana. Lt. Gov. Nungesser wants an apology

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said he’s heard from many Canadians who are avoiding the state, including upcoming festivals in Acadiana, because of Trump’s comments.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 5d

Mark Carney is out to dismantle Canada Post. Who stands to benefit?

Dru Oja Jay, a long-time collaborator of @cupwsttp.bsky.social discusses how the post office could be a “genuinely positive nation building project."

breachmedia.ca/why-mark-car...

Why Mark Carney is putting Canada Post on the chopping block ⋆ The Breach

Dru Oja Jay breaks down how dismantling Canada Post fits into Mark Carney’s austerity agenda

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 2h

Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England

The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent

My latest for @breachmedia.ca

breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...

New hate crime law is a cover for suppressing Palestine protests ⋆ The Breach

The proposed 'Combatting Hate Act' is built on the idea that protests inspire hateful violence, and gives police the tools to crack down on expression

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 18h

Speeders hate speed cameras.

‘No wonder they don’t like speed cameras’: Toronto mayor comments on Ford cabinet vehicles | Globalnews.ca

Documents show vehicles assigned to Ford's cabinet ministers racked up 23 speed camera tickets in the past three years, totalling more than $3,300 in fines.

globalnews.ca

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 53m

But they won't, that's not realistic.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1h

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 4h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 9h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 12h

Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12h

I know not of the donut, I'm just happy to hear the enthusiastic cooing.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13h

10K toenail clippings needed for Canadian study on potential lung cancer risk https://globalnews.ca/news/11469664/lung-cancer-study-radon-gas-toenails-calgary/

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 17h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13h

Been running around outside at night lately like the Weapons kids. Feels good. Refreshing.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 15h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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lanyardigan @lanyardigan.bsky.social · Jan 7

This is my post-baby body (I used to be a baby)

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