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phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social @phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social · 17h

I don't think I'm mistaken in recalling that yesterday was one of those halcyon days.

CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · 23h

who among us can honestly say he doesn’t pine for the halcyon days of COVID

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d

“I think most people are going to say, OK, I had a great deal during COVID,” said Club For Growth President David McIntosh. “But now it’s back to business as usual, and I should be paying for health care.”

phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social @phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social · 17h

Why are taxpayers the world over, willing to fund police who do nothing but kill and maim taxpayers? How fucking stupid are we?

Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 1d

This week the police in Rio executed what is being called the most deadly massacre in Rio’s history. Black organizations are demanding accountability and the UN just called for an investigation. But it will take a lot to get real processes of accountability going.

Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 1d

If, like me you don’t speak Portuguese, you can translate pretty easily - and thus read more or less directly from one of the largest Black media organizations in Brazil.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 23h

I don't like being educated by whites on the history of Black radicalism. Shut up about what you learned about the Panthers last year & just pass the mic to a Black person. Nobody wants to hear from you about Black struggle. At all.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 23h

Badenoch broadcasts that there’s two types of law..

“Tory law” which exempts them from the laws we all live by

And “Common law” which applies to the public, and of course other political parties.. just not Tories obvs 🤷🏼‍♂️

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

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'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 1d

If you’ve not yet filled this in, I suggest opening a document and writing a few key phrases like, "there is no ethical use of a program developed on plagiarism and theft" to cut-and-paste because this survey was 100% "same question slightly rephrased, all starting at the position of inevitability."

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

CANADIANS! Our government is once again trying to convince us AI is good, actually, and they have a whole big survey about how we can use AI. I pretty much just said "we can't until we can do it without mass theft and poisoning the environment" over and over again, and you can too

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

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'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 1d

I also found, "there is no ethical way to use this technology given the electricity needs make the environmental costs too high to even consider" useful.

There was one more I re-used, but I don’t remember it now. Something about how school/education being about learning, not outsourcing learning.

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'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, I found the thread where I wrote some of my answers. Particularly proud of the first answer (first two skeets):

'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 23d

Just fillin’ in a survey…

"The biggest potential positive impact for so-called "AI" (especially LLMs) in Canada would be to not use it or support it in any way. That would impact the environment positively, the arts positively, the entertainment industry positively, academia positively...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll

ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.

www.thenational.scot

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 23h

In Blairgowrie, blueberry bushes are heavy with yield but the harvesters are missing. A local family-farm that once supplied supermarkets now raises funds for community groups instead. Can you guess why?
bylines.scot/news/economi...

Blueberry bushes. Courtesy from author, Charlie McCarthy

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

An orthopedic surgeon in northern Gaza says half of the amputations he’s performed could have been avoided if patients had received timely care. Leila Molana-Allen (@leilama.bsky.social_ reports on how Israeli authorities are blocking thousands of severely injured children from...

Watch below 👇

Drop Site
@DropSiteNews
An orthopedic surgeon in northern Gaza says half of the amputations he’s performed could have been avoided if patients had received timely care.
@Leila_MA
reports on how Israeli authorities are blocking thousands of severely injured children from leaving Gaza for treatment — only about 100 have been allowed out in the last 18 months, leaving the rest to face preventable disability, amputation, and death. “Many die while waiting,” PBS reports.

Watch below 👇

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 1d

Canada’s right-wing has become obsessed with hating on the brown people who work at Tim Hortons.

Katia Lo Innes explains how the racist scapegoating of migrant workers aims to divide and distract us from our real enemy — the corporate elite. youtu.be/SRjQ-MJinFg

Tim Hortons’ migrant workers are being scapegoated to distract from corporate greed

YouTube video by The Breach

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 23h

🟥 Israel Accused of Palestinian Organ Theft Once Again

Palestinian officials in Gaza have accused Israel of systematic organ theft after 120 Palestinian detainees’ bodies returned under the ceasefire deal were reportedly missing eyes, corneas, and...

novaramedia.com/2025/10/29/i...

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Harriet Williamson
@harriepw
LONG READ: Collating more than 30 years of evidence & allegations of Israel harvesting Palestinian organs without consent. Read my report for
@novaramedia

https://novaramedia.com/2025/10/29/israeli-military-accused-of-palestinian-organ-theft-again/

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 23h

The Green Party SECOND in a national poll for the first time ever!

There’s no way we’re stopping there.

Large text reads:
Greens polling second nationally.

Screenshot of Tweet reads:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.

Picture of Zack Polanski with speech bubble saying: “It’ll go higher.”

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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 23h

One more thing: Unban Link

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phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social @phamiltonwinkler.bsky.social · 18h

I've had years like that. It's amazing I'm still around. As it seems to be for you too.
I hope fervently that you gather the funds you need, and that your life turns around to be the way you most wish it to be.

✨𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽✨ @temptingcate.bsky.social · 2d

well i wasn’t planning to come back just yet but i was beaten and robbed at the atm two days ago and need help paying my rent

i need love too so kind words are also welcome

thanks y’all 🤕💔

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ca: millicents42
pp: cateocean42
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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 1d

An Ontario-based lawyer has been appointed the newest member to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board just two weeks after donating $2,000 to the provincial Progressive Conservative Party.

zurl.co/nMJhQ

#cdnpoli #policeservices #PCParty

Police services board member appointed 2 weeks after making donation to Ford PCs

Appointees to Sault Ste. Marie and York police oversight boards donated to the provincial Progressive Conservatives

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 23h

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Students across Alberta show support for teachers in walkout — CTV News

Hundreds of students across Alberta are protesting in support of teachers following the province’s use of the notwithstanding clause.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 23h

At this point there is so much observational evidence that Musk buying Twitter to turn it into a far-right influence network was astoundingly successful at shifting the mass beliefs of people who were not prior far-right-partisans into holding far-right views up to and including "nazism is fine"

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 22h

Blocked responses include "it's not fair for men to compete in female only sports" and "youre not banned. You can compete with men"

Oh honeys

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 22h

Despite Health Minister Marjorie Michel saying Canada could see progress in national licensure for physicians in 2026, some advocates lament a lack of concrete action on moving forward with this and other ways to fix struggling health care systems.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social · 23h

Siouxsie took on an institution that failed to protect her and other academics from death threats, whilst doing fantastic #scicomm for the common good. She won against UOA. And is left with a house-size debt even after being awarded costs. Give a little back if you can 💚 🚨

Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 1d

At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe

Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse

www.pledgeme.co.nz

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 1d

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?

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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 1d

The Senate is studying Bill S-2, which restores "Indian status" to approx 5,000 people Senators may change the bill in ways that end blood quantum. A 'one parent rule' There’s a catch - any changes may not stick. that story tonight. TY to the Senate for letting us in to tape. #cdnpoli #indigenous

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