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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 4h

Blacklisting reporters is not an effective way to prevent reporters from reporting.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

Three former Secretaries of State who all share the same opinion make for a pretty boring roundtable. Seems they didn't call John Kerry because he is the only one who has called Israel's regime of control over Palestinians an apartheid system.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 12h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11h

Edmonton police held a news conference Thursday in an area where they believe the remains of Samuel Bird are located.

Edmonton police narrow search area for missing teen Samuel Bird

Edmonton police held a news conference Thursday in an area where they believe the remains of Samuel Bird are located.

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 19h

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

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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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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 12h

No one could have foreseen this.

(Actually, Indigenous folks and climate advocates totally foresaw this.)

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Major Projects Office CEO hopes to make decision on pipeline to B.C. coast 4-5 months after submission | CBC News

The CEO of Canada’s newly formed Major Projects Office says she hopes that it would take between four and five months to issue a decision on a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.

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NPR @npr.org · 22h

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Don Hughes @donaldhughes.ca · 1d

Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays and lol to the New York Yankees.

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., a Toronto Blue Jays player, looking cool.

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James G @orth.ca · 1d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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John Horrigan Antique Maps @jhmaps.bsky.social · 2d

If Kenney lost power in any of those countries in the spectacular way he did in Alberta, he'd probably be in a hole in the desert today.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 2d

As Rahim Jaffer told me, it’s not enough for Jason Kenney to be the smartest person in the room, you have to know he’s the smartest person in the room.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 2d

Not his first rodeo

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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 2d

A decade ago, Mark Carney gave a speech pointing out how biz and political leaders had no day-to-day incentive to address climate change, yet it was up to governments. Today, Carney is leading one, but finds himself consumed with responding to the many crises of the day thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 2d

In which Jason Kenney freely admits that he sees Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE as models for suppressing dissent.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 2d

Interesting choice of words coming from PP

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 3d

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy

Forensic experts say the evidence was fabricated

But before that, Alexander's claims were preposterous

And the credulity of security experts & MPs shocking on its own

Latest @thewalrus.ca #cdnpoli

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Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 3d

They were never serious...

A global banking group - Net-Zero Banking Alliance - that Prime Minister Mark Carney helped launch in 2021 to fight climate change has voted to shut down. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n...

Climate banking alliance Carney helped launch votes to shut down

A global banking group that Prime Minister Mark Carney helped launch in 2021 to fight climate change has voted to shut down. A spokesperson for the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance says members vot...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

He’s trying to provoke a war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 4d

I don’t think I’ve ever teared up writing a story like I did this one.

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Family remembers Samuel Bird as a loved son as police confirm missing Indigenous teen is a suspected homicide victim

“He had a beaming light, an abundance of love. He was full of spirit, promise and love, a child with dreams, laughter and a soul rooted in the strength of our ancestors."

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 5d

Two people in balaclavas torched a mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex. This is not far from where I live.

Fascists are in an open war with Muslims and people of colour in the UK.

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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 6d

Picturing @andrewknack.bsky.social on a skateboard

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 6d

Radical Andrew Knack

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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 6d

Some federal officials are intrigued by a proposal to build new LNG infrastructure in Quebec — by a company that reported having no employees in the province. More from @mauraforrest.bsky.social

Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show

MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export “substantial volumes” of LNG to Europe, documents show.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 6d

No, Dumb Projects!

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