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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

Big Tech Is Hiding the Environmental Cost of Chatbots thewalrus.ca/ai-environme... via @thewalrus

Big Tech Is Hiding the Environmental Cost of Chatbots | The Walrus

AI’s unquenchable thirst for water could rival that of some nations

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

‘Vetting’ gives a few insiders power to decide party policy yvesengler.com/2025/10/08/v...

‘Vetting’ gives a few insiders power to decide party policy - Yves Engler

The influence of billionaires. First past the post voting. Corporate lobbyists. There are many obstacles to genuine political democracy in Canada. A significant, if little discussed, hurdle is the pow...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

Powerful words of truth and solidarity from Council Speaker Adrienne Adams today. We have your back, Tish James.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

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Messengers of hope

Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.

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lmmw.bsky.social @lmmw.bsky.social · 16h

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Tens of thousands of Palestinians walk to Gaza City as Israel withdraws | AJ #shorts

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

Thousands joined forces in Toronto in a demonstration against interconnected crises. cpt.org/2025/10/09/d...

Draw the Line gathers movements for people, peace and the planet

Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

So greasy fascist lunatic Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg may be the Antichrist?

Guess whose name appears in the Epstein Files that have been released, Peter? No hers. Yours!

So that, technically, makes you more evil than the Antichrist.

Wilson Dizard III @wpd3.bsky.social · 18h

[Excerpt:] Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of tech or AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that linked government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

In the occupied West Bank, checkpoints enforce restricted movement on Palestinian families. One family describes the daily struggles of navigating them. cpt.org/2025/10/09/b...

Beyond imagination

Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

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From Turtle Island, Colombia, the Aegean, to Palestine: CPT stands in solidarity with those sailing to break the siege of Gaza!

Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL
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The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL

Well, that was unexpected.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 16h

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 16h

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

A season for sharing: Here’s where to get a free turkey this Thanksgiving in Toronto - @nowtoronto nowtoronto.com/news/heres-w...

A season for sharing: Here’s where to get a free turkey this Thanksgiving in Toronto - NOW Toronto

Thanksgiving is a time for family and a plate of food. But for many across Toronto, putting a meal on the table can be a real challenge.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 16h

‘We’re in a housing crisis,’ These Etobicoke residents are all for a shelter in their area, while others are suing the city to stop it - @nowtoronto nowtoronto.com/news/these-e...

‘We’re in a housing crisis,’ These Etobicoke residents are all for a shelter in their area, while others are suing the city to stop it - NOW Toronto

A group of housing advocates in South Etobicoke is speaking out in support of a controversial shelter project.

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Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social · 16h

Human rights groups tell Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 18h

Still not going away...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 16h

Womp Womp.....
😂🤣

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 17h

October 7 legacy - Israel killed 82 Palestinians for every Israeli killed judyhaiven.ca/2025/10/10/o... via @jhaiven

October 7 legacy – Israel killed 82 Palestinians for every Israeli killed

I guess The Globe and Mail’s Marsha Lederman never took note of statistics, when she wrote her column, “Two Years after the Oct 7 Attacks, the Road between us is more volatile than before, to…

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Angry Byrd @tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social · 1d

The streets were cleared to hide the war?

Jfc she is insane

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