Sean Beggs
@seanadb.bsky.social
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50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The 🍁gun cult, led by the likes of the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights,” want ‘castle laws’ for Canada.
Such legislation permits homeowners to shoot people dead they reasonably suspect of attempting an unlawful entry.
The results are exemplified below👇🏻
Let’s not make Canada American.
🇨🇦😠🇨🇦
Such legislation permits homeowners to shoot people dead they reasonably suspect of attempting an unlawful entry.
The results are exemplified below👇🏻
Let’s not make Canada American.
🇨🇦😠🇨🇦
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The 🍁gun cult, led by the likes of the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights,” want ‘castle laws’ for Canada.
Such legislation permits homeowners to shoot people dead they reasonably suspect of attempting an unlawful entry.
The results are exemplified below👇🏻
Let’s not make Canada American.
🇨🇦😠🇨🇦
Such legislation permits homeowners to shoot people dead they reasonably suspect of attempting an unlawful entry.
The results are exemplified below👇🏻
Let’s not make Canada American.
🇨🇦😠🇨🇦
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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HOLD. THE. FUCKING. PREMIERS. TO. ACCOUNT.
N.S. patients waited for more than 70 hours in the ER for hospital admission
HALIFAX - Paul Wozney says he received a blunt assessment of an overcrowded emergency room where he was told some patients had been waiting over 70 hours.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
HOLD. THE. FUCKING. PREMIERS. TO. ACCOUNT.
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IFSD's @sahirkhan.bsky.social told CBC the deficit is manageable.
"Everybody in the G7 would gladly trade positions with 🇨🇦. There is no fiscal crisis & we’re not on any precipice." But “in the end, it’s all about execution. That was the Achilles’ heel of the last govt.”
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Everybody in the G7 would gladly trade positions with 🇨🇦. There is no fiscal crisis & we’re not on any precipice." But “in the end, it’s all about execution. That was the Achilles’ heel of the last govt.”
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney's 1st budget calls for billions in new spending to prop up tariff-hit economy | CBC News
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented his first federal budget Tuesday and it includes big-ticket items to prop up an economy grappling with major economic disruptions but also cuts t...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
IFSD's @sahirkhan.bsky.social told CBC the deficit is manageable.
"Everybody in the G7 would gladly trade positions with 🇨🇦. There is no fiscal crisis & we’re not on any precipice." But “in the end, it’s all about execution. That was the Achilles’ heel of the last govt.”
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Everybody in the G7 would gladly trade positions with 🇨🇦. There is no fiscal crisis & we’re not on any precipice." But “in the end, it’s all about execution. That was the Achilles’ heel of the last govt.”
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Happy Halloween!
Did you know that the modern phrase of trick-or-treat first emerged in Canada?
Or that children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door in North America was reported in Vancouver?
This is the story of Canada's Halloween history!
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Did you know that the modern phrase of trick-or-treat first emerged in Canada?
Or that children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door in North America was reported in Vancouver?
This is the story of Canada's Halloween history!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween!
Did you know that the modern phrase of trick-or-treat first emerged in Canada?
Or that children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door in North America was reported in Vancouver?
This is the story of Canada's Halloween history!
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Did you know that the modern phrase of trick-or-treat first emerged in Canada?
Or that children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door in North America was reported in Vancouver?
This is the story of Canada's Halloween history!
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Which party? The one with a lame duck leader with a 70% disapproval rating (Poilievre), or the NDP which is at 8% and also leaderless and still owes millions on its election campaign loan? Or maybe in Quebec where Liberals are at 36%, BQ at 33%, and CPC at 23%. #cdnpoli
Fred DeLorey: "Every opposition party has its own reason to vote no to the budget - and every one of them stands to gain by doing it."
open.substack.com/pub/freddelo...
open.substack.com/pub/freddelo...
We’re headed to an election. Stop pretending we’re not.
This Parliament is five months old and already circling the drain.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Which party? The one with a lame duck leader with a 70% disapproval rating (Poilievre), or the NDP which is at 8% and also leaderless and still owes millions on its election campaign loan? Or maybe in Quebec where Liberals are at 36%, BQ at 33%, and CPC at 23%. #cdnpoli
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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A useful blocklist. Don't expose yourself to the propaganda. Also no need to expose others to it to gin up the outrage they want you to spread. Block em all
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A useful blocklist. Don't expose yourself to the propaganda. Also no need to expose others to it to gin up the outrage they want you to spread. Block em all
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🏡 The new Housing Design Catalogue makes it easier to build homes across Canada — with 50+ ready-to-build designs for rowhouses, multiplexes & accessory units.
Built by local experts to fit regional needs & build a stronger, more affordable Canada.
🔗Learn more: www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Built by local experts to fit regional needs & build a stronger, more affordable Canada.
🔗Learn more: www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🏡 The new Housing Design Catalogue makes it easier to build homes across Canada — with 50+ ready-to-build designs for rowhouses, multiplexes & accessory units.
Built by local experts to fit regional needs & build a stronger, more affordable Canada.
🔗Learn more: www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Built by local experts to fit regional needs & build a stronger, more affordable Canada.
🔗Learn more: www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
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"According to figures compiled by Statistics Canada, the police-reported crime rate dropped by 3.6 per cent... The drop is driven by a notable decrease in non-violent crime, such as property and drug offences, which dipped by about six per cent last year." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
Poilievre pitches crime crackdown, saying some communities have become 'war zones' | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching tough-on-crime legislation ahead of Parliament's return, saying some communities have become "war zones" and a crackdown is needed now.
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"According to figures compiled by Statistics Canada, the police-reported crime rate dropped by 3.6 per cent... The drop is driven by a notable decrease in non-violent crime, such as property and drug offences, which dipped by about six per cent last year." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
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“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...
www.thebeaverton.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
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"Her house arrest sentence shows that in Canada blocking roads is only a crime if you have the wrong politics"
THE CONVOY TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEY TOOK THE WHEELS OFF THEIR TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO MOVE.
PRO-PALESTINE PEOPLE GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
THE CONVOY TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEY TOOK THE WHEELS OFF THEIR TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO MOVE.
PRO-PALESTINE PEOPLE GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
Top story on the National Post.
FFS
Just chasing grievance clicks (and $$$) with absolutely no conscience at all.
FFS
Just chasing grievance clicks (and $$$) with absolutely no conscience at all.
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Her house arrest sentence shows that in Canada blocking roads is only a crime if you have the wrong politics"
THE CONVOY TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEY TOOK THE WHEELS OFF THEIR TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO MOVE.
PRO-PALESTINE PEOPLE GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
THE CONVOY TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEY TOOK THE WHEELS OFF THEIR TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO MOVE.
PRO-PALESTINE PEOPLE GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social Hey, @somemorenews.bsky.social cited your very grounded and sane tweet that put the crazies in a tizzy. Nicely framed, Cody(and/or other writers).
youtu.be/nD3rSA4FSqk?...
youtu.be/nD3rSA4FSqk?...
... Can We Talk? - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
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October 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social Hey, @somemorenews.bsky.social cited your very grounded and sane tweet that put the crazies in a tizzy. Nicely framed, Cody(and/or other writers).
youtu.be/nD3rSA4FSqk?...
youtu.be/nD3rSA4FSqk?...
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Yesterday was National Seniors Day.
Just a reminder that the Conservatives vote against support for seniors at every opportunity.
Just a reminder that the Conservatives vote against support for seniors at every opportunity.
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yesterday was National Seniors Day.
Just a reminder that the Conservatives vote against support for seniors at every opportunity.
Just a reminder that the Conservatives vote against support for seniors at every opportunity.
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I will never understand why there is such a reticence in Canada to celebrate our athletes, regardless of the sport.
Magdeleine's win was truly epic which should have been headline news Saturday. Instead, broadcasters like Global did not have one word about this phenomenal victory.
Magdeleine's win was truly epic which should have been headline news Saturday. Instead, broadcasters like Global did not have one word about this phenomenal victory.
Magdeleine Vallieres becomes 1st-ever Canadian to win elite race at road cycling worlds | CBC Sports
Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres won the women's elite road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda.
www.cbc.ca
September 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I will never understand why there is such a reticence in Canada to celebrate our athletes, regardless of the sport.
Magdeleine's win was truly epic which should have been headline news Saturday. Instead, broadcasters like Global did not have one word about this phenomenal victory.
Magdeleine's win was truly epic which should have been headline news Saturday. Instead, broadcasters like Global did not have one word about this phenomenal victory.
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#PierrePoilievre continues to be a destructive force in #Cdnpoli. He hasn’t stopped pumping out endless (monetized) #CdnDisinfo. But his treachery makes him truly malicious at a time when 🇨🇦 is a key target of economic warfare, malign influence operations, including #InfoOps & destabilization efforts
September 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#PierrePoilievre continues to be a destructive force in #Cdnpoli. He hasn’t stopped pumping out endless (monetized) #CdnDisinfo. But his treachery makes him truly malicious at a time when 🇨🇦 is a key target of economic warfare, malign influence operations, including #InfoOps & destabilization efforts
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ChatGPT, the 'dark enlightenment' and MAGA UK
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
ChatGPT, the 'dark enlightenment' and MAGA UK
The US and UK far right project is accelerating and so are Silicon Valley's plans for us.
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ChatGPT, the 'dark enlightenment' and MAGA UK
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This is really cool.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands
In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is really cool.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”
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September 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”
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I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
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HI CANADIANS
ARE YOU ANGRY ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S FURNERAL ON CBC? Yeah, me too.
The guy who’s helmed CBC during this pivot to the right is [email protected].
Complain to the CRTC, the government division responsible for overseeing the CRTC about what was ostensibly KKK rally: www.crtc.gc.ca
ARE YOU ANGRY ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S FURNERAL ON CBC? Yeah, me too.
The guy who’s helmed CBC during this pivot to the right is [email protected].
Complain to the CRTC, the government division responsible for overseeing the CRTC about what was ostensibly KKK rally: www.crtc.gc.ca
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
HI CANADIANS
ARE YOU ANGRY ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S FURNERAL ON CBC? Yeah, me too.
The guy who’s helmed CBC during this pivot to the right is [email protected].
Complain to the CRTC, the government division responsible for overseeing the CRTC about what was ostensibly KKK rally: www.crtc.gc.ca
ARE YOU ANGRY ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S FURNERAL ON CBC? Yeah, me too.
The guy who’s helmed CBC during this pivot to the right is [email protected].
Complain to the CRTC, the government division responsible for overseeing the CRTC about what was ostensibly KKK rally: www.crtc.gc.ca
September 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM