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Joseph Cox

@josephcox.bsky.social

New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work

www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...

ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says

A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...

www.404media.co

December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥

@taliajane.bsky.social

BREAKING: Charges against indie videojournalist Samuel Seligson DROPPED.

First, judge vacated a terrorism charge for lack of grounds, then today dismissed felony charges, with DA offering ACD (impending dismissal) for misdemeanor criminal mischief.

Comment from lawyer Ron Kuby:

Mr. Seligson's long ordeal from being smeared as an anti-Semitic terrorist to having all charges dismissed is one that no one, let alone a journalist, should have to endure. This vindication is a belated but welcome admission by the prosecutors that Sam did not break any laws and conducted himself as a member of the press at all times.

December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM

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Jennifer N. Victor

@jenvictor.bsky.social

It's important to have markers like this to help us comprehend the profound change the US political landscape has experienced in a short time. Anti-democratic norms have rapidly dissolved as tyrannical Trumpism has taken over one of America's main political parties.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

It may come as a surprise, but in 2011, Michele Bachmann using the word "retardation" essentially nuked her presidential campaign. Now, when Trump uses it to describe Tim Walz, Republicans collectively shrug. My latest for @msnowreports.bsky.social
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump used an ugly slur against Tim Walz. Many on the right didn't mind.

Eric Garcia: Note how few Republicans have criticized the president's rhetoric.

www.ms.now

December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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Billmetoo

@billmetoo.bsky.social

Spotted at the recent United Conservative Party Convention in Alberta. This what we are up against.

December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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BillT

@billt51.bsky.social

credit: Robert Young Pelton

November 22, 2024 at 5:55 PM

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Alan Drummond MD

@dralandrummond.bsky.social

'Avoidable and preventable': Family of B.C. man who died after ER visit calls for change
www.seekyoursounds.com/news/vancouv...

Family of B.C. man who died after ER visit calls for change | Seekr

On Nov. 18, 20-year-old Rowan Hamilton was taken to Surrey Memorial Hospital with several severe symptoms that appeared to be worsening.

www.seekyoursounds.com

December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Canada's move marks "the first time a third country will formally participate in the [EU's] flagship joint procurement initiative."

@politico.com #Canada
www.politico.eu/article/cana...

Canada clinches deal to join Europe’s €150B defense scheme

The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.

www.politico.eu

December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM

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Taniel

@taniel.bsky.social

A new post by a Republican state Senator in Indiana, saying she will "not cave" on redistricting as she shares that she was just the target of a pipe bomb threat to due "DC political pundits."

Unfortunately, my house was the target of a pipe bomb threat on Saturday evening. This is a result of the D.C. political pundits for redistricting. Thanks to the Oldenburg Town Marshall, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the ISP, all is okay!

November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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The Hollywood Reporter

@thr.com

Tom Stoppard, the ingenious Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose gift for wordplay led him to a record five Tony Awards for best play, the first for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the last for Leopoldstadt, and an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, has died. He was 88.

Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88

Tom Stoppard, the ingenious Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose gift for wordplay led him to a record five Tony Awards for best play, the first for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the last for Leopoldstadt, and an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, has died. He was 88.

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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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Diedrich Bader

@diedrichbader.bsky.social

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November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM

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Jason Markusoff

@markusoff.bsky.social

Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS

Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 5d

Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.

This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.

November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

This isn’t policy. It’s rule by fear.

Screenshot of a tweet from Tom Nichols on X.com. It quotes an Indiana GOP lawmaker saying: “I’d rather my house not get firebombed.” Nichols adds commentary that the Republican Party has become a “mindless cult of personality led by a mob.” Below is a preview of an article titled “The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans,” showing a photo of the Indiana Statehouse.

November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM

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Ravin Boodram

@rvbdrm.com

Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”

‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

www.seattletimes.com

November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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Rachel Gilmore

@rachelgilmore.bsky.social

Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:

Statement by Steven Guilbeault

This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in
Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change
and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud
of the achievements I have helped bring forward:
• Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and
placing them on a downward trajectory
• Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our
communities
• Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's
history
• Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19
crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions
affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country

First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by
this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas
reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for
several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity
sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a
serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces
greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes.

Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate
action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their
Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his
lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet
remains unchanged.

Steven Guilbeault
Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie

November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Angus MacDonald

@littleangus.bsky.social

Thank you @janeborden.bsky.social for this clear and excellent article about the 1620 Pilgrims and later New England Puritans.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists

The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas.

www.thenation.com

November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM

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Eurasia Group

@eurasiagroup.net

We’re not much closer to a cease-fire in Ukraine, says @ianbremmer.com.

What the Russians are putting on the table isn’t meant for the Ukrainians to accept – Putin is trying to split the Americans from the Europeans.

"We're not much closer to a ceasefire" in Ukraine, Ian Bremmer says

The Trump administration is pushing to secure a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. But what that looks like and whether Russia is willing to accept it are still unclear. Ian Bremmer, president and ...

www.cbsnews.com

November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

BROOKINGS: Our survey results lend themselves" to some conclusions:

".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."

@brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

How are Americans using AI? Evidence from a nationwide survey | Brookings

Brookings scholars Alikhani, Harris, and Patnaik break down the latest evidence on how Americans use AI, both personally and at work

www.brookings.edu

November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM

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Colin Dickey

@colindickey.com

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

Vulture @vulture.com · 7d

Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’

Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT

Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’

www.vulture.com

November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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The Walrus

@thewalrus.ca

After former MP Chris Alexander's explosive accusations against reporter David Pugliese were debunked by experts, the media simply moved on. In his latest editor's letter, @cstarnino.bsky.social considers why journalists left the case's tough questions untouched: thewalrus.ca/was-chris-alexan...

On the left: an illustration of two people; one has a rule book as a head, the other is looking at the first over another large book. On the right: text that reads “Was Chris Alexander fed false intel about a so-called Russian asset? Journalists still need to challenge government leaks and official statements or no one will.”

November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.

To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.

November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Shawn Goldwater

@shawninmontreal.bsky.social

I wish American reporters could one day have a moment like this but I'm not holding my breath.

Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 7d

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Scott Robertson

@sarobertson.bsky.social

PROUDFOOT: Calling Donald Trump the most corrupt president in American history is factual and demonstrable and real...

COCHRANE: We can't edit this out because it's live, so if Donald Trump sues me, I'm going to send him your number, Shannon.

November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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Rutger Bregman

@rutgerbregman.com

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM