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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 56m

yike

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 9h

An internal memo from Ontario’s electricity system operator advised the Ford government TC Energy’s pumped storage proposal on Georgian Bay could incur cost overruns and not meet current energy needs. The province is still urging it forward. thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-pu...

Ontario promised TC Energy $285M, despite expert advice | The Narwhal

An internal memo suggests TC Energy’s pumped storage project in Georgian Bay may not be the best option to meet Ontario’s energy needs

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 5d

Playing “does this person watch Tucker Carlson” while watching the new Love Is Blind and I’m 2/2 so far so 🥳 but also 😬

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 7d

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. 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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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 5d

Of course they want to build it next to a First Nations reserve and of course Kevin O'Leary is behind it. What a cancer on humanity.

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 6d

Water-hungry data centres are planned for drought-stricken regions across Canada. What will the AI data centre boom mean for communities? By @savannahridley.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal

Sprawling AI data centres — hungry for land, water and power — are coming. Plans the world’s largest, called Wonder Valley, are underway in Alberta

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 6d

Sooooo @mark-carney.bsky.social @globalaffairs.canada.ca what are you doing to free the Canadian humanitarians who have been kidnapped by Israel in international waters—another violation in a long run of violations of international law—while doing the work that you refuse to do?

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 7d

You're making me curious now but alas I deleted my FB lol

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 12d

"Historically, parks were created without consent from Indigenous Peoples, sometimes forcibly displacing people from their homes, erasing villages and expelling people from their harvesting and hunting areas..." thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

What Joffre Lakes Park looks like at rest | The Narwhal

A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park, or Pipi7íyekw, looks like when it’s quiet and closed to the public

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 21d

Not @globalnews.ca turning into Fox News Canada 😆

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 22d

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

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

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 27d

Just finished reading Kindred by Queen Octavia and yes the Parables were great but whew-y I fear I'm officially a sci-fi fan

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · 29d

Disgusting, ugh.

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Sep 13

Good for the anti-hate crowd. Absolutely wild that they chose Christie Pits to do this

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wtf man

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Sep 3

HAHAHAHA UHHHH WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK??????

CBC headline of a story by Cat Tunney reads: Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting

PMO says Heritage Foundation president knows the Trump administration's playbook

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

In other news

#writersofbluesky #booksky

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 28

I mean… good

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 27

😢 I’m sorry Justin, that really sucks.

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 23

HOW is this a thing??? lmao I cannot fathom thinking it’s a good idea to translate something from/to a language I don’t know at all

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 20

In Old Crow, Yukon, the Gwich’in people are organizing to resist U.S. president Donald Trump’s oil and gas ambitions in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a biodiverse region providing crucial habitat for one of the last healthy caribou herds in North America. thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-cr... (1/6)

‘Drill, baby, drill’ vs. Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal

As the U.S. government mandates drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Gwich’in people in northern Yukon organize to protect Porcupine caribou

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 19

48 hours and 3 connecting flights later, I’m finally home to my #blackcat baby after my original cancelled AC flight.

Congrats to #AirCanada FAs and the union. Labour rights are human rights.

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 19

Amazing. There’s no doubt the Crown acted dishonourably in many of these land claims cases. Hope the feckless appeals go nowhere.

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 19

I know. I’m not a fan of Carney but I thought he was supposed to be smart.

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also does their CEO really need to be paid $12 or $13M a year? And he can’t even do an interview properly loooool

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 18

Really? I love this

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Sexy Henry Kissinger Costume @mightygodking.com · Aug 18

Air Canada's CEO admitting to the media that their entire plan for the flight attendants' strike was "have the government say they're not allowed" and that they have no other ideas about how to deal with the strike is really a "yeah this is how Canada REALLY works" moment if ever there was one

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 18

Lady from Manchester chatting with a guy from Scotland behind me on the second leg of my flight home: Canadians don’t know how lucky they are

Lol

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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Aug 18

Beaverton never misses

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Aug 18

Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses

OTTAWA - With thousands of passengers still facing travel delays as flight attendants strike for fair working conditions, Air Canada executives have decided to comfort customers by sending photos of t...

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