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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Especially when there is no real competitive search. Friends, internal candidates, etc.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2h

I will forever find the idea that you can't find equally qualified (maybe even more qualified) people for half the price in pretty much any of these positions, such as CEOs for state agencies, university presidents, etc. etc. etc., to be total bullshit. Overpaid and unjustifiably so.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 2h

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

JFC

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 9h

“In September, scientists at Stanford reported they had used A.I. to design a virus for the first time.”

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

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Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2h

The great derangement syndrome. As the world blows past the 1.5 degree red line Trump and Carney talk about reviving Keystone XL.
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

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

Well, that was unexpected.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

And can we please be honest here? We're not talking about massive economic benefits for all Canadians. We're talking about huge profits for shareholders and corporate executives and environmental costs borne by the public.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Also, the argument that "Hey, other countries want dirty oil and if we don't supply it they'll get it from somewhere worse" is absurd. As if there is just a free-floating demand out there and there won't be a major effort to create markets and promote dependence on fossil fuels.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Listen to the former Keystone XL executive here. Straight up climate change denial, fine with trampling on Indigenous rights, wants existing environmental policy undone.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Give me the Nobel Peace Prize or else. 🤔

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 5h

We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities.

Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.

For isolated seniors, Canada Post delivers more than mail | CBC News

As the Canada Post strike hits the one-week mark, there are growing concerns for one group of Canadians who typically rely on the delivery service more than most — seniors.

www.cbc.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Is there a term for just wanting results independent of objectives?

Alessandro Corazza 🇨🇦 @alessandro.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 4h

@tryangregory.bsky.social

Word salad level 100:

Asked explicitly by reporters on Friday about whether he is considering repealing either the tanker ban or emissions cap, Carney said “it depends.”

“What this government is interested in is results, not objectives. We want to see results. We […]

Original post on mstdn.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

Not just Trump. Carney is looking backwards too.

grist.org/internationa...

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 2h

Great piece here by @charlieangus104.bsky.social. 👇
(And thanks for the shout-out Charlie 🙏).

The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

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

Well, that was unexpected.

open.substack.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h

This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 4h

Told ya.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap

As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the tanke...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 11h

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Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs

Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.

universityaffairs.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 19h

Um.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

Very clearly a real danger that this is how it will be used.

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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

breachmedia.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

Satire but

The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

Btw, Major Projects Office CEO:

financialpost.com/commodities/...

Carney taps ex-Trans Mountain CEO to lead major projects office

Dawn Farrell will the lead Ottawa’s effort to fast-track large new infrastructure projects in Canada and get shovels in the ground. Read on.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 2d

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

thenarwhal.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

No one could have foreseen this.

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

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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.

www.cbc.ca

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

No one calls it "Frankenstein". If you want to use the informal nickname that is already established for XFG, it's Stratus. Also, can we please stop with the "Is this new variant more dangerous?" framing? 🤦

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

COVID-19: Is the ‘Frankenstein’ Variant Dangerous?

XFG, a recombinant of LF.7 and LP.8.1.2, is growing globally and predominates in Europe, although its impact on hospitals remains limited according to the ECDC and WHO.

www.medscape.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22h

Viruses are not good for us. Getting infected repeatedly doesn't make anyone healthier. I think that's the take away.

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 14d

Attenuation of the SARS-2 furin-cleavage site (FCS) continues apace. It's beginning to look as if some form of FCS-weakening mutation might well become fixed in the near future. Collectively, they are at ~12% globally—a totally unprecedented level—& rising quickly. 1/4

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