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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

It's impossible to untangle the current Canadian military from the American military superstructure, and I suspect this is one of the results. Worrisome stuff.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: “One area where we are working very closely is the Golden Dome. We’ll be working together on a Golden Dome for the two countries.”
Mark Carney needs to look at the camera and wink or something... We can't possibly be getting involved in this. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Trump says U.S. in ‘natural conflict’ with Canada over cars, steel

Trump expressed ambivalence about continuing the USMCA and said he might do separate trade deals with Canada and Mexico

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 16h

The Indian Act is entirely offensive.

It is part of Canada's Constitutional Apartheid.

Parliament can never remove "outdated, offensive language in the Indian Act" without complete repeal and land back sovereignty.

Remove 2nd-generation cut-off from Indian Act, witnesses tell Senate committee | CBC News

Indigenous leaders and experts say Bill S-2 takes small steps to address discrimination in the Indian Act but fails to solve deeper injustices like the second-generation cut-off.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 1d

Recalling the spicy discussions about shipbuilding from a few months ago. Here is a good explainer why Canadian shipbuilders just cannot compete with the behemoths in Asia. youtu.be/0Gk61ginOqo?...

Why Only Three Countries Bother Building Ships Anymore

YouTube video by Micro

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel “plunged the region into a devastating war.”

That’s how an Associated Press article opens – one that some of Canada’s largest news outlets published today.

But Oct. 7 wasn’t the day this started.

Today, with @cjjpmedia.bsky.social, I'm giving a history lesson:

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 1d

Lucy sets up the football for Charlie Brown.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Everything before October 7 explains why October 7 happened, and so does everything that’s happened since.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/everything...

Everything Before AND After October 7 Explains Why October 7 Happened

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but it's just plain hilarious that we're still expected to hate Hamas after spending two years being shown exactly what it is that Hamas has been fighting.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget October 7th 2023, that fateful day when Israelis were brutally massacred by Israeli tanks and Israeli helicopters and Israeli drones and Israeli soldiers and Israeli bullets, and also by Hamas a bit.

thecradle.co/articles-id/...

Ex-Israeli war chief confirms issuing Hannibal Directive to kill own civilians, soldiers on 7 Oct

Israeli forces used attack helicopters, drones, and tanks to kill their own civilians and soldiers while blaming the deaths on Hamas

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

Blood in the endowment

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3d

I’m honestly so torn about what to do about posting on X.

Like Kat makes such an important point here.

That said, in Canada at least, many important decisionmakers and public pundits exclusively scroll there — and seem to derive some understanding of public sentiment from it (terrifying, I know).

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d

As an internet culture journalist, I think it’s important for me to continue to observe the depravity that goes viral on X, but one of the reasons I’m glad I stopped posting there is because I think it helps me avoid normalizing the rhetoric celebrating the political brutality in America right now

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

It was always "never again" only for them. Otherwise they wouldn't have started raping and pillaging entire Palestinian villages 80 years ago

mimi828 @mimi828.bsky.social · 3d

Netanyahu likely won’t stop until it’s all flattened. It’s appalling & unbelievable that he would have gone this far. I guess the old “never again” is not a thing anymore. 😑

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d

Time for Mark Carney to invite BYD to take over a factory that some US automaker will surely vacate in the coming year in exchange for access to the Canadian market.

Donald Trump says US truck imports to face 25% tariff from November 1

Announcement comes on eve of talks in Washington with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

www.ft.com

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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 2d

Public safety accounts for half of every property tax dollar.

The mayor wants a 0% property tax increase.

The police budget can’t be cut.

What services will be cut? How many staff will be let go? How much will fees and parking increase?

The math isn’t mathing.

Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social · 2d

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.

Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

www.cbc.ca

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

In a new genre called First Person Loser.

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

Can AI print money?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

OpenAI's computing deals with Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, and others have topped $1T, commitments that dwarf its revenue and raise questions about how it can fund them (Financial Times)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

That might have been a stretch. But I’m sticking with it.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

Nowadays it would be classified as Math Rock. An equally sexless genre.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

The America First movement was tired of seeing American troops deployed in foreign countries. We want them deployed in America First.

by Stephen Miller

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Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social · 2d

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.

Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

www.cbc.ca

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

We bought disappointing mooncakes today.

Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

So Rush is touring again with Anika Nilles on drums. Big shoes to fill and she’s us skilled and talented enough to fill them. youtu.be/Lowk0E2_dAM?...

Anika Nilles - Pikalar [official video]

YouTube video by Anika Nilles

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