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Globe Urban
@globe-urban.bsky.social
• an Ontario Canadian
• computer literate
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Donald Trump wants to own Greenland. Canada might be next.

One thing is certain: if he does attack Canada, there will be plenty of right-wing media figures and Conservative supporters who will happily justify and defend his decision. #cdnpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
Canada’s fifth columnists are showing their hand
Donald Trump is threatening to invade Greenland, and Canada might be next. It's time to look around and figure out who would fight back — and who would surrender.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
When you use words to describe numbers. The test is interesting, and seems safe. I discovered that on average I interpret words with more uncertainty than others.
flowingdata.com/2026/01/13/y...
Your interpretation of uncertainty language compared
Probability expressed as a percentage is a value between 0% and 100%. If there is a 0% probability that something happens, then the thing is impossible. If there is 100% probability that something …
flowingdata.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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“Poilievre doesn’t have security clearance. Danielle Smith plays to Alberta separatists. The world is watching Canada lead so Poilievre grow up! Danielle Smith shut up! Our nation matters more than your toxic games that would undermine us in the end!” 🇨🇦

#CanadaSky

🔗 youtu.be/sZpjg5ZzHRM?si…
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Teachers in 2005: Wikipedia is not a proper source!

Teachers after AI: Please, god, just use Wikipedia!!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I've seen a lot of people (including within my field ?!) criticizing the NDP for walking away and choosing to write their own dissenting report. But it's the fault of Ford Nation!

The Conservatives have once again made something partisan and as a result, derailed the actual real work.
Even if this government report wasn‘t generated using AI — a big if — that it contains incorrect and made-up references should be enough to discredit it and the author. Speaking from experience, this would *never* happen in a report prepared by professional researchers.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Not everything is AI slop. There is still room for genuine, handcrafted, artisanal slop
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on how premiers have taken the lesson that there are no political consequences for invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, which put all of our Charter rights at risk #canqueer #cdnpoli
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Remarkable nonsense. Is it undemocratic if non-government MPs vote in favour of government legislation? #cdnpoli
Andrew Scheer repeats the claim that Liberals are using undemocratic actions to get a majority, saying "Canadians clearly voted for a minority government."

(where on the ballot did it say 'minority parliament'?)
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Trump to Americans right now
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Will Canada abandon environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire?

Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line.

The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/indigenous/w...

#cdnpoli #Budget2025
Will Canada abandon environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire?
Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line
ricochet.media
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Another maddening move by Doug Ford meddling in Toronto where his govt has quietly killed the city's 15 year old green roof bylaw—an industry-leading bylaw that has been copied in cities around the world & helps reduce stormwater runoff & building energy use/costs, as per @thestar.com.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I'm struck by how similar Doug Ford and Andrew Cuomo are. Both are guys who wanted to be mayor of a city they loathe. #ONPoli #TOPoli
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Hey Doug Ford - the data clearly shows that speed cameras work by changing behaviour and by reducing speeds vehicles travel
#Onpoli

Caledon’s speed camera data challenges Ford’s ban share.google/WzFX9oIoA9Xx...
Caledon’s speed camera data challenges Ford’s ban, 8 cameras have imaged 370,000 vehicles
Caledon mayor petitions province on photo radar.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social

#ONpoli

thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Doug Ford cancelled green energy projects as one of his first actions. Now he’s subsidizing hydro rebates to the tune of $8 BILLION. Our money.
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...
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 3:46 PM
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OMG here #Pukey_PP goes again. Premier Doug Ford posts a Reagea clip and he has to copy cat and ruin anything comedic in his pathetic performance.

#Putzy_PoLIE-evre
#Anti_Po_LIE-vre
#Dump_PukeyPP
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Doug Ford was raised in a financially and politically privileged family that has faced moral and ethical challenges. He has been permitted to indulge in his social dysfunctionality due to the ongoing support of a shallow thinking Ontario electorate.
People (mostly children) are going to die because of this.

Because Doug Ford has friends who are annoyed they get speeding tickets.

Because the people in this province keep voting for him. (And I don't care how pathetic the other parties are, this is so much worse.)
NEW: The Ford government's speed camera ban will receive Royal Assent on Monday, just 2 weeks after it was introduced.

Temporary signs will be introduced, but physical changes like roundabouts won't be in place when the cameras are banned. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1150266...
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM