Grant
@grant.monster
A nice man from Nova Scotia. Photography on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thegrantyouknow/
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If you want a sense of how dire the situation is in Cuba now, here is a list of the measures the Cuban president says the nation has started taking to try to keep people in nursing homes and hospitals alive while Trump & Rubio choke the island of essentials, which the Cuban gov't is now referring...
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
If you want a sense of how dire the situation is in Cuba now, here is a list of the measures the Cuban president says the nation has started taking to try to keep people in nursing homes and hospitals alive while Trump & Rubio choke the island of essentials, which the Cuban gov't is now referring...
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“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”
As U.S. moves to block oil supply, Cubans wonder how they’ll survive deepening energy crisis
Anxieties simmered in Havana on Friday, a day after Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned that U.S. efforts to block oil supplies would take a heavy toll on the Caribbean nation and asked Cubans to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”
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Two things I’m not sure is widely understood:
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
Federal public servants called back to office 4 days a week starting this summer | CBC News
The federal government expects its employees to return to in-office work for a minimum of four days a week starting this July.
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Two things I’m not sure is widely understood:
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
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In 2016, when Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed after spending 1.5 years in Iranian prison, Jeff Bezos personally flew him back on his private plane. Bezos used it as a photo op.
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
We have launched a new fundraiser to support The Washington Post's courageous international employees and local staff who were laid off, who are not eligible for Guild protections, and who face additional logistical challenges and security risks.
Please give & share widely:
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Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
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February 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
In 2016, when Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed after spending 1.5 years in Iranian prison, Jeff Bezos personally flew him back on his private plane. Bezos used it as a photo op.
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
Now, Bezos is leaving people he laid off overseas in a lurch.
bsky.app/profile/myhl...
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
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“This morning, I spoke to a really senior adviser to Pierre Poilievre, and he said that it took him all hell’s work to convince Pierre to finally take up anti-immigration status. And that’s happening”
A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“This morning, I spoke to a really senior adviser to Pierre Poilievre, and he said that it took him all hell’s work to convince Pierre to finally take up anti-immigration status. And that’s happening”
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall is very good and highlights the draconian geographical limitations placed on Palestinians under occupation, and how they are *literally* fatal.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
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Wow, first the metaverse and NFTs and now this. I can't believe this keeps happening with all these expensive products that don't do anything.
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Investors Concerned AI Bubble Is Finally Popping
Investors are becoming incredibly antsy about the Magnificent Seven's enormous AI spending plans, stoking renewed fears over an AI bubble.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Wow, first the metaverse and NFTs and now this. I can't believe this keeps happening with all these expensive products that don't do anything.
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
Without descending into paranoia or invalidating anyone's sincere conservative beliefs, I think we as Canadians have to be mindful of this in a way we didn't before the 51st state/Alberta separatist nonsense kicked off.
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Without descending into paranoia or invalidating anyone's sincere conservative beliefs, I think we as Canadians have to be mindful of this in a way we didn't before the 51st state/Alberta separatist nonsense kicked off.
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
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canada continuing to drop the ball on taking tech policy seriously
Canada did a consultation on a new national AI strategy, formed an expert task force to write 32 reports, then used AI to analyze the responses & reports. The result is a summary that strings together 100s of vague action items & flattens nuance and policy trade-offs into false consensus
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
canada continuing to drop the ball on taking tech policy seriously
So, I guess this is good statesmanship given Alberta separatism, etc. But I don't know if you get to express this 'moral clarity' if you've spent your time out of office palling around with right wing populists in the US and beyond? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Stephen Harper says Canada must urgently reduce its dependence on the U.S. | CBC News
Speaking at an Ottawa gala late Wednesday, former prime minister Stephen Harper said that Canada must urgently pivot in the face of an erratic U.S. president and reduce its dependence on the American ...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
So, I guess this is good statesmanship given Alberta separatism, etc. But I don't know if you get to express this 'moral clarity' if you've spent your time out of office palling around with right wing populists in the US and beyond? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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WSJ: SpaceX trying to push the bag onto index investors ASAP.
Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.
Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.
Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO
Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
WSJ: SpaceX trying to push the bag onto index investors ASAP.
Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.
Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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I don't think Bezos is one of your visionary secret man-behind-the-curtain lever-pullers among the oligarch class. I think he bought the Post out of vanity and is gutting it mostly to placate Trump. But gutting the Post to placate Trump is still a way to prosecute the larger class agenda
That's exactly it. I don't think he originally bought it because he wanted to dismantle it, but letting it have editorial independence meant their writers would continue to do what had been excellent investigative work and that's bad for business.
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I don't think Bezos is one of your visionary secret man-behind-the-curtain lever-pullers among the oligarch class. I think he bought the Post out of vanity and is gutting it mostly to placate Trump. But gutting the Post to placate Trump is still a way to prosecute the larger class agenda
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It should be far more of a national scandal that the Canadian Pension Plan has invested *three hundred million dollars* of our taxpayer funds in this awful garbage. www.cppinvestments.com/newsroom/cpp...
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
It should be far more of a national scandal that the Canadian Pension Plan has invested *three hundred million dollars* of our taxpayer funds in this awful garbage. www.cppinvestments.com/newsroom/cpp...
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"92 year old former PM jokes about that time he strangled a guy while miming it to a former political rival"
Canada is a weird country sometimes.
Canada is a weird country sometimes.
Chrétien on Harper: "We're political opponents, but we're not enemies. Not today, anyways. Because he's afraid of the Shawinigan Handshake."
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"92 year old former PM jokes about that time he strangled a guy while miming it to a former political rival"
Canada is a weird country sometimes.
Canada is a weird country sometimes.
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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
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"It would be trivially easy for me to be the world's greatest pedophile"
- a man who is not a pedophile
- a man who is not a pedophile
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"It would be trivially easy for me to be the world's greatest pedophile"
- a man who is not a pedophile
- a man who is not a pedophile
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM