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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h

Deal.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 1h

Paul raises his hand to teach women the correct term for "vulva" is "vagina."

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?

An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h

Had anybody suggested trying *less* colonialism?

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 2h

👉NEW -- Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

by Irfan Chowdhury

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.
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Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1h

the age of societal domination by mediocre white men was drawing to a close. nature was healing. and thus the most mediocre of all staged a hostile takeover of our government by economic force so that they could institute counterrevolution and maintain their control in perpetuity.

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

TOLD YA.

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

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

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Althia Raj: Mark Carney, Donald Trump put on a show of affection in Oval Office trade talks, but no real progress announced

The Liberals won the last election on one premise — Canada strong, a country less dependent on the United States, in terms of its security and its economy. But early signs from Tuesday’s White House v...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 3h

Bowing to bullies would only make a bad situation worse
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."

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US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 3h

Carney’s reckless approach to AI policy should raise serious questions about his infrastructure & US policies as well. In all three, he seems to be relying on his own (non-expert) judgment, ignoring complexity & others’ expertise in favour of speed. But decisiveness isn’t the same as good judgment.

Carney’s haste may make bad AI policy - The Logic

The Liberals’ AI task force has just 30 days to do their job. Some members say it isn’t enough time.

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

Womp womp

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No tariff relief for Canadians after Tuesday’s meeting in Washington

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

Any day now the ass-kissing will work...

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No tariff relief for Canadians after Tuesday’s meeting in Washington

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16h

This is why you PUSH BACK.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16h

This is your guy, Dems?

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16h

WE TOLD YOU. Partisans defended it. Well here you go.

"An analysis by the Justice Department concluded the original version of the bill could have affected several rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms."

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Carney government expected to replace controversial border bill

An analysis by the Justice Department concluded the original version of the bill could have affected several rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16h

I know, I know. He's not actually kissing a tyrant's ass, he's just playing 4D chess. And when we get hit with more tariffs and more comments about 51st state, and when Carney gives more concessions for nothing in return, that's also just part of his brilliant plan. 🙄

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

The MAGA plan to break up our country: secret meetings in Washington, a massive American slush fund and Danielle Smith.
Here is my latest on the MAGA and MAGA MAPLE attack on Canada.
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THE MAGA SCHEME TO DESTROY CANADA: TRAITORS, FAKE PIPELINE, SLUSH FUND

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16h

"Mr. Carney was effusive in his praise of Mr. Trump"

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Four key moments from Carney’s meeting with Trump in Washington

Mutual love, natural conflict and 51st state jokes as leaders meet in Oval Office

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

Told ya.

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 1d

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-...