Mike Evans
@mikelevans.bsky.social
GenX, autistic, Canadian, and a proud dad of two awesome young adults.
Forever DM. I make stuff when I can.
Trans rights are human rights, genocide is bad.
Forever DM. I make stuff when I can.
Trans rights are human rights, genocide is bad.
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Reminder that when the Freedom Convoy began, Doug Ford went AWOL snowmobiling in the Muskokas, did little to nothing to support the City of Ottawa as the second biggest city in the province descended into anarchy for 3 weeks, then later refused to testify at the emergencies act inquiry
Emergencies Act Inquiry Points Blame at Doug Ford’s ‘Absence’ During Ottawa Convoy Occupation
Emergencies Act Inquiry concludes that Freedom Convoy chaos was a ‘failure in federalism’
pressprogress.ca
February 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reminder that when the Freedom Convoy began, Doug Ford went AWOL snowmobiling in the Muskokas, did little to nothing to support the City of Ottawa as the second biggest city in the province descended into anarchy for 3 weeks, then later refused to testify at the emergencies act inquiry
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Trump pressured the government of Romania to release Andrew and Tristan Tate.
This is a government by and for rapists.
apnews.com/article/roma...
This is a government by and for rapists.
apnews.com/article/roma...
Andrew Tate, who faces rape and trafficking charges in Romania, has left for the US
A Romanian official says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have left for the U.S. after a travel ban imposed on them was lifted.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Trump pressured the government of Romania to release Andrew and Tristan Tate.
This is a government by and for rapists.
apnews.com/article/roma...
This is a government by and for rapists.
apnews.com/article/roma...
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"For years, the federal government hired people for all the wrong reasons. It filtered candidates based on integrity, experience, and diversity of perspective. The new administration is replacing this approach with a better, fairer system: hiring whoever yells the loudest."
We’ve Replaced the Government’s Hiring Criteria with a Better, Fairer System: Hiring Whoever Yells the Loudest
“The Trump administration’s pick for FBI deputy director is Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent-turned-conservative commentator whose f...
buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"For years, the federal government hired people for all the wrong reasons. It filtered candidates based on integrity, experience, and diversity of perspective. The new administration is replacing this approach with a better, fairer system: hiring whoever yells the loudest."
How things are going on the hell site:
January 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How things are going on the hell site:
If you haven’t figured out that Pierre Poilievre isn’t fit to run our country yet, his interview with Jordan Peterson should seal the deal. The idiocy on display is top-notch.
January 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you haven’t figured out that Pierre Poilievre isn’t fit to run our country yet, his interview with Jordan Peterson should seal the deal. The idiocy on display is top-notch.
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me liking every positive post about luigi mangione that comes on my timeline
December 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
me liking every positive post about luigi mangione that comes on my timeline
Do people on this platform like videos of portly squirrels eating peanuts in the snow?
December 23, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Do people on this platform like videos of portly squirrels eating peanuts in the snow?
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NEW: WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized
WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
NEW: WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
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Got an email from an angry viewer for covering this last night so re-upping this article from @haaretzcom.bsky.social which is extremely extensively reported and disturbing.
Here’s a gift link.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Here’s a gift link.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers expose arbitrary killings and rampant lawlessness in Gaza's Netzarim corridor
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www.haaretz.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Got an email from an angry viewer for covering this last night so re-upping this article from @haaretzcom.bsky.social which is extremely extensively reported and disturbing.
Here’s a gift link.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Here’s a gift link.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The tone on this platform is too positive for an honest discussion about the Superman trailer.
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
The tone on this platform is too positive for an honest discussion about the Superman trailer.
It’s nice here, I get to spend less time in the sewer and more time posting cats.
December 16, 2024 at 6:56 PM
It’s nice here, I get to spend less time in the sewer and more time posting cats.
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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When it comes to the homeless, Ford wants to know where every penny is going.
“Organizations and municipal entities that receive funding will be required to submit spending plans to the province for review and approval, Ford said.”
We’d like the same for Ontario Place, the OSC, and Metrolinx Doug.
“Organizations and municipal entities that receive funding will be required to submit spending plans to the province for review and approval, Ford said.”
We’d like the same for Ontario Place, the OSC, and Metrolinx Doug.
Stiffer penalties for trespassing, public drug use in Ontario bill aimed at ending encampments | CBC News
Premier Doug Ford's government is introducing new legislation that it says will give municipalities and police services legal powers and tools to dismantle homeless encampments and crack down on publi...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2024 at 9:51 PM
When it comes to the homeless, Ford wants to know where every penny is going.
“Organizations and municipal entities that receive funding will be required to submit spending plans to the province for review and approval, Ford said.”
We’d like the same for Ontario Place, the OSC, and Metrolinx Doug.
“Organizations and municipal entities that receive funding will be required to submit spending plans to the province for review and approval, Ford said.”
We’d like the same for Ontario Place, the OSC, and Metrolinx Doug.
Great fun, rolling blackouts in Toronto in December. Thanks Doug Ford!
This hasn’t happened since the Harris days, but good thing you fired the million dollar man and made our hydro so much more reliable, right?
This hasn’t happened since the Harris days, but good thing you fired the million dollar man and made our hydro so much more reliable, right?
Martin Regg Cohn: How Doug Ford massively outspent Hydro One’s ‘Six Million Dollar Man’
When you mix business risk with political recklessness, and personal arrogance with governing incompetence, you are on the hook for what happens, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
www.thestar.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Great fun, rolling blackouts in Toronto in December. Thanks Doug Ford!
This hasn’t happened since the Harris days, but good thing you fired the million dollar man and made our hydro so much more reliable, right?
This hasn’t happened since the Harris days, but good thing you fired the million dollar man and made our hydro so much more reliable, right?
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This holiday season, Doug Ford is gifting his insider pals a luxury spa and sticking you with the bill: It'll cost $400 for every single household.
December 11, 2024 at 12:05 AM
This holiday season, Doug Ford is gifting his insider pals a luxury spa and sticking you with the bill: It'll cost $400 for every single household.
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Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
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IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes
The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city.
www.euronews.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 AM
IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
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As someone who has a PhD in studying misinformation, I can professionally say that this is a fucking stupid idea.
Soon-Shiong saying "the reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story based on that story" is among the scariest and stupidest things I've ever heard. There'd be an alternative version of each story written by AI in Trumpese??? www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/m...
LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash | CNN Business
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who blocked the newspaper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and plans to overhaul its editorial board, says he will implement an artificial intelligence-power...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:03 AM
As someone who has a PhD in studying misinformation, I can professionally say that this is a fucking stupid idea.
My favourite piece of Breaking Bad trivia is that America is the only country that classifies it as non-fiction.
December 6, 2024 at 4:03 PM
My favourite piece of Breaking Bad trivia is that America is the only country that classifies it as non-fiction.
Documented corruption of Doug Ford. Kinga Surma should be rightfully shamed everywhere she sets foot in Toronto.
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
www.auditor.on.ca
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Documented corruption of Doug Ford. Kinga Surma should be rightfully shamed everywhere she sets foot in Toronto.
Great news for the disabled community in Canada!
$30M donation to disability organizations a first of its kind, advocates say | CBC News
The Slaight Family Foundation has announced a $30 million donation to 11 disability organizations working across the country. Advocates call the gift historic, as it marks the largest single donation in disability initiatives in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Great news for the disabled community in Canada!
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"X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:06 PM
"X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
Doug Ford’s government has decimated health care in this province. No respect for anyone who supports this thuggish and corrupt administration.
2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds | CBC News
Over the past three years, at least 38 hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres in Ontario have experienced closures — about one in five of the province's 176 publicly funded facilities. Most are in rural areas.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Doug Ford’s government has decimated health care in this province. No respect for anyone who supports this thuggish and corrupt administration.