Greg Pyle
@pikewrangler.bsky.social
Writer of words, pedaler of bikes, paddler of canoes, and walker of overgrown trails. Part-time fish whisperer. Full-time opinionist. Recovering academic scientist. 🇨🇦
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February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government.
My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...
My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government.
My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...
My statement: x.com/markjcarney/...
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Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
February 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
Sitting in Mexico watching #TeamCanada play ice hockey in Italy.
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Sitting in Mexico watching #TeamCanada play ice hockey in Italy.
As long as the people who benefit most from the disinformation campaigns facilitated by social media are the same ones setting the regulations, change will be too slow to meaningfully protect democracy and democratic institutions.
"Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions
Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...
www.science.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
As long as the people who benefit most from the disinformation campaigns facilitated by social media are the same ones setting the regulations, change will be too slow to meaningfully protect democracy and democratic institutions.
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We all share this beautiful planet. It's up to all of us to fight back against those who want to cause it harm.
We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6
We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6
February 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
We all share this beautiful planet. It's up to all of us to fight back against those who want to cause it harm.
We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6
We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high.
Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6
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It's time for Canada to legislate social media platforms to hold them accountable for the hateful and racist content they distribute (as in EU). Time to also revoke broadcasting licenses of foreign news channels that promote hatred (e.g., Fox News), this content is already contrary to Canadian law.
Donald Trump probably (!) won't order a military attack on Canada. But his administration is happy to interfere in our politics, and we have to respond accordingly: by thickening our informational borders and holding tech companies to account. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/o...
Trumpism's war on the truth is coming to Canada. We need to be ready
The Trump administration has made it clear that it will use almost everything at its disposal in its broader war on the truth. If we're not careful here in Canada, we'll become one of its casualties.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
It's time for Canada to legislate social media platforms to hold them accountable for the hateful and racist content they distribute (as in EU). Time to also revoke broadcasting licenses of foreign news channels that promote hatred (e.g., Fox News), this content is already contrary to Canadian law.
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Again for those in the back:
"#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."
"#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Again for those in the back:
"#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."
"#AI IS NOT A PEER, SO IT CAN'T DO PEER REVIEW."
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Happy Wakefield retraction day to all those who celebrate it
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Happy Wakefield retraction day to all those who celebrate it
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"The solution to technology is not more technology. The solution to loneliness is each other, a wealth that should be available to most of us most of the time." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with a must read www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"The solution to technology is not more technology. The solution to loneliness is each other, a wealth that should be available to most of us most of the time." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with a must read www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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Polling Canada Federal Model Update:
🔴 LPC: 183 (+14)
🔵 CPC: 124 (-20)
⚜️ BQ: 28 (+6)
🟠 NDP: 6 (-1)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- January 31, 2026 -
Full model article here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/liberal-ga...
🔴 LPC: 183 (+14)
🔵 CPC: 124 (-20)
⚜️ BQ: 28 (+6)
🟠 NDP: 6 (-1)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- January 31, 2026 -
Full model article here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/liberal-ga...
Liberal Gains Accelerate in Latest Polling
In the face of Poilievre's leadership review, the polls swing back towards the Liberals
canadianpolling.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Polling Canada Federal Model Update:
🔴 LPC: 183 (+14)
🔵 CPC: 124 (-20)
⚜️ BQ: 28 (+6)
🟠 NDP: 6 (-1)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- January 31, 2026 -
Full model article here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/liberal-ga...
🔴 LPC: 183 (+14)
🔵 CPC: 124 (-20)
⚜️ BQ: 28 (+6)
🟠 NDP: 6 (-1)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- January 31, 2026 -
Full model article here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/liberal-ga...
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Using a two stroke gas leafblower for 30 minutes generates as many non-methane hydrocarbon emissions as driving a Ford F-150 Raptor for 5,108 km - it’s a scandal two stroke engines are still legal to use in cities given there are clean and safe battery electric alternatives
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Using a two stroke gas leafblower for 30 minutes generates as many non-methane hydrocarbon emissions as driving a Ford F-150 Raptor for 5,108 km - it’s a scandal two stroke engines are still legal to use in cities given there are clean and safe battery electric alternatives
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With Premier Kinew's, and others, talk of increasing shipping out of the Port of Churchill and other Northern ports the effects of ship noise is in the news again.
This article talks about the some of the research done in Canada.
It also mentions that some
1/2
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This article talks about the some of the research done in Canada.
It also mentions that some
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
With Premier Kinew's, and others, talk of increasing shipping out of the Port of Churchill and other Northern ports the effects of ship noise is in the news again.
This article talks about the some of the research done in Canada.
It also mentions that some
1/2
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This article talks about the some of the research done in Canada.
It also mentions that some
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Celebrating
🇨🇦CATHERINE O'HARA
wikipedia
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imdb
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second city
youtu.be/L4-F0QF4HJc
Thank You Catherine
🇨🇦CATHERINE O'HARA
wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...
imdb
www.imdb.com/name/nm00015...
second city
youtu.be/L4-F0QF4HJc
Thank You Catherine
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Time for the PMO to call in the U.S. ambassador for an explanation. And if he threatens to invade our sovereign territory or impose new tariffs, then he needs to be sent packing. #cdnpoli #Canada
US officials and far-right media are now openly discussing Alberta separatism — even floating the idea of Alberta becoming the 51st state. What was once fringe is now being talked about at the highest levels. This is no longer hypothetical. #abpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #alberta #canadapolitics
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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I am LOVING the pressure Canadian Premiers are putting on Smith. Eby and Kinew as well.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith "to stand up and say enough is enough" to those leading Alberta's sovereignty movement as they meet with U.S. officials, saying you're either with Canada or not with Canada.
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I am LOVING the pressure Canadian Premiers are putting on Smith. Eby and Kinew as well.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
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Keep going! 🍁
Almost 17,000 signatures on Petition e-6821: calling for majority Canadian ownership & control of print, digital and other news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6821 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Keep going! 🍁
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It's called treason.......
There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It's called treason.......