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Steven Woods
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Canadian. Tech. Nature. Democracy. UWaterloo M.Math & PhD (CS). Inventor. Xoogler. Investor. “Science is a candle in the dark”. I miss Carl Sagan. 🇨🇦🦫
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minibubbly.bsky.social
Swedens SAAB sweetens the deal for Gripens with a manufacturing deal #Sweden #Canada
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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markgerretsen.bsky.social
Canada has announced the 2nd round of projects under the Major Projects Office.

These investments will create new careers and unlock economic opportunities across the country. 🇨🇦

🔗 More in the news release: bit.ly/3Xsgbcr
Graphic titled “Second Round of Projects – Major Projects Office” with a background of a lake and trees. The text lists seven projects in colored boxes: Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL) Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydro Project Canada Nickel’s Crawford Project Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Mine Northcliff Resources’ Sisson Mine Ksi Lisims LNG Footer includes the Mark Gerretsen logo.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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horrific
gtconway.bsky.social George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h
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November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
A tweet from JD Vance (@JDVance) reads: “What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein’s clients secret? Oh…” He’s quoting Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) from December 30, 2021, which says: “Are you paying attention yet? The DOJ and Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have made a deal that her ‘little black book’ of contacts will never be made public...” A tweet from JD Vance (@JDVance) dated December 30, 2021, says: “If you’re a journalist and you’re not asking questions about this case you should be ashamed of yourself. What purpose do you even serve? I’m sure there’s a middle class teenager somewhere who could use some harassing right now but maybe try to do your job once in a while.” Below it, Retard Finder (@Ifiwasarichman) responded on July 25, 2025, with: “Damn, this post didn’t age well.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
sgwoods.bsky.social
Very eorth thecread on AI wildfire risk substack.com/@timoreilly/...
Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly)
This is one of the best pieces I've read on the AI bubble, creatively reframing it with a metaphor that is a powerful tool for new insights. A must-read!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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paulawirth.bsky.social
Please @support.bsky.team can you reinstate @sarahkendzior.bsky.social - she’s an important voice right now
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Sarah Kendzior - Wikipedia
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November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is

I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Meanwhile, Bill Clinton once said hello to the Attorney General at an airport.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.

Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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derek.bike
wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
as-per-danielle.bsky.social Danielle @as-per-danielle.bsky.social · 7d
lol why put it this way
The Apple News Catch-up now Carney government survives 2nd confidence vote. All ostriches shot dead...
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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mark-carney.bsky.social
Our freedom was won by brave women and men who answered the call — including the heroic First Nations, Inuit, and Métis members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice of those who have served, those who serve today, and their families.
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
sgwoods.bsky.social
So much lying and self interest with Altman. Unsurprised. garymarcus.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
Sam Altman’s pants are totally on fire
Even for him, his latest whopper is something
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November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
This is really impressive. They invented racism.
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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danifroom.bsky.social
Clippy says, It looks like you're trying to reinvent phrenology because fascism is currently ascendant. Would you like me to help you stop being a piece of shit?
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.

So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 8d
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Watching RFK jr run away from someone collapsing feels like a harbinger of things to come
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.

It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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How many reasons do you need to not go to the USA? … What travelers should expect at airports as FAA cuts flights across the country - ABC News apple.news/A6M96ffc7S2e...
What travelers should expect at airports as FAA cuts flights across the country — ABC News
The airports impacted could reach far beyond the initial list of 40.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.

100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Tomorrow's Premium: Based on analysis of years of reporting, OpenAI has burned $23 billion since 2023, ending 1H 2025 with $9.6bn cash. OpenAI appears to have $9bn+ more in burn than has previously been reported.

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OpenAI Burned An Estimated $19 Billion In Cash Between 2023 and 1H 2025 - Where Did It Go? OpenAI had $9.6 billion in cash at the end of June. So, Microsoft’s funding in 2023 was $2 billion in cash (and $8 billion in credits, but I’m not counting those), add in the $6.6 billion of cash from 2024 (i’m not including the line of credit, as that would be a “cash equivalent), $10 billion from SoftBank and other investors in June 2025, and we assume $2 billion in revenue in 2023, $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024, and $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025 (for a total of $28.6 billion in cash), this means that OpenAI burned $19 billion in cash from the beginning of 2023 through the end of June 2025. Yet the reported losses are much, much smaller. For the sake of argument, I’m also going to leave OpenAI’s $4 billion line of credit out of the calculation. In 2024, OpenAI allegedly burned $5 billion. Through 1H 2025, it had a “net loss” of $13.5 billion but an “operating loss” of $6.7 billion, and the painfully-worded accounting leaked to The Information is done in such a way as to make it unclear how much of that is cash, with the hopes that you believe it’s not cash burn. $19 billion in burned cash doesn’t make sense based on any reported numbers. Even if we assume OpenAI burned $2 billion in cash in 2023, $5 billion in cash in 2024 and $6.7 billion in cash in 1H 2025, that’s $14.9 billion in missing burn to get us to the $28.6 billion total. I guess there could be prepayments as part of its deals with Broadcom or CoreWeave, but even then, The Information had another tidbit: OpenAI also recorded around $670 million of equity it gave to unnamed entities for providing the company with servers in the first half of 2025, compared to $1 billion in such equity compensation last year. While it’s not clear which cloud provider or providers received the equity, the decision could help OpenAI minimize its cash burn as it projected it would spend $16 billion to ren…
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.

The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
List of countries with the best reputation, showing change between 2024 and 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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nanagale.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM