Pinned
I really like this bit from the TV show Pantheon - kinda sorta talking about A1:
"Unfortunately,
I and the others like me
cannot be trusted with this power.
We are not ghosts.
We are not aliens.
We are not machines.
We are not gods.
We are you."
"Unfortunately,
I and the others like me
cannot be trusted with this power.
We are not ghosts.
We are not aliens.
We are not machines.
We are not gods.
We are you."
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Also please read this companion piece by my friend and colleague Graham Thomson, on the surprising story of @lukaszukab.bsky.social and the Forever Canadian campaign. albertaviews.ca/forever-cana... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
Forever Canadian - Alberta Views
The “Forever Canadian” initiative was created by Thomas Lukaszuk. An anti-separatist initiative, that gathered 456,388 signatures.
albertaviews.ca
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Also please read this companion piece by my friend and colleague Graham Thomson, on the surprising story of @lukaszukab.bsky.social and the Forever Canadian campaign. albertaviews.ca/forever-cana... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
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Iran teeters, but major US media have no space to report about it
Demonstrations in Tehran's Grand Bazaar with the slogan "Freedom, freedom, freedom." After Khamenei's warning, bazaars again took to the streets on January 6th, this time shouting "freedom" on a larger scale. @chadbourn.bsky.social @atrupar.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Iran teeters, but major US media have no space to report about it
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In case you hadn't heard, The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken on assignment in northern B.C. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians — and the trial begins next week. thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-trial-u...
The Narwhal's trial is a week away | The Narwhal
We’re suing the RCMP for arresting a journalist on assignment for The Narwhal. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians
thenarwhal.ca
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
In case you hadn't heard, The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken on assignment in northern B.C. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians — and the trial begins next week. thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-trial-u...
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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if you don't think that the US will do whatever it takes to get exclusive "access" to whatever "resources" it wants from Canada, and Canadian elites will gladly facilitate that process, I dunno what else to tell ya bsky.app/profile/jeff...
le sigh
"A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands." www.economist.com/the-americas...
"A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands." www.economist.com/the-americas...
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
if you don't think that the US will do whatever it takes to get exclusive "access" to whatever "resources" it wants from Canada, and Canadian elites will gladly facilitate that process, I dunno what else to tell ya bsky.app/profile/jeff...
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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
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Indian boarding schools sought to strip Native children of their culture. Now, the Trump administration seeks to strip their stories from the historical record while opening ancestral lands for pillage and plunder.
Serious Reservations | Kristen Martin
The Trump administration’s erasure of Indigenous history serves a larger project—yet another plunder of land.
thebaffler.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Indian boarding schools sought to strip Native children of their culture. Now, the Trump administration seeks to strip their stories from the historical record while opening ancestral lands for pillage and plunder.
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People are *really* invested in 1950s US culture having been a stable system, rather than an extreme reactionary one that took *tremendous* effort to enforce that blew up in less than a generation....
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
People are *really* invested in 1950s US culture having been a stable system, rather than an extreme reactionary one that took *tremendous* effort to enforce that blew up in less than a generation....
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I haven’t seen many posts about Epstein files in the last couple of days.
January 6, 2026 at 11:08 AM
I haven’t seen many posts about Epstein files in the last couple of days.
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why is the Financial Times to the left of the Washington Post editorial board
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
why is the Financial Times to the left of the Washington Post editorial board
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Love this thorough overview from @livewirecalgary.bsky.social on the state of Calgary’s water infrastructure #yyccc #yyc livewirecalgary.com/2026/01/05/w...
Want to see the age and material of water mains in your Calgary neighbourhood? - LiveWire Calgary
As a former engineer for a public utility, Edmontonian Nick Khotenko had a special interest in Calgary’s latest Bearspaw feeder main break. So much so that Khotenko dove into Calgary’s open data catal...
livewirecalgary.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Love this thorough overview from @livewirecalgary.bsky.social on the state of Calgary’s water infrastructure #yyccc #yyc livewirecalgary.com/2026/01/05/w...
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If your patriotism and commitment to Canada is dependent on which political party is in power, you are part of the problem.
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If your patriotism and commitment to Canada is dependent on which political party is in power, you are part of the problem.
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"For all of the incessant whining about how Justin Trudeau wanted to kill Alberta’s oil and gas industry, it’s Trump that might actually end up doing it."
Donald Trump just drove a stake through Alberta's pipeline dreams. How long will it take for the Canadian oil and gas executives who supported him to realize they got Trumped?
#cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/06/o...
#cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/06/o...
Donald Trump just killed Alberta's pipeline dreams
Albertans love to accuse Justin Trudeau of trying to cripple their oil and gas industry. Now, Donald Trump might actually end up doing it — by accident.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"For all of the incessant whining about how Justin Trudeau wanted to kill Alberta’s oil and gas industry, it’s Trump that might actually end up doing it."
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This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
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"As a source of shock value, easy mission accomplished and moneymaking, Trump always has Greenland. His temptation is only likely to grow." My column on why I don't think Trump is trolling. as.ft.com/r/a343beca-d...
Greenland could be next
[FREE TO READ] Emboldened by the Venezuelan operation, Trump is seeking a foreign balm for domestic pain
as.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
"As a source of shock value, easy mission accomplished and moneymaking, Trump always has Greenland. His temptation is only likely to grow." My column on why I don't think Trump is trolling. as.ft.com/r/a343beca-d...
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Agreed. Clownish as it seems, this is not going away.
As Fintan O’Toole also pointed out back in March, Greenland (like Mars for Musk) is also the perfect blank canvas onto which to project juvenile macho fantasies of The Last Frontier:
As Fintan O’Toole also pointed out back in March, Greenland (like Mars for Musk) is also the perfect blank canvas onto which to project juvenile macho fantasies of The Last Frontier:
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Agreed. Clownish as it seems, this is not going away.
As Fintan O’Toole also pointed out back in March, Greenland (like Mars for Musk) is also the perfect blank canvas onto which to project juvenile macho fantasies of The Last Frontier:
As Fintan O’Toole also pointed out back in March, Greenland (like Mars for Musk) is also the perfect blank canvas onto which to project juvenile macho fantasies of The Last Frontier:
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The continued failure of the Fourth Estate in the face of this bloviating bully has in large part enabled much of this madness...
Surrounded by reporters as Air Force One cut through the night sky back to D.C. yesterday, Trump made clear he isn’t just hungry for power.
He's mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next.
And reporters just stood there.
@itsalovelylife.bsky.social
He's mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next.
And reporters just stood there.
@itsalovelylife.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The continued failure of the Fourth Estate in the face of this bloviating bully has in large part enabled much of this madness...
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Just watched an incredible fake AI generated video featuring Pierre Poilievre shilling for an AI investment program. Also features a fake CBC story. Could easily fool some people.
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just watched an incredible fake AI generated video featuring Pierre Poilievre shilling for an AI investment program. Also features a fake CBC story. Could easily fool some people.
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Starting to understand how he bankrupted those casinos
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Starting to understand how he bankrupted those casinos
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This is history. A great read! I'm a boomer and was not aware.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
US history 101 for non-boomers. Okay so most people that aren't boomers have no functional memory of the early 70's. This is critically important right now. There is this idea that the US "won" the cold war & the soviet union collapsed. This isn't actually true. Both the
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is history. A great read! I'm a boomer and was not aware.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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l'etat, c'est moi
"MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I’m doing. MAGA loves everything I do," Trump said. "MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too."
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
l'etat, c'est moi
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With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon | Common Dreams
Amid global concern over Trump's actions in Venezuela, Israel is bombing Gaza and Lebanon.
www.commondreams.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...