Max Power
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Max Power
@sercher.bsky.social
Tired suburban dad. Never vote conservative. Want to see the Leafs win the Cup before I die in 2049.
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NEW: An academic study released last week reveals how the Alberta Energy Regulator has vastly underreported the volume and environmental impact of bitumen tailings spills.

www.readtheorchard.org/p/new-report...
New report debunks Alberta Energy Regulator's tailings spills data
Regulator's data lacks crucial evidence of environmental harm, with spill volumes and footprints vastly understated, ecologist Kevin Timoney finds.
www.readtheorchard.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Auditor General uncovers massive problems with the Therme deal and that cost is already ballooning to $2.2 billion.

This is a more costly corruption scandal than the gas plants that brought forced Dalton McGuinty to resign.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...

#onpoli #Ontario #OntarioPlace
Therme met with Ford’s staff, had ‘direct access’ to assessor of Ontario Place submissions
Auditor general finds assessment process was 'irregular, subjective' and 'not fair'
www.thetrillium.ca
December 3, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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NEW: The cost of relocating the Science centre to Ontario Place increased by $400 million, the AG has found, throwing cold water on the government’s assertion that moving the tourist attraction would be cheaper than renovating it.

globalnews.ca/news/1089904...
#onpoli
Cost of moving Ontario Science Centre skyrockets before construction even starts: AG | Globalnews.ca
Savings the government boasted about moving the Ontario Science Centre from its current location have already been wiped out before construction even begins, a new report said.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I'm technologically challenged. When my Android personal phone upgrade added Gemini AI, I disabled it immediately. Are there any conceivable reasons to reactivate?
December 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Je vous recommande cet article de La Presse : Un « oui, allô ? » lourd de conséquences lp.ca/tOXkot?shari...
Fraude téléphonique | Un « oui, allô ? » lourd de conséquences
Bouleversée, Monique Proulx ne répond plus au téléphone. Des fraudeurs l’auraient escroquée de 6000 $ en enregistrant ses paroles à l’autre bout du fil. Le tout, à partir d’un simple « oui, allô ? ».
lp.ca
November 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”

HUMANS!
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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“Who’s the bigger idiot: the politician campaigning against a program that benefits the majority, or the majority prepared to torpedo a program they benefit from?”

Pierre Poilievre has ‘axed the facts,’ and Canadians are being fooled by a dumb slogan
Pierre Poilievre has 'axed the facts,' and Canadians are being fooled by a dumb slogan
Pierre Poilievre has 'axed the facts,' and Canadians are being fooled by a dumb slogan.
cultmtl.com
November 10, 2024 at 7:08 PM