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SocialDave
@socialdave.bsky.social
Father, Brother, Husband.🇨🇦, Generalist, #WomenInSTEM & 2SLGBTQI+ 🏳️‍🌈 ally, World Traveler 🧳, 📚 Book Collector, 🥾Woodlands & Great Outdoors🏕️ (May post in French)

Geek alter ego: @crazykinux.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/socialdave/
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media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The amount of stupidity the CAQ is able to spontaneously create is beyond comprehension!! SAAQclic, Northvolt, Bill 2 against doctors, and the list goes on Now THIS?!! Seriously, is there no limit to their ability to turn everything they do into a fiasco?!!
Quebec’s French streaming plan tests whether Netflix and Spotify stay or go montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Fewer than 150 adult achoque salamanders are thought to remain in the wild, all of them in Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico’s central Michoacán state.

The lake is shrinking in size and is increasingly polluted with sewage, fertilizer runoff and sediment from deforestation, reports Mongabay’s Liz Kimbrough.
Scientists & nuns unite to save Mexico’s rare achoque salamanders
For the last 20 years, Dominican nuns in a Mexican monastery have cared for the largest known captive population of the critically endangered achoque salamander. Now scientists from Chester Zoo in…
news.mongabay.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Researchers decoded 40,000-year-old mammoth RNA, unlocking real-time biological secrets frozen since the Ice Age.” via @sciencenews.bsky.social #mammoth #rna #iceage
Scientists recover 40,000-year-old mammoth RNA still packed with clues
Researchers have sequenced the oldest RNA ever recovered, taken from a woolly mammoth frozen for nearly 40,000 years. The RNA reveals which genes were active in its tissues, offering a rare glimpse in...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“Over the past several decades, the general trend has been that attitudes toward presidents from both parties have exerted growing influence over other elections. But even against that broader trend, Trump stands out.” - Ronald Brownstein via @cnn.com #uspoli #USelections #politics
Analysis: Why Trump’s political shadow is a mixed blessing for the GOP in 2026 | CNN Politics
The biggest lesson of this month’s sweeping Democratic election victories is that President Donald Trump is continuing to cast an outsize shadow over every other election during his presidential term.
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Conolly noted other features that were unusual, including the absence of a wheel on the aft deck, a lack of centreboard winch and an early windlass design — all hinting the vessel could be 50 to 100 years older than the Rapid City.” - Colin Butler via CNC News #archeology #LakeOntario #shipwreck
A 19th-century shipwreck near Toronto emerges almost untouched by time | CBC News
An exploration dive team seeking the century-old wreck of the Rapid City has instead found a much rarer prize: a virtually undisturbed vessel, potentially dating back to the first half of the 19th cen...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Scientists are divided on polygenic indexes (PGIs), but 6,000+ studies link them to traits like sleep, personality, and education. Not definitive, but revealing: only 7% of people in the lowest PGI for education finish college, compared to 71% in the highest.” - Dr. Dalton Conley via @nytimes.com
Opinion | A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are and How We Got That Way
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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After Islamic State militants took Mosul, Iraq in 2015, they vandalised the Mosul Cultural Museum and its collections. Now, the museum is gradually being brought back to life so that the citizens of Mosul can again identify with and learn from Iraq’s rich cultural heritage.

🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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The European Commission is expected to propose delaying a key part of its landmark artificial intelligence rules, according to two Commission officials.
EU prepares to delay landmark AI rules by one year
The bloc previously wanted to be seen as a global front-runner in regulating the nascent technology, but now aims to stay competitive with the U.S. and China.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Torngat Mountains visitor gets front row seat as black bear fights polar bear #BlackBear #PolarBear #Newfoundland #Labrador
#MeanwhileInCanada

Icelandic expedition member says he will remember the encounter for the rest of his life

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Labrador visitor gets front row seat to fight between black bear and polar bear | CBC News
A photo of a fight between a black bear and polar bear on the northern tip of Labrador is making the rounds on social media — something many are saying they've never seen before.
www.cbc.ca
September 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What Canadian Geese jaywalking looks like! 🤣😂😆

#canadiangeese #meanwhileincanada
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Why not take a long walk back home from the dealership, during the first winter storm of the season! 🤪 #beatyesterday #garmin #longwalk
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Talked to Sir Tim Berners-Lee about the future of the web, AI, and how he feels about ~all this~ www.theverge.com/podcast/8145...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
The inventor of the World Wide Web still believes in the internet as a force for good.
www.theverge.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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What is the difference between between investing in Canada and investing in the USA?
“We have rule of law.”
- PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM