The quiet crisis Canada faces is bounded on one side by the collapse of middle-class progress and the hyper-concentration of wealth, and on the other by the accelerating power of AI-driven, algorithmically amplified disinformation @voiceoffranky.bsky.social

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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.

Eat it, Trump

I love this!

perfect for when we see something using AI, which we should ignore = ai;dr 📌

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Please do *not* observe in passing that Sir Jim looks like a banana that rolled behind the couch when the groceries were being put away weeks ago and went unnoticed until fruit flies had colonized the hirsute putrefaction oozing out his oily pores. Let us keep this discourse civilized, please.

So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA. Sounds like Hegseth! www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...

"By speaking out forcefully and regularly about these issues, Harper, Kenney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are making it hard for Poilievre to attack Carney on Canada-US relations, which is a ballot box issue for many Canadians."

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Heartbroken by this horrific school shooting in British Columbia. The people of California stand with our neighbors in Canada in grief and solidarity — no community should endure this kind of violence.

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So Trump is uniting a country, but it's Canada not the United States.

The oversized book area in uni libraries is always such a potpourri (Gerstein science library at u of t)

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I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

We’ve arrived on Bluesky! No fare needed, just follow along for service updates, tips, and a peek at how we keep Calgary moving. #CTRiders

What he said because he is 100% correct 👇

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Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.

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If the next federal election is about affordability or the appetite for change, Pierre Poilievre still has a chance. But if it's about Donald Trump and who's best equipped to meet his threat, it'll be over before it even starts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/o...

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‘“There’s not going to be another Democratic president,” Bannon said. “I’m not worried about that.”’ Trump and his quislings are planning a second coup, and are being completely open about it. www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Lots of goodwill flowing Greenland and Denmark’s way. Even small deployments change the security calculation for the Pentagon. Blue on blue confrontation would be anathema to the professional US military, even if Trump and Hegseth demand it.

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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

Carney on foreign interference: "As Prime Minister I've always taken this extremely seriously just from the point when I got my security clearance well before I was elected leader of the Liberal Party.

*Pierre Poilievre has left the chat.*

Fine, Trump has lost it, but why are these things happening in the US as though their president has ALL the power? He ISN'T a king or emporer. Don't blame the state of the decline of democracy in the US solely at the feet of this madman. What about congress? What about SCOTUS?

"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."

So we've got domestic automakers ostentatiously walking away from EVs while China wants to sell them here and Chinese automakers are already sniffing around for North American manufacturing opportunities, and some very loud people want us to say no to China for vibes, I guess?

I think this still largely holds up: Ontario's problem isn't Chinese EV imports (which will be modest even with today's deal) it's a floundering domestic auto sector and no prospect for sufficient demand for the batteries we want to build. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away. Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.

(Redo) If this were happening anywhere-else in the world, US Govt would be talking about needing to intervene, to bring "American democracy" to the country, etc. I know that there are those on the left who understand how serious this is, but does the average American realize how far they've fallen?

The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.

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Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for i theconversation.com/climate-misi... "Canada is entering an era where climate misinformation is becoming a public-safety threat."

Forgive me the self indulgence but I’m still kinda reeling at the incredibly mild posts that have gotten me swarmed and targeted by conservative politicians on this website while they’re totally silent about this take. What a fucking world!!!! Upside down truly!!!!!

Wrote something nice for Bryan Passifiume, hope he likes it

I feel like this is a “Read the Transcripts” moment for Calgary… The good news is the report is only 88 pages long and half of it is supporting appendices. So do your own reputation a favour and read the report. Don’t rely on Post Media to form your opinion. #Calgary

This is Zero. She is something of a shapeshifter. Not voluntarily, but still very impressive. 14/10 (IG: zerothesupercollie)

All Calgarians know how to reduce their water usage. Every single one of them. You just have to give them a financial incentive. Exhibit 11👇

BOOM. UN via DiCarlo: Final point deflates Trump's excuses.

Do you really think a strong statement of condemnation will stop Trump? If it did, Schumer's "statements" would have worked long ago to keep him in check. If anything, Trump's psyche takes it as a challenge, "I'll teach you a lesson". We are not dealing with a normal rational person here.

I spoke with María Corina Machado today. I affirmed Canada’s support for a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power — one that respects the democratic will of the Venezuelan people.