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Paris Marx
2 days ago
“A new auto strategy, set to be released next month, will prioritize made-in-Canada vehicles and give companies that build vehicles domestically preferential market access.” Chinese brands are not expected in Canada until 2027, with the eventual goal of having them partner to build EVs in Canada.
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‘I was absolutely blown away’: Why car dealers say Canadian consumers could win from China EV deal
In almost every deal, there are winners and losers — and the Canada-China deal on electric vehicles appears to be no different.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/the-consumer-is-winning-winners-and-losers-of-the-canada-china-ev-deal/
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Rachel Gilmore
about 12 hours ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked to join Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza’s reconstruction. And so far Carney hasn’t ruled out joining — in fact, CBC is reporting he’s going to accept. When you hear the details of this “board,” you probably won’t be happy about that:
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Kevin J. Kircher
about 19 hours ago
This chart by
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is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.
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BC Reality
about 21 hours ago
There are lessons for provinces from the US experience with data centres. They consume vast quantities of water & power. This causes consumer power rates to go up, way up in some cases. I'm proud that BC has taken a precautionary approach to them being built.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/18/b...
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Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid | CNN Business
Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/18/business/ai-data-centers-electricity-prices
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Luke LeBrun
about 19 hours ago
Thanks for the hat tip,
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🎩 "Credit to PressProgress for doing the legwork that the mayor, a former journalist, should have done"
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Deachman: Let's all make up studies about how great Ottawa is
If Mark Sutcliffe wants to boast on X about entirely fabricated data, then I can make up some stuff, too. | Opinion
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/make-up-studies
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John Rogers
about 21 hours ago
You must learn to hate the aristocracy as much as it hates you.
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Dann
3 days ago
By refusing to act, the Republican Congress is complicit in attacks on U.S. citizens exercising their First Amendment rights. In the face of constitutional violations, inaction is participation, not neutrality.
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Rachel Maddow
2 days ago
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
https://www.al.com/news/2026/01/alabama-uses-japanese-internment-era-law-to-charge-immigrants-who-dont-self-register.html
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Jeremy Corbyn
3 days ago
Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza. He has assembled a Board of Occupation. The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu. That is up to the Palestinian people.
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Zack Polanski
3 days ago
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation. It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them. Disastrous strategy by Labour.
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Avi Lewis
3 days ago
Canada's big six banks made $70 billion in profits last year on the backs of working people. So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax. If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together:
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Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth tax
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
https://youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?si=5HMeujqqVOXbXJOa
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Mehdi Hasan
2 days ago
My take on the Iran protests, the brutal crackdown, US and Israeli involvement, and more. It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
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Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests
YouTube video by Zeteo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjvnEf06CbA
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Daniel Suitor
3 days ago
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Mehdi Hasan
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"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say" Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’ Important reporting from
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Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say
The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
https://zeteo.com/p/trump-war-america-abolish-ice-minneapolis
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Paris Marx
4 days ago
Canada’s going to start getting some Chinese EVs! I just hope this quota deal is the first step to getting BYD to set up a factory in exchange for broader access.
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Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News
The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the domestic market in exchange for dropping duties on canola products, Prime Minist...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-meeting-xi-china-9.7047880
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Other cities and states on Trump’s hit-list need to join in. Minnesota should not be standing alone.
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Judd Legum
5 days ago
1. These companies continued to advertise on X as Grok generated nonconsensual sexualized images of kids (and adults). We contacted all of them for comment. All 37 either declined to comment or did not respond. NFL Shein NBA Outback Steakhouse Burger King ESPN (Con't)
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These companies advertised on X as Grok produced sexualized images of kids
At least 37 major companies were advertising on the platform this week, a Popular Information investigation reveals.
https://popular.info/p/these-companies-are-advertising-on
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Robert Reich
5 days ago
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens
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Katie Phang
5 days ago
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2026/us-gets-first-500-million-venezuelan-oil-deal-holding-some-proceeds-in-qatar
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Ben Rosen
5 days ago
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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George Monbiot
5 days ago
A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well.
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How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Racism is back! In pog form!
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Rachel Gilmore
6 days ago
Legault is leGONE
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Live: Quebec Premier François Legault is resigning
"Being the premier of Quebec was the greatest honour of my life," he said Wednesday.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial_politics/quebec-premier-francois-legault-quits
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PERFECTLY NORMAL
7 days ago
Golfers really are the most morally bankrupt sportsmen out there. Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy
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‘So much leverage’: Golf star’s half-billion dollar demands after Brooks Koepka’s shock LIV departure
Bryson DeChambeau wants US$500m to stay with LIV Golf after Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360924173/bryson-dechambeau-demands-500m-stay-after-brooks-koepka-quits-liv-golf
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PressProgress
6 days ago
We’ve adopted a new policy clarifying how we’ll be using digital platforms to share our journalism Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values Learn more:
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Rachel Gilmore
6 days ago
American journalists need to stop running headlines that are leaks from officials in this administration. I get obtaining leaks make you feel ~special~ but publishing their claims without independent verification means you are literally behaving as the administration's propaganda tool!!!!!
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Ben Kuchera
5 days ago
Wild to see a politician immediately go to work and beginning to help people. If the past few years have shown us everything, it's that the Democrats just didn't try. Turns out this was possible the whole time. You can tear down the White House if you want to! They just didn't care.
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The Beaverton
6 days ago
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
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Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation today, explaining that he plans to bring his famed enthusiasm for attacking basic human rights to the private sector.
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/legault-resigns-to-spend-more-time-privately-hounding-minorities/
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Jacob T. Levy
6 days ago
www.byteseu.com/1712752/
"Canadian universities work so well that they are increasingly being treated as utilities or commodities, w a focus on price w/o considering quality. This is most severe in Ontario, where the government has frozen tuition since 2019, w only modest funding increases."
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Canada’s universities are in crisis as money gets tighter - Bytes Europe
The St. George campus of the University of Toronto, in November, 2025. U of T admitted 17,758 first-year students last year.Wa Lone/Reuters
https://www.byteseu.com/1712752/
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Ben Kuchera
6 days ago
They murdered someone. Why are you pretending they didn't murder someone.
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Mark Ruffalo
5 days ago
open.substack.com/pub/krassens...
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ICE Agent Jonathan Ross’s “Internal Torso Bleeding” Doesn’t Add Up
On January 7, 2026, at approximately 9:37 a.m.
https://open.substack.com/pub/krassenstein/p/ice-agent-jonathan-rosss-internal?r=3k69a0&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Paris Marx
5 days ago
X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking. But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
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X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
It’s still easy to get Grok to edit photographs of real people into sexualized poses, despite X’s updated restrictions.
https://www.theverge.com/news/862372/x-grok-ai-policy-update-deepfake-bikini-poses
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Paris Marx
5 days ago
Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
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Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs in 'dark time' for public service, union says
Federal statistics agency entered its workforce adjustment period Monday, sending notices to thousands of employees.
https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/statistics-canada-cuts-public-service-union
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Dan Marshall
6 days ago
HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK. 'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon! Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
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Rachel Gilmore
5 days ago
This week will mark 100 days since the "ceasefire" began. But for Palestinians in Gaza, has Israel's firing actually ceased? The evidence shows Israel has continued indiscriminately killing, injuring and displacing Palestinians -- including more than 100 children. Here's what's been happening:
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Luke LeBrun
6 days ago
One-in-five local constituents in Mark Carney’s Nepean riding work in the field of public administration
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
6 days ago
this is like the wargames nerd equivalent of an anarchist feeling patriotic while reading about the Union Army during the Civil War
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Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech - IGN
Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology.
https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs-says-none-of-its-senior-managers-are-currently-excited-about-the-tech
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John Rogers
6 days ago
My take of "Do not put surveillance shit in your house" is now in battle with "make sure you have surveillance shit in your house to counter the police's misuse of shitty surveillance tech".
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Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows
"Nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it," the cop told her.
https://www.404media.co/cop-used-flock-to-wrongfully-accuse-a-woman-then-refused-to-look-at-evidence-that-exonerated-her-body-camera-shows/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
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Adam Bonica
6 days ago
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement: She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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Guard The Leaf
6 days ago
Canada's Auto Industry Just Got A Wake-up Call From Trump Should Canada drop the 100% China EV tariff's we put in place to match the US?
#elbowsup
#boycottusa
#FuckTacoTrump
#canadastrong
#CanadaSky
#never51state
#canadaunited
#political
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Trump Says He Doesn't Need Canada—So Carney's Going To China
YouTube video by Guard The Leaf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox__ZPL5Jwo&list=PLu6NPt0iup60MuDrAtY1LHBk7VG-quczF&index=1&t=324s&pp=gAQBiAQBsAgC
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Daniel Kibblesmith
7 days ago
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
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Rob🎸
7 days ago
EV sales in 2025 grew 212% YoY to 18.5 million units to about 1/4 of the whole market Mazda sells about 3 EVs a year, and a rotary range extended thing isnt where the market is going So no, EV demand has not dropped, shit EVs wont sell for sure, so dont be lazy
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Musk's Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act via
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Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee
Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/01/13/Grok-Abusing-Women-Children/
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Luke LeBrun
7 days ago
Just received the following response from the Director of Communications for the Office of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to my questions about the credibility of this website: "I was not able to do further looking into the company. I don't have a quote for you”
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Elon Musk's "everything" has morphed into a digital equivalent of Times Square in the late 1970s: seedy, unsupervised and inherently unsafe. It's time for Canada's elected officials to leave it behind — and embrace a new technological future.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/o...
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Twitter is a litmus test for Canada
With Twitter, the medium really is the message — one that should be clearly unacceptable for our elected officials and political leaders.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/opinion/twitter-x-musk-canada-politicians
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George Monbiot
7 days ago
A number of people on this platform have been claiming that it's not up to government to shorten people's time on remand, however far beyond the statutory limit that time extends. Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Palestine Action hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility | Letters
Letters: The power is in the hands of the DPP or the attorney general, writes Stephen Sedley. Plus Roshi Fernando on Keir Starmer’s unforgivable conduct
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-are-still-the-states-responsibility
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Kat Abughazaleh
8 days ago
AIPAC spends hundreds of millions buying primaries across the country. Now they’re trying to buy mine.
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PressProgress
8 days ago
FACT-CHECK: A new ‘quality of life study’ celebrated by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is actually sourced from a dubious eastern European website While Sutcliffe claims the new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, experts say the Serbian website’s data is unreliable
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‘Quality of Life Study’ Celebrated by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is Actually Sourced From a Dubious Eastern European Website
Sutcliffe claims a new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, but experts say the website’s data is unreliable
https://pressprogress.ca/quality-of-life-study-celebrated-by-ottawa-mayor-mark-sutcliffe-is-actually-sourced-from-a-dubious-eastern-european-website/
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Luke LeBrun
7 days ago
Oh no 😬
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social
got spun by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and ran a story about the “study” based on data from a dubious Serbian website The website carries a disclaimer that the data is unvetted and they don’t guarantee it is “accurate or reliable”
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Eric Lang
7 days ago
Much of the pain you feel is white middle class people experiencing dangerous America that nonwhite, LGBT+, and foreigners always have It’s not that things fundamentally changed. They were revealed. Your feelings are valid. Though it’s probably time to listen more to those who aren’t shocked.
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