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The former general "canāt foresee any scenario in which Canada and the United States disagree on the use of F-35s for the defence of North America." How about the unilateral assertion of American sovereignty and freedom of action in the far north?
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If I were to write a collapse-of-civilization novel it would start with AI-aided ransomware.
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2 days ago
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Graeme Smith
3 days ago
So excutives from Dwave and IONQ have recently dumped large amounts of stock. Zapata (kinda?) went bust... what are the other quantum computing stocks to watch?
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I am sure Mr Trump will take full responsibility for this mess, and will not just blame Ms Halligan who tried to do the illegitimate things he wanted.
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3 days ago
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Your
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3 days ago
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Affine collection.
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5 days ago
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A good set of links on the problems of Canada F-35 purchase decisions and particularly the issue of who controls the software.
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Ben Whitelaw
6 days ago
Ok Bluesky, letās give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop. Itās an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!). Iād love to return it to Linda - can you help?
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Blocked by Mr MacFarlane. Oh well. Fuck off.
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Ruth Deyermond
7 days ago
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. š§µ
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VassB
7 days ago
Spoiler alert: my answer is NO.
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Is he still here?
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8 days ago
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Kvis time. Is Kvantify Qrunch: | a. A breakfast cereal, or b. A mystic in the Dune sequence of novels, or c. A quantum computing company, or d. A Sesame Street character known for counting things?
8 days ago
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Odd.
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9 days ago
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Thorben Wieditz
10 days ago
Fordās so-called Digital Platform Workersā Rights Act doesnāt protect workers ā it protects Uber. All it really does is help U.S. platform giants suppress wages, with Ford and Piccini setting up the system for them. Thank you, Captain Canada.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
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This GTA rideshare driver says his earnings have never been lower. Why he and others say Ontarioās new minimum wage law isnāt helping
Rules guarantee minimum wage $17.20/hour for āengaged timeā ā spent actively completing trips or deliveries ā but ignore time spent waiting for work.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/this-gta-rideshare-driver-says-his-earnings-have-never-been-lower-why-he-and-others/article_509381c7-8e29-4519-aa86-b9709ed89a04.html
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Sigh. Eye roll. Waldman wrong again.
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10 days ago
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Disagree.
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10 days ago
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Posts and headlines like this, which are really common, assume an audience that is not old. I'm 65, my parents are dead, and my grandparents died ages ago. I guess it's not for me.
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15 days ago
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Yorkshire Wolds Weather
18 days ago
Over The Gate. 11°C with sunshine and showers. Redwing have arrived.
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Heather Mallick
21 days ago
Weirdly, the soon-to-be famous NYT headline "Did women ruin the workplace?" turned out to be true for BBC announcer Martine Croxall who used the word "women" without formal permission.
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Nancy Scola
21 days ago
New from me for
@washingtonian.com
: a deep dive into the autopen's place in American politics.
washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/i...
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Inside Washingtonās Controversial Addiction to Autopens
Canāt talk about it. Canāt live without it. From the White House to Capitol Hill, Washington relies on autopens. How did a machine that mimics human signatures become so essentialāand sometimes conten...
https://washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/inside-washingtons-controversial-addiction-to-autopens/
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Thorben Wieditz
22 days ago
Canāt make this up is right.
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wrongtom
24 days ago
48 years to the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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...and from yesterday's Globe and Mail, an article about pregnancy that avoids the word "woman".
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
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24 days ago
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It seems so obvious that the US Supreme Court is not going to get in the way of American tariffs that I'm tempted to just mute the whole topic (literally, here, and figuratively elsewhere). Am I wrong?
24 days ago
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Communications staff: "You're doing great, Prime Minister. That's as vague and bland as we could have wished for."
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25 days ago
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As always, Cathal Kelly gets the epic triviality of a great sports loss just right. Gift link.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...
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Congrats on the loss, Toronto. It was a masterpiece
Itās easy to focus on the little things after a loss as heartbreaking as this one, but the Blue Jays played one of the greatest games of baseball ever
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874a4d13c111df6992f57f797faf674d9791176ad93ff09493e006ae0c2b/TVXM3TKSLFGOPJLBO3GSFMX6PM
26 days ago
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That organ is really irritating.
26 days ago
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Well this is not looking good
26 days ago
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Barry Hertz
26 days ago
Toronto tomorrow morning, either way
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Dr Lindsay Tedds
26 days ago
Always smacks This Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of daylight saving time the Stonehenge workers will be busy!
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Shannon Proudfoot
27 days ago
New from me. I donāt know about you, but Iām getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kidās birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstraās public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
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A little on the nose.
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27 days ago
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3-2: a lot of fuss about nothing. 2-3: an event of fundamental geopolitical importance.
#GoJaysGo
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WTF Mark Carney. So he did apologize. Have some dignity FFS: this is getting more pathetic by the week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
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Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reaganās Tariff Criticism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/world/canada/carney-trump-apology-tariffs-reagan-ad.html
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Howard Mittelmark
27 days ago
Almost forgot to post my Halloween story.
www.theawl.com/2013/10/a-sc...
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A Scary Halloween Story
by Howard Mittelmarkhttps://medium.com/media/82209a016079124067ff5cf33b0b1f91/hrefI needed to replace my printer in a hurry, so I went to the Best Buy on Union Square. Iād done my research and figured...
https://www.theawl.com/2013/10/a-scary-halloween-story/
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Luigi de Guzman
27 days ago
My father always maintains that the most honest space in Philippine culture is a cockpit: money is passed from hand to hand and not a centavo goes missing.
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Wise words.
#GoJaysGo
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27 days ago
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justin taylor ššµšš
29 days ago
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
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"Expletive-laden tirade" is pussyfooting around. We need to hear what he said. And if that's not suitable for family reading then that says it all.
#SendHoekstraHome
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U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontarioās trade representative, witnesses say | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ambassador-hoekstra-rant-9.6957854
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Top political analysis from The Beaverton.
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Steve Randy Waldman
29 days ago
He wants to test. He doesn't want to be the bad guy who breaks a 30+ year old global nuclear testing moratorium beloved by sane people everywhere. Trump takes on that burden, Xi gets to see if all these weapons they've been making but never actually setting off really do go boom, and how much boom.
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As someone who feels that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, I hate it that sovereignty is the issue of the day for Canada. But it is.
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I think it's wise, in this day and age, when the US Supreme Court has said that people can be randomly stopped and asked for papers, that people should avoid visiting that country.
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Howard Mittelmark
29 days ago
This is the UK edition
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Howard Mittelmark
29 days ago
Turns out I do not put my pants on the same as everybody else. ā Rube Goldberg
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Yet still FRS, FFS.
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p(Doom)=1
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Saying "Olive Branch" is not actually extending an olive branch.
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