@microbiocarly.bsky.social
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Canoe Portage
Cornelius Krieghoff
1861
Cornelius Krieghoff
1861
October 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Canoe Portage
Cornelius Krieghoff
1861
Cornelius Krieghoff
1861
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This is called an oil and gas subsidy.
It should not be happening.
Public money for public things. not private companies
It should not be happening.
Public money for public things. not private companies
The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings.
Energy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipeline
The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings. After...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is called an oil and gas subsidy.
It should not be happening.
Public money for public things. not private companies
It should not be happening.
Public money for public things. not private companies
www.europesays.com/canada/233779/
"Both have identified the United States’s sway over the current generation of payment systems as a risk,"
"Both have identified the United States’s sway over the current generation of payment systems as a risk,"
October 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
www.europesays.com/canada/233779/
"Both have identified the United States’s sway over the current generation of payment systems as a risk,"
"Both have identified the United States’s sway over the current generation of payment systems as a risk,"
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Huge news
"Canada and the European Union plan to link next-generation payment systems to enable faster cross-border transactions"
"This will help remove obstacles to business and investment between the two jurisdictions"
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
"Canada and the European Union plan to link next-generation payment systems to enable faster cross-border transactions"
"This will help remove obstacles to business and investment between the two jurisdictions"
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada, EU plan to link next-gen payment systems, easing transactions
Move would allow faster cross-border transfers and lessen reliance on U.S. infrastructure
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Huge news
"Canada and the European Union plan to link next-generation payment systems to enable faster cross-border transactions"
"This will help remove obstacles to business and investment between the two jurisdictions"
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
"Canada and the European Union plan to link next-generation payment systems to enable faster cross-border transactions"
"This will help remove obstacles to business and investment between the two jurisdictions"
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Free online registration for #PIDfest is open!
Whether you’re new to persistent identifiers or helping shape national & global research infrastructure, this is a great opportunity to connect with the PID community from wherever you are.
Register for free & share: www.pidfest.org/register
Whether you’re new to persistent identifiers or helping shape national & global research infrastructure, this is a great opportunity to connect with the PID community from wherever you are.
Register for free & share: www.pidfest.org/register
Register
We're happy to announce that registrations are now open. Register now via the button below!
Please note: If you are registering from outside the Netherlands, please do not use the iDEAL or Wero paymen...
www.pidfest.org
October 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Free online registration for #PIDfest is open!
Whether you’re new to persistent identifiers or helping shape national & global research infrastructure, this is a great opportunity to connect with the PID community from wherever you are.
Register for free & share: www.pidfest.org/register
Whether you’re new to persistent identifiers or helping shape national & global research infrastructure, this is a great opportunity to connect with the PID community from wherever you are.
Register for free & share: www.pidfest.org/register
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Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking.
Allow me. 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Allow me. 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: This was the week Canada stopped shooting its oil patch in the foot
We’re finally witnessing our country act with some sense of its own self-interest
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking.
Allow me. 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Allow me. 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences.
Watch.
Watch.
October 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences.
Watch.
Watch.
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today's essential read for all Canadians.
"the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 % of a $40B pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a reality unfolding across the world economy: FFs aren’t just losing to clean energy. They’ve lost."
"the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 % of a $40B pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a reality unfolding across the world economy: FFs aren’t just losing to clean energy. They’ve lost."
Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?
Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
today's essential read for all Canadians.
"the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 % of a $40B pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a reality unfolding across the world economy: FFs aren’t just losing to clean energy. They’ve lost."
"the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 % of a $40B pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a reality unfolding across the world economy: FFs aren’t just losing to clean energy. They’ve lost."
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”...provinces [that] have been aggressively promoting for-profit delivery of surgeries and diagnostic imaging are also (seeing) lengthening wait times and...struggling with getting patients into services quickly.” @alonghurst.bsky.social #onpoli www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario...
Ontario spent $280M on private health clinics but wait times got worse says new study
Ontario MRI, cancer surgery, and cataract wait times all rose from 2017–2025, despite $280M spent licensing private health clinics, a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found.
www.insidehalton.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
”...provinces [that] have been aggressively promoting for-profit delivery of surgeries and diagnostic imaging are also (seeing) lengthening wait times and...struggling with getting patients into services quickly.” @alonghurst.bsky.social #onpoli www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario...
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Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war.
Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
October 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war.
Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
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Sir this is a Wendy’s
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
September 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Sir this is a Wendy’s
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Noise/useless science rather than AI slop is a current challenge:
"If medical schools and universities don't want the literature to be overwhelmed with garbage, they should stop giving every applicant ... an incentive to publish a lot of crap." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
"If medical schools and universities don't want the literature to be overwhelmed with garbage, they should stop giving every applicant ... an incentive to publish a lot of crap." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Is AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research?
'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says
www.medpagetoday.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Noise/useless science rather than AI slop is a current challenge:
"If medical schools and universities don't want the literature to be overwhelmed with garbage, they should stop giving every applicant ... an incentive to publish a lot of crap." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
"If medical schools and universities don't want the literature to be overwhelmed with garbage, they should stop giving every applicant ... an incentive to publish a lot of crap." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment."
buff.ly/5na4oMY
buff.ly/5na4oMY
Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
buff.ly
September 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment."
buff.ly/5na4oMY
buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
September 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Nothing really new here but nicely pulled together.
Content platforms pay desperate people who, without caring what the content is, posts what the platform rewards. All enabled through AI.
youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew?...
Content platforms pay desperate people who, without caring what the content is, posts what the platform rewards. All enabled through AI.
youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew?...
How to rage bait Americans
YouTube video by Christophe
youtu.be
September 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Nothing really new here but nicely pulled together.
Content platforms pay desperate people who, without caring what the content is, posts what the platform rewards. All enabled through AI.
youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew?...
Content platforms pay desperate people who, without caring what the content is, posts what the platform rewards. All enabled through AI.
youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew?...
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The free market wouldn't object to a few oligarchs hoarding all the AI profits while everyone else is scraping by. Markets don't do morality. That's up to us. https://youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno
September 28, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The free market wouldn't object to a few oligarchs hoarding all the AI profits while everyone else is scraping by. Markets don't do morality. That's up to us. https://youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno
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The key to successful #datasharing? Preparation.
“The main effort was not uploading the files themselves, but organizing and documenting the data so that someone outside our group could understand what each file represented,” said researcher Pradip K. Bera
bit.ly/4z1arqX
#openaccess #opendata
“The main effort was not uploading the files themselves, but organizing and documenting the data so that someone outside our group could understand what each file represented,” said researcher Pradip K. Bera
bit.ly/4z1arqX
#openaccess #opendata
September 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The key to successful #datasharing? Preparation.
“The main effort was not uploading the files themselves, but organizing and documenting the data so that someone outside our group could understand what each file represented,” said researcher Pradip K. Bera
bit.ly/4z1arqX
#openaccess #opendata
“The main effort was not uploading the files themselves, but organizing and documenting the data so that someone outside our group could understand what each file represented,” said researcher Pradip K. Bera
bit.ly/4z1arqX
#openaccess #opendata
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Time and time again, Ford puts the profits of rich shareholders first, and the people of Ontario last.
It's time to put people before profits and invest in publicly funded, publicly delivered healthcare.
It's time to put people before profits and invest in publicly funded, publicly delivered healthcare.
Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
Outsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Time and time again, Ford puts the profits of rich shareholders first, and the people of Ontario last.
It's time to put people before profits and invest in publicly funded, publicly delivered healthcare.
It's time to put people before profits and invest in publicly funded, publicly delivered healthcare.
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September Snow on Mount Schaffer
J.E.H. MacDonald
1929
J.E.H. MacDonald
1929
September 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM
September Snow on Mount Schaffer
J.E.H. MacDonald
1929
J.E.H. MacDonald
1929
I see this fraud over and over again. I think something with decentralized identifiers coordinated with ORCID could start to equip the scientific community with tools to combat fraud. agrifooddatacanada.ca/orcid-and-de...
September 26, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I see this fraud over and over again. I think something with decentralized identifiers coordinated with ORCID could start to equip the scientific community with tools to combat fraud. agrifooddatacanada.ca/orcid-and-de...
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Each of these incidents is being framed as a success — a terrifying success that you must believe in and fear— rather than what it is as a criminal failure of ethics and institutional control.
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
‘Our models took actions we did not intend,’ ChatGPT maker admits after latest outrage
trib.al
September 25, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Each of these incidents is being framed as a success — a terrifying success that you must believe in and fear— rather than what it is as a criminal failure of ethics and institutional control.
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I note that the picture of the "European Academy of Engineering" that comes up in Google Maps is an altered version a 2022 picture of a main building of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The facade has been digitally reworked to make it look like the engineering academy!
September 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I note that the picture of the "European Academy of Engineering" that comes up in Google Maps is an altered version a 2022 picture of a main building of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The facade has been digitally reworked to make it look like the engineering academy!
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Milo 😾 : Momma, Ah want a "Blabbermouth" button installed asap!
😾😼😂
(Cr @wordypaws)
#dog #cat #wordsmith
😾😼😂
(Cr @wordypaws)
#dog #cat #wordsmith
September 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Milo 😾 : Momma, Ah want a "Blabbermouth" button installed asap!
😾😼😂
(Cr @wordypaws)
#dog #cat #wordsmith
😾😼😂
(Cr @wordypaws)
#dog #cat #wordsmith
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A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
bit.ly
September 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”
Argh! I constantly have trouble telling if the headline is satire or real!
September 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Argh! I constantly have trouble telling if the headline is satire or real!