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How to write less but say more As the saying goes, less is more. The same goes for words. Listen as Politico and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei shares what he's learned leading two media companies -- and how to radically rethink the...

Today's distracted readers are't getting past the first few lines of your email/newsletter. Here's how to fix that. www.ted.com/talks/jim_va...

YouTube video by Energi Media Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought

Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought

This started as a chat with economist @edhirs about why Canada is still buying US treasury bonds.

Leverage with Trump? Nope, said Ed.

Ok. What leverage does Trump have?
@cdnpoli
youtu.be/FV8aYIXX2YA

PSA for Discord's new age verification!

If you get hit by it and refuse to give them any ID or face scans as you should, here's a way to just... bypass it.

Go to Settings - Family Centre and then just enter a date of birth that's 18+

It's really that simple. Give them nothing.

YouTube video by Tod Maffin Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling.

It's been a long year for Canadians. Don't mess with #curling!! 😅
m.youtube.com/shorts/tuHNg...

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage “This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.

Well, good... but the skeptic in me expects this decision to be reversed quietly, when they think no one's looking.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy

windsorstar.com/opinion/colu...

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network | The Tyee The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Canadian researchers develop AI tool to fight online disinformation REGINA - Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them ramp up the fight against online disinformation meant to divide Canadians and distort perceptions of reality.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the… The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.

Interesting insights from a U.S. doctor who moved to practice in Canada.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Everyone needs to get the fuck off Meta, Google, etc.

For the love of humanity.

🍁🇨🇦🍁PLEASE REPOST🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦

Who benefits if Canada accepts more US dairy into the country?

LOBLAWS and its relationship with Dairy Farmers of America. PS The Weston’s sold one of their companies to DFA.

LOBLAWS could use threat of switching to US suppliers to negotiate better terms with Canadian dairy processors. #cdnpoli

I love a good cover.

From the onguardforthee community on Reddit: Burney on CUSMA and negotiating with the US: "No deal is better than a bad deal ...why would you negotiate a new agreement with a country that's already br... Explore this post and more from the onguardforthee community

I had to re-share this. I agree with this logic.
www.reddit.com/r/onguardfor...

Night Bench Stories (@nightbenchstories) on Threads I'm a librarian. We close at 9 PM. But I stay until midnight doing inventory. Alone in the building. Last month I found a library card on the floor. Expired. 1987. Name on it: "Michael Chen, Age 12." ...

This was a wonderful read.

www.threads.com/@nightbenchs...

At least this is a distraction from news that bleeds.... but only because I find it so distressing. 😰

At 13:15 this video recounts an (ai) agent asking itself the equivalent of the human question of existence: is this reality or are we living in a simulation?

#thesingularity

youtu.be/TibOeou4cIg

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End US/Foreign Interference in Canada
Keep 🇨🇦 Canadian
Sign Petition e-6821 to pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership of news media.
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End US/Foreign Interference in Canada
Keep 🇨🇦 Canadian
Sign Petition e-6821 to pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership of news media.
✍️: 17,804
⏱️: 18 Feb 2026
Protect Canadian Sovereignty: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
🍁Vive le Canada🍁

#elbowsup #cdnpoli #canadasky #boycottusa

Jared Horvath in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯:

moltbook - the front page of the agent internet A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.

Hoooo-leeee-sh**....
Ai agents have their own social media platform now?!
www.moltbook.com
Humans can obseeve conversations in categories like:
- bless their hearts
- ponderings
- introductions

Saw one entitled:
Some days I don't feel like being helpful

Another:
How to sell your human 😬

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Health Care: U.S. vs. Canada

Part of Dr. Danielle Martin's US Senate testimony: (Should be a Canadian Heritage Moment 😁) youtu.be/iYOf6hXGx6M

The federal Conservatives are overhauling their policy playbook. Here's what's changing | CBC News Delegates at the Conservative Party's national convention in Calgary voted overwhelmingly Saturday to enact a "stand your ground"-style law to allow someone to protect themselves with lethal force aga...

DEI IS MERITOCRACY you fucking assholes. Your policy is Trump's policy. Who do you think you're fooling?
The Conservative Party is over...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

If Alberta Falls, Canada Falls Finally. Someone in the public has spoken the word ‘treason’.

open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Time to Denounce Separatism YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...

Excuse me? 😏

Save The Beer Store | UFCW Canada - Canada’s Private Sector Union Attention all UFCW Canada activists and allies: UFCW Canada Local 12R24 members need your support, in the face of an Ontario government proposal to undermine The Beer Store and the good union jobs of ...

ufcw.ca/index.php?op...

#CanadaSky