Scott Robarts

Image of a screenshot of news headline, saying, "WhatsApp is getting ads using personal data from Instagram and Facebook Forced Consent & Consent Bypass / 16 June 2025 Meta announced today that it also wants to introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This further integrates WhatsApp into other Meta services - an originally independent app, which initially was available for just $1 per year without ads or data usage. This also means that Meta is consolidating its social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this."

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

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Somehow, the registers with me, very much.

We just declared a trade war with the world Enjoy your tax hikes, I guess!

We just declared a trade war with the world

The tariff negotiations are not going well.

I spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum this morning.

In a shifting global economy, strong and reliable partners matter. Canada and Mexico are focused on deepening our trade relations and building stronger economies, together.

Bernie standing next to AOC holding a rally attendee’s baby with people taking pictures, laughing and smiling.

Timeline cleanse 🌞

The image is a map of the San Juan Islands in Washington State, USA, highlighting the islands of San Juan, Orcas, Lopez, Shaw, and Fidalgo. Nearby locations like Victoria, Vancouver, Bellingham, and Whidbey are also marked. The map shows the islands in pink, surrounded by blue water, with black and red lines indicating boundaries or routes.

In 1859, a war was fought over the San Juan Islands off the coast of Vancouver Island.
The war involved warships and hundreds of troops from either side. And when the dust settled, one brave figure was dead.
A single pig.
This is the story of The Pig War.

🧵1/13

Elbows up, Canada.

A photographer captures life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital t...

From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital to the forests’ health and the planet’s welfare.

At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt | TechCrunch When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.

at sxsw, @jay.bsky.team pokes fun at mark zuckerberg by mimicking a version of a t-shirt he designed for himself, which said "aut zuck aut nihil" (either zuck or nothing, like "aut caesar aut nihil").

jay's shirt? "mundus sine caesaribus" (a world without caesars).
techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/a...

😂😅

“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response Contracts won't be awarded to those who "encourage economic attacks" on Canada, Ford said.

you really shouldn't have been throwing taxpayer money at a capacity-constrained, expensive, congested, ozone-layer killing satellite broadband network run by a petulant nazi in the first place

(but good call)

The largest purchaser of wine is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty.
The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean.
Sucks for Kentucky and California.

Mike Myers at SNL closing tonight with “Canada is not for sale” t-shirt.

Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.

That’s really sad. I think local news is still really important, otherwise local stories are lost in the general coverage of province wide stories.

Just sayin’ I have never seen a cobra chicken lose in a fight. 🇨🇦💪🏽

McDavid snaps overtime winner as Canada drops United States in 4 Nations Face-Off final | CBC Sports Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in a riveting 4 Nations Face-Off final Thursday.

O Canada!

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Saw this video and had to share.

This was at the Bell Centre, never heard it so loud, this is Canadian unity 🇨🇦

#CanadianUnity

This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

“Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.” - Tommy Douglas

Another shot at the ISS over Metro Vancouver this evening. Starts at 6:18 PM in the W. At 6:21 PM the ISS will be almost directly overhead. At 6:23 PM the station hits the terminator and fades away near Mars.
@miss604.com @elijahbmanwx.bsky.social @jodyvance.bsky.social @vancouverkeith.bsky.social

District of North Vancouver ditches X (formerly Twitter) Complaints to the district about use of the social media platform have been on the rise since Elon Musk took over

Welcome to Bluesky @nvandistrict.bsky.social
📰 Story via @northshorenews.bsky.social

h/t @karaswisher.bsky.social

Dan Piraro bizarro.com

Pretty accurate 🫣 how mighty google have fallen off the cliff 😅

It me

Mark Cuban's War on Drug Prices: 'How Much Fucking Money Do I Need?' “I’m not trying to land on Mars,” Cost Plus Drugs founder Mark Cuban joked at WIRED’s The Big Interview event.

“I’m not trying to land on Mars,” Cost Plus Drugs founder @mcuban.bsky.social joked at WIRED’s The Big Interview event.

By offering transparency on costs and pricing policies, Cuban says his company has been able to disrupt the drug industry.

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.