George Fraser

George Fraser

@frasergeorg.bsky.social

“If you start a day with a good question, you’ll get to have an interesting time looking for answers.” ― Alain Bremond, Unsolicited DMs = Block He/Him

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Americans are dying in the war in Iran, and Trump can’t even put together a coherent answer as to why we are in this conflict.

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BYD is open to building cars in Canada and acquiring a rival automaker BYD’s Executive Vice President Stella Li confirmed the world’s largest EV maker is studying the Canadian market for a wholly owned manufacturing plant, and signaled it could acquire a struggling legacy automaker to accelerate its global expansion. The comments, made during an interview in São Paulo, mark BYD’s most aggressive public posture yet toward North American production and consolidation of weaker rivals in the global auto industry. more…

BYD is open to building cars in Canada and acquiring a rival automaker

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8 hours ago

The East Wing of the White House is still open for business except that it is no longer there.

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Reconciliation was never supposed to be easy Land acknowledgments are easy, even if some people insist on complaining about them. It's when Indigenous rights intersect with our own that the rubber really meets the road on reconciliation.

Last year's Cowichan decision and the recent rights agreement with the Musqueam Nation has some Canadians worried -- and Conservative politicians, pundits and influencers actively trying to amplify their fears.

We can, and should, do better. #cdnpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/13/o...

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Climate solutions don't have to be just about "don't do this bad thing". There are plenty of "do this good thing". In that list, right at the top, should be turning anything doesn't use electricity into something that uses electricity.

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Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz | CNN Politics The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, accord...

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes, according to three sources familiar with the closed-door session."

How is this real life? AYFKM

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And yet we're supposed to believe they were an imminent threat to us?

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Don't worry, there's just the occasional drone attack on massive ships filled with explosive hydrocarbons. No biggie.

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there is a child-like naivety to the way business leaders approach sociopolitical problems that would be really sweet if it wasn't coming from the leader of a company with 30,000 employees and 3 billion dollars in revenue

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Aaron Gunn: If the federal government truly believes in the private property rights of Canadians, they should probably stop opening every public meeting by proclaiming the gathering on the “unceded territory” of this or that First Nation.
Doing so reinforces the radical and dangerous legal concept that most Canadians live on “stolen land”. This is Canada. One country. For all Canadians. 𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” 
March 11, 2026
Chiefs from four First Nations communities are urging the public to please approach Aaron Gunn with no caution whatsoever. He is completely harmless, though momentarily unsettled by the alarming possibility that someone might acknowledge the land before a meeting.
Yesterday on social media, the MP appeared to crash out and demand to speak to the manager of land acknowledgements, a position that observers confirm does not exist.
Chiefs whose territories make up the riding had two words for the MP - Chillax, Bud. 
Land acknowledgements have never seized private property, cancelled a mortgage, repossessed a pickup truck, or altered a single title deed anywhere in Canada.
They are simply people recognizing the history of the place where they are standing.
No one is going anywhere. Canada will survive the brief moment of honesty.
Until then, Chiefs across the region continue to reassure the public that land acknowledgements have not, to date, resulted in any land back.
Hegus John Hackett, Tla’amin Nation
Chief Darren Blaney, Homalco Nation
Chief Nicole Rempel, K'ómoks Nation
Chief Kevin Peacey, Klahoose Nation

Conservative MP for Powell River–North Island, Aaron Gunn, is, uh, well he’s being trolled a bit for his condemnation of land acknowledgements yesterday. Message from K’omoks, Klahoose, Homalco & Tla’amin Nations: “Chillax, bud.” #bcpoli

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1 day ago

Watch this clip.

Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

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Gas Saving Tips

#fdjt #warpiggy #dictatordon #warmonger #fu47 #Iran #maga #republicanparty #trumpwar

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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

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2 days ago

If you thought China was selling a lot of batteries and solar panels before, you’re going to love what happens next.

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He’s not playing chess literally. He’s not playing chess figuratively. He’s not playing chess on any level of abstraction whatsoever. I doubt he can play chess.

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If this is a threat to their economic competitiveness, they were never economically competitive in the first place.

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Could rising gas prices make 2026 the year of EVs? Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · March 10 · 7m

Cheaper Chinese vehicles are on the way.

Higher gas prices are here again.

And battery tech keeps getting better.

Is 2026 the year the EVs really take off in Canada?

@maxfawcett.bsky.social has some thoughts.

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as someone who monitors right wing media, its under discussed right now but i can tell you conservatives are absolutely terrified of the way talarico is using religious messaging against them

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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

Just like 2020 when Trump downplayed over 100 service members with traumatic brain injuries as “headaches”, and downplaying covid deaths, Trump is never honest with the American people about this if he thinks it makes him look bad. Because Trump is all about Trump. www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...

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Trump always targets little girls. He is a monster that America has set loose on the world.

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Seems warm.

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Just a nice spring day. 🥵

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Around the world, we are seeing chip factories, computer assembly plants, and AI factories being constructed at unprecedented scale. This is becoming the largest infrastructure buildout in human history.

The labor required to support this buildout is enormous. AI factories need electricians, plumbers, pipefitters, steelworkers, network technicians, installers, and operators.

These are skilled, well-paid jobs, and they are in short supply. You do not need a PhD in computer science to participate in this transformation.

At the same time, AI is driving productivity across the knowledge economy. Consider radiology. AI now assists with reading scans, but demand for radiologists continues to grow. That is not a paradox.

A radiologist’s purpose is to care for patients. Reading scans is one task along the way. When AI takes on more of the routine work, radiologists can focus on judgment, communication, and care. Hospitals become more productive. They serve more patients. They hire more people.

Productivity creates capacity. Capacity creates growth.

I just want a graphics card, man
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3 days ago

The mastermind behind "Art of the Deal" strikes again. 🙄

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The oil companies are lying again

My latest newsletter: the deadline for a deal between Ottawa and Alberta on industrial carbon pricing is just weeks away. The oil and gas companies and their political proxies are already trying to tilt the table in their direction — and fudge the facts.

www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

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3 days ago

13 is middle school

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All true

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tomorrow Leavitt will be asked about this and sneeringly reply “he was very clear, only woke commies like you wouldn’t understand”

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here's more context for this clip 👆 it doesn't make what Trump said about 6 year old girls any less weird

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That essential idea - that a lot of conservatives want simple answers to complex problems - is endemic, and not limited to America. A lot of the stupid conspiracy-soaked rejection of knowledge and modernity stems from that, or at least, is reflected in that.

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