Denise Balkissoon

Joe Rogan: "Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What's more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don't think he could return as artificial intelligence? Al could absolutely return as Jesus."

what’s more virgin than a computer

You know

Well, such a quick, vehement response suggests you hit a nerve and I like that.

"The outcry over Carney’s inner circle being predominantly male misses the mark entirely. Is feminism truly about appointing women solely for appearances? That kind of tokenism is counterproductive." Not being a political toddler, I am not going to trust Daddy to do what's best

This was a great panel with a very engaged audience - if you're interested in the national interest, please watch!

No do I have to

Oh I'm well aware all my friends rule

I didn't know til this episode that d'Entremont was against reproductive choice, and between the apparent Liberal abandonment of that as as key caucus value and the UCP vote I urge you once again to never take abortion *and contraceptive* access in Canada for granted.

Supriya in Studio: Party, Pipeline, and Other Politics Spotify video

Here she is making a good case that Carney is particularly condescending to female journalists. Prime Minister Daddy indeed. open.spotify.com/episode/2Xnn...

Supriya Dwivedi: Mark Carney is giving in to the bros Fighting poverty and violence around the world means embracing feminist ideas.

So happy my girl @supriya.bsky.social is out here opinionating again: "When Canada walks away from feminist policy, it abandons a key driver of poverty and strife. And when Canada appears to bow to bro-signalling ... it has joined the league of polite misogyny." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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The Major Projects Office is a plot against copy editors

Today at noon Eastern Time: join some Narwhal Nerds to talk policy, major projects and the prime minister.

Someone said this is Klay Thompson and Megan the Stallion

Thank you so much!

The prime minister promises he’ll solve climate change … right after he gets a new pipeline built. @balkissoon.bsky.social asks: haven’t we heard that one before?

🫠 won't anyone think of the teeth

Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time

Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources

Hi! Possibly tangential but what even is a "dental practice sales brokerage"? Wondering cause I've listened to a few U.S. podcasts about private equity ruining small vet and medical practices etc, is this that and is it a new thing to stress about

Anna

Our wee newsroom was never going to run the first Grand Bargain story, but @meyer.bsky.social and @drewanderson.bsky.social are absolutely the best at explaining what the pipeline of magical thinking means for the environment.

For example, pipelines

Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced. “The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”

Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.

Experts aren't convinced.

pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

This is an amazing piece of investigative journalism and probably the most upsetting grift story I've ever read.

I understand why shitty reproductive care makes people vulnerable. I am so grateful Ontario integrated real midwives into the healthcare system. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

This is a stunning story. I've been tracking the "greenhushing" narrative for a while now: this is the idea that strict regulations on fake climate claims spooks companies into total silence; therefore we shouldn't regulate them.

@meyer.bsky.social asked for examples and the Carney gov't failed:

Incidentally, when I told my kid this is why no Roblox or Fortnite, I was conned into paying for FC26 ⚽

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

At the Canadian Association of Journalists conference in March, a child exploitation researcher said Roblox and Fortnite are the worst for gaf about safety (Nintendo is best in his opinion). If it's free, your kid is the product. This interview didn't surprise me. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...

The real major project is politics, not pipelines | The Narwhal Carney’s major projects push has angered many in Alberta over perceived lack of support for a pipeline project that doesn’t exist

Major projects, major problems: anger at Carney’s unclear plans is the real shared national interest, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes:

thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...

Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims

When asked by @meyer.bsky.social the federal government couldn’t name specific examples of Canadian companies failing to advertise genuine enviromnmental efforts because of last year’s legal changes over misleading claims. But it's still walking back greenwashing laws thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...

RSVP: Unpacking Carney’s major projects push | The Narwhal Join The Narwhal for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects

Join us for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects. Get the details on that, plus more fresh reporting from The Narwhal, in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-r...