Bobbi-Lee Taylor

Don’t trust this account… sketchy data

Exclusive: FBI plans to reduce vetting of some applying to be agents, sources say The FBI plans to make it easier for existing employees to become agents, removing two long-standing steps in vetting applicants as the bureau faces a staffing crunch under President Donald Trump's adm...

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Exclusive: FBI plans to reduce vetting of some applying to be agents, sources say

Wild guess, he's a maga republican...🙄

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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How Tennessee’s Justice System Allows Dangerous People to Keep Guns — With Deadly Outcomes Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly 40% were shot by people who were legally barred from having a gun.

James Leggett went to jail after hitting his wife, Michaela Carter, with a liquor bottle.

Ten days after his release, he shot and killed her.

Tennessee’s weak oversight of gun laws allowed him to get a weapon.

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The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Where King Charles' brother Andrew shows up in the Epstein files — Reuters King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations that he sent confidential government documents to the lat...

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Former Prince Andrew Spotted Leaving UK Police Station After Arrest — TMZ Here's the first look at former Prince Andrew leaving a police station in England ... and he's in the back seat of a Range Rover.

“King Charles said, "The law must take its course." ”

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2026 Olympic Games: Women's hockey rivals Canada and the U.S. to battle it out for gold | CBC

Day 13 is headlined by another chapter in the fierce Canada-U.S. women's hockey rivalry: the gold medal game at 1:10 p.m. ET.

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King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested by U.K. police | CBC

It's just, I suppose, a sign of the world we live in where power has no responsibility, no ethics. And I mean, he [Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor] comes from a background of corruption, being above the law," Michael Temple, a retired university professor, told Reuters.

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Lapu Lapu Day victims had privacy breached by snooping B.C. health care workers — Vancouver Sun In total, there were 71 snooping incidents involving the health records of 16 individuals receiving care following the events of April 26, 2025

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“Jackson freed prisoners. He opened the doors to negotiations. He gave hope to the hopeless and a voice to the voiceless. He also challenged the Democratic Party to be principled and consistent in its commitment to human rights and justice.”

CBC Olympics posted this and this needs a review by the Olympics committee - 8 Czechia players were on the ice during their 3rd goal!!! WTF 🤬

CAN VS CZE

Professor Lydia Miljan on Pierre Poilievre: "He's obviously got a caucus problem ... This does feel very much like when we saw Andrew Scheer be ousted."

B.C. paramedics vote 97% in favour of strike; job action pending — CityNews Vancouver The union representing B.C.'s ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers says its more than 6,000 members have voted

B.C. paramedics vote 97% in favour of strike; job action pending - CityNews Vancouver

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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 — BBC News Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and transformative leader.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
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Good evening, Johnny !

"It's so insanely embarrassing that we have to fight an 80 year old pedophile with dementia for basic human rights."

The great news is that brother was found in Kelsall just before 10pm (3°C) and is now safely home. Thank you so much to everyone who had expressed concern, shared and in many cases searched .. so much appreciated.

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Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle

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How To Wash Avocados (And Why It’s More Important Than You Think) — Southern Living After bringing home a fresh avocado from the market, your focus is probably on waiting for it to ripen perfectly on your countertop. When it finally reaches that point, you might just slice right in—o...

How To Wash Avocados (And Why It’s More Important Than You Think)
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More Than 20 Popular Candies Tested Positive For Toxic Levels Of Arsenic — Southern Living A recent study by Healthy Florida First has discovered that some fan-favorite candies have unsafe arsenic levels. The study tested 48 popular candies and found that 28 of them contained what authors d...

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Opinion | U.S. Olympic athletes are speaking out about the state of their country — as Donald Trump seethes — Toronto Star Athletes rarely speak out against their own governments at the Olympics. This year has proven an exception, writes Bruce Arthur.

Opinion | U.S. Olympic athletes are speaking out about the state of their country — as Donald Trump seethes
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B.C. climate news: EPA to scrap landmark U.S. emissions policy in major rollback | China's emissions start to fall — Vancouver Sun Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Feb. 9 to Feb. 15, 2026

B.C. climate news: EPA to scrap landmark U.S. emissions policy in major rollback | China's emissions start to fall
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We keep finding strange ocean fossils on the top of Mount Everest — BBC Science Focus Magazine Explorers keep finding marine life fossils at the top of Mount Everest. As weird as that sounds, there's a perfectly good reason why February 09, 2026 If you scaled Mount Everest, you'd probably be su...

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First Nation buys $8M generator system after wildfire evacuations, says province ignoring pleas for help | CBC News Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in northern Manitoba says it's been forced to arrange private financing and buy an $8-million emergency backup generator system after being ignored by the federal and provin...

A northwestern Manitoba First Nation says it's been forced to arrange private financing and buy an $8-million emergency backup generator system after being ignored by the federal and provincial governments for six months.

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Canada, Denmark deepen defence ties after Greenland annexation threat | CBC News Canada and Denmark have signed a new defence co-operation agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic security amid lingering tensions over U.S. annexation threats toward Greenland. The pact enhances coll...

"Canada is an Arctic nation — and we will defend the North," Defence Minister David McGuinty said in a statement following the signing in the southern German city.

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Democrats to probe Trump, Lutnick links with Ambassador bridge owner after Gordie Howe bridge threat | CBC News Democrats in Washington say they’re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block th...

“It appears that you have chosen to protect a politically connected billionaire donor family at the expense of promoting American commerce,” California Rep. Robert Garcia, the committee’s ranking member, wrote in a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick this week.

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