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Colin W. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ🌻

@grapemanca.bsky.social

"Change is not progress; it's merely the alteration of direction." Canadian educator for over 32 years, news junkie, Twitter refugee and edu-change skeptic, perilously embracing progressive politics, research-based education & the #Canucks.

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Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss : Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised

Had missed this but MSFT earnings yesterday suggest OpenAI lost $11.5bn in the quarter.

www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...

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Bovino on Fox β€œNews” dressed in a uniform resembling that of 1930’s Nazi Germany

Bovino on Fox β€œNews” dressed in a uniform resembling that of 1930’s Nazi Germany

If you’re not familiar with β€œthe brown shirts” of 1930’s Germany β€” just look to #Bovino, who is πŸ’― aware of the message he is sending

30.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1669    πŸ” 650    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 81

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker Officials from the Pentagon reportedly admitted that they were unable to verify who was on alleged drug boats before launching strikes killing everyone aboard the vessels. After carrying out strikes o...

No ID, no prob. So murder is okay now?

🧾 www.rawstory.com/pentagon-boa...

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TREY YESAVAGE

12 strikeouts
No walks

That’s the most strikeouts by a pitcher in a World Series game with no walks

30.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1807    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 23
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The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

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The non-military version of "stolen valor."

30.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7041    πŸ” 1431    πŸ’¬ 678    πŸ“Œ 155

Indeed. I think we'll end up seeing a much smaller car industry in both Canada and the US, probably separated from each other by mutual tariffs and neither selling into the global market to any significant degree. However, by ditching the US, we might build better, more innovative vehicles. 🀞

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I think the Cdn. gov't needs to say the following: If you won't buy Canadian vehicles, then we won't buy US vehicles. The Cdn market will not be sacrificed to fix the US trade imbalance. We can always buy cars & trucks from Canada, Asia, and Europe. In fact, I think Carney is already saying this.

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This store sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it
YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia This store sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it

A great story by #CBC about Gateway meat market, which is an amazing little grocery store in Dartmouth #NS. It’s a great model for a lot of communities. youtu.be/O_Ly5-CC1b8?...

30.10.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin Ling: It’s good news there’s no trade deal with Trump’s America What we should do next, however, may well enrage Trump

"Car assembly is going to be in America and there is nothing Canada can do about it." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #uspoli #economicwarfare

30.10.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Measles outbreak expected to continue in northeast B.C. with 5 or more new cases a day, health officials say | CBC News Despite a surge in summer vaccinations, health officials say the measles outbreak in northeastern British Columbia shows no sign of slowing down.

Measles outbreak expected to continue in northeast B.C., health officials say #BritishColumbia

Models predict Fort St. John could see 5 or more cases a day as transmission stays high

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

29.10.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œA blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with β€˜our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/

06.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 955    πŸ” 477    πŸ’¬ 195    πŸ“Œ 152

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

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Geert Wilders faces shutout as centrists hail huge gains in knife-edge Dutch election Far right neck and neck with liberal D66 but all major mainstream parties have ruled out working with anti-Islam firebrand

Great to see the Far Right, Wilders (Farages spirit animal) kicked out of government in an election he actually called to gain more power. Well done to the Dutch πŸ‡³πŸ‡± , I can’t wait for the Hungarian πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί election next spring

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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The US Ambassador to the UN is called out by Cuba for lying to the UN General Assembly.

#USpoli
#CallThemOut

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Saab is stepping up their sales game!
Come on PM Carney and Minister Joly etc lets make this happen!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll

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ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT STARTS IN #WORLDSERIES HISTORY!

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#WORLDSERIES #BlueJays

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$7M worth of cocaine seized at Alberta border crossing A Calgary man faces charges after he was caught allegedly attempting to smuggle 77 kilograms of cocaine into Canada from the U.S.

Again, from the US into Canada.

$7M worth of cocaine seized at Alberta border crossing

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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Former NHL player Ryan Kesler charged with criminal sexual conduct over alleged incident with 16-year-old Kesler, a retired NHL center, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.

NEW: According to a criminal complaint, Ryan Kesler engaged in two counts of sexual contact with a 16-year-old child "through force or coercion and/or (had) reason to know the victim was physically helpless."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

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Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Alberta is #ForeverCanadian

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lil mikey’s home state of louisiana has the second-highest percentage of US residents on snap β€” almost 1 in every 5 louisianans receive benefits www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

28.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 3
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'Forever Canadian' petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

True
North
Strong
Free
fuck the Vichy regime of Danielle Smith
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/28/n...

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Trump wanders off while meeting with Japanese prime minister
YouTube video by The Independent Trump wanders off while meeting with Japanese prime minister

A clearly addled Donald Trump wandering off from the Prime Minister and then saluting the Japanese flag. He looks like he doesn't even know where he is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Bn...

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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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