Dwight Williams 🇨🇦

Dwight Williams 🇨🇦

@dewline.bsky.social

Writer/artist/office worker; openly meddling 🇨🇦; nerd re: superheroes + starships; autistic. He/him/il; Do say "Hi!" (💉 x10) + 😷=Peace of mind! Ottawa/Adàwe/Odàwàng, Canada https://web.ncf.ca/ad696/

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Remember the early days of Covid when people were speculating on N95 masks and hand sanitizer by buying up the scarce supply and selling it for inflated prices; but then we made so many masks and so much hand sanitizer that you could get them super cheap? We could do that for housing if we wanted.

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The intriguing thing about SCAR depictions in video games is the SOCOM Mk 16, Mk 17 and Mk 20 type classifications aren't used to sidestep the issue much Battlefield to name one has followed Modern Warfare 2019's worldbuilding where everything is made by an in-universe company or another

Sam (ABeardedPanda)@abeardedpanda.bsky.social

I'm reasonably sure this is why the SCAR didn't get name changed for the MW2 remaster. "FN" isn't in the name and I'm willing to bet Activision did not pay FN anything so it's technically legal so long as FN's legal team doesn't come after them and demand some kind of settlement

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"Children constantly returning from school or childcare with viruses should not be an inevitable part of family life, given transmission is preventable." #cleanair #covid #covidsafe #health #prevention

Prof Geoff Hanmer@geoff-hanmer.bsky.social

Poor ventilation in buildings, particularly schools, can be fixed. We expect to drink clean water and eat clean food; why do we still tolerate dirty indoor air? www.smh.com.au/healthcare/i...

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Cleveland-Cliffs CEO: I bought Stelco because I could not afford anymore having Stelco flooding the market here in the United States to the detriment of my own company. David Cochrane: Am I understanding you correctly there? It was a defensive acquisition?

Seems like a good idea, as all three of our countries are under some degree of threat from Trumputinstan.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Canada & Brazil are moving toward closer cooperation, with Mexico potentially joining a broader regional partnership. Together, the three will strengthen economic independence, promote fair trade, reinforce the law, and reduce malicious US influence over the Western Hemisphere.

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He's basically daring governments to expropriate at this point.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO: I bought Stelco because I could not afford anymore having Stelco flooding the market here in the United States to the detriment of my own company. David Cochrane: Am I understanding you correctly there? It was a defensive acquisition?

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"Global far-right power grab" is the phrase everyone's looking for, and why we need to stop thinking of fighting them in terms of borders. It's the same like, 200 well-positioned multinational cunts fucking things up, and we need to start thinking of how to excise them wherever they're found

John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social

New: "The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsanaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States," per a senior State Department official

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Don't trust "AI" for anything but especially don't trust it with your health

Dan Nguyen@dancow.bsky.social

Gut punch of a story about an Amazon engineer who trusted ChatGPT-4o to manage and reduce her seizure med dosages. You'd hope someone who made it into a top engineering position would have known the limits of AI circa May 2024 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...

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BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4zY7fwQ

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The CEO of a First Nations-led centre for business education and mentorship says that her goal is to shift the narrative so that Indigenous Peoples are not seen as "recipients," but “creators and innovators” of wealth and services. www.aptnnews.ca?p=296905

aptnnews.caTreaty One opens First Nations-led business training centreWiitahnookiinitaw Tahshkayzing Entrepreneurship Centre (WTEC) is “Canada’s first fully First Nations-led Business Incubator.”

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“As I reported hours ago, Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived safely in United States. The mastermind behind this operation is U.S. Secretary of State @SecRubio . From the United States, free and safe, Flávio will lead the opposition against Lula.” - Simon Levy … WTF???? 1/

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If only my nan hadn't died in 2009 and had moved from Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, to Silicon Valley. I reckon her "move slow and repair things" motto would have worked out much better for everyone.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.

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"Knowledge workers" contribute at least an estimated $30 trillion USD per year, according to Anthropic's IPO. Two points: 1. That's who and what Anthropic is targeting, and 2. That's at least how much economic power we hold, collectively, solely from our work. That's worth remembering

Christian Schwägerl@christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

The way #Anthropic calculated its projected market value is an open declaration of war on all “knowledge workers.”

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Policy brief suggests speedier, fairer COVID vaccine rollout could have averted millions of deaths by 2022 Wealthy countries had at least one dose per person, compared with one for every 25 in low-income nations. https://bit.ly/4yIMe8o 📷: Asian Development Bank / Flickr cc

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#ableg #abpoli #PrivateSchools

Canadian In Alberta@canadianinalberta.bsky.social

Once again, it pisses me off that my tax dollars fund the building of private schools If people what their kids to go to private schools fine, but Alberta taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill #ableg #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Racist, of course. But he's also saying this in Michigan, a state that has towns and cities named Dowagiac, Charlevoix, Epoufette, Hamtramck and Ocqueoc.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

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What the media does and doesn't report is a choice, as is how they frame it, and they seem to have chosen a side. But they act highly offended when we point that out.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

How is it that another credible rape allegation and multiple assertions of further wrongdoing emerge about the president the week before an election and no one were to care? New concessions to the Russians? More revelations about his family Russia ties? About Kushner Trump corruption? How? How? How?

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COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

While you were sleeping: DOJ files superseding complaint, adds obstruction counts in case against former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides Preliminary hearing set for today at 11 am. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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We’ve been demanding a public inquiry for over a year. Danielle Smith and the UCP keep refusing. Why? What are they afraid a public inquiry might uncover?

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ARTISTS TAKE BIKE LANE PROTEST ART TO THE STREETS Massive scale projected billboard messages call for support in keeping Toronto's bike lanes intact on the eve of the Provincial Parliament's return to legislature.

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"I wear a mask to keep myself and others safe from illnesses such as COVID and the flu. I'm immune compromised.” Behind the 💜KN95 is Claudia, who super-modeled for #MaskTogetherAmerica. 📸 @msjulieslam.bsky.social (It’s a great idea to dress up with a mask on to stay healthy 💜😷)

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'DEMOCRACY IS PRECIOUS & EXCEPTIONAL' This Is What Hope Looks Like – A Country Uniting Against A Tyrant And For Democracy, For Human Rights, For Freedom, For A Future. AMERICA, IT'S UP TO YOU NOW 🗽 #DEFENDDEMOCRACY #VOTEBLUE2026 #BLUETEAM

Now, if we could have just done the same for #Ottawa. Or are there aspects of the election outcome here that I'm missing?

Olivia Chow’s victory—along with a slate of progressive allies on council—heralds new possibilities in the municipal government of Canada’s largest city By @peggynash.bsky.social #topoli @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Siamese pied Myna 23cm lives in Southeast Asia, southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and parts of Cambodia and China. diet Invertebrates, fruits, nectar, grain seeds nesting and chick rearing are highly collaborative duties split between both parents incubation 15days, feeding 21 days plus 3 weeks

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FLASHBACK — Republican Paul Weyrich (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation & ALEC): “I don’t want everybody to vote… our leverage in elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” They’ve been saying it out loud for years. Please vote. 🗳️ 🇺🇸