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Anthropic is targeting a valuation between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion. Anyone else having trouble grokking this? Then there's the insurance language baked into the IPO: This technology could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity" if not properly regulated. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

CBC declares Conservative majority victory in B.C.'s election. The magnitude of David Eby's arrogance is coming into focus.

Teens dance it up on Government Street in Victoria, Canada.

Surreal.

Moreover, it succeeded. I believe that the separation question was simply the most dramatic, and bc of its weight, was declared the reason a referendum was needed. It was the other nine questions that were the critical ones, and Alberta failed in exactly the way it was meant to

Canada's military is so averse to sharing information the only way to get a situation update is to send in the prime minister. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dog food plant: 2 hours, at the end of the production line making sure the cellophane-packed patties were perfect. After coffee, handed a shovel and hip waders and instructed to head to the front of the line and "shovel guts." Politely declined... and left. Did not inquire about two hours pay.

And using the rail line on Vancouver Island as well.

Marathon Eve in Victoria, British Columbia. Red sky at night, a runner's delight.

It does beg the question,"What next?" ‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation | share.google/tXcI2x4e0AmM...

No To All Nine. (Surprised they made this so easy.) #abpoli #Albertareferendum2026

Hey adventure travellers! Here's everything you need to know if you plan to visit Ukraine. visitukraine.today/blog/9677/ho...

Moonrise, Sidney, Island, B.C. Sept. 26, 2026, 7:22 p.m.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

Diplomats from 50 nations walked out of a speech by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Canada stayed. share.google/aIBlZJspmuxl...

And next The City of Victoria will allocate $28.33 in food aid to help under-resourced people.

Just watched former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel run down his successors and the city HE created. He takes no responsibility! Pats himself on the back for a sealed arena blocked off from the dowtown. Mandel was mayor for three terms. globalnews.ca/video/120607...

Sidney, B.C., sunset.

Haven't had celery in a while. It's mostly U.S. grown. Catch of the day on Galiano Island in southwest B.C. Woot!

Breaking News: Flames erupt from the area of Vancouver's Plaza of Nations. August 31, 2026.

To whoever is behind the algorithm at Wired that blocked me with a paywall: ("YOU HAVE READ YOUR LAST FREE ARTICLE...) Thank you! ...for blocking the rabbit hole, saving me time, and getting me back to work.

Western Canada must learn to value history -- colonizers and First Nations. And governments must actually do something to preserve heritage places, rather than offering bureaucratic thoughts and prayers.

Jeremy Appel gives us a well-written, up close and personal look at the current state of Alberta's health system. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

Sunset at Sidney Island, B.C.

Since industrial logging began more than a century ago, most of Vancouver Island’s productive old-growth forests — those capable of growing the large trees characteristic of the island’s rainforests — have been…

Overheard In The Kitchen: "Hey there was a mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger." share.google/hyymacPx6tfd... "Really? I didn't know they have In-N-Out Burger in Idaho."

K9⁹ 9iim in MN lol; two sandals sandals

#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting Nauset Lighthouse The wind blows. Long before the storm clouds arrive. It is an easy thing to believe it is another sunny day in paradise - Tom Atkins 🎨 Peter Heard

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Sunset in Tod Inlet, B.C., Canada.

The Poor?

A train crew is surrounded by wildfire near Armstrong, Ontario, Canada. youtube.com/shorts/QzwwA...

The U.S. FTC warns us that the folks telling us about our unclaimed life insurance $ from an alleged distant relative are scammers. Thanks. But maybe governments could do something about the criminals. consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-ale...

Good tip.

Nature's fireworks at Sidney Spit, B.C.

Yup.

Langara turned out generations of brave and inquisitive journalists. We are all poorer for this closure.

Made my morning.

Friends don't let friends ride in Duck boats. www.boston25news.com/news/local/d...

Susan Point is a contemporary Musqueam Coast Salish artist from Canada, who works in the Coast Salish tradition #WomensArt

Whales – orcas, humpbacks – making a comeback but grey whales in trouble, says researcher. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

Cool. Shout out from Mina Kimes. Go Canada!

Saw a Postmedia job posting for a small outlet in Ontario. Full time. Salary: $34K-$42K. Minimum wage in Ontario is $37K. No wonder J-schools are closing.

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Norwegians are fun!

Alberta to charge $14 per solar panel fee starting Oct. 1. Hey! Why don't they charge oil firms a similar fee to clean up their wells? www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Market Square, Victoria,B.C., Canada leads Qatar 3-0, at the half. (Or Tree-nil, from where I sit.)

Market Square, Victoria,B.C., Canada leads Qatar 3-0, at the half. (Or Tree-nil, from where I sit.)

We are living in a golden age of ostensible super powers shooting their own dicks off