Wiarton Willy
Wiarton Willy
@wiartonwilly.bsky.social
hunting shadows, riding bikes, advocating for pedestrians and cyclists, predicting spring, and fighting fascism.
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What a stupid use of technology. You think we have been unable make dogs bigger? We already have. Bigger. Smaller. Fluffier. More yappy. Faster. Stronger bite. They use to be wolves, so we can make them wolves, too. Still hard to control who they attack. Still difficult to make them stay quiet.
*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
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Brexit was a successful influence operation run by the Russian intelligence services, and it has taken the British political world more than a decade to digest this simple fact. Now it's important to focus on the fact that Nigel Farage was little more than their willing agent in the process.
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this is an insane way to frame this attempted murder. i hope that chud rots
It's a choice (a bad one) to tell readers this driver "passed too close to cyclists" when there's video evidence showing he drove his car into them, made contact and hurt someone. Fellow journalists: we can explore the nuances of punishment for drivers without obfuscating their dangerous behavior.
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These are the pricks who laid off 500 people in Hamilton, in violation of the approval to purchase Stelco. They ignored orders in Canada, and didn't return phone calls. They are CROOKS, and TRUMP SUPPORTERS. www.barrons.com/articles/cle...
Excellent arguments by Mark. The “non-partisan” excuse is tired. Trump isn’t just being Republican, and being a Republican isn’t what is wrong with this presidency. Being a criminal enemy of the state is not partisan. Like not treating a train wreck as a disaster because maybe they deserved to die.
🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.
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Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
AI summarizes, AI-written articles, realistic fake images, and fake video already dominate search results. The library of human curated science, technology, history and truth are being lost faster than the Amazon Rainforest.
Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social
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The answer is right there. Break stuff. Break Donald Trump’s stuff. Break the Nazis, too. America doesn’t have until 2028 election, inauguration in 2029, then appointments, and bureaucracy. This government is the enemy of the people. No time to wait, and assume the constitution still functions.
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Got blocked for replying this but let me make this clear, if you hand it to Stephen Harper for anything you are absolute fucking scum or have the political memory of a golf ball. Here's a recap: > He threatened to ban gay union using notwidthstanding(Cdn bypass to Charter of Rights) 1/
Nonsense, he loves selling off parts of Canada. It's his thing. Well that and trying to help Viktor Orban. One never ever has to hand it to Stephen fucking Harper.
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"likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years' Make no mistake, this is going to be an unprecedented and catastrophic weather/climate event Harvests will be especially badly hit Without wishing to sow concern, stocking-up in advance would be judicious www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s like Canada is negotiating with a cartoon character. Nothing about it is serious or real.
Lutnick: "If you are gonna mess with the United States of America and its economy and you're right adjacent to our northern border, it was really disrespectful. When you treat Donald Trump disrespectfully, he knows it. And that's what happened. It's just sad the way Canada has treated us."
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Good to see 20's Plenty for Us referenced in this article. 20's coming as more and more realise that, whilst making minimal difference to journey times, it massively improves the livability for all of us in our communities.
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Appropos of that joke about psyops, I really think it'd be good for people to read up on how Russian interference actually went down: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne... I've had a bunch of bsky users say their ideology couldn't be coopted because why would Russians support [insert issue].
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Ford is an a$$ and I can say that because unfortunately he is my premier 🥲 he needs to calm the rhetoric down, it accomplishes little other than to let off steam and show how Trumpy he is. Trump thrives on attention, we should deny him the pleasure as we move on.
Ontario's Premier is inviting the President of the United States to kiss his ass. We check in with journalist @stephenmaher.bsky.social as Canada-U.S. tensions rise. What do you think of Doug Ford's strategy? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/082526Maher 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/082526 #cdnpoli #onpoli #RealTalkRJ
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I would agree, but, taxes paid by California wine producers are funding fascism. Wineries may disagree with Trump, but they are still funding Trump’s authoritarian regime. Please help Canada to help the USA. Remove Trump. Sorry.
Canada's boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers. I'm urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions, and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.
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Researchers warn that Alberta separatists could be influenced by foreign agents, shiny objects
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Don’t forget this. “Foreign actors are attempting to undermine Canadian interests by interfering in Alberta's separatist debate…” “Actors from Russia and the US are attempting to promote separatist ideas in what researchers behind the report described as a threat to Canada's democratic integrity.”
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BREAKING: To celebrate his victory, Ford has announced the public execution of a randomly chosen cycling group in Sankofa Square at dawn. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Donald J. Trump—a "master negotiator" presiding over endless conflict, a "master builder" undone by peeling paint, and a champion of "fair elections" that are fair only when he wins. He calls it winning; history may call it something else. Population: one oversized ego. Address: The Twilight Zone.