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Nepal votes in election pitting entrenched old guard against a powerful youth movement The general election is the first since gen-Z protests forced Nepal’s then-prime minister to quit

A powerful story of people-led change and democracy in the face of state oppression. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Carney says he won't 'rule out' Canada joining U.S. mission against Iran | CBC

Not with my tax dollars @mark-carney.bsky.social
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This is an unfortunately weak statement that fails to call out violations to the UN Charter or commit to a diplomatic path to support a people-led movement for liberation. @mark-carney.bsky.social 🍁

‘No AI used’ feels the same as ‘Shot on film’

As a parent and a supporter of one of the victims via GoFundMe, this is infuriating but not surprising after reading Empire of AI. Surveillance capitalism serves billionaires and the fascist state while letting kids be harmed. I hope OpenAI is sued out of existence.

I am gonna make that garden happen this summer.

As a kid, I recall the powerful voice of a man rising to a crescendo from our TV.

Keep hope alive.

A phrase that would echo in my heart and life to this day.

RIP Rev Jesse Jackson. Architect of the rainbow coalition. Your legacy matters more than ever today.

My thoughts are with those lost and their loved ones in Tumbler Ridge. ❤️🇨🇦

Image of the Project Arrow car unveiled in 2023. A modern, futuristic silver EV car driving on a highway with blurred road and image background. https://canadianautodealer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2-Canadian-made-EV-takes-center-stage-at-Canadian-International-AutoShow-1200.jpg

Hear me out: We need a co-owned Canadian car company
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SpaceX, xAI Tie Up, Forming $1.25 Trillion Company The merger puts the billionaire entrepreneur’s rocket and artificial-intelligence companies under one roof.

Nothing could go wrong merging a rocket company with a problematic and perverted AI. 🤖 🤡 🚀

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Israeli strikes kill 29 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward — The Canadian Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hospitals in Gaza said

“ceasefire inches forward” is outrageous, Canadian Press.
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Great take. The dismantling and weaponization of democratic institutions is being called out plainly. The rest is up to us for how we move forward. To not live within the lie.

For some more wholesome NYC content here’s a puzzle my wife and Brooklyn-born son did over the holidays.

Readers Share Eco-Friendly Projects Happening In Their Communities (Gift Article) Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.

Ending the year with some powerful community stories to inspire change in 2026 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and a joyous new year for all. May this time of year be a moment to reflect on how we can collectively bend the moral arc of the universe toward social and environmental justice.

AI 2026: Ilya Sutskever and the End of the Age of Scaling The researcher who played a central role in developing ChatGPT now bets that new fundamental breakthroughs are still needed to unravel the mystery of intelligence.

AI scaling is likely the most harmful thing we’re doing to our planet. And we don’t even need to. The plundering of the earth and harm to communities needs to end. Even the scale hype men are admitting we have reached a limit. brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/ai-2026-il...

New Era

We are all Max Scherzer 🇨🇦

Ye-Freakin-Savage! #letsgobluejays

Journal article titled 'Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning' by Shiri Melumad and Jin Ho Yun, published in PNAS Nexus, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2025, with open access icon

LLMs are just protein bars for your mind academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

We need an AI tax.

I’ve been complaining about my knees too much around my phone.

Let’s go Blue Jays!!! #4more

Credit to the @theglobeandmail.com for their reporting during the ongoing conflict and genocide. “Israel says..” is not journalism. Though not perfect, only a few Western publications have brought unbiased, Palestinian perspectives to the forefront.

Mad Max doing it for us 40-somethings. #letsgobluejays

#MakeAmericaWhiteAgain

These are just the headlines from today.

Captain Kirk 🫡 #letsgobluejays

Jon Stewart to host 'The Daily Show' in rare mid-week appearance a day after Kimmel suspension Jon Stewart plans to host Thursday’s episode of “The Daily Show.” The move comes one day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about the assassinat...

The incomparable @mariaressa.bsky.social is likely going to spell out what happens when the government is emboldened enough to start censoring major TV networks on a special Daily Show tonight apnews.com/article/jimm...

These fascist sponsors keep saving me money.💰