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Robert Cooper

Senate-loving, High/Red Tory, Monarchist, Academic Elitist, Geek, Veteran, Gamer, Skier, Pub Enthusiast. (cunningly disguised) - Views are my own obviously

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It speaks to Carney's concept of sovereignty that Canada is both increasing protectionism and Buy Canadian policies for private sector, at the same time as increasing foreign ownership of existing state assets

Adam Radwanski

As Mark Carney’s foreign investment summit approaches, Bay Street buzz has been mounting - but so has pressure for the government to show results in proving Canada is open for business. What sort of sales pitch will that lead to? My column: www.thestar.com/business/opi...

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"As a US counterpart told me during the USMCA negotiations in 2018, we are 10 times bigger than you, so we should get our way 10 times more than you do," writes Chrystia Freeland. "The laughably flimsy, constantly changing justifications for the president’s tariffs are in fact part of the point."

Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?www.nytimes.com
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Timely... "Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars" Follows the @costasamaras.com rule where you know exactly what you get from the title Haven't gotten to do this in a minute: Physical risk 🤝 Transition risk

Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars - Communications Earth & EnvironmentWildfire smoke caused a 6.38 ± 8.86 terawatt hour solar power loss (2.8 percent) and about 1.88-billion-dollar cost, according to an Earth system model comparing simulations with and without wildfire ...www.nature.com
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“He said he disagreed with the public health measures put in place by Ottawa to curb the virus, including mask mandates.” It. Was. The. Province. That. Put. In. Masks. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta café owner closes business after losing customers over separatist eventsAn Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted separatists and lost customers.www.ctvnews.ca
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Colby like many other American leaders and analysts is fundamentally Cakeist in assuming that the United States can sustain the same level of authority it had in Europe during the Cold War while contributing far less to European security

Ulrike Franke

US undersecretary of defence Colby announces that the US forces’ “Europe Posture Review” has begun. This is about creating a “NATO 3.0”, aka NATO with less US.

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Surgeon General suggests high measles counts could be tied to abortion opposition floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/24/s... #Florida #FloridaMan #Measles @paulisci.bsky.social

Surgeon General suggests high measles counts could be tied to abortion opposition • Florida PhoenixFlorida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo suggested Friday that opposition to abortion could have helped fuel a measles outbreak in Florida since many cases are tied to a private Roman Catholic college. F...floridaphoenix.com
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Running inside joke being that there are Very Good Reasons there aren’t many people crazy enough to write a book about human evolution ;)

Greg Jenner (Historian)

Useful short piece on how new research often forces us to change our minds about the past — I learned this the hard way, having to rewrite my kids’ book about the Stone Age (cowritten with @brennawalks.bsky.social) 5 times in 9 months due to new discoveries! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.

A flex in corporate America, AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ fades as workplaces look to cut tech spendingA corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.bit.ly
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Disband ICE. The apple picking machine ensured that they are almost entirely bad apples and then the apple storage facility ensures that they rot.

Tina Vasquez

Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.

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How did a false allegation lead to Pete Buttigieg's separation from his kids? Our exclusive reporting shows how authorities did not take steps to vet the caller who left her contact. We found the caller who said she wanted to thwart his White House ambitions. Gift link: wapo.st/45ok5XP

Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records showThe Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.www.washingtonpost.com
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