Alexandra 🇨🇦

@alexandra-gee.bsky.social

Canadian 🇨🇦 Researcher, Professor

@eggerdc.bsky.social reacts to the White House’s attempt to silence TV networks that boycotted the White House: “This is bare-knuckle brawling by the President of the United States, enlisting the Justice Department in his own quest to break the dreaded 'fake news.'”

“Where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die,” Bono sings on ‘Crumbs from Your Table’ from U2’s2004 album, ‘How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.’ Canadians seem to share the compassionate viewpoint of the Irish rock band. www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...

JOHNSTON: Canadians support feeding starving kids

Survey of 1,500 Canadians reveals that “82 per cent of Canadians say Canada should do at least as much as, if not more than, other countries to reduce hunger, disease and poverty for children in the w...

thewhig.com

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for the country we are privileged to call home. Canada’s greatest strength has always been its people, our diversity, our shared values, and our determination to face challenges together. May we never take for granted the blessings of freedom, peace, and unity.

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A glimpse of how dangerous our dependence on connected tech can be. A cyberattack on hundreds of French supermarkets overheated freezers, destroyed tons of food, triggered sprinklers, flooded stores and caused fires. We’re racing to put AI into everything without fully weighing the risks.

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food

Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers ​at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food.

reuters.com

No, no joke. Russia is down 50% of their own diesel and more in gasoline. People sitting for days in line just for gas. Russians are beating the crap out of each other too. @kyivindependent.com posts video's all the time of Russians crying there is no gas and they're not AI.

Trump: "The Republican Party, we believe that Somalia bandits, third-world gangs, and jihadist sympathizers do not belong in Ohio, they do not belong in America. We got to get them the hell out of here." More "De-port! De-port!" chants from the crowd.

U.S. aluminum supply from Canada plunged 29% in 2025. Imports of Canadian primary aluminum fell from 2.75 million tonnes to 1.95 million after Trump raised the aluminum tariff to 25% in March and doubled it to 50% in June. Canada's aluminum shipments to Europe have surged since the tariffs. #cdnpoli

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BREAKING: Ilhan Omar’s DC Home Reportedly Raided by DHS Agents. The ultimate red meat for MAGA in run up to midterms. A black, immigrant, Muslim woman. It's all that the vile scumbags of MAGA despise rolled into one person. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's Home Reportedly Raided by DHS Agents

Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) Washington, D.C., home has been raided by the Department of Homeland Security, Fox News Digital reported on Monday morning.

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On Sunday afternoon, journalists from several media organisations were detained by Delhi Police while they were covering protests near Lady Hardinge Hospital. Despite wearing their press cards prominently, police dragged them onto a bus and took them away. Nolina Minj reports

Theatre of the absurd! Trump announces US will buy diesel from russia even though he signed a law mandating sanctions for any country buying russian energy. Meanwhile russia actually has a diesel export ban because they can’t meet domestic demand.

Mayor of Calgary: "A very small minority of folks are so deranged on this, they assume Justin Trudeau is around. They'll blame him for everything from why we lose our socks in the dryer to why we sell hotdog buns in packages of 12 but we sell hotdogs in packages of 8. It's absolutely ridiculous."