Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
Dan Turner 🇨🇦
@danturner84.bsky.social
Member of Townhouse Parliament for Living Room Centre—West Kitchen. Minister of the Couch & President of the Pantry Board. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (he/him)
Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia
Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia
CLARKSVILLE, TN - During a midterm campaign rally, U.S. President Donald Trump thrilled his supporters by ordering them, as well as every other American, to personally mail $20 to Russian President Vl...
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Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
The BCNDP can lose this election because of their hubris in calling an election when their opponents didn’t have a permanent leader. The BC Conservatives can lose this election because they constantly default to awful. #BCpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. Conservative campaign director under fire for anti-Islam posts | CBC News
The campaign director for the B.C. Conservatives is facing criticism over anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year, just days after the party fired another candidate over his own ...
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Martin Patriquin isn't buying Danielle Smith's belief that a referendum will settle the separatism debate: "The idea that this issue is just going to go away because the Alberta separatists lose a referendum on a referendum is pure delusion."
An organization barring media from covering “the most important free speech event of the year” is chef’s [redacted]
Trump is openly siding with Putin, blaming Ukraine's self-defense rather than Russia's aggression for the war, and telling Ukraine to surrender. Worth calling it out every time. But hardly new. Ambushing Zelensky in DC, aping Russian propaganda, and insisting it's Ukraine's fault was March 2025.
Trump’s handling of Ukraine proves Russian propaganda is working
As Carl von Clausewitz wrote in the 19th century, “the aggressor is always peace-loving. ... He would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
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This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
Sadly I don't have time to go to all-candidates meetings for local elections this time, because otherwise I could have seen a guy suing North Vancouver for $10 billion while running for mayor say "I built all of Chilliwack myself" while ending his pitch with "wake up, people".
Something most commentators outside Quebec don’t realize: 60% of Quebec Solidaire supporters are federalists. Something like 16% of the party’s supporters would vote yes. Just another factor that complicates matters beyond adding up seats. lp.ca/hlBjK6?shari...
Gouvernement du PQ | Le référendum attendra
La victoire de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon cache des lendemains difficiles pour le rêve de son parti.
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Elon Musk is South African because Saskatchewan wasn’t white enough for his grandfather in 1950.
Germany's right-wing AfD and left-wing BSW are preparing their first joint resolution in Saxony-Anhalt, calling for an end to military aid to Ukraine, the removal of sanctions on Russia, and the restoration of economic ties. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Germany’s far-right AfD and left-wing populist BSW party now hold a majority in an eastern state parliament. Their first joint proposal: End aid to Ukraine and restore ties with Russia. — Meduza
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the left-wing populist Union for Social Justice plan to pass their first joint resolution soon, calling for an end to military aid to Ukraine,…
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📊Intentions de vote au Québec, sondage Pallas Data: ⚜️PQ 29% 🔴PLQ 24% ⚫️PCQ 20% 🔵CAQ 15% 🟠QS 11% → qc125.com/20261003-pal... [Pallas Data, 3 octobre 2026, n = 1 137] #polQC
Qc125 Québec | Sondage Pallas Data, octobre 2026
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Final list of number of candidates for all main parties for B.C.’s 93 provincial electoral districts: Conservative Party — 93 NDP — 92 Greens — 73 CentreBC — 35 OneBC — 33 NDP staff on the bus were very confident telling me I was wrong about claims they weren’t fielding a full slate 🙃
Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Polling Canada Federal Model Update: 🔴 LPC: 247 (+78) 🔵 CPC: 68 (-76) ⚜️ BQ: 18 (-4) 🟠 NDP: 8 (+1) 🟢 GPC: 2 (+1) (Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election) - October 3, 2026 - Full model article here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
He Can’t Keep Getting Away With This!
Carney’s Liberals surge to 247 seats as the Conservatives collapse to just 68 in our latest model
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I know ”Hang it in the Louvre” is overused shorthand but…you could hand this in the Louvre and make some pretty solid (if unsubtle) commentary about the world today.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last wk.Trump refuses to turn his camera on at the G7 summit
Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
“we’re being assholes to virtually everyone, it’s mind boggling they don’t want to visit our country anymore”
Semafor@semafor.com · 2w agoVisitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
Update: Delta Police say two people have died in the “serious motor vehicle collision,” not related to Truth and Reconciliation walk
For the past week, I've heard a lot of people say "provincial and municipal elections happening at the same time is confusing, especially since I don't fully understand what a city is in control of." So, I did a four minute explainer piece to try and help www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlh...
What municipalities can and can’t do in B.C.
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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