A Nova Scotia man spent 18 months in prison over an online username that belonged to someone else The Crown prosecutor in his case has a history of convictions involving weak evidence and lying witnesses What are the consequences for prosecutors who pursue these cases? Our latest @breachmedia.ca

“When people stand together with courage and conviction, change is possible," said Bay Mills Indian Community Pres. Gravelle. “The Straits of Mackinac are not simply a route for an oil pipeline. They are sacred waters, the heart of creation for Anishinaabe people, and a source of life for millions.”

Michigan Supreme Court Suspends Enbridge Permit for Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel

In a landmark victory for Michigan First Nations and others working to defend the Great Lakes ecosystem, the Michigan Supreme Court has rescinded a permit critical to Enbridge Inc.’s plan to replace a...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

I've flipped today live blog around so now it reads from top to bottom as the last few hours unfolded. Still adding some comments as we see quotes from Ross Atkins come in, and will have some final thoughts before I sign off to record the pod at 8 PM ET.

2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!

Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.

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Tough break for the "solar ruins prime farmland" crowd, whose wholly evidence-based case against solar appears to have little merit. I'm sure their mea culpas will be posted shortly and this is the last we'll hear of it

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

This got me to finally read the entire New Yorker article on the Tates and... yeah. I don't see how what they're doing is any different than what everyone has accused Jeffrey Epstein of doing. Except they're *more public* about admitting to what they're doing AND getting young men to join in.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4d ago

However horrible you think the Tate brothers are, I promise, it's worse than that. It's insane that Dems aren't making a bigger deal of the GOP embracing these grotesque monsters.

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

That Canadian banks have $60 billion in spare cash, *and* no idea what to do with it, says everything about Canadian business. (Note also that nowhere does anyone suggest giving their employees a bonus) www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...

There is a problem with bank stocks. They’re doing too well

A big rally this year has pushed valuations to nosebleed levels, and raised questions about aggressive share buybacks

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The Republican Party has gone full mask-off Nazi; meanwhile the media narrative being pushed 24/7 is “ahhh! Democrats are being taken over by socialist radicals!!” and their terrifying examples are Miss Rachel, a doctor who wants you to have healthcare, and the friendliest mayor in American history.

hammancheez@hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d ago

Party that spent the last decade grooming and funding and encouraging blind nazi ideologues to run for office and government positions : uh oh

a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.

‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweating

The Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.

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whenever someone tells you that it's simply impossible for police to be charged with misconduct or criminal charges, you can tell they're wrong because some cops do get charged regularly — when they are whistleblowers or reformers prosecutors are actually extremely eager to help drum them out!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d ago

Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job

In its most recent quarterly financial report, Palantir reported $1.28 billion in total US revenue. Of that amount, $687 million came from U.S. taxpayer-funded agencies—an EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT INCREASE year-over-year. Cool. Cool … 1/

The Doug Ford gov't got >17,000 responses on its plan to weaken species-at-risk law. Internal analysis shows 98.98% opposed, warning of "negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity and ecological integrity." The government moved ahead anyway Exclusive @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The Narwhal

Internal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5

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Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

just became aware of William Howard Taft’s 1908 campaign poster

It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult.

Mark Carney promised "elbows-up" nation-building. What Canadians are getting instead is a carve-out economy—where environmental protections, Indigenous rights, and labour standards are treated as obstacles to growth, write @shirip.bsky.social and Eve Saint.

The new rules of Carney’s carve-out economy

It has been one year since Mark Carney introduced the Building Canada Act in Parliament. Since then, a succession of new laws has hollowed out legal protections for the environment, Indigenous rights,...

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SCOOP: The Doug Ford government received 98.98% opposition to its plan to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act with weaker legislation, according to an internal analysis viewed by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social. The bill passed anyway. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The Narwhal

Internal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5

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Can we stop printing random shit said by "the business community" ?? Not a single business man is choosing Montreal or Calgary over Toronto because it takes 32 minutes to go from your plane seat to Union Station.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · last wk.

Toronto’s business community is “disappointed” the Billy Bishop airport expansion isn’t moving forward, with several saying it would have been a boon for the economy.

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.

A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford flew to Kingston, Ottawa, North Bay and Windsor in the space of a month and a half this spring, skipping the highway commute as civil servants rushed to finish purchasing a private jet for him to use. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197340...

Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized | Globalnews.ca

Schedules reveal that Ford took four short-haul domestic flights on the OPP plane over less than two months and chartered a jet to travel to Texas.

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If you look closely, there’s some sort of pattern here. www.ft.com/content/9741...

I do wonder what portion of the crowd at this rally is aware of the blistering contempt in which the Shopify CEO holds them, and how that overlaps with the portion that run stores on the platform.

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tobi Lutke, backing a scheme that makes zero sense, and being rude to those who successfully defended Toronto’s crucial asset

I'm also reupping this because Elon is now calling for violence against anyone who opposes the white supremacist idea of "remigration" and our political leaders won't even take the basic step of not giving him more money every day

Jimmy Thomson@jameswsthomson.com · 3w ago

Hajdu was one of the many Liberal ministers who punted @rorywh.bsky.social's questions about her continued use of the app to Evan Solomon, the AI minister, instead of explaining her decision. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/30/a...

Canada’s hot, smoky summers seem to have become the norm. We know how we got here. We’ve spent the last few decades voting with our wallets, making more sustainable choices, but we can’t shop our way out of extinction. New from me 👇

Sleepwalking into dystopia

A brief reflection from the end of time

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