Politics. Opinions. Baseball. Fmr Sask Finance Minister. @PnPCBC pundit person.
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Andrew Thomson retweeted
New from @Joe_Castaldo and me: Cohere has raised most of a $7B funding round, set to boost the AI firm's valuation to $35.7B. The Canadian federal government is putting in $1.6B for an equity stake. Other backers include $NVDA, $BCE, prior investors.
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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If you go deep enough, you can see the extent that this has been happening for a while. We just sorta let foreign companies kill industries at a national level sometimes despite every red flag.
@voteLabonte they should ask the folks in Espo if this gives some deja vu.
Devastating news coming out of Wainwright. Thoughts are with the many casualties, families, and first responders. Wishing them godspeed in their recovery.
Andrew Thomson retweeted
Canada on track to become a top-three holder of U.S. government debt, surpassing China theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Biggest changes in Canadian English
Cool: “A new survey of Canadian English: Fifty years of language change” by Charles Boberg, Claire Henderson and Jackson Mundie (June ’26) cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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I went to Maine — America’s most Canadian-ized state — to write about the midterms and the trade war. I came back thinking about what it means to live next to a giant of incomparable power and size
thestar.com/opinion/star-col…
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One of the most disappointing endings to an MLB season ever?😬
A franchise that committed over $1.8 billion to just five players:
Ohtani: $700M
Betts: $365M
Yamamoto: $325M
Tucker: $240M
Snell: $182M
2026 adjusted payroll: $339M
Deferred salary commitments: $1.1 billion
And after all that, they get SWEPT in the NLCS by a Milwaukee Brewers team with a $146M payroll 🧹
Andrew Thomson retweeted
We've expanded the CAPP Data Hub to feature comprehensive North American crude oil pipeline and refinery maps. Canada's 840,000+ kilometres of oil and natural gas pipelines deliver critical energy for domestic use and export. Get printable maps to elevate your next presentation.
Andrew Thomson retweeted
🏥 The World’s Most Expensive Hospital Projects
🇨🇦 Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, Canada
🇺🇸 Harry Hines Boulevard Pediatric Health Campus, U.S.
🇺🇸 Rochester Medical Campus Expansion, U.S.
🇺🇸 UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus
🇺🇸 IU Health Hospital & Educational Facility
🇺🇸 UC Davis Health Expansion
🇺🇸 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Expansion
🇸🇪 New Karolinska Solna, Sweden
🇨🇦 Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, Canada
🇨🇦 QEII Halifax Infirmary Expansion, Canada
🇺🇸 Moody Children’s Hospital / Dallas Pediatric Cam🇨🇦 South Niagara Hospital, Canada
🇨🇦 New Surrey Hospital & BC Cancer Centre
🇨🇦 The Ottawa Hospital, New Civic Campus
🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital
🇨🇦 New St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver
🇦🇺 New Bankstown Hospital, Australia
🇦🇺 Northside Hospital, Canberra
Andrew Thomson retweeted
CANADA PM CARNEY’S OFFICE SAYS CARNEY SPOKE TO TRUMP AND THAT CANADA WILL MAXIMISE EXPORTS OF OIL AND DIESEL TO THE U.S., WITH OIL EXPORTS TO THE U.S. YIELDING OVER 1 MLN BARRELS OF DIESEL DAILY.
Andrew Thomson retweeted
Now THIS is interesting 👀
If disruptions to Russian data centres continue, could we see a significant weakening of Russian bot farms and coordinated disinformation networks?
Of course, bot networks can migrate to foreign servers and alternative infrastructure. But the real question is how dependent these influence operations are on Russian-based infrastructure.
And if the reported drop in bot traffic is confirmed, we need to study whether it’s a temporary disruption or evidence of a deeper structural vulnerability.
Because Russian propaganda doesn’t operate on narratives alone. It needs infrastructure, money, and distribution networks.
#stoppropaganda #stoprussiapropaganda
Andrew Thomson retweeted
This explains why Texas separatists, with their totally coincidentally identical “Veteran, Christian, Father, MAGA” bios, have suddenly gone awfully quiet today, right alongside their Quebec counterparts, conspiracy whackos, and Polish anti-EU eurosceptics
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It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel.
If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
Andrew Thomson retweeted
Apparently Stelco is not fulfilling existing domestic orders for rolled steel……. While laying off workers.
Both Cascadia and Honda have been trying to buy product, but Cleveland Cliffs CEO is rejecting the orders.
This is politics, not business.
ctvnews.ca/video/2026/10/09/…
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He threw Ukraine under the bus and further destroyed America's global reputation for this? Just astoundingly stupid.
Context:
300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons.
US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours.
Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm1d…
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The Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act of 2022 prohibits the import of diesel into the United States unless the president submits to Congress a certification that Russia has agreed to withdraw from Ukraine, recognized Ukraine's sovereignty, and poses no threat to NATO.
How is this consistent with the law?
