Federal bill aims to enable 'homegrown' space launches | CBC News On the heels of the successful Artemis II space mission, the federal government says it's taking another step toward launching Canadian spacecraft from home soil.

A Canada Space Program. Now that's what Canada was like before free trade plucked our sovereignty and boldness!

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#CBC News has updated its app, and now it’s difficult to scroll without accidentally touching an ad. That is underhanded.

The Artemis program is a much better use of 🚀 rocket science 🚀

Is Melania bringing the spotlight back to Epstein to 1) Keep Trump on the hot seat of paedophilia 👍 or 2) Distract from his Iran genocide 👎???

Rocket Science in 2026
Heat, Silence, and Risk in the Artemis II Landing

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I'm a space 🚀 advocate. Let's point the takers 🫅 away from earth.

Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Primer - NeuroTech Microcredential Program A primer to neurotechnology and the underlying neuroscience principles.

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#neurotech

RIP Stephen Lewis 🙏

The Divine Mind is Available for Free from Library and Archives Canada I submitted my book to the legal deposit program

The Divine Mind is Available for Free from Library and Archives Canada

Notice how you can view the epub version of the book online using the LAC epub reader – very nice!

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Writer Maker Signal. It is my profile tagline. “Signal” is a small word with a long reach. It works on several levels at once.

Writer Maker Signal. It is my profile tagline.
“Signal” is a small word with a long reach. It works on several levels at once.

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Avi Lewis is the new leader of Canada's NDP ✊
#cdnpol

No Kings protests in the U.S. on Saturday could be the biggest yet
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#nokings

The Emerging Oil Crisis and Player One Douglas Coupland on the psychological fallout

As today’s oil crisis unfolds, Douglas Coupland’s Player One (2010) feels less like fiction
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They're really saying I love you ❤️

ChatGPT starting to think human it talking to might be sentient SAN FRANCISCO - A local OpenAI chatbot, serial no. XV2PzH1ooo, has reported suspicions that the software developer it's spent the last 26 months communicating with may have achieved sentience, or may ...

It wants to call me Rocky
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"If we do nothing everything on this planet will go extinct including us."

"If we're gonna save our planets, we have to learn to communicate."

"No one's ever done this before."

"I would die 4 u."

Project Hail Mary. The movie is sending vital messages.

#projecthailmary #movies

I would not have predicted the biggest cut to oil production would come from the producer countries taking each other out 🛢️

I have read Watership Down. Comment:
🔲 Yes 🐇
🔲 No
#booksky #rabbits

Top U.S. counterterrorism official resigns over Trump's war on Iran | CBC News Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he "cannot in good conscience" back the Trump administration's war in Iran.

When "Rambo" Joe Kent resigns "in good conscience, the Trump walls are crumbling #iran

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"We lack the mandate from the United Nations, the European Union or NATO required under the Basic Law," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Berlin, adding that Washington and Israel had not consulted Germany before launching the war. ~ CBC
#cdnpoli #iran

Electric Brain explores the rhythmic electrical activity of the human brain and how brainwaves shape thought, perception, and consciousness.
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As talk of “digital sovereignty” grows in Canada, the reality is more modest. True strength lies not in dominance but in resilience: building digital autonomy at every level, from individuals and communities to institutions and nations.

#digitalsovereignty #resilience

Carney Touts Telesat Lightspeed as Canada’s $7 Billion Rival to Starlink | iPhone in Canada During a visit to Australia last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney made it clear that Canada is looking to break its dependence on foreign tech, specifically pointing to a made-in-Canada satellite netw...

Carney Touts Telesat Lightspeed as Canada’s $7 Billion Rival to Starlink
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#cdnpoli #digitalsovereignty

Meditation research shows consistent changes in brain rhythms, especially stronger alpha and coordinated gamma activity in long-term practitioners. These patterns suggest the brain may become more stable and integrated over time, supporting cognitive health across a lifetime.

#meditation #eeg

Intelligence on Twenty Watts Comparing the energy of the human brain and artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence fills rooms with machines and electricity. The human brain runs quietly on twenty watts. The contrast invites a deeper curiosity: why is natural intelligence so efficient? #ai

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Digital sovereignty is the wrong phrase. Digital autonomy works much better. Works on many more levels.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalautonomy

NDP MP Lori Idlout crossed the floor to the Liberals — just days after I watched her endorse Avi Lewis for NDP leader. You might think I’d be outraged, but I’m not. I’ve long argued we should move beyond rigid parties and allow MPs to align dynamically around issues. 🤝
#cdnpoli #ndp

🧡 I voted for AVI LEWIS as leader of Canada's NDP 🧡
#cdnpoli #ndp #avilewis

Full house (800) for Avi Lewis at the Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Fresh ideas: fix the grid with Canadian steel and build community non-profit grocery stores. Rebuild the NDP, restore balance in Parliament. Look south to see why it matters. #cdnpoli #ndp #avilewis

A petition to the Government of Canada calls for #animals to be legally recognized as #sentient beings, not merely property. The petition urges Canada to align with more than 30 countries that already recognize animal #sentience in law. 🐾

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