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Posts by Patrick Bourgeois

It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).

It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).

Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004

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The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

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NDP Leader Avi Lewis calls on the Liberal government to ban algorithmic pricing

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 si l’antichambre était 🇭🇹

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Plusieurs rapports avaient averti la CAQ que leur interprétation de Céline Dion était très mauvaise. En fait, aucun expert n'était en faveur de ce karaoké désastreux.

Mais vous connaissez la CAQ...

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À propos de l’autoritarisme compétitif de Viktor Orbán

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Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

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If Hungary can free itself from the rule of a corrupt Russian agent, the USA can too.

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C’était quand même un long processus de sélection pour une job d’été. Sont rigoureux à la CAQ.

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A large, ring-shaped Lucrehulk-class droid control ship orbits the green and blue planet Naboo, surrounded by several smaller Vulture droids in the dark expanse of space.

A large, ring-shaped Lucrehulk-class droid control ship orbits the green and blue planet Naboo, surrounded by several smaller Vulture droids in the dark expanse of space.

BREAKING NEWS
In response to the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo, the Republic announces a blockade of Naboo.

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"Art of The Deal"

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Marchand devrait jouer le même jeu et répondre «Monsieur Duhaime pense que les gens de Québec se déplacent encore en charrue tirée par des bœufs? Ce n'est pas très édifiant pour quelqu'un qui veut devenir premier ministre.»

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Aperçu au métro Bonaventure. Je ne sais pas qui a créé cet autocollant, mais j'en veux un!

Il faut corriger cette asymétrie dans les subventions au transport public et à l'utilisation de voitures privées.

#nonàlacultureduchar #mobilitédurable

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NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

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There is an element of truth in the cartoon that makes the situation truly pathetic. Our sons and daughters are the cannon fodder for the sons and daughters of the oligarchs!

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This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?

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It lacks gelatin! 😂

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Des terres rares dans le mont St-Hilaire? Shhttt! Des plans pour que la CAQ ou le PCQ parlent de faire une mine là! Ou pire, les amaricains!

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Certains voient la décision de la Cour suprême concernant les demandeurs d’asile comme une ingérence du fédéral. Il me vient en tête une autre ingérence survenue en 89 lorsque la Cour suprême avait protégé les droits de Chantal Daigle, bafoués 2 fois au Québec par les cours supérieure et d'appel.

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À chaque fois que je les vois, j'ai cette image qui me vient en tête... 😬😂

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Given they stole everyone’s art, writing, social media posts, and virtually everything else to build these AI models in the first place, why am I supposed to care if anyone steals from them?

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Pas la mème couleur, mais elle est encore dans la cuisine chez ma belle mère. La place de feu mon beau-père dans le temps. Souvenirs, souvenirs!

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The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

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Wow.

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Le regard... 😂

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Elizabeth Lemay : « La crise de la solitude masculine est une bonne nouvelle » | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission De l'huile sur le feu : Elizabeth Lemay : « La crise de la solitude masculine est une bonne nouvelle »

La chronique est encore disponible en intégralité ici:
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Raisons qui on menés R-C à retirer l'extrait des RS: www.facebook.com/iciradiocana...

D'accord avec la chronique et la décision de RC, surtout en voyant les saisies d'écran que tu as postées...

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Mon résumé de la mi-temps en chanson (et bon apparemment je sais pas prononcer les noms comme il faut oups)

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The image is a meme featuring a scene from the game show "Jeopardy!" 

1. Top Text: "Good afternoon comrades..."

2. Image Content: 
   - The host is standing next to a game board.
   - The board displays the text: "Something you can describe in detail that almost everyone agrees with, until you say its name."

3. Contestant:
   - A contestant is shown smiling, wearing a maroon MIT hoodie.

4. Bottom Text: "Socialism"

The image is a meme featuring a scene from the game show "Jeopardy!" 1. Top Text: "Good afternoon comrades..." 2. Image Content: - The host is standing next to a game board. - The board displays the text: "Something you can describe in detail that almost everyone agrees with, until you say its name." 3. Contestant: - A contestant is shown smiling, wearing a maroon MIT hoodie. 4. Bottom Text: "Socialism"

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