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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 19h
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s really great that Eric Schmitt wasted everyone’s time because he can’t tell the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes, meanwhile people in Missouri are struggling to pay for utilities, gas, groceries, housing, and child care.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yes when i think of the people in my life I've watched weep in despair for lack of affordable childcare options i think "urban, affluent voters"
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith text messages poster picture edited so they're holding up a picture of Nick Young celebrating too early missing a shot.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
theyre just all so fucking stupid and lazy
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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt probably has around 45 staff members, give or take, at his beck and call, not to mention the entire Republican Senate apparatus, and they couldn't decipher the difference between the NBA Atlanta Hawks and University of Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team.
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John Karalis @johnkaralis.com · 29/09/2026
Brad Stevens drops a BIG hint about why the Celtics moved on from Jaylen Brown—and it’s not just about the $$$. That and more from Celtics Media Day on the new Locked On Celtics podcast. Watch & Listen: linktr.ee/lockedonceltics
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Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RTing in part for John's sharp analysis, but in truth mostly for John's t-shirt.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026
Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future”
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In comms, when you don't have a good defence, you obfuscate, which is what Laryssa Waler is doing here. She wants to confuse voters. She doesn't want voters to understand that the Bradford campaign is using AI in a unique way from other campaigns & might be breaking privacy laws. #ToPoli
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not a great look, Brad!
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow. Thread.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
Here's the recording of Bradford's remarks, and the recording of the original campaign meeting in which a volunteer with ties to the Victory App itself explained how the rewards would work.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
In a news conference today, @thestar.com reporter Mahdis Habibinia asked Bradford about the app and the rewards system. Bradford said our reporting was inaccurate, and "I’m surprised they published it."
Bradford replied that the reporting was false. “There’s no rewards, there’s no facetime, there’s nothing,” he said.

When pressed by Habibinia, he went even further, accusing Canada’s National Observer of publishing falsehoods about the existence of rewards. “They’re inaccurate. It's a mischaracterization. I’m surprised they published it,” he said.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
Today, we published a second investigation looking at a separate aspect of this app and its implications for privacy. That story is now out from behind the paywall.
nationalobserver.com
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy
Its campaign tool, called the Victory App, was the subject of a CNO investigation last week for its use of AI to locate online discussions about Bradford. But another aspect of the app also raises que...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
nationalobserver.com
Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”. I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wrote about Premier Doug Ford's apparent indifference to human life for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Graeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’?
No one is expecting the premier to mash out the Bixby letter on his iPhone. Yet we might expect more than this.
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should let people dream of something besides labor
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 26/09/2026
The Daily Mail implied Noah’s Ark has been "100% confirmed." The actual researchers don’t say that. The evidence doesn’t say that. Geologists don’t say that. But the Christian group behind the claim needs $600,000—so congratulations on that miracle. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/scientists...
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Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark
The Daily Mail turned a Christian company’s dubious claims about Turkey’s Durupınar Formation into a wildly misleading story
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/09/2026
Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
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Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 27/09/2026
Kevin O’Leary told millions of people on social media and Fox News that China was funding the opposition to his Stratos data center project. His attorneys are now arguing that nobody should have taken him seriously.
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Kevin O’Leary argues no ‘reasonable viewer’ took his Chinese influence claims as fact in Utah data center fight
Kevin O'Leary walked back claims that Stratos opponents were getting funding from China. His lawyers say that doesn't prove defamation.
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Mac McGill @maddmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The war on science is only ramping up. You should do your part. #AcademicSky
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The Plan To Destroy America's Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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Homestar Blade Runner 20X6 @checarina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
to say there's an "epidemic" of children cutting off their parents is like saying there's an epidemic of women abandoning their husbands as changing legal and social norms made it possible for them to leave shitty situations. which I'm sure the media did, too.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026
First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd party
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New poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apart
According to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras But we need your help on the streets to help make history. 💚
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w…
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
✅ DJ Martin Streek led retro 80s nights at the now-defunct Whiskey Saigon (if you know, you know) h/t @torontomike.com @tomflood.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/meli... #FridayFlex
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026
They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism.
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Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 25/09/2026
THIS. AI isn't "going rogue" any more than those exploding Samsung galaxy phones from 2016 went rogue. Human engineers poorly deployed a technology and there were negative consequences. The responsibility falls entirely on humans.
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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning folks. Alan as asked me to cover today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Borbs, birds looking plump. The Alt theme is #Brown, birds with Brown in their plumage. #birds #photography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #ECK #ForJanet #birdphotography #BirdLife #NatureTherapy
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do.
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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New Ontario polling we did finds a pretty clear preference for local decision-making. 64% say municipalities should decide where bike lanes are located on local roads. That’s the majority view in every region of Ontario. sharetheroad.ca/news/64-of-...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026
The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later.
The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026
okay tech/office supply people, I need some help with something. My favourite headphones are corded, and I'm looking for an audio interface I can plug into my macbook and/or iPad that I can plug my headphones into and control the audio levels with a dial or whatever. Does such a beast exist?
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
malpractice story packaging in that the more pertinent details are: this guy is a bodybuilder promoter who killed his own son with a $100K divorce on wheels but is crowdfunding his funeral on a page that just says he was “accidentally struck by a moving vehicle” and they’re close to half that amount
latimes.com
Young boy killed after father backs Cybertruck into him, police say
A California man accidentally hit and killed his 6-year-old son while backing out of the family’s driveway near Temecula in a Tesla Cybertruck, according to police reports.
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Michael Grange @michaelgrangenba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Boardman was always going to get paid, but how the Raptors have decided to pay Kawhi Leonard says a lot about their rekindled relationship with their once and future star: www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/...
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Devil in the details, but everyone wins with Raptors-Kawhi Leonard extension
There are plenty of details worth noting in Kawhi Leonard's two-year contract extension with the Raptors. In the end, though, Sportsnet's Michael Grange writes that it's indicative of both sides' dete...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and our senile rapist president is going to allow unregulated AI to destroy our civilization. But a lesbian bar in a town I've never heard of still has a mask mandate. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 23/09/2026
New reporting from @globalnews.ca: “The gunman accused of opening fire at police outside an Ontario synagogue left the army after expressing conspiracy theories about COVID-19”
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Belleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 23/09/2026
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives can’t wait to buy Trump’s bullshit, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/23/o... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives can’t wait to buy Trump’s bullshit
Donald Trump's latest economic threat involves replacing Canada's potash with imports from Belarus. The official opposition decided to blame ... the carbon tax?
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Keith Dunne @keithdunne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can't strike. Can't protest climate change on public property. Public airports being sold off. Public services being gutted. Environmental regulations being whittled away. Military spending through the roof. All in the name of 'Canada Strong'. Here we are.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Selling control of our airports to foreign investors means more costs for Canadians and could compromise safety. So why won't Parliament be allowed to debate this? Yesterday, the Speaker denied my request for debate on this critical issue. @canadianlabour.bsky.social
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Alan Cross🇨🇦 @alancross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
America gets its first look at our documentary, CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary tonight on PBS (WNED/Buffalo) at 7:30 EDT.
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Our CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary debuts in America tonight | Alan Cross
CFNY: The Spirit of Radio, which tells the story of the rise of the Toronto radio station in the late 70s and through the 80s, debuted in January with a
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