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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 4h

The US interfered in Germany's election. They interfered in Brazil. A US defence corp. strategy targeted the PQ in Quebec. And now we learn traitors were in Washington offering to trade Canada's freshwater for help in breaking up our country. @laura-babcock.bsky.social youtu.be/IrHcKO60-D4?...

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CANADA BETRAYED - SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETINGS !!!

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · 4h

We are hosting a conference on Open Code in Science in Oxford. The magnificent @doctorow.pluralistic.net will be giving the closing keynote! It will be FREE to attend in Oxford in the beautiful exam schools. More details and booking 👇 www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/10...

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Come to Cory Doctorow’s keynote lecture at the 2026 Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science! | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Join us for Cory Doctorow’s closing keynote at the 2026 Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science!

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 16h

The guys on the “other side” of climate change are science deniers. On voting rights, racists. On vaccines, cranks. They’re deeply invested in bad faith arguments, not something you can go to lunch over.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 14h

If anyone here lives in the Toronto-St. Paul's riding, our MP @lesliechurch.bsky.social has now officially endorsed Brad Bradford for Mayor. If you would like to tell her how you feel about that, her email is leslie.church@parl.gc.ca! I, for one, am very excited to do so!

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵

Side-by-side comparison of a landscape on the Toronto waterfront. In one scene, an island is covered in trees reflected in a still channel of water. The other image of the same place shows a barren stretch land with a pile of rubble in the centre.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 04/10/2026

And sometimes they're horrific fascist nutjobs you shouldn't go to lunch with.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The problem with this entire “talking across difference” approach to politics is that it assumes a shared consensus about democracy that no longer exists b/w the 2 main 🇺🇸 political parties. You don’t need to have lunch with people who don’t believe in free elections, equal rights, & the rule of law.

Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections

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scary Dai 👻🎃 @dayintoronto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is so upsetting - will never forgive anyone who voted for these corrupt, hateful fuckers.

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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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The elephant in the room

Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

MAGA Americans: Canada better not interfere in our midterms! Also MAGA Americans: here's why we think you should change your laws to make them more like ours.

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“His persona as a tough-on-crime, penny-pinching populist feels entirely disconnected from the eager urban planner who entered office at 32 full of ideas about expanding bike lanes, raising property taxes on the rich and cutting funding to the police.”

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 03/10/2026

We analyzed some of Ford’s most controversial Toronto decisions and found they all target safe opposition ridings. Under first-past-the-post, unneeded ridings get sacrificed. Proportional representation ensures votes everywhere build seats, so no community can be steamrolled.

Infographic showing Doug Ford's targeted decisions affecting Downtown Toronto. A map marks bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University, Billy Bishop Airport, and Ontario Place in opposition held ridings. Icons repeat these targets, stating safe opposition seats do not help Ford's majority, so they are sacrificed for suburban swing ridings.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A billionaire's payments to Jeffrey Epstein were exposed on a Monday. By Thursday, Susan Collins' campaign had his check. And his wife's. Last December it took $7,000 more. Maine's most concerned senator kept every dime. Receipts: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...

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Lilly @lillym2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Without a doubt, we are the dumbest province in Canada. We have been watching him privatize our healthcare for years, and only 40% bother to vote.

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 02/10/2026

Avi Lewis is a Jewish politician refusing to be silent about Israel’s genocide—and now he’s being threatened with violence. @judred.bsky.social writes that the lack of uproar reveals just how powerful the pro-Israel consensus remains among Canada’s elite. breachmedia.ca/im-familiar-...

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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach

The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This comes as the Ontario government has funnelled $4.1 billion to for-profit facilities over the past 8 years Clearly, the province favours corporate interests over the public interest It’s harming our public institutions #onpoli

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judy 🇨🇦 @judy-bug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The IDU is a RW #conservative org creating unrest globally with the objective of installing authoritarian #fascist govts worldwide. Conservatives are #IDU members & also use Harper's political processes. The Tyee lists 70 examples below! #cdnpoli #IDUPlaybook #CPC #UCP thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015...

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Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: More Evidence | The Tyee

Canada's most ethically corrupt government? You be the judge. Second of two.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026

This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers

Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2026

“Just 7 percent of Brits think social media is a force for good and around one in three suspect that life would get better if all these sites were erased from the internet tomorrow.” Hard to disagree. Social media is a cancer and its social harms need to be taken seriously.

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Erase social media tomorrow? Brits say yes

So why are more and more people snorting their daily fix of cat videos, men fighting and political propaganda

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

I suppose in the same way that eugenics was also the "biggest idea"?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The industry being run by Zuck, Musk, and Sam Altman (3 guys who have never made shit and either bought or stole their way in) with backing from Trump and the GOP. Are you really trying to sell me that this isn't a house of cards scam? Are you that gullible?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This time guys! This is the thing Musk makes that won't be the scam! He's finally gonna make something real! Cmon man

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That's funny because I feel the same way about smart and well-intentioned people falling for a scam being perpetrated by Silicon Valley guys who have done nothing but run scams that made them rich after the tech press told everyone that these guys were geniuses.

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Trish @mstrish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fatties, beardos, and weirdos.

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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I had breakfast with Brad Bradford and asked him what I think is the defining question of his campaign: Why do so many people from all ends of the political spectrum seem to dislike him so much as a person? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Richard Warnica: Does Brad Bradford believe in anything other than himself?

Bradford's relentless pursuit of success may also be his downfall.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't describe a lot of stories as a must-read, but this one should be for Toronto voters. I heard the words 'ideologically rudderless ambitionist' used to describe a different politician. But I think they apply to Brad Bradford, too. #GiftLink 🎁 #ToPoli #BikeTO www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

I’ll have more on Chow in a later column. But the Bradford conversations have been striking for their near uniformity. Most of the people I’ve spoken to, from across the political spectrum, don’t disagree with Bradford so much as they dislike him as a person. Several supporters told me they found Bradford weirdly intense. Chow backers — including many who once stood with Tory — and those with no horse in this race went much further. They told me — almost to a person — that they find Bradford unprincipled and disloyal.

This is more than just the normal political griping. For whatever reason, many who have worked closely with Bradford over the past eight years think he is almost uniquely unlikable. I’m not sure I’ve ever covered anyone who inspires so much personal vitriol. Many — and not just progressives — think he would be a terrible mayor, not because he believes in awful ideas but because they don’t think he believes in anything at all.

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/10/2026

The Yuddite/rationalist primary defense mechanism is spurting out a big ink-cloud of thesaurus and number-laden complete nonsense, and then demanding that you waste your time "debating" them over it. The good news is that this trick is easily defeated by simply refusing to play the Debate Me game.

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Defective Cook @novaoulx.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Same rules as dealing with pseudoscience. You don't debate evolution with the creationist because they come from a place of bad faith arguments

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/10/2026

Exactly. You don't "debate" Yuddites/rationalists for the exact same reason we (mostly) finally figured out that it's a waste of time to "debate" Creationists.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

every democrat in the senate voted to confirm marco rubio. every single one.

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Josh Lewenberg @jlewenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jakob Poeltl hired and worked with a strength and conditioning coach in Austria over the summer. Together, they changed his training routine in the hopes of putting his nagging back injury behind him. So far so good, but the real test is still to come: www.tsn.ca/nba/article/...

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Raptors’ Poeltl hopes to put back injury behind him

After last season became a lost season for Jakob Poeltl, any discussion about the veteran centre turns into an indictment of his contract. But as the only player taller than 6-foot-9 on the roster, th...

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I follow people in the UK, US, Canada, NZ, Australia & plenty of other places, and we're all bitching about the same fucking thing. Different governments, same billionaire class, same neoliberal bullshit, same people getting screwed. At what point does complaining become a global fucking uprising?

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026

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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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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