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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 12h
tbh i think the tendency in the Canadian left will quickly run up against how PSPP governs after next month it's a mistake driven by assuming the 90s PQ was the only form of the PQ
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 12h
Guys we can just say that hijacking a plane is bad. It's ok to just say that.
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 20h
Conservative Party of Canada devolution to the Bloc Alberta continues apace, I see
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DEI Speedwagon @myrrlyn.net · 20h
deeply curious why she’s a no-voter rather than pulling for jimmy. i sincerely want an analysis of why these people can be made to stop voting republican but can’t be made to start voting democratic
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trying to imagine this in Ottawa. “Dating! Brought to you by the Phoenix Payroll System!” (Immediately gets matched with the McDonald’s fight racoon)
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 21h
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: I believe Brexit was an enormous loss both for the British population and for the European project as a whole. Therefore, if the United Kingdom were to take a decision in the direction you are suggesting, Spain would certainly applaud it and once again open its arms.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The case of Canadian ICC judge Kimberly Prost being debanked by the United States — having her credit cards and online accounts frozen — shows why Canada, Europe, and others need to develop their own financial systems outside of US control.
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | As Canada deepens ties with Europe, could it leave U.S. banks and dollars behind? | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney last week pointed to international payments as a system that "can be used as leverage against you" before telling the EU that he sees this as an area for "deep co-operation....
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was wrong. It’s happening
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i personally feel that mamdani should stick to the jewish community like glue and flush out these freaks
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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@nicksaraev
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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Springtime for Hegseth @schroedinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dedra Meero being interrogated
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Adam Mongrain @adammongrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tender, uncritical support for the 2% who want the leader of a separatist party to be the Prime Minister. Never let them tell you that your dreams are too big.
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Len @len.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This might be the funniest achievement Paradox has ever added.
Papal Bull
Make your Puppet Pope sleep with your spouse
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hahahahahahahahaha
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bkmacd @bkmacd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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it's nate! @natescape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you know how much has to have gone wrong for me to not like the internet
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joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm begging for socialists to add an ounce of electoralism to their politics.
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the greatest of all time
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meme picture of Mark Carney glowing red with power, holding the communist manifesto, standing in front of a parade of mounties waving the trans pride flag and the flag of the People's Republic of China. Carney is also standing in front of Parliament flying World Economic Forum flags, and a picture of young Mao Zedong overlaid with the CBC, Global News, and CP24 logos. An image of a "Truck Drivers: Wanted Dead or Alive" bounty is off to the side
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This hasn’t made it to Bluesky yet but Mark Carney made a statement condemning the white supremacists who paraded around Kamloops on Sunday and targeted the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc community with offensive messages
The cowardly act that took place at Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc yesterday is abhorrent. It has no place in this country. My thoughts are with everyone who is shaken and hurt by this disgusting display of hate.

This week, we will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a stark reminder of our shared responsibility to confront the devastating legacy of the residential school system and the consequences still felt today. Courageous Survivors shared the truth so that all Canadians could take up the work of reconciliation.
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Postmedia delenda est @olenargy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everything’s coming up Frankie Graves today.
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy fucking shit
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just extremely clear that the death of reading comprehension and the total deterioration of online spaces are just unquestionably inextricably linked
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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Never misses.
The famous political compass saying all left authoritarians are 1917 (ie planning/yearning for an imminent Bolshevik revolution), right authoritarians are 1488 (white supremacist Nazis), left libertarians are 420 (stoners), and right libertarians are 12 (pedophiles)
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe that Frank Graves poll was actually real lol
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, but how will that play in the red wall
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Postmedia delenda est @olenargy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And will brick them out of many countries with rising standards
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
new favorite baker just dropped (I am finally watching the new ep of Bake Off)
screenshots from the latest season of British Bake Off of a chef named Mo, he's a tan skinned young man. He's got dark hair falling over his forehead and a beard. He's saying, "I come with a lot of baggage, but it's, like, the good baggage." Mo continued, "Like Louis Vuitton baggage."
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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...
thestar.com
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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They just released a mod sponsored by IKEA
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This strikes me is a common misunderstanding of the argument for humanities education, which is not that it serves as some sort of individual inoculation, but rather than it produces a citizenry more capable of self-governance when distributed widely, especially for decision-makers of every kind.
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Building the playlist for my wedding and sorry to my guests but I hope you all like Abba
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again reminding people that it is ok to not like Star Wars. You do not need to get upset about every announcement about the franchise you haven't enjoyed in 30 years
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh man Taylor Swift what are we doing
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching The Drama and wow these "friends" suck lmao
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this used to bother me but its best to consider it like a free early warning service, as in if you see anyone even tentatively agree with these sorts of opinions you take off like usain bolt
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The whole video is like 0.01% of a VLCC its crazy
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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
whenever people say “cancel culture isn’t real, it’s just facing the consequences of your actions” I think about all the people who were the target of the internet’s hate for things they didn’t do, or for things that had much more nuance. it can ruin lives, over things that often do not matter
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𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🌹🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What Andy Burnham needs to do in order to unite the left is to buy me Control Resonant. There is still time for redemption. A day until release. Fill up my Steam wallet you northern hack.
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Adam Mongrain @adammongrain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not (strictly) hiring but: I was exposed to some gender/dating nonsense earlier this week when a local celebrity asked about her followers' dating icks and one of the top comments was "drives with both hands on the wheel"
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Sysfin @sysfin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta ban the whole damn industry.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
sometimes I think some of these people should take a minute before making public statements about how bad they are at sex
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
you know what? I agree with him my moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment is we throw all of these assholes out of office and then we put them in jail
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Post SZN Nope @lesleynope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The woman carrying the baby and food in the Giants game clip that went viral has written the full story of her marriage and what happened in the stands that night. If you’ve commented or shared any of the clips you also need to read and share her story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
themomoftheyear.substack.com
I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Phone remains bad
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