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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By rights, each post in this thread should be nail in the coffin of Brad Bradford’s campaign. Great work, @nationalobserver.com.
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When was the last time you saw a billionaire CEO face any punishment for being an accessory to murder? Hmm, let me think - never? That's a problem that "legislation" and "regulation" won't solve - I think there needs to be alternative, and more direct way to resolve this.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Carney is truly the Reagan of Canada. A calming, paternalistic figure in a period of apocalyptic uncertainty who galvanizes the economy with short-sighted right wing fiscal policies. And like Reagan, every disaster that Canada encounters in the future will be traceable to his administration.
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of Canada's advantages is that we know a lot about the US. We follow their news and politics, get their TV channels, travel there. But Americans know nothing about us. They don't understand our politics, history or values. They constantly misjudge us, but we understand them completely. #cdnpoli
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There is a reason politicians are terrified of the Toronto police but don't take the job if it means you're not going to do anything.
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LOL business dudes realize that it's all astrology...
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The laws don't properly protect us The infrastructure generally sucks The police and legal system don't do enough Vehicles are needlessly huge Distracted driving is at an all-time high Speeding and impaired driving remain big problems Few politicians care Folks prioritize convenience over our safety
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump pauses tariffs on Canadian goods for three days to give Natalie Harp time to review the deal.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One thing about speeding that many drivers refuse to accept: In urban and suburban environments, speeding doesn't even get you somewhere significantly faster. You are just getting to your next red light or highway choke point faster. You are endangering other people for almost no upside.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
At a Harsh noise show... A sparse crowd gathers around two angry performing men in sunglasses. One is at a table with decks and another is kneeling on the floor screaming into a bunch of pedals. An old woman comes in with a plate of crudites. She asks one of the audience members "do you want any snacks?" The audience member says "yoooo, thanks ma." He continues, "also, thanks for letting us host Fistula God in the basement." His mom says pleasantly "I love your friends. They're so creative."
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same
a simple Google line chart titled "What The Fuck Is Going On" that shows growth in What The Fuck from 2021 to 2026, with a significant increase in 2024 to 2026

x-axis is Year
y-axis is What The Fuck

the values are:

Year        What The Fuck
2021	11
2022	8
2023	17
2024	19
2025	42
2026	84
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This has been an issue in tech for so long that the failure to correct it is really telling about the industry’s inherent lack of capacity for introspection. It selects for and rewards antisociality and then wonders why people don’t like and trust it.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Agree with @acoyne.bsky.social on Canada's options: "If there’s nothing we can do – if we lose no matter what – then we might as well do what we want. When nothing you can do will improve your fortunes, when the outcome is the same regardless of which option you choose, the stakes converge on zero."
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Jeff Mac @jeffmacishere.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
(guy pointing at the first toaster) is this a bread witch
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 02/07/2026
the next thing you impulse buy WILL change your life. do NOT wait or second guess yourself, this time it IS going to be different
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Michel Patrice @michelpatrice.eurosky.social · 21/06/2026
In the future, traffic jams will be 100% electric.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The moderators of the AskCanada subreddit were so sick of posts that were like "American here, I come in peace, we're so ashamed of Trump, please adopt us, do you still like me Y/N" that they posted a new rule with what I thought was a very well-expressed sentiment
Moratoriums on specific topics
The moderation team recognizes that recent developments and ongoing events in the United States have generated significant concern and frustration for many Americans. However, we ask that users be mindful that r/AskCanada is a Canadian focused space, and that discussion here is intended to center Canadian perspectives, experiences, and questions.

Posts asking about:

US states joining Canada

Americans receiving refugee or asylum status in Canada

Canadians providing assistance, shelter, or advocacy for Americans

Apologies, self positioning, or “one of the good ones” statements directed at Canadians

are not permitted and will be removed.

Canada is not a backup plan for the United States, nor does it exist to mitigate or absorb the consequences of US political or social failures. Responsibility for addressing these issues rests with the United States and should be addressed through its own domestic processes and institutions.

Thank you to all users for your understanding and cooperation as we enforce these rules going forward.
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Tax by mass; parking fees by mass; inner city size limits...
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🇨🇦 Stephen Wickens 🇨🇦 @stephenwickens.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Come on, Toronto. There's still room for improvement. #fifa #homicide
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
however much you hate billionaires is not enough
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/06/2026
That's Network State shorthand for parallel strategy: Do to (institution) what Elon did to Twitter. Buy it, gut it, purge it, and create a twisted version that serves tech fascist oligarchy. We will see this over and over again, so it's crucial to know it's a strategy with a name.
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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
(listening to koyaanisqatsi with my coworker who’s never seen koyaanisqatsi) this is when the koyaanisqatsi happens
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Lets see how many developers he texts with daily....
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is the way
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Andrew Lewis FC @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The criminals who chopped down the Parkside Drive speed camera 7 times wanted to be able to speed on Parkside with impunity & endanger others, Doug Ford agreed with those criminals & banned speed cameras, so now they are speeding with impunity & endangering others on Parkside and provincewide.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Transphobia is the greatest lodestone for today's far-right, because it embodies the far-right desire to claim all identities are natural and biological. Today's fascists hate trans people for the same reason interwar fascists hated diasporic Jews - because they hate fluidity and border crossing.
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great thread, if you want to understand over 50% of the people you deal with most days...
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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard.
A tweet from Pope Leo XIV that reads: “When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.”
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This is the way.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
i feel like a lesson from the economy these days is that you can just say things and then you will make money
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bobesplin.bsky.social @bobesplin.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
WOUT!
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
AI bros sound the same as NRA people popping up after tragedies to say guns have legit uses. Nobody asked you, everybody already knows what you think, and you're only here to yell PR for the product that you turned into your identity.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 08/04/2026
Jesus wept. What does it say about the Mark Carney Liberals that a homophobic, Ivermectin-hawking Trumpist loon like Marilyn Gladu is comfortable joining them and they’ll happily accept her? 😬
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 07/04/2026
Americans: you do have streets, yes? Streets that you could fill in protest today?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Tuesday is officially war crime day everyone!
A Donald Trump Truth "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
It's impolite to call Musk a genocidal white nationalist because "civility" in American discourse functions not as a neutral procedural norm but as an asymmetric weapon to shield the powerful from accurate moral characterization while policing the tone of those who object.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I hate how stupid everything is.
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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
the mad king is particularly mad this morning, you’re doing a wonderful job sir
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Put the Strait of Hormuz on the blockchain. by Andrew Yang
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
How do we spin this? Get our narrative right. Everyone hop on board! #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberal MPs to hold call Friday as caucus raises concerns about Carney's shifting Iran position | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to brief Liberal MPs on Friday morning about the government's position on the war that has now engulfed Iran and surrounding countries in the Middle East, a...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 23/02/2026
Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.
To: Jeffrey epstein[jeevacation©gmail.com]
From: roger schank
Sent: Mon 1/4/2010 12:15:13 PM
Subject: there is a simpler explanation about women and intelligence
intelligence comes about in part from real focus (goal-directed
(this is why you have the absent minded professor caricature)
it is a rare woman who is not first and foremost focussed on what
thinking and feeling about her
hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why
hates you or why you dont own a kelly bag
roger schank
http://www.rogerschank.com/
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