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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 21h

October is LGBTQ+ History Month. The month celebrates the achievements, history and civil rights movements of the LGBTQ+ community. Today, it is the story of Gaëtan Dugas.

LGBTQ+ History Month poster highlighting an early AIDS case: left shows Gaetan Dugas standing by a lakeshore; right panel says:
"Gaëtan Dugas was an Air Canada flight attendant who contracted AIDS in the early-1980s.
He worked closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify his sexual partners by providing names and addresses. His help confirmed that AIDS was an infectious agent. Despite his efforts to help scientists understand the disease, he was falsely labelled Patient Zero and vilified in Randy Shilts’ 1987 book And the Band Played On. It is only recently that his legacy been re-examined."

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Ryan O’Connell @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

File this one under: Pretty Bad Ass. Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello & company at Power on the People last night, ripping “Fortunate Son.”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“the perfect window … In the summer, it would keep out the sun’s heat while letting in light. In winter, it would let in both light and heat. It would scatter and evenly distribute light on overly bright days to keep a building naturally lit.” A window that automatically cut glare would be amazing.

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Maine's Black Lawyer @lutherevers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My latest trial has driven home that we, as a people, really need to pump the brakes on outrage when we only have one side's story. When we read allegations that touch a nerve, we tend to go all in and go big with our reactions. But there may be things we don't know during this initial reporting.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats” Until now, when Republicans are desperate to buy votes. I wonder why ‘checks’ is in quotes? Will it actually be a crypto transfer? And how much is “nearly $100”? I mean, anything over $50 is closer to $100 than to $0. How close?

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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Denys Beecher @dbeecher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I also assume that this particular passage is because she's spent too much time hanging about with LawSky people.

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Michael Hollett @northbymichael.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@torontostar-rss.bsky.social desperately trying to normalize radical conservative Brad Brad Ford with feature stories, more coverage than front runner Olivia Chow and soft human interest stories about guy who barley beat joke candidates last time out. Star stopped being progressive paper long ago.

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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Come join the conversation about sustainable food systems in Toronto Reaping What She Sows: Women at the Forefront of Toronto Food Systems Change Saturday, October 10, 2026 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Lillian H. Smith Library More info: www.karmacoop.org/events-calen...

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Reaping What She Sows: Women at the Forefront of Toronto Food Systems Change — Karma Co-op

Discover the Annex's food resources that are hidden in plain sight - on a walking tour with Jen Knoch. On this interactive Annex Residents' Association walking tour, you'll learn about the food insec...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right, it's not that I disagree that some of the people sentenced to execution are monsters -- many of them are! -- it's that I disagree that we all should be monsters too.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Angie Dixon, Florida Democrat, bringing the 🔥. Keep reading for her description of JD Vance as “the most ordinary man in America”. Ouch!

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In announcing her decision, U.S. District Judge April Perry quoted both Spider-Man and the 7th Circuit. 7th Circuit: "The greater the power that defies the law, the less tolerant the court can be of defiance." Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've mostly thought Wemby sucks (Knicks fan). But I really wish there was more of this from sports stars. It's a scourge.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian"

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Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca · 01/10/2026

The southeast corner of Avenue Road and Davenport on this day in 1930. Today the corner building still holds a TD Bank, a descendant of the Dominion Bank. ow.ly/Nq5750ZR27c

Black and white photo of a street corner. A white three-storey building with a gable has a sign saying, "The Dominion Bank" painted on the side and lace curtains in the upstairs windows. Next to it, is a one-storey shop called Stop and Shop has large windows and an awning. A sign on the roof parapet reads, "Home of 8¢ Bread". Series 372, Subseries 3, Item 983.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

abolish the death penalty

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the first television show I can remember (along with Hockey Night in Canada). I was 6. We lived in Gimli, Manitoba and CBC was the only channel we could receive. (Too far north to get any U.S. channels.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Vote for James Talarico. He has *one* house."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look, I’m not going to suggest everyone call Eric Schmitt’s congressional office and tell them they need to check the battery in their carbon monoxide detector, because that would be RUDE

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Listened to this today as I was preparing lunch. Top notch.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech:
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day in 1668, the Nonsuch anchored in James Bay. It remained through the winter and traded with the Cree for beaver pelts. This led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670. A replica of the Nonsuch is on display at the Manitoba Museum. 📸 Andrew Workman

The Nonsuch with cream sails and intricate rigging exhibited in a museum, visitors standing on the deck near the stern and an English flag flying.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“to line the pockets of a handful of individuals at the expense of the entire country" He could be talking about Trump and the U.S.

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Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The first and biggest tip I’d have is to identify for yourself whether your goal is “save this person’s soul” or shut them up. God help me I’m about to give Ronson his due, you can’t do both. And setting your goal as saving someone’s soul should be a rare privilege.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the way. Don’t talk generalities. Find specific examples. Nobody wants it to be harder to do good work.

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love a good data viz 📈📉🧶

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

FOCACCIA First sourdough focaccia today. Used a basic recipe, changed the liquid to onion water, and sautéed some sliced leeks and rehydrated onions (used to make the onion water) in oil with thyme, added to the dough after bulk ferment and before overnight cold retard. 👌 #BreadSky #Sourdough

Photo of baked onion-leek focaccia, with 2 slices showing interior.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Read thread for more on the Gospel of the Blade. It just gets better and better. #GuillotinesTheModerateSolution

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 28/09/2026

If your first instinct is to say “not all men!” you need to ask yourself why you are responding to an argument no one is making. People tend to do that when reacting emotionally to something that hurts their feelings.

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mission reversal Globe and Mail by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/mission-re...

Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very interesting. I liked the Problem/Solution framing.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On March 26, 2000, the song Blame Canada from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars. But that night something also debuted that became an immediate hit. The I Am Canadian Rant. This is the story. 🧵 1/10

Joe Canada standing center stage, singing into a microphone with mouth open and arms slightly outstretched before a large red maple leaf on a white backdrop.

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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Living the best life.. 😊

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This leads into a lot of my perhaps surprisingly overdeveloped opinions about the modern university that will be tough to lay out in 300 character chunks. I’ll do my best, because I’m an egomaniac and think you might care, but if I make no sense I did warn you beforehand at least.

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celiajchandler.bsky.social @celiajchandler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW CONTENT: A Day at Eden Mills - Rating? 10/10 Never been to Eden Mills Writers' Festival? Maybe next year you'll join me! This year featuring Gill Deacon, Leilani Farha Jowita Bydlowska and many other great writers. www.celiachandler.com/blog/emwf

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A Day at Eden Mills - Rating? 10/10 — Celia Chandler, Writer

Come Curious, Leave Inspired. That was the tagline of the 2026 Eden Mills Writers Festival. I think it delivered.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today seems to be a day for Americans to write about how Canadians (with good reason) do not trust America and are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.

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Karma Co-op Grocery Store @karmacooptoronto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

More vendors, partners n fun at our free harvest celebration tomorrow afternoon (Sun., Sep. 27) from 1-4pm. *NEW* > @pfenningsfarm.bsky.social carrot juice > Bickford Beekeeping Co-op local honey + bee info > Green Thumbs Growing Kids sprouts tasting More deets - www.karmacoop.org/events-calen...

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