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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 9h

Well that was a day. Mum gave us a scare and we spent it at St Mary's GH emerg. She's okay and home now. SUPER LOVELY FOLKS AND VIBE THERE. As a bonus @hotsahs.sahsi.net was her emerg Dr! He's even more awesome in person. An ussie, after a long (for me) day...I'm terrible at such things.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 23h

Soil sealing prevents cities from cooling naturally and increases flood risks. Soil sealing: easy to do, hard to undo. Healthy soils absorb water, help reduce flooding and build resilience to climate extremes. #SoilHealth #GreenCities #ElNiño #WorldHabitatDay

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The world does not consent (but Sam Altman does not believe consent is required). But the world would consent to many bad things happening to Sam Altman and OpenAI.

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M. Derbecker @mderbecker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seen just now on the Montreal metro. She was very soft.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Turned the dryer on again as the linens needed a second go and there was a crinkly sound and a poof a lint. Yay.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"A Globe and Mail investigation has found that (US) Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede." 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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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The government then bought 66 second-hand Voodoo fighters from the USA and opted into the Bomarc surface-to-air guided missile system but later withdrew over public opinion. The total cost of these purchases was more than the entire cost of the Avro program. 📸 LAC 🧵 10/12

A black-and-white photo of the Avro Arrow aircraft marked "RL-201" in flight, captured during landing or takeoff with its landing gear extended, against a cloudy sky and a backdrop of barren trees and a distant building.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An important reminder that at one point Canada had an amazing aerospace industry with world-leading experts on the team. Then Diefenbaker decided to scrap it and put 14k people out of work in one day. Thread.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

October is Women's History Month. During this month, we celebrate women from Canada's history who have helped shape the country. Today, it is Pauline Johnson.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

GOATFEST! Waterloo Region's hot sauce festival! The bottles are what came home with me. I think I tried 3x that number. (I told y'all yesterday on-air that I was a born fire eater) And yes, I got a hot sauce because the cat looks like Rufus. Such a good event :)

My Canadian hot sauce haul. L-R (heat to my palate) Luci & Pharaoh (Toronto) Dark Prince (balsamic vinegar, white vinegar, blackberries, tamari, molasses, black garlic, Carolina Reapers) - Mild Ginger Goat (Kitchener) La Cabra Loca (doing this from memory:mix of peppers, red bell pepper, spices, Pepper X) - Medium MH (Cambridge) Lime & Peach (Sweet Potatoes, Lime, Peach, Carolina Reaper) - Mild-Medium Microsaucerie Piko Pepper (Montreal) Piko Riko (bell peppers, onions, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, cane sugar, habanero peppers, cayenne peppers, spices, beer) Mild-Medium Dawson's (London) Everyday Hot Sauce (peppers, Cedarwood infused vinegar, Habanero mash, cane sugar, Garlic, Onion, Sea Salt, Arbol) - Mild-medium--akin to sriracha Dave's Meat Pit & Kyle's (London - collab) Call of the Wild Blueberry barbeque sauce -

My US haul L-R Black Eyed Susan - Trinidad Thyme Bomb - Mild-Medium Puckerbutt Pepper Co - Oh Boy Garlic Soy Sauce (with Pepper X) Hot -- bought this out of curiosity (Ed Currie picked these out for me): - Unique Garlique (Chile Peppers, Vinegar, Garlic Salt, Onion, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Italian Seasoning) - Hot - Sazon (vinegar, sweet potato puree, Sazon seasoning, and chili powder) - Medium - East Coast Seafood (vinegar, onion, garlic, Old Bay Seasoning, and Pepper X chili powder) - Hot - Hot Ones Garlic Fresno
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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looking for some hot stuff? Kitchener's Ginger Goat is the only Canadian hot sauce maker using Pepper X, the world's hottest chilli! Chatted w/ Kris from GG, Smokin' Ed Currie on developing Pepper X, & Blair Horvath from Chilly Chiles about heat-seeking Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ginger goat's Pepper X products:
Miso Maple
Hot Honey
La Cabra Loca

A bin of Pepper X chillies --mustardy-greeny-orange, and "short, fat, and ugly."

Blair Horvath, standing in front a wall of hot sauces at his Ottawa shop, Chilly chiles (one of Canada's largest hot sauce shops).

Smokin' Ed Currie holding a Pepper X pepper

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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My column is devoted to @burylitfest.bsky.social first food programme. I'm its curator and I'm so thrilled these wonderful authors have agreed to appear. We'd love you to attend! www.suffolknews.co.uk/whats-on/fes...

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [dreamye lute solo] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On July 20, 1980, Terry Fox reached Stratford, Ontario. He was personally greeted by British actress Maggie Smith, who was performing at the Stratford Festival that summer. She gave him a hug, kiss, and a personal donation to the Marathon of Hope. 📸 Stratford-Perth Archives

Terry Fox wearing a T-shirt reading "GIVE FOR CANCER" talks with a Maggie Smith

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seriously 💥

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🧵Spotted on a Rainy Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) is clutching a wheel of camembert cheese to her chest and wearing a big watery frown. Dad asks what's wrong and she bellows with utmost distress: "MY CHEESE IS SAD!" Dad trying to commiserate in between belly chuckles.

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Lester @lesterlee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good rule of thumb in life, don't trust a tool that hallucinates at you.

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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We made up our minds that "AI is Bad" because IT'S BUILT WITH THE STOLEN SUM TOTAL OF OUR LIFE'S WORK, for which we have received no real recompense or restitution. Our labor is being blatantly exploited to create these products, and I have increasing contempt for people who elide that fact.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, pay attenrion to how you mark your ballot. Here they suddenly say an X is spoiling the ballot, you have to colour in the whole circle. In spite of the marketing logo saying "Vote" with an X in the O!

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I complained to the City that they enclosed my voting info in an envelope addressed to my tenant. As he's under no obligation to tell me, it's a great way to suppress votes and disengage voters. She said it's a cost savings. LOVELY. (She also tried to deflect and put onus on me...nope)

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 01/10/2026

Coffee wakes you up with its caffeine, and does a bunch of other weird things to your body while it’s at it. Celebrate #InternationalCoffeeDay with this story from our sister edition in Austrailia:

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7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

Coffee doesn’t just make you feel more alert. Here’s what else happens when you drink a cuppa.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A sneak peak at tomorrow's food column! It's kinda hot. Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“A unique voice, tone and heart.” Everything Will Swallow You has been chosen as one of the top ten paperback releases so far of 2026 by this week’s Bookseller Magazine. Free international delivery here in case you’ve not got yours yet: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

A round up of the year’s best paperbacks, beginning with my latest novel.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“.. Seoul had expressed its regret to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘that what was reported today went beyond what had been agreed,’ he said.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gratitude and respect for the heroism of Captain Machcchar, who fended off the Islamist terrorist trying to crash Flydubai flight FZ1073 flight, with 180 people onboard. 1/x

Remember this name: Captain Smit Machchhar.
He was the captain stabbed whilst resisting his copilot's attempt to hijack this morning's flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
Passengers and a crew member forced their way into the cockpit and subdued the attacker as he tried to sabotage the aircraft's systems. Other pilots then brought the plane safely down in Saudi Arabia.
An Indian captain, courageous Israeli passengers and crew. Together, they helped avert a catastrophe.
We owe them our gratitude.
Wishing Captain
Machchhar a full and speedy recovery.
@jonnydaniel

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thomas potato

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What a dumb fuck. Even after being proven wrong, he went on an interview after the hearing acting like he won. "Wrong teams, wrong league, wrong state," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's editors wrote. "It was based entirely on that sloppy staffing that Schmitt furiously accused Smith of perjury."

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'Sloppy' GOP Sen. Schmitt pilloried by home state paper over 'cringey' public humiliation

The editorial board of Missouri's largest newspaper joined the pile-on after Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) embarrassed himself during his interrogation of former special counsel Jack Smith on national TV.S...

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Catching up on columns I didn't share while deep into recuperation Since 6 Aug is Jamaican Independence Day, and Jamaican food is *so* tasty, I chatted with Kitchener's Chef Ofelia Clarke about the foods she grew up with :) #WaterlooRegion #JamaicanFood #CanadianFood www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jamaican Patty, bisected and the halves stacked atop each other

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Manitoba RCMP have issued a silver alert for Barbara Mack. The 75-year-old woman is from Alonsa, Manitoba and was last seen getting into a vehicle around six in the morning on September 28, but left without telling anybody where she was going.

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Silver alert issued in Manitoba for 75-year-old woman - APTN News

Manitoba RCMP have issued a silver alert for Barbara Mack. The 75-year-old woman is from...

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Breaking news: Product operates as designed. More at 11."

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Came home from my follow-up with my surgeon to find this in my front yard. Either the condo cops have a new surveillance/compliance tool or Rover bounced into the wrong Village. I am not a number. I am a free woman...I will not make any deals with you... I am not (in) Number Six.

A big green ball in my front yard. One of my alliums looks to be warding it off.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

January 2025: I’m a trad wife who thinks women who work should be burned at the stake, please ignore the $50,000 I make on insta posting butter I had my servant churn Today: did you know women are people? I promise never to sell you gals out again unless its convenient

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Jonathon Owen @arrantpedantry.com · 28/09/2026

As always, @ivacheung.com gets it. ivacheung.com/2018/01/apa-...

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APA style - Iva Cheung

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ontario is getting a massive new trail that will eventually stretch 100 kms through the GTA and surrounding region, connecting the Hills of the Headwaters in Orangeville all the way to Lake Ontario in Port Credit. www.blogto.com/travel/2026/...

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Ontario is getting a 100-kilometre-long trail

Ontario is getting a massive new trail that will eventually stretch 100 kilometres through the GTA and surrounding region, connecting the Hills of th…

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sigh RIP Dave Marsden CFNY was the best station.

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Waterloo Region Record @therecord.com · 28/09/2026

Two teens have been charged with murder after a Puslinch boy was fatally struck by a vehicle in Centre Wellington. www.therecord.com/news/crime/g...

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Two Guelph teens charged with murder in death of Puslinch boy

The pedestrian was struck by a minivan.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Geophysicist & space physicist Marcia Neugebauer made the first direct solar wind measurements via instruments on the Mariner 2 spacecraft. She developed instruments used on Earth-orbiting satellites, Apollo lunar experiments & the Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet. Born #OTD in 1932. #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white historical photograph of pioneering geophysicist and space physicist Marcia Neugebauer (born September 27, 1932) working at her desk during the mid-20th century. Sitting in an office setting, she leans forward slightly over her desk, looking directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and focused expression. She has short, bobbed light hair and wears a short-sleeved, collared white button-up blouse adorned with subtle vertical embroidered details down the front. In her right hand, she holds a pencil over large documents and charts with plotted scientific data curves spread out on the desk before her. To her right sits a large, vintage mechanical calculating machine with columns of buttons, characteristic of the 1960s computing era. The background features window blinds and office storage, creating an environment of rigorous research. The image captures the historical significance of a trailblazing woman in STEM whose work with these charts and calculations would confirm the existence of the solar wind via the Mariner 2 spacecraft.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Daily bunny no.3455 prefers the classics

Two bunnies are standing near a record player, and one starts to play their preferred record, "Something Else" by the Kinks. Next to him, the second bunny is miffed that she can't play her preferred record, "Room On Fire" by the Strokes.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As a food and restaurant writer, I run into #3 often enough. No online presence, all word of mouth. Apart from some Mennonite businesses, sometimes the owners are pre-internet, but others may only have a dead FB/Insta page and aren’t interested in updating.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

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Loch Ness Monster 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Local folks, the raspberries at Herrles are magnificent right now. Just sayin

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another food recall in USA: “Lior brand cinnamon ground seasoning is being pulled off of shelves over lead concerns. That’s after Maryland’s Department ofHealth found that the product contained elevated levels of lead.” www.abccolumbia.com/2026/09/25/g...

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Ground cinnamon recalled in select states due to elevated levels of lead - ABC Columbia

There is a major cinnamon recall to let you know about.

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And yet I was only allowed to access a 1955 B.Litt. thesis, the only lengthy study on Robert Braybrooke, in person and take notes (no photos). I had to sign a register of those who had ever accessed the thesis.

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