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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 11h

Messy for Burnham. "Emirati officials said "the Premier League's actions" would "have an influence on the bilateral state relationship"... The Telegraph said the UAE is threatening to scrap billions of pounds of private investment for a hi-tech Silicon Valley-style hub between Oxford & Cambridge."

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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 13h

I think Bradford is much closer to Leitch than Poilievre: two incredibly driven high-achievers running campaigns that many who knew them even five years before they ran find totally baffling.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 19h

"The end-of-season garden feels as though it's had the best night out and crawled home in its stilettos at four in the morning." - Sarah Mead, Yeo Valley Organic Farm, Somerset

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 19h

I love this story. The simplest things we do can be the most important. I'm going to spend some time in the vegetable garden we created with our kids during that first Covid summer. Vegetable gardens. Pollinator gardens. Minecraft worlds. Building is good. #Gift 🎁 www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

It’s understandable, and instructive. The world is a lot at the moment and doing something you enjoy, something that occupies your whole brain, is an antidote. Ideally hobbies include the outdoors and other people and especially your kids, but what matters is you do it. Because in the end, in Minecraft or elsewhere, what you’re really building is you.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 20h

Investigative journalism matters a lot right now. If you can afford to support journalism doing important investigative work right now, please consider it. The moment we're living really needs it.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 20h

Important investigation from the Globe. "Alberta sovereignty has become a talking point for senior American leaders and influential conservative voices, giving legitimacy to a separatist cause that might otherwise have been a fringe provincial movement." #Gift 🎁 #abpoli #ableg

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, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.

The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province’s resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.

Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta’s pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration and conservative political establishment to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

ICYMI — country music star Zach Bryan and his band wore “Free Palestine” shirts at Robert Kraft’s stadium (From @yasharali.bsky.social )

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 21h

“There was really no one quite like David,” Ms. Pope concluded, “an outrageous character with a warm, kind and slightly insane personality who just loved music and supporting artists. And in the music business, that is a very rare quality.”

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 22h

We were taking last nite at a party about Bradford’s bizarre framing of his dramatic change of opinions/flipflops. That a restaurant would take a smoothie off the menu if it didn’t sell. Smoothie politics, not leadership or sign of a moral foundation.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 22h

But will no one think of commercial real estate's wellbeing? 🎻

“On average, we found that employees do become more productive when you let them work from home at least some of the time,” said Mang. “First of all, they become more productive because they actually generate more output per hour.”

The ability to generate more output could be as a result of enhanced employee well-being from reduced stress, increased happiness and enhanced job satisfaction, all positive outcomes of working from home, according to Mang and Anwar’s research article.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 22h

“Very good. Very, very good,” Zidane said when asked to evaluate Jacquet’s performance against Italy. “Brave. He wasn’t afraid to come out a long way. Very good in the duels. He was, once again, very good. I said it four times.” #Gift 🎁 #LFC

The most impressive thing about Jacquet is that he has looked so assured in stepping up to another level at club and international level in the opening months of the new season. This time last year he was just beginning to establish himself in the first team at Rennes. Twelve months before that he was on loan to Clermont Foot 63, playing in Ligue 2. He had only made 54 league appearances (31 for Rennes, 23 for Clermont) before this season began, but is looking right at home when starting big games for Liverpool and France.

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Jools @joolsandsid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dark spaces #photography #humansofbluesky #ECK

A b&w photograph of the interior of a grand church. It's edited to be very dark with some shafts of light on the right hand side highlighting some of the ornateness of the wall opposite. There are some people walking down the corridor.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sorry to hear it. We used to go with friends. Wonderful spot. “Tonight, we say goodbye to 750 College St. – a place that became so much more than 4 walls. It became a home, a stage, a refuge, a family, & a place where so many of us were able to laugh, dance, love, celebrate, & simply be ourselves.”

toronto.citynews.ca

Toronto nightclub El Convento Rico abruptly closes after 35 years

An iconic Toronto nightclub that served as a hotspot for the city’s 2SLGBTQ+ and Latin community, abruptly shuttered this week after 35 years.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Quebeckers who are not considered high-risk will have to pay nearly $200 to get vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19 this season, charting a path opposite to other provinces... ...“I fail to understand the logic here, which seems to be purely an economic logic, and I still don’t get it.”

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

wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it

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

I get 3 gift stories from the Globe per month. I'm using one for this story on Chris Jones. That's how good I think his book is. I picked it up and I couldn't put it down. You don't need to be a sports fan to read it. You don't need to be a man to read it (but men, you'll enjoy it.) #GiftLink 🎁

theglobeandmail.com

Chris Jones just wants to hug it out, man

With the release of his raw new divorce-and-sports memoir, the journalist drops the chip on his shoulder and gets real about his messy life

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UN human rights chief @volker_turk says that the remains of what appeared to be entire families were being unearthed from sites in #Gaza destroyed during Israeli attacks, adding that many victims were women and children: www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

cbc.ca

UN rights chief says uncovered remains in Gaza raise concerns of war crimes | CBC News

The recovery of hundreds of bodies from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza during the war that began nearly three years ago has raised fresh concerns about possible war crime...

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The TTC says more than 60,000 used the Scarborough Busway on its first day of operations this week. The four-kilometer route runs from Kennedy Station to Ellesmere along the route of the decommissioned Scarborough RT. #ToPoli

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Keep coming back to this. Government can support, nudge and remove barriers But if the private sector won’t put its own money in because it judges the demand isn’t there, why is government assuming that risk?

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Yorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October Sky. 19°C at the Yorkshire Coast. Cormorants.

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

I have A LOT of questions about the inclusion of Diana Gox Carney on this panel given that she is cited as an 'economist and climate policy expert' who is joining a conversation about making the online world safer for kids. Was she invited? Was this a pitch from her camp? So many questions.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m not saying the UAE wants charges against Man City dropped or its investments in the UK might accidentally dry up But I’m also not not saying that Cautionary tale for any country trying to attract foreign direct investment

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Vincent Metayer @vincentmetayer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

51.8514° N, 8.2940° W St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Ireland. #Photography #DronePhotography #Ireland #Cobh

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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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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 02/10/2026

But smaller escalations, motivated reasoning, desperation laundered through a flimsy rationale carried forward by a system designed for a much more serious leadership? It's worth pointing out which norms have already been tossed and that the conditions are already pretty bad

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 02/10/2026

Point is, it's a terrible strategic situation with an erratic and deeply flawed leader repeatedly poking at a system that is definitely not designed for it. NB in no reasonable path does it look like a massive nuclear attack going forward on a whim

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 02/10/2026

Yeah I still do worry about this all these months later. Nothing has changed to remove or reduce his (repeated) interest in such terms, or change the fundamental dilemma which gives him no offramps other than eating shit or escalating.

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 02/10/2026

The posters aren't explicitly described in this the article, but I've seen photos shared on FB. They're bog standard conspiracist memes blaming Jews for COVID and abortion. The same exact memes I've seen online MANY times. Printed out and plastered around the neighborhood of the synagogue shooting.

cbc.ca

Belleville police investigating antisemitic flyers less than 2 weeks after synagogue attack | CBC News

Police in Belleville, Ont., say they're investigating antisemitic flyers being distributed in the city less than two weeks after a gunman was killed attempting to attack a local synagogue on Yom Kippu...

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Radwanski’s proposals — more transparency, better conditionalities — won’t work b/c they fail to get at the real problem: companies are loyal/beholden to their home country, which is even more of a problem in our post-globalization nationalist world.

thestar.com

Why laying off 500 workers at Hamilton's Stelco is an unpleasantly familiar warning for Mark Carney

From Stelco to Stellantis to shuttered factories, a pattern keeps repeating — and Carney's summit buzz won't fix it.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Marbled godwit at sunset. 🪶

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Crystal @crystalgrzzl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had to give my pollinator bed that sunset treatment. She deserves to shine. #sunset #bloomscrolling

Sunset after a stormy day. Lots of heavy clouds of purple, gold, pink, and blue. Framed by the treetops and the top of our gazebo. And our newest pollinator bed with all local pollinator plants like lantana, mistflower, Turk's cap, milkweed, and more.

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But taking on the full cost of building the thing, when private proponents didn’t want to touch it even with those other supportive policies, basically means betting on demand (and the supply to meet it) beyond what the industry itself is willing to do. That’s deeply weird.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I won’t belabour this because I’ve written about it before, but the part of Carney’s pipeline pivot that I find impossible to justify is the government taking on the demand risk.

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

"Despite the compressed timeline, the federal document says the Major Projects Office is satisfied that it has provided a meaningful opportunity for consultations" 👀 #CdnPoli

During those meetings, many community leaders said they lacked information they needed to make informed decisions — things like routing, engineering and design, environmental effects, marine shipping, emergency responses and impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Those concerns were cited both by communities that backed the project and those that didn’t.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feeling overwhelmed? Between yesterday and today Carney is "flooding the zone," his favorite trick from donald trump.

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

"For quite a while, we’ve known that Mark Carney is not the climate warrior he was cracked up to be. But only now is he starting to reveal just how far he’ll go in jeopardizing the slim remaining hope of averting climate disaster," writes @lindamcquaig.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli

thestar.com

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Leonie Murdoch believes people will protect what they know and respect. This 18-year-old from Nanaimo, British Columbia, leads guided walks focusing on the agency of species in their own environment. She also publishes regular Instagram stories about the benefits provided by endangered wildlife."

What would you like to say to other young people?

You are not alone. You are part of a huge network of people who see the gravity of the situation and are acting. Take advantage of the webs of life that support you and lean into community. That is where we will make the difference.

What about older readers?

In an emergency, inaction is also a decision and has consequences. Find your role. You will be happier belonging.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"In Canada, every provincial premier, of every political stripe, is guilty of adhering to the new climate denialism. It is now clear, however, that today, our country’s leading practitioner is Prime Minster Mark Carney." #CdnPoli

The essence of the idea is this: while conventional climate denialism simply refuses to accept the reality of human-induced climate change (think Donald Trump), this new form of denialism sees our political leaders assure us they understand and accept the scientific warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for policy and/or continue to block progress in less visible ways. Others, perhaps more kindly, call this “all-the-above policy-making,” the inclination of political leaders to tell the public that we need not make hard choices. Whatever term one uses, the result is the continuing sorry state of Canadian political non-leadership on the defining challenge of our time.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Handlers gave Archie a stuffed animal belonging to one of the children so he could pick up their scent. Archie led his handler & two deputies downhill to a sandy wash, where they found children’s footprints about 1.5 miles away from their campsite. “He [took] rescuers pretty much right to them." ❤️

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey Ontarians, Covid is in the ascent so if you qualify for priority vaccination, now's the time.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"the research found that post-menopausal women [with Type 1 diabetes] had a higher risk of retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, falls, and moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms. They were also less likely to have been prescribed antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications."

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How PMMC weaves climate change in here is weird but I believe it's part of a new comms tactic. Mentioning the "existential threat of climate change" along with climate destroying projects is supposed to signal to Cdns that he's got this, that we don't have to think abt it bc he's taking care of it.

static.klipy.com

Big Bird Sings 'One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other'

ALT: Big Bird Sings 'One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other'

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