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Bob Davidson

@cmdrbob558.bsky.social
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Retired paramedic, sourdough baker, likes fixing stuff & working outdoors

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Yes, more babies suffered before vitamin K shots, recommended as routine in US in 1961. Without shot, risk of bleeding 81 times higher. “Brain bleeds are among the most serious outcomes.” publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/why-new...
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Why Newborns Need Vitamin K | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The vitamin K shot at birth is a lifesaving intervention, but more parents are refusing it—with deadly consequences.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“Compared with non-active travelers, the cyclists had a 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia, a 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's, a 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia (before the age of 65), & a 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia.” Connecting bike-riding with reduced dementia risk. #UrbanTruth
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Cycling Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Study of Half a Million Finds
Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Chief Allan Adam on Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'undemocratic': "It's a good win for Canada, it's a good win for Albertans. It is a democratic process because that's what the Constitution is there for."
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Da(N95)iella [fka DaniAtomicus] @sharpflower.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The precautionary principle is probably the most important piece of a public health response to an outbreak and seeing the trusty credentialed clown car of media favourites bust out the same “what’re ya gonna do lol 🤷‍♂️” is frustrating after what they should have learned from SARS and SARS2
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Louise Arbour: champion of international law and unwavering defender of civil liberties and of oppressed minorities. Here is a short profile of Canada's new Governor-General that I wrote for The Lancet in 2018. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
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Louise Arbour: champion of international law
In October, 1970, Canada was embroiled in what was arguably the worst political crisis in its history. Members of the radical Front de libération du Québec kidnapped British diplomat James Cross, then...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice who later served as a UN commissioner and war crimes prosecutor, has been named Canada’s new Governor-General, by @ianabailey.bsky.social @stephanielevitz.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Former Supreme Court judge Louise Arbour named Canada’s next Governor-General
She also worked as a UN commissioner and prosecuted war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I'd rather airports be run as not for profits that would put their 'surplus' into regular maintenance, needed upgrades, good pay for workers & be required to partner with local charities to provide them stable funding.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 02/05/2026
“Twitter perpetuates the false narrative that far-right views are normal Canadian values, and that they’re under attack — all while demonizing everyone else. In doing so, they undermine people’s faith in democracy. “Fascists have been doing this for over a century, only the technology has changed.”
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The time has come to ban Twitter in Canada
The time has come to ban Twitter in Canada.
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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“The response shouldn't be to…doubly punish victims who are already victimized by the harassment…,by then forcing them to make themselves smaller” @rachelgilmore.bsky.social “Nearly 1/2of female journalists &media wrkrs said they self-censor on soc media due to online violence—an ⬆️from 30%in 2020”🧪
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Great interview. "One of the things about Americans that makes them vulnerable is their exceptionalism. They tend to say, "Well, it happens in other countries but it can't happen here…" The moment you say, "it can't happen here" is the moment you're asking it to happen here." It can happen here.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/05/2026
Truly recommend reading this 6min article to restore your confidence in justice and the goodness of the people in leadership positions
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 02/05/2026
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a reminder: this risk is not limited to fire zones — it’s a national health issue. Research from #ClimateCentral shows that: 🔥 Exposure is 4x higher than in the late 2000s 🔥 164K U.S. deaths linked to smoke (with about 15K tied to climate change)
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Finji @finjico.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The wait is almost over, hackers! 👾 868-BACK is releasing May 28th! Play the free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What I would like to see is a retrofit high mileage Chevy Spark EV replacement battery so all those used vehicles could still be on the road .
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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 29/04/2026
🇺🇸 "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" - Statue of Liberty plaque 2026: www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/p...
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US will deny visas to applicants who say they fear persecution at home | CNN Politics
Applicants for visas to the United States will now have to affirm that they do not fear persecution in their home countries as the Trump administration seeks to further restrict potential asylum seeks...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/04/2026
We're hearing reports that piping plovers are making their way back to Ontario. Their return could look a little different in Wasaga Beach, since the endangered bird is no longer landing in a protected provincial park. Here's why: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Wasaga Beach's endangered piping plovers await federal protection | The Narwhal
The endangered bird will soon return to a stretch of Wasaga Beach that is no longer protected by Ontario. Environmental groups are urging the Canadian government to step in
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Wrong way train going the wrong way.
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We’re pleased to see the government took the CMA’s recommendation to make changes to the Disability Tax Credit that will simplify the process for people with disabilities and their health care providers. Important work gets done when doctors and policy makers work together.
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Making Alberta the Florida of Canada.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This naturopath was charging parents about $15,000 to give his nephew's poop to children as a treatment for autism. His lawyer argued that he should be allowed to since naturopathy isn't scientific anyway. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Naturopath loses licence after selling and promoting fecal transplants for autistic kids | CBC News
A Fraser Valley naturopath who charged families thousands of dollars to give their autistic children pills and enemas made from human feces has agreed to give up his licence, after more than four year...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Study reframes aging narrative: Many older adults improve in later life healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/04... "...participants who held more positive beliefs about aging at the outset were significantly more likely to improve in cognitive and physical function..." Love this message! 💪❤️
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Study reframes aging narrative: Many older adults improve in later life
A new Yale University study challenges a common assumption around aging: that later life means inevitable cognitive and physical decline.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Is it good when a literal king has to remind Americans that even his monarchy finds all of this groveling a little gross?
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast: Apr 25 - May 8, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: NL, SK MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC About 1 in 248 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Apr 25 - May 8, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: MODERATE - 4.4
Alberta: MODERATE - 4.1
British Columbia: MODERATE - 3.4
Manitoba: MODERATE - 4.9
New Brunswick: MODERATE - 4.9
Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 6.4
North: MODERATE - 4.5
Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 4.1
Ontario: MODERATE - 4.6
Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.1
Quebec: MODERATE - 3.9
Saskatchewan: HIGH - 5.3

A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fracking is bad.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It’s not hard to do the correct thing and give good advice. Bravo to this awesome health department! 👏👏👏
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Replaceable batteries with shock resistant cases & screens would be nice too. Every phone I've had lately needs a add on screen protector & a shock resistant case to protect it & make it less slippery to hold.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Americans are once again escalating their threat against Canada. It is going to get more intense. There is a reason that PM Carney invoked the story of Sir Isaac Brock in defending our land from invasion. My latest. youtu.be/Yht75wfSPKI?...
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TRUMP HUFFS & PUFFS BUT CANADA HOLDS THE LINE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Louise in Ontario🇨🇦 @grammalou.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Since the 2024 election, there has been a philosophical shift on the right, and especially among tech billionaires, to vilify the idea of empathy. Musk has called empathy "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization." He sees it as a weapon wielded by liberal society to bludgeon otherwise rational people into operating against their own interests. Empathy is something done to you by others—a vulnerability they exploit, a back door through which they gain access to your resources and will. This rejection of empathy as a human value gives cover to people who don't want to feel anything at all. If empathy is the problem, then lack of it isn't a deficiency—it's an advantage.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 23/04/2026
Smith’s creeping Americanization of Alberta goes well beyond culture wars and legal skirmishes, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes. Her government has been busy with American-style attacks on healthcare, the judiciary and democracy itself.
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Danielle Smith is already turning Alberta into America’s 51st state
Albertans will spend the summer debating their province's relationship with Ottawa. So why does it seem like their premier is laying the groundwork for a different sort of relationship with Washington...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Short course @mcgillspgh.bsky.social on Providing Health Care to Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Populations June 17-19, 2026 www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...
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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Crusading doctor shares news of Thessalon teen’s petition for improved health care Sault Star story on Julian La Fortune’s efforts shared on X by Dr. Alan Drummond, past-president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians www.saultstar.com/news/crusadi...
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Crusading doctor shares news of Thessalon teen’s petition for improved health care
Sault Star story on Julian La Fortune shared on X by Dr. Alan Drummond, past-president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
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Chris Cocking @chriscocking.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I was interviewed today by BBC Hereford & Worcester about the psychology behind helping others in the context of the recent #BostonMarathon The story starts about 22 minutes into the clip below & my interview is from 25.00-29.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Elliott Webb - 23/04/2026 - BBC Sounds
Your stories with the very best interviews and plenty of laughter with Elliott.
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Selling off the green spaces & waterfront to developer buddies & weakening environmental protections & monitoring. Sounds on brand for Ford's kleptocracy
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2026
They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#DougFord is the most corrupt premier in Ontario’s history. Given how many corrupt premiers have been in Ontario’s history (ie Ford’s mentor #MikeHarris), that’s saying quite a lot. Trying to use taxpayers for a $29M private jet that can’t even land in most Ontario airports?! #GravyPlane #Onpoli
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The US attempting to shakedown and threaten its erstwhile number one ally and partner will reverberate for decades. Canada will be far stronger w other more reliable partners
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 22/04/2026
The stretch of Wasaga Beach used by piping plovers is no longer protected under Ontario law. Environmental groups have asked the feds to issue an emergency order for the endangered bird's protection, before it migrates back to the beach. Now they're going to court. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Will the piping plovers of Wasaga Beach gain federal protection? | The Narwhal
The endangered bird uses a stretch of Wasaga Beach that is no longer protected by Ontario. Environmental groups are urging the Canadian government to step in
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 22/04/2026
“If we want Montreal to be a healthy, happy and viable metropolis a century from now, then Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada needs to make fighting climate change on a local level one of her top priorities.” #polmtl
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Fighting climate change must be a top priority for the mayor of Montreal
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada needs to make fighting climate change a top priority — not in the future, but now.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Dear Universe, more pls. 🙏 In a world filled with hate, rage, greed, and preformative “optimization”, I love this…👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
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‘Two are stronger than one’: Boston Marathon duo praised for helping struggling runner cross finish line
When Ajay Haridasse collapsed at the 26-mile mark, Aaron Beggs of Northern Ireland and Brazilian Robson De Oliveira came to his aid and completed the race together
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Michael Lugo @miclugo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Ben Franklin, on why you should get your kids vaccinated: “In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
'Asymmetrical social copying drives behavioural cascades following a shock event' royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Asymmetrical social copying drives behavioural cascades following a shock event
Abstract. When facing disruptive events, such as epidemics, terrorist attacks or financial crises, individuals often exhibit protective behaviours, includi
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Introduction to @cliffstott.bsky.social & Ed Maguire's new book, 'Policing the crowd' available via Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Edwa...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI) @drug-evidence.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨UBC TI Best Evidence Webinar 🚨 Dr. David Juurlink: Treating #pain is harder than it looks 🤕 ⏰ Weds 22 April @ 11:45 PDT ✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief ✅ The many hidden harms of analgesics ✅ Myths about common analgesics REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/t... #MedEd
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Monday reminder to get your spring Covid-19 vaccine. Available from your family physician or pharmacy. Seniors, Indigenous populations, LTC or other congregated living, and anyone who is immunocompromised should get their booster (six months since last dose), and first doses for infants 6m+
Covid vaccine in stock for the spring
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ReadJack🇺🇸 @readjack.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is a nightmare: the destruction of Florida's orange industry. Tariffs, drought, deep freezes and a bacteria that is destroying the trees. They have lost 95% of production since 2003. 3/4s of growers are out of business. This is the dangerous eco-future staring us. slate.com/business/202...
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It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It.
The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Terminators in training now able to run down marathon runners. Coming to run you down soon.
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Bob Davidson @cmdrbob558.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
There's big oil money to be made by disrupting big oil shipments & driving big oil prices through the roof.
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