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Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster

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Theatre stuff, gnawing anxieties.

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Dylan @dyl057.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thompson was unspeakably brave, and I cannot imagine the loathing and hatred he got for it.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Bumblebee queen learns how to use protective door in less than 24 hours
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!
theglobeandmail.com
Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests
Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So yes, if you were wondering, Doug Ford -does- understand the concept of corruption.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
All this. I don’t care if some people find flying out of downtown easier. We need to stop letting these people run Toronto like it’s the place people have to be when they’re not at the cottage. We live here, we like it. Park not planes, @liberalca.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
READ THE FULL OP-ED: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee
Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/03/2026
Make it stick.
futurism.com
People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses"
On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I will also say that it’s a bit wild to me that no press freedom organization or professional journalistic association has tried to contact me or even put out a statement here. I mean Jesus Christ. A little solidarity from institutions would be nice here!
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Breaking news! I have my first opinion piece in the Toronto Star today! I got to make fun of John Tory AND make a joke about me playing for the Blue Jays, so it's safe to say that this was the most fun I've had writing something in a while. 💙 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I will not be running for mayor of Toronto
I even asked my editor at the Star for a two-page spread to help readers understand the extent to which I am not running for mayor of Toronto.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night. This is a press freedom issue. Here’s what happened:
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
My latest on how Trump and toxic tech bros are weaponizing AI to target civilians. People are pushing back. There is a worldwide boycott of CHAT GPT. The stakes are high here. charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
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It's Time to Quit ChatGBT
The Trump administration’s recent decision to move forward with a dangerous escalation in the use of artificial intelligence against citizens means that your friendly neighbourhood ChatGPT app is bein...
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Gaia Jane @gaiajane.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Ahem. Girls. Elementary. School. Children. In school. Girls. One hundred and sixty five. Put that in context: one hundred sixty five small bodies wrapped in white. Who will never get to grow up. Who will never get to love. Or feel the sunshine on their face.
Screenshot of The Guardian.
Text reads: 
• More than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing in Iran - video
US-Israel war on Iran
Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165
Strike on girls' elementary school in Minab killed 165 people and injured 96 others, according to Iranian state media
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Whether it is rape or kidnapping or murder, women always bear the brunt of men’s aggression. “The Mizan news agency has reported that the death toll at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, has risen to 108.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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US-Israel war on Iran: IDF launches fresh attacks; Trump says supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead – latest reports
Israeli military says it is striking Iranian missile and air defence systems; US president says Khamenei’s death is ‘justice for the people of Iran’ as he repeats call for regime change
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Gen Z may be the first modern generation to score worse on standardized tests than their parents. Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath points to schools replacing textbooks with tech and the iPhone. I’d add COVID as a major inflection point many never recovered from.
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”
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ScreenRant @screenrant.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ryan Coogler‘s The X-Files reboot has received a pilot greenlight at Hulu. Danielle Deadwyler is set as the co-lead with Jennifer Yale as showrunner. Source: Deadline | Read More: bit.ly/4ayla2N
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 21/02/2026
Feels like he's getting desperate because these takes are getting just objectively terrible. This is one of the silliest arguments about anything I've ever heard.
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Shira Lurie @shiralurie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
According to the provincial data, 109 Nova Scotians died of Covid in 2025. That’s more than in 2020 (65) or 2021 (46). Masks save lives.
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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago
The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
theatlantic.com
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Derrick Chua @derrick-chua.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Terrific TO shows to catch this week: Through the Eyes of God, You Always, Eureka Day, Witch, Copperbelt, Summer & Smoke, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, An Intervention, & Juliet. Support Canadian live theatre!
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Colin Duggan 🇨🇦 @bailefios.ca · 11/02/2026
Just because it's going to be important over the coming days.. I stand with the trans community, especially trans youth. Some of the strongest, most vibrant and amazing people I know are trans and we cannot allow the news cycle to ever take that away. Guns kill people, gender identity doesn't.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 10/02/2026
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/02/2026
Philippe Gaulier, a French clown who was known as one of comedy’s greatest teachers, with students including Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson, died on Monday. He was 82.
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Philippe Gaulier, Revered Clown and ‘Tormentor’ of Aspiring Comedians, Dies at 82
Gaulier often insulted his pupils, but many became stars, including Sacha Baron Cohen, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
A child’s illustration, made in what appears to be crayon, of more than a dozen figures standing together. It’s titled “Mi Familia” and credited to “Luisanney Toloza, 5 años.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
The first page of a child’s handwritten letter, written in different colors of pencil. Transcript: “Hello, my name is Susej F and I’am 9 years old. I’am from Venezuela. I have been 50 days in Dilley Immigration Processing Center. And I want to go to my Country. But I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long. I have been 2 years and 6 months in united states, and I was happy with my friends in The school but now I need to leave. I miss my family in my country so now I want To go to Venezuela. But my mom do not want to leave because she wants a better future for me.”The second page of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil on notebook paper. Transcript: “Seen how people like me, immigrants are been treated changes my perspective about the U.S. My mom and I came to The U.S looking for a good and safe place to live, and my mom was looking for a Good job.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.” From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
Page 1 of handwritten letter. Transcript: "Hello, my name is Ariana V.V. im 14 years old and im from Honduras, ive been detained for 45 days and I have never felt so much fear to go to a place as I feel here everytime I remind myself that once I go back to Honduras a lot of dangerous things could happen to my mom and my younger siblings haven’t been able to see their mom in more than a month. They are very young and you need both of your parents when you are growing up. Since I got to this Center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression. When people have their courts the longest they will last is 15 minutes, our rights are not being provided, arrest are happening when people don’t even have any type of order, arrests are happening illegally. Its sad to hear that peoples case are being denied and are getting send back to their country places where they are escaping from and are looking for protection and want to feel safe. Not a lot of people know what is happening in the Centers where immigrants are placed at. I haven’t been getting any school time. Every single person in here had their jobs they had their lifes, they aren’t any danger for this Country."Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter. Transcript: "Ive been in this country for almost 7 years and in those 7 years my mom and I found a home and made a bigger family. I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister, yeah they are with their dad but its still different for them and my mom and I. Since the day my mom and I get detained in Manhattan NY, my life was instanly paused, from my knowledge you can’t be under custody for more than 15 or 20 days, well here in Dilley Immigration Processing Center people have been in this place for 7 months, 5 months, 4-2 months, its not fair that the ICE officers are not following the laws. All kids are being damage mentally, they witness how the’ve been treated. They don’t have schools, doctor, all they have are nurses, if you need medical attention the longest you have to wait is 3 hours, but to get any medicine, pill, anything it takes a while, there are various viruses people are always sick. Serious situations happen and the officers can’t take them serious enough there are no consecuenses, they don’t care."
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A View from the Box @aviewfromthebox.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Soulpepper Theatre Company is starting off 2026 with a hit! "Witch" is a compelling story of love, desire, and most of all, hope. Starring the inimitable Tantoo Cardinal, you cannot miss this stellar show! On stage until March 1! #TheaTO #Theatre #Review aviewfromthebox.net/2026/02/06/s...
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Soulpepper Theatre Company’s “Witch”
“I just find it so hard to have hope” What does it say about about me when my inner-most thoughts are being echoed by the devil? When a character initially full of hope succumbs to the harsh realit…
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Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Tantoo Cardinal, who is starring in Soulpepper’s Witch, talks art as activism and her legendary five-decade career
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"Indigenous people are a necessary enzyme for a healthy civilization": Tantoo Cardinal is a living legend - Toronto Life
The actor, who stars in Soulpepper’s Witch, talks art as activism and her five-decade career
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Gwen Frankenstien from the internet @gwenfrankenstien.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
GTA folks: Check out Witch at Soulpepper if you can. I had no idea what to expect and I was blown away. Very clever/funny script & delightful performances from the whole cast. www.soulpepper.ca/performances...
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Soulpepper Theatre - Plays, Concerts & Musicals
Enjoy Music, Plays & More at Toronto's Largest Not-for-Profit Theatre Company. Browse this Season's Lineup and Plan Your Visit Today!
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Frank Stronach's trial on sexual assault charges begins in Toronto this week. "Some of Stronach’s accusers have spoken to reporters about feeling ignored for years after going to police." www.thestar.com/news/gta/mag...
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Magna billionaire Frank Stronach’s Toronto sex assault trial is set to begin this week. Here’s what you need to know
The trial of one of Canada's richest men is set to begin this week.
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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Today has been a very rough day. But it‘s important to share Alex’s parents message.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I need the Americans to do something about this guy asap because I just cannot fight in a guerilla land war when he invades Manitoba, my back is very bad
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 21/12/2025
I had no idea this is how the NORAD Santa tracker got started! www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
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NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc). Mobility in cities is about space. Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
Graphic asking “What does it take to move 1000 people? One linked train with four cars, 15 buses, or 625 cars requiring over 5 acres of parking.”
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. “I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case #climatecrisis scenarios revealed by scientists - Scientists say government must be prepared for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
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Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I have been seeing a lot of live theater lately, my partner loves it and lives in nyc and yes I know I’m a lucky bastard, that’s a given but I tell you what: it’s a terrific remedy for being sick to your soul about all the slop out there good, bad, meh: it cannot be sloppified. it has the juice
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Flu is not "just a flu". www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 08/12/2025
Mayor Olivia Chow is introducing fare capping for TTC riders in her upcoming budget. Instead of having to decide whether it makes sense to buy a monthly pass in advance, rides will automatically be free after 47 trips starting next Sept.
December 8, 2025
 
Ride more, pay less: Mayor Chow introduces fare capping on TTC
Automatic savings for transit riders in 2026 budget
 
TORONTO - Mayor Olivia Chow and TTC Chair Jamaal Myers announced fare capping is coming to the TTC, which will make transit more affordable for riders across the city.
 
Starting September 2026, TTC riders will automatically ride for free after taking 47 trips in a calendar month, with no upfront costs. This is part of the Mayor’s 2026 budget.
 
“We’re making life more affordable for people who rely on transit,” said Mayor Chow. “With fare capping, you pay as you go, and once you’ve taken 47 trips in a month, the rest of your rides are free. No more deciding whether you can afford a monthly pass upfront. No more overpaying if you don’t ride enough to make a pass worth it.”
 
To phase-in even more affordable transit, Mayor Chow will ask the TTC to plan for an even lower fare cap of 40 trips for the 2027 budget year.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Always shocked by people on this site & elsewhere who will @ a working journo or writer, someone whose (in my case) pay hasn't increased in 13 years & who likely live/work precarious lives, with an indignant "paywall" or suggest a non-library workaround cheat. Such raw rudeness, nerve & contempt.
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Filinadiangirl @filinadiangirl.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Really want to revisit this because just two days after this was posted, Canada went “oh by the way, here’s this new show about gay hockey players and it’s super horny and our taxes and phone bills paid for this. You’re welcome.” And it’s leaving Americans speechless and in need of a cold shower.
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Free Jeremy! That's like one dose of MDMA. Poor guy.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Three horses euthanized at Woodbine last weekend. www.thestar.com/news/gta/thr.... A reminder that this industry is wholly dependent on government subsidy. thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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Onthesidelines5 🇨🇦 (she/her) @onthesidelines5.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
More fallout from Carney's MOU #CdnPoli #AbPoli #BCPoli www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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2 top climate advisers quit saying Carney government is ignoring its experts | CBC News
Two members of the federal government’s Net-Zero Advisory Body have resigned, saying its work is being ignored by Ottawa as it moves away from previous climate commitments and toward new oil and gas p...
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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 05/12/2025
Nice analysis of AI’s current writing style.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 05/12/2025
Dan Wineman
@dwineman@xoxo.zone

You’re absolutely right — you are Pagliacci. It would certainly be difficult for you to attend your own performance! I should not have given such paradoxical advice, and I apologize deeply for the error. There is no excuse for my failure.

Nevertheless, comedy is a powerful healing force. My recommendation is to seek out live entertainment. For example, great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up. 🔗 Sponsored Reply (Great Clown Productions, Ltd.)
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