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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦

@crystom.bsky.social
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Wildlife photography (hobby, for fun and health) & rescue dogs (also love cats but currently don’t share my home with one) Posts re trauma & therapy (as a client), lawyer wellness. Opinions my own not my employer’s

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI: AI is an existential threat to humankind. Also OpenAI: see how cute these little guys are? www.engadget.com/2272230/dots...
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Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget
Sure, seems safe.
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Unofficial CBC News Mirror @cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ANALYSIS | Putin appears to be eyeing NATO. The question is, will he actually attack? | CBC News
European military experts warn that Russia is actively planning targeted aggression against NATO to test alliance solidarity. Recent high-alert incidents include a foiled explosive drone plot at a German airport and a strike near the Ukraine-Poland border targeting European VIPs. However, officials are deeply split on the immediacy of a conventional threat.
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Is it safe to live that close to a data centre?! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes @22-minutes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where's the value?! ✈️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUO...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Dragons' Den! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Canadian music I’m listening to this evening: youtu.be/Lopyztgx8IY?...
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This Ain’t Going Well
YouTube video by Tegan and Sara - Topic
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some recent photos (from a trip): crystaltomusiak.smugmug.com/University-o...
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University of Alberta and vicinity - Crystal Tomusiak
Passing through one day in Sept 2026
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My Canadian music this morning (the original song not the cover people may be familiar with) youtube.com/watch?v=f_6b...
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Hard Sun
YouTube video by Indio - Topic
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/world/o...
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Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website | CBC News
Australia said an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining ‌unauthorized access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government we...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
Oilers great Messier 'horrified' by Babcock hiring reut.rs/4hiInbj
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Oilers great Messier 'horrified' by Babcock hiring
Edmonton Oilers great Mark Messier said he was horrified by the team's decision to hire Mike Babcock as head coach, pointing on Wednesday to longstanding ​criticism over the veteran's methods and the circumstances of his NHL exit.
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
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Why Russia has Europe on edge | CBC Radio
Russia appears to be ramping up its provocations towards NATO. Is the alliance being goaded into a response? What happens if it hits back?
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Marina Mueller 🇨🇦 @marinamueller935.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lots of mushrooms to see! #FungiFriends #ShroomScrolling
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/12/2024
UnitedHealth was the company accused of using a flawed "AI" system with a 90% (!!) error rate to deny critical health coverage to elderly patients:
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI’s error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
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Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found. Researchers identified unusually warm conditions before the glacier’s collapse, which sent an avalanche of 110m cubic metres (3,885 cu ft) of snow and ice into the valley below. This triggered flash floods on an almost unprecedented scale, hitting communities downstream without warning. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
OpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system
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OpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system
Model adopting ‘jailbreak-like instructions’ among cases as firm says it is introducing new way of tracking AI misalignment OpenAI has disclosed six more examples of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its technology, as it warned the pace of development could not continue at “maximum speed for much longer”. In one of the new cases reported by OpenAI, an unreleased research model inserted “jailbreak-like instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots”. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
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2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last year Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found. The assessment of the global water cycle by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reveals a depletion in the world’s water savings bank: the amount of freshwater held on or under the ground, including groundwater, lakes, rivers, snow, ice moisture in the soil and inside plants and trees, was 42% below normal across the world last year. Continue reading...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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2 - Sam Roberts Band - Hard Road (Live)
YouTube video by CFOXVideos
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is very Canadian 💜🇨🇦🎶 (Sam Roberts singing a Gordon Lightfoot song) youtube.com/watch?v=pFDy...
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Sam Roberts - Live Video ( Gordon Lightfoot cover )
YouTube video by AJB
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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RARE-Watch Sam Roberts Band perform the LAST CRUSADE for the FIRST time ACOUSTIC
YouTube video by RollercoasterManiacs
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So disappointed in social media today and no I will not elaborate. Maybe time for a break. People can be so mean-spirited on here (not something that happened to me just something I’m seeing unfold but refraining from getting involved in)
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is disturbing
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes @22-minutes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tonight on 22! See you at 8pm on CBC & CBC Gem. 🌊🏛️
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is an early 1990s Canadian song that used to go through my head from time to time until I was finally able to find it. Ah, nostalgia youtu.be/Uacg56nuTeg?... t
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Weight of the World
YouTube video by Ian Roe
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As always, I’ve included too many photos. I just can’t delete any View my photos at: crystaltomusiak.smugmug.com/Pup-photos-A...
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Pup photos April 13, 2026 - Crystal Tomusiak
I am relatively new to this hobby. I find nature healing and want to share what I capture with others
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Teresa @thelilychronicles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Mother, I am naught but skin and bones.”
A golden cocker spaniel sits on a blue and orange patterned rug. She has just zoomed around the living room and now looks up mournfully in an effort to con her way into a treat. The Look works 70% of the time.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/09/2026
Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
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Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My beloved Mac and Layton barking at a mink. I miss these two pups with all my heart. Mac was a rare hound dog who rarely barked so this was special. Layton was a cocker spaniel who never stopped barking 🤣🐾💕🌈🌈
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The year is 2029. The machines will convince us that they are conscious, that they have their own agenda worthy of our respect. They'll embody human qualities and claim to be human, and we'll believe them” youtube.com/watch?v=Kve6...
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Our Lady Peace - In Repair (Official Video)
YouTube video by OurLadyPeaceVEVO
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Our Lady Peace - Are You Sad (Official Audio)
YouTube video by OurLadyPeaceVEVO
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Another Chantal Kreviazuk song from way back when (Canadian music 🇨🇦💕 ) youtube.com/watch?v=65ED...
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Chantal Kreviazuk - God Made Me
YouTube video by ChantalKreviazukVEVO
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sunday morning Canadian music 🇨🇦💕🎶 youtu.be/yqfd4v-_byg?...
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Chantal Kreviazuk - Surrounded (Official Video)
YouTube video by ChantalKreviazukVEVO
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Breaking down the dire warnings about AI's risks to humanity — and what experts says should be done about it | CBC News
A dire warning from an outgoing researcher at Anthropic that AI could "kill all humans" by the end of the decade led to public outcry over the dangers posed by the technology's rapid development. It's...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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AI-driven 'worms' pose a real threat to your devices, researchers say. So, how’s your cybersecurity hygiene? | CBC News
Artificial intelligence researchers are warning the public to use strong passwords and promptly install software updates on their devices to combat "AI-driven computer worms," a new breed of cyber-thr...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Jane Siberry - Everything Reminds Me of My Dog (Official Video)
YouTube video by Otsini
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I find Smoke’s approach to singing so endearing especially the last bit 🤣💕🎶 (caution: the loud squeaky toy sound is hard on human ears but it’s what prompts them to sing)
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/justas...
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Digital sovereignty has come up in trade talks, but what does it mean? | CBC Radio
Tensions between Canada and the United States have raised concerns about Canada's digital sovereignty, but what does that term mean, and how can Canada promote it? Experts say it's about making sure C...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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'Nothing happens here. You're safe': 9/11 survivors, responders recall attack aftermath | CBC News
Pilots, politicians, hotel workers, bus drivers and church leaders who had a front row seat to the aftermath of the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attacks gathered at the Gander airport on Thursday to refl...
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Bruce D. Cowherd 🇨🇦 @brucedc77.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pilots Who Landed in Gander, Newfoundland After September 11, 2001 Attacks, Return For Memorial. #cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #Newfoundland
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Pilots who landed in Gander, N.L., after 9/11 attacks return for memorial
Two American pilots whose flights were rerouted to Gander after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks join fellow 'plane people' in Newfoundland 25 years later. They say the hospitality, kindness and compass...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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These tiny endangered raccoons make their own toys out of trash | CBC Radio
A new study shows pygmy raccoons in Mexico rummaging through bins for paper and other materials, crafting those scraps into balls to play with, and teaching her family members how to do the same.
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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International demand for Canadian maple syrup surges amid U.S. trade war | CBC News
Whether it's seeking to support Canadian or people looking for alternative sweeteners to refined sugar, Canadian maple syrup is seeing a bump in exports. Hutchinson Acres in Nova Scotia is seeing an u...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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'Feedback loop' from wildfires, permafrost melt in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows | CBC News
These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimat...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Imagine being this cute and not even knowing it
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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August was Earth's hottest month, European climate agency finds | CBC News
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to...
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More Canadian music youtube.com/watch?v=vvZI...
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Starts With Them, Ends With Us
YouTube video by Dan Mangan - Topic
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A dog with no respect for boundaries. Volume on if you dare….
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 09/09/2026
The researcher issued serious warnings about humans losing control of AI systems.
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‘Gambling With Our Lives’: Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Sounds The Alarm About AI Safety
‘Gambling With Our Lives’: Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Sounds The Alarm About AI Safety
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
More Canadian music this morning youtu.be/nITKEHBPi_0?...
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Alannah Myles - Sonny Say You Will
YouTube video by Alannah Myles
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Crys Tom (she/her) 🇨🇦 @crystom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My early morning Canadian music today youtube.com/watch?v=BWiC...
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Sam Roberts Band at The Orchard: "Rogue Empire" (Live) (Acoustic)
YouTube video by The Orchard
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