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David A. Barry

@d-bear.bsky.social
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In training to teach English as a Second Language to newcomers to Canada. Feel strongly that it’s okay to use the “F” word.

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PMinTO @pmi73.bsky.social · 22h
Help us support the cause. share.nwmd.social/s/IVxRvnuQ
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Verdi Alliance and ATS Traffic, Stay Home
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is the funniest shit of all time… wait for it…😂
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need lots more of this happening in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This tiny N.S. community was frustrated with big-box grocers. So they opened their own store | CBC News
Fiddlehead Market Co-op opened in Bear River, N.S. — population 1,000 — in July. Members say the prices, the quality of the produce and the convenience are a breath of fresh air.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was very funny when the New York Times put a question along this line to Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein in a recent interview and, as he sheepishly built himself up to actually asking it, the camera flipped to them. Their expressions were perfect reflections of how I also felt in that moment.
Image of the New York Times journalist from the YouTube video of "The Interview" episode with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor titled: "Is the End of the World Now on the Table | The Interview"

The subtitle in the image reads: "know, when you use such severe language or or harsh language, do"Image of the New York Times journalist from the YouTube video of "The Interview" episode with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor titled: "Is the End of the World Now on the Table | The Interview"

The subtitle in the image reads: "you maybe risk just pushing people into their respective corners? and"Image of Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein sitting on a couch with zero hint of a smile on either of their faces as they listen to the new york times journalist basically sheepishly ask if they're risking their ideas being dismissed when they use words like "fascism" 

The subtitle on screen reads "spade a spade. And yet, I want to ask you a version of that"

The screenshot is from the YouTube video of "The Interview" episode with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor titled: "Is the End of the World Now on the Table | The Interview"
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
READ THE FULL PIECE HERE: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Why Mark Carney Is Comparing Himself to John A. Macdonald | The Tyee
Canada’s prime minister is invoking history to explain his own policies, but glossing over the harms of the past.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/09/2026
“Canada may invest in its economy and military to protect its independence, but Marx said the country will still be vulnerable unless it also finds ways to move away from relying on the U.S.” I spoke to the Canadian Press about how Google changing Lake Ontario has more people seeking alternatives.
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Author says Trump's 'Lake America' order driving hits to guide on ditching U.S. tech
FREDERICTON — Canadian author Paris Marx says there's been a renewed interest in his list of alternatives to U.S. technology since President Donald Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake...
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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
HYDRONYMS!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/08/2026
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trump and the people around him have no sense of patriotism or sovereignty. To them, politics is another grift—another way to the top. But as we are seeing, Canada doesn’t share their view. Canada has a plan and they are acting—and America will now lose the most, thanks to Trump and his people (2/2)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A word about Trump’s reckless trade war with Canada. This is happening because Trump’s entire career is based on fraud and grift, which means he simply does not know anything about economics, trade, markets. He never has. (1/2)
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
OK, but it would be funny — and thus Canadian — to go with Lake of Mexico for a while.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 25/08/2026
It’s fine, you can’t change the name of anything referenced in “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, it’s a legal document
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22/08/2026
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
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Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump, a man who was elected based on his self-proclaimed "deal-making genius", has failed to secure a trade deal with Canada, a nation most known for maple syrup and neigh...
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JGood @torontogoodguy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We CAN have nice things. And, we can respect indigenous input And enhance and protect the environment. But we have to insist on it, vote for it, and be steadfast. [the new Biidaasige Park just minutes from downtown Toronto
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A group of TO civil society leaders (in a sea of people who aren't saying a peep) have created TO Reality Check to oppose the Island Airport expansion. Give them some time + share where you can. They've made it easy to send a letter to Liberal MPs who could stop all this today. torealitycheck.ca
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The Best of Toronto's Waterfront - And Why We Might Lose It
YouTube video by TO_RealityCheck
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It seems like the rest of NATO is taking longer than advisable to catch up with Spain. The flattery/eggshell-walking strategy has failed.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
BREAKING: US to withdraw from the International Court of Poetic Justice.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/07/2026
⚽️ 🇺🇸
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Man Washing Car with Pink Bucket
ALT: Man Washing Car with Pink Bucket
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Drew Sheneman cartoon www.gocomics.com/drewsheneman
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
There aren't many columnists in this country better than @sproudfoot.bsky.social, and she was especially good in this piece. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I am announcing that as of midnight Eastern Time, I personally will be blockading the Strait of Hormuz.
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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Reuters: “Israeli forces shot and killed a young female student on Thursday while she was attending a class ​held in a tent in the town of Beit Lahiya in the ‌northern Gaza Strip…The education ministry said third-grade student Ritaj Rihan was hit by a bullet in front of her classmates.”
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Israeli fire kills girl student in Gaza, medics say
Israeli forces shot and killed a young female student on Thursday while she was attending a class ​held in a tent in the town of Beit Lahiya in the ‌northern Gaza Strip, health and education officials...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/04/2026
Alberta removes education from curriculum
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Alberta removes education from curriculum
EDMONTON - After taking recommendations from hand-picked advisors, Premier Jason Kenney UCP government will be removing education from the province’s curriculum.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota chuffed.org/project/supp...
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Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota
On January 7, 2026 ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good amid a sweeping immigration crackdown. On January 24, ICU Nurse and legal observer Alex Jeffrey Pretti was also shot and killed by ICE a...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The inclusion of Kyle Rittenhouse in this @deadder.bsky.social cartoon really brings home the deep hypocrisy
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 25/01/2026
😂😂😂
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
They should give next year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the people of the Twin Cities.
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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
A picture of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis, depicting the iconic moment from the show where she throws her hat in the air. But the hat has been covered over with a protesters cardboard sign, reading “FUCK ICE.”
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. The government is only listening to industry voices and that needs to change. That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
peoplesaiconsultation.ca
A civil society initiative to advance AI law, policy, and regulation centred around human rights and the public interest
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Rick Steves is one helluva guy...
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The Swedish Academy should confuse the living hell out of Trump by awarding him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Come for the pancake breakfast, stay for the measles!
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Keep babies, high risk Albertans away from Stampede due to measles, doctors caution | CBC News
As the Calgary Stampede kicks off, health experts are warning about  the risk of measles exposure and are urging parents with babies and unimmunized children – along with other vulnerable Albertans – ...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honourable, to be compassionate. It is above all to matter. To count. To stand for something. To have it make some difference that you lived at all.” - Leo Roston
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David A. Barry @d-bear.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
And while there, he will unilaterally declare Alberta’s independence.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/05/2025
Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ‘rogue government’ and ‘siding with dictators’
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Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ‘rogue government’ and ‘siding with dictators’
Rock’n’roll legend makes series of blistering speeches on stage in Manchester, targeting ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration’ Bruce Springsteen has made a series of rousing, splenetic speeches castigating Donald Trump and his administration, calling the president “unfit” for office. In what amounts to one of the most sustained attacks on Trump and American lawmakers from a cultural figure, he made the speeches on stage in Manchester, as he opened his Land of Hope and Dreams tour with the E Street Band. There’s some very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now. In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now. Continue reading...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state A state where there is no higher authority
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservative fundraising email suggests Liberals trying to 'tip the scales' in recounts | CBC News
A Conservative party fundraising email alleges the Liberals are trying to “tip the scales” in riding recounts, language some political watchers say is concerning as some Canadians say they don't trust...
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