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andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone have a pressure washer that can be loaned out for a quick job that needs sorting in Centretown?

PC health ad stencilled on the sidewalk with spray paint that reads ‘Do I really need 10,000 steps a day? Ask PC Health’

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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As Pope Leo has pointed out, those who are against abortion but in favour of the death penalty cannot call themselves “pro-life”. There is no justifying or excusing what Christa Pike did but the botched execution shows exactly why the death penalty needs to be abolished. /1

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not crossing your border and risk being detained because I'm an anti-fascist academic. I'm not eating your food that keeps being recalled for safety risks. I'm not giving you another goddamn penny in sales tax to line your pedo rapist president's pockets. Get your own shit together, America.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“After the 51-year-old British author's lifeless, rain-drenched body was found on the moor, the manner of his demise was not entirely certain, but one look through the camera roll on his phone offered several clues.”

A dappled cow getting all up in my grill.

A rain-wet pony inspects my body, trying to work out if I am till breathing.

A donkey marching towards me, annoyed, because I have told it the song 'Cannonball' by Damien Rice is fucking awful.

A sheep looking at me with doleful eyes after I made an allusion to its weak ancestry.

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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good summary.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

uh…what the fuck

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Early autumn yielded a particularly good windfall at the Sheep Tree this year.

Dozens of sheep gather at the foot of a wise old tree in Herefordshire, waiting for it to tell them stories.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026

i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest

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Zee (missing life's little cues) @miscue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

With his finger on the pulse of the US zeitgeist, Presidential Wannabe Gavin Newsom wades into the fight against rape on the side of ....the rapists. I cannot explain to you how hard I will NOT VOTE for this man. If you put him on the ballot, you will lose

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"What if you were forced to go back to 2020? Huh?! Huh?!?!"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."

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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 30/09/2026

I was co-Chair of my university's Take Back the Night for two years. That was 25 years ago. And not only have things not gotten better on college campuses, they've gotten worse. Thanks somewhat to the internet but mostly the current social and political climate.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In a past life I wrote docs to help corporations (often, oil refineries) comply with regulations put in place after and responding to the Bhopal disaster. This has Bhopal written all over it, but on a much bigger scale.

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sad, but 💯 true. And there are many more….

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes I think about where we would be as a culture today if #MeToo in 2017 had radicalized more straight men into fighting sexual abuse instead of creating a culture of "oh god don't get me CANCELED" and "fake accusations" paranoia and resentment

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The way sexual assault perpetuated against men is discussed is also fundamentally different. It is pretty universally presented as an act of violence, not a result of lust and slutty mistakes.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The two places where adult men experience the highest rates of sexual assault are in the military and while incarcerated. That fact alone proves that sexual assault is about power, domination and humiliation. It's about making someone "your bitch" - proving the inherent misogyny involved.

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Dr. Hello Bonjour @hellobonjour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beware of everything these days.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PPS. What happened at Cornell is happening everywhere. The only reason we know about this case is because the victim was brave enough to file a lawsuit.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case. It hurts my heart to think about how little has changed. It’s been nearly twenty years since I published Yes Means Yes! how is it possible that we’re still begging for the same scraps of humanity?

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Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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Harlot🔞 @harlotprincess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cycle is already starting. they're gonna claim it never happened, they're gonna claim she asked for it, they're gonna claim drug use is consent, they're gonna say she's not a perfect victim and so no victim at all, but we know what happened because it keeps happening.

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD just asked if I was born in 1918.* I look damn good for 108 years old. *kid misspoke and didn't legitimately think that was the year but it was still freaking hilarious

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Sarang Shah @sarangshah.com · 28/09/2026

Gonna be real y'all this stuff puts me on edge

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

This article is for men. Women already know this. This week a woman filed a civil suit against 7 men at Cornell U for drugging, trafficking, and raping her. Zero have faced criminal charges. Women are not safe around men. And the data is devastating. www.qasimrashid.com/p/cornell-un...

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Cornell University, Systemic Sexual Abuse, and the Men Responsible

Content Warning: This is a post about men, rape, and women

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Preached another thing, this time to mark Truth and Reconciliation Sunday: onritesandwrongs.com/a-practical-...

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A Practical Faith – On Rites and Wrongs

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is strikingly fitting for a little extended family drama-llama we got going on right now.

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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.

However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.

You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and

public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When you're casting you ballot for mayor next month, Ottawa, just remember that @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social is all talk on "fixing transit". BullSHIT. He said that last time, too, and this is what we've got. Kid and I walked home and didn't see a single bus, just the housing and substance crisis.

Screen shot of OC Transpo bus GPS showing a 32 minute wait for a buses that are supposed to run at least every 15 minutes.

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Acerbic Otter, but SPOOOOOOOOOKY @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

we used to mock people who were like those guys, now we lionize them and want to be like them we used to be a proper country....

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026

This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Further evidence that Toronto just ain't all that. Montréal rules, Toronto drools or something.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

a two-year-old in the back just sighed, "what a day" and everyone did a polite/panicked titter in response

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You know I'm in the thick of worship planning when I start uttering things like "my frustrations are legion" about random stuff.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Were they honking too loud?

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Louder, again, for the fools in the back: WHITE MEN ARE NOT BEING DEMONIZED. You're not being marginalized. You're not irrelevant. WELCOME TO (a mere shred of!) EQUITY, MOTHERFUCKERS.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am standing in my country as it falls

Autumnal Equinox
@swilua

the fall rose from the ground
first with heat
pressure pushing from above, around, down
ICE hot, heavy
exploding into
Ghosts
of steam, reaching for the clouds
mother, maiden, sister, child
father, son, spirits unholy
when the sky split open
it was first with
fire
then rumble, roll, grow
bellow, boom, know
the lashing, searching, scorching
anguish in the trees
the thrashing in the sky:

I am standing in my country
As the rain falls
As the leaves fall
As everything, falls, falls
It is the fall

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It must be autumn; I'm having extremely vivid dreams about funding.

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Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's a special kind of infuriating to have my life massively and intrusively disrupted by landlord building maintenance that is purely cosmetic that effectively traps me in my own home with mystery substances, tripping hazards, and large objects blocking doors.

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Acerbic Otter, but SPOOOOOOOOOKY @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bill Gates talking about how we will all have to "go through suffering" for some reason because AI that rough beast being born NO. I AM TIRED OF SUFFERING THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I AM **DONE** WITH SUFFERING SO RICH POWERFUL MEN CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT. I SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC,

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Acerbic Otter, but SPOOOOOOOOOKY @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I SURVIVED TRUMP I AND THUS FAR, TRUMP II, I SURVIVED AN ATTEMPTED COUP IN MY COUNTRY, I SURVIVED 9/11, I SURVIVED LOSSES OF FREEDOMS FROM MANY SIDES, I SURVIVED 2008. I AM **DONE** WITH BEING A GOOD PERSON AND GETTING F-ALL FOR IT. I WANT GOOD THINGS FOR ME.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway.

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