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Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 12m

Too little, too late 🥺 #ChristaPike #AmericanCarceralCruelty

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 1h

Sadly familiar story: "Supposedly, the problem would take Lawson 10 months, 16 sessions, and some 400 attempts to complete. When he claimed to have finally topped it, alone and on a rainy evening in late January, Salvo and many others in the Squamish scene took Lawson at his word."

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“It Was All an Illusion”: The Canadian Climber Who Lied His Way to the Top

In 2023, Gabe Lawson tricked the world into believing he’d sent Canada’s first V16 boulder. It turns out that was just the beginning of his lies.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 3h

What kind of country...?

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 5h

NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin

Don Davies v @DonDavies • 1h This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once. Samira Mohyeddin /jau Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis "presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community" & other Jews are "duty- bound to = NATIONAL POST Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis His Yom Kippur message was indefensible By Yoni Goldstein, Special to National Post Published Sep 29, 2026 Last updated 17 hours ago 4 minute read • 190 Comments

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@SMohyeddin • 10h = NATIONAL POST None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from causing harm. Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing. 244

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 3h

They may well be, but that's not something that I as a country would boast about...

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Semafor @semafor.com · 8h

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 3h

A good thing: When someone writing on language writes in language that sings... "Inserting the insertor requires fore-conceit, an inkling of how a sentence or a plot is going to develop. If a writer is going to stray, they should stray strategically, spanning the internal parenthesis like an arch."

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 5h

'Cipolla divided people into four groups: the helpless, whose actions harm themselves but benefit others; the intelligent, whose actions benefit themselves and others; the bandits, who enrich themselves while harming others; and the stupid,...' (cont'd)

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 6h

I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 7h

The fisherman in this boat is 95 years old. We've known each other off and on for years, and reconnected a few weeks ago when he came out of the fog in front of me while I was kayaking along the cliffs. Bob is full of wisdom, stories, and strong opinions and is a strong voice for lake Winnipeg. 1/2

A lone fisherman in a red jacket stands at the bow of 20-ish foot yawl with a large, black outboard motor. He's working his net in the dim blue light of pre-dawn as a small squadron of white pelicans wait behind the boat for scraps.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 6h

I expect service members have also been given the opportunity to order additional copies for family and friends at a reasonable price, and the number of copies each one orders will be noted in their records... Such a complete lack of...what?...self-awareness? ethics? propriety? shame? or sense?

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 7h

OK: we all have to cut each other slack with typos in posts, but some are just too wonderful to ignore. "It's a terrible world. It's amazing it loved on so long, actually." Freud much?

Screencap from the video of Trump in the post...showing he actually said: "It's a terrible word. It's amazing it lived on so long..."

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 7h

So: lots of serious and sad going on today…so maybe this is a good time for a wee break. I just stumbled on this a couple of days ago, but apparently it makes the rounds quite often. Even so, it's worth another lap as a reminder that once upon a time, there were times we all laughed together.

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The Bob Newhart Toupee Sketch That Broke Dean Martin

YouTube video by Dean Martin

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Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social · 11h

Given the death of Esther Rantzen, it seems appropriate to share this: one of the most extraordinary things ever broadcast on television. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0H4...

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Story of Nicholas Winton BBC That's life Short version

YouTube video by vanilla lattae

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 8h

So...about his security clearance process...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 9h

Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 8h

'Hegseth went on to say: “the information space is a battle space. Yet our so-called press makes Iranian state media look reasonable. Our media’s shameful lust for political retribution blinds them to the consequences of reckless, so-called ‘reporting.’..." '

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‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live

Defense secretary summons military leaders for speech railing against diversity policies

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 8h

The prospect of humans handing over control of the military to machines was horrifying… …until these particular humans came along… Now it's "Well actually, maybe that would be better after all…"

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 9h

Is it just me, or does this sound oddly similar to Atomwaffen...?

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 9h

This is a guy who is steadily nearing the day when he realizes the entire world has been laughing at him for quite a while, including those he thought were his admirers and allies. Men can survive lots of terrible blows, but few are as devastating as discovering you're ridiculous.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 9h

It started with one fisher who wanted to be paid a fair price for his catch. Now Skipper Otto — Canada’s largest community-supported fishery — is connecting roughly 70 independent fish harvesters directly to Canadian consumers, a number that /1 thread www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026...

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Trade tensions spur fresh wave of interest in community-supported farms, fisheries

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 9h

Is this actually real and happening in an actual country? How can this be so? What nation would do this to itself?

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 12h

The Friendly Giant debuted on this day in 1958 and ran for 3,000 episodes until 1985. On my trip across Canada this summer, I stopped at Bob Homme's grave and left a rooster at his headstone. youtube.com/shorts/2vL8h...

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Day 17 of Stories Across Canada: Leaving A Gift At The Grave Of The Friendly Giant

YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx

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Kev the Builder @kevthebuilder.bsky.social · 13h

Iowa and Alaska are getting Foxconned like Wisconsin did

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 12h

A question for an interviewer to ask Hegseth in a one-on-one on-camera session could be: "What do you see as the difference between education and training?" Just that. No preamble, no flopping about to further clarify; just that question. His answer (or consternation) could be revealing.

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 12h

I've been privileged to read parts of this, and it's outstanding and revelatory, and I cannot wait to have the rest of it in my hands.

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The Typist @typist.eurosky.social · 12h

What Israel did in Gaza in unfathomable.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 16h

Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 19h

Study for mâtinawêwin (Offering Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 18h

Compositional Study for tâpwêwin (Truth) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 17h

Study for kikakaskihtân (You Can Do It) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15h

âcimostâtowak (They Tell Stories to One Another) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 14h

Study for âhkamêyihtamowin (Determination) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 13h

Study for ninâkatohkâtitonân (We Look Out for One Another) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 13h

People who've grown up as extensions of apps have never discovered that the greatest joy in any kind of art, from music and novels to great pasta or pizza, is this awareness: "A human did this ― for me!"

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 15h

W.O. Mitchell One of Canada's most celebrated authors, his book Who Has Seen The Wind became a foundational Canadian literary work. His radio series, Jake and the Kid, was broadcast from 1950 to 1956. He has been honoured with a stamp and two schools are named for him.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 13h

In my experience, it's usually a hot-chocolate mix container that somehow was forgotten at the very back of the top shelf of the cabin pantry...until a mouse gnawed through the plastic lid, climbed in, and died in unimaginable ecstasy...a while ago...

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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 14h

04:26 on Monday September 28th, over the South China Sea

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 14h

"All 12 paintings, which are expected to fetch more than $450m in total, have gone on display at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday for two days before being flown to Taipei, then Hong Kong and Paris before the auction on 18 November in New York."

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Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection

Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of Cézanne and Monet

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 14h

"Many Canadians, myself included, did not grow up knowing this history. Facing it can be painful and unsettling, but understanding the truth is essential to building a more just future," Arbour said in a statement Wednesday. "We cannot change the past, but we can choose how we move forward."

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Gov. Gen. marks 6th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with plea for 'understanding the truth' | CBC News

As Canadians mark the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour says it's important to face an "unsettling" past in order to build a better country.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 14h

This is such a helpful and wise gift to the rest of us on this day so that we remember the most important truth: all of this is about individuals who each had and have a name, a face, a smile and a family. Thank you for sharing this.

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 23h

Trump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming the United States, because it's not united. We're gonna be naming it Unites States. Officially renaming it."

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New term: complete Schmittshow...

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"...creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends." ...and creating a whole heap of incentive to take more prisoners as currency for further deals. Has Trump never read a book on making deals artfully?

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Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'[T]here is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump – not as constantly, not as obviously, not about as many topics. I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.'

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PM Carney won’t take the bait, but his smirk and chuckle says a lot 🤣🔥 we all know what he’s thinking Credit to soocanadian

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