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Like Ford, BradBrad wants more police & no bike lanes. He was once a cycling advocate. Would someone who’s abandoned himself make a good mayor? Vote on Oct 26, Toronto! Or in advance this weekend 😎 Look up your polling station, bring ID & vote for more social services, housing & progress! #TOpoli

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WHY CAN’T ANY PUBLIC HEALTH ORG SAY THE WORD MASK??? Mask. MASK. MAAAAAAAAAASSSK!!! 😷

A public health poster at the University of Toronto with an illustration of a doctor holding up a shield to protect himself against a bunch of different viruses moving towards him to attack his respiratory system, that reads:

PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS FROM VIRUSES
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
• Stay home if you feel sick.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Cover your mouth and nose with your arm when sneezing or coughing.
• Eat well, rest and stay hydrated.
Visit healthandwellness.utoronto.ca
to learn more

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Protect yourself and others from viruses by avoiding even mentioning the word mask! /s Reposting with alt text.

Poster in silver frame at University of Toronto, branded U of T, Student Life, Health and Wellness:

An illustration of a doctor in a white lab coat and stethoscope holding up a shield that various viruses are all headed towards, some bouncing off it.

PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS FROM VIRUSES
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
• Stay home if you feel sick.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Cover your mouth and nose with your arm when sneezing or coughing.
• Eat well, rest and stay hydrated.
Visit healthandwellness.utoronto.ca
to learn more

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do you care about bike lanes? You should because they make everyone safer! See where candidates stand on preserving, rebuilding, upgrading bike lanes & bike share👇 Once-upon-a-time cycling advocate turned bike lane destroyer Bradford has NO RESPONSE? 👀 #BikeTO #TOpoli www.cycleto.ca/2026question...

Cycle Toronto’s questionnaire for the candidates on where they stand on bike lanes. Mayor Olivia Chow responds:
PRESERVE! YES
REBUILD! YES
UPGRADE! YES
BIKE SHARE! YES
SAFE & PASSABLE! YES

In the NO RESPONSE category, almost all the candidates didn’t. Only 14 of 53 responded and Bad Brad Bradford FlipFlopster is NOT one of them. So much for all his cycling advocacy and bike lane support that suddenly vanished this year.

Abdulkadir, Imad NO RESPONSE
Alexander, Chris NO RESPONSE
Bradford, Brad NO RESPONSE
Buffey, Brian NO RESPONSE
Choy, Logan NO RESPONSE

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s a beautiful day to walk or ride to your polling station to vote in advance for our mayor, Toronto! Five minute ride, 3 minutes to vote! 🚴🏼‍♀️⏱️ #NotForBadBradfraud #TOpoli #BikeTO #WalkTO #dlws

A bike locked up at one of 3 black ring posts outside my polling station, a blue and white wheelchair accessible sign with VOTE arrow pointing left, and a yellow VOTE HERE City of Toronto sign stuck in the lawn. Bushes in the background.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It was… in 2003. They definitely need to rerun it. theonion.com/october-22-1...

Satirical publication The Onion spoofs a newspaper cover published Tuesday, October 22, 1929. Black and white photo of rich people posing for photographer. Headline: Stock Market Invincible ‘Buy, Buy, Buy!’ Experts Advise.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hmmm I wonder what the media was talking about the year before the worst stock market crash in history that led to financial ruin for all rich people and The Great Depression for everyone else… #JustSpeculating

Screenshot of online search for newspaper headlines in 1928:

The 1928 Stock Market Boom In 1928, major newspapers celebrated the soaring stock market as a sign of permanent American prosperity rather than warning of a speculative bubble.
Source: Archives.com

Key Characteristics of 1928
Press Coverage
• Aura of Infallibility: Media outlets frequently portrayed the Dow Jones Industrial Average surge as a natural reward for national ingenuity.
• Focus on Speculation: Headlines tracked mounting broker loans and soaring trading volumes on the New York Stock Exchange with enthusiastic optimism.

1928 vs. 1929 Market Milestone Comparison chart
Across the top reads:
Year, Market Phase, Media / Public Sentiment, and Typical Headline Theme

1928
Exponential Bull Run
Euphoric confidence; get-rich-quick mentality
"Stocks Advance to New Highs Amid Heavy Trading"

1929
Sudden Crash (October)
Panic, disbelief, and calls for market stabilization
"Billions Lost in Wall Street Collapse"

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My favourite neighbourhood tree looking a little less vibrant this year, its leaves already curling. Could very warm summer-like temperatures in late September that quickly turned chilly in early October have stunted the colour change? Will check back in a few days. ⏳ #NotFallingForFallYet #TOphoto

My favourite maple tree that is usually more fiery orange red by now but is mostly light orange with some yellow and green near the bottom. Bright blue clear sky and vibrant green grass.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I see some of you already got your spooky October vibes on. Here’s a hashtag I hope catches on, and my own #OughtToBeHaunted #TOphoto

The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre elevators with beautiful ornate art neuveau style typography in the wall above the doors that read WINTER GARDEN, beautiful gold metal elevator doors with ornate design that need an operator to manually shut and open. One of the two elevators’ doors are open with 3 people waiting for the operator to return. I’ve ghosted their faces with white airbrush tool for their anonymity. It feels like a scene in an old Hitchcock movie. Or Wes Anderson.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Out and about in downtown Toronto. #TOphoto

The architecturally modern and boxy Gardiner Museum shot from across the street. A very tall building and crane among the other buildings in the background against a pale blue sky. A matte dusty rosé champagne coloured sports car driving by. A few people walking or standing in front of the building, including a man and his toddler child walking down the entrance stairs.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve seen this piece of art at the McMichael gallery, it struck me then as it does now, how giving and selflessly dedicated to community Indigenous people are, and how settlers just take without giving back, to this day. Read this short 🧵 today, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation w/ alt text

A sculpture in an encased display box of a hand placed palm down on a white surface, fingers slightly spread out. An Inuk person is emerging from the wrist holding a kudlik, a traditional, crescent-shaped stone oil lamp that provides essential heat, light, a way to cook food, melt snow for drinking water, and dry skin clothing.

By Pierre Aupilardjuk (b. 1965), 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2016, smoke-fired porcelain. Gift of Marnie Schreiber, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2023.2.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I was very fit and healthy, not a smoker, a runner, didn’t eat particularly unhealthy foods, so I’ve rarely gone to the doctor, which was actually a problem because I just should have gone for a check-up when I was 50, and then they would have found out that I had this genetic cholesterol issue…”

The Signs of a Heart Attack in Women
Symptoms are often subtle and may be overlooked:
Silhouette of woman on mint green background, 7 symptoms outlined in callouts with icons representing each:
Lightheadedness
Chest Pressure or Discomfort
Pain in the Arm(s), Back, Neck, or Jaw
Unexplained Fatigue
Shortness of Breath
Nausea, Vomiting, or Stomach Pain
Cold Sweats

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yup. It’s literally how the car industry and people talk about gigantic pick up trucks. And as you say, applies to the act of driving overall. 😮‍💨

Online search for pickup trucks show YouTube videos of different brands of pickup trucks with the word Domination in its title or description.
Here’s a white Ford F-159 on dirt against a hot pink background with the headline: FULL MARKET DOMINATION 2024

2024 Ford F-150 Dominates Full-Size Truck Market for 4...

Another white pickup truck, the Ram Dakota on a stone tiled driveway with palm trees in the background next to a bunker-style modern brutalist architecture-style home. Headline reads Ram Dakota - midsize domination!
New 2026 Ram Dakota Laramie: the pickup that…

A dark blue pickup truck on a concrete space that looks like a parking lot with the headline DOMINATION! F-150 EV UP CLOSE and caption of video reads Ford F-150 Lightning EV
Pickup Truck Will DOMINATE! Sept 18, 2021.

Another video, this one with FIVE huge pickup trucks in a row facing head on and fanned out, all different colours. Headline reads: 10 PICKUP TRUCKS THAT STILL DOMINATE AFTER 20 YEARS Sept 17, 2026.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

otherworldly attractiveness + chill energy x 4 =

Four extremely lovely-to-look-at people posing for a photo looking chill, effortlessly hip and very down to earth. Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet, Lenny Kravitz, their daughter Zoe Kravitz.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why do people insist on engaging, sharing or even giving these kinds of “news” stories any air? They do it for the “debate” and to own or divert your attention, for the clicks and reposts, that’s why. Why are you doing unpaid labour for them that’s not just useless to society, but also harmful?

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If price of item scans higher at register than price on shelf, the store (IF participating in Scanner Price Accuracy Code) must give first item for free up to $10. If item more than $10, entitled to $10 off lowest advertised price. Doesn’t apply to gas stations! www.retailcouncil.org/scanner-pric...

Screenshot from Retail Council of Canada website regarding Scanner Price
Accuracy Code Sticker of a sample of the sign hanging in a store that has agreed to participate in the code. My understanding is not all stores have to participate, it’s not a law, so choose who you patronize according to the list of stores participating on the website. I personally, have never had a problem getting a refund for the extra amount charged, BUT HAD NO IDEA I COULD GET ITEM FOR FREE (if under $10) if the register charged me more than shelf!

Text on poster:
Scanner Price Accuracy Code
If a scanned item without any pricing attached scans higher than the shelf price, the customer is entitled to receive that first item free up to a $10 maximum. If the item is more than $10, the customer is entitled to $10 off the lowest advertised price. The code does not apply to items priced by weight or to expired sale dates, provided the regular price is shown on the label or signage. The product must match the corresponding shelf price label to qualify. If the scanner price accuracy code problem cannot be resolved at store level, please scan the QR code to submit your complaint.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very excited for Michael Kiwanuka’s new album! Sad he had to cancel his tour last year, was looking forward to a live performance but just happy he’s doing better and wish him all the best with his recovery. What a gift to get a new album despite his challenging year! 💖

Email screenshot: introducing the new album…
An illustrated cover of Michael in a physchedelic style with shades of pink, blue, brown, black and a white bubble font that reads FUDGE. Art work and visuals created by Michael’s friend and artist Stevie Gee.

Michael Kiwanuka's new album,
'FUDGE', is out on 23rd October 2026.
The album was written almost concurrently with the writing of Michael's fourth album 'Small Changes' back in 2023.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Any Michael Kiwanuka fans wondering how he’s doing since cancelling his tour? ❤️ I wish him well in his recovery. Such an amazing talent! Here’s the latest news from him by email:

A letter from Michael.

I'm very happy to be announcing to you my new album FUDGE. I'm especially happy because the last few months I've been battling some health problems which would heavily hinder and get in the way of me making music for the foreseeable future. A few months ago I suffered a stroke brought on by a bleed in my brain brought on by high blood pressure.
It's a long journey recovering from a stroke, which is why I missed some gigs recently out in the US, but I look forward to seeing you all soon.

I'm not sure when l'll be able to be back out on the road or what that will look like, the brain injury I suffered was quite severe so there's a lot of rehab to be done, it's a long, tough journey ahead but I'm fighting to get better. It has been a difficult few months I must say but it feels like I'm on my way there now.
I want to say a special thank you to all the incredible NHS staff and every single medical professional who has helped care for me and continue to help and encourage me in my recovery. And thank you to my friends and family for their continued support and to my team who will keep you updated with all things Fudge related. This has definitely been one of the toughest challenges I've faced and I'll be happy to be on the other side of it when the time comes.
Until then I wish you all well and look forward to seeing you further down the road.
More news to come on 'Fudge' tomorrow.

www.michaelkiwanuka.com

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This building in Vaughan, Canada, makes me very uncomfortable.

The silhouette of the ugly ‘CG Tower’ in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre in Ontario, Canada, seen from a distance at dusk, with another ugly but stable looking glass condo building to the right of it and a communication tower to the left of it. Made of brown precast brick panels, the CG Tower looks like 5 cardboard boxes all slightly smaller than the one below it, stacked on top of each other but slightly off centre so one side is hanging off the edge a little. Looking at it, it feels like a gust of wind will topple the boxes over sending them crashing down to the ground.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy first day of Fall, all! Bring on the sunshine and sweater weather!🧣☕️🍂🐿️

Three different sized and coloured acorns with three different sized and coloured oak leaves arranged above them and shot from above on green grass in the sunshine.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Even the plants with no flowers caught my eye today. Always something new to discover at the Toronto Botanical Garden. Recharge complete. 🔋💚

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These cosmos and dahlias were co-mingling in the same garden patch looking beautiful together. #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spent the last day of summer at the Toronto Botanical Garden at Edwards Gardens to close out the season with colourful inspiration. As always, the gardens delivered! 🤩 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #Toronto

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

twists and turns of life are not always to be feared look for the beauty

A type of evergreen bush with large gnarly but beautiful branches twisting in very angular ways. The sun highlighting them and creating shadows on the wood chip covered ground as a canopy of green evergreen branches provide a background for them to stand out from. A dramatic cloud sweeping sky above with blue peaking through the white wisps and ripples of clouds. Green maple trees in the background.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also made a (very brief) friend. 😍

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A hodgepodge of colourful beauties. #FlowerReport

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s been awhile but finally got out to the gardens today in the perfect weather for an end-of-summer #FlowerReport #dlws First up, beautiful begonias and unassuming anemone.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Damn, another evil leader the world could have avoided if only someone had nurtured their artistic side. 🎭 #ComedicTragedy

Screenshot of The Canadian Encyclopedia for Danielle Smith, current Conservative Premier of Alberta, Canada, who’s cosying up to Trump at his Mar-A-Lago compound, letting measles run rampant in her province, ushering in more pipelines and AI data centres contributing to current and future massive wildfires in Canada, and enflaming separatist sentiment among her citizens making Alberta a great candidate for the 51st American state (all my own commentary). The screenshot reads:

Education and Early Career
In 1988, Danielle Smith enrolled at the University of Calgary, where she majored in English. After graduating in 1993 she moved to Vancouver, where she worked in restaurants and attempted to start a career as a film and TV actor. Two years later, she returned to the University of Calgary.
She earned a second BA in economics and — under the mentorship of political science professor Tom Flanagan — gravitated further toward a conservative political outlook.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

He’s talking about how machinery robbed us of craft but this also describes dependence on A.I. While beneficial that machinery freed us from backbreaking manual labour like ditch digging, there is no benefit in surrendering one’s mind to A.I. From ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ (1937) by George Orwell

A page from the book ‘Orwell on Freedom’:
Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

😎 Perfect day for a ride along the Humber River trail… or so I thought. Many felled trees from last Wednesday’s hail storm still blocking the trail forcing you to go under trees or around them through thickets and muddy patches. Took main roads back home, wasn’t having none of that again! #BikeTO

A large tree blocking the sun-dappled concrete Humber River recreational trail. Yellow hazard tape around the tree and a cyclist ahead of me crouching under the trunk of the tree, with her bike on a slant to get it under and past the tree to continue riding the trail.

The second tree I encountered completely blocking the concrete trail. I thought it would be easy to walk around this one since there was a clearing and dirt to the left of the tree but it was soft mud so that was fun—NOT—getting off my wheels and shoes afterwards.

The third tree in the span of 15 minutes also blocking the entire concrete path. Walked around some branches and small trees trying not to get my spokes bent.

The trunk of the 3rd tree all split up, splintered and toppled over, with a second slightly thinner trunk next to the splintered one still standing. A bit of a clearing to the right of the tree that leads back to the concrete trail.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Stop. Stop sharing A.I. generated food pics, I’m already dead.

From The Simpsons, the horrified faces of Springfield’s children as one kid points and cries Stop, stop! He’s already dead.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

America thinks it can win Canadian tourists back with consumerism, totally missing the whole point of boycotting everything American. Can’t really expect much more from a country that answers every problem with consumerism. “Oh no, the lettuce is causing explosive diarrhea? 50% off!” With alt text

Image of the Empire State Building and surrounding buildings lit up at night. A white headline reads: ‘New York loves Canada’: US cities want their Canadian tourists back

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Another LEGO set directly aimed to trigger Gen X nostalgia.

Two LEGO sets in a display case in the LEGO Store. On the right is a golden retriever puppy. On the left is E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial petting the puppy. The index finger is supposed to light up but this cute puppy did not activate it so it’s obviously an imposter E.T.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey Gen X, I saw this at the LEGO Store, complete with Flukeman!! 😅

The X Files LEGO set with an underground FBI office, the I WANT TO BELIEVE poster is up, Skinner and Cigarette Smoking Man are hanging around, probably snooping through Mulder’s files. Above the office is a forest scene with a UFO hovering above, an alien teleporting down as Scully and Mulder are running up on either side of it. Flukeman is on one side of the underground office, and maybe it’s Krycek peeking in from the other side of the office. And I think it’s Alvin D. Kersh, the FBI Director near Krycek.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

2020-21: Schools closed due to Covid 2021-26: Schools open, ignore Covid by dropping masking & not upgrading ventilation systems. Millions of kids miss more school while Long Covid surpasses asthma as the most common chronic health issue in children 2026: Schools closed due to Covid This normal?

Screenshot from pmc19.com/map showing an interactive map of the PMC COVID-19 Dashboard

Get local estimates for every county at
our interactive map (pmc19.com/map).
Map of the USA with colours showing range of Covid cases in each state, California, Nevada, and Texas among the highest cases.

1) Click on a county (this TX county just closed schools for COVID)
2) Local estimates pop up
3) The new graph shows trends

Monday's weekly report published 2 days early due to the crisis.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“What did they do, Bernard? How did they lose this world?” #Silo #ClimateCrisis

Aerial shot of a massive data center campus in Abilene, Texas. There are 5 huge buildings clustered in the foreground, and at least 3 or 4 more groupings of these 5 clustered buildings in the shot but there could be more. Green trees and land in the very distant background with some roads.

Another aerial shot of Amazon’s biggest data centre with a few long massive light grey buildings and vehicles in the parking lots around each building. The headline over the image reads: At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

Aerial shot of Google’s massive data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. Light grey massive buildings on 18,580 square meters (200,000 square feet) of land surrounded by green trees and a city behind them in the distance.

Aerial shot of 8 massive light grey buildings in Bluffdale, Utah, USA.
Area: 130,064 square meters (1.4 million square feet).

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

They can say “Covid is over!”, they can take away the tools that prevent it, they can even change the warning system’s categories so it seems like cases aren’t as high, but they’ll never disappear Covid with these tactics meant to keep you working and not thinking about why your health is declining.

Reposting image with alt text: map of the United States titled COVID-19 Wastewater Viral Activity Levels:
A colour scale of severity from light blue Very Low, to green Low, to yellow Moderate, to red orange High, to Burgundy Very High, to grey Limited/No Data is across the top.
Texas is burgundy, Mississippi is red orange, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, West Virginia, California, Nevada, and Hawaii are yellow, and the rest is mostly green and light blue. Three states, Oregon, Montana, and North Dakota, are grey.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh, Dolly. 😢💖🕊️ She found her purpose and then some. I will always love her for her literacy program, Imagination Library. 👶🏼📚💞

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton playing a guitar. Pink sans serif bold font in all caps: FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE AND DO IT ON PURPOSE. DOLLY PARTON

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it)

Sitting in St. Andrew’s Playground Park next to the Waterworks Food Hall downtown Toronto and took this photo of the CN Tower peeking out from behind the buildings and trees against a blue sky with wispy white clouds.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When pet owners start to look like their pets. Red-headed Barbet & Ziggy Stardust

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head.

Rocky’s Iconic Training Montage where he’s at the top of the steps with his arms in the air, looking out at the city to the track ‘Gonna Fly Now’ by Bill Conti.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Back to School sale on K/N95 masks & other supplies to keep kids, teachers & everyone safer. Including these great combo Covid/Flu A & B tests I keep on hand so I know if my symptoms are more than just allergies & if I need to stay home sick & mask to the pharmacy! www.ppe-supply.com/products/wel...

Screenshot from PPE Supply Canada website with yellow and white type on light blue background: Special offer BACK TO SCHOOL 15% OFF SITEWIDE
Discount applied at checkout.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Interesting how many Americans see this breakthrough as falling behind or a failure of USA and not the win for humanity and the planet it is. We need to start thinking about ourselves as part of a collective and live collaboratively, before the conditions we created force us to die collectively.

Japanese scientist with arms crossed and smiling in a lab, with a composite photo of an ocean floor that goes halfway up the photo with turquoise water and plastic bottles floating in it. White all caps type on black bars:
JAPANESE SCIENTISTS CREATED A PLANT-BASED PLASTIC THAT COMPLETELY DISSOLVES IN SALTWATER WITHIN HOURS, LEAVING NO MICROPLASTICS BEHIND.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That time of year again! Excitement of back to school with the worry of constant illness. Prevent all infections with a well-fitted KN95. They have a sample pack that includes kids’ sizes to ensure right fit but get that now to order right size before sale ends Aug 24 canadastrong.ca/products/bre...

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

He thinks we’re all rubes, says he’s going to ensure “Canadians’ data remains right here in Canada” when we know “sovereign data” is impossible—data companies are American, the Patriot Act gives them unlimited access to our data. Ford’s tell when lying: he says things that sound too good to be true.

Screenshot from Global News article linked in original poster’s post, ‘Ford says Ontarians ‘misinformed’ about data centres as province releases AI playbook’, Aug 13/26

One expert who spoke with Global News says American companies have access to our data, no matter where the centre is located. Evan Light is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.

"The reality is that a lot of internet infrastructure is not in Canada, and so we still have traffic transmitting through the United States," Light said.

"Just because you have data centres in Canada doesn't mean that your data only stays here."

Glover agrees. "There are certainly ways of building data centres that protect our data, but anything that's American-owned falls under the Patriot Act, which says they can access it without even letting us know."

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Is Premier Ford telling us the truth about data sovereignty, or are the experts right?👇 Read news articles about the environmental damage, elevated heat, low water levels, rising electricity costs & noise levels data centres are inflicting on U.S. communities #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1202000...

Screenshot of Global News article ‘Ford says Ontarians ‘misinformed’ about data centres as province releases AI playbook’, Aug 13/26

One expert who spoke with Global News says American companies have access to our data, no matter where the centre is located. Evan Light is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.

"The reality is that a lot of internet infrastructure is not in Canada, and so we still have traffic transmitting through the United States," Light said.

"Just because you have data centres in Canada doesn't mean that your data only stays here."

Glover agrees. "There are certainly ways of building data centres that protect our data, but anything that's American-owned falls under the Patriot Act, which says they can access it without even letting us know."

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