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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The lack of common sense with which the construction on Western Rd in London, Ontario, has been organized is the stuff of legend. Yet, somehow, it keeps getting worse. #LondonOntario #WesternUniversity #HuronUniversity

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There is a disconnect between the reality that the US is threatening its neighbors and behaving like a rogue state and the assumptions of movies and TV shows that they are a force for good in the world. That is simply no longer true, but the screenwriters seem to have missed the memo.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can’t listen to that barely sentient mouldy fascist tangerine anymore. The sound of his voice is enough to send me into a rage.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I hope Democrats are planning for a post-Trump future. Because any such plan that does not include reinvigorating public education and instilling small d democratic values in the population will just lead us right back to where we are now.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Leaving his current problems aside for the moment, I find Ed Sheeran’s music mostly insipid, made for radio drivel.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have loved watching Alexander Ovechkin play. The power. The speed (earlier in his career). The physicality. His open joy when he scores. But his support for Putin had already ruined that. And appearing in a campaign photo like this for Putin after 4 years of murdering Ukrainians is unforgivable.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Imagine being stupid enough to believe this.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The city has created a traffic catastrophe at @westernu.ca for the first week of classes with Western Rd down to one lane. It took 20 minutes to turn left from Sarnia Rd at 12:30 and classes haven’t even started yet!!! Expect lengthy delays in and around the university. @londonontario.bsky.social

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I not so secretly hope he actually does this. It’s the cherry on top of the stupidity sundae.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are few things I find more irritating than online ads I accidentally click on, redirecting me to some website. This is especially true for adds or apps where I pay for the content (hello, Globe and Mail).

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Flock cameras. This is a Dark Knight dystopian nightmare.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Of all the euphemisms for someone dying, saying the deceased “got their wings” has to be the most irritating.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It feels like we’re living through the film “Civil War”. Can we skip ahead to the end?

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It would be refreshing to see a head of state or government call out Donald Trump. “What do you make of the President’s threat to rename Lake Ontario?” “I think it’s idiotic, petulant and childish and should be beneath the President of the United States. It’s embarrassing.” If only.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s loss feels all the keener at this moment. She represented the good in America while also managing to transcend politically partisan divides in her fanbase. Her passing feels depressingly symbolic.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The more details come out about US behaviour at the bargaining table, the clearer it becomes how despicable it was: changing the deal at the last minute in ways designed to undermine our sovereignty. Time for those raised Canadian elbows to deliver a Gordie Howe special right to Trump’s face.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The deal with the US has been scuppered by the US trying to change the terms at the last minute. Classic bad faith bargaining. It gave Canada a little taste of what it could expect moving forward. Deals with those without honour aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. Elbows up.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/08/2026

Woah.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Any concessions Canada makes or has made to the Americans at the table over tariffs and trade are a mistake. Concessions embolden Trump. They make him feel good and powerful. And they encourage him to come back for more.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026

Fox News graphic claims falsely that the average price of gas one year ago was $4.13, lower than it is right now. It was actually $3.14!

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I did the impossible today. I went into the Tupperware drawer, chose a Tupperware container, and then selected its lid on the first try. A miracle? It’s not for me to say.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There are so many things to despise about this man but the generational damage he is doing by spreading misinformation about vaccines is near the top of the list. People have died because of him and they will continue to for decades. Irresponsible is too weak a word to describe it.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My Led Zeppelin playlist is 61 songs, five hours and twelve minutes long. Which is impressive until you realize that my Rolling Stones playlist is 321 songs, 22 hours and 58 minutes long.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Roadrunner by the Modern Lovers is one of the most underappreciated songs in rock and roll history.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you think the US isn’t doing the same thing in Alberta you aren’t paying attention.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It still feels surreal to me that on a daily, and let’s face it, probably hourly basis, the President of the United States is doing things that I would punish my children for doing. You know because parents generally try to teach their kids not to be horrible people.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 26/07/2026

A rare perfect match of product and spokesperson

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It must be a shared value of small d democratic politicians that they govern for the good of the entire nation, not just those who voted for them. Just another sickening way in which the Trump regime has moved the goalposts in the wrong direction.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We saw The Odyssey last night. It was magnificent. I was totally engrossed for the entire 3 hours.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m a Stones fan and their new album is very good. But their venality gets me down. There is a bonus track. You can’t get it through streaming services. At the iTunes Store you can buy it but only by buying the whole album. So as an addict I paid it. But do they really need more money so badly?

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Overwhelming response to this column today. Pretty clear people are fed up with the gambling takeover of major sports - and that fans support Kylian Mbappe in his opposition to the corporate bookies. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

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Todd: Kudos to Kylian Mbappé for heroic stand against gambling scourge

French soccer puts principles ahead of pocketbook with courageous shot at "destructive" sports gaming industry.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

After two weeks in Central and Eastern Europe I’ve realized I am having a summer romance with paprika chips and chimney cakes.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Is there any duo in History who combined as much stupidity, incompetence, and misguided confidence with the kind of power that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth wield like heedless toddlers? #Idiocracy

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The next time Trump starts into his “it’s such a nasty question” etc routine I would LOVE for someone in the room to shout him down and call him a coward and bully. That person would be my personal hero for life.

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Windsor residents express frustration, call for transparency after Gordie Howe Bridge opening delayed - The postponement of the Gordie Howe International Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony is drawing disappointment and frustration from residents of Windsor, Ont.

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Windsor residents express frustration, call for transparency after Gordie Howe Bridge opening delayed

The postponement of the Gordie Howe International Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony is drawing disappointment and frustration from residents of Windsor, Ont.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Don’t buy an HP 2800E printer. Possibly the worst performing technology purchase I have ever made or seen.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Poilievre told his audience he wants to have an “honest conversation” about what led to the rise of Alberta separatism. OK. Let’s start by talking about the US & oil money funding secessionism, or the Russian bot farms amplifying its message, or the white supremacism of the movement’s leaders. 🤷‍♂️

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My daughter’s high school soccer team repeated as OFSAA champions on Saturday, after their third straight appearance in the Ontario final. She’s number 8 in this photo and is off to Laurier University next season to play for them. It was a fantastic tournament for her and her teammates.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I love it when Republicans describe Donald Trump as “laser focused.” Could there be a less plausible description? They know we can all see him in action right? He can’t even finish a sentence.

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It’s remarkable that we live in a world where the Canadian PM tells the media, effectively, that we should ignore the offensive social media posts of the US President because they’re akin to the deranged ravings of a senile relative. And can we expel Pete Hoekstra as Ambassador? Please? 🙏

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Here’s a thought @londonontario.bsky.social : finish some construction projects BEFORE tearing up more major streets in the city. Highbury, Wellington, Commissioners, Oxford, Riverside, York, Sarnia, Western, Colonel Talbot… all under construction at the same time? Who planned this???

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