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Mike Marra

@greyareaperson.bsky.social
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Literary Fiction. Jazz/Jazz Adjacent. They/Them Treaty One🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
I have a working theory that College Football is about slavery which is at the root of why they’re desperate to keep players unpaid & the NFL is about a few overseers resenting the labor force that they demand expend their bodies to increase their wealth for a pittance & it’s supported by Jon Gruden
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Rape is the core of the MAGA ideology, the metaphor of dominance and degradation that motivates all their actions, and their rhetoric descends very quickly from the symbolic register down into a literal one.
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Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tomorrow makes it 20 years since the premiere of Friday Night Lights. Wrote about Buddy Garrity to celebrate.
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The Gospel of Buddy Garrity
Twenty years since the premiere of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Brad Leland’s overbearing, ultra-charming booster remains one of TV’s most iconic characters
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
14 years old and sexually assaulting teammates as a hazing ritual but hey, the problem can't possibly be toxic masculinity + entitlement of hockey players.
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Nova Scotia teen pleads guilty to sexual assault in hockey hazing case
Sentencing and the case of a second teen, who has pleaded not guilty, are expected to be heard next year
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shawn Lamb, who was convicted of killing two Cree women over a decade ago is back in custody less than a year after being granted statutory release.
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Parole board revokes statutory release for killer Shawn Lamb
Shawn Lamb, the man convicted of killing two First Nations women in Winnipeg over a decade ago is back in custody.
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Michelle Shephard @michelleshephard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the @thestar.com, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate Donald Trump … “ writes @ddale8.bsky.social. Thank you DD! www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Max Scherzer is done. With a smile and a hug, he hands the ball to John Schneider and walks off to an ovation from the Toronto crowd. One of the finest performances of this #BlueJays season on its final day.
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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She was an FBI agent. She started an investigation of the murder of Renee Good. Trump forced her to reclassify it as an ICE agent assault. She was then forced to resign. Her evidence confirms that a cover-up of the homicide has been undertaken, directed from the highest levels.
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FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN Politics
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be reposted every month....
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
At the conference I attended this weekend there were a lot of panels on Alberta, the referendum, separatism, etc. To be clear, there were very sober, thoughtful experts, and my takeaway was this: 1/n
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Millionaire athletes asking poorer fans to gamble for betting site paydays, is pretty 2026 America. 🇺🇸
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026
The 28-year-old asylum-seeker was shot in the torso and moved to an undisclosed location after his wife tried to visit him at the hospital. trib.al/jfYw8q8
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Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow. That took a while.
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"He fucked up" 🎵🎶😂
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just a bunch of Toronto cops (allegedly) dealing drugs to each other, accessing the police database to help set up hits and selling police uniforms and no one is talking about it. Are we to take it that all the mayoral candidates are not shocked enough to mention it? Or are they too scared?
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Explosive corruption allegations within the Toronto Police Service detailed in newly unsealed court records
A thwarted assassination attempt of a jail official helped break open one of the biggest police corruption scandals in the city’s history.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Solidarity: the only way to win
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Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On airports it’s probably worth a point of clarification for folks new to all this. A 🧵 1/n #cdnpoli Govt doesn’t “own” airports today. It created a series of non-profit concession corps (who can do profit making things) who run on top of land Canada owns.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
yeah bc the most apolitical thing you can do other than make annoying fucking songs is to side with Robert Kraft and a genocidal nation
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All solidarity with Macklemore 🇵🇸 Today Israel is killing children, as they do every day. FREE PALESTINE
Kneecap pictured with Macklemore
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Look at this loathsome repulsive creature yelling at a reporter. In addition to the fact that he’s the worst president in US history, he’s one of the worst human beings on planet earth. His supporters have a very serious defect in their character.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New development in the social video-era trend of “filming the radio announcer as he makes a big call” The Westwood One clip of Kevin Harlan calling Drake Maye’s game losing pick has the disappointed Pats coaching staff in the back
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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I had the chance to work directly with Olivia Chow in my time as Housing Minister. She worked hard, knew the file in and out, and put politics aside to get things done. That collaborative approach is exactly how we improve our city.
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Mike Marra @greyareaperson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This Athletics in Sacramento thing is an American trailer park trash bush league bad look. Depressing @cespedesbbq.bsky.social @mikepetriello.bsky.social
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EveningStarNM @eveningstarnm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I absolutely adore Manitoba's Premier Wab Kinew's approach to diplomacy with the United States. One wishes that we could show him the same respect and get rid of Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tl7...
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“BAD PERSON”: Manitoba Premier Kinew PUTS Trump Under Fire Over Canada Trade and Epstein Files
YouTube video by The Financial Express
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Cranky Cracker @timmyturmoil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Spotted in Seattle
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Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
wrote about a 35-year-old fantasy football draft day tradition, about fathers and sons, about people who see sports more as a community builder than a way to make a quick buck, and about men who are not lonely. www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/s...
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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Real heros like this woman don’t shout- they do www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'I don't feel like a hero,' says Winnipeg woman who saved father, drowning toddler from Red River | CBC News
A Winnipeg woman says she's still recovering, but glad everyone is safe, days after rescuing both a child who fell into the Red River and the girl's father, who attempted to save the child.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 02/09/2026
“What’s striking about Trumpworld is that [Trump] seems honestly to recognize no boundary between the part of the world that is required to think like him and the part of the world that gets to think,” writes Paul Wells. thewalrus.ca/canada-had-no-choice-b…
On the left: a black and white photo taken behind US president Donald Trump while he is speaking behind a podium. Only his back is visible. Lights at the top of the image illuminate his head and hair as the bottom of the image dissolves into shadow and darkness. On the right: text that reads “Canada had no choice but to walk away from Trump. The US wanted a deal it could rewrite whenever it pleased”
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Mike Marra @greyareaperson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Balmoral Stn entrance to U of Winnipeg Student Bookstore. Disgraceful. Hasn’t been swept or cleaned for months —> City or WPG Transit #Winnipeg
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 01/09/2026
It’s Nice To Be Disliked By One Of Those
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A group of Jewish artists, writers, creative professionals, faith leaders and thinkers have signed an open letter in defense of Mark Ruffalo. buff.ly/Mtz0q0x
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Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo
A group of Jewish artists, writers, creative professionals, faith leaders and thinkers—including Emma Seligman, Gabor Maté, Hannah Einbinder, Ilana Glazer, James Schamus, Larry Charles, Joel Coen, …
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Payton Tolle is an absolute gem 😭
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Marlon James's The Disappearers is "an unblinking portrait of gay joy and pain in a society that derides gayness at every turn." lithub.com/marlon-james...
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Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life
Says a narrator in Marlon James’s freshly Booker-nominated The Disappearers, “I’ve made such a terrible mess out of being a homo.” The novel’s protagonists are all gay men in ‘80s and ‘90s Jamaica;…
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's the concert footage from last night of Blue Rodeo gleefully hitting the lyrics "Lake Ontario", with a projected image of Lake Ontario behind them, while performing on the shores of Lake Ontario
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Dan Pizzuta @danpizzuta.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s happening
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake America
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...
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On Dolly Parton, Brilliant In Every Era
Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The US has bombed at least 223 people to death in boats in less than a year. It killed two more this morning. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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U.S. Military Kills 2 People in Attack on Boat in Pacific
The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Absolutely the most fun (and strategically astute) read of the trade war.... from Australia. Complete with Oz glossary. The first paragraph is cute fantasy. The rest is devastatingly accurate and lol-worthy. (h/t @chrisneill.bsky.social and @debcha.bsky.social) ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Carney's statement says important progress was made in talks but "last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal" Full statement:
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Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations
We have recognised from the beginning that America has changed, and that we will not return to our old relationship. Our government understood, before many, that America is altering all its trade rela...
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 19/08/2026
“Oliver often said he found it impossible to plan a set in advance, because he didn’t know the atmosphere of the room until he actually stepped onto the stage … You couldn’t rely on memory or habit; you had to listen and respond in real-time.” In Memoriam — Oliver Jones, 1934–2026:
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In Memoriam: Oliver Jones, 1934–2026
The passing of Canadian treasure Oliver Jones on July 22, at the age of 91, has left a void in the Montreal jazz community and beyond. “He was an incredible musician whose humanity truly spoke through his music,” reflects Jim Doxas,…
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