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Alison Smiley

@gwynskid.bsky.social
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Actress represented by Noble Caplan Abrams ncatalent.ca. One of Gwyneth's kids. Involved in long-term love-hate relationship with Toronto.

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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CBC reports ~30 masked white nationalists gathered on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc land near Kamloops. They left only after RCMP arrived. The chief's response: "We will not be intimidated." Events for Sept. 30 go ahead.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Less than a week ago, in his brilliant speech in Strasbourg, the PM quoted Goethe: "Goethe understood that ideals must be fought for, that values do not defend themselves".
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Recalling 1993, when stopping the privatization of a major airport was a key Liberal commitment that helped them win a massive majority - and one they fulfilled. Now being dismantled by the same party.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's the great @alisonmotluk.bsky.social's impassioned and depressing take on life in a huge, rich, weirdly powerless city. "We are the grown child helping to support the family, who is not allowed out past curfew or even to decorate their own room." thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look at this photo. Look at where children leaving school have to enter from a blind high-fenced area into the crosswalk. Now look at the top speed cars were doing here when there were speed cameras. Now keep in mind that dangerous speeding has QUADRUPLED where speed cameras were removed.
A crosswalk at Humber Boulevard and Louvain Street is partially obstructed by fencing over a covered waterway, making it difficult to see pedestrians emerging from the fencing. A speed camera nearby was removed in November.

Lance McMillan Toronto Star
The speed camera was located by the TTC stop directly across from the school, steps away from the end of the crosswalk, where the boy was hit. In the 10-month period it was in place, the top speed ticketed was 107 km/h. Among the top 10 were two drivers ticketed for travelling at 82 km/h. The limit in the school zone is 40 km/h.
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Blue Rodeo @bluerodeo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We're proud Canadians, folks!
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Carney should sign an executive order renaming President Donald Trump “Presidump Doofwad McFarts.” Big scroll. Fountain pen. Grave expression. Press conference.
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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Lurid Hope Spouse California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dear online retailers: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP PISSING OFF YOUR CUSTOMERS BY SHIPPING ORDERS WITH UNI UNI. A simple Reddit or TrustPilot search will tell you why.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 15/08/2026
Absolutely vile framing from the @nytimes.com. Why doesn’t this leave behind hard questions for the media that hounded him? Or the global right-wing that gleefully turned a local matter into an international incident?
“Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring”
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What makes that neighbourhood so great is all the many and varied small businesses. Come on, Toronto. Shop St. Clair West!
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Oli @oliaworth96.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
For anyone asking how to help: Donate to True North Aid to assist Remote Indigenous Wildfire Evacuees - truenorthaid.ca/donate/ & Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Response: Donations an7gc.ca/donate/
truenorthaid.ca
Donate - True North Aid | Canadian Charity Supporting Indigenous Communities
Donate to True North Aid's general fund and support Indigenous-led and community initiatves in remote communities.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
A photo of the wildfires in canada. Fire rages through forest area with vright orange flame and dark gray smoke.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
Posted while First Nations communities in Northern Ontario are literally being incinerated and the skies above Canada’s biggest cities are glowing orange
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As bad as the wildfire smoke is in Southern Ontario right now, we're not dealing with this. God help them.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
here’s my latest for TVO: “…foreign interference in the Alberta referendum is already taking place and Canadians should be very worried about hostile state actors like Russia as well as previously assumed to be friendly state actors like the United States.” www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Is Alberta separatism entirely made in Canada? | TVO Today
Albertans get to discuss their future. We should be very worried If the U.S. is joining in.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/07/2026
Man suffering heat stroke told not to complain about the heat because it often snows in January
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Man suffering heat stroke told not to complain about the heat because it often snows in January
TORONTO - Local man Kevin Meyer, debilitated by the effects of high temperatures, has been repeatedly told by friends and family not to complain about the heat because several months from now the weat...
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Like 8 people asked for the Raúl windmill
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Well said, Alex. Penelope Keith was a true original and one of the funniest actors I've ever seen. I hear her inimitable voice in my head saying, "thank you VERY much, Jerry!" and can't help but smile.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW: Barely half a year after the provincial government ordered Toronto to stop issuing speeding tickets from the cameras it had set up across the city, staff say the number of drivers blasting past the limit has increased more than 350%. #Topoli #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1193652...
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Speeding increases in Toronto significantly after province turns off cameras | Globalnews.ca
In November 2025, the Ford government completed a controversial and rapid removal of automated speed cameras from municipalities.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.
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Mayor Olivia Chow accuses federally mandated port authority of hiding early plans for Billy Bishop
The Toronto Port Authority has repeatedly promised that all of its stakeholders, including the city, will eventually be consulted before a final version of the Billy Bishop expansion plan is made publ...
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
There are very few God-given rights we have as Canadians but one of them, for a good long 75 years, has been that anyone with an antenna or an internet connection should be able to watch hockey on Saturday night for free on our taxpayer-supported public broadcaster. This shit sucks
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Fascinating piece about the absurd boycott of an important filmmaker. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...
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Opinion | Some Leftists Are Boycotting This Film. Everyone Should Watch It.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 09/06/2026
Everyone should submit their thoughts and concerns about the expansion of Billy Bishop to handle jets. No matter what questions the government is asking, it's not a done deal, and a flood of public backlash is much harder to ignore than a discouraged public that never raises its voice.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What one dementia patient’s tragic, preventable death tells us about the health system’s failings. A lack of investment in preventing problems invariably leads to an endless series of costly crises, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: What one dementia patient’s death tells us about the health system’s failings
A lack of investment in preventing problems invariably leads to an endless series of costly crises
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
AMERICAN COMEDY: It’s funny because they “tell it like it is” but also there’s always an underlying optimism BRITISH COMEDY: It’s funny because it’s sardonic and pessimistic, but self-deprecating CANADIAN COMEDY: I have no fucking idea why this is funny but it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I've taught PERSEPOLIS (book & movie) more times than I can count. Two epic masterpieces, but, more than that, two texts that find their way to young people. I've never had a class that didn't *get* PERSEPOLIS, and that's a miracle of its own. Satrapi's voice and imagination are so alive. RIP.
little Marjane in bed talking to a giant bearded god in the clouds
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Damn.
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
here's my latest on bill c-22 for TVO: "In the absence of any justification, and with existing jurisprudence, the notion that this part of the bill would survive a judicial review or that it is in line with the Charter is hard to believe." www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Should law enforcement have access to your personal data? | TVO Today
The feds have already had to amend their lawful access legislation. They should start from scratch instead.
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This guy needs his own show. He's just that good.
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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I have a nine-year-old and I am telling you "you never said I couldn't have a referendum about having a referendum" is some straight up nine-year-old logic.
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Are any of my fellow Canucks on @gandersocial.ca yet? Looking to build my follow list over there.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 15/04/2026
Why is it that price signals, the manifestation of the free market, are some innately wise force when it comes to housing or groceries — but when gas prices rise, we should do everything we can to blunt it? Are drivers exempt from the free market? Are there no alternatives to driving SUVs?
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/04/2026
Thence to a watch, thence into a weakness, Thence to a lightness, and by this declension, Into the madness wherein now he raves, And all we mourn for.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 04/04/2026
Atheists are mad about this and they’re absolutely right but please just let me say as a Christian I am not wild about the Center for Racialized Kidnapping profaning the iconography of my religion either. The Piss Christ or that David Wojnarowicz video are thoughtful provocations, this is just shit
Homeland Security
@DHSgov
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Luke 23:46
On this solemn day, we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice our Savior made for all humanity.
Trust in God's plan.
[picture of Jesus on the cross]
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FATHER INTO THY
HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT
Luke 23:46
Post your reply
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 04/04/2026
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I’m very happy for Amy Madigan. She was genuinely terrifying in “Weapons” and it’s always great to see an older actress come into her power. I just wish they didn’t have effectively to disappear for two decades and “come back” just because Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with middle aged women.
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Madigan is jubilant as she collects first prize of the night
Emma Saunders
Culture reporter
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"I was in the shower last night trying to think of something to say when I was shaving my legs... but I have pants on so didn't need to worry about that," she jokes.
"As you can tell, I'm a little flummoxed," before paying tribute to her fellow nominees, adding that her legs were shaking.
She thanked her family including fellow actor Ed Harris before leaving the stage tearfully. Well done Amy!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 28/02/2026
The King is mad
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Every transit user, bike rider & pedestrian makes life easier for drivers & rideshare takers, the main contributors to congestion.
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The looks on Team Canada's faces during the medal ceremony... heartbreaking.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Allow the dying empire a last flash.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is very, very good, and worth your time to read.
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Super Bowl halftime show is something I can't usually be bothered to watch, but I decided to check it out this year. So glad I did. What a spectacular expression of Latin American JOY.
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 24/01/2026
Canada is not safe from this either. It started with elderly American voters waving “MASS DEPORTATION NOW” signs and spread like a cancer 😡
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Alison Smiley @gwynskid.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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