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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sunrise over the Faroe Islands.
A distant band of light in the dark signifies a coming sunrise.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dope moment between Tiafoe and Shelton
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just discovering the profoundly magnificent, Billy-Ray Belcourt 's A MINOR CHORUS: Hannah reflects on loneliness and systemic hardship, noting that there are few ways to cure "what it feels like to be besieged by structural forces that assail our joy.' #IndigiLit #IndigeousCulture
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jean Chrétien: "It looks like they don't know what to do. When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." #cdnpoli
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Canadian academia does seem to produce some real gems
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 02/09/2026
The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with NYT, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This text by Prof. Rinaldo Walcott on the crisis of the university — and the university as the crisis — is like an extended Coltrane solo in 1966. Breathtaking. Every sentence is a pull quote. Imperative reading. @blacklikewho.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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The university is the crisis
The crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ...
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Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump, his family, and his administration has been unprecedentedly corrupt. 2028 candidates should respond by pledging to return the money to the American people as a corruption rebate. Sabeel Rahman, Jamie Keene, Rakeen Mabud, and I flesh out the idea for @bharatramamurti.bsky.social's Substack.
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Guest Post: Americans Are Owed a Trump Corruption Rebate
In his second term, President Trump has illegally accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 from the government of Qatar.
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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 On this episode of the #EightyPercentMental podcast, we welcomed Prof Rob Schinke to talk about mental health and about finding ways to harness our natural gifts and truly live up to our human potential Listen now at eightypercentmental.com or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🎧
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 22/08/2026
‘It’s a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display – and with about the same level of narrative and emotional depth.’ @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social watches Christopher Nolan’s 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world. We are not...
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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dave jay toronto @davejaytoronto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
toronto subway sounds toronto nature sounds
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026
I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Last night was baseball's "field of dreams" game, an homage to a movie revolving around men banned for life from baseball for match-fixing on behalf of gambling syndicates, brought to you by *checks notes* the gambling company Fanduel. Why DO people think Americans don't understand irony? :)
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Kristie Felice (she/her) @lovehorrorqueen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Black women film critics and writers have a hard enough time in this space doing their actual jobs. I’m so proud of my friend for speaking up and loudly about her experience working for this horror outlet. Note: though she’s offering this for free, support her and add funds while you’re there.
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reminder that the Poors can submit their Pre Budget recommendations here www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21/07/2026
Sony Music files a second copyright suit against Udio, alleging the AI music company copied 30,117 recordings without permission to train its AI models (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
France or Spain gotta win because any other outcome creates unbearable discourse
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they’ve been let down by nearly all corners of the party.” Essential read:
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Southern Black leaders warn their power is on the line — and Democrats are looking elsewhere
Black lawmakers and activists in the Deep South say they are fighting an existential crisis on their own in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling.
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Dr JC Niala @jcniala.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I don’t think the world realised how much we needed 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde. ⚽️
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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If a small museum can manage it, big places can.
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Why a small British museum went out of its way to repatriate Haida Nation artifacts | CBC Radio
How a small British museum connected with the Haida Gwaii Museum in Skidegate, B.C., to repatriate Indigenous artifacts in their possession — and the growing movement to reclaim artifacts as a form of...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/07/2026
US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city
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It was an honour and a pleasure to attend the 4th of July American Independence Day celebrations at the Ambassador's residence in Ottawa. I had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Hoekstra and thank him, the President, and the American people for their heartfelt support throughout the Freedom Convoy and ever since. @ChrisBarber1975

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In order to defeat communism, all of the AI companies are gonna have to give up equity to the federal government.
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 03/07/2026
The lack of private sector investment in the new west coast oil #pipeline should ring alarm bells for Canadians — after all, we’re footing 90% of the whopping $35-44B bill. 🚨 “If the business case were there, a private proponent would have stepped forward by now.” #cdnpoli 📰: buff.ly/OqcDd2y
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SalarySwish @salaryswish.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#NBA TRADE TOR #Raptors Acquire: Kawhi Leonard - $50,300,000 LA #Clippers Acquire: B Ingram $40,000,000 G Dick $7,131,510 2027 Draft swap option 2030 2nd Rounder 2031 1st Rounder 2033 2nd Rounder 2033 1st Rounder www.salaryswish.com
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence
NYT: "The Court's Hypocrisy" June 29NYT: "The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles" June 30
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2026
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/06/2026
Moving Justice Jackson concurrence invoking Frederick Douglass on memory. "The distortion of historical facts—retellings that reimagine and repurpose past events to lend credence to misbegotten aims—may be an even greater threat."
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Justice Jackson: "Justice Thomas's telling elides the entire point of the Second Founding: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery."
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Update: The Casbah will indeed rock tonight
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 20/06/2026
‘This World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums are not paved with bones. But it will forever be associated with newly obscene levels of fan exploitation.’ Simon Skinner: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Simon Skinner · ‘I wouldn’t pay it either’: World Cup Wallcharts
This World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I rode my electric bike for the first time in over a year for 11km yesterday. Perfect weather, but I got lost and learned that Toronto's waterfront trails are too narrow for both runners and cyclists. Very glad I wore bike shorts and had two panniers for my stuff. In summer: biking > taking the TTC.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I like living in a city where I can walk to a theatre & find it full of people who will sit for 3 hours watching Fellini. 15 minute city conspiracy continues apace.
La dolce vita poster at paradise cinema on Bloor
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/05/2026
@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
finally watched Battle of Algiers. getting Ennio Morricone to do the score felt like spiking the ball on France
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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Was a time we would've seen shit like this and been like "so we super pissed off the gods, apparently, let's throw the chief into the volcano as an apology." We've really dropped the ball, haven't we.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 08/05/2026
when researching scenarios for a fictional World War Three in his 2006 movie Southland Tales, Richard Kelly landed on a big one:
screenshot of news graphic from Southland Tales showing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 01/05/2026
Is taxing the rich a climate solution? Yes, according to tech entrepreneur Avi Bryant. He's a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group pushing Canada for a higher tax on wealthy people like him because, "Society is better off if everyone has their basic needs met." thenarwhal.ca/canada-wealt...
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This Canadian millionaire wants to pay higher taxes | The Narwhal
Avi Bryant made millions in the tech industry. Now, he’s part of Patriotic Millionaires and says a wealth tax could help Canada achieve climate goals
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Chai Komanduri @chaikomanduri.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Does he think WandaVision was a documentary?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state’s newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state’s Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming
The appeal is expected to move swiftly — and could ultimately land before the Supreme Court of Virginia, which will have the final say on whether the voter-approved map can take effect.
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Hmm, let's see Cantor Fitzgerald sold insurance to companies to cover Tariffs .... Now they will receive the refunds?! Such bold+faceness
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Peggy Dennis @carnahancattle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Ask your sons — they know. Their bank accounts are growing quite steadily.
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
When is someone gonna say to him ... The Emperor has No Clothes
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I dunno about this starting a player automatically in extra innings, during the regular season. Go to HOME RUN DERBYYY #bluejays
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Side arm pitcher .... Blows my mind every.time. #BlueJays
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Indira इंदिरा Balkissoon @indirabalki.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Opening night 2026. Was a fantasy redux of Game 7, WS 2025.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Watching baseball. The pitcher's name is Kody Funderburk. The batter's name is Coby Mayo. We are not a serious civilization
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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 25/03/2026
George Orwell: 2+2=5 I talked to the amazing intellectual and director Raoul Peck for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
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George Orwell wasn’t a prophet - he was a warning
Raoul Peck, the director of Orwell: 2+2=5, on how the writer’s message is missed and misused - and what he would have thought of Trump and Gaza
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I wonder what it would be like to have a government that functioned.
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