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Music, community, and views of the world from Ottawa's Wellington Village neighbourhood. Plus a few vintage postcards.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Theatre of the absurd! Trump announces US will buy diesel from russia even though he signed a law mandating sanctions for any country buying russian energy. Meanwhile russia actually has a diesel export ban because they can’t meet domestic demand.
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Peter Coffinman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I reckon every lighthouse #OughtToBeHaunted. They watch in silence, across generations, sometimes bearing witness to the very kinds of tragedy they are intended to prevent. And don't get me started on lighthouse keepers.... 👇 Presqu'île Point Lighthouse, Lake Ontario, built 1840. 😱👻🎃
Black and white image of a gleaming white lighthouse with a gothic, pointed-arch doorway, against a dark sky and framed by foliage.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/10/2026
⚡️US senators call Trump’s Russian diesel decision ‘a total betrayal of Ukraine.’ Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Chuck Schumer, and Elizabeth Warren condemned Trump’s decision to allow global purchases of Russian diesel for six months.
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Trump allows Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets
"Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter," ...
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Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Some are curious about how Tarp bear acquired her name.
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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today’s Canadian painting is “Autumn Near Beaupré” painted by Maurice Cullen in around 1898.
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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congrats to Anne Carson! A brilliant writer who graciously contributed several poems to our latest album. Canada is home to the world’s greatest writers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JO9t...
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The Moon Dreams
YouTube video by Rheostatics - Topic
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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy #CanadianBeerDay to all who celebrate! Here's my collection of vintage O'Keefe's ads, covering the era that O'Keefe's had a plant in #Ottawa, i.e. 1940s-1960s. (Blog post also includes pics & clippings re: O'Keefe's former Ottawa operations.) www.ashleynewall.ca/2025/10/okee...
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O'Keefe's Beer Ads, 1940s-1960s (Ottawa Era)
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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 07/10/2026
Sutcliffe's swim registration promise reeks of opportunism | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/sutc...
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🎶 Hey there, Delilah. What’s it like in New York City? I’m a 1000 miles away… 🎶 Algoma Highlands, Ontario 🍂
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jasont-ottawa.bsky.social @jasont-ottawa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brilliant. Dolly would approve.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael J. Fox receives the Order of Canada 🇨🇦🥰
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here’s what we really need to focus a lot more discussion on — you don’t need to hate cars in order to want people to have the CHOICE to walk, bike and take public transit in your city. Better cities provide more choices, and work better for EVERYONE. Bad cities offer only dependency. #CarDependency
Picture of a street with public transit (trams), people riding bikes in a bike lane, and people strolling while holding hands on a wide sidewalk, in central Melbourne. #MultiModal
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mist Fantasy J.E.H. MacDonald c. 1943
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There should be no ambiguity as to who Trump thinks his friends are.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 2021, the US became the first country in world history to memory-hole a coup. — @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Having lager and sandwiches, and thinking of you.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Autumn Bear Michelle Beauregard c.2025
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jasont-ottawa.bsky.social @jasont-ottawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kyiv: A city of innocent civilians being terrorized by Russian drone strikes, day after day. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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24 hours in Kyiv: Living through Russian drone strikes
Kyiv is a city under siege, the target of Russia’s new strategy, which uses the latest jet-powered drones to strike Ukraine’s capital city around the clock. Regular sirens send weary residents to the...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 19/03/2025
Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling
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Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling
OTTAWA – As US President Trump’s unilaterally-launched trade war continues, Canadians have struck back with counter-tariffs on a valued American item: the little Canadian flag patches Americans put on...
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Michael Byers 🇨🇦 @michael-byers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My mother Brigitte's battle with Alzheimer's is over. This essay, shared with a gift link, is mostly about her.
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Humans are destroying the only home they have. Canada can help save it by shutting down the tar sands
In order to save our planet, we must change our behaviours and insist on brave and bold policies from our leaders
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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starting at 8pm central tonight via twitch.tv/djjakerudh, I’m hosting 5+ hours of Dream pop and Shoegaze music videos spotlighting Cocteau Twins. Simply click the link while the show is live and enjoy.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Zohran post about filling one pothole: We filled our 2,000th pothole! Wow! New York is the greatest city in the world! Zohran post about meeting with the president: Some guy was here and that is now over.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Older Canadians should all be eligible for free shingles vaccine. Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: All Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccine
Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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jasont-ottawa.bsky.social @jasont-ottawa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cunning Alanis re-interpretation by the very talented @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social. The cartographical backdrop is a nice touch!
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao
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"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today’s Canadian painting is “Algoma Hill” painted by Lawren Harris in 1921.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 11/09/2026
⚡️ Sean Penn-produced Ukraine documentary “Black Sunflowers” has premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. united24media.com/culture/sean...
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Sean Penn-Produced Ukraine Documentary “Black Sunflowers” Premieres at Toronto International Film Festival
Sean Penn executive produces this Ukrainian documentary film portraying how war shapes the everyday lives of young ravers, artists, photographers, and soldiers.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lake Trump. Thanks to the people of Grand Forks BC who have renamed their sewage lagoon in honour of the sexual predator in the White House.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"This isn’t just about hockey, it’s about the message you are sending to the women and girls who wear your jersey, buy your tickets and have supported this team their entire lives." Hear, hear! Very frustrating move by #Oilers! 👎 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Intense backlash in Edmonton greets Oilers signing of Alex Formenton | CBC News
The Edmonton Oilers decision to sign a hockey player who was acquitted last year of sexual assault has sparked a wave of disappointment and calls to "do better" among hockey fans and non-fans alike.
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jasont-ottawa.bsky.social @jasont-ottawa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It is increasingly hard to differentiate between @thebeaverton.com and unfortunate realities.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 09/09/2026
The report was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, without ministerial availability to the media, a press conference or a briefing — a protocol that was in place when the government released its first report in 2019.
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Environment minister defends low-profile release of ‘really important’ climate report
Federal environment minister Julie Dabrusin says the report, warning of disaster if the current climate direction holds, "was not a political exercise."
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Local man says housing goal will be met once he adds cardboard boxes, garden sheds and his own three homes to eligibility list.
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Ontario hit 58% of 2025 housing goal, even after adding long-term care, student beds | Globalnews.ca
A briefing note shows that, even by its own modified definition of new housing, the province only achieved 58 per cent of its 2025 target.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 09/09/2026
Canada is an Arctic country. But is it an Arctic power? Writer Wesley Wark argues that if Ottawa is serious about defending the North, it needs to look beyond fighter jets and submarines to a less glamorous tool: the polar icebreaker. thewalrus.ca/arctic-icebreakers
On the left: an aerial photo of two red ships navigating through icy Arctic waters side by side. On the right: text that “Want to defend the Arctic from Trump? Build more icebreakers. Canada’s fleet is aging and isn’t being replaced fast enough”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.
Screenshot of article with same text as post. Photo of Copenhagen bike-lane filled with people riding bikes.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 09/09/2026
More deep-sea mining is the last thing these fragile ecosystems need! That's why we filed this lawsuit, and we're not backing down anytime soon! Thank you to everyone who follows and supports this work. You can learn more about our lawsuit here ➡️ bit.ly/4yvbeQT
Underwater photo of a manta ray with its mouth open. Others swim in the background, further from the camera. Text over the image reads: Lawsuit Challenges Mariana Islands Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israel's foreign minister is now working with Canada's opposition to directly undermine the Canadian government's stance against atrocities in the West Bank and Gaza -- while complaining of Ottawa's 'interference' in their domestic politics. You can't make this up.
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jasont-ottawa.bsky.social @jasont-ottawa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well said. It's an entirely baffling silence on the explanation and accountability fronts. Again.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 08/09/2026
🔴 Russian forces attacked Ukraine's capital overnight, hitting residential areas and a school. UNITED24 reported Jamal Marcelin reports from the scene.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OTD in 1944 the first Nazi V2 rocket hit London. Used against civilians by a genocidal country that had lost on the battlefield, the hope was to terrorise a population into surrender. Imagine that happening today...
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rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 08/09/2026
There are a few species in Canada so ubiquitous that “common” is a part of their name, but are they still that common? rabble.ca/environment/...
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How do we ensure that common animals remain common?
There are a few species in Canada so ubiquitous that "common" is a part of their name, but are they still that common?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It says here that former PM Chrétien will also be in attendance. I rather look forward to the two of them meeting.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Congratulations to MapQuest for becoming the #1 navigation app in the App Store. And thanks for being the navigation app of the resistance! ✊
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