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Kevin Bateman

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Previously private family film of 70yr old CHARLIE CHAPLIN returning to London in 1959 to revisit the streets and encounter the ghosts of his poverty stricken childhood & upbringing. Extraordinary.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On Jan. 1, 1870, public executions in Canada were banned. The last public execution in Canadian history was on Dec. 7, 1869 when Nicholas Melady was put to death at the Huron District Gaol in Goderich, Ontario for the murder of his father and stepmother.
Nicholas Melady in a dark suit and bow tie, eyes lowered, drawn with cross-hatching and a shaded background like a vintage newspaper illustration.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Eric R Fairhurst 📚 🦋 🎷🎨 @efairhurst.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes…exactly
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kɛbɹah zmɪeʒd @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A local dog walker is taking a group photo at the dog fountain in Berczy Park
A woman in white has posed six dogs of various kinds on the edge of a large fountain with numerous statues of dogs
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Kevin Bateman @kgbateman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
National security decision-making has a longer time horizon. It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade. We have shown that we are not. Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 17/09/2026
This absolute horseshit from the Washington Post is more proof the problem isn't just Trump, but a society of Trump enablers, one Canada indeed should be 'decoupling' with a helluva lot faster than it is.
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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Watching Mark Carney live, addressing the European Parliament, outlining the new Canada-EU alliance. The breadth and depth of vision is jaw-dropping. The world order is shifting on its axis.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Democrats keep trying to guilt-trip Canadians into backing down. Fuck off. Deal with your own mess. This is your problem to solve, not ours. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Gallego, the Arizona senator, said the two sides need to figure out how to mutually step down from the current trade tensions, adding that it appeared both Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney were playing politics when trade talks fell apart last month.
"I'm not asking Mr. Carney to just bend at the knee and give in, but this is the role of diplomacy," Gallego said. "You figure out how to actually start bringing the heat down little by little to a point where you can get to the negotiation table."
Likewise, Maine's governor, Mills, said there need to be "serious negotiations on both sides," and she hopes a third party can sit down with the two countries and make it clear a tariff fight damages both of them.
"The retaliatory tariffs, I can understand why that's happening," Mills said. "I can't say it's not damaging our economy, though."
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This section of Jim Stanford’s recent article is particularly important for Canadians to keep in mind. #CanadaStrong #Never51 #cdnpoli #CdnEcon
TORONTO STAR <

‘Canada can't survive without the U.S.’

This is Trump's biggest, and most dangerous, lie, and getting us to believe it is central to his intimidation strategy.
Despite reduced U.S.-bound exports, Canada's economy has continued growing. Two-thirds of those lost merchandise exports have been offset by new exports to other countries. And almost 80 per cent of our GDP is produced and consumed right here, by Canadians, for Canadians. Trump can't touch that.
Yes, it will be a bumpy ride to disentangle our economy from overreliance on what is now a failed democracy next door. But as the 10th largest economy in the world, with a wealth of natural and human resources, and a stronger capacity to solve problems together, we will most definitely survive without Trump's America.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“.. The 92-year-old former leader, who was prime minister at the time of the [9/11] attacks, drew a standing ovation after telling his ‘American friends’ that Canadians may be tolerant and kind but ‘we bow to no one.’” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/sept...
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's attacks on our civil liberties didn't come out of nowhere. The groundwork for his Orwellian surveillance state was laid by the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act. Only one Senator at the time had the foresight to see what it would unleash.
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 11/09/2026
This is so Golden Retriever-ish.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OK kiddies, let's get a few things straight. Piano: pee-AH-no, right? Therefore pee-AH-nist, not PEE-ah-nist Kilometre: KILL-oh-mee-tur. Not kill-AW-mih-tur. Why? Consistency! We say MILL-oh-mee-tur, not mill-AW-mih-tur. Centimetre is SEN-ti-mee-tur, not sen-TAW-mih-tur Thus endeth the lesson.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Labour Day weekend is the Sunday evening of the calendar year.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Oh my friend got a vid. Chug Chug Chug. Those engines. Iggy Pop raw power.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These snivelling cowards. Canadians will not forget that America treated Putin's Russia like its best friend and us like an enemy. Ever.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 The Air Cadet League of Canada announced today the appointment of Canadian Astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen as their Honorary National President. Colonel Hansen, and fellow astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield were both Canadian Air Cadets. 🫡 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Canadian mood going into September
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions. It’s not constructive but that’s their democracy.” 🎤 💥 Always the adult in the room.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One more time, for the folks at the back.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My uOttawa colleague, Wolfgang Alschner, was quick out of the starting blocks. I encourage you to read his excellent analysis of Canada’s response to the new Trump tariffs. economicsecurity101.substack.com/p/canadas-co...
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Canada’s counter-tariffs are more defence than offence — and that matters
Key objectives are import substitution and trade diversification, not changing trade policy in Washington
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/08/2026
Bloomberg Editor-In Chief, Matt Winkler: “Canada since Mark Carney became PM in March, 2025, has outperformed everyone in America, the Eurozone and anywhere else in the world.”
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I've mentioned this before, but one reason Navarro, a talentless hack and liar, hates the Canadians is because they are extremely skilled and technically orientated trade negotiators and he keeps getting outplayed by them in any actual detail-orientated agreement.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
What the @nytimes.com (and most 🇺🇸media) fail to get is that there’s a huge difference between “Christianity” and Christianity. As big a difference as between Trump on the one hand and decency, honesty and loving kindness on the other. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u...
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Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Founding at Rally
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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dumbcat @dumbcat.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Strait of Hormuz is closed, you know what that means!
Strait of Spirit Halloween 



(when a store closes, a Spirit Halloween store often takes its place; is a business joke about the Strait of Hormuz being closed, nothing more ahaha)
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If I changed my name as often as my mortgage company does they would not let me borrow money
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Inspiring, dramatic, USA Hockey victories for both the men and the women this year. Congratulations to all. But let's be careful of the 1980 comparisons. Back then, we were the good guys, the champions of democracy against a totalitarian USSR. Today, it is, sadly, a very different story.
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Arlene Dickinson 🇨🇦🐉 @arlenedickinson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Dear Team 🇨🇦. You played with everything you had. We love you,appreciate you and feel for you. Thx for a great game and for being stand up players who fist bump kids and always leave it all on the ice. Dear world. Thx for cheering with us. From Australia to Norway to Japan we felt the love. ❤️ 🇨🇦
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy #Caturday !
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finrodsauronvorecommissionfolderabsurdres @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/01/2026
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
CARNEY: “.. I meant what I said in Davos.” 🇨🇦 @apnews.com apnews.com/article/carn...
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption:

On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm
I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.
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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians: ‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It can happen to your family. It will happen to thousands and thousands of families. Unless we stop them.
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