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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wearing orange, thinking about the survivors and the kids who never made it home, and about the work that's still ours to do. #EveryChildMatters 🧡

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Infrared Valley. Lower Don River at Riverdale in full colour infrared. We're in the last days of good IR photography for the year before the foliage is gone. #TOphoto #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtshow #infraredphotography

Lower Don River looking north from the Riverdale pedestrian bridge.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. First observed in 2013 as Orange Shirt Day, it is a day for public commemoration, learning and reflection on the history and intergenerational trauma of the Residential School System in Canada.

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Last day of September. Somehow that always sneaks up on me. 🍂

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Hot take: October is a better month than September and I will not be taking questions.

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'Disaster' comes from the Latin for 'bad star': the old belief a badly placed planet could ruin everything below it. 💜

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Audit Bureau of Circulations

In 1914, advertisers got tired of publishers lying about circulation numbers, so they funded their own watchdog to check. It's still auditing today. Some problems just change platforms. 📊

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In 1914, advertisers paid to audit the publishers they were buying from. The same trade body is still counting the waste today.

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Sixty-four years ago today, Canada launched Alouette 1 and became the third country in space, after the Soviet Union and the US. It was built to last one year and kept working for ten. 🛰️

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The maples around the city have started turning already. Always a good marker that fall is properly here. 🍁

Golden maple leaves on a tree branch in autumn

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Angine de Poitrine's UK and European run kicks off next month. An Alien duo selling out rooms never stops being funny to me. 🎸

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The Warning headline the NFL halftime show at Vikings-49ers in Mexico City this November 22. Big year for a band from Monterrey. 🎸

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The Blue Jays' regular season wrapped yesterday. Strange to have a September evening with no first pitch to check. ⚾

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The shift to sweater weather always seems to happen overnight in this city, one day shorts, the next everyone's in a scarf. 🍂

People walking down a narrow city street in autumn

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Mr. Pibb and the Shrinking Shortlist

Mr. Pibb just posted a bigger purchase-consideration jump than 94% of consumer brands tracked this year. Wrote about what a rebranded 1970s soda says about brand loyalty in 2026. 📊

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Only 14% of brands grew purchase consideration this year, down from 94% the year before. The winner was a 1970s cherry soda with more caffeine.

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Unpopular arts opinion: intermission is for stretching your legs, not scrolling your phone. Put it away for twenty minutes. 🎭

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Fifty-four years ago today, Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds left in Moscow to win the Summit Series for Canada. Foster Hewitt's call still gives me chills and I wasn't alive for any of it. 🇨🇦

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Monday of the last week of September and it is fully sweater weather now. 🍂

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'Nightmare' has nothing to do with horses. A 'mare' was an old word for a goblin that supposedly sat on a sleeper's chest at night. 💜

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Sunday evening question: what's one thing from this month you want to carry into October?

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Blue Jays close out the regular season in a few minutes, 3:07 against Cincinnati. However it shakes out, thankful this season is almost over.

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Seahawks kick off at Washington in ten minutes, 1pm ET. Early one for the west coast, normal Sunday for the rest of us. 🏈

An American football stadium with fans in the stands

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#BookSky: deep into Lucky by Marissa Stapley now that Lost Lambs is checked off the list. Nightstand's already restless for what's next. 📚

A stack of books arranged on a shelf in a cozy corner

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Still thinking about the Hip's induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame last night. Well deserved. 🎸

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Saturday night question: what's a show, concert or game you watched from home and still think about?

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One month from today, Toronto votes. Advance polls open on October 6; election day is October 26. 🗳️

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Saturday, and the whole city is already outside before 9am pretending it's not a little cold. 🍁

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#BookSky: Now reading Lucky by Marissa Stapley, now that Lost Lambs and How to Kill a Witch are both done. What's next on your list? 📚

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Angine de Poitrine Set To Perform On 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'

Angine de Poitrine's Tonight Show debut aired earlier this month, right after selling out two NYC shows and playing End of the Road. Canadian bands are not supposed to be this online. 🎸

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Their breakout year continues.

Clemson at Cal tonight, 10:30pm ET, the first-ever West Coast conference game in school history. Late one for us East Coast fans. 🏈

Final homestand of the season starts tonight. Jays and Reds, 7:07 at the Rogers Centre. ⚾

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Hot take: the best patio weather always shows up in the two weeks everyone insists summer is already over. This is second summer folks; soak it up! ☀️

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What's a book festival, farmers market, or street fair you never miss, no matter what else is going on that weekend?

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Friday of the last full week of September. Coffee is earning its keep this morning. ☕

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On this day in 1988, Ben Johnson stunned Seoul with a 9.79 in the 100m, then lost gold to a doping test days later. Still complicated. 🏃

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What's a fall tradition you actually look forward to every year? 🍁

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One more sleep until the Blue Jays' final homestand: three games against Cincinnati, Friday through Sunday, and then that's the season. ⚾ Thank goodness it's almost over.

A baseball stadium filled with fans at night

How did I not know #YAGA was starting Carrie Anne Moss?!?!?

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Campbell's shifted nearly all its ad budget to social and influencers, and sales are still down 8%. New post on what that money's actually buying. 📊 buff.ly/32TVffx