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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 3h

The seas are getting fairer and we seeing a lot of life offshore. Lots to share, but to start… PILOT WHALES!!! 🦑🐳🌿 Breaches at ~14, 20, & 28 seconds. This was a huge group that joined us for a while alongside the vessel, & even now several hours later we can see them far off the back deck.

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Katja, li'l scamperer ｢Amethyst｣ @vulpine.house · 8h

like, literally the history of women's sports is "woman wins unisex competition, competition is split into men's and women's". you don't have to take my word for it, look at the Olympics in the early 20th century. sorry you're feeling a way, but facts don't care about your feelings.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 8h

Orange Shirt Day creator Phyllis Webstad reflects on a life of overcoming adversity in new memoir Webstad's new memoir We Are Still Here details how a single voice inspired a national movement www.cbc.ca/books/orange...

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Orange Shirt Day creator Phyllis Webstad reflects on a life of overcoming adversity in new memoir | CBC Books

The Orange Shirt Day creator reflects on her life in new memoir, We Are Still Here.

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 8h

I should mark this post with #TOHistory because this is Toronto’s history… no matter how uncomfortable that may make you.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 9h

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge and reflect on the deep intergenerational harm residential schools have caused to Indigenous families and communities. Art by Elaine Landry #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation

A handprint on an orange background. The handprint is broken into segments, inside of which are different symbols representing elements of Indigenous culture, including animal paw prints, landscapes with trees, and other images drawn from nature. There is a large black eagle feather on the left side of the handprint, and bird silhouettes appear in the upper left hand corner of the image. The words EVERY CHILD MATTERS appear at the bottom of the piece.

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 9h

Want to conserve #birds, #mammals and other vertebrates? Then don’t forget their #insects. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity paper explores the many ways vertebrates depend on insects — for food, shelter, protection and much more. I’ve written about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/30/w...

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Want to conserve birds and mammals? Then conserve their insects – our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity sets out the details

It’s sometimes easy to forget quite how much of the living world depends upon insects. That might seem an odd thing for someone who has spent much of his career studying insects and their relations…

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 7h

The Swan Nebula - Optical/Infrared Comparison - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/fsFLfD

This image shows the bright nebula Messier 17, also known as the Swan Nebula or the Omega Nebula.
This nebula is located about 6000 light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and later catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764.
The central part of the nebula is lit up by a cluster of extremely bright young O and B type stars. It is one of the brightest and most massive star forming regions in our galaxy and appears very similar in spatial structure to the famous Orion Nebula, but the Swan is viewed more edge-on from our vantage point. The nebula is also very bright visually, actually much more so than its famous neighbour the Eagle Nebula - which traditionally is the more photographed of the two.

Visible above the nebula is a pair of very unique bright orange stars. These are LBV (Luminous Blue Variable) type stars HD 168607 and HD 168625 respectively, two rare yellow hypergiants that might have formed what is known as a pseudo-photosphere. This is a theoretical optically dense surface present due to intense stellar winds and thus not the actual surface of the star. This pseudo-photosphere is much cooler than the underlying surface of the star and therefore appears yellow to us. The right-most of these two stars in the image (HD 168625) also has an associated complex nebulousity surrounding. This nebula appears very similar to the double ring structure observed around Sandulaek -69° 202 which w...

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Canadian Architect @canadianarchitect.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Created to commemorate Mount Pleasant Group’s bicentennial, Yesterday. Today. Forever. is a series of free, site-specific installations open to the public throughout 2026, with select components continuing into 2027.

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10 Toronto cemeteries become sites for architecture, art and history

Mount Pleasant Group and Space for GriefTM have created free, outdoor displays across 10 cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), featuring public art, nature, and elements of Toronto's history. ...

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 16h

The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...

None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.

It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.

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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 19h

And... scene.

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 7h

In 1973, Phyllis Webstad, age 6, arrived at residential school in a new orange shirt her grandmother had bought her. To her, the shirt stood for belonging. It was taken away on her first day. Today, in part, is about what was taken from children. 🪶 READ: orangeshirtday.org/about/phylli...

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 19h

Ok, some nedwalkies through Beijing & vicinity, full of food, capitalistic communism, & the Great Wall of China. 🧵

The huge tan stone wall snakes up a forested mountain under blue skies streaked with clouds, curving and following the terrain to a peak with a beacon tower in the distance

Yunnan Province style spicy mushroom stir friend on a banana leaf

A huge art deco inspired building with clock tower glows golden at night. A huge hologram of a Panda cutely frolics

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 19h

Manitoba’s Conservative Party is also falling apart. Their leader just resigned

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Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On October 1, 2026, the province will raise the minimum wage to $15.70 an hour. That falls far short of the latest living wage rate of $22.50 for Regina, and $21.50 for Saskatoon. 1/3 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Trying to Keep Up: 2025 Living wage update for Regina and Saskatoon | CCPA

Regina and Saskatoon’s living wage is considerably higher than the paltry legislated minimum wage in Saskatchewan

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Totally stark. A mosque in Quebec City was vandalized the same week.

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Huge news! Charges against Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, have been stayed. Judge found parts of Canada's drug laws are unconstitutional and that the compassion club reduced the harms associated with the toxic drug crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.

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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paris today. The Firefighters arrive. More national strike actions this week in France. Images: Rémy Buisine

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧵COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Ontario for high risk groups and available to the general public starting Oct. 26. The link below helps find the pharmacy nearest to you - please share to help others. FYI - we’re all at risk from COVID-19 see 2/ #VaccinesWork ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...

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COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations

Find your closest pharmacy to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Rose 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just did some quick maths (divide his net worth by 150000, then divide my yearly income by that number). This is the equivalent of me donating 0.009c (in euro, or 0.01c US)

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Thomas, Albert and I will take tea in the library.” “Very good, sir.” “Also, please see if Mrs. Wickham still has any of those delightful salmon biscuits.” “Of course, sir.”

Two black & white kittens with white curled mustaches sit on a hardwood floor.

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Kate @dubchi5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The thing about being an educated woman in your field is you’ll know all the fantastic and groundbreaking research/information but you will also know every fantastic thing not pursued because it relates to women.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 29/09/2026

Oiled out my latest. It makes such a difference to vibrance & depth. Sharpless 162 51×76 cm 20×30″ Oil on canvas 2026 There will be no prints (probably) Not shipping to the US. earthskyart.ca/product/shar...

Painting of swirling orange red and yellow nebula gas with a blueish bubble in the centre with hundreds of stars.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Nosferatu @realnosferatu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nuvaxovid will be offered in Ontario. Many health units will have limited doses, and your pharmacy or primary provider can order it. This is not an endorsement of the vaccine.

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2. City-based revenue tools like the commercial parking levy, a rideshare congestion fee or development charges.

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Operating funding from the provincial and federal governments. Ontario used to provide 50% of transit operations province-wide. This was cut by Mike Harris in the 90s and systems have been struggling ever since. Canada is an outlier in how little the federal gov gives to transit operations.

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As you fill out the Toronto Star Vote Compass, please remember that there are many ways to pay for transit that isn’t reliant on fare increases. Presenting this as a binary between better service and higher fares is disrespectful to transit advocates who work tirelessly to push for alternatives.

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Spudly Do-Right @spudleydo-right.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On this daycSeptember 25, 1983: The ‘Great Maze’ escape. In the largest single successful prison break in UK history, 38 members of the Irish Republican Army broke out of the British maximum security prison Long Kesh Detention Center.

The 38 members of the Irish Republican Army that broke out of the British maximum security prison Long Kesh Detention Center.

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NDP @ndp.ca · 25/09/2026

It is shocking that Prime Minister Carney decided to change Liberal policy and punish one of his MPs for the simple act of wanting Canada to adhere to the values he touts so confidently on the world stage.

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NDP @ndp.ca · 25/09/2026

BREAKING: Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted for supporting NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s bill to close a loophole in Canada’s arms sales regime that allows weapons to be shipped via the US to Israel, a country that is still committing genocide against the Palestinian people. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls | CBC News

Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he voted against the government and supported an NDP private me...

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ebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another Huge Turnout of Cyclists for Critical Mass Ride in Toronto in Support of Bike Lanes #safecycling #saferroads tinyurl.com/4akerdcd

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elizab3th @eoehwright.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SquirrelSaturday Trees are alive, always.

Two baby squirrels peer out of a tree cavity; a third one is latched onto the tree bark, tail above head, to the right of the cavity and looks directly at me taking the picture through an upstairs window.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

15/ There’s much more to the story — which you can read here — but I came away with one overarching takeaway: the “responsible gaming” prompts DraftKings served me were no match for the product design and promos pushing me to do more gambling.

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

9/ A month in, I was betting so much that DraftKings’ quick-tap deposit buttons had increased to $500, $750 and $950, making it even easier to mindlessly transfer money into my account. I was also getting pummeled with push alerts inviting me to bet more.

A pile of phone notifications from DraftKings layered on top of one another. Each notification offers a promotion or boost.

A dropdown menu reads “Deposit” and shows dollar amounts for $500, $750, $950 and Other, along with a “Slide to Deposit” button.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

8/ As the @nytimes.com reported, DraftKings uses machine learning and data scientists to entice losing customers with promos to keep them going — even if those are the customers at risk of becoming addicts. The company says it doesn’t unfairly target people.

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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose

Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

7/ An expert explained that losers like me are the bettors that sports betting companies are most interested in. A small group accounts for a large portion of revenue. And what keeps losers loyal? VIP programs. The more you bet, the more you get: free bets/swag/fancy dinners.

Screenshot of article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Headline reads: FanDuel sent a personal message from Phillies star Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling addiction.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every week, the Muppets have to put on a show to salvage a new institution: the Kennedy Center, the Supreme Court, the No-Mask Lesbian Bar, the Wonka Experience, Kozmo Dot Com (this has a time travel dimension, à la Quantum Leap), Cafe Loup in the West Village, democracy, the third season of GLOW

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Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kansas Livestock Association comes out against the ICE Raids????!!!!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/09/2026

So apropos of nothing in particular, let’s talk about media tie-in novel pay vs. original work pay, shall we? Let’s say you write a novel. It’s set in your own world, your own characters, and titled The Original. You get a book deal! Look at you go!

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

new favourite Smaug dropped

the 1968 "pleasure in reading" edition of the hobbit featuring an adorable bright pink Smaug torching the inhabitants of lake town

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Real talk: The incompetent dudes at the top are ruining public education and healthcare and paving the way for further privatization. It’s time to talk about supporting education and healthcare workers to run in the next provincial election. Let’s talk. #OntEd #OnPoli

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Eidra Park: Let's Talk About It (Netflix)

Alt: Eidra Park: Let's Talk About It (Netflix)

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s almost like investing in our kids’ education might actually yield better academic results than starving schools of resources and support… but what do I know? 🤷‍♀️#OntEd

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Elmo I Don't Know Idk

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