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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 8h

Which Toronto mayoral candidate will call for a line-by-line value for money audit of the police budget? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah it’s a real mystery

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Jason Salmon @jsalmoncomedy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If he doesn’t understand the difference between the Atlanta Hawks & the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s team This would definitely help explain why people like him think there’s so many men playing in women’s sports

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 17h

I don't think agents replying to your emails or booking a restaurant for you is worth this stuff, sorry

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah. That’s exactly what happened.

After the hearing, Schmitt insisted he'd gotten nothing wrong, but he seemed less sure Smith had committed perjury.
"I don't know if Jack Smith's lying or not. It was the only game - Atlanta was the only NBA game or men's college basketball game that night at 7:30,
Schmitt told HuffPost.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/09/2026

You know it's a bug fuck up when the Times can't cover up your obvious bullshit with "some say" or "many dispute."

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just tried it myself & the same thing happened. Google’s top result says that Mamdani wrote, “The Talmud teaches that the best of Gentiles should be killed, Jesus is boiling in excrement, and that non-Jewish souls are inferior and impure.” That is not what he wrote, on Twitter or anywhere else.

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It will be exceedingly funny to watch Zuck, AI Sam, and Dario start doing this

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Okay the screenshots other people shared did not properly prepare me for what happens when you tell America.gov to "play Minecraft." Here's the full response I got. (1/2)

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Mark Dowling @markdowling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Running government like a business” if that business was being run by private equity #topoli

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Thanks for reminding me of this.

A short history of traffic engineering show walk, cycle, transit and car routes over time with cycling and walking getting worse.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why yes, of course you can build out your gigantic 72,500 m2 energy and resource-sucking data centre, but be sure to “encourage staff to use public transport, cycling & walking”. Beyond parody from the crack squad at An Coimisiún Pleanala. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026

If I’m reading this correctly, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s campaign is asking volunteers to give them full access to their contact lists on their *personal* cell phones? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...

'You don't need to freak out about this'
Introducing Bradford's supporters to the app on the Zoom call, Punia instructed them to give the app permission to access all of their contacts.

"Do not give it partial contact ability, give it full. And what I want to say to you guys here is, you don't need to freak out about this," said Punia. He reassured them that only contacts they marked as known or potential Bradford supporters would be given to the campaign.

One attendee hesitated as she had over 2,400 contacts on her phone. She was instructed to give the app access to all of them and mark them one by one according to their level of support for Bradford.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026

This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.

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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.

Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Molumby asked match referee Harms Osmers and the fourth official Florian Exner to listen to alleged monkey chants from the tiny number of supporters in the stadium...According to reports, UEFA said that Molumby had not explicitly mentioned racism to the officials" www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...

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Alleged racism against Idah will not be investigated

An alleged racist incident involving Ireland goalscorer Adam Idah will not be investigated by UEFA because it wasn't explicitly mentioned on the pitch.

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Goalbot UEFA @uefa.goalbot.dev · 27/09/2026

🏁 FULLTIME — Israel 0–3 Rep. Of Ireland. UEFA Nations League #israel #repofireland #nationsleague

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Goalbot UEFA @uefa.goalbot.dev · 27/09/2026

⏸️ HALFTIME — Israel 0–3 Rep. Of Ireland. UEFA Nations League #israel #repofireland #nationsleague

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.

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Mark Dowling @markdowling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Why can’t Democrats do anything, they have had majorities in the past and the thing I wanted never got passed” because their majorities usually include people like this:

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I mean, “unbridled narcissism, wealth, and tax avoidance” is reasonable description of the Celtic Tiger era, tbh

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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.

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Pinstripe Alley @pinstripealley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

GOD I hate it here sometimes

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hyper-fast acceleration is dangerous as well as pointless. As I wrote in 2024, the 0-to-60 metric is outdated and needs to die. No driver on a public road needs to go from 0 to 60 mph in under 8 seconds. Even the slowest car on the market is more than quick enough.

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How fast can a car go from 0 to 60? It really doesn't matter

The auto industry has pushed this metric for decades. But cars—especially EVs—are so fast that comparing the decimals is pointless and dangerous.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The FAI, in a nutshell

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s not easy and it isn’t their fault. They didn’t want this. And now they’re just a bunch of young men left alone with their obligations and their consciences. And what a credit to them that their conscience weighs so heavy in the first place.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026

I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"rapidly medicalised layabouts" really jumps off the page as being an absurdly hateful thing to say

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca · 25/09/2026

Canadian Policy Options published an article by someone who they couldn't verify who they were and now pulled the article because of the person's refusal to cooperate. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...

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Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson

Policy Options removed an article after concerns about the contributor’s identity could not be resolved. Here is what happened and why.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Call me crazy but, seven months in, that we're still not reporting, "HOLY SHIT why won't Trump appoint real experts to negotiate with Iran instead of his family and his crypto business partner" is part of why we're here.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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kelly @earley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

so we need thousands of staff for transport infrastructure, thousands of staff for nursing homes and thousands of young people are leaving the country... and we are turning away people who want to come to ireland to work, while making those who are here wait longer for citizenship. ok grand

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”

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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

So anyway, governments thinking they can keep kids off social media don't understand the shape of the battlefield

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think it's much more relevant that she was in "her apartment" when this happened then it was that she was "on a Zoom call."

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

‘Interactions.’

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When we start making the people in charge personally liable and throw them behind bars when stuff like this happens, it will stop. That's all the regulation we need.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not only do we need a border poll - we also should start work on moving Ireland further away - physically - from the loons next door.

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

😱😆🤣 "Samsung has also apologized publicly for the disruption. It asked owners to book an engineer visit, since a technician has to check the unit in person, and advised moving food into ice boxes in the meantime. " www.notebookcheck.net/The-refriger...

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"The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update, causes outrage

Samsung has stopped a SmartThings update after Bespoke AI 4-Door fridges shut down when it was installed. As per reports, internal test software reached customers by mistake. Samsung has apologized an...

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Marty Swant @martyswant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned the UN Security Council that the world is at an AI "crossroad." Also today: Australia's prime minister says an OpenAI’s agent hacked the country’s medicare portal.

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