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Ed Smith

@mediahermit.bsky.social
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Cinephile, Modernist, hermit pending return to political sanity / apocalypse. Aesthetic home Paris.

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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wim #Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 #film Falsche Bewegung from circulation. Nastassja Kinski had long objected to a topless scene shot when she was 13. Why did he act now? “The many reactions, comments, and conversations of recent days have played a significant role.” Public pressure works. #cinema
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Wim Wenders withdraws film with disputed child nude scene
Actress Nastassja Kinski spent years calling for the removal of a sexualized scene from his film "The Wrong Move," in which she appeared topless at the age of 13.
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Politico on the latest in #Ukraine anti-missile tech, Lima. “We constantly change Lima based on characteristics of Russian weapons, analyze hits, and provide recommendations to the general staff on where to put it and how," Alchemist said. "War evolves all the time.” www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
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Ukraine’s latest defense against Russian missiles: Making them miss
Kyiv is using the Lima electronic warfare system to divert attacks by Russian drones and missiles.
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 15- Songs with a heavy brass presence The (Mighty) Fall, "Bremen Nacht" (1988). youtu.be/yN5fv6w6E3A Mark E Smith made the saxophonist Simon Rogers do the whole thing, no loops.
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Bremen Nacht Alternative
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
A neat story on what happened after two #film students discovered that a short work they'd uploaded to #Youtube had been #plagiarized.
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How two directors fought back when their film was stolen
"Butty" became "T-130": An American submitted a movie by two German film students to film festivals under his own name, and won prizes. The duo dealt with the matter in an unusual way.
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
More from #Politico on the Canadian #election - interview with Frank Graves, Liberal pollster. He's good on the type of voters who have moved, the #Conservative voters who haven't moved, and why that's a problem for #Poilievre. #Canada www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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What the Polls in Canada Are Really Saying
A top Canadian pollster explains how Trump completely upended the election.
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The lead in today's #Politico article on how #Poilievre uses alternative media: which, it says, is the #Conservatives' roadmap to the future whatever happens this #Canada #election. The below is exactly the stuff of his riding office mail-outs back in 2004, when he was my MP. #Musk
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/12/pierre-poilievre-trump-canada-prime-minister-00286947
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A reflection on Canada and the dark times we are living in. We are no longer just playing shinny. The stakes are dangerously high. When Mike Myers gave the "elbows up" sign, we know what to do. Read my latest Substack here on why Canada won't break. charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up?...
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ELBOWS UP
Mike Myers' Secret Message to Canadians
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The US imports 80% of fertilizer from Canada. Canada is applying tariffs. Here are the top fertilizer exporting countries in the world. You see where this is going! #cdnpoli #peipoli
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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People in Canada: what is the impact of the new Trump administration on you so far?
We’d like to hear from Canadians about any plans you have made or changed because of the US president’s stance towards the country
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Ed Smith @mediahermit.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
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Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Multiple Canadian cities holding rallies to mark anniversary of the Ukraine invasion #Canada #Ukraine globalnews.ca/news/1103139...
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Multiple Canadian cities holding rallies to mark anniversary of the Ukraine invasion - National | Globalnews.ca
Rallies spanning across the country in cities including Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver will be held today.
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Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦 @jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"Poilievre holding 'Canada First' rally in Ottawa." PP has voted AGAINST affordable housing bills & environmental protection bills & support for Ukraine bills . . . MANY times. He vows to destroy the CBC and use the Notwithstanding Clause. #Canada is the LAST thing on his mind. #CdnPoli -
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REP Fella - Beaver Brigade Czar 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @drkatems.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Ottawa rally in support of Ukraine 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
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Smile You Are On Candid Camera @kajamm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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YOW Weather Records @yow-weather.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Over the past 151 years, #Ottawa's annual rain has increased by about 223 ± 65 mm (95% CI). #YowWx #OttWeather
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YOW Weather Records @yow-weather.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Over the past 151 years, #Ottawa's annual snowfall has decreased by about 37 ± 36 cm (95% CI). #YowWx #OttWeather
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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 10/01/2025
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.
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YOW Weather Records @yow-weather.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Over the past 71 years, #Ottawa's average humidity has increased by 2.2 ± 2.1% (95% CI). #YowWx #OttWeather
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YOW Weather Records @yow-weather.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Over the past 151 years, #Ottawa's annual mean temperature has increased by 2.2 ± 0.5°C (95% CI). #YowWx #OttWeather #OttNews #ONWx
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