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Joe Moed

@mojo87.bsky.social
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Beginner-level ייִדיש and chess, Intermediate-level variant Sudoku creating/solving, and Advanced-level electoral reform nerdery.

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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 16h
Former staff say he drove them to tears. Some colleagues call him a bully. But Brad Bradford is betting that this election day, enough Torontonians will be as angry as he seems to be. New from @royinori.bsky.social, a portrait of the man who really wants to be mayor. thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...
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Brad Bradford Seems Angry—He’s Betting Torontonians Are Too | The Local
Former staffers say he drove them to tears. Colleagues say he’s a bully. The Bradford campaign says his passion is just what this city needs.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 09/10/2026
One thing about people citing slower car travel times on Bloor West following the bike lane install is, well, that was kind of the point. Drivers were **averaging** nearly 20 km/h over the current speed limit at spots. Road revamp has brought speeds closer to limit. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...
Two bar charts comparing average and 95th percentile vehicle speeds in km/h across five Toronto locations over three time periods (2021/23, 2024, 2025/26), with a posted speed limit of 40 km/h indicated by a dotted line.
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Joe Moed @mojo87.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PQ wipes CAQ away, and flushes them out of AssNat. A joke 8 years in the making.
Screenshot of CBC election night coverage in Quebec, showing PQ (Parti Quebecois) in the ascendancy, and the governing CAQ (Coalition Avenir Quebec) with ZERO seats.
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Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) @torontorabit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t see your favourite candidate on our list? You can do the same thing - prod them! All candidates can find us in their email inbox. #TOPoli #RankedBallots #RankedChoiceVoting #VotingReform
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Joe Moed @mojo87.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey @beynate.bsky.social, will you be taking the @torontorabit.bsky.social candidate pledge? I would assume you are on board, based on your history with Electoral Reform, but would be good to see your name on this list!
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“His persona as a tough-on-crime, penny-pinching populist feels entirely disconnected from the eager urban planner who entered office at 32 full of ideas about expanding bike lanes, raising property taxes on the rich and cutting funding to the police.”
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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I had breakfast with Brad Bradford and asked him what I think is the defining question of his campaign: Why do so many people from all ends of the political spectrum seem to dislike him so much as a person? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Richard Warnica: Does Brad Bradford believe in anything other than himself?
Bradford's relentless pursuit of success may also be his downfall.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
cuth pube
A sign that attempts to spell out "the Cube pub" by shifting the B in Cube down with the PU right before it and TH before the E.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 25/09/2026
To do the math here you first have to fix a basic error: Bradford’s 2026 figure includes the rate budget (garbage, water, parking) but his 2011 figure does not. Real numbers: $9.4 billion in 2011; $16.6 billion in 2026. Now account for ~800K population growth and ~40% inflation.
A Twitter post by Brad Bradford criticizing NDP Mayor Olivia Chow's statement dismissing the need for a budget audit, featuring a meme with the text 'WHY WON'T she LOOK?' overlaid on an image of Mayor Chow.
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Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) @torontorabit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How about a little fun? The City of Toronto is running a kids vote weekend where kids can vote on their choice for 2027 tree of the year — but what if the vote was a ranked ballot? We thought we’d find out! Take our ranked poll: www.rabit.ca/2027_toronto_tree_of_t… #TOPoli
Vote in our 2027 Toronto Tree of the Year Ranked Ballot Poll: Basswood, Paper Birch, Red Oak, Sugar Maple, White Pine
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is incredible nitter.app/banteg/statu... H/t @gregdoucette.bsky.social
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banteg (@banteg)
>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live...
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jay Dragon 🔜 Metatopia @jdragsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
so my village has been having a lot of issues. rather than deal with any of them, i grabbed a goat and had all the villagers pile their blame and hate onto the goat. while we were getting ready to drive it into the woods (and absolve ourselves) the goat BIT ME????? RUDE?!?
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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the beer was $17.78
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yesterday’s walk: all of Yonge Street in Toronto
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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Dave @davescrivener.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What a final act
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it's not Vera Tobin, it's some kind of Thing @vtobin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is an extremely delightful interview and I do not think you will regret reading it. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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B.C. swimmer crosses the Strait of Georgia in under nine hours | CBC Radio
When it comes to crossing the Strait of Georgia, most people would choose to do so in a boat, a ship — any kind of a marine vessel, really. But not Melanie Buggey. She chose to swim.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 11/08/2026
Bradford also does the bike-lanes-belong-on-side-streets thing. Would be great if proponents of this kind of thinking could show us a map. Which streets? How do they lead to a cycling network that’s actually useful? Aren’t a lot of the places that cyclists want to get to on main streets?
“I'm a city planner and a cyclist. I want more people on bikes in this city, not fewer. I also want less congestion, and for everyone to make it home safely and on time,” said Bradford. “Toronto is sitting on the largest ravine system in the world and hydro corridors that run for kilometres in every direction. And our residential neighbourhoods have quiet, welcoming streets. Build the network there, keep it plowed in the winter, and everybody gets what they actually want. Cyclists ride without fighting trucks for space, drivers get their lanes back, and businesses get their customers back.”
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you want to be friends, you have to stop expelling and terrorizing and harming and killing my friends. That's just a rule I have about friends. www.the-reframe.com/if-you-want-...
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If You Want To Be Friends, Then Why Aren’t You Friendly?
A look at one of the most alarming and pressing problems of our age: the much-lamented fact that "the left" won't be friends with "the right," over "political views."
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
A carny barker waving his top-hat and selling tickets from a roll; his head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The background is a magnified, halftoned detail from a US$100 bill.


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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
On this day in 1798, City Thameslink Cathedral was renamed St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Thanks @johnlorinc.bsky.social for calling out Brad Bradford's misguided proposal to rename Sankofa Square which originated from Daniel Tate's so-called IntegrityTO. Says "this fight will become the stupidest election issue’ of the 2026 campaign." #TOpoli #StopBradford spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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Brad Bradford's name blame game - Spacing Toronto
By now, most City Hall watchers know that Brad Bradford has selected, as a pointed wedge issue, a proposal to rename Sankofa Square while simultaneously using its apparently neglected condition as a s...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/06/2026
They’re going to call you a socialist regardless. So be a socialist.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights. And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job,” Brad Lander said.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I’ll say this for Keir Starmer: if you only saw photos of him where he wasn’t standing next to another person or object you could use for scale, you’d assume he was taller than he is
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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is my final week in Parliament, and I wanted to share a clip of my final speech with you. Thank you for the opportunity to serve Beaches-East York over the last decade, and to everyone - especially my family - who has been part of this journey. youtu.be/mL7vTC2PjbA?...
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Nate Erskine-Smith's Final Speech in Parliament
YouTube video by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 06/06/2026
The maple leaf and all flag-based Canadiana is Hamas now. We are a serious country and our media prints responsible stories about antisemitism and not inflammatory garbage.
TTC under fire from Jewish community over inverted red triangle on FIFA theme shirts

Jewish leaders say the jersey's motif evokes the red triangle used in Hamas propaganda videos and antisemitic vandalism of Jewish homes and institutions

Author of the article:By Dave Gordon, Special to National Post
Published Jun 05, 2026
Last updated 17 hours ago
3 minute readImage of TTC jersey with an abstract design based on the Canadian flag and the TTC logo.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 05/06/2026
Also: crime is not at an all-time high. What are we even doing here.
“She came in with a bizarre vendetta against car owners, but at this point, she seems to have abandoned transit-goers as well. It reaches a point where you’ve got to take stock and say enough is enough, and we demand better from our city,” said Bradford. 

With crime and cost-of-living at all-time highs, rampant congestion is yet another strike against Mayor Chow’s sorry record in office. The people of Toronto are tired of gridlock galore, and impatient to reach their destinations. The writing’s on the wall. Enough is enough.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 05/06/2026
I guess you could argue that the mayor should try to play a more active role in Metrolinx scheduling (good luck!) but five of the six transit closures the Bradford campaign highlights here are provincially-run services.

TTC Line 1 is down from St George to Sheppard West on Sunday. 
UP Express every thirty minutes instead of every fifteen. 
Lakeshore West Line cut to half-hour intervals between Oakville GO and Union
One-hour intervals between Union and West Harbour GO. 
Stouffville Line – down. 
Lakeshore East Line – down. 

And that’s without even mentioning the partial Dundas Street West road-closure for the Do West Festival. 

With all due respect – what in the name of this city’s sanity is Olivia Chow thinking?
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Video of what appears to be multiple @tps.ca officers tackling & arresting a cyclist during a stop sign trap on the MGT. Cyclist - "What did I do wrong?" Cop - "You didn't stop." If true, this is excessive use of force for a traffic stop. Mayor Chow & @ausmalik.bsky.social plz look into this.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A force w many ongoing corruption scandals still behaves like goons. Systemic & goes right to the top of the culture. The chief needs to be fired.
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Joe Moed @mojo87.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Why don't you go and HAVE A LOOK?"
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I have taken my life in my hands and written a column about off leash dog owners (and maybe on what “danger” is & how its perception can be manipulated by politics).
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Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford wants to ‘Protect Ontario’ parks? Then he should rein in off-leash dogs
One of the real clear and present dangers in Toronto parks is off-leash dogs, no matter what the province’s ads say.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/05/2026
Rasheed is literally risking his life for this game. Israelis could decide to capture, torture, or murder him at any point for daring to share the truth of the Nakba or Palestinian culture. He truly believes in games and their power to tell these stories. Please help his courage not be in vain.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026
From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.
Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is some stellar content from the ONDP. They really nail the vital "so what?" piece that we've been missing. Doubly smart is how Stiles highlights how they think their solution will actually save money. Let's hope this is just the start.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is a great thread. Disappointing, disheartening, but Mr Nabert knows his stuff. TLDR: Carney worse than Harper on climate. 💔👇
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I had a commenter on one of my posts insist that it's impossible that Mark Carney is worse for the climate than Harper was, and having taken the time to respond at length, I thought I should share that as a thread because it's clearly not just one person operating under that false belief. 🧵1/
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Liberal MPs have been playing playing passive, coy & cagey w their real island airport feelings, but they’re deeply implicated - even making concrete expansion plans! I go thru some of them in my @thestar.com column today & why they owe Torontonians some honest loyalty. They could stop it today.
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Shawn Micallef: Toronto’s Liberal MPs have a duty to defend the city’s stake in the future of Billy Bishop airport. So why aren’t they
Billy Bishop is owned and operated by the Toronto Port Authority, a federally regulated agency, which gives Liberal MPs authority over any airport plans.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
tl;dr: Norway had a bunch of oil money and put it in non-oil investments so it can be prosperous in a post-carbon world. Canada is going to put its oil money in… pipelines
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Jenny Emelie @jennyemelie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"An education system that is run like a business ultimately views students with the highest needs as a liability to cut rather than a collective moral responsibility." Doug Ford & Co doing what they do best: creating cushy jobs for friends at the expense of our most vulnerable children. #ONPoli
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What Ontarians need to know about ‘student achievement’ reforms that will run school boards like businesses
All students and families will be impacted by cuts and provincial reforms being imposed on Ontario schools, and those who are already disadvantaged will bear the brunt.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban eating shit would be incredibly good news. That was the Epstein/Bannon/OG alt-right pet project for years and their model for how they want to gain permanent power. If they flip every lever there and still lose, there's real hope.
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Lydia לבנה @lydia-levone.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I've been in Canada ~12 years now, and I've heard a lot of comments on my accent. I'm privileged that they're mostly friendly. It is very nice that people are just trying to make a connection with me. HOWEVER, my least favourite genre of comment is "whereabouts in the UK is your accent from?". 1/
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David Baumiller @apolloyorp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I have an Excel joke it's really good most people rate it Oct 10
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
A woman in a mask
Headline:
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee

Photo from Adobe
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
One of my students mentioned this massive Tokyo subway map in class today - you can see where the rails all go. minitokyo3d.com
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Mini Tokyo 3D
A real-time 3D digital map of Tokyo's public transport system. This data visualization was produced by Akihiko Kusanagi.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In the Toronto Star I write about Toronto Police's violent corruption scandal. Will it move the needle on police reform? It's a dramatic escalation in a long history of police intimidation, bullying their critics & broken trust. I argue 3 big things have to happen, including firing this chief.
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Shawn Micallef: Toronto is facing its worst police corruption scandal in decades. Here are three things that need to happen soon
The corruption revealed by Project South undermines the public trust that is the foundation of policing.
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Joe Moed @mojo87.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Checked out Chessdotcom’s new monthly themed bots for February, and on behalf of the Curling community, I am OUTRAGED. Our sport is literally known as Chess On Ice. Why is the curler a 350-ELO doofus, while a hockey goalie gets to be a Magnus Carlsen level genius?? CURLING ERASURE.
Screenshot of the February monthly bots on chess.com - the lowest rated bot is a 350 ELO curler from Canada. Screenshot of the February monthly bots on chess.com - the highest rated bot is a 2850 ELO hockey goalie from Sweden.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
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