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Hydronyms: Lake Ontario, Gulf of Mexico

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You may want to look up the definition of “mandate” and also consider the possibility that particular word choice is not the most important part of his argument.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Flavio Volpe, C.M. @flaviovolpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We’ve been over this before: Every Global 7500 that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 GE engines built in Indiana, 🇺🇸. Every Challenger that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 Honeywell engines built in Arizona. 🇺🇸. Bombardier employs 3,000+ 🇺🇸s & has 2,800 🇺🇸 suppliers. Not so smart.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/08/2026
Google Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awful
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Google Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awful
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for their U.S. users, after realizing President Trump's willful malevolence had distracted the public from how te...
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's the concert footage from last night of Blue Rodeo gleefully hitting the lyrics "Lake Ontario", with a projected image of Lake Ontario behind them, while performing on the shores of Lake Ontario
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Drains into Lake I-Know-You-Are-But-What-Am-I down the Strait of Nuh-Uh
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Principles are easy to claim when they are not challenged, when they require no sacrifice. Now Canada is being challenged and sacrifice will be required. The coming period will be hard, the damage may be awful, but no one should ignore what is at stake.”
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For too long too many even Left and Liberal Americans ignored or belittled the history and culture of societies neighbouring the US. That structural ignorance means even Americans who despise Trump seem unable to comprehend how his actions threaten the stability of the Western Hemisphere
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Lioness @lionesss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
There are some handy hints on how to push back on the survey’s bias, here environmentaldefence.ca/nojetsto/
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Say No to Jets at the Island Airport - Environmental Defence
Forests, Greenbelt, Farmland and Waterways are under threat! The redundant highway would not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but encouraged more greenhouse gas pollution, pushing our climate ...
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Have your say, people of the GTA tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...
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Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Consultation collecting feedback on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I can’t afford any of these but honest to god these Hunter Biden pieces are some of the best modern works I’ve seen (digitally). If you told me they were done by a rising young Mesoamerican I’d assume they were destined for the Whitney or something hunterbiden.com/work/gorgon-...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Perfectly legal if declared on the lobbyist registry, where this info comes from, but the Toronto Liberal MP caucus has been saying they're in the dark, that they're waiting for plans/biz case from Ford/airport etc, but they've been chatting w airport owners all along.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
NEW: Official government documents written and saved in Google Docs are no longer covered by Ontario’s freedom of information laws, the province has decreed, as its transparency clampdown continues to roll out. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1184611...
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Premier’s office files saved in Google Docs excluded from Ontario transparency requests | Globalnews.ca
Global News was engaged in an appeal to get access to some nine documents created by staff in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office and stored in Google's cloud service.
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Blen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Saw this on Instagram. I’ll be writing in my thoughts & concerns citing the excellent reporting from journalists @shawnmicallef.bsky.social @iandarragh.bsky.social @cloelogan.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social I’d suggest folks do the same. www.ola.org/en/apply-com...
Info on writing to the committee hearing on the Building Billy Bishop Act. Visit: www.ola.org/en/apply-committees
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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Ask your local Liberal why Canada's Federal gov't gave Montreal's waterfront a huge riverside park ("le Vieux‑Port de Montréal") but wants Toronto to have a noisy polluting airport. This letter to the Globe has the exactly right idea: turn Billy Bishop Airport into a federal park. Like Montreal has.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
When local Liberal MPs say they’re in the dark about plans too, they are lying. Their own agency is sitting on secret reports. Ask your Toronto liberal MP to stop lying to you.
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Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"It just feels like the government is pushing hard to expand Billy Bishop Airport to bail out American bankers at the expense of what people love about Billy Bishop Airport, the Toronto waterfront and all the housing that can be built,” @mikeschreiner.bsky.social said. For @nationalobserver.com
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Leading American bank would be a major beneficiary of Billy Bishop takeover
The island airport’s terminal is owned by Nieuport Aviation, which is owned by a J.P. Morgan-controlled group of companies. Lobbyists for Nieuport Aviation have held jobs with the Ford and federal gov...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ontario taxpayers pay $500M to Doug Ford’s friend for air.
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Ford friend’s company settles $500M air rights expropriation dispute with Metrolinx
Government won’t say how much taxpayer money went to Carmine Nigro’s development group
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Was sent this photograph of the West Island at Ontario Place yesterday. Truly encapsulates the sorrow I feel of what has been lost here.
A mute swan next to a nest with eggs, which has pieces of garbage in it. Across a channel of water is the Cinesphere and pile of dirt that used to be a waterfront park.
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“You don’t have to invest in Palantir. You don’t have to invest in Elon Musk.” — @mendelmatt.bsky.social (@scpartners.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social pension funds can earn strong returns without undermining Canada’s future. At 8pm with Keith Ambachtsheer | Producer: Mike Attenborough
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Canadian? Want to see better when driving at night? Fill out this survey!
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Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night
Transport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night.
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
releasedougstexts.ca
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Release Doug's Texts
What Is He Covering Up?
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
You waited 15 years for a train. Someone got rich while you waited. 💰   Watch to the end to find out how the mess by Metrolinx cost you – even if you've never taken transit in your life.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen says black, oil-contaminated rain is falling over Tehran after strikes on oil facilities by U.S./Israeli airstrikes.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“Conspiracy theories about globalist cabals, climate hoaxes and election fraud may seem ubiquitous on social media. But a report has found that they come from a tiny minority of users… just 100 users were responsible for almost 70% of online conspiracy posts…” Via @nationalobserver.com #UrbanTruth
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One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada
Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for near...
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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Last night, Trump bragged that he had spoken to putin and that putin had “agreed not to fire on Kyiv for a week.” Just hours later, Russia launched one of the largest air attacks of the war against Ukraine.
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
youtube.com/shorts/2O1Sj...
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Now is the time to fight for our values.
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 23/01/2026
It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
CBC put together a collection of contrasting clips from Carney's and Trump's speeches at the World Economic Forum.
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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In the years Canada was in Afghanistan, my colleagues and I repeatedly had to profile soldiers who died there. Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote. Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez, Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
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'Me fine. Still alive,' Corporal Jason Warren wrote from Afghanistan this spring. Yesterday, funeral plans were made for him and Cpl. Francisco Gomez. Both died Saturday.
Though a reservist, Corporal Jason Warren had volunteered for a six-month tour in Kandahar. He died Saturday, just two weeks short of leaving the combat zone for a week of decompressing in Cyprus befo...
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
On a day that I needed a very Canadian laugh…
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/01/2026
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
When Trump dies we get Vance. Thiel’s pet. They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism. We must prept for this now & organize accordingly. Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes. Every angle.
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Dear American neighbours, Whether this comes to pass or not, my ability to forgive you is the same - it doesn’t exist.
Headline from the Globe and Mail reads “Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion”
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
What European leaders have been most nervous about is the US pulling back on NATO or Ukraine… but how can Europe trust the US will come to its defense if its trying to seize territory from a NATO country. They can’t. So why cave to keep a security commitment that is not real. 6/
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
What does the Minister of Favours have to hide? At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.
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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Updating my LEGO White House
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James G @orth.ca · 21/10/2025
George's full AB with in stadium audio only.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Dearest Martha Deepest apologies for my delay in penning this missive. We have been very busy at the front these days. Winning Portland has proven more of a challenge than we presumed. There are battalions of baristas and craft brewers attempting to thwart our efforts to make everyone stop voting.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/09/2025
It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 07/08/2025
Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.
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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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All These Stories About Trump Making the Epstein Files a Winning Issue Have a Funny Thing in Common
Is Trump really turning the tables on this one?
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Save OSC @saveosc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sunday, June 22nd, 11 AM - 1 PM It's been one-year since Doug Ford's fake news that the OSC's roof was falling. Join Save OSC at Christie Pits Park in #Toronto to rally against the closure of our made in Canada, world famous Ontario Science Centre. savesciencecentre.com/june_22nd_rally
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Nighswander @nighswander.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Corporate naming of transit stations is dumb. Even more so when the corporation in question is another public entity. So the government is essentially paying itself to confuse the public.
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Louis Blouin @icilouisblouin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Le jour du vote au Canada, Donald Trump en remet. #polcan
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 27/04/2025
Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney. The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
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Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
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