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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 15h

My Grandfather, Frank Cryer, survived four years in WWI. He also survived his Vauxhall Victor, c 1960.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 16h

Church at Yuquot Village Emily Carr 1929

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 15h

Dog poops. Mice. Christian Nationalists. When you find one, you know there's a whole family of them nearby.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 18h

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w... Always good to see how things are perceived elsewhere. While the author is fairly circumspect, the headline is poorly conceived. The pipeline will cause all kinds of turmoil.

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Canada’s Proposed Oil Pipeline Offers Carney Relief From Domestic and Global Turmoil

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kick Off Leaves and Shade on Stone and Sky 2026

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It takes years of training to perfect this manoeuvre. #WorldBollardAssociation

An NYPD police car balances its rear wheel in a black bollard leaving the car stranded in the air.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just spent 40 minutes with an AI bot troubleshooting my website, on which I was unable to make any edits. A total mess. All changes just made things worse . Then I suggested that maybe my VPN was the problem . BOING! Everything works. Final score? Cranky Geezer 1, AI 0.

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Man Frustrated, Hitting Computer

ALT: Man Frustrated, Hitting Computer

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is an irony of this city that when can make a choice as a pedestrian between crossing a busy street at a controlled intersection or heading up the road to a straight stretch of road with good visibility, one must choose the latter. Why? Drivers do the most unpredictable things at intersections.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Elbow River, Forest Reserve, Autumn Illingworth Kerr 1976

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Backyard Gothic Sunset on Saturday 2026

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/world/n... The very idea of marching season in general and this march in particular leaves me baffled, not at the reason, if one can call it that, for the marches, but at the notion that marching through someone else's neighborhood as a show of nationalism is a right.

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Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead | CBC News

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Having obliterated Iranian civilization 47 times or so, proving a loss may be the trickiest accounting scam he’s ever tried.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/busines... We slowed down, with abundant justification, genetic modification of food crops, as well as regulating the ones that got through. AI is similar to breakthrough technologies in gene editing. It is for most of us nonmedical researchers, a solution in search of a problem.

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Is AI evolving too fast? A look at the debate on slowing it down | CBC News

The path forward for artificial intelligence is caught between promises of breakthroughs that would benefit humanity and concerns the technology will grow too powerful for human good. Here's a look at...

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Style? Soft robot? Unindicted conspirator? Nouveau puke? Creepy mall dentist?

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yup, but maybe it's also hockey... ... football ... soccer ... politics ... barbecue ... novel writing ... parking the mini van within a mile of your kid's graduation ... all those things where you are judged on your most recent performance.

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods.’ —Anne Carson (Carson is wonderful, almost endlessly interesting, and quotable.)

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... But maybe just maybe he's an international spy caught up in a web of intrigue, framed by the shadowy FSB, disavowed by the corrupt CIA, victim of an RCMP honey trap, forever scarred by the sordid maelstrom of sex, lies, and violence that is Winnipeg academia. Yup.

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Former U of Manitoba law dean arrested in France, faces extradition to Canada: police | CBC News

Jonathan Black-Branch, the disbarred former dean at the University of Manitoba's law school, has been arrested in Europe and is facing extradition back to Canada, where he's wanted on a fraud charge.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Awwwww! She said she wasn't going anywhere. That would have been so much more fun. But federal Conservatives should take note and do the right thing. Bail on PP.

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative party | CBC News

"This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for our movement and our province," Findlay wrote in a statement Sunday.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

He wants a vantage point for loyalist troops or paramilitary thugs to shoot at Washington citizens. He is planning an insurrection, threatening his own people.

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Green Living Ottawa @greenlivingottawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tired of flooding, wildfire smoke, and climate inaction? Fearing for the future of our planet? Here are a few things you can do, starting with the Ottawa-Gatineau Climate March this Saturday, Sept. 19! greenlivingottawa.com/2026/09/15/f...

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Flooding, Fires, and Federal (In)Action: Join the Call for Climate Action

Poster courtesy Fridays For Future Ottawa After this summer’s flooding, record rainfall, and wildfire smoke, the effects of climate change are all too evident for Ottawa residents. The extreme weat…

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... Decades ago, I used to warn students that CNN reporting was fundamentally conservative-American biased. Now they’re some sort of liberal threat to the Orange One? It’s laughable.

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Trump announces White House ban on CNN, other media outlets | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate White House ban on a number of news outlets, including CNN.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, Trump decried what he called the "totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting 'disaster,' which is a laughing stock all over the World." A laughing-stock? Kim and Putin would agree.

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How Trump's plan to restrict mail-in voting has unravelled | CBC News

For months, U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to impose new restrictions on voting by mail, a method used by roughly one-third of American voters. The U.S. Supreme Court has put an end to Trump's ...

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/world/d... What kind of world is it where a billionaire demagogue’s son is forced to put his little hand out to accept help from a Russian oligarch just to give his little sweetheart a day or two to remember why she married him … … before the inevitable divorce.

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Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration partially funded by Russian oligarch, couple confirms | CBC News

Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Many years ago, when she did volunteer work in difficult human resource issues in the United Church, my mother often repeated that disputes because they were not communicating effectively. Every day that goes by now, I seem to find that's the opposite of what's going on. Too much communication.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

WHEN FICTION BECOMES FACT Did you know .... Trump's fascism and his $5,000 cheque promise were predicted in a novel 91 years ago? Oh, and in the novel, those cheques were never issued. Will Trump prove "It Can't Happen Here"? ==============================

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Great Flying Weather Biplane on Blue 2026

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w... He plays golf as the world burns. Nothing new. But by focussing in on the resort, the NTY fails to report what is obvious to even the most casual observer. There is deep disdain for him in Ireland, not just a mild disapproval.

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In Doonbeg, Trump’s Irish Open Visit Prompts Protests and Praise

As the U.S. president heads to his Doonbeg hotel for the Irish Open, locals expressed both appreciation for the resort’s economic benefits and opposition to his politics.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... He’s right. It’s strange. It’s why we’re mad. Our neighbour, not understanding the value of the relationship beyond how much money it can extract from it, has provoked a protracted and costly (for both sides ) dispute. Strange about says it all. #cdnpoli

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Zelenskyy describes Canada-U.S. tensions as 'strange,' draws comparison to Ukraine and Russia | CBC News

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday described the unfolding tension between Canada and the United States as a "strange" sight to behold, drawing a comparison to his own country's fight wit...

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Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And zero transexuals.

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

September 11th now and then A slide show on September 11th by @deAdder Link to Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/september-...

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September 11th

Today and at the time

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 11/09/2026

Between Sept. 6 and 9, Israeli forces issued 18 evacuation orders and 8 orders to shelter affecting humanitarian sites and struck a building less than 70 metres from an MSF clinic. Nowhere is safe.

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Only Dave Smith @onlydavesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ryanair will state, quite correctly, that he was BLOWN out the window.

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