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Hiding out in the big city blinking

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I-5 in Seattle
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
AI prose is easier to produce and often better than human prose. Yet humans do not like it
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AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)
Why is complicated. But it’s not about the damn em-dash
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Alexis Hinde @alexishinde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Finished yesterday day with 224 minutes of exercise. Just from walking/taking transit instead of driving.
Screen capture of yesterday’s stats from my Apple Fitness app: 1294 calories (500 calorie goal), 224 minutes exercise (35 minute goal) and 15 hours of standing at least one minute each hour (10 hour goal).
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People don't understand basic public etiquette anymore. This shouldn't even be an issue. apple.news/AWQ0eLWPURb6...
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It's not OK to use your speakerphone in public, says almost everyone. 'It's not all about you' — National Post
An etiquette expert says there is no grey area on using a phone's speaker in public, and explains how to ask someone to stop
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My man Okamoto! www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
mlb.com
Okamoto paces Blue Jays' offense as spectacular rookie year continues
TORONTO -- After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. kicked off the day with a public apology for his recent comments about his $500 million contract, it felt like everything else would live in that shadow. The Blu...
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a rare thing - an *entirely* accurate story on Canadian (in this case, Ontarian) property tax policy, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social. Ontario's situation is so hideously complicated that Jeff needs to drop several sidebar paragraphs to cover every base. Literally the only thing I'd add -
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Should've just killed them Instead of moving them. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Another Marineland beluga has died after being moved to Chicago aquarium | CBC News
A fourth whale that was moved out of Marineland in July has died after struggling with its health since arriving at her new home in Chicago, Shedd Aquarium said Monday.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I mean, there is the small matter of competence apple.news/AWCeWpM-EQwq...
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Anthony Furey: There isn't much separating Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford — National Post
Toronto voters wait for mayoral race to heat up
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
keep using Facebook, and you're complicit in breaking the Internet.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The more you insist that cars equal “freedom,” the more likely it is that you live in car dependency, which is the opposite of freedom.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, Ed Sheeran is providing a masterclass lesson in how to be a goofball right now. Worth paying attention to and learning lessons from.
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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 02/09/2026
Brad Bradford says that 50% of roadway cannot be allocated to 1% of users. Good thing it isn't. Only about 1% of all of Toronto's road space is allocated to bike lanes. I showed my work, and used Danforth (the lanes he fought so hard to get added) as an example.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not to mention that in places with a bikeway, bikes are easily approaching and exceeding car volumes. It's a very efficient use of road space.
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
startupfortune.com/france-is-pu... 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love the Irish🇮🇪
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ireland understood the assignment! ✊💚
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
American health care, driven by politics www.salon.com/2026/09/13/e...
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans - Salon.com
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today's daily reminder of what abusive relationships can actually look like apple.news/ANtdx3i_dQEC...
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I was weeks from marrying a violent serial rapist - my loved ones saved my life — BBC News
Amy, not her real name, has told the BBC how her family and friends sent crucial evidence to police which led to the arrest of rapist Christopher Malcolm.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This, too, is whitewashing, is reputation laundering. Letting these Nazi fucks pretend anonymously that they’d really like to constrain him but lack the ability, that’s a vicious lie.
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 09/09/2026
In the United States, with Sean Duffy calling bicycle lanes DEI and Trump pushing gas guzzler on the road, I can not see this happeing nationally now. Fortunately, some cities are seeing 20-is-plenty or as with New York are passing legislation like Sammy's Law to let NYC set its own speed limits.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Menya Kyu is some of the best Japanese food you can get in Southern Ontario. Help them with a nomination! canadianchoiceaward.ca/nominations/...
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Nomination - Canadian Choice Award
Canadian Choice Award recognizes the best businesses in Canada of all sizes from SMB to mid-size enterprises. Give the recognition!
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 08/09/2026
From November 14, 2017, Season 1, Episode 2 of TVO’s Original "Political Blind Date: Transit", featuring Doug Ford and Jagmeet Singh going for a bike ride in Toronto. Doug Ford rides a bicycle - the first time in 35 years - and speaks to the value of having protected bicycle lanes. What happened?
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/09/2026
Utter nonsense and should be covered as such. And yet
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good to see the Nazi's aren't only in America anymore. germany sucks. www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
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Far-right AfD party takes big lead in regional German election | CBC News
The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear whether it will be able to form the country's first far-right state government since the Second World War,...
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Kevin Glew @coopincanada.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
45 years ago today, Jesse Barfield belted his first MLB home run for the Toronto Blue Jays. It was a two-run shot off Chicago White Sox lefty Britt Burns in the fifth inning at Comiskey Park that helped the Blue Jays to a 3-2 win.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026
“Whether you’ve been sideswiped by a tractor-trailer on a two-lane road or dragged through an intersection by a furniture delivery truck, you can now easily plot a course that fully accommodates your mangled body.” — Jasmine Harper, lead product developer
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Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Touting the new feature as yet another innovation to help every traveler get where they’re going, Google Maps on Thursday began offering crawling directions for cyclists who have bee...
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Evan Solomon is Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation. He is also a complete t(-.-t) moron.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 27/08/2026
Dolly knew the power and necessity of artists owning their work, and she had acknowledged Prince's long fight for all artists to own their work. He said he wanted to be remembered for saying, "If u don't own your masters, your masters own u." No wonder they had wanted to collaborate back in the 80s.
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 25/08/2026
Rail users welcome progress on ‘transformative’ plan for a Dart every hour to Wicklow town Irish Rail has said it issued a tender seeking contractors to design and build the charging infrastructure required for the new battery-electric Dart+ trains to operate to Wicklow Station....
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Rail users welcome progress on ‘transformative’ plan for a Dart every hour to Wicklow town
Irish Rail has said it issued a tender seeking contractors to design and build the charging infrastructure required for the new battery-electric Dart+ trains to operate to Wicklow Station. The semi-State company said that "subject to planning and funding approvals" it expects construction to start in 2027 and services to "begin operating from 2029". Mark Gleeson, a spokesperson for Rail Users Ireland, said: "We welcome the progress on upgrading Wicklow station to support the battery Dart operation.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly 😢 personal.penguinstorm.com/on-dolly/
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On Dolly
Before Cher, Madonna, Bono and Beyonce there was the legend who only needed one name—Dolly. She's gone, but she will never be forgotten.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton – a life in pictures
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Dolly Parton – a life in pictures
The country music star, actor and philanthropist’s long and varied career spanned decades
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/08/2026
The daily challenge of logging in to apps and websites is about to get worse, @willoremus.com reports.
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I Lost the Password to My Password’s Password
Logging in was never supposed to be this complicated.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly was everything.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “With A.I. capabilities advancing at extraordinary speed and behaving in ways we often can’t anticipate, we cannot afford to wait for disaster to tell us which signals mattered,” Jen Easterly writes. “Our failure of imagination has to end here.”
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Opinion | We Know the Risks of A.I. We Need to Act.
A.I. could turn one of our country’s worst habits into a national security crisis.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 25/08/2026
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson plans to cut prices on its hand-wrapped "onigiri" rice balls in late September on the expectation that the staple crop will become cheaper to procure. 👉 ebx.sh/FSwROa
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Listen, when #ThugFord calls you a loser you've hit a special kind of low. personal.penguinstorm.com/when-the-cheapest-resource-is-human-labour/
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When the Cheapest Resource is Human Labour
There's a lot of talk lately about the environmental costs of AI and they're very real, but it feels like the human cost is getting ignored—and it may be even more significant.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
The gorgeous AI Resist List homepage
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you haven't read Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social you it should be essential on your list. personal.penguinstorm.com/when-the-cheapest-resource-is-human-labour/
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When the Cheapest Resource is Human Labour
There's a lot of talk lately about the environmental costs of AI and they're very real, but it feels like the human cost is getting ignored—and it may be even more significant.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/08/2026
Three cyclists died in hit-and-runs last week in New York City, marking the grimmest week yet in an already deadly year for bike riders across the city.
nyti.ms
3 Cyclists Die in One Week in Hit-and-Runs in New York City
Those who died were all on e-bikes. Seventeen cyclists have been killed so far this year, and advocate groups said the deaths should be a rallying cry for safety improvements.
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This was apparently a hit and run where a driver struck a person on a bike and then took off.
From one of the Spryfield neighbourhood groups on facebook: “Hey so my brother was just hit by a car earlier at a quarter to 6. If anyone has seen anything at all no matter how small it is. Can you comment or pm at all with anything you might have. It was near McIntosh and he was on a bike. Someone hit him and drove off”
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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 21/08/2026
This is a wild statistic, I had no idea it was so high here
Clip from the article that notes that 8.5% of US households are car free and 17.9% of Minneapolis households are car free
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Honest to god, how the #TTC has the nerve to call itself a transit agency ids beyond me.
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here's hoping he got a blowie.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
washingtonpost.com
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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