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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 4h
Why, it is almost as if this is the sort of blatantly unconstitutional anti-Indigenous horseshit we'd have expected from Pierre Poilievre. Summing up much of Carney's time as PM so far.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News: The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...
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Victim in Edmonton Corn Maze stabbing tried to recruit accused to Nazi group, trial hears
The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pucks on net baby! #GoHabsGo
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Glad they were able to convert, stuck listening to Leafs radio for now. #GoHabsGo
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Luna @lunalore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I get the feeling that Meta tried SO HARD to make this mascot thing the cuddliest lil’ guy ever but all I see is an unholy amalgamation of the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear & the Adipose Babies from Doctor Who. Its an echo of both but not either, and feels viscerally WRONG
Snuggle fabric softener teddy bearAdipose Fat Babies flying up to the mother ship in series 4 of Doctor Who
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026
Thinking about the horrific things contractors working behind the scenes on terms of service and moderation encounter on the regular...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make them famous. 😡
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nazis don't want you to remember their crimes
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"WHEN can I get my flu & COVID-19 vaccines?" 💉SEPT 28 for HIGH RISK groups -65+ yrs -Hospitalized patients & staff -Residents & staff in chronic care settings -Healthcare workers 💉OCT 26 for the GENERAL PUBLIC news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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Ontario Newsroom
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 27/09/2026
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TFW someone takes a better picture with your camera than you have ever done.
A photo of myself and my wife dressed up for a wedding in front of a variety of impatiens and hydrangeas, at The Old Mill Inn, Toronto.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder: machines do not have intention or motivation or agency. If I leave bomb out on the street and it eventually blows up and kills people, did the bomb "go rogue" or am I a fucking criminal?
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 25/09/2026
“This is what Canadians elected us to do,” says Liberal Minister about policy never mentioned once during campaign (Podcast)
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"This is what Canadians elected us to do," says Liberal Minister about policy never mentioned once during campaign
“It was Implied!” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre and special guest Jocelyn Geddie) talk about Carney using the Trade War to govern even further to the right than Harper, Trump’s anger over Canada’s...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/09/2026
Illiberal perversion of 'secularism' (i.e., not secularism but merely forced irreligion viciously attacking minorities). And cowardly federal politicians won't even speak out against it.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pretty much the only solution 🏴‍☠️
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Carney is all Canada-first, except when choosing which media outlets he’ll talk to." #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
No one will accuse Carney, at least not yet, of waging war with the media as Donald Trump is doing in the U.S. this week to breathtaking levels with his ban on outlets whose coverage he dislikes.

Carney is just displaying his preference for reaching an audience beyond the Canadian one, which could be seen as a bit of a contradiction, at least when he is also leading an effort to diversify trade beyond with the U.S., and to keep Canadian institutions strong in the face of U.S. dominance.

His transparency with the New York Times was welcome. An equal measure of transparency at home would be similarly welcomed.
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PQ commits to change Quebec’s voting system montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Etymology of the day: the expression ‘you have another thing coming’ was originally ‘you have another think coming’: today’s version appeared within a year of the original, back in the 1800s. A short piece on the joyful messiness of linguistic evolution. susiedent.substack.com/p/another-th...
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Another think coming
How linguistic evolution is as messy as it is joyful
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026
Although Policy Options published an article from an author with an apparently AI-generated headshot and whose articles sound like they were also generated by AI, I appreciate their transparency here and also sharing additional details about the deceptive behaviour of this "Daniel Robson" character
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have to say, Betteridge's law seems to be failing here. Is Israel erasing evidence of ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not a Carney fan but
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Joe Walker: Ouch! That One Burned!
Alt: Joe Walker: Ouch! That One Burned!
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
what’s that Tim Tebow is a grifter let me prepare my shocked face
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“What we’ve seen is a systematic bias against properly maintaining and funding our public health-care system and our public hospital system in favour of funding and supporting and encouraging the emergence of health care as a private business." #OnPoli #OnHealth
In Ottawa, they compiled data that showed the city has at least 10 MRI machines across its network of hospitals. Most of them close overnight — one at 3 p.m. — and shut down on weekends. City hospitals also have dozens of operating rooms, most of which close by 5 p.m. and on weekends, the report said.

If given the proper funding, hospitals could expand their hours of operation and perform the procedures being done at private clinics for far less money, it adds.

Kevin Skerrett, a researcher and executive at the Ottawa Health Coalition, said the move is part of an overall strategy of the provincial government to create a private health care system.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let me know if you want Choco mint cookies!
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Wayne from Letterkenny Says Hard No!
Alt: Wayne from Letterkenny saying "Hard No!"
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“By axing hundreds of laboratory technicians & field specialists, the government is discarding years’ worth of expertise on the front lines of agricultural science... “Senior scientists cannot conduct the soil, crop or livestock research that protects our food supply without the technical teams..."
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also the bigger the vehicle, the bigger the space people leave around it.
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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#BlueJays lose, 4-2. That’s it, that’s all. They are now officially eliminated.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎶I never thought the leopards would eat my face🎶
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Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I....don't know what prompted this from the president today, but StatCan reported JUST this morning that in the past year, Canada experienced its slowest population growth since 1916. The country's population is essentially stalled right now.
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The kids are not alright
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't see how this stands if subjected to a court challenge after 2015's SCC ruling in Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan
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Scott Matla @callmescort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cole Caufield sneaks one in shortside and the Habs have tied things up 2-2
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/09/2026
CBC News verified this photo floating around social media is, in fact, the man arrested in connection with the shooting at the Belleville synagogue last night CBC says he lived with his mother in Quinte West, Ontario and “formerly” served in the Canadian armed forces www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CBC News: “This photo of the shooting suspect, Sean Ward, was posted to his father's Facebook page in 2017. (Facebook)”
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Man about cowtown @manaboutcowtown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Remember friends in 2024 it was not enough immigration that was Smith’s complaint about the Federal government and that it was harming Alberta. She is completely full of shit. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Federal immigration limits undercutting Alberta's economy, premier says in letter to Trudeau | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is asking the federal government to lift immigration limits because it is undercutting the province's ability to fill jobs, grow the economy and aid those fleeing violen...
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I would say banning Americans from hunting and fishing in Canada is not a great idea based on the economics of it, but fuck this guy in particular. 'Just plain panic': Fears moun... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Burns described himself as a "Trump Republican." He compared the province's threat of restricting American access to New Brunswick’s fish and wildlife to something his president would do.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have been turning this quote over and over in my head and still can't quite wrap my head around the idea
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Andy Donato's cousin, I have Andy's final editorial cartoon that was rejected by The Toronto Sun, resulting in Andy resigning from the paper after 55 years. www.torontomike.com/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Donato's Final Comic Rejected by Postmedia
On Wednesday I shared the sad news that Andy Donato had passed away at the age of 89. Until very recently, Andy was still getting published in The Toronto Sun, a Postmedia-owned newspaper. I attached ...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Whoa. The brain is actually two separate organisms that evolved independently www.thetimes.com/article/09fc...
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Brain made up of two distinct organs evolving independently
Scientists have discovered the brain is made of separate systems, solving a longstanding riddle and aiding research into diseases like ALS
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Best way I can explain this whole convoluted Toronto crime network story is that it's a Coen Brothers movie. Other cities might have Scorsese crime or Tarantino crime. We have a Canadian Olympic skier turned coke kingpin, rival tow truck drivers, teenage assassins, moron cops. It REEKS of Coen Bros.
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Pete @pfriesen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary (Gift Article)
It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or fear it’s true.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New friend to pet!!! (cc @nuclearanthro.bsky.social) www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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