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Centre for Inquiry Canada @cficanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎙️ PODCAST FOR INQUIRY (PFI) 🎙️ 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 youtube.com/watch?v=UQMv... #PodcastforInquiry #PFI

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Quantum physics is both very real and very, very weird, with Dr. Adam Becker

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Humanist Canada @humanistcanada.ca · 02/09/2026

As we head into September, we’re still thinking about an extraordinary few days in Ottawa. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the World Humanist Congress 2026 and helped make it such a memorable gathering. You showed us what the Canadian and international humanist movements are made of!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/10/2023

🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse  🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse  🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I’m the very MAGA vision of a Venezuela viceroy I always tell the president he couldn’t be a nicer boy I’ve extracted every vegetable, animal and mineral So nothing will convince him that my oversight is criminal

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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 15/04/2026

Calgary May 1-3. Looking forward to it! wecanreason.com

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It's a tremendous burden that I am absolutely delighted to bear.

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Seonaid Lee @seonaid-lee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I tell my partner things like, "I can't believe how not-annoying you are to live with!" I also told him that he alleviates my existential dread. I hope you find somebody who is both not annoying and existentially reassuring. 10/10, would recommend.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

When religion controls government, it's theocratic. When government controls religion, it's authoritarian. Secularism is a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for a free society.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I speak with @jessebrown.bsky.social about hate crimes targeting Jews in Canada, and the odd internal logic of the anti-Zionist cause on @cficanada.bsky.social's Podcast for Inquiry. www.youtube.com/shorts/-cVZ9...

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The mystery surrounding anti-Zionism

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I enjoyed my conversation with @jessebrown.bsky.social about attacks on Jews and Jewish organizations in Canada, despite the disturbing content. youtube.com/shorts/Tg3S9...

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Do Canadians tolerate antisemitism?

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Well said, Avery. "AI" is not magical, no matter how many people equate "I don't understand how it did this" with "This can do anything".

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In honour of Superb Owl Sunday...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The big event in Toronto is the #EglintonCrosstown opening, so we are celebrating by riding.

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Stoic @stoic1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.” -Marcus Aurelius

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

“Would you lay down your life for your country” becomes a surprisingly partisan question when it’s asked as a specific plausible instance of needing to lay down your life for your country

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Podcast for Inquiry is back for its fifth season! Rodney Schmaltz describes how scientific skepticism can save society in today's episode. Listen/watch wherever you get your podcasts or here: opinionsquestions.blogspot.com/2026/01/podc...

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Podcast for Inquiry S05E01: Dr. Rodney Schmaltz says Scientific Skepticism can Save Society

Dr. Rodney Schmaltz is a professor in the Department of Psychology at MacEwan University. His research focuses on the psychology of belief, ...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

My talk on the value of national immunization programs was censored by YouTube at the height of the pandemic. I countered several of the most common anti-vax arguments, and Google took down the video for " spreading medical disinformation."

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"These are stories on the surface about fraud, of software manipulation, of whatever - but in the background, there is immense human suffering." Guido Palazzo talks about his book The Dark Pattern on @cficanada.bsky.social's Podcast for Inquiry - available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This is possibly the greatest invention ever.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

When anti-Semites claim to be fighting anti-Semitism they trivialize a very real problem and thereby deliberately make it worse. Attacking universities was always about spreading anti-Semitism, not combatting it. forward.com/fast-forward...

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Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says

Michael Velchik reportedly praised 'Mein Kampf' after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from Hitler's perspective.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In just two days, I will be on stage performing an all-new comedy set alongside several of Toronto's best comics! I hope to see you at Comedy Bar Danforth on Wednesday at 7 PM! comedybar.ca/shows/showca...

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SHOWCASE: Advanced Stand-Up | Comedy Bar

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Come see me perform stand up at a Comedy Bar showcase next week. It will be a great show featuring several very funny comics. comedybar.ca/shows/showca...

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SHOWCASE: Advanced Stand-Up | Comedy Bar

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Ariel Elias @arielcomedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

2010: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines do I need to get beforehand? 2025: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines should I get while I'm there?

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

my favorite taco truck hasn't been around lately and I hope the guy is on vacation or has relocated to a better spot but these days, man, you can't help but wonder

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Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I don't wanna make everyone depressed, but more and more this is how I think of our relationship with social media:

A still frame from the Simpsons, in which Homer is in hell, being force-fed donuts.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

AI datacentres cost tens of billions to build, and billions more to operate. How do AI companies plan to recoup their costs, never mind be profitable? Listen to or watch my latest diatribe: opinionsquestions.blogspot.com/2025/07/lesl...

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Leslie's Diatribes #4: Show Me The Money!

There are many critiques that people have made about the AI industry: privacy, piracy, electricity and water usage, hallucinations, and more...

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

just spent a week in Toronto and can confirm nymag.com/intelligence...

The cover of the current issue of New York magazine, featuring a beaver throttling a bald eagle and the coverline "You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are"

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (our rail network in 1901).

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This is the paradox of our moment. Forced to defend unpleasant and counterproductive people against the far larger injustice of Trump.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It's sad that I agree with the reasons American Atheists withdrew from hosting the World Humanist Congress. This is likely just the start - how many thousands of business, scientific, and cultural conferences will avoid the US for the foreseeable future?

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Centre for Inquiry Canada @cficanada.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Leslie speaks with Aaron about many issues related to transgender people, or the Trans+ community. They discuss how the perceived binaries of sex, sexual preference, gender, and gender expression are more complicated and nuanced in reality. Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzjp...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Possessing nuclear weapons does not patch that vulnerability. India, Pakistan, Russia, Israel...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I hope to see you there! comedybar.ca/shows/bloomi...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Prejudice against Muslims is very real and must be countered. BUT "Islamophobia" is too often used as a cudgel to stop people from from criticizing Islam.

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Centre for Inquiry Canada @cficanada.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The fourth BAHACON is coming in a little over two month’s time. Leslie speaks with Jeff Brooks about the conference’s location, speakers, and other attractions that makes the BAHACON so popular for attendees from across North America. Learn more and register at bahacon.com buff.ly/iQJp9wq

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BAHACON 2025 - Bluewater Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics (BAHA)

2025 Click HERE 2025 PROMO VIDEO CLICK Here to join our Facebook Page BAHA Proudly Presentsanother STELLAR LINEUP for our BAHACON 2025 CONFERENCE Seth Andrews Forrest Valkai Dr. Abby Hafer Erika (Guts...

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Knowing when not to follow orders made all the difference.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

If you missed my first professional stand-up gig, there's a second one you can see! Come to the Comedy Bar on Bloor just west of Ossington on June 10 at 7:30. There will be other comics doing their sets too. Advance tickets available here: comedybar.ca/shows/bloomi...

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BLOOMIN FUNYUNS | Comedy Bar

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Why do people on this site call their posts Skeets when Bleats is the clearly superior term?

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

My first professional stand up comedy gig is about to begin.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The last fellas who came from Chicago, were given a rigorous education in Catholicism and then claimed to be on a mission from God? They destroyed a suburban shopping mall, wrecked about 300 police cars and ended up in Joliet penitentiary. Just saying.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Catholics (and others) have every right to rally against abortions, or any other issue. But this right should not be subsidized by the government. It's time for Ontario to stop funding the separate school systems.

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Seonaid Lee @seonaid-lee.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I read Jane Jacob's Dark Age Ahead the week that it came out. It was horrifyingly prophetic... and we seem to be powerless to stop these processes. My whole adult life has felt like being trapped in a soundproof box yelling at people to stop cutting the foundation out from underneath themselves.

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Leslie Rosenblood @rosenblood.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Everyone who meets @sethandrews.com comes away loving and respecting him even more.

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