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My 16 year old trans son, who is looking for books with queer characters where the story isn't *about* their queerness or romantic relationships. Bonus if the MC is a trans man.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 20h

This is according to John Williamson, the local MP. Campobello is a Canadian island only accessible by road from Maine. A seasonal ferry is about to go out of service for the winter.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 20h

A Canadian truck carrying mail to Campobello Island has been stopped at the US border www.facebook.com/share/1Ly8jg...

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 21h

Especially not when I have games night.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...

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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes

Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 28/09/2026

A fun part of doing local journalism is I have found two stories in the past few months while walking my dog.

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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Max Scherzer was NOT coming out of this game! 😤

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Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

John Schneider goes to the mound with two out in top7 to a chorus of boos to ask Scherzer if he wants to keep going. At 104 pitches, Scherzer makes his case, Schneider leaves him in and Mad Max yells "F*** Yeah!" #Bluejays

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 27/09/2026

The St. Croix Public Library has put up a book walk along the river.

A white board with the page of a book stuck to it by a path along the river. An elderly black dog has gotten his leash tangled around the sign

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Ponddrop @ponddrop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ern dog gets on base! #bluejays Video: the Ern dog curled up asleep on the couch, sound up for snoring

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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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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 25/09/2026

Were they filmed in a different language and dubbed?

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Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Bluejays are cooked but Deep Left Field never sleeps! Today’s new episode has @gregorchisholm.bsky.social joining me to go over #Jays lost season and talk about Vladdy’s viral comments. Plus your thoughts in the mailbag - keep ‘em coming!

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From contenders to eliminated: what went wrong with the Blue Jays

Podcast Episode · Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner · September 24 · 1h 11m

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026

This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 24/09/2026

You and most of the journalists in the press conference.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 24/09/2026

This means that yesterday in 1994 I walked downtown after a school dance to buy the album at its midnight release in Kingston... mainly because there was a rumour the Hip would be there. They weren't. Still a great album though.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 23/09/2026

Ah, but you see there's still an Indian dude working at the local Tim's, so obviously immigration is out of control. QED.

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CHCO-TV & The Courier @chco-tv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

North Atlantic right whales, which spend much of the summer in the oceans off Canada’s East coast, are the most endangered whales in the world — with a surviving population of less than 400. chco.tv/column-right...

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COLUMN: Right whales may be at higher risk of ship strikes than thought – CHCO TV26

North Atlantic right whales, which spend much of the summer in the oceans off Canada’s East coast, are the most endangered whales in the world — with a survivin

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Scoop: Meta's Muse AI can make phone calls. Internally, Meta has told employees that many of these calls will be made by human beings in a call center: www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...

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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 21/09/2026

After a 6-year hiatus, @chco-tv.bsky.social has brought back my old science column. Here's the first of the new series, on why right whales may be at greater risk of ship strikes than we thought. 🧪 chco.tv/column-right...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 16/09/2026

Dunno if that's a hit or an error, but Ern Dog is on base #BlueJays

A black and white dog sleeps on a purple pillow

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, there is indeed a problem, and a part of it is the astonishing anthropomorphization on display here. You don't give an AI "moral instructions". They don't "cheat". They don't "know" what they're doing, or "rationalize" it.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/09/2026

AI companies: This technology we’re developing is dangerous and might destroy humanity and we don’t know how to stop it Other people: So we should strictly regulate it, create legislative guard rails, and monitor its development? AI companies: lol no the opposite of all that & give us more money

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 10/09/2026

Taking the interior design of our new house seriously. My office is going to be a room I actually want to spend time in.

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Brett Favaro @brettfavaro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Observation: The powers that be want us to feel deep fear about misaligned artificial superintelligence, something that may exist at some point, but currently does not. Those same powers do not want us to feel deep fear about climate breakdown, something that exists now.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spotted on Reddit 👀

“Someone has left this note - and this lighter! - at the Halifax grave of Maj.-Gen. Robert Ross, the British military man who burned down the White House.”

There’s a photo of a note lying at the foot of a gravestone with a blue bic lighter beside it. The note reads “GENERAL ROSS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
YOU ARE NEEDED AGAIN
R.I.P.”

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 09/09/2026

Thanks, I don't seem to be able to send you a DM - do you have them restricted?

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 06/09/2026

Enlisted a gang of our kid's teenage friends to demo our old garage. They're playing the work song 16 Tons on the Bluetooth speaker.

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Ponddrop @ponddrop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ern! Dog! Hit! #BlueJays

The Ern dog looks back over his shoulder at you imploringly as he lies next to you on the couch

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/09/2026

Wenlock did manage to sneak a few feet into the pub when I asked for the bill.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/09/2026

An old Quebecois biker dude just told me how to get a "service dog" license off Amazon so that I could bring Wenlock into the pub. They'd never suspect a thing.

An elderly black dog lies next to a metal Moose Light pail full of water in the pavement outside the pub

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Ponddrop @ponddrop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ern! Dog! Hit! #BlueJays

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine

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Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New investigation from me. The 23 websites are designed to influence the answers that AI chatbots give to voters in Alberta, targeting farmers, young people, veterans, mothers and oil industry workers. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...

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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots

The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 04/09/2026

That was...not pleasant. A strong taste of blueberries at first, then a very bitter aftertaste.

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