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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@westendphoenix.bsky.social 10th anniversary party at Palais Royale last night was a blast! One of many highlights, the whole room yelling along with "Barrett's Privateers"

Palais Royale, Toronto. First time there for many people, I'm sure

A room of people yelling along with Barrett's Privateers, as one does

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

7 local democracy hacks to not feel totally helpless in Doug Ford (& cipher-like Liberal MP caucus) Toronto. Finished on the throne of representative democracy for the people. My weekend @thestar.com column.

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Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s attacks on Toronto got you down? Try these 7 local democracy hacks to feel less helpless

There effective ways to overcome the feeling of helplessness as a result of recent moves to take away local democracy in the province.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ontarians: Mr. Ford, we need healthcare Ford: Gotcha Ontarians: We also need affordable housing Ford: Totally Ontarians: Also we can't afford to eat Ford: Don't worry, I have a plan Ontarians: Great, what is it? Ford: I'm gonna make cars go so fucking fast www.cp24.com/politics/que...

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Ontario is raising the speed limit on more highways. Here are the corridors getting a new 110 km/h limit

Drivers will soon be able to legally go faster on more stretches of Ontario’s highway network.

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Fun day at #opentuning2026, community music fest in Seaton Village, Toronto. Thanks to all the friends and strangers who cam by, and to all the musicians!

The Reuben Kincaid Orchestra! Garage band versions of girl group and Sinatra songs

The Sore Boozers! This year, Old Timey versions of New Wave hits

Paul Werhle and pals, great original songs of heart and experience

The Coniferous Kone Brothers. The soul and the humour. The Batchawana Bay sound that is sweeping the nation

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If you are in Toronto this coming weekend, there is a fun local music fest happening: Open Tuning! 17 venues, garages, front porches, etc. opentuning.org I am gonna be hosting a stage on Clinton Street, just north of Bloor, with 6 (six!) bands.

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Open Tuning: A Free Music Festival - Open Tuning Festival

Open Tuning: The Free Music Festival returns on Saturday, June 6, 2026. For the 11th year, the streets of Toronto’s Seaton Village will be filled with the sound of live amplified music. It's Free....

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 25/05/2026

My favourite time of year in Montreal is around now, when "Montrealhenge" is happening: The sun sets due north (according to the orientation of the streets)

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 30/03/2026

Considering the position that it might be OK to not care, or even know about, what random people think.

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Home to supper, and to bed, being weary and vexed that I do not find other people so willing to do business as myself, when I have taken pains to find out what in the yards is wanting and fitting to be done.

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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

1. St. Patrick’s Day in Toronto used to be so dangerous the parade was cancelled for more than a century. Here’s the story of the religious hatred and sectarian violence that once rocked our city — back in the days when Toronto was known as "The Belfast of Canada." My annual thread...

Rioters throw stones in the street in drawing of the Jubilee Riots of 1875

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

This is the greatest knife rack ever, although it needs more slots in the back

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This is making the rounds again, and I was amused to reread the thread and see that it was shortly before our book came out. Lots has happened in the past 10 months, but the message of this thread still holds.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/03/2026

Reminder:

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/02/2026

In my utopian vision of the future, instead of offloading all the pointless, annoying work tasks (like reports that none one will read and needlessly opaque forms) to robots, we restructure work and society so that the pointless tasks don't happen at all.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Sunflowers, by Joan Mitchell, 1990-91, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

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Kid Congo Powers @kidcongopowers.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Happy Birthday to The Queen from all of us all over here and there. 💥🎂😻🙏🏽💕🌟🛸

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/02/2026

If you’re going to be required to use a digital robot butler then surely you want that to mean that it will do work while you’re frolicking in meadows or relaxing with novels and tea, not that it will do work while you somehow go out and find other, harder work to do even more of, for the same pay

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The great Don Martin

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Kid Congo Powers @kidcongopowers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Cramps @ Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ. May 8, 1981 (Full Show) . Shot by the great and wonderful Rich Lustre of Sic Kidz Lights by fab Rick Schmidlin on this tour if not mistaken ! Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Kid Congo Powers, Nick Knox . What a gas it was! youtu.be/Kx0f_posfFg?...

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The Cramps @ Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ. May 8, 1981 (Full Show)

YouTube video by rlustre

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

This just-posted Canadian 1974 TV special w/ Steve Martin (his first!) is pretty entertaining if you remember Toronto or Montreal pre-1980s, or else if you're very into seeing a young Steve Martin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leb8...

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😂 STEVE MARTIN IN RETRO TORONTO - THE FUNNIER SIDE OF EASTERN CANADA (FULL UNCUT VERSION) (1974)

YouTube video by Retrontario

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I think this was the beginning of Dennis singing a song about how aliens would misunderstand christmas. Part of our show last night, with numerous pals joining in. Big fun.

The Sore Boozers band (4 out of 9 of us, anyway), kicking off a tune. Paul points to the sky, Heather looks up, Dennis is reading the lyrics, Andy in a Santa hat is laughing.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/12/2025

Q: So your job is to judge people, but not to judge people for judging people. A: You’re making it sound like I approve of Krampus’s methods. I don’t. Just because you share a holiday with someone doesn’t mean you agree with them on everything. I love kids.

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The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus

For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...

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Patrick Shanks @shocktheshanker.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This Thursday. Gerard Van Herk is my hero. His band Deja Voodoo and his label Og Records warped my teenage brain, never to be the same again. He’s back with a new LP after 30+ years and he’s performing here in Ottawa. With Bloodshot Bill, Eddy Gazel and me spinning 45s. Late start but early finish.

Poster for concert featuring Gerard Van Herk, Bloodshot Bill, Eddy Gazel and DJ Shanker, this Thursday night at House of Targ in Ottawa Canada.

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our band, the Sore Boozers performed a mess of tunes by fictional bands from TV and movies tonight, with some talented friends. What a blast.

Sore Boozers band at the Tranzac. Guitars, banjo, accordion, bass, snare drum and piano. Mayhem!

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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Some Ray Davies music for your Thursday RS youtu.be/CohVrjrfNws?...

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RON SINGS "BETTER THINGS" WRITTEN BY RAY DAVIES

YouTube video by Rawnboy

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Each time they show a celebrity in the crowd it should count as a strike against the Dodgers.

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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

1. The history of baseball stadiums in Toronto goes back a century before the SkyDome opened. With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it. It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…

The SkyDome under construction. The big claw of a digger is in the foreground, looking like it's about to dig into a pile of rock or cement where the baseball diamond is today. In the background, the curving cement decks of the SkyDome rise up, the 500s filled with blue seats, and one of the pieces of the stadium's roof is already built.

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broknheadphones.bsky.social @broknheadphones.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Once again, as I am at least once per year, I am bowled over, breathless and swooning, at the awesome majesty of "Get Ready" by The Temptations www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JS...

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1966 HITS ARCHIVE: Get Ready - Temptations (mono)

YouTube video by AnotherProf

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

At the TIME100 AI celebration last night, Natasha Lyonne stood in front of the emperors of AI and challenged them to their face. Doing that takes guts. And I’m incredibly honored that she cited my work as well. Thank you for speaking truth to power, Natasha. 🙏 youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9...

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Natasha Lyonne Asks AI Leaders: "Whatever Happened to Being Cool?"

YouTube video by TIME

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

pro tip, go outside and look at the goshdang moon right now

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A friend writes: I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI" instead of "I don't believe you." Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight." Kid: "That's AI."

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Solidarity with the postal workers. The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Sonny Curtis RIP. The last of Buddy Holly's Crickets, also wrote 'Walk Right Back', 'I Fought The Law' and the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore show. youtu.be/hKrxq5U8SBY?...

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The Crickets - I Fought The Law (1960)

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Maybe the fastest column i've ever written this afternoon. (I am a slow writer.)

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Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Neither saint or martyr, Joe Strummer still remains my ultimate hero for the way his endless curiosity about others stimulated a profound compassion he could never fully control. Here's a piece I wrote about 'London Calling' for the Ringer. Happy birthday, rude boy. www.theringer.com/2019/12/17/m...

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The Siren Sound of the Clash’s ‘London Calling,’ 40 Years Later

Released in 1979, the Clash’s third album changed everything—punk rock, the band that made it, and the fans who worshiped it. Decades later, its rich, eclectic, propulsive sound hasn’t aged a minute, ...

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A few more attempts at painting this summer. Fun, good excercise.

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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Ron sings "Don't Let Us Get Sick" by Warren Zevon youtu.be/--y0Ih43XeY?...

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RON SINGS "DON"T LET US GET SICK" WRITTEN BY WARREN ZEVON

YouTube video by Rawnboy

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

You could ask me, any given day, who my favouriye band is, and you might get a different answer. But most often the answer will be, "the Mekons". And it would be the correct answer.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

As a one-sentence response to the “promise” of generative AI, this may never be topped.

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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Was on CityNews tonight talking about the Circus Riot — at the Toronto Fire Historical Society Fundraiser. The Beaches Brewing Co even made a Hook & Ladder Cream Ale named after the notorious brigade from the riot.

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Paul Sheridan @sheridanpaul.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Our sibling band, the Old Boyfriends (we share the banjoiste and mandoliner) playing their first show in a year, celebrating Paul W's birthday. We (Sore Boozers) played, too. Fun afternoon!

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Adam Yim @adamy.im · 02/07/2025

Bathrooms were also locked at Christie Pitts with a lone overflowing portapotty in place. Thankfully the Tim Horton’s at Christie station was open.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 13/06/2025

Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hel... Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?

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Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse

Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 10/06/2025

Doing our part for AI training.

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