Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18hZelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel. 29257782166
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 1hI wonder how the Lukoil ties will be exploited for this. 000
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialPoppet 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 "a sharing of choice, not coincidence". @northernpoppet.bsky.social · 21hI have emailed our Prime Minsiter to see if we can block this from being streamed into Canada. Join me in doing so www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c... The U.S. plans to livestream a... www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...cbc.caThe U.S. plans to livestream an execution. Here's how that compares to global practice | CBC NewsFor about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. If carried out as planned, death penalty experts said it would mark the first known broadcast or li... 2212153
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14h"The rule of law is under vicious attack in this province and I am not the first, nor will I be the last, to call this out. When an institution is silent in the face of what is happening in this province, that silence is complicity." Another resignation at the Law Society. 10292135
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialMatt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 19hThis NYT Article Is Relevant To This Announcement👇🏻 Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 79639
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 17666241935
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialMark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 21hNotable that the joint statement, while offering rhetoric support, is completely silent on any measures to help the #ICC. Hopefully that is coming. These states are not powerless. The EU, UK and Canada all have the ability to invoke measures to block the impact of U.S. sanctions. 14124
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sarah Rogers Is the Foreign Censorship Threat She Warned Against emptywheel.net/2026/10/08/s...emptywheel.netSarah Rogers Is the Foreign Censorship Threat She Warned Against - emptywheelBy bullying the EU to withdraw funding from the Disinfo2026 conference, Sarah Rogers engaged in the kind of retaliation DOJ had assured Judge Boasberg they would not do. 014066
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026Really wild story: the US pressured sponsors of an European disinformation conference because one session mentioned disinformation from the US gov't. The EU immediately pulled its sponsorship. Absolute cowards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website 318166
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialLanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear Ontario, WE spent $48M to create safe & equitable infrastructure for those that choose not to be car dependent. YOU are going to be charged tens of millions to rip that all out. WHY? Vibes. Sorry Everyone. P.S. we’re still going to ride and some of will take up space to keep ourselves safe 03312
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialJohn Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Internet is an infinite forest where anybody with the resources is free to build their own treehouse, and entertain therein whomsoever they please. And you — you in the aggregate — are free to chose which treehouses become indispensable, and which return to the musky loam of the forest floor.futurism.comMeta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an OvenWe sent Meta 19 Facebook accounts sharing AI-generated videos of graphic child abuse. 24 hours later, it hadn't taken them down. 011
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialDocp386.bsky.social @docp386.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Our fed need to be seen to start taking this foreign interference a whole hell of a lot more seriously and urgently. (They could start by getting the hell off X!) 071
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialAndrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There's an org in California that procures bulk N95s and other PPE to send to DRC. You can donate here: www.directrelief.org/2026/06/dire...directrelief.orgDirect Relief and VillageReach Deliver Critical Ebola Aid and PPE to DRC FrontlinesOn Friday, a critical Direct Relief shipment of personal protective equipment, including 75,000 N95 respirators, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help protect health workers on the fr… 03617
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6857841249
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialMike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The details of the Tate extradition case are even worse than I expected. Selling sexual content involving a child on WhatsApp. Extreme porn involving a horse and an eel. Human trafficking, isolation, and violence against women and kids. Just awful, weird shit. Lock them away and throw away the key. 31361124
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comJesus from South Park: Missed The Point HereAlt: Jesus from South Park: Missed The Point Here 010
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And it won't even be customers spending money for the most part! Business owners whine about losing parking because they're the ones parking on the street! 918541
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our education system is being intentionally and systematically underfunded to create a crisis. It's working. Please keep this story in mind when you hear Paul Calandra and Doug Ford talk about their govt's "historic investments in education." Voting has consequences. So does not voting. #OntEd 711336
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today I learned that this Amis (Taiwanese indigenous) couple did the haunting vocals for Enigma's big 1990 hit, "Return to Innocence" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePKK...youtube.comDifang & Igay singing "Weeding and Paddyfield Song No. 1"YouTube video by DebraShick 1248
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My school has ~400 students, 85% of whom speak a language other than English at home. Six years ago, my school was allocated 3 ELL teachers. Students in Gr. 2-8 received 40-150 minutes of language support a day, depending on their needs. This year, my school was allocated half a teacher. #OntEd 616568
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Couldn’t possibly be the self inflicted Strait of Hormuz trouble where 25% of global oil passes. 040
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialLaurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yesterday, I met my youngest for lunch. We ate it in the park on the bench next to the off-leash dog run. It took everything I had not to sing “Terri…….. ERS” when two ran past. 0124
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialmigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy. 18951861806
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Danielle Smith is using your tax dollars to sell her political agenda. This referendum booklet is propaganda. It blames newcomers for her government’s failures and pushes constitutional changes without telling Albertans the truth. You deserve better than this political garbage paid for by you. 9350151
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now we get the details of exactly how Trump and his cronies plan to enrich themselves further while helping Russia. Good work by the NYT, with a well sourced story to expose a criminal project which goes against everything the US used to stand for (free article) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 58640
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialDouglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trying to fact-check Trump is like trying to push back the tide with a teaspoon. Interesting analysis of Trump's lies, inc why he does it: www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 094
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialCarole Paré Payne @paros13.bsky.social · 03/10/2026kevinboucher32.substack.com/p/the-reason... The US states clearly what their goal was. Elbows up Canadakevinboucher32.substack.comThe Reasonable Man in the RoomCarney says nostalgia is not a strategy. America's trade chief has made it one. 031
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Leading the development of Alberta one autonomous vehicle at a time. 000
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's what Tucker Carlson is up to when he talks to his own audience, instead of interviewers from NPR or NY Times: Explaining that white people are facing extinction and the ADL is trying to cover it up. He concludes, "Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence." www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls... 40718216
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30698752382
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, says U.S. sanctions disrupted her daily life. She is still hearing cases and challenging the sanctions in court. n.pr/4z9qSldn.prWhat life under U.S. sanctions looks like for one ICC judgeKimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, says U.S. sanctions disrupted her daily life. She is still hearing cases and challenging the sanctions in court. 514543
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialIris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s SELF SABOTAGE. As @fordnation pours $2.1 BILLION into health teams, he SIMULTANEOUSLY diverts taxpayer dollars into PRIVATE clinics that 🩺 Poach Scarce staff ⬆️ Public waits …& Cost WAY more @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comIris Gorfinkel: How Doug Ford’s health plan costs taxpayers billions — and privatization is making it failTo save universal health care, Ontario must reverse its path. Funding private clinics drains our public system, poaching staff and siphoning taxpayer dollars from front-line care. 0127
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialscott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 01/10/2026Great, clear and concise work from Kirsten Hillman 🇨🇦🇺🇸 041
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comSpinal Tap: The Numbers All Go To 11ALT: Spinal Tap: The Numbers All Go To 11 020
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialJeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Are US Military Veterans Training Russians to Fight in Ukraine ? An accused military training company the center of claims, Alfa-Metal of Bulgaria, strongly denies purported ties to the ongoing war. www.military.com/are-us-veter...military.comUS Veterans Including Former Navy Seals Are Training Russians to Fight in Ukraine: ReportAn accused military training company the center of claims, Alfa-Metal of Bulgaria, strongly denies purported ties to the ongoing war. 42517
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t think she deserved the lifetime of abuse. The dude involved can’t be put to death. 120
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826781210
spouti.bsky.social @spouti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comDick DastardlyALT: Dick Dastardly 010
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The same columnist who wrote he was scared of Christie Pits in July (and mocked by the Post’s photo editor?) nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni...nationalpost.comYoni Goldstein: The decline of Toronto's Christie Pits Park is unacceptableThis gem of the city should be a safe place for families to take their kids, not a hotbed for urban disorder 3298
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026Experimental when it's time to pay taxes. 49950389
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Google and Apple immediately update their maps. 382476544
Reposted by @spouti.bsky.socialⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We sure had a lot of fun at Schmitt head's expense, but can we talk for a minute about how proud he seemed to be about obtaining private messages in secrecy? "You didn't know we had all these, did you? I'll give you a minute to process all this so you don't perjure yourself further." 118721
