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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Exciting!
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wow.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
(It's also my sister's birthday. Note to self: call her.)
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm an October 8th Jew and it's October 8th, so... here's my piece in Judith Magazine about how I got here. judithmagazine.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
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How I Became a Jew
Katie Lynes was born Jewish but spent decades keeping it at arm's length. Then came October 7.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perhaps overly pleased that a famous Yiddishist (whose book on the history of Yiddish I own) accepted my (quite random) friend request on FB.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 07/10/2026
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There’s nothing to praise about the Oct. 7 attacks. A Canadian literary journal disagrees
An ode celebrating the ‘beauty’ of the profoundly ugly day when Hamas fighters killed more than 1,200 people ignores the brutality that occurred
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
forgot to post in time my favorite samuel pepys passage, his muddled depiction of the time he visited a synagogue and it happened to be simchat torah
Thence home and after dinner my wife and I, by Mr. Rawlinson’s conduct, to the Jewish Synagogue: where the men and boys in their vayles, and the women behind a lattice out of sight; and some things stand up, which I believe is their Law, in a press to which all coming in do bow; and at the putting on their vayles do say something, to which others that hear him do cry Amen, and the party do kiss his vayle. Their service all in a singing way, and in Hebrew. And anon their Laws that they take out of the press are carried by several men, four or five several burthens in all, and they do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires to have the carrying of it, I cannot tell, thus they carried it round about the room while such a service is singing. And in the end they had a prayer for the King, which they pronounced his name in Portugall; but the prayer, like the rest, in Hebrew. But, Lord! to see the disorder, laughing, sporting, and no attention, but confusion in all their service, more like brutes than people knowing the true God, would make a man forswear ever seeing them more and indeed I never did see so much, or could have imagined there had been any religion in the whole world so absurdly performed as this.
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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OPINION: Legal technicalities shouldn’t obscure the bigger picture. Neil Herland deserves admiration for speaking out after encountering pro-Palestine protesters outside Yom Kippur services, regardless of whether bubble laws technically applied. Read more: thecjn.ca/opinion/neil...
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Neil Herland deserves our admiration, regardless of whether bubble laws apply to arts centres
Some things are legal but not acceptable.
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Radio Canada International @rci.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DERNIÈRE HEURE | À 22 h, Radio-Canada prévoit que le prochain gouvernement du Québec formé par le Parti québécois (PQ) sera minoritaire.
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Élections au Québec : regardez notre émission spéciale
Élections au Québec : les bureaux de vote sont fermés partout dans la province, les résultats commencent à être dévoilés. Suivez notre émission spéciale.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Evening light on the rocks.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On July 20, 1980, Terry Fox reached Stratford, Ontario. He was personally greeted by British actress Maggie Smith, who was performing at the Stratford Festival that summer. She gave him a hug, kiss, and a personal donation to the Marathon of Hope. 📸 Stratford-Perth Archives
Terry Fox wearing a T-shirt reading "GIVE FOR CANCER" talks with a Maggie Smith
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As a fellow procrastinator at bedtime (and general insomniac), I sympathize and am sorry you missed it (though I don't know what "it" is--I wish Bluesky had a translation feature).
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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fantastic op-ed by @polanskydj.bsky.social in @thecjn.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
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How others see us: Canada's antisemitism problem harms Jews here and embarrasses Canada abroad
A country’s capacity to provide for minority protections, and more broadly its cultivating the kind of tolerance that makes such protections unnecessary, is simply a mark of liberal civilization.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Sept. 30, 1958, Canadian children were treated to a new show. It featured a giant who told them to "look up!...waaaaaay up!" For the next 27 years, the show was a fixture on CBC and is beloved to this day. This is the story of The Friendly Giant! 📸 CBC 🧵 1/12
Bob Homme as The Friendly Giant, wearing a rustic, beige tunic with brown accents, holding a small xylophone and two violins, with a colorful giraffe puppet with a harmonica and a chicken puppet on his shoulders, set against a plain blue background.
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Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See: sometimes older technology is better. You try tying up a terrorist with Bluetooth enabled headphones
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Leaf Pattern Franklin Carmichael 1922
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hello good sir.
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"In this volatile moment, we seem a step closer to Bondi Beach – but our leaders, for the most part, have not faced up to the dangers." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: The courage needed to face down hatred
Belleville police officers risked their lives to stop a gunman outside a synagogue. Surely, politicians can find a fraction of that bravery
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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Privilege news nypost.com/2026/09/23/u...
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‘Palestinian Rachel Dolezal’ outed as white woman of ‘significant privilege and wealth’
A Philadelphia teacher has admitted to lying about having Palestinian heritage after activists exposed her as a wealthy white woman.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Would be nice if there were fewer people willing to excuse pretty obvious antisemitism just because someone substituted in the word "Zionist"
Simpsons yard trimmings meme@

Lou: That guy said that an international cabal of Christ-killers control America and the world, chief! I think he was being antisemitic!

Wiggum: Yep, I thought that too, but then I remembered that he used the word "Zionist". You gotta learn to listen, Lou.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Coarseness fully warranted. This is such a disturbing thread. I'm so sorry.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Freshly picked cranberries.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ginger visitor to the island today.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Midi Jean Paul Lemieux 1962
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Finally finished this trilogy about the Lodz ghetto. An unsung masterpiece by a Canadian Yiddish writer.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dunville, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Alan C. Collier 1969
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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” Today, we mourn Gloria Steinem - writer, organizer, and feminist icon whose work helped transform the possibilities of American life. May her memory be for a revolution. Read more: buff.ly/V45ULTK
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Actually, in this case it's two Jews, one opinion. tnq.ca/story/two-je...
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"Two Jews, Three Opinions" by - The New Quarterly Digital Edition
How to even begin thinking about the role of the Jew—and more specifically, the role of the Jewish writer—in these times? Since we began thinking about this Dispatches series much has changed. Much has stayed the same, too.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you.
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Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is very good.
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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yiddish ≠ anti-Zionism. The history of Yiddish, Hebrew, Bundism and Zionism is far more complicated than today’s culture-war narratives suggest. Read more: thecjn.ca/opinion/stop...
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Stop conflating Yiddish with anti-Zionism
The binary oppositions Hebrew-Yiddish and Zionism-Bund fray upon closer examination.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you!
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Very pleased to have my thoughts on Yiddish, Hebrew, Zionism and Bundism published by the Canadian Jewish News. thecjn.ca/opinion/stop...
thecjn.ca
Stop conflating Yiddish with anti-Zionism
The binary oppositions Hebrew-Yiddish and Zionism-Bund fray upon closer examination.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I also had a dream that one of my mutuals, whom I was visiting, had a cat that I recognized as a reincarnation)or maybe as the real thing?) of my late cat Mouffe. My mutual was afraid that I would want to claim her. To deter me she said the cat was 29 years old. I still wanted the cat.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had a dream that my sister brought a bag back from Ikea and surprisingly inside it was a live puppy. It was very cute and I now want one, but I can't place the breed. Are there Swedish dogs lol?
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 26/01/2024
meet me at the brutalist KFC in ten minutes if u want an ass kicking
a heavy concrete building in the brutalist style housing a Kentucky Fried chicken franchise
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I was primed to dislike Sterling Point (I'm team Georgian Bay vs Muskoka), but it's quite compelling and well done. Maybe a bit too teen-oriented for me though.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Mood youtube.com/watch?v=-RJa...
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Dimanche Apres-Midi
YouTube video by Cano - Topic
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunday Afternoon Christopher Pratt 1972
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I might be too old for the Scrambler. My brain is already quite rattled lol. (I haven't been to Centre Island in years. I should go!)
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My kids and I used to love it.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The one in the dark?
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh hello.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Canoe Fantasy Anne Savage n.d.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh, that's excellent.
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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Good luck! My daughter graduated from the U of T program a couple of years ago and landed a good job afterwards. Good degree to have. (Her area is archives.)
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