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Jbrown

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Filmmaker. Animator. Bad knees. rattlesnakefilms.ca

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
During the World Cup.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Jbrown @thatjbrown.bsky.social · 20h
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21h
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 21h
Awful news coming from Tsawwassen right now:
cbc.ca
Tsawwassen First Nation ends Truth and Reconciliation event early due to 'critical incident' | CBC
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21h
Shit, this is concerning. Please stay safe folks:
Alert reads:

Civil Emergency
Tsawwassen First Nation, BC
September 30, 2026, 1:59 PM
Status: Active
CRITICAL
Source: Tsawwassen First Nation
Description
An incident is currently in progress that has ended our Truth & Reconciliation event. Participants are asked to walk back the way we came and stay out of the area.
Another update will be provided within 30 minutes.
Affected Areas (1)
• Tsawwassen First Nation
Instructions
• If you are not in the area, avoid the area.
• Have a plan to check in on family, friends and vulnerable neighbours.
• Listen to local news stations for information and watch for further updates.
• Follow the direction of local authorities.
• Do not call 911 for information or updates.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂😂
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 23h
I am touched, as I always am, by the courage of First Nations people and all Indigenous people. Indigenous people have been harmed by the mistakes of Canada more than anybody else, and yet no one has stood stronger in favour of fighting for this country.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
if you want to know what 'Zohran filling potholes' looks like at the federal executive level it's this. little but noticeable steps towards accountability. it doesn't make the structural crises go away, but it makes them a hell of a lot less noticeable and buys you good will.
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weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"now youse can't leave."
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Jbrown @thatjbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Babcock is in the locker room right now making McDavid show everyone his text messages
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Daniel Wagner @passittobulis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a call by Manny Malhotra to put Sasson and Cotter on the ice in overtime. Cotter was dogged on the forecheck, Sasson made a fantastic backhand pass, and Cotter finished it off with aplomb. #Canucks
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Rhys Albrecht @rhysalbrecht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🙋‍♂️~~~🏀~~~🗑️
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Leafs losing to Montreal is just a game, and the Habs are good. The Oilers getting smoked by the rebuilding Canucks in Mike Babcock's first game in a make-or-break year, or near enough? That's comedy, baby
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Peter Thiel coming home from the office and cracking open a new blood boy with his teeth like an otter pop
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
It turns out you can’t actually base an entire economy on skull measuring
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
thenarwhal.ca
Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
funny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on.
Taylor Lorenz: "Listening to this whole interview and these comments in context you see he is actually making a pretty nuanced point. You can criticize him all u want but taking clips out of context to manufacture outrage is so lame— critique what he actually said!"
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Jbrown @thatjbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And now Canada has announced Hyper Intelligence. Apparently it is immune to tariffs, sir. I'm sorry.
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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026
Mr. President.... China, they.... it's bad. They just announced Ultra Intelligence
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manewt.bsky.social @manewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Friend who works at meta: “Do not use the muse agent, it’s like inviting a Vampire inside”
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Poilievre’s approval rating is now 2 points behind Trudeau’s approval rating at the time of his resignation. CPC is polling at sub-30%, with most polls at 28%. I’ve now accepted that the CPC has a humiliation kink. #cdnpoli
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Huge news! Charges against Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, have been stayed. Judge found parts of Canada's drug laws are unconstitutional and that the compassion club reduced the harms associated with the toxic drug crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember on America's Funniest Home videos when once in a while you would see an hilariously overconfident person try something and wind up falling off a roof and into a pool, or bouncing from a trampoline into a tree, or just generally eating shit? This is just like that
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is lovely. Sing it from the rooftops.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the philadelphia eagles are going to do one thing every week and that’s play in the stupidest football game you’ve ever seen
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Jbrown @thatjbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Dalton you are useless
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026
This the most anti-American administration in history. Destroying everything good about us, growing all that is bad.
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 28/09/2026
nathan feilder asks theranos "you're a real PNG right" and she says "Why would I deceive you" and she's on a transparent background but this a JPG, so obviously she's lying
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump last week touted "one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng." The U.S. switched sides.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026
Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Residential School denialism is done in the service of white supremacy and they are very, very clear about this link.
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Disgusting
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton 

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jamil Jivani and the Very Masculine™ Jacob Mantle think that acknowledging homosexuality in schools is "a threat" as they spout debunked "gender ideology" bullshit, while calling people traitors. Yeah, the Conservative Party is headed down a really healthy path, guys. Yikes. #canqueer
provincialtimes.ca
ADAMS: Inside the Restore the North event at Liberty Church
Inside a church in his own riding, the fury Jamil Jivani has spent a year channeling finally turned on a constituent who asked the wrong question
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
Murphy Brown, one of the most popular tv shows for a decade winning two Outstanding Comey Series Emmys and star Candace Bergen won five Emmys, cannot be found on a streaming platform bc of music rights. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8T3txGW/
tiktok.com
Why Murphy Brown Is Impossible To Watch on Streaming Today #murphybrown #murphybrownshow #candicebergen #cbs #cbsshow
TikTok video by Mike Bedard
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Erin Hanson @erinhanson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Perfect headline.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 26/09/2026
Thanks to the awesome power of AI, I no longer know my home address
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I dunno about audiobooks but I worked on animated movies and its MINDBLOWING the difference between "famous actor doing vo" and "famous vo actor" cause like... it could be 20 hours of records for a lead actor, but scratch before screenings one vo guy'd do 3 characters for the whole movie in 2 hours
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