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I’ve become obsessed with the disappearing night sky. I miss going outside wherever I was and seeing the stars! Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh, Geddy Lee, no. smh Brad Bradford?? ffs Makes me happy I'm a Blue Rodeo fan, and Rush can kick rocks.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"We are living in an era of protein hype." Make STOP! 🛑 Have We Reached Peak PROTEIN? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... ‼️ Reality: more isn't always better, a protein label doesn't make the food "healthy", this trend is mostly a marketing scam...

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How Supermarkets Became Protein-Maxxed

Protein is everywhere — in chips, candy, cookies, even water. Does that make these products healthy?

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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 28/09/2026

TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND, WE’RE BAAAACK 🚨 Season 4 of the PWHL kicks off with ALL 12 teams in action on Opening Weekend! Learn more ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/schedule/opening-weekend-2026-27

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Evie★NYC @meetevienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

when you both have bougie taste but humble, warm and enthusiastic personalities🫦🫦

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some nights, you just need to snuggle with your cats.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Max Scherzer going on short rest to catch Verlander's strikeout total -- and nearly damn well doing it -- is some all time inner circle king petty shit, and I mean that in the most complimentary way imaginable. You gotta tip your cap to a true psycho, and Max Scherzer is an all-time baseball psycho.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

137 days until pitchers and catchers report to Dunedin for Spring Training. #BlueJays #roughly 😉

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James G @orth.ca · 27/09/2026

Not sure I've seen John redder.

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Ben Nicholson-Smith @bnsbaseball.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this game is so fun ... Max bringing the heat today wow

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Toronto Blue Jays @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An ovation fit 4 a King 🫶 #BlueJays50

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Toronto Blue Jays @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🗣NOW BATTING...Number Four...George Springer 🥲👏 #BlueJays50

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, this was an awful time. I had to get police involved three times for threats I received while promoting COVID19 vaccines in 2021. The worst was after I was quoted in the WSJ. Can’t even recall what I said, but it launched a bunch of protonmail missives from feral anti-public health nutters.

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Local, state public health officials overwhelmingly faced serious backlash during pandemic, report reveals

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Paul Halpern @phalpern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Quantum Harmonies: Modern Physics and Music: From Pythagoras to string theory, explore the surprising connections between music and physics: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Girl dinner

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Put it on the pile with IV therapy, reiki, crystals, homeopathy, ... it's a small step from all of that to being an anti-vaxxer. The war on science continues apace.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't care what Vladdy says or doesn't say about why he's getting paid, and I don't really care what ANYONE has to say about it, because the fact is it was a HORRIBLE contract for the Blue Jays to sign, I said so at the time, and it will look even worse as time passes. That said, LFG #BlueJays

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, I'm really not in the mood to listen to Caleb Fucking Joseph right now. I've been a fan for 50 years, and this is nothing new. You win, you lose. That's life. #BlueJays See you next year, I guess.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Does this team have some fundamental issues with baserunning and defense, or do they just not give a fuck anymore? Either way ... they should probably not just give up. #BlueJays smh

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why the fuck would you give up a run there? #BlueJays

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not.

Image of Sean Manaea wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There's plenty of corruption, crimes against humanity, and downright evil shit to focus on, but every so often it strikes me how thoroughly we USians have been exposed and disgraced on the world stage. A country who can elect such a man—twice!—is not a worthy country. We need radical reformation.

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✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oprah unleashed terrible evils upon the world.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. ... And there are others who were born with the wisdom to know that nothing lasts. I am not that grown-up or up-to-date. ... I need to think something lasts forever - A. Bartlett Giamatti, "The Green Fields of the Mind" #baseball #BlueJays

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Giamatti: The Green Fields of the Mind

Joan Daugherty's personal home page.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sometimes, you just run out of bullets. #BlueJays

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You never want to give up ... but sometimes you just gotta give up. :( #BlueJays

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James G @orth.ca · 17/09/2026

Really wish "AI" hadn't become the word for everything. An LLM that can't reliably count the e's in "seventeen" and a purpose-built system using heuristics to automate a well-defined task are very different things.

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Not with a bang, but a whimper."

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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James G @orth.ca · 20/09/2026

Just for completeness, I'll run this through to the bitter end, but the hope is p much dead. At 3.8%, it's like the Jays are down 4 batting in the bottom of the 8th with none on and none out.

Dark infographic, "Blue Jays Playoff Watch", Sun Sep 20 2026. TOR 76-79, 7 games left.

STAND: 3.8% to reach the postseason, all wild card (AL East 0.0%). 3 games back of CWS for the third and final spot - and CWS holds the tiebreaker. CWS took the season series 6-1 with no meetings left, so any tie at the finish goes to them; TOR has to finish a clear game ahead. Their remaining opponents average 0.478 against 0.410 for CWS (a tougher run home). The model puts TOR at 3.8% and CWS at 93.7%. Almost certainly the 3rd wild card (3.8%), so a road series.

TODAY at TEX 2:35 PM ET, Spencer Miles vs Jacob deGrom, TEX 78-77. Lose 1.5%, now 3.8%, win 6.3%.

SEASON TREND: bottomed at 2.8% on Jul 29 at 49-59, gone 27-20 since. CLE has fallen the other way to 92.0%.

BY WINS in the final 7: 5 wins 6.2%, 6 wins 27.6%, 7 wins 62.8%.

AL WILD CARD: NYY 89-65, 100.0%. BOS 84-71, 100.0%. CWS 79-76, 93.7%. HOU 77-78, 43.6%. TOR 76-79, 3.8%. BAL 75-80, 0.5%. DET 73-82, 0.0%. MIN 72-83, 0.0%. TOR's remaining opponents average 0.478 to CWS's 0.410, and CWS plays 3 of its last 7 on the road.

LAST 7: at TEX x1, at BAL x3, vs CIN x3. 3 against live rivals. Biggest series this week is BAL v TOR at 16 points.

ROOT FOR TODAY (100,000 paired sims, swing in points): ATH at CLE, cheer ATH, +3.26. DET at CWS, cheer DET, +1.36. ATL at HOU, cheer ATL, +0.54. MIL at BAL, cheer MIL, +0.01.

FULL DAY: all against TOR 0.5%; all for TOR 11.0%. Includes TOR and listed rooting games, forced together. Scenarios, not predictions or absolute limits.

METHOD: every game simulated, clubs rated from run differential, strength of schedule and record, plus per-sim strength uncertainty. No player projections. boxscore.online/playoffs

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've teamed up with Forward Weekly to make some Danielle Smith videos ahead of the referendum in October, and this is the first! What a dream! She's the absolute worst and I love playing her so much. youtu.be/N83XOC79s_8?...

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A Public Service Announcement from Premier Smith #satire

YouTube video by Forward Canada

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

❗️Despite lack of evidence “peptides have garnered a cult following” ⚠️ Reality: “…peptides are ‘completely untested and unregulated.’” ⚠️ Also: “What’s in the package may not actually be what is on the outside of the label,” www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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Peptides Are All the Rage, Promising Miracle Cures and Makeovers Delivered by Injection. How Did We Get Here?

Experts say the peptide craze is part of a broader phenomenon, as patients look beyond the regulated health system to address problems that doctors have struggled to treat

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todude.bsky.social @todude.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sometimes, you just know a day is gonna be good.

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Toronto Blue Jays @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

📲 Did you want a Brett Bateman wallpaper? #BlueJays50

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