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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 14h
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Woozle & Taffy @woozle-taffy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This Is Edgar Allan Poe And I Am Begging Kelly Clarkson To Take My Bird www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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This Is Edgar Allan Poe, and I Am Begging Kelly Clarkson to Take My Bird
I eagerly await your response.
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Papillon Doré @papillondore20.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#MusicChallenge #EmojiSounds Day 16 ❓ Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe 🎶 Hey Joe, I said, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?🎶 One of my favorite rock classics and a debut single that transformed this Billy Roberts cover into an iconic anthem. It closed his Woodstock set. youtu.be/G5Lvc1a76dU?...
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
She passed the bar🙄🤣💥
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Great cover this week from us www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
hi I’m your new press secretary and this is my first time reading words out loud www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Hi, I’m Your New Press Secretary, and It’s My First Time Reading Words Out Loud
A very uncomfortable 14 minutes
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13/10/2026
Is America's first car-free city a walkable utopia or a government-controlled prison? Grace visits Culdesac, AZ, to find out
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Have we no sympathy for the poor white men who don't have quite as many privileges as they used to?
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Close relative to the less intelligent Donald J. Boney-eared Assfish. bsky.app/profile/merr...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Local woman says if referendum results show none of the problems she invented are a concern of the majority of voters then she will then work hard to look for new problems.
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‘Not as long as I’m premier’: Danielle Smith rules out 2nd separation referendum if Albertans vote to remain | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was definitive Friday when asked whether she’d commit to not holding another referendum on Alberta separation should a majority of Albertans vote to remain in Canada on ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With deep sorrow and regret I must report that President Donald J. Trump did not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. I know how devastated all of you must be. But inevitably, someday, in the not-too-distant-future, he will give the world something much greater to celebrate.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My Persian lime harvest in 2024. The limes are from a single in-ground tree on my property, minimally protected in the coldest 4 months of the year, mid-Nov. through mid-Mar. I live on the west coast of Canada, just above the 49th parallel. Proof that you can grow citrus fruit in Canada …
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Because there is zero regulation of AI, this story is scary as fuck .... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/s...
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‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release (Gift Article)
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A potential lab leak and a feared disease prompted some comparisons with Covid-19, but experts said that even if plague were confirmed, the risk would be limited. Human cases of plague occur each year and are relatively simple to treat. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...
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Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia (Gift Article)
The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Danger! Danger!! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am not the first to say it, but the United States of America, the most powerful nation on Earth, is run by a fucking moron. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A historically unproductive Congress. By the numbers.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A top Mike Johnson aide was planning an official trip for Hill staffers to Europe two weeks before the election, with stops at Ferrari factory in Maranello, luxury brand companies in “Milan or Florence” & Champagne region of France. Scoop from colleague Scott Wong: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Congressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election
The weeklong staff trip, including stops at a Ferrari factory and Champagne, was to be led by an aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson and was canceled after NBC News asked about the itinerary.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't understand how this graph is compatible with an overall drop of only 2 million. I understand that there's a lot of the rest of the world's US visitors not represented, but that's a drop of 20 million from Mexico and Canada.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many bands have shaped Rock and Roll over the past 75 years. Some, like the Odds, not well known. Canada has been over-represented for its population, both by relatively obscure bands like the Odds, and by famous artists like Neil Young, the Band, and Joni Mitchell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eimp...
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Odds-Someone Who's Cool
YouTube video by oddsmusic
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wonderful gesture, beautiful story ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Woven baskets gifted to Okanagan Indian Band elder, replacing those lost to wildfire | CBC News
A B.C. woman who read an Okanagan Indian Band elder's story of losing treasured items in the Bradley Creek wildfire gifted him four woven baskets, believed to be of Syilx origin, from her home.
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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lol they've got video of Smith at the Hawkeyes game
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MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) on X
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Getting French-Canadians to the point of embracing the mindset of 'we must all hang together or we shall all hang separately' is an amazing feat. Only Trump could have made the US seem so awful that the Quebecois would embrace Canada First."
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Whoa: “Unlike the Hugging Face attack and other incidents in which AI systems were told to complete cybersecurity tests that effectively invited the models to demonstrate their hacking skills, the new incidents occurred when AI systems were directed to perform relatively mundane data collection…”
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting (Gift Article)
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is right, but would remove the modifier “compelling.” There is no actual evidence supporting the lab leak theory. It’s only theories all the way down
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This will be, as recounted by future historians, as a time when the United States of America was ruled by a demented narcissistic psychopath whose actions signaled the end of America's place as leader lf the free world.
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Crisp @crisp91.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🌕 What if the Moon formed almost as quickly as the impact that created it? New simulations suggest Earth’s Moon could have taken shape in just 5 hours after a collision with a Mars-sized world billions of years ago. Our cosmic history may have been astonishingly freakin violent, and quite fast. 🌎💥
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Earth's moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact
One day in history about 4.5 billion years ago was a dramatic one for Earth, potentially giving our planet an instant moon and an almighty headache all in one go.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So what country was the only one in the world to vote against the motion? The USA of course, because Trump has a notoriously tiny penis and is a malignant narcissist who won't support or aid the disadvantaged because there's nothing in it for him. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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UN votes for more accurate maps to show Africa’s true size
The UN assembly voted 164 to 1, with six abstentions, to support Africa’s campaign for cartographic justice
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Reporters Laugh As Canadian PM Mark Carney Roasts Lutnick And Trump At Presser — But Politely
EFF That ‘Unelected’ Hoser — Basically
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Dean Blundell's excellent analysis. Referring to Trump: "This is not a foreign policy. This is a man with the object permanence of a golden retriever." substack.com/@deanblundel...
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BREAKING: King Carney Just Yanked $4.7 Billion Out of America’s Rail Industry and Trump Melted Down On Camera Calling Canada a Bigger Threat Than Russia And China.
The beatings will continue until he's gone, America. Sorry, not sorry.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And this ignorant imbecile used to be leader of the free world. I say used to be because the USA no longer leads the free world. Europe and Canada do. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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Donald Trump mistakes Bank of Canada for retail bank | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday implied the Bank of Canada was a commercial bank with locations south of the border, not a Crown corporation based up north.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Breaking News: www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI probes report of data breach exposing millions of drivers' licenses in US, Canada
The FBI said on Wednesday it was investigating a report that tens of millions of drivers' licenses belonging to people in the ​United States and Canada were being sold on the dark web.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kind of a scary fascist unilateralism philosophy on display here: “The White House (says) the deal "re-establishe(s) the Monroe Doctrine ... purging foreign malign influence from our backyard and ensuring American dominance in our hemisphere is never again questioned". www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts - and angers many Venezuelans
Amounting to 65 billion barrels of crude, the deal is labelled by one ex-envoy as a colonialist "fever dream".
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
AAAAA
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Republican Party spokesperson Winston Smith, who works in the Ministry of Truth and whose job it is to alter past and monitor current newspaper articles, historical records, and photographs so that the Republican Party is always proven right. www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
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Republican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention | CBC News
Chuck Thompson, the head of public affairs at CBC, says the public broadcaster is reviewing the Republican National Committee's "disappointing" decision to revoke CBC/Radio-Canada press accreditation ...
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
AI search results: “Alphabet Inc. (Google’s parent company), generated a worldwide gross profit of $271.52 billion USD ... a 24.03% increase year-over-year” So why can’t they can’t afford to roll-out their pathetic attempt to appease a President with dementia by not offending the rest of the world?
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Here’s hoping this will also apply to adult-sized diapers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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Sophie Nadeau 🇨🇦 @sophienadeau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A really great reminder about Lutnick’s short memory & the deep appreciation so many Americans have for Canada from a former State Department colleague of mine. This trade business is truly heartbreaking for a lot of people kevinmoreilly.substack.com/p/nous-nous-...
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Nous nous souvenons
Canada remembers & we must do so as well
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If, ten years ago, you told me that in 2026 Canada’s Prime Minister considers that Canada can pursue trading relationships throughout the world with the sole exceptions of the United States and Russia, I would have said “What!”
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 23/08/2026
A Message From The Government of Canada Regarding the US Trade War
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Netherlands is shocked to hear that Pete Hoekstra is offending people in his current ambassadorial appointment
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Books that shaped Donald Trump's world view include Mein Kampf and all of the Archie comics. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James Baldwin
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Not so much that they are mislabeled as that no countries with those borders exist in those places
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villefranche.bsky.social @villefranche.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Scientists discover milk shake ingredients in the Milky Way. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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This sugar is in raspberries, self-tanner and — scientists discovered — space. Here's why that matters | CBC News
It's a sweet discovery that has the science world talking — and may help us better understand the origins of life on Earth.
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