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Zach S

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Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 7h
It's hard to write a story where everyone already knows the ending. I tried to put a slightly different spin on the Padres experience, which feels more and more like the thrill of skydiving without a reserve parachute.
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three years ago, our world was torn open. We mourn the Israelis and people of other nationalities murdered by Hamas, in their homes and at a music festival, and the hostages who never came home alive. Parents, children, grandparents, friends. Each person an entire world.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
if i were a padres fan and watched those two gut-destroying baseball games i legit would consider calling out of work tomorrow
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doug Ford is all words, no action. He promised $5 billion to protect Ontario businesses from Trump's tariffs. Two years in, he's given $100m to one steel company and only spent $40M across all other businesses.
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Ford government ‘Protect Ontario’ tariff program spent $140 million so far | Globalnews.ca
On Tuesday, during committee at Queen's Park, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy was grilled by opposition MPPs on how much of that cash has actually been deployed.
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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Whatever you do with your time, while you're here, every single day: give a shit ... Do it with purpose and gratitude, and surround yourself with people you love that also give a shit. I don't know, because I don't know anything. But that might be the key to life." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXQ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Moxley shares his favorite life lesson from PAC
YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling
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Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The pope’s team advancing out of the wild card series while the Franciscans are taking care of the crosstown team … this is true coalition building
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Israel's horrific, in your face conduct, combined with the suppression of antizionist criticism by pro-Israel political and social elites, has created a kind of cognitive permission structure to deny that Jews face any oppression whatsoever.
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Dan @golazodan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wrestling’s greatest sneak attack.
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pac vs Orange Cassidy from Feb. 2020. One of my favorite "comedy matches" ever and a real bright spot to continually look back on once that year took a turn. youtu.be/7W63y_mCcg0
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FULL MATCH: PAC vs Orange Cassidy | AEW Revolution 2020
YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm under no illusions about how things are or what the trajectory is. But I'm also excited for the future because that is where I will hang out with the people I care about and do the things I like doing, or haven't done before. Weird but telling that this holds less appeal for much richer people.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The director/camera crew having the idea to locate a SeatGeek sign in the stadium and zoom in on GEEK and get it on the broadcast within 10 seconds of Benetti nerding out is the pinnacle of sports broadcasting
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More in my lane is how anti-semitism is now basically unregulated on social media, how any 14 year old can now find "Jewish question" content that was walled off 10 years ago... and all the energy is in banning Israel boycotts. I assure you, that's making this worse!
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 15/09/2026
Unbelievable www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
Katie Dippold Instagram post of a previously unseen babydook party photo in which she’s smiling and toasting the camera
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Bill DiFilippo @billdifilippo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
probably one of the more accurate applications of how the founding fathers viewed the second amendment tbh
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Petition to legally require a "FUCK OFF" button on every AI tool that asks if you'd like it to summarize an email or blow your nose for you. People went nuts when U2 shoved an album onto their phones against their will, and now this crap is rammed down our throats everywhere. Rise up, people!
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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
one person in dentists office: rhys rhys rhys everyone in dentists office: RHYS RHYS RHYS
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Russos make a mockery of actual film studies. They make you think you need to do all this work to appreciate what is ultimately a 3 hour commercial for the next movie. You don’t. But they reveal their contempt for intellectualizing cinema by using these words that sound smart to promote capeshit
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I have major respect for the video essays from The Elephant Graveyard, who has a unique and surgically precise approach to dismantling these unfunny hacks, fascist cheerleaders who can dish it out but can’t take it. Newest episode just dropped, well worth your time www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9p...
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How Comedy Drowned in a Radioactive Cesspool of Corruption and Depravity
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 11/09/2026
Someone on Reddit filmed an aerial drone advertisement in the night sky in Toronto and if this is real, it needs to be banned immediately. #TOpoli
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ban this. Holy crap. Ban this and then shame the people who coceived of, designed and OKed it. www.reddit.com/r/toronto/s/...
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From the toronto community on Reddit: Toronto downtown right now, drone show?
Explore this post and more from the toronto community
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They all say “I’ll leave!” and then what actually happens is they stay and pay the taxes they just do it like Paul Rudd cleaning up the cafeteria in Wet Hot American Summer
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TAPE @tapemachines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
well we're back
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Another common W for the wise Bald Samsung Phone User
VIA: https://www.thestar.com/business/dairy-fish-smartphones-what-canadians-will-pay-more-for-under-new-counter-tariffs/article_9668b5c9-50e8-4a6a-91f6-fc1d0eb9ae88.html

Smartphones and video game consoles
Evan Light, an associate professor at the faculty of information at the University of Toronto, said that purchasing smartphones and video games could become even more costly.

Both products were hit with a 50 per cent tariff on Tuesday, an added pressure for consumers looking to upgrade their technology. Light said these tech gadgets are already going up in prices because of ongoing supply issues and high demand.

“Smartphones are fairly expensive to begin with,” he said. “You’d be paying an extra $500 or $600 for a new phone.”

Shampoo and conditioner
Joseph Steinberg, an economics professor at the University of Toronto, said he expects shampoo and conditioner to see “double-digit price increases” as grocery stores and retailers grapple with the pressure of retaliatory tariffs.

While shampoo and conditioner are not explicitly listed on Canada’s list of American products, the item “preparations for use on the hair” is listed with a 50 per cent tariff.

In addition to hair care, “beauty or makeup preparations,” which includes lip, eye, manicure and pedicure items, have also been hit with a 50 per cent tariff. This includes sunscreen and suntanning products.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The requests were flatly denied... 'There won’t be anything coming in email,' the director wrote" globalnews.ca/news/1204843...
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Inside the Ford government’s pause on all freedom of information requests | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government made the unprecedented decision to pause all transparency requests for more than a week. Here's what happened behind the scenes.
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Taka Hanazawa @takahanazawa.bsky.social · 04/09/2023
Happy Labor Day, comrades
Miles O'Brien from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine speaking of his ancestor "He was more than a hero.  He was a union man."
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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For the 22nd year in a row “Scotty Doesn’t Know” from EUROTRIP is the song of the summer. Here is. My oral history of that song
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Here's An Oral History Of 'Scotty Doesn't Know' From 'EuroTrip'
There are two things I remember distinctly about putting this piece together. First, that it took a surprisingly long time. I remember my editor always checking in on Slack, asking, "What are you work...
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The stupidest, most cynical trash. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
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Doug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sources
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.
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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/09/2026
David Mastin, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, slammed the “shoddy rollout” of the $750 spending accounts. He also questioned why, amid a trade battle, the government is giving lucrative contracts to American firms. New from @krushowy.bsky.social:
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Violating and economically debilitating the most important city in your province out of ego, spite and lazy ideology. Doug Ford likes to attack Trump, but he’s the most Trump-like leader in Canada.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a disaster for Toronto. Getting a bike during COVID and using it as my main getting-around device has been one of the best things that's ever happened to my physical and mental health. They're basically making it impossible for me to bike again without risking my life.
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Josh Matlow @joshmatlow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Doug Ford is sole-sourcing Ontario teachers’ entire classroom supplies fund to an American-owned chain in the middle of a trade war. The Premier has big words and big signs, but he could cancel the Staples deal and open the fund to local Canadian businesses instead.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 30/08/2026
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My objectively correct take on bicycle helmet discourse is that you, an individual capable of rational self-government, should of course wear a helmet while riding a bike and no, the government should not mandate or compel it anymore than it should compel us to eat the RDI of dietary fiber.
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Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No better day to share my absolute favorite piece of writing about Tim Curry EVER. RIP to one of the best to ever do it.
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An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism
How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Inverse Charlie Kirk. Him: bad person the right tried pretending—and demanding everyone else pretend—was good. Her: good person who did a lot of good things, which they need to deny to avoid cognitive dissonance. Vocally and financially supporting Black artists and LGBT people isn’t “neutral.”
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TDE Wrestling @tdewrestling.com · 21/08/2026
Salute to the Poster of all Posters. 🫡
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Defector @defector.com · 05/08/2026
If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them. defector.com/the-right-ha...
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The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector
A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…
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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 29/07/2026
A scene from The Odyssey where Penelope stands before the suitors, but Tim Robinson has been added in. It’s a reference to I Think You Should Leave. Penelope says “Ronnie, I feel like you’re just here for the zip line” and Tim Robinson says “what?”
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Coates is just incredibly on point in this. No one in his cohort of big ticket intellectuals has met the moment anywhere near as well as he has. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZrX...
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"Palestinians are wholly excluded from the room" w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates
YouTube video by Makdisi Street
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Today the Carney government announced a consultation on AI transparency. This decision makes a mockery of it, as Carney has signalled repeatedly (see: Palantir is a Canadian company) that his digital policy will basically be whatever makes the US tech giants happy.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Nothing to share at this time" genuinely wish Canadians got angry about the contempt government shows daily when it lies to us.
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Our Prime Minister is following this man's policy wants nearly to the letter: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... You want oligarchy? Keep believing in 4d cHeSs, fail to stand up. Keep believing all the neoliberal crap is necessary for national unity. Let the Trojan Horse inside the gates. #CDNpoli #Carney
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Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Oh THAT'S why I always thought the horse had wheels
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 26/07/2026
This is absolutely going to have an effect on AI search results and bot-summaries. Looking closely at how the page is constructed, that seems to be the point.
A new CDC webpage, seemingly engineered for bot-ingestion, states "the claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim..."
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
People act like it’s impossible to do the right thing and succeed but its actually pretty easy to do it and have everyone love you and you can even be a goofy silly guy and do it
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I will say, I have yet to see a single tough-on-crime Conservative complain about her previously being out on bail, her lenient sentence, the fact that she seems to be continually breaching the terms of her house arrest so she can "work" for Rebel "News," or this latest affront. Not. One. Peep.
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
God of Thunder who once traveled back in time to reverse the disappearing of half the universe, upon seeing that his dead friend is now alive: "It's not possible."
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump in the Star Wars medal scene.
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