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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

Just for clarity, not only did all those donors get charitable tax receipts for their donations, but Skippy McDouchebag also got a tax receipt for his contribution to the food bank.

We're all subsidizing this grifter and con man.

Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 16h

Taxpayer-funded food bank donation after asking for "$1,750" donations at a party fundraising brekky

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING! Lifelong grifter and conman who just held a $1,750/plate fundraiser donates $14 worth of groceries to food bank; makes sure his private photographer is there to record his unbridled altruism.

Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 16h

Taxpayer-funded food bank donation after asking for "$1,750" donations at a party fundraising brekky

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 3h

Does the name "Gord Downie" mean anything?

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 9d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 4h

Don't get me started on "baby oil."

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 12h

It's entirely likely that Ana Poilievre is a more pathetic narcissist than her husband, and I did not think that was physically possible.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 13h

Can someone please use the adjective "wart-ravaged" at some point?

It seems so obvious.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

The remaining two-in-five are mentally retarded, or live in Red Deer.

But I repeat myself.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Dear NRA: I'll bet you're feeling a right bunch of gits these days.

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14h

“The party of ‘I need my guns to stop a tyrannical government’ literally voted for tyranny AND having their guns tracked!!! Can’t make this up!!!!”

Pam Bondi Builds the Gun Registry MAGA Swore Democrats Would Create

A conspiracy theory pushed by 2nd Amendment nuts for years has now become reality under Trump.

beingliberal.substack.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

You should see what's happening in Alberta.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Are you serious? You lucky jammy bastard.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Steve Hackett is a god.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcaH...

www.youtube.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

This is why I think Canada should show Alberta the door ... that entire province is too fucking stupid for words. Cut them loose and move on.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

If the Nazis were still alive, they'd be looking at Donald Trump and saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, dude ... aren't you going a bit far there?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

In the same way that buffalo wings are made from buffalo, and Old Spice deodorant contains old spices.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

My sister-in-law just had her spleen removed. I was going to e-mail her with a detailed discussion of what the spleen is and its purpose in the human body, but I did not want to be accused of "manspleening."

Ba-dum-bsssssssh.

I'll show myself out.

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Bruce 🇨🇦 @manitos2016.bsky.social · 16h

This is a pretty clever bit of framing re. electric vehicles vs. combustion vehicles. Worth a watch 😂

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

Man, I am going to start using this graphic for shitloads of posts.

Gallifrey Stands @drgallifreystands.bsky.social · 15h

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty much Pierre Poilievre-level condescending misogyny.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

I selected my new employment partially based on that it was accessible via public transit (OCTranspo O-Train Line 1). I sold my old Mazda hatchback, got a Presto transit pass, signed up for Communauto car sharing, and have not purchased a new car since. And I am perfectly happy.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.”

Designed-in car dependency, surging car prices, longer loan periods with more interest.

Sound like “freedom” to you?

Cars are so expensive that buyers need 7-year loans

Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average auto prices nearing $50,000.

www.seattletimes.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

That neckgina is really something.

Axios @axios.com · 15h

Trump slammed Time magazine's cover photo of him, in which he said "they 'disappeared' my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one."

Trump slams Time magazine photo as "Worst of All Time"

Trump said Time's photo "disappeared" his hair.

www.axios.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

I am currently expanding my digital CD collection, so I need to know where to buy FLAC-format albums of, say, @grievousangels104.bsky.social.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 15h

Just got my tickets for Neko Case in Ottawa in January, 2026.

And good for her for doing this.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 4d

Neko Case ends Tennessee show early after venue refuses to remove armed security guard

Neko Case Ends Tennessee Show Early After Venue Refuses To Remove Armed Guard

Neko Case played a show Thursday night at the Caverns in the tiny Tennessee town of Pelham — or at least she started to, before walking off stage after her first few songs. The reason for her departur...

www.stereogum.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 16h

This. Coming up.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16h

I sense a pardon on its way.

A tweet by Jacob Shamsian reads: “The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown. Inmates say she’s getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.”

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 16h

The beauty of Aaron Rupar is that he hangs every single member of the Trump regime simply by quoting them accurately.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: What is the benefit for the US in helping Argentina?

TRUMP: Just helping a great philosophy take over a great country ... we don't have to do it. It's not gonna make a big difference for our country.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 16h

I look forward to Rebel News publishing a shrieky, spittle-flecked response describing all of this as being taken out of context.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 16h

told ya so

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