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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 1h

No offence tonight for the Blue Jays. Home run on the first pitch, but nothing after that. Mariners win 3-1.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2h

Thanksgiving dinner and baseball. Rest of family are on their way downstairs.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5h

They were told they will be fighting Antifa. Nothing prepared them for Cookie Monster doing pelvic thrust. It was an unfair fight.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 3h

Sixth inning has not been good. Mariners take the lead 2-1.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 4h

First batter, first inning, first home run. Springer! Blue Jays 1 Mariners 0.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 4h

Sadly some of Manning's recommendations ended up as amendments to legislation in Alberta.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 6h

Still remember 1992 thanksgiving dinner and playoff baseball. I was invited to MrsBratt’s family (we were still two years away from dating, but her brother was a longtime friend) for dinner. That game was when Alomar hit the homerun off of Eckersley! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GL...

1992 ALCS Gm4: Alomar ties it with a two-run homer

YouTube video by MLB

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 6h

Thanksgiving dinner and playoff baseball!

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 8h

Blue Jays will start Yesavage against Mariners in ALCS Game 2

It will be the second MLB post-season start for the 22-year-old right-hander, who dazzled in his playoff debut a week ago

www.theglobeandmail.com

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PaulaJay @paulajay.bsky.social · 9h

Feel the same way about @taprootedmonton.ca It has been my go-to for who's who and what's what for the upcoming Edmonton election edmonton.taproot.vote/2025

Taproot Edmonton - 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election

Tools, news, and information from Taproot Edmonton to help you prepare for the 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election.

edmonton.taproot.vote

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10h

*their* not there.

Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10h

Can I tell you how indispensable @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social has been in its coverage of the Calgary election. Whether you are following it closely or not. Videos of numerous ward and mayoral forums. And there most valuable service, a campaign primer. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...

Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl

Follow along with our candidate tracker.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 2d

There are 11 recommendations in here. Recs 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10 are all good, require no comment - just do them! The rest I will talk about in this thread.

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 2d

The Alberta post-secondary review is out. For the most part this is a very sensible set of recommendations. I would hazard a guess that it is not quite what the provincial government was expecting.

Alberta panel suggests new post-secondary funding model, institutional neutrality | CBC News

A panel that studied Alberta's post-secondary institutions has released its recommendations, which include replacing the funding framework, providing more assistance like grants and scholarships to st...

www.cbc.ca

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is a Janet Brown poll.

Third of Calgarians still undecided as tight race emerges among mayoral front-runners: poll | CBC News

With a little more than a week until election day, the race to become Calgary’s next mayor is wide open, according to a poll done for CBC News.

www.cbc.ca

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 2d

The Alberta post-secondary review is out. For the most part this is a very sensible set of recommendations. I would hazard a guess that it is not quite what the provincial government was expecting.

Alberta panel suggests new post-secondary funding model, institutional neutrality | CBC News

A panel that studied Alberta's post-secondary institutions has released its recommendations, which include replacing the funding framework, providing more assistance like grants and scholarships to st...

www.cbc.ca

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2d

I still remember the 1987 collapse of the Blue Jays against the Tigers. I was living in residence at the University of Windsor where most of us were Jays fans, while the city was mostly Tigers fans.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2d

By starting at 2015, they ignore the huge cuts to post-secondary in 2013.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 2d

The Mintz panel on Post-Secondary Institution Funding and Alberta’s Competitiveness was just released. I need time to read through it and analyze it. But here are their recommendations:

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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 4d

New publication, from @loleenberdahl.bsky.social, Bianca Jamal and me - trying to make sense of recent events in Canadian federalism:
Defiance: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Shifting Dynamics of Canadian Federalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Defiance: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Shifting Dynamics of Canadian Federalism

This research notes focuses on the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments’ addition of defiance to their repertoire of conflictual inter-governmental behaviors. Between 2019 and 2024, the two provinc...

www.tandfonline.com

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 3d

This is b/c of section 5(1.1) of the Building Canada Act, introduced by the BQ at 3rd reading. I haven’t had time, but an intrepid reporter might want to go through the House Transportation Committee’s report & Hansard for the votes. #cdnpoli #ableg

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Alberta will need B.C. government’s backing to build proposed pipeline: energy minister | CBC News

Canada’s energy minister says Alberta will need to get its neighbouring province on board in order to see its proposed pipeline project to the West Coast come to fruition.

www.cbc.ca

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