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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 13h

a Hannah Arendt-quoting baseball fan? be still my heart

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 16h

I am now that relative, also still the recipient.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 1d

But did you go to food museums?!

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 1d

You don't know how to throw a slider YET. what better place to learn?

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 2d

“Billy, these are salmon. They’re some of the most undervalued fish in baseball. Their defect is they can’t survive on land. They can be the most effective relief pitchers in the league.”

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 2d

Bravo Neko Case.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 2d

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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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 2d

Neko Case is a damn treasure. So glad they exist and make art.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 3d

Me signing a card:
You're dino-mite!
Nonono
You're one in a melon!
Nonono
You know, many years and nine months ago I fucked your mom.

Coworker: none of these are appropriate for Janet's birthday.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't know the Yankees had a whole truck.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 3d

Catchers!

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 3d

Nova Scotia! You can now book your Covid and flu vaccines! Get on it!
novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c...

CANImmunize

CANImmunize Clinic Flow

novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 4d

THEY GOT JUST ENOUGH REST.

Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 7d

my family's getting real tired of me constantly saying "hey, they got just enough rest" after every Jays' positive outcome. this is only game 2.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 4d

Time for more runs, jays!

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 4d

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 7d

So happy to have my Dads.

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Nick Ashbourne @nickashbourne.bsky.social · 7d

Extremely advanced statistical comparison of the Blue Jays and Yankees lineups through 13 innings:

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Kristie @knairn.bsky.social · 7d

Aaron Boone deserves this for daring to say Buck was wrong about this Yankees team being ass

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 7d

a man walking down a set of stairs with the words awesomegifs written on the bottom

Alt: a man walking down a set of stairs with the a red doghouse like snoopy sleeps in, in the background.

media.tenor.com

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 7d

Best sushi I've found in Halifax:
www.tsukimifoodco.com

Home | TSUKIMI FOOD CO.

www.tsukimifoodco.com

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 8d

Are they saying "boo" or "Boone"?
#bluejays

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Sam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social · 9d

The framing of the Province's Planning Order is quite something. They rejected the Regional Plan because of watercourse setbacks and EVs, didn't understand the consequences, and now have to issue an order to fix the mess they created. It's HRM's fault though! Just wild.
novascotia.ca/just/regulat...

novascotia.ca

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 10d

Just out of curiosity, how many times have the Yankees eliminated the Dodgers since the move to LA?

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grilledcheese.bsky.social @grilledcheese.bsky.social · 11d

Started my day by calling out the workplace EDIA committee for including a Focus on the Family made up event day on their monthly calendar.

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Liz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social · 11d

This is a groundbreaking moment in the UK.

We need Canadian provinces and territories to wake up and act accordingly. It’s time to regulate the misuse of NDAs in Canada. #nspoli #halisky #canpoli #ndas

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staring blankly into the abyss @ianmosby.bsky.social · 13d

I started tracking the TRC's Calls to Action in 2016 and, since Eva Jewell and I stopped writing annual reports in 2023 out of despair, things have only become more bleak.

No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted.

A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com

Justin Brake @justinbrake.bsky.social · 13d

“We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”
thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...

The Stark Reality Ten Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Report | The Walrus

“We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”

thewalrus.ca

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