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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 11h

Aretha Franklin: Respect.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 16h

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 11h

Yep. Just turned on John Oliver’s takedown on Bari Weiss and the takeover of CBS News.

You know, to lighten the mood.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 11h

Well, Toronto gonna Toronto

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 13h

Why is there someone wearing a Wisconsin style cheese hat in the expensive seats behind home plate?

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 19h

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` it 's anti italian discrimination ''

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` it 's anti italian discrimination ''

media.tenor.com

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 19h

A succulent baby seal?!

Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 20h

The Hub. Of course.

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 22h

The Toronto Star wrote up a history of TO Bike Share, an interesting complement to @stateofthecity.bsky.social's thread on saving Montréal's bike share. TO followed in making it a public system after PBSC went bankrupt. (Plus, adorable bike graphics!)

(Article accessible with library card)

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 22h

Had so much fun at a Carp game! I second this.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 22h

While we Canadians enjoy a nice low-key Thanksgiving, the Americans get this.

youtu.be/eKEwL-10s7E?...

Columbus Day - How Is This Still A Thing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 8d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 22h

The story of the 21st century so far in miniature: unambiguous advancement getting tossed onto the fire.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

NEW: After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.

In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

www.propublica.org

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that was a mostly dull three hours.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, crap

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s October. The easiest time of the year to acquire costumes!

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Sign in background cut off, ICE thugs not covering their faces, backgrounds that look off. There are still plenty of tell signs, if you’re looking for them, but it keeps looking more convincing.

This is bad.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from the usual traffic around Barrie, it was a very pleasant drive to visit my parents, one of my siblings, and my nephew in Sudbury. Drove up two other family members from Toronto as well. That, along with a fall drive in Caledon on Friday made for a nice weekend.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian Thanksgiving is just one of the best holidays there is.

Held at a nice time of year, when travel to visit family and friends is still easy.

Relatively low stress.

Little historical baggage (compared with US Thanksgiving).

Great food.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

I also remember “Je suis un ananas”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

But it does make it easier to provide decent transit. The TTC has issues but it does provide frequent service to most parts of the city.

Look to Brampton and Kingston as good examples too.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

You know what? Trudeau and Perry are probably good for each other.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

My MP might as well be an AI chatbot

FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 2d

I want to cry. ---- One of the world's biggest AI ...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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