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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 5h

Canada ranks 9th highest in the world for the cost of internet access.

#Canada

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Shirley Jennings 🇨🇦 📎 @canteach.bsky.social · 3h

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19h

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19h

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Book Jockey @amyinthelou.bsky.social · 2h

Subscribe!! Sarah Kendzior’s writing is so beautiful and heart achingly accurate.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19h

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19h

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2h

The noble frog's reclamation from fascist pervert associations is so long overdue

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 2h

Sadly, books are the new buggy whips.
Reminds me of the china fugurines beloved by my late mother that you can't give away anymore.
Soon, paperbacks will be mere curiosities.

CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 2h

It’s the end of a long chapter for one local bookstore

A beloved used bookstore in Ottawa is turning the page on decades of business in the capital.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 11h

“Best regards”

A letter from STANLEY KUBRICK
August 27, 1970
James T. Aubrey, Jr.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
245N Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Dear James,
It has come to my attention that you and your
studio are considering producing a sequel to "2001:
A Space Odyssey" over my objections. My attorney informs me that you hold the option and, legally. there is little I can do to stop you.
However, I'd like you to know that I own the tapir bone prop from 2001 - the one "Moonwatcher" throws into the sky. If you attempt to make a sequel, I will cram that temur up your ass so far, it will take an as yet undiscovered alien super-intelligence to figure out how to dislodge it. Seriously, don't fuck with me.
Best regards,
Stanley Kubrick

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 3h

What makes this piece special are the reminiscences of those who were there 50 years ago tonight.
Props to one who realized early on what a meat grinder #SNL would become and got out almost immediately.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 5h

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 5h

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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JulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 5h

#BlueskyArtShow #Glow
A golden dandelion

A close up photo of a dandelion seed head.
A single green stem with hundreds of thinner stems radiating out in a fluffy circle.
Behind is a golden sunset that is illuminating the dandelion

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h

A rat ran across the table at Al Jazeera during a broadcast 🐀 😬

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 4h

The baby Mark Carney side-eye is the chef's kiss.

Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 2d

“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 2d

“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 11h

thousands of british columbia baseball fans considering breaking their u.s. boycott next week

a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it

media.tenor.com

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Ian Geordie Clark @ian-geordie-clark.bsky.social · 9h

Recorded and released at a time when the UK charts were dominated by nice, ‘safe’ music. Imagine how this song shook things up!

A brilliant, iconic song that still feels powerful 49 years later.
🎯👌⚡️🔥
#SexPistols #punk #musicsky

youtu.be/cBojbjoMttI?...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 5h

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 6h

The utter inability of legacy news media to be able to deal with being straight-up lied to is one of the primary drivers of this mess.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy '63. 🎶'Murphy's Boogie' #bluesmusic

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 13h

49 years ago today
The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC.

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Jamie Reid and Sophie Richmond - Sex Pistols Bulletin for Anarchy in the UK!

#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 16h

The Small Faces (with PP Arnold) ~ Tin Soldier
(Live on French TV, March 2 1968 - dubbed)
#SmallFaces #SteveMarriott #MusicSky

This is so great, Marriott was the epitome of what a Rock Star should be. I saw him many times, he was always on, and always amazing.

youtu.be/6vWTtx_PxPo

Small Faces - Tin Soldier (good quality)

YouTube video by xJayWalkerx

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 15h

Aerosmith's Joe Perry once unfortunately had to sell his 1959 Gibson Les Paul during his 1982 divorce.
Later, he found the guitar was owned by Slash.
At Joe's 50th birthday party, Slash gave him the guitar as a gift.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 16h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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