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Bryan Johnston 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩
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Full-time writer, part-time comic, unapologetic beer snob, porphyrophile, & dad to Dylan, Aodhan, & Saoirse. Opinions are my own. (he/him) #FreePalestine 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
My father is once again walking in #CNOY 2026 to raise money to support people and families experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness in the community.

Please donate if you can. All proceeds go to GAP (Gravenhurst Against Poverty).
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CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland on this day in 1945. It is now commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day every year.

Real anti-semitism exists and must be called out every time. No safe space for hate.
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft in Edinburgh by royal order.

1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, Austria.

1945: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz & Birkenau Concentration Camps; commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #todayinhistory
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Guidelines for being a grown-up champ.ly/TZTP1nD3 via #Uncynical
Guidelines for being a grown-up
how to be cool and polite
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January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
How to Create Micro-Moments of Joy to Help You Keep Going tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen https://theonion.com/trump-alleges-that-democrats-secretly-paid-alex-pretti-to-be-model-citizen/
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The Cost of Chronic Stress and 6 Practical Steps to Presence tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha
The Cost of Chronic Stress and 6 Practical Steps to Presence - Tiny Buddha
When we finally stop running from the messy, imperfect present moment, we discover it's the only place where peace exists.
champ.ly
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
How to Be an Instrument of Kindness in a Harsh World: George Saunders on Unthinking the Mind, Unstorying the Self, and the 3 Antidotes to Your Suffering champ.ly/4ofzNXXf via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy
How to Be an Instrument of Kindness in a Harsh World: George Saunders on Unthinking the Mind, Unstorying the Self, and the 3 Antidotes to Your Suffering
Here is the mathematical logic of the spirit: If love is the quality of attention we pay something other than ourselves and hate is the veil of not understanding ourselves, then loving the world mo…
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January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said Saturday about the murder of Alex Pretti: “I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.”

<cough> Kyle Rittenhouse <cough, cough>

Wasn't the exact opposite the defence for him? Seems legit.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
1788: British colonists hoist the Union Flag, now celebrated as Australia Day; referred to as Invasion Day by Aboriginals.

1904: Founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), Seán MacBride born in Dublin.

1926: John Logie Baird gives the 1st demonstration of television in London. #todayinhistory
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
What Is Nostalgia? The Real Meaning Behind Memories That Never Fade champ.ly/VocSxdkY via #mental_floss
What Is Nostalgia? The Real Meaning Behind Memories That Never Fade
Why certain memories stay with us for a lifetime and what sparks them.
www.mentalfloss.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Illusion of Anonymization: Why Your "Anonymous" Data Probably Isn'thttps://privalogy.com/p/the-illusion-of-anonymization-why via @marisonsouza.bsky.social #digitalprivacy #onlinesecurity #protectyourdata
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.

I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.

Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
76: Roman Emperor Hadrian born in Italica.

1935: First canned beer is sold by American company Krueger Brewing Co.

1965: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill dies of a stroke at 90.

1984: Apple Computer Inc. unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer. #todayinhistory
January 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says
Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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This is apparently real. People who voted for him must've wanted someone stupider than they are. I'm sorry, but he's a " low-IQ individual," to quote the Low-IQ Individual in Chief.
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM