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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 45m

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Emails, texts offer glimpse into behind-the-scenes politics over city’s 5-day office mandate | CBC News

Emails and text exchanges with the office of Ottawa's mayor offer a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes conversations that took place at city hall as politicians and staff dealt with public pushback an...

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1h

A cherry little ditty from 1995 I caught myself singing along to on the ride home

watch out!
Our Silence is Death!
watch out!
We shall resist the violence!
Watch out!
And we'never give up!
Watch out!
ONLY DEATH IS SILENCE

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Search & Destroy

YouTube video by KMFDM - Topic

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 9h

Dozens rally in support of First Nation’s fight against proposed nuclear waste dump www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Rally held in Ottawa to support First Nation against nuclear dump

A few dozen people held a rally outside the Federal Court of Appeal to support Kebaowek First Nation's fight against a nuclear dump site.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

A study, co-authored by researchers with the Chiefs of Ontario and the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, found the rate of opioid-related deaths among First Nations people tripled between 2019 and 2022.

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a person 's face with the words `` all right , i 'm in '' written on it .

ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words `` all right , i 'm in '' written on it .

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Shemarria @shemarria.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's viewing... the O/G
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Alien (1979) ⭐ 8.5 | Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 57m | R

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

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Dolly Parton speaks out about health concerns: 'I ain't dead yet' | CBC News

Dolly Parton "ain't dead yet," the country superstar said on social media Wednesday following public speculation about her health.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

Jerilee Ryle, a member of Lake St. Martin First Nation, is the newest judge in Manitoba’s provincial court.

At her swearing-in, she reflected on how Anishinaabe traditions, once illegal, are now part of the system she serves.

Anishinaabe judge sworn in to system that once banned her traditions | APTN News

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto

Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

Minot

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

Aw Crap! Dolly Parton is unwell. Her sister was up all night praying for/with her. And, Sister believing in Power of Prayer asks people to do the same. (Cp24 citing CNN) For Dolly, I will.🙋‍♀️🙆🙋‍♀️🙆🙋‍♀️

dolly parton is wearing a red dress and has a wig on .

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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 2d

I'll just leave this here...

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Snails @snailspace.bsky.social · 2d

Day 07: Snake - Lavos-man, Lavos-man, does whatever a viper can..! 🐍
#tennotober #tennotober2025 #warframefanart

Lavos poses like Spiderman and launches his snakes from his arms.

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

a cup of coffee is being poured into a bowl on a table .

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Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social · 1d

The Conservative Party conference has been a useful reminder that yes, astonishing as that may seem, things could actually be worse.

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

Cauliflower is a Starch - roast it like potatoes
Do Not boil the everlivn snot out of it or serve it raw

Avocado is a lipid - spread it like butter or cream cheese or use as the base for a whipped dip with lots of lime & spice
Do not base your Identity around it

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Alan Cross🇨🇦 @alancross.bsky.social · 1d

Now it’s Blue Öyster Cult vs. Donald Trump over an unhinged parody of “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” #musicnews

Now it’s Blue Öyster Cult vs. Donald Trump over an unhinged parody of “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper”

There was a time when being the President of the United States was a serious job for serious people. The goal was to serve all citizens, play by the rules of honour, follow

dlvr.it

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 1d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 2d

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

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cyan @cyanfacade.bsky.social · 1d

day 8: scholar for #tennotober, of course i had to do albrecht, and of course i had to combine my current hades brainworm into it... enjoy

#warframefanart

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📼 V I D E O 📼 @video199x.bsky.social · 2d

I think not casting Jared Leto in Tron would have been the easiest W for the new movie

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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 1d

it's the Greenbelt all over again #onpoli #dougford
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Ontario skills training funding not fair or transparent, auditor finds

TORONTO - Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini's office has been heavily involved in selecting projects that get funded under a $2.5-billion skills training program and has doled out money to

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Jay 🌲 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · Jul 7

Here's a look at what I've been working on these past couple weeks!! Rainbow Raven, a collection of pride flag coloured formline stickers!!

🌈🪶 #formline #telekitneticart #pridemonth #indigenousart 🌈🪶

A diagram of a bunch of formline raven sticker designs shaped like hearts. All of them are coloured based on various pride flags; the Gilbert Baker rainbow flag, the transgender flag, the lesbian flag, the gay flag, the nonbinary flag, the asexual flag, the aromantic flag, the pansexual flag, the bisexual flag, the genderfluid flag, the intersex flag, the polyamorous flag, and the disability flag.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2d

why does nvidia, the largest fraud, not simply eat the other 8?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
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M L R @cybermercy.bsky.social · 2d

10 Horror Movies to get to know me by - in no particular order

Identity
Alien
Creepshow
Gothika
Dracula - any of them all of them
Masque of the Red Death
Deep Red
Dawn of the Dead
American Werewolf in London
Cat People

Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🩸Messiah Of Evil
🪏Dead And Buried
✝️Exorcist III
🔪Alice, Sweet Alice
🪟The House With The Laughing Windows
🎅Black Christmas '74
🐺The Thing
📺Ghostwatch
⚪Phantasm
🪦Creepshow

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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