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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#Antifa

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form. n.pr/48UrvoM

Joey Arias has plenty of art left to give: 'I want to live to be at least 200 years old'

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military posts Intense clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night after an attack by the Taliban on Pakistani military posts. This escalation comes after a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week, as reported by security officials from both nations. Continue reading...

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3h

"Bird flu cases are spiking earlier than experts expected — and that could cause egg prices to skyrocket" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Egg prices could skyrocket as bird flu cases are spiking earlier than expected

Culls of millions of birds are sending egg prices soaring, with experts warning there’s no end in sight

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4h

I spent so much time studying a justice system that I no longer recognize.

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MoleMarg @goodmoleman2you.bsky.social · 5h

Just saw a cool multimedia piece at the Ottawa Art Gallery by Annie Bérubé, called Sous la Jupe de Ma Mère (Mer).

It “reimagines the decommissioning of an oil rig” with “the sea as both a maternal presence and a threshold: a site where grief, memory and regeneration converge.” #art #ottawa

Multimedia art piece that uses projected light over textiles and wire/wood to make it look like an oil rig in the shadows

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 5h

Daily walk. Last days for vibrant colours. :/

An aspen forest with grasses as understory, all changing colour from greens to yellows and a few reds.

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Ron @mrwx4caster.bsky.social · 4h

8pm EDT (00Z) Synoptic "Snapshot" of the weather for S. Ontario. #onwx #onstorm Variable clouds, still a low risk of a shower in the overnight in SCONT. Remains somewhat unsettled with clouds in parts of SONT/EONT Sunday, but we end up with a mix of sun and cloud

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Ron @mrwx4caster.bsky.social · 4h

8pm EDT (00Z) Synoptic "Snapshot" of the weather for N. Ontario. #onwx #onstorm Risks of showers increases in the overnight for S-SW parts of NWONT, central NONT/NEONT(near the Lakes) low cloud/local fog/drizzle (as seen on satellite) in the overnight.

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Don Nadon @donnadon.ca · 3h

surely there must be, but not sure where though

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Don Nadon @donnadon.ca · 3h

oh neat!

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Giggie @ottawaensis.bsky.social · 4h

that is so cool! i've never heard of this place before 🫣
found a neat writeup here —
www.capitalchronicles.ca/post/aylmer-...

Aylmer Island - A Secret Revealed

Many people living in Aylmer would say this is the island's worst-kept secret, but most people in the wider Capital Area never knew.

www.capitalchronicles.ca

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Don Nadon @donnadon.ca · 5h

Looks like a tropical island doesn't it? ...but it's just Aylmer Island in the Ottawa River! I've been there a few times via jetski from the Aylmer Marina in Gatineau. It has a few BBQ spots and such.

#ontario #ottawa

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Jessie🇨🇦🐈🐾 @jessiemcgowan.bsky.social · 7h

Peter Island #Ottawa

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Push Square @pushsquare.com · 5h

These 10+ New PS5, PS4 Are Coming Out Next Week (13th-19th October). (Repost)

These 10+ New PS5, PS4 Are Coming Out Next Week (13th-19th October)

Reach! Ball X Pit! NASCAR 25! More!

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 5h

I had many nick names, including “Landslide Lukaszuk”, but “Captain Canada” will take a while to get used to.😃

This gentleman just gave me that new nickname and presented me with my own key to Canada.

Thank you, Sir!

#ForeverCanadian

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h

🛢 Brent fell to $62.7

That is, now the real price at which Russians can sell its oil is somewhere around $40-50 per barrel. And their budget is calculated at $70+.

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Don Nadon @donnadon.ca · 5h

oUooo!

Alok & ILLENIUM – To The Moon | Ministry of Sound

Alok & ILLENIUM – To The Moon | Ministry of Sound

YouTube video by Ministry of Sound

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Giggie @ottawaensis.bsky.social · 5h

King's Landing (yes, i know) on Echo Drive overlooking the Canal
from 1933 until 1979, this was the site of the Morrison Lamothe Bakery — after, it was a grassy park for the better part of 2 decades
the present condo-townhouse dev was announced 1997, aerials from '99 show construction well under way