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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 3h

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ALT: a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 3h

LOL WHAT

steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 4h

Calgary, make sure you get out and vote! #yyc #yycvote #calgaryelection

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

“No public money for private schools” is just good policy. Pledge to pump those resources (and more) into the public system.

I would love to see a provincial party run on it. @albertandp.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social #abpoli #ableg

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 21h

We will use teacher salaries to bribe parents, and they will love us.

*massive protests*

We will return to the bargaining table.

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve always found it bemusing to see Catholics criticize the Pope. Aren’t you definitionally required to accept his authority? *shrugs agnostically*

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Adam P. Knave @adampknave.com · 1d

Why didn't Starscream get any of Megatron's messages the other day? He was in airplane mode.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

“No public money for private schools” is just good policy. Pledge to pump those resources (and more) into the public system.

I would love to see a provincial party run on it. @albertandp.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social #abpoli #ableg

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 1d

I just want Albertans who still support this UCP government to give me a real reason.

The UCP have made everything worse. Skyrocketing utilities & insurance rates. Healthcare on the verge of collapse. Teachers on strike over working conditions.

They’ve made an awful mess.

#ableg #cdnpoli

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

Another classic:

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

This is also an opportunity to share one of my favourite descriptions of libertarians:

youtu.be/SMsnKFxjxSw?...

FARGO Season 5 | So you want freedom?

YouTube video by regisatlas

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

Give it enough time, a libertarian will always reveal who they really are. Always.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t know the politics of the individual gymnasts so it’s very possibly a shame that some won’t get to compete. That sucks for them!

But you don’t legitimize an apartheid state. And this is one of the (many) ways to exert pressure.

steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 21h

This is the way.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21h

Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says.

apnews.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 22h

the poor CFL, minding its business and then catching strays, geez

steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 22h

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, it’s so depressing that this shit will resonate with people.

You know what would help relieve pressure on the public system? Putting the money currently diverted to private schools into it!

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22h

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 1d

"It's not that another huge offensive explosion from the Blue Jays would've seemed fake, but there's something especially real-seeming about needing an alternate path to victory, and finding it, and against the Yankees." @christhompson.bsky.social:

The Blue Jays Have The Juice | Defector

The Toronto Blue Jays needed a different script for Wednesday’s Game 4 against the New York Yankees. They’d gotten their lead in the series by socking the ball all over the damn place—six extra-base h...

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning!

steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 1d

The handsome, gentlemanly and virtuous Toronto Blue Jays have dispatched the reprehensible New York Yankees straight into the dumpster. All is right in the world for one night.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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