Blair Crawford
@getbac.bsky.social
Retired journalist with the ottawacitizen.com. Proud Canadian. If I’m not home I’m probably in a kayak. 🇨🇦
The latest from the criminal enterprise that is the former United States government. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland
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January 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The latest from the criminal enterprise that is the former United States government. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
The sad, unsolved disappearance of Liam Toman from Mt Tremblant a year ago #TheFifthEstate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Where are you, Liam Toman? | CBC News
An Ontario family is searching for answers, one year after their 22-year-old son vanished from the ski resort at Mont-Tremblant, Que.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The sad, unsolved disappearance of Liam Toman from Mt Tremblant a year ago #TheFifthEstate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nothing gold can last….
Or something like that, at least.
Or something like that, at least.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Nothing gold can last….
Or something like that, at least.
Or something like that, at least.
I wonder how many pardoned Jan 6 Proud Boys found a home in ICE.
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I wonder how many pardoned Jan 6 Proud Boys found a home in ICE.
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Ugh this got me crying. This poor kid. Mine's almost the same age and I was just thinking about retail jobs he could apply for this summer, and to see a kid just like him assaulted and hurt and terrified like that and crying and needing strangers to help him, and no recourse, no justice.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Ugh this got me crying. This poor kid. Mine's almost the same age and I was just thinking about retail jobs he could apply for this summer, and to see a kid just like him assaulted and hurt and terrified like that and crying and needing strangers to help him, and no recourse, no justice.
That’s not concerning at all! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
That’s not concerning at all! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
The @ottawacitizen.com has a great story about the @wintertrail.bsky.social today. And don’t forget about the city’s other urban trails in Britannia, Rideau, Ottawa west and Ottawa east.
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The @ottawacitizen.com has a great story about the @wintertrail.bsky.social today. And don’t forget about the city’s other urban trails in Britannia, Rideau, Ottawa west and Ottawa east.
And here’s Elon himself boasting of Grok’s power to demean and humiliate. bsky.app/profile/wapp...
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
And here’s Elon himself boasting of Grok’s power to demean and humiliate. bsky.app/profile/wapp...
Fascinating
When the Mind Returns - the puzzle of terminal lucidity: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
When the Mind Returns
Some people with advanced dementia show sudden, brief returns of clarity near the end of life—speaking, remembering, reconnecting. What is terminal lucidity?
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December 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Fascinating
Why Does Trump Get Away With It? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | Why Does Trump Get Away With It?
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December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why Does Trump Get Away With It? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Fundamental defence and a steady stream of balls being put in play are more entertaining than six strikeouts, a walk and a homer.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Why MLB may have a tough time copying the Blue Jays, who made contact hitting cool again
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December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fundamental defence and a steady stream of balls being put in play are more entertaining than six strikeouts, a walk and a homer.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Such a lovely story ottawacitizen.com/news/uber-to...
Ottawa man takes his Uber driver tobogganing for first time
Dave Nguyen discovered his Uber driver, Chance Niryomugabo, had never been tobogganing. A few days later, the two new friends were ripping down the Charlie Rogers Place hill in Kanata
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December 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Such a lovely story ottawacitizen.com/news/uber-to...
I just watched it. Agree
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I just watched it. Agree
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I know Sharyn Alfonsi, i worked with Sharyn Alfonsi (at ABC News), Bari Weiss you are no Sharyn Alfonsi. Sharyn is as good as a journalist as you will ever find, and she has more integrity in her little toe than Weiss has in her entire body.
Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I know Sharyn Alfonsi, i worked with Sharyn Alfonsi (at ABC News), Bari Weiss you are no Sharyn Alfonsi. Sharyn is as good as a journalist as you will ever find, and she has more integrity in her little toe than Weiss has in her entire body.
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I wonder if the City of Ottawa has ever had such a major policy piece go through the committee with so little fanfare from the public and media? On Wednesday, we approved the final draft of the new Zoning By-law. Here's an overview: glengower.ca/information/...
Committees approve new Zoning By-law to build more homes, promote economic development - Glen Gower | Councillor / Conseiller | Stittsville
La version française suit In a joint meeting, the Planning and Housing and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committees recommended that Council approve the final draft of the new Zoning By-law, follo...
glengower.ca
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I wonder if the City of Ottawa has ever had such a major policy piece go through the committee with so little fanfare from the public and media? On Wednesday, we approved the final draft of the new Zoning By-law. Here's an overview: glengower.ca/information/...
What really happens when a shooting victim arrives in an Emergency Department? A chilling read a from a Philadelphia hospital’s traum unit via The Browser
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What Bullets Do To Bodies
If only we saw the carnage that trauma surgeons see every day.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What really happens when a shooting victim arrives in an Emergency Department? A chilling read a from a Philadelphia hospital’s traum unit via The Browser
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The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing
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December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...