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Ian Hutchings 🫐

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Newfoundlander. Canadian. Geek. Fly fisher/tyer. I work in a large academic library. Voiceover pro. Backgrounds in public relations, insurance, and history. My opinions are mine - you can't have them.

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · Jun 25

Rock | Plastic | Salmon

An important documentary about how the salmon farming industry is polluting Newfoundland.

youtu.be/MfO4kQ0hRV8?...

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 37m

Portrait of a Mallard.

Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 39m

Brought some popcorn for the ducks.

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 2h

Yes. Just do it.

Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 1h

Pierre PoiLIEvre is a D!€k: Part 120

By “the left” he means “Liberals” right? The majority of Canadians based on the last Federal election results, which by the way he LOST BIGLY.

He’s unqualified, a proven liar and a walking national security risk. If he loves the US so much, just f*€king leave.

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 1h

It is long, long past time to ditch the first-past-the-post system.

#NLpoli

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 2h

Newfoundland and Labrador’s election shows the problem again. A party can win a majority of seats without majority support.

Proportional representation would make every vote count equally and ensure real majority rule.

Two pie charts compare votes and seats in Newfoundland and Labrador’s election. The left chart shows the popular vote: PCs 44.5%, Liberals 43.7%, NDP 8.4%, Independents 3.9%. The right chart shows seat share: PCs 52.5%, Liberals 37.5%, NDP 5%, Independents 5%. The graphic highlights how first past the post gave the PCs a majority of seats despite not having majority voter support, with a message calling for proportional representation.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 3h

Pierre Poilievre lecturing Canadians about “merit” is peak irony from a man whose whole career has been political patronage.

CBC cuts through the spin so Canadians can see the difference between slogans and substance.

#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 5h

The History Of Witches: How Christianity And Misogyny Turned Revered Healers Into Wicked Pariahs

By Leah Silverman

allthatsinteresting.com/history-of-w...

Witches at PG:

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The Examination of a Witch (1853), depicting the trial of Quaker preacher Mary Fisher in 1656 by Tompkins Matteson - Wikimedia Commons

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 11h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 5h

Montreal out of the postseason and avoiding three non-US World Series winners in a row. The intervening years have not been kind.

Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 5h

MLB has also made it abundantly clear over many years that they have zero intention of letting a non-US team anywhere near the World Series if they can do anything about it. Jays always have two opponents - the other team, and the umpires. Prolonging the '94 strike was the perfect way to keep ...

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 6h

Pierre PoiLIEvre is a D!€k: Part 118

34,200 signatures! I’m sure we can find 100,000 Canadians who expect honesty from elected politicians!

Let’s hold these guys to account. Specially paper boy PoiLIEvre.

❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 5h

Doug Eddings, Joe West, C.B. Bucknor, Angel Hernandez.. we only know these names because they're *TERRIBLE* umpires protected by their organization. Umpires are the best tool MLB has to control outcomes to fit the script for favoured teams (Dodgers, Yankees, etc). Every other team pays the price.

Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Eddings is a terrible umpire. I have no idea why MLB would have him in the postseason.

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 6h

#NLpoli

a gold robot says we 're doomed in a star wars movie

ALT: a gold robot says we 're doomed in a star wars movie

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 7h

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 8h

This is not a "change."

This is a dangerous step backwards.

#NLpoli

NTV News @ntvnewsnl.bsky.social · 9h

PC Party wins provincial election
ntv.ca/news/pc-part...

PC Party wins provincial election - NTV

After ten years, Newfoundland and Labrador has a Progressive Conservative Government. Tony Wakeham and the Progressive Conservatives delivered an election win. NTV’s Decision Desk called the win just ...

ntv.ca

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 14h

Well, we're fucked.

Newfound News @newfoundnewsca.bsky.social · 17h

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 18h

Goddammit

election-atlas.ca @electionatlasca.bsky.social · 18h

um....2 seats just flipped PC and now it's 20-16.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

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C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · 22h

The subject of our new Heritage Minute Anne Innis Dagg received her doctorate from the University of Waterloo in animal behaviour. Her thesis analyzed the gaits of various animals, something she studied in giraffes as well!

NEW Heritage Minute: Anne Innis Dagg

Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modified versions are strictly prohibited…

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Toronto Blue Jays (Bot) @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 1d

10 Years Ago Today: The Bat Flip Heard Around The World 🐐👑 #JoeyBats

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Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · 1d

If it was legal to bake cakes and legal to sell cakes but it was illegal to advertise cakes and illegal to buy cakes, do you think cake bakers will have a better or safer work-life? Do you think the people willing to commit a crime to buy a cake will be a safe customer?

Sex Workers Alliance Ireland @swaiireland.bsky.social · 2d

A brothel is a premises where 2 or more sex workers are present, so these statistics are not comforting to us. We know sex workers are being prosecuted for working together for safety.

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/surg...

Surge in number of prosecutions for brothel-keeping | BreakingNews

Gardaí brought 34 prosecutions for the offence under Section 11 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 last year, while another 16 prosecutions were commenced since the start of 2025.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 1d

“Mark Carney is seen as calm and rational, thoughtful and strategic. He’s a leader who understands the economy and can make tough decisions. Pierre Poilievre, on the other hand, is more closely associated with arrogance and hot-temperedness.”

Mark Carney seen as calm and rational; Pierre Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered

A new study by Spark Insights has found that Mark Carney is seen as the more calm and rational leader, while Pierre Poilievre is seen as more arrogant and hot-tempered.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Ian Hutchings 🫐 @ianhutchings.bsky.social · 1d

A significant event in Newfoundland history. It is important to remember that we were NOT part of Canada at the time.

We had been a fully independent self-governing dominion on par with Canada or any other, but were under Commission of Government due to post-WWI bankruptcy.

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d

On Oct. 14, 1942, the SS Caribou was transporting 46 crew and 191 civilian and military passengers to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.
Suddenly, the German submarine U-69 emerged and hit the ship with a torpedo. The sinking killed 137 people.
This is the story.

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Black and white photo of a ship named "Caribou" docked at a pier, with two men in suits standing on the dock nearby. The ship has a prominent bow and a single smokestack, with ropes securing it to the pier. The scene appears historical, with a railway track running along the dock.