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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 9h

A true Canadian moment.

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 1d

I moved east (Halifax, then MTL) from Edmonton in 2011, and I don't think I've seen a full MST/PST game since. :(

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

Just for the avoidance of doubt, this is inexcusably racist and a sin against God.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes you make a real supper, very elaborate and fancy and end up with a great feeling of accomplishment, and sometimes you ask your kids what they want to eat and end up making sausages, plain couscous, and popcorn.

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 5d

Good thing #Oilers fans can step away from the ledge now, because #Leafs fans are going to need it. #McDavid

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 7d

Where I am mentally:

youtu.be/TijIWdtZnlI?...

Corb Lund - Time To Switch To Whiskey

YouTube video by Corb Lund

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 8d

Listening to the first @strangestudies.bsky.social of spooky season, and was pleasantly surprised to hear my patreon shout-out at the end. Thanks @chrislackey.bsky.social and @chadfifer.bsky.social for years of entertainment!

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 15d

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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 11d

I'm sorry, I'm a bad person.

Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 11d

At first, I read this in the Jar-Jar Binks voice.

Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 11d

Mesa lost a hero.

Mesa Fire Department's Paul Shupe protected our community for over two decades and fought a brave battle with cancer.

My thoughts are with Nancy, their children, and the MFMD. We honor his service and his life.

www.azfamily.com/2025/09/30/m...

Mesa Fire mourning death of longtime fire engineer

Mesa Fire and Medical Department announced the death of Engineer Paul Shupe on Monday.

www.azfamily.com

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 11d

The president of the Just For Laughs festival is playing a big role in coordinating all this, if you wanted something in Montreal to boycott next Summer.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’

Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

www.theguardian.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 18d

You’ll never believe how many more moons Saturn got after we started sending probes all around the solar system and started counting tiny rocks as moons

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In the last 22 years, autism rates among children have increased nearly 400%.
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Prevalence of autism increased nearly 400% in 22 years - from 1 in 150 to 1 in 31 (2000-2022)
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Nathan V @nvan.bsky.social · 20d

Brought to you by Seat Geek.

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 20d

Bearing your cross is a lot easier with wheels.

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ITYSL memes 💦🥩 @ityslmemes.com · 23d

🚨🚨trailer for CHAIR COMPANY🚨🚨

Created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, starring Tim, premieres October 12 on HBO Max

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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · 25d

Here's a thing that's probably right up your Straße, you big mad oddball.x

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404 Media @404media.co · 25d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25d

Getting rid of memorials to the Confederacy is erasing history and must be reversed by rememorializing the Confederacy, getting rid of references to what they fought for addressing “corrosive ideology”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26d

“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”

Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars

The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”

wapo.st

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 28d

Principal Skinner "am i so out of touch?" meme

Are my my posts so bad?

No, it's Blueskyism

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29d

man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 29d

No dress rehearsal
This is our life

Colorful mural featuring Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip holding a mic and pointing; he's wearing a hat and behind him are rays of light that are yellow, purple, pink, and green. The text reads "NO DRESS REHEARSAL THIS IS OUR LIFE."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 11

Facts are facts: Right-wing extremists account for the overwhelming majority of extremist-linked deaths in America.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · Sep 11

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · Sep 10

New research published in Nature draws a direct link between high-emitting fossil fuel and cement companies and the frequency and severity of heat waves, including the 2021 heat dome that caused 619 deaths in BC www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/10/n...

Research links Canada’s fossil fuel industry to deadly heat waves

Emissions from fossil fuel and cement companies have contributed significantly to the frequency and severity of devastating heat waves over the last two decades, a new study finds. The paper could hel...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · Sep 9

there’s an incredibly strong overlap between people who believe that trans people are inherently predators and people who believe that being a predator if you’re a rich white man is basically fine

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wes Streeting has defended Lord Peter Mandelson’s relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein after it was revealed the Labour peer called the convicted paedophile his 'best pal'

Wes Streeting defends Lord Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

www.thenational.scot

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