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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 8h

@tomhawthorn.bsky.social I wasn’t really criticizing Schneider, as I did last night for taking out Gausman…just pointing out his season-long magic touch with relievers has gone pfft in this series…ofc it’s all irrelevant now…sigh

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 10h

Johnny Griffin “A Blowing Session” AAA 180g Classic Vinyl Edition Out 12/12 store.bluenote.com/products/joh...

Griff called upon his fellow master tenor sax practitioners John Coltrane & Hank Mobley for this fiery 1957 set also featuring Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers & Art Blakey.

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 10h

#booksky

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 10h

Fans of intricately twisting plots and high-stakes suspense will not want to miss this Oct 25 crime and thriller fiction event, featuring Terry Fallis (The Marionette), Eddy Boudel Tan (The Tiger and the Cosmonaut) & Jonathan Lethem (Brooklyn Crime Novel).

writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 9h

COBALT CLASSIC THEATRE THIS SATURDAY BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW. @grievousangels104.bsky.social
"Joe Strummer would be proud."-Billboard
“The band is as tight as a stripped down E Street band.”
“Authentic like Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie.”
Book your tickets here:
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 12h

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 13,1956

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1-NANCY IS TALKING WITH SLUGGO ON THE TELEPHONE.
NANCY: HELLO, SLUGGO---HOW ARE YOUR HICCUPS
SLUGGO: I'VE --HIC - STILL
HIC--- GOT THEM

P2- NANCY: HOLD THE PHONE A MINUTE

P3- NANCY: МАУВЕ А GOOD SCARE
WILL CURE HIM

BANG

NANCY HAS THROWN A FIRECRACKER AT THE TELEPHONE

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 8h

#BlueJays

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 8h

Meltdown City…the bullpen and hitters that were so outstanding against the Yankees have turned into Thanksgiving turkeys 🦃

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 8h

Meltdown City…the bullpen and hitters that were so outstanding against the Yankees have turned into Thanksgiving turkeys 🦃

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 9h

Another Schneider pitching change blows the game open…has he lost his magic touch? #BlueJays Sigh

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 10h

Yikes…the #BlueJays young phenom seems overwhelmed by the occasion…all the attention, the haters going after his family, importance of the game, etc…I feel for him #Yesavage

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry, but taking out Gausman for “in the dirt” Brendon Little, with switch-hitting Polanco at the plate was a poor move by John Schneider #BlueJays

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 1d

This is an on-the-money takedown of Poilievre’s increasingly absurd criticisms of Carney #cdnpoli

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 1d

#cdnpoli RT www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Opinion: After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn

The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are

www.theglobeandmail.com

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 1d

#cdnpoli RT www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Opinion: After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn

The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

this is a great piece and it absolutely sucks that the outlet went for the ambiguous headline rather.

The idea that you can remain on X and "influence opinion" is equally true for creating a new Stormfront account, or a 4Chan account, or a TruthSocial account.

Our job is to kills its influence.

Did the centre-left bit of UK politics Twitter make an error in decamping en masse to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Twitter? The old site, now remade as X, remains significantly larger than the new, and much of the political class have failed to make the jump. Did those of us who went let our desire for a comforting liberal bubble undermine our actual influence?

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

The story of social media in the last few years is not one of a self-righteous liberal flounce, but of fragmentation: network effects are a thing, and if most of the people you like to talk to switch platforms, there feels little point in remaining behind. If we have lost influence, that’s at least partly down to the government’s reluctance to use its convening power to reshape the information environment, and its odd commitment to a site owned by someone who wants Keir Starmer in prison.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, has anyone read either one of Preston Manning’s Covid reports? These guys are rumbling down that crazy road

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

The emails from the former Manning Centre are getting increasingly unhinged.

CANADA STRONG & FREE NETWORK

Dale,

The Liberals are playing a DANGEROUS game with our country! They’re pushing the Supreme Court to SLASH the Notwithstanding Clause.

THIS IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR CONSTITUTION TOGETHER.

We’re really worried, Dale. This could spark a crisis and tear our nation apart!

Even the experts are warning this is a “SHOCKING” move that could lead to a full-blown CONSTITUTIONAL MELTDOWN!

Tell Us Where You Stand!
Should the Radicals mess with our Constitution?
No way! Protect Provincial Rights!
Yes, Let Ottawa Rule
I’m Concerned – Need More Info

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 1d

OH COME ON!!!! Springer homers on the 1st pitch the #BlueJays see….CRAZY!!! I can’t stop laughing 😂

rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 3d

Mississauga’s Josh Naylor will be playing before his hometown folks, but wearing the uniform of the #Mariners…alas #BlueJays

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 3d

MARINERS WIN!!! Bottom of the 15th, and now a dream match-up against the #BlueJays !!! What a game…God, I love baseball!!!! ⚾️

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rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 3d

I believe!! #Mariners

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”