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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · Nov 28

I was foolishly invited to a swanky business awards dinner Tuesday night where I mingled with the Great and the Good and found myself chatting with a proud Trump voter. Look at me, all patient and understanding of the other side! Here’s a little thread of my adventure in reasoning 👇🏼

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 53m

I’ve been guilty of this but perhaps in reverse: my fatal flaw is being *very conscious* of other people’s time and talking far too quickly. Nothing worse than firehosing 😬

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 59m

I do not condone illegal downloading of books online but will break that rule and recommend great speed on this one in particular. The Streisand Effect in action 😮

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 9h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 1h

I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 3h

Councillor Lily Cheng announces the first-ever Korean Heritage Month, and celebrates the success of KPop Demon Hunters and its Toronto writer/director Maggie Kang. Chow also thanks the "KPop stars that have captured the hearts of my granddaughters."

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Jamie @itsthejam.bsky.social · 20h

There’s actually a word for this conversation style! It’s called cooperative overlapping and I can only speak for my culture, but it’s very Jewish. It’s how we show we’re engaging, if someone just listens quietly to me I feel like they aren’t paying attention.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 3h

I’m so happy Ashley has put a descriptor to this, the conversational style I’ve had my whole life.
Irish, raised by Italians, and cursed/blessed with ADHD, I’ve been interrupting people forever. Some friends love it and do likewise, others ban me from their parties, but it’s always been a challenge

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 20h

I know it’s not technically polite, but I love having a conversation with other people who are comfortable with short interjecting interruptions. To me it makes the conversation feel more like something we’re weaving together rather than alternating individual presentations. It feels more alive.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 3h

There’s a blue jay shrieking outside in a tree this morning.
“You’d think they’d be happy today,” says Darcy 😃

Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 4h

Hi! Editor here. I am *literally* the grammar police and that guy can fuck off into the sun. Social media is an informal one and I, like many, am typing this on a tiny keypad with my chunky fingers. Again, fuck that guy 👎🏼

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h

White people are producing mass shooters at an incredible clip, and this is what they’re trying to do about it.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7h

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025

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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 22h

so bluesky finally got some thiel money huh

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Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · 4h

It's wild to think that this, by itself, would have immediately ended the career of literally every other President we ever had. It would've caused tanked approval ratings, demands for resignation, impeachment proceedings. Headline news for weeks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · 4h

And a LOT of this is the Democrats' fault! Because the reason this would've ended Obama or Clinton's careers is because the GOP would've repeated what an outrage it was every day until it stuck. Like they did with Obama's tan suit, or Hillary and Benghazi.

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you really do have to draw a picture for folks. #ClimateChange #yyc #ClimateSky

Image 1: Western Canada showing temperatures in the 20s on October 7th, 2025

Image 2: AQHI off the charts at 10+ for hazardous smoke in Calgary’s air & a graph detailing how we always used to breathe only around 12 hours of smokey air per year and are now regularly in the 100s

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4h

Yesterday I got a notice from New York State saying that this Nazi pig and his pedophile führer cancelled my health insurance

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention youtu.be/6JO1SDqgLrc?...

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention

YouTube video by The Rational National

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 6h

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 4h

Nope. NopeNopeNope

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 5h

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of the anxiety from those who still support groups like the ADL is that they want to live in a world where most Americans see Israel positively. And we don't live in that world anymore, and there is no policy shift short of a free Palestine that will cause us to live in that world.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 13h

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

A Turning Point spokesman confirmed that Charlie Kirk's texts about Jewish donors are real.

"I'm not even gonna get into what the stereotypes are."

@willsommer.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and Israel:

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 5h

this would be a powerful & historic message if the Pope volunteered to give away the enormous wealth of the Vatican to the poor in a single grand gesture--but he won't, & so it isn't.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 5h

Oh. You don't say. I was told this sort of thing wouldn't happen in Canada.

Conservatives call for new limit on birthright citizenship

SARAH RITCHIEOTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling for a new limit

winnipeg-can.newsmemory.com

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