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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 5h

Drip, drip, drip

My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 5h

The Trillium is hammering this story.

"Months before he was put in charge of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, cabinet minister David Piccini was at a Toronto Maple Leafs game in front-row seats with a director of a company his office would later give $7.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants to. #OnPoli

Labour minister was in Leafs glass seats with director of company he granted funding to

The ‘lower-scoring’ company got $7.5M of tax dollars through David Piccini’s office and is a client of the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding the minister recently attended

www.thetrillium.ca

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 6h

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 6h

Simpsons bus driver meme: Don't make me tap the sign.

The sign: Bill 212 is arbitrary and reckless, but it does NOT block every new bike lane project in Toronto or anywhere in Ontario. And to date no municipality has been prescribed to require provincial approval, not even Toronto despite the (now unconstitutional) attempts to remove Bloor, Yonge, University.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 8h

Ah yes, the Rob Ford school of financial management.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 12h

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, the placenta. The place everyone knows where babies are made.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 13h

I know he’s speaking to people… fundraising coordinators, conservative strategists, PC MPPs, police unions…

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 13h

a lego batman says " because i 'm batman " on a yellow background

Alt: a lego batman says " because i 'm batman " on a yellow background

media.tenor.com

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 18h

So it’s outrageous when you don’t stand for a sappy patriotic song that isn’t the national anthem, but it’s okay to crassly boo an actual national anthem sung earlier that evening?

That said, my view is that national anthems don’t belong at most sporting events.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

trib.al

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 18h

This is Vichy shit.

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 19h

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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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 18h

there are so many things a New York City mayor doesn't really have power to do (funding service expansions of any pretty much any sort) but Zohran keeps finding spaces where a mayor really can make a big difference by determining policies and priorities for City Hall

it's exciting

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 18h

Whether it's universal daylighting or restarting Mayor Adams' stalled bus lanes, Zohran Mamdani told Streetsblog he'll get his agenda done even if means fighting the DOT deep state or the big shot political bosses who just endorsed him nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/m...

Mamdani Vows To Defy DOT Insiders, Political Bosses To Pursue His Streets Agenda - Streetsblog New York City

Mamdani pledged stand up to bureaucrats and political power players who oppose his plans to make streets safer and buses faster.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 19h

At least the Upper Class Twits have a happy ending.

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Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 19h

Stills from Monty Python’s “Upper-Class Twit of the Year” sketch

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I should have a bat with me whenever I’m on a sidewalk or when I cross the street. Just in case.

Sun cover with Bat Batford on cover “Comply with this!”

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Having had FOI’d Metrolinx twice, I concur. I’m not a trained journalist, just a citizen muckraker.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

The champagne showers are so silly. They look like they’re entering Dexter’s kill room.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Boom

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Finally. THANK YOU

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Ugggggggggh

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Is REI still an actual co-op? Or is it going down the same shitty road as MEC?

Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Phew!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

And I get it. You own the Jays. I get it. It’s not as if you slapped your name on their stadium or have the exclusive tv rights or anything to remind of us it either.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Nope. This is an old photo taken in front of Toronto Police headquarters.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d

Rogers has succeeded in the seemingly impossible. It got me tired of Keanu Reeves.

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