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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 19h

Donald Trump didn’t win the Noble Peace Prize today

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado won

"for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,"

Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

www.cbc.ca

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 20h

Automatic tax filing.

“Starting in the 2026 tax year, the Canada Revenue Agency will be automatically filing taxes for up to 5.5 million low-income Canadians. The full scaling up of this system is expected to take until 2028.”

Automatic tax filing, permanent school food program coming in budget: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a series of affordability measures Friday, making good on some spring campaign commitments ahead of the fall budget.

www.ctvnews.ca

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 4d

Total Harvest Moon. 🌕

Wow

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 6d

Both stages at Neptune Theatre currently have Indigenous works on them

1. -Mischief - what does it mean to live in two worlds?

2 - Bear Grease - an all Indigenous joyride of the 1978 musical, Grease

www.neptunetheatre.com/box-office

Photos by Stoo Metz

#Halifax #HaliSky

A mi'kmaw protestor holds a sign aloft that says "Edward Cornwallis You Making me Nauseous", she is showing the main character of the play her sign, inside the store the main character works at.

The cast of Bear Grease are dancing in ring skirts and leather vests to the music of the musical grease but with an Indigenous twist.

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 6d

Tonight!

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

This weekend don't miss Crescent Moon Productions presents: A Dark Cabaret

October 4th 2025 - 7pm
The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op
2203 Gottingen St

Circus, Dance, Music, Burlesque, Drag & more!

Tickets - www.showpass.com/crescent-moo...

More Info - www.instagram.com/crescent_moo...

#Halifax #HaliSky

$CRESCENT MOON PRODUCTIONS PResENTS: A DARK CABARET October 4th At the Bus Stop Theatre Doors 7:00, Show 7:30, Tickets On Sale Now!!! FEATURING THE TALENTS OF: Matricide The Lady Corbeau Refraction Aerial Duo The Princess Moonface Cat McCluskey Penny Cillin Bibingkita Sangeeta Raju Miss Shapen$

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 7d

i should get a medal for riding one of those Bird e-scooters (with my helmet on and on the road not the sidewalk) to and from my home to complete an errand during Halifax rush hour traffic.

jesus that was scary.

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 8d

The school just wanted to make sure the students who've experienced ACTUAL WAR ZONES weren't triggered by seeing people in uniform walking around their school.

but no let's think about the rights of clothing over children and refugees.

N.S. introduces bill to protect military members’ right to wear uniforms in public - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

Nova Scotia has introduced legislation 'to ensure a welcoming environment' for Canadian Armed Forces members to wear their uniforms in provincial buildings.

globalnews.ca

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 8d

Never do anything with Crypto, ever.

it's ALWAYS a scam.

No matter how good it sounds, no matter the sob story attached to it.

it's ALWAYS a scam.

every single time.

Scammer Brags About Stealing From Kids With Cancer..

YouTube video by Atozy

youtu.be

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 8d

“What do you think I think? I am disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for…what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers?” - David Cross

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

officialdavidcross.com

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 10d

Electronic Arts has announced it is being acquired and taken private in a $55 billion deal involving Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners, which is founded and led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The deal is expected to close in 2027.

$55 billion EA buyout hands Madden over to investors including Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner

EA will be privately owned once the deal closes.

www.theverge.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 11d

Riyadh Comedy Festival opens with up-and-coming executioner

RIYADH, KSA – As Saudi Arabia’s new comedy festival welcomes talent from around the world, local executioner Imad Usman is excited for the opportunity to perform in front of larger audiences.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump after he was suspended by social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

YouTube to pay US$24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump after he was suspended by social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

www.ctvnews.ca

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

The comedians who took Saudi money to perform at Riyadh comedy festival, any material critical of Saudi Royal Family was forbidden

Oct 2, 2025 is the 7th anniversary of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, back in June journalist Turki al-Jasser was executed for tweets critical of the Saudi Royal family

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mare to come

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11d

Did a Liberal MP go rogue and ban the Irish band Kneecap from our country?

Um, it sure sounds like it.

On The Line Media’s @smohyeddin.bsky.social first exclusively reported this jaw-dropping story:

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, apparently went rogue in banning Irish Hip Hop band Kneecap from entering Canada.

Apparently he didn't consult with the public safety minister or the privacy commissioners office nor did he reportedly have permission from the Prime Minister's office or immigration Canada

Is Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap still banned from entering Canada? Were they ever? It's unclear | CBC News

When Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, the parliamentary secretary for combating crime, announced Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap is banned from entering Canada, he cited a U.K. terror-related charge for one memb...

www.cbc.ca

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Government of Nova Scotia @nsgov.bsky.social · 11d

An evacuation order has been issued between Kingswood Camp and Fox Mountain campground, Kings County, due to the Lake George wildfire. Avoid the area if not affected.

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

Tim Houston / PC Gov sneaky omnibus bill includes a move to make it illegal to block forest access roads on Crown lands, a heavy-handed attempt to ignore Mi’kmaq rights

"...on the eve of Treaty Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation" - Michelle Paul

#Halifax #NovaScotia #mikmaw

N.S. Crown lands bill would criminalize peaceful protests, critics say

The Nova Scotia government’s proposed move to make it illegal to block forest access roads on Crown lands is being dismissed as heavy-handed and an attempt to ignore Mi’kmaq rights. Several presenters...

halifax.citynews.ca

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

#Halifax #HaliSky

This is what misguided development looks like. A pristine, beautifully maintained historic house on the cusp of demolition. It's not corridor zoned, but will encroach into a very cohesive and functional neighbourhood and destroy one of the few remaining unspoiled Victorian streetscapes. It's called block-busting. This is being done by a developer who flouts the rules. (Doesn't have a demolition permit yet). And allowed by Halifax planning in the name of the housing crisis (or maybe tax greed). Tearing this down and replacing it with "luxury" condos or rentals does nothing for affordable housing. Luxury rentals are going begging. One developer has applied to the municipality to turn 20 apartments in a new build on Barrington St into Air BnB units because they can't rent them. Meanwhile the wholesale destruction of something distinct about Halifax continues.

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 11d

This weekend don't miss Crescent Moon Productions presents: A Dark Cabaret

October 4th 2025 - 7pm
The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op
2203 Gottingen St

Circus, Dance, Music, Burlesque, Drag & more!

Tickets - www.showpass.com/crescent-moo...

More Info - www.instagram.com/crescent_moo...

#Halifax #HaliSky

$CRESCENT MOON PRODUCTIONS PResENTS: A DARK CABARET October 4th At the Bus Stop Theatre Doors 7:00, Show 7:30, Tickets On Sale Now!!! FEATURING THE TALENTS OF: Matricide The Lady Corbeau Refraction Aerial Duo The Princess Moonface Cat McCluskey Penny Cillin Bibingkita Sangeeta Raju Miss Shapen$

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Laura White, P.Eng. @lecwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Great photos, Stoo. I enjoyed the show and recommend it. Congrats to all involved!

Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 15d

"Mischief" by Mi'kmaw playwright Lisa Nasson.

"How can a woman whose family lives in a society placed under a microscope of stereotype, carry the resilience of her ancestors to embrace their existence?"

Neptune Theatre until Oct. 12.

🎟️ - www.neptunetheatre.com/box-office/m...

#Halifax #mi'kmaw

This play will change how you think about Halifax | CBC Arts

Mischief, on until Oct. 12 at the Neptune Theatre, examines how colonialism long-term effects still shape the city

www.cbc.ca

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 15d

"Mischief" by Mi'kmaw playwright Lisa Nasson.

"How can a woman whose family lives in a society placed under a microscope of stereotype, carry the resilience of her ancestors to embrace their existence?"

Neptune Theatre until Oct. 12.

🎟️ - www.neptunetheatre.com/box-office/m...

#Halifax #mi'kmaw

This play will change how you think about Halifax | CBC Arts

Mischief, on until Oct. 12 at the Neptune Theatre, examines how colonialism long-term effects still shape the city

www.cbc.ca

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoo.ca · 15d

Strike Strike Strike, Power to the Workers!

CUPW has issued the following statement: "In response to the Government’s attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all #CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike."

#CanadaPost #Canada