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Brian Bradley

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Toronto Star Journalist 📰 + Craig Russell, Lori Jenkins, Michael Oscars biographer (#Outrageous Misfits) + New Dad 🍼 Posts about 416 and 905. He/Him

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · Nov 11

Moving over to Blue Sky from Twitter is a bit like the moment when Dorothy goes from the black-and-white tornado world of Kansas to the colourful world of Oz.

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 14h

"We are doing studies to make the proof." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

RFK Jr. Promises He’ll ‘Make the Proof’ On Autism Claim, Tells Wild Story About Pregnant Woman ‘Gobbling’ Tylenol

Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries took turns praising the president during Thursday's meeting until RFK Jr. broke into a story about a pregnant woman guzzling Tylenol.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 4d

Hannah Gale may not be well-known across Canada but she played an important role in Canadian history.
Elected to Calgary City Council, she was the first woman to be elected to any level of government (municipal, provincial, federal) in Canadian history.

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A black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a textured beret and a dark coat with a fur collar. She has a white blouse underneath and a small floral pin on her coat. She is also wearing a necklace and pearl earrings.

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 5d

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 6d

“Ottawa better give us cash or the belugas get it!” - Marineland

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 6d

Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson earlier this week denied Marineland's request to export 30 belugas to an aquarium in China.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 6d

In the Great Depression, an eccentric and wealthy Toronto lawyer kicked off a baby-making frenzy. What followed was something darker. Great Forgotten Toronto story by @kevinjiang.ca: www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...

Forgotten Toronto: How a dead lawyer kicked off a baby-making frenzy — with horrific consequences

The “Great Stork Derby” may have begun with whimsical intentions, but it soon evolved into something much darker.

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 6d

America is quickly becoming a fascist state.

As a Star reader comments in the Conversation attached: "the world is in harms way."

Read this @thestar.com column by @justinling.ca:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why

America is quickly becoming a fascist state.

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 6d

Say it ain't so

No-Yes meme in four panels, showing Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket. In the top left panel, Hyacinth is gesturing 'no way' toward the top right panel showing a bucket. In the bottom right panel, Hyacinth is gesturing 'yes' toward the bottom right panel that shows a bouquet of flowers

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 7d

I Do Hope this Weather Holds
Steve Driscoll
2025

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall’s 5 reasons why we should be hopeful in the face of ecological disaster | @thestar.com file from 2023 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Jane Goodall’s 5 reasons why we should be hopeful in the face of ecological disaster

The scientist and conservationist best know for her work on chimpanzees takes her message for humans to Ontario.

www.thestar.com

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 10d

GO Transit Niagara-bound trains will begin servicing the new Confederation [Centennial Parkway] GO Station on October 27.

That's today's announcement from Premier Doug Ford. #yhmcc

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 10d

Back to work at @thestar.com today after one-year off for paternity leave.

"Isn't the ending so much as the start." - Feist.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Sean Penn is a kind of instigator, willing to stir up strong feelings and make things happen in his acting and as an outspoken advocate for his political views. On “The Interview,” Penn opens up about his reputation for anger, past misadventures and the things that trigger him most. nyti.ms/3IIHLyw

Sean Penn in a white t-shirt, with a cigarette hanging from his lips. A headline reads: "The Interview: Sean Penn Let Himself Get Away with Things for 15 Years. Not Anymore." Photo by Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 15d

Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart are popping champagne right now. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social

Reuters @reuters.com · 15d

Former FBI director Comey to be indicted in Virginia soon, MSNBC reports reut.rs/4nP6QGZ

Former FBI director Comey to be indicted in Virginia soon, MSNBC reports

Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia in the coming days, MSNBC reported on Wednesday, citing three sources.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 16d

On this day in 1979, The NewMusic debuted on CityTV. One of the first shows to focus on music journalism, it changed how Canada — and the world — experienced music on television.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 16d

In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 17d

You make me laugh!!

Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 17d

In terms of some policy and budget plans, it can be argued Mark Carney leans Conservative. Unfortunately most Conservatives don't seem to see this because they aren't used to a Conservative who isn't barking rhetoric. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Jaime Watt: Mark Carney faces a rare challenge for a Liberal PM: Selling a Conservative budget

Despite objections from progressives, the Liberal leader should forge ahead.

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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 18d

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

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Joshua Chong @joshuachong.bsky.social · 18d

"MJ," the Michael Jackson jukebox musical at Mirvish, never looks at the man in the mirror.

My 1.5-star review is now up @thestar.com:

Review: ‘MJ,’ the Michael Jackson jukebox musical at Mirvish, never looks at the man in the mirror

Lynn Nottage’s character rehabilitation features slick choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, but only skims the surface of Jackson’s life.

www.thestar.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19d

“aka Charlie Sheen” professes to give viewers a peek at the person behind the persona, @frynaomifry.bsky.social writes. But the documentary delivers little introspection, leaving the viewer with only a glimpse, from a distance, of the actor’s exceedingly chaotic life.

The Strange, Cinematic Life of Charlie Sheen

The actor’s new memoir and documentary offer little real vulnerability. But there is undeniable fun in his tales of bad behavior.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-strange-cinematic-life-of-charlie-sheen?utm_medium=so[…]e=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny

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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 19d

Long, exhausting lines in and out of Ancaster Fairgrounds today. Both are the most excitement anyone will find going to the fair this year. Turn around if you can and have hope for Rockton…

Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 21d

Trump's "threats and targeted actions are more in line with post-Communist Russia, where a newly elected Vladimir Putin began slowly but systematically squeezing critical voices out of the country’s media landscape almost as soon as he came to power." www.thestar.com/news/world/u...

Why Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension looks like a step along the path to American autocracy

Pulling Kimmel’s show is the latest in a series moves that add up to a suppression of full-throated debate in America.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22d

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’

The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

www.vulture.com

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