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Deborah Dundas
@debdundas.bsky.social
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Toronto Star Opinion Editor, former Books Editor; author "On Class"; Book #2 "Adoption Stories" in the works. Interests: books, social justice, class, politics. Make me laugh! Pitch me [email protected].
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 8h
Blue Jays game
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 1d
That place is brutal. Lots of fakery.
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John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social · 2d
the other day I walked past Independence Hall--where America was basically invented. it's closed now. I wrote about the thudding symbolic heft of tourists milling about a shuttered landmark, for the @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Semley: The Liberty Bell is locked up. What does that say about America right now?
I prefer an imperfect union to no union whatsoever and I worry that latter is what America is currently previewing with this government closure.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 3d
This game is almost unbelievable!
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 3d
Holy hell these Blue Jays are making me so happy today. The joy of doing something great together and BELIEVING. Go Jays!
a man wearing a blue jays jersey stands on the field
ALT: a man wearing a blue jays jersey stands on the field
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John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social · 4d
America has all-dressed potato chips now. for the @thestar.com I dared to ask: can the Yankee mind comprehend the "tout-garnie" lifestyle? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Semley: Can Canadian potato chips lead to American acceptance of ‘tout garnie’?
There is no Canadian culinary confection quite like the all-dressed chip. As schoolchildren we’re taught to believe that Canada is a land of cultural and ethnic diversity. It’s the kind
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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Brian Bradley @brianjbradley.bsky.social · 7d
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.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 8d
The world has gone mad.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 11d
When "pathological" becomes an excuse: thanks, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Semley: Is Donald Trump a pathological liar? No. It’s worse than that.
There’s a foundational myth in America, which holds that, when he was still a tender boy of six years old, George Washington hacked into his father’s prize cherry tree with
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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 11d
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Social media nearly ruined my life. This is how I saved myself — and how we save kids today
Deleting apps is only one option, and often an unrealistic one.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 15d
I watched him this weekend. It was very awkward.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 18d
Having a great Saturday breakfast at Smitty's in Peterborough. Bunch of hockey kids playing 'guess the player.' One kid says "he was born in the nineteen hundreds". I feel so old.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 22d
Yukon Commissioner Adeline Webber just announced that Ione Christensen, Yukon legend, has died. The post doesn't mention her age, but if she wasn't 100 yet, she was close to it.
Office of the Commissioner of Yukon
It is with a heavy heart I hear of the passing of former Commissioner Ione Christensen. She was a true Yukoner and a trail blazer for women. Ione achieved so much in her life time that benefited...
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 22d
They need to read your piece!
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 22d
And thanks for it, Anakana!
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 29d
Error... Torontonian with the surname Dundas here ... it is and will ever be DUN-DASS. Equal emphasis on each syllable.
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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville @janetsomerville.bsky.social · Sep 8
Re-upping my conversation with the intrepid @ejeancarroll.bsky.social with the excellent news today of yet another appeals court upholding the previous 83.3M settlement for defamation.

Pay up, deadbeat Donny.
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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville @janetsomerville.bsky.social · Jul 26
It was the privilege of my life to speak with the smart, sassy, fierce, indefatigable @ejeancarroll.bsky.social.

Be sure to pick up her gutting & glorious #memoir NOT MY TYPE or request it at your library.

Read about our conversation in today's Toronto Star, a 🇨🇦 exclusive. #BelieveWomen
short bouquet of red and orange flowers sits next to E. Jean Carroll's memoir NOT MY TYPE, photo of her in a dark jacket over a cream turtleneck; her honeyed bob grazes her shoulders as she smiles widely from behind sunglasses
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · Aug 20
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · Aug 18
Strong argument by @cwhitzman.bsky.social for why we need stronger rent control and tenant protection - so people don't buy just for security of tenure.
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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · Aug 18
"Ownership should be a choice, not a necessity to ensure secure tenure."

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We need to stop talking about home ownership as though it’s the only path to secure housing
The federal government should commit itself to ending homelessness as a first priority, and ensure that everyone have adequate, safe, affordable homes as a second priority.
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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · Aug 14
This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.
WKRP: Johnny Fever
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · Aug 13
Why not? It'll always be there for you.