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Eric Woolfe (He/Him)

@ericwoolfe.bsky.social

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Itinerant showman, celebrated impresario of Toronto's most renowned flea circus, and purveyor of the ghoulish and uncanny. Director of the Uncanny at Eldritch Theatre.

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · Nov 28

"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 5h

Oh. So, we are at the Present of the United States and His Lackeys Declare America was on the Wrong Side in WW2 Stage of Fascism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Mike The Canstralian 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 @aussieinto.bsky.social · 1d

What if the speed cameras donated money to the PC's so they can access the Skills Development Fund?

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‘The answer is no’: Ford rejects plea from mayors to save, alter Ontario’s speed cameras | Globalnews.ca

Replying to a letter sent last week asking for changes to how speed cameras operate instead of an all-out ban, Ford repeated his claim the program is a 'cash grab.'

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 8d

I am officially refusing any invitation to bring my flea circus to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 14d

Actually, neurodivergence is sexy...

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 15d

I'm less concerned with what's making people Autistic than I am with what's turning so many people into moronic fucking assholes.

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 19d

What's that, Disneyplus? Why, did I cancel my subscription? Oh! I'm so glad you asked... Let me start with a little story of my Grandfather who fought fascism in WW2....

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 19d

Oh sorry, dude. Did we hurt your little feelings when you threatened to invade us, so we stopped drinking bourbon? No problem. We'd be hap0y to visit Disney World and then maybe El Salvador. Just as soon as we can buy some burner phones so we can get across your border.

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U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News

The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 20d

With all due respect, you can't have a therapist who doesn’t have training in the classics. How can you trust their opinion about anything??

Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 20d

It makes me sad that I will never visit the Haunted Mansion again... But, like, I'm willing to make sacrifices.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 25d

Helter Skelter is to Catcher in the Rye is to Jodi Foster is to Helldivers 2...

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 25d

To be clear…

No one deserves to die for being a dick.

At the same time, no dick deserves to be lauded just because they’re dead.

www.brittlestar.com/p/what-to-do...

What To Do When Terrible People Die

A Polite Guide to Emotional Freedom and Light Social Awkwardness

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · 27d

Oh. Look. The Reichstag is on fire. I wonder what will happen now.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · Sep 6

I cant get over this…

1. America lost the Vietnam war
2. Apocalypse Now is literally about war as madness
3. This guy will do anything to distract from the Epstein files because he knows they will be too much for most of his supporters to swallow

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · Sep 4

I just don't think we should be taking medical advice from the guy whose dad killed Marylin Monroe.

Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadian Conservatives, proudly blaming immigrants since 1867...
Poilievre calls for temporary ...
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Poilievre calls for temporary foreign worker program to be scrapped | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the federal government to scrap its temporary foreign worker program, saying it has flooded the market with cheap labour and made it harder for young Canadia...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Aug 27

fellow authors, it’s our duty to financially ruin the AI industry

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Aug 24

Councillor Troster and MPP McKenney are right to call out the Ford government's unsubstantiated decision to close the consumption and treatment site at SWCHC. That choice has made the entire community less safe.

McKenney, Troster: Tory ideology created an overdose crisis in Ottawa's Chinatown

Housing, addiction treatment, outreach services, mental health resources and harm reduction are needed to tackle the current crisis.

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · Aug 17

I kneel before Zod.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Aug 15

As strike looms, Air Canada thrilled to have new excuse to cancel flights

MONTREAL – Air Canada’s flight attendants have issued a strike notice, prompting the airline to swiftly embrace a new and exciting reason to cancel flights. “I’ve blamed flight cancellations on mechan...

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Eric Woolfe (He/Him) @ericwoolfe.bsky.social · Aug 15

I would like to state, for the record, that I will be turning down any lifetime achievement awards offered to me by the Kennedy Centre for the Arts as long as Donald Trump remains chairman.

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Spicy Scorpio(Karen) 🏳️‍🌈🪶🧡🇨🇦 @nish57.bsky.social · Aug 10

Made right here inOntario and super crunchy

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kafkasghost.bsky.social @kafkasghost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sesame Street was so much more than a kids show. Its ambition was to make better people. It touched on all the things that make a great civil society and did it in a way that kids could understand. We saw everyday people, we saw grouchy people, happy people, sad people with problems, we saw artis

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Aug 3

Realtors warn that if housing market collapses everyone could one day afford house

TORONTO - After a nearly 30% decline in value, realtors across Toronto are concerned that if the market continues to falter someday in the near future everyone could afford a house.

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