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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 6h

Also, why is the sign on the left side of the road?

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 6h

Even though the sign says 47, that's because the giant SUV just passed it. It was going well over 50 on a 40 school zone. I guess the tiny cardboard sign doesn't work eh dug? #topoli

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 6h

Dug ford "safety" fig leaf in my neighbourhood #toronto #topoli

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 6h

No worries. They mask their stuff all the time.

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 7h

Personally, I don't think they should be playing the national anthem every day to be honest. Having said that, I don't trust what the so called "true north" "news" site generally publishes, them being fascist scum and all.

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 8h

Oh shut up you ghoul!! #onpoli

TVO Today | The Agenda @tvotoday.bsky.social · 14h

"If you don't believe in what you're talking about, it shows." — Ontario's 22nd premier, Mike Harris, on campaigning on the Common Sense Revolution during the 1995 election. Watch The Premier Files, Oct. 10 at 8pm with @spaikin.bsky.social on @wearetvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 8h

The most important question here is whether our labour minister showers in the morning or in the evening, at the insanely expensive George V #onpoli

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 10h

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding in Paris after granting his clients millions in training funds

The "wedding was held on Saturday, during Paris Fashion Week, at the five-star Four Seasons Hotel George V, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower"

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

www.thetrillium.ca

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 12h

"Milei is in a deep crisis: of governance, of the presidency itself, of popular support, of his ability to connect with young people”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’

www.theguardian.com

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 12h

White supremacy is alive and well

TVO Today | The Agenda @tvotoday.bsky.social · 1d

"Some want to shrug it off saying, 'that was then, this is now.' But nobody is ever gone if they are remembered."

Last week, we remembered children once considered lost. Why do so many find that offensive? asks Drew Hayden Taylor.

Orange Shirt Day matters more than ever — just look at my social media feed | TVO Today

Last week, we remembered children once considered lost. Why do so many find that offensive?

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 12h

"You cannot trust the recommendations when the very foundation of the report is built on a flawed, originally undisclosed, and non-expert methodology... #Deloitte has admitted to using generative #AI for a core analytical task; but it failed to disclose this in the first place."

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

arstechnica.com

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 12h

Really Dacia? The Hipster?

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Dacia challenges low-cost Chinese EVs with prototype 15,000 euro mini-car reut.rs/48Vi4Fs

Dacia challenges low-cost Chinese EVs with prototype 15,000 euro mini-car

Renault's low-cost brand Dacia on Monday unveiled a prototype electric mini-car that could cost less than 15,000 euros ($17,625), potentially providing a competitive alternative to low-cost Chinese electric vehicles.

reut.rs

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

That's not bad considering Ridley Scott's movies are like 80% stinky #justsaying

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Bad movies: is Ridley Scott right to say that 60% of films stink?

Napoleon director Ridley Scott has declared the history of film to be overwhelmingly rubbish – with a few notable exceptions

www.theguardian.com

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Really the only thing he's good at. That and harming vulnerable Ontarians #onpoli

Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look! Doug Ford is "100 per cent effective at taking money from hard-working people" and giving it to his friends. Go figure. What a surprise.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found

www.thetrillium.ca

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

If your husband doesn't like living in the suburbs and wants to live in the city - gay!!

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

MAY I EXPLAIN?

DEAR ANN LANDERS: It is obvious from reading your column that large numbers of husbands and boyfriends are going bisexual or totally gay. I'll bet few women have figured out why this is happening to them. May I explain?

--North County Times, 15 Aug 1982

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Anecdotally, I had to sit through a whine fest when the driver of my car dealership's shuttle complained about being caught numerous times running red lights. He was outraged at the offence he suffered. I was far too polite and asked him when was the last time he had an eye check.

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

I would say this is unbelievable but this makes perfect sense. As a related exercise, check out who ran red lights too. #onpoli

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 2d

🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Bro!! Those pecs! Massive!

American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 2d

Feel like a fish out of water? Meet the giant mudskipper! This fish needs to breathe air & spends a decent amount of time on land! Found on the muddy shores of mangroves in parts of Southeast Asia, it uses its pectoral fins to “walk” across mudflats.

Photo: mysorekid, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a mudskipper hauled out of water and onto a branch. The fish is brownish in color and has unusual facial features.

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

I already let management know that I'll be taking TTC to work if I have to RTO 5 days a week so when I'll be delayed a couple of hours, too bad so sad! #justsaying

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome! Just in time for returning to the office 5 days a week! Thanks #topoli!!

City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 1d

#TrafficAlertTO

Starting Wed, Oct 15, the southbound off-ramp from the DVP to Richmond St will be closed until spring 2026 for critical repairs.

News release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-advances-critical-bridge-rehabilitation-on-the-don-valley-parkway-richmond-off-ramp/

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Big pizza pie #toronto

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

The sunflower and the supermoon #toronto

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Our very own quiet moonrise kingdom #toronto #fullmoon

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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

In rather unsettling news, the City of Toronto is investigating the operator of Green P for allegedly manipulating internal records, in an attempt to hide its failure to protect customer credit card information. #topoli

torontolife.com/city/the-tor...

The Toronto Parking Authority is in hot water again - Toronto Life

And we thought Green P’s glitchy app was bad

torontolife.com

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

'Alberta Forever Canada'petition has nearly 80% of required signatures, organizer says 💪

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Alberta Forever Canada' petition has nearly 80% of required signatures, organizer says | CBC News

Thomas Lukaszuk, the former Progressive Conservative deputy premier in Alberta who submitted the petition in June, said the “Alberta Forever Canada” petition has approximately 230,000 signatures so fa...

www.cbc.ca

Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Awful, awful decision. They should cut their ties completely! #arsenal

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 2d

Arsenal are in discussions over extending their sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda.

Arsenal fan group Gunners For Peace said discussions over extending the deal brought the club’s values into question.

✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social and @dansheldon.bsky.social

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

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