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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 9h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 14h

“Habeas Corpus is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 19h

Since Google doesn't yet do Canadian-to-American translations, @brittlestar.com is here to help us out.

Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 21h

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 1d

How can I re-cancel my already cancelled subscription?

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 1d

Ramones played the University of B.C. campus in Vancouver, Canada, in 1980, the same year Tennessee Williams became a writer in residence on campus. (Alas, the events were several months apart.) @raxkingisdead.bsky.social

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 1d

When Babe Ruth's future adopted daughter, Julie Ruth Stevens, was born in 1917, he had only seven career home runs to his name. She lived long enough to see him hit 714, Henry Aaron hit 755 and Barry Bonds hit 762. She also lived long enough to witness Shohei Ohtani's rookie season.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 1d

Two men convicted of fraud over allegations from the $300-million redevelopment of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital.

My colleagues first uncovered the procurement issues of this project a decade ago. Investigative journalism is a long-term commitment.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Two men convicted of fraud in connection with St. Michael’s Hospital redevelopment

Verdict marks the culmination of a process that began in 2015, when Bondfield was awarded the $300-million project

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 3d

Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely incredible how unprofessional these guys are. One dude yelling in your face and you immediately assault them on camera?

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 5d

During the October Crisis in Québec in 1970, police seized books on cubism thinking they were about Cuba.

Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 5d

I'm still just baffled at the sheer stupidity here.

“You got a vial of opium that was in your center console,” an officer told Raghu. “Go and take a seat.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by Ice

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 5d

Dude, no living Soviet leaders were depicted on currency.

Nazi Germany put Hindenburg, not Hitler, on its coins.

Fascist Italy put King Victor Emmanuel III, not Mussolini, on its coins.

Only two-bit fascists like Franco were insecure enough to place their own image on coins.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5d

As a kid, I got into politics partly to do my bit fighting the Soviet Union.

Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

www.politico.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Several journalists resigned this week from three newspapers in Alaska after the publications’ corporate owner made significant edits to an article about Charlie Kirk’s death, after pressure from a Republican state lawmaker who had criticized the coverage.

Journalists at 3 Alaska Newspapers Quit Over Charlie Kirk Story

The publications in Alaska lost significant staffing after the owners made changes to an article that had drawn criticism from a Republican state lawmaker.

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 5d

Privately hoping that someone in Canada's vast Ukrainian diaspora will read about the need for Ukrainian-language Harry Potter books in at the school library in Pavlohrad, and decide to fill that gap...

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 6d

Life, death - and just carrying on - in a Ukrainian city as the war gets closer.

A week in the life of Pavlohrad, a city bracing for its turn on the frontline if Pokrovsk, an hour's drive to the east, falls.

My report, with amazing photography by @olgaivashchenko.bsky.social

This Ukrainian city isn’t on the front lines yet. If that changes, everything changes

Pavlohrad is bracing for the day it turns into another Mariupol or Bakhmut. The Globe went there to see how locals feel – and what hard choices they might face if the Russians come

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 6d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 6d

This Day in Labor History: October 2, 1968. the Mexican military slaughtered students protesting in the Tlateloco Plaza at the edge of Mexico City. The Tlateloco Massacre demonstrated the complete corruption of the Mexican Revolution’s ideals!!!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma despite doctors’ concerns A woman who died after refusing chemotherapy doctors had believed would have given her a strong chance of recovery was “adversely influenced” by her conspiracy theorist mother, a coroner has said. Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 in July 2024 after refusing conventional treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On Thursday, the coroner in her inquest said the influence of her parents, Kay and Faramarz Shemirani, “more than minimally” contributed to her death. Continue reading...

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 7d

"Globalist" has long been used by the white power movement to signify a Jewish conspiracy to eliminate the white race. It sometimes means something less alarming, like opposing the UN, worrying about cosmopolitanism, etc, but that's not who this meme is for. This meme is bread & butter racism.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7d

Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.

Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.

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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 8d

Amber Bracken's lawyer says she pushed a finger into the sheriff's chest. The sheriff told RCMP she “struck him in the left shoulder with an aggressive punching/pushing motion." He said that evening that his shoulder hurt but he declined medical attention. Crown never approved a charge. #cdnpoli

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 9d

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show

Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 8d

1. Both PFBs open today aka National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. As always, all profits from the day's sales benefit a few Indigenous-led organizations close to us: Native Education College; Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services Society; and the Urban Native Youth Association.

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 8d

In a union shop, that can be a sign the reporter disagrees with the editing (especially framing) and has pulled their byline.

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 8d

The 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics should be moved to a different country.

Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · 9d

This is America. Where we have turned golf violent. European players have vowed to never return to America to play the sport.

Footage shows moment Rory McIlroy's wife Erica is hit by can of beer by fan in shocking incident

Video footage of the shocking incident involving Rory McIlroy's wife Erica at the Ryder Cup has been shared online

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Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · 8d

For those who are unawares, the Commander of NORAD is always an American and has operational control of Canadian NORAD forces.

That's not just some thing that we do. It's a treaty-level agreement.

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