Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster
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Theatre stuff, gnawing anxieties.
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Melody Schreiber
24 days ago
I had no idea this is how the NORAD Santa tracker got started!
www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
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NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/19/371647099/norads-santa-tracker-began-with-a-typo-and-a-good-sport?utm_social_post_id=629357018&utm_term=nprnews&utm_social_handle_id=did%3Aplc%3Aln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr
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Brent Toderian
24 days ago
What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that donāt take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc). Mobility in cities is about space. Graphic via
@seattlesubway.org
based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
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Mike Baker
25 days ago
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. āIāve waited 30 years. I canāt believe it. They canāt call me a liar anymore.ā
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Damian Carrington
27 days ago
āMassive disruptionā: UKās worst-case
#climatecrisis
scenarios revealed by scientists - Scientists say government must be prepared for unlikely but āplausibleā 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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āMassive disruptionā: UKās worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for āplausibleā 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/massive-disruption-uk-worst-case-climate-crisis-risks
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Lissa Harris ššļøš„āļøš
28 days ago
I have been seeing a lot of live theater lately, my partner loves it and lives in nyc and yes I know Iām a lucky bastard, thatās a given but I tell you what: itās a terrific remedy for being sick to your soul about all the slop out there good, bad, meh: it cannot be sloppified. it has the juice
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T. Ryan Gregory šØš¦
29 days ago
Flu is not "just a flu".
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3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a ārapid and significant riseā in Influenza A in the region.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/3-children-die-from-influenza-a-related-complications-in-ottawa-and-eastern-ontario-region/
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Emily Atkin
about 1 month ago
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were āsafe,ā and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didnāt mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with
@mirandagreen.bsky.social
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@atmosmag.bsky.social
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Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obviousāand itās part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
https://heated.world/p/why-are-famous-chefs-fighting-pfas
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Matt Elliott
about 1 month ago
Mayor Olivia Chow is introducing fare capping for TTC riders in her upcoming budget. Instead of having to decide whether it makes sense to buy a monthly pass in advance, rides will automatically be free after 47 trips starting next Sept.
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Shawn Micallef
about 1 month ago
Always shocked by people on this site & elsewhere who will @ a working journo or writer, someone whose (in my case) pay hasn't increased in 13 years & who likely live/work precarious lives, with an indignant "paywall" or suggest a non-library workaround cheat. Such raw rudeness, nerve & contempt.
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Filinadiangirl
about 1 month ago
Really want to revisit this because just two days after this was posted, Canada went āoh by the way, hereās this new show about gay hockey players and itās super horny and our taxes and phone bills paid for this. Youāre welcome.ā And itās leaving Americans speechless and in need of a cold shower.
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J. Kelly Nestruck
about 1 month ago
Free Jeremy! That's like one dose of MDMA. Poor guy.
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Nick Hune-Brown
about 1 month ago
Three horses euthanized at Woodbine last weekend.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thr...
. A reminder that this industry is wholly dependent on government subsidy.
thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
https://thelocal.to/breakdown-at-the-racetrack/
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Onthesidelines5 šØš¦ (she/her)
about 1 month ago
More fallout from Carney's MOU
#CdnPoli
#AbPoli
#BCPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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2 top climate advisers quit saying Carney government is ignoring its experts | CBC News
Two members of the federal governmentās Net-Zero Advisory Body have resigned, saying its work is being ignored by Ottawa as it moves away from previous climate commitments and toward new oil and gas p...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-net-zero-carney-alberta-pipeline-9.7003543
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Colson Whitehead
about 1 month ago
Nice analysis of AIās current writing style.
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Shingrix vaccine don't play
about 1 month ago
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jenna newman phd
about 1 month ago
āWhen participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engagedāa kind of metacognitive mirage.āš§Ŗ
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Dick Zoutman
about 1 month ago
www.cp24.com/politics/que...
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Ontario wrote off $1.4 billion of personal protective equipment, auditor finds
Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the provinceās auditor general found.
https://www.cp24.com/politics/queens-park/2025/12/02/ontario-wrote-off-14-billion-of-personal-protective-equipment-auditor-finds/
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Chris Lites
about 1 month ago
The real trick here (and I think I know one way they're going to do it) is to distinguish it from all the bits or Neuromancer on film, TV, and music videos for the last 40 years,
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Snowden St.
about 1 month ago
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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Mother Jones
about 1 month ago
"Weāre terrified that if she remains in an environment that is so hateful that she might follow the path of so many trans people and spiral into depression and self-harm. So weāre going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Here's how families are fighting to survive Trumpās war on trans kids.
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"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trans-kids-attacks-trump-families/
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
about 1 month ago
I have so much respect and appreciation for the city staff who are doing their absolute best in a hostile environment to deliver on cycling network expansion for Toronto.
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āItās not a loophole:ā Toronto has plans to install 20 km of new bike lanes despite provincial legislation
Toronto has found a way to install 20 kilometres of new bike lanes while still complying with provincial legislation that places significant restrictions on new cycling infrastructure.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/its-not-a-loophole-toronto-has-plans-to-install-20-km-of-new-bike-lanes-despite-provincial-legislation/
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Oh I love this. Oh theatre kids.
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The Local Magazine
about 1 month ago
In the week since we published our investigation into possible freelance scammer āVictoria Goldiee,ā Local editor
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
has heard from journalists around the world whoāve had their own run-ins with āGoldiee.ā
thelocal.to/fallout-from...
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The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation | The Local
A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of āVictoria Goldiees.ā
https://thelocal.to/fallout-from-ai-freelancer-investigation/
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The Conversation U.S.
about 2 months ago
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by
@gizmodo.com
:
buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
https://buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Hey
@eanjay.bsky.social
didn't this happen on a show you worked on in the 70s?
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about 2 months ago
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Lanrick Bennett
about 2 months ago
Not surprised. Just heartbroken. š
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#VisionZero
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Shawn Micallef
about 2 months ago
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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Speed cameras have been gone for a few days. Some asshole is drag racing up and down our street. Thanks Doug!
about 2 months ago
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Julie S. Lalonde
about 2 months ago
I'm not interested in "I told you so." A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that. But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
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Steven Guilbeault
about 2 months ago
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.
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Matthew G Brown
about 2 months ago
Youāre damn right. Home girl Vanessa Sears can do ANYTHING.
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the Mountain Goats
about 2 months ago
one of the grimmest things Iāve ever read, but happily it does contain the phrase āmysterious constellation of brutal practicesā
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions
about 2 months ago
"Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery." I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
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Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/more-than-23000-canadians-died-on-medical-wait-lists-in-the-past-year-new-report-finds/?taid=6926f2de7b21c80001b3887b&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Oh The Urbanity!
about 2 months ago
A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
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Shawn Micallef
about 2 months ago
11 years of assault. Suspended w pay at $357,000 per year. Friday 5pm news release.
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TPS Officer Arrest
https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/64625/
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Tabatha SoutheyšØš¦
about 2 months ago
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Forceās social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like thisā¦
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Nora Loreto
about 2 months ago
Ok Vatican III absolutely rules.
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Rachel Gilmore
about 2 months ago
There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids. One of Danielle Smithās staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi. Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
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kia speaks
about 2 months ago
My favorite piece of content today.
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Julie S. Lalonde
about 2 months ago
And people still look me square in the face and deadass ask me why women don't report.
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Gregk Foley
about 2 months ago
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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Amazing listen. Gut punch.
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about 2 months ago
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derek guy
about 2 months ago
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke. IG bscomedian
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Mike Fragassi
about 2 months ago
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ā
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Alexi Conman
about 2 months ago
"Let's hope it's a divorce", "He's NOT a rabbit, he's a little boy! We'll call him Jeffrey, okay?" Brilliant
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David Ho
about 2 months ago
One day weāll look back on this as one of the stupidest things weāve done.
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California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
āForever chemicalsā sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of āobvious problemā
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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Rachel Klein
about 2 months ago
Chicago Pope says We come to this place for magic.
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Dr. Thrasher's The Overseer Class is now available for pre-order
about 2 months ago
āDonāt let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.ā
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