Josh Visser
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Legendary newsman and beer league hockey player.*
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue
2 months ago
New ISD research shows a growing prominence of antisemitism across US-based extremist movements, spanning the political spectrum. Analysis of 150,000+ posts found a 21% increase in antisemitic content between Aug 2024 & Jan 2025, w/ spikes linked to major domestic & geopolitical events ā¬ļø
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Antisemitism across the extremes: A deep-dive on US-based violent online networks
New ISD research finds antisemitism rising across US extremist spaces, up 21 percent since Aug 2024, driven by events and conspiracy narratives.
https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/antisemitism-across-the-extremes-a-deep-dive-on-us-based-violent-online-networks/
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One of the very best to do it.
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RIP Brooksie: Larry Brooks, Post legend and Hall of Fame hockey writer, dead at 75
RIP Brooksie: Larry Brooks, Post legend and Hall of Fame hockey writer, dead at 75
https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/sports/rip-brooksie-larry-brooks-post-legend-and-hall-of-fame-hockey-writer-dead-at-75/
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New
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research shows 764 is evolving to new crimes.
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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From sextortion to violence: The evolving threat of the 764 network in the US
The 764 networkās US activity has shifted from sextortion and CSAM to real-world violence, reflecting a broader nihilistic-violence trend.
https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/from-sextortion-to-violence-the-evolving-threat-of-the-764-network-in-the-us/
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Beautiful team, beautiful run. Will take a while to get over.
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Really cool night for Sportnet+ app to keep dying. Not like itās 400 bucks a year and the World Series
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You absolutely send that guy in the 10th. Chill.
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Hmmm, the colonel is in the house?
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Mark Medley
4 months ago
My book Live to See the Day is off to the printer and available for preorder. Iād love it if you bought a copy or spread the word. It took me around the world ā and took seven years to write! Which is fitting for a book about things that might never happen.
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/645965...
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Live to See the Day by Mark Medley | Penguin Random House Canada
An imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day is a globe-trotting exploration of what drives certain people to pursue a dream beyond all logic, reason, or reward.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/645965/live-to-see-the-day-by-mark-medley/9780771062261
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Being a Toronto Blue Jays/New York Rangers fan has been pretty painful since 1995.
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Waffle š§
5 months ago
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue
5 months ago
What happens when a fandom obsessed w/ mass killers starts generating its own? Since 2024, the True Crime Community (TCC) has been linked to 16 school shootings/disrupted plots. Attackers seek notoriety, borrowing from past killers w/ a āmemeticā twist. ISD analysis & what prevention requires below.
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Memetic violence: How the True Crime Community generates its own killers
What happens when a fandom obsessed with high-profile murderers consequently becomes one of the biggest producers of them?
https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/memetic-violence-how-the-true-crime-community-generates-its-own-killers/
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This was a $120M opening in my circle.
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5 months ago
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John Mulaney, pretty funny.
6 months ago
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Forgot to cancel Britbox so, whatās good there?
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Ars Technica
6 months ago
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Authors celebrate āhistoricā settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will āfinancially ruinā the AI industry.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/authors-celebrate-historic-settlement-coming-soon-in-anthropic-class-action/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned
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Amarnath Amarasingam
6 months ago
A warning I often repeat for those working with attacker manifestos, like the one in Minnesota: resist the temptation to seize on one element that aligns with your own political or policy concern and elevate it as the only motive. Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
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John
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realistic Star Trek
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Not sure we need AI-enabled smokers.
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Graham Isador
6 months ago
This is great from
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Oasis was fun but itāll take the 1971 Rolling Stones to get me to go back to Rogers Stadium. Just the worst!
6 months ago
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The last time I saw Oasis, Noel got jumped on stage and Liam was forced to defend his brother in public. Hope it goes better for them tonight.
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Kim Kelly
6 months ago
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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Is there anything dumber than parking somewhat illegally because you want to be on time for the doctor?
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Manisha Krishnan
6 months ago
Fascinating story by
@tessowen.bsky.social
on people trying to reconnect to their MAGA parents via book clubs. One woman promised to attend church if her ailing father reads 3 books. āIt would be good to know that when I go one day, Iāll see my daughter again,ā he says.
www.wired.com/story/people...
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People Are Trying to āDeprogramā Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs
Divisive politics have led people to go āno contactā with their MAGA parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.
https://www.wired.com/story/people-are-trying-to-deprogram-their-maga-parents-through-book-clubs/
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Was back home on PEI for this and really apparent how unready the island is for climate change, just at a practical level. Many homes and businesses donāt have AC, playgrounds have little shade or water, etc. When I moved away 20 years ago, days over 25C felt rare.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Temperatures recorded at 2 sites break P.E.I. record for hottest day in recorded history | CBC News
A temperature of 39.5 CelsiusĀ was observed atĀ the UPEI Climate Lab's Fox Island station near Alberton, and a recording device at Maple Plains in central P.E.I. registered a high of 38.1 C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-heatwave-record-break-hot-maple-plains-1.7607997
7 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
that summit could've been an email
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Gee, itās not like the experts all predicted this would happen.
globalnews.ca/news/1133482...
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Ford considers widening ājammed upā Hwy. 407 East weeks after tolls were removed | Globalnews.ca
At an unrelated event, Premier Doug Ford said he was considering widening the public portion of Highway 407 only a few weeks after removing tolls on the route.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11334822/doug-ford-highway-407-east-jammed-up/
7 months ago
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Daniel Kaszor
7 months ago
It's wild how many of Toronto's current problems can be traced back to "knock on effect from Rob Ford tearing up the Transit City plan as the first thing he did as mayor."
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For the billionth time, itās not the tariffs, itās the takeover threat.
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David Moscrop
7 months ago
Doug Ford's 401 tunnel is a fantasy that will almost certainly never come true. It should still worry us. A lot.
thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to...
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Fordās Plan to Dig a Tunnel under Highway 401 Is Almost Certainly Doomed | The Walrus
The megaproject is a $100 billion boondoggle with the risk of roadway collapse
https://thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to-hell-dug-by-doug-ford/
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Itās possible for something to both be a power grab and a distraction.
7 months ago
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Cannot recommend highly enough reading older non-fiction.
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Will Oremus
7 months ago
Meta fired its fact-checkers, citing concerns of liberal bias, and replaced them with a version of X's "Community Notes." How's that going? Well, my coworker
@geoffreyfowler.bsky.social
proposed 65 fact-checks debunking false posts... and only 3 got approved.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Column | Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement.
Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Metaās new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/04/meta-fact-check-community-notes-test-facebook-instagram/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU0MjgwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU1NjYyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTQyODAwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijc5Mjk0ZjQ5LTdiMmMtNGUyNi04ZjAwLWQyNGU0M2ZiYmY4MiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjUvMDgvMDQvbWV0YS1mYWN0LWNoZWNrLWNvbW11bml0eS1ub3Rlcy10ZXN0LWZhY2Vib29rLWluc3RhZ3JhbS8ifQ.v0uHnQ6Wabd7CtTYp9BeKrBVnT_2LK141_7eHC_ksgw&itid=gfta
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Who knew what, when?
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This articleās main source literally says cartels are not moving fentanyl production to Canada but they āsure couldā if they wanted.
apple.news/ALzIWJXZqQMq...
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Why more fentanyl production could be moving to Canada ā National Post
Thereās no evidence of significant flows of fentanyl from Canada, but that could change quickly if the U.S. is able to better seal its Mexican border
https://apple.news/ALzIWJXZqQMqC3HyzHR431A
7 months ago
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Iād do this tonight if I was home in Toronto and not at the PEI tractor pulls.
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Eva Holland
7 months ago
Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For
@defector.com
, I went digging:
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Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If youāre not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
https://defector.com/why-did-national-geographic-disappear-its-own-documentary-about-a-queer-climate-scientist
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Tim Onion
7 months ago
AI is bloatware, pass it on.
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In amazons very silly War of the Worlds remake, the aliens attack a park north of Winnipeg, and leave all of eastern Canada and the UK alone. š¤·
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Cycle Toronto
7 months ago
We won š²
www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...
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Joey Coleman
7 months ago
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death - A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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So, everyone is watching South Park again, eh?
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Matthew Gault
7 months ago
AI search is rotting your brain.
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Googleās AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Googleās AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/
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Teddy Wilson
8 months ago
Tracking Canadaās fascist fight clubs: CBCās visual investigations team reveals where some of Canadaās white nationalist 'active clubs' gather to prepare for violence
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Tracking Canadaās fascist fight clubs
CBCās visual investigations team reveals where some of Canadaās white nationalist 'active clubs' gather to prepare for violence.
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/fascist-fight-club
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I was living sans internet in rural Canada in the 90s.
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Barry Hertz
8 months ago
NEW & NOS: After year and a half of reporting and writing, I'm thrilled to announce that WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS, THE BLOCKBUSTERS THAT SUPERCHARGED THE WORLD is available to pre-order. Coming Nov. 25
@grandcentralpub.bsky.social
www.amazon.ca/Welcome-Fami...
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Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World
Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World: Hertz, Barry: 9781538771037: Books - Amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.ca/Welcome-Family-Explosive-Blockbusters-Supercharged/dp/1538771039/ref=sr_1_8?crid=181JHJU7R21LI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CUdRR5Mxtv8R5uD7uOZVjTzbQJ63b38pBZn2NnBpDY7fg8h2wTUSjXkkNbRsIWjPP8HXoxZUTc7YRvHFn4Gwb_us4jq5yKfFe-xGA4hBqfvedjW20Ni9GqXud7Kw2xSxUa8Gg7Ycx-hTpfQXIoNok2Kpi98CurThMVIrhHrxreMXma4gsRHnh7sbtfdmw9I5yDOCgiwtWuzIF4Sl2mWzButU75MleiEDfSmbCOrs_aJNb1i_madsTRF1X9sMW8acTGKgzXqc-OmiAw7DMuYmCgWI-YajrqzejXBX1hnWV8I.77c4kgUAh5I--20EJ0TiZxqZvhC7RRuKKhgvRSF-xCQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=all+in+the+family+fast+and+furious&qid=1752585657&sprefix=all+in+the+family+fast+and+furious%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-8
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Best show in TV doesnāt get a single nomā¦
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8 months ago
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Jason Koebler
8 months ago
Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms:
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
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The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.
https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/
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The best thing Iāve read on this mess from an American publication.
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You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are
Thereās nothing like a common enemy to make a country come together.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/canadians-join-the-us-trump-america-canada-reaction.html
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Canāt help but think if these cameras were meant to catch cyclists, Toronto police would have caught the culprits.
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Hereās the real truth about Toronto and its speed cameras
What we can learn from the brazen vandalism of the speed cameras on Parkside Drive.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/heres-the-real-truth-about-toronto-and-its-speed-cameras/article_07afb913-719e-41c7-af45-11d6833d4608.html
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