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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

This is a clear, moral statement that I believe is consistent with US national interests and those of New Yorkers.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on today's profoundly moving scenes in Israel and Palestine.

Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

There is finally a glimmer of hope that this ceasefire will hold and the long difficult work of reconstruction can begin. I also know this news brings solace to millions of New Yorkers, who’ve felt the pain of the past few years. We have watched as our tax dollars have funded a genocide. The moral and human cost will be a lasting stain and requires accountability and real examination of our collective conscience and our government’s policies.

The responsibility now lies with those of us who believe in peace to make sure it endures, and that it is just. Once aid is delivered, the wounded are cared for, and a lasting agreement secured, we cannot look away. We must work towards a future built upon justice, one without occupation and apartheid, and for a world where every person can live with safety and dignity.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Many Palestinians in Gaza felt there was little to celebrate on Monday. “It’s important that the bombing has stopped, but there’s nothing to be happy about,” said Saed Abu Aita, 44. “My two daughters were killed, my home was destroyed and my health has deteriorated.”

Gazans See Little to Celebrate Even Though the Bombs Have Stopped

The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 1d

What a start to Barron’s season!

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 1d

1700 of the freed Palestinian “prisoners” were held without charge.

“Those freed include around 1,700 of the several thousand Palestinians that Israeli troops seized from Gaza during the 2-year war and have held without charge.” #Hostages vs. #Prisoners

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

BEITUNIA, West Bank (AP) — Cheers erupted among Palestinians on Monday as Israel released nearly 2,000 prisoners under a Gaza ceasefire agreement that saw them exchanged for Israeli hostages freed by Hamas.

Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal

BEITUNIA, West Bank (AP) — Cheers erupted among Palestinians on Monday as Israel released nearly 2,000 prisoners under a Gaza ceasefire agreement that saw them exchanged for Israeli hostages freed by Hamas.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, this is beautiful.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

Diane Keaton on making REDS with Warren Beatty

YouTube video by American Film Institute

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 2d

C @ccb4fo4.bsky.social · 2d

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Reds - train station scene

YouTube video by sniem

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, this is beautiful.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

Diane Keaton on making REDS with Warren Beatty

YouTube video by American Film Institute

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2d

13/ Meanwhile, Bixi Montreal has grown ridership significantly, ironically helping to drive the kind of infrastructure investments that that Globe editorial thought would be a better use of bike $ in 2014. Membership and ridership especially began to soar during the pandemic -

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.

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A festive Thanksgiving dinner table featuring a roasted turkey as the centerpiece, surrounded by an array of dishes including green beans, stuffing, sliced ham, and a pumpkin pie. The table is decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers, candles, and autumnal flowers, with wine glasses and plates set for a meal.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!

We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.

Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"

US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 2d

Important article.

Dylan Robertson @withfilesfrom.bsky.social · 2d

Senator Amina Gerba was sterilized without her consent at a Montreal hospital. @amy61.bsky.social hopes her story can advance a broader reckoning on systemic racism.

"I didn't want to talk about it at all. But it was too hard to keep quiet," she says. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/senat...

Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile

OTTAWA - A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · 2d

Does anyone else have a weird attachment to the Bloor Street Viaduct after reading In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje? I devoured that book in high school.

The Bloor Street Viaduct on a cloudy day

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2d

Praise for Montreal's bike-share system, from TIME. Worth a holiday thread on a couple of operational + political aspects of Bixi's history that are intriguingly left unsaid.

Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 2d

“Montreal revolutionized the bicycle-sharing trend. The tech behind BIXI became the backbone for bike-sharing programs in London, New York, Chicago and dozens of other places, turning two wheels into a genuine option for navigating cities.”

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI is on it.

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Ami Dar @amidar.bsky.social · 3d

There are exactly zero excuses left for not letting international journalists into Gaza now. Open the damn gates.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 3d

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 3d

Few actors exemplify the delightful wildness and mess that was the hallmark of Meisner technique better than Diane Keaton. What an incredible actor and career. impossible to imagine Reds, Godfather II, or Annie Hall, three of the best American films of the new Hollywood era, without her. RIP!

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago, we visited London with youngest, 15. Got bored at one point and rented him a bike share for a couple of hours. Best few dollars spent ever on vacation; peace and quiet, joy and happiness never came so cheap. #explore

Bikes bring the freedom car ads promise @tomflood.bsky.social

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 3d

A close friend of mine was thrown into traffic after being doored on Queen. Thank god he was wearing a helmet or he would definitely have had head injuries.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 3d

To add to my Bixi appreciation post:

I’m in Toronto often and I’ve never used their bike share system; I simply don’t feel safe biking without a helmet there.

I never owned a car while living in TO and biked everywhere. But I’ve gotten used to protected lanes here in Winnipeg - can’t go back.

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 3d

It was incredible to see how women of the Yapacani region, who largely grew up in subsistence farming, have taken Canadian development grants to explore fish farming and run with it, building new businesses, testing out innovative new products, and leading real community-driven economic growth.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 4d

Just a normal drive home on the Manitoba prairie.

A line of green northern lights over the tree line of a harvested field.

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