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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4h

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 4h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 12h

E =everyone have fun. Just kidding T

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 13h

The Big Dumper is what you clip the bag of milk into so it can be put into glasses

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 13h

The Big Dumper is what Canada probably calls a spice cabinet or something

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 13h

Postseason Springer Dingers just hit different 😮‍💨

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 16h

Next time tell her it was “stovetop new recipe” 😂

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 21h

Amazing what can be done when the provincial liquor controllers are required to remove a major source and replace with more products from local, other provinces (slowly), and other countries. 👍

All with the support of Canadians.

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 22h

Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 23h

Congrats! Charcoal and Smoke(y) are probably too plain for this gorgeous pair.

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 1d

Bluejay

Colorful calm...

A blue and white Bluejay is perched on a branch with some green leaves behind it. The background is blurry branches.

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Blake Murphy @blakemurphy.bsky.social · 23h

Jays ALCS roster has no Bo Bichette, no changes on hitter side.

Scherzer and Bassitt are on, Bruihl and Nance are off.

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Alejandro Kirk

tim @librariman.bsky.social · 1d

George Springer

Ross Atkins @alexgrady180.bsky.social · 1d

John Schneider

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 1d

for the love of reality, please don't use the Nova chatbot. to say it's unreliable, much like the rest of the healthcare system seems unreliable, is an understatement.

this fits really well into the context of 27,000 women say healthcare in the maritimes sucks rocks.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d

This might sound silly but vouch it is 100 percent correct. Crowd had been nuts all night but also was just aching for something to cheer for. When Humpy won, they set off the bangs and everything like someone had hit a walk-off homer and it jolted the whole place. Sports are weird and great!

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 2d

Man. Humpy really did that shit.

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

C is for Cubbies; that’s good enough for me. And they had fewer wins than the Blue Jays so…

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Stephen Dame @stephendame.bsky.social · 1d

A moment that crystallized fandom: why you put up with the cost and the traffic and the too-small, plastic seats and the losing and the losing and the losing. You do it for moments like this, even in absence of banners, these moments are what fans remember, and for a reason. Well done Mike.

Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 1d

I worked really hard on this for a very long time and am incredibly proud of it. It’s a long read, but for #Bluejays fans who remember that one swing a decade ago and all the madness that surrounded it, it will be well worth it. Please give it a look!

A controversial call, furious fans and The Bat Flip: An oral history of the game that turned Jose Bautista into a Blue Jays icon

Ten years ago on Oct. 14, the Toronto Blue Jays slugger cemented his icon status with one powerful swing followed by an unforgettable flip of his bat.

www.thestar.com

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s some of the second race

youtube.com/shorts/bA0X7...

They're doing a second salmon run. I repeat, they're doing a SECOND salmon run.

YouTube video by MLB

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

If you were watching the Tigers @ Mariners last night, I mean this morning, and missed the Seattle Salmonoid Saga…

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 1d

Bryan Woo: So invested in the Salmon Run he's ready to hop over the rail.

Josh Naylor: Absolutely refuses to acknowledge the humanoid fish people in the outfield for fear that he is the only one that can see them.

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now

Bruce Cameron 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 @brucec.bsky.social · 12d

The year was 1778...

Trevor J. Adams @trevorjadams.bsky.social · 28d

When war raged and American raiders menaced coastal communities, ordinary citizens became privateers and defended the Maritimes. Darcy Rhyno revisits the age-of-sail heroes in this recent Saltscapes story. (No paywall)

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Mike The Canstralian 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 @aussieinto.bsky.social · 1d

Make it 100%, Canada.

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

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

www.cbc.ca

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Trevor J. Adams @trevorjadams.bsky.social · 28d

When war raged and American raiders menaced coastal communities, ordinary citizens became privateers and defended the Maritimes. Darcy Rhyno revisits the age-of-sail heroes in this recent Saltscapes story. (No paywall)

Treasure hunters and patriots - Saltscapes Magazine

When war raged and American raiders menaced coastal communities, ordinary citizens became privateers and defended the Maritimes

www.saltscapes.com

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Vladdy Jr said that he would never play for the Yankees, even if he was dead? Yeah, I think he really meant it.

GameTimeArt @gametimeart.bsky.social · 1d

Yankees literally did the same thing to the Griffeys as well which is why Griffey JR famously said he'd never sign with the Yankees.

RAKETTA DU HOCKEY🇨🇦 @hockeyvids.bsky.social · 1d

Vladdy admits why he dislikes the Yankees in a 2023 interview: "When a team humiliates you, the Lord grants you the ability to humiliate them

“It was me who was removed from the stadium, I was 7 or 8 years old, so I was like okay... Now when I arrive you're going to feel my presence in the Bronx."

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GameTimeArt @gametimeart.bsky.social · 1d

Yankees literally did the same thing to the Griffeys as well which is why Griffey JR famously said he'd never sign with the Yankees.

RAKETTA DU HOCKEY🇨🇦 @hockeyvids.bsky.social · 1d

Vladdy admits why he dislikes the Yankees in a 2023 interview: "When a team humiliates you, the Lord grants you the ability to humiliate them

“It was me who was removed from the stadium, I was 7 or 8 years old, so I was like okay... Now when I arrive you're going to feel my presence in the Bronx."

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1d

Sir, we’ve found the Rebel Bass

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget that for Bluesky, jokes should have a short preamble so all us on-line folks will get it. Sorta like Jerry Seinfeld, but in advance. 😂

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Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.bsky.social · 1d

MLB has been using Montréal as leverage on the Tampa Bay Area for a while. I don’t see either Montréal or Vancouver any time soon. Maybe Nashville first.

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