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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 8h

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 9h

CBC reporting that seven Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. Israel says they were killed for approaching ceasefire line. An independent journalist who works with CBC says they were nowhere near the line when killed, and that Israel isn’t abiding by the ceasefire agreement.

7 Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Seven people have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on several people they say approached soldiers near the agreed-upon ceasefire ‘yellow line’ in northern Gaza on Tuesday. The Israeli mili...

www.cbc.ca

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 10h

Is he more delusional about the fact that he thinks Trump deserves it, or that he thinks he’ll get support from parliaments around the world?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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

Canada has had many great teams in its history, in many different sports.
Among all those hockey, baseball, soccer and football championships, one team may stand above them all.
It was the most dominant team in our history.
This is the story of The Edmonton Grads.

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A black-and-white photograph of a women's basketball team from 1923, standing in a line. They are wearing matching uniforms with dark skirts, light-colored tops with dark lettering, and knee-high stockings with stripes. One player on the left is holding a basketball, and a trophy is placed on the floor in front of the team. The background features a draped curtain. The year "1923" is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote this short little bio about Gladys Fry, one of the Grads. I love that she was such a good player that the U of A and Grads played a game against each other for her services.

medium.com/ualberta2017...

The Grad

Gladys Fry was one of the best players on one of the most dominant teams in sports history.

medium.com

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Brent Wittmeier @wittmeier.bsky.social · 2d

Alberta used to have the best services in Canada. On health and education, arguably the two main roles for a provincial government, the UCP is failing Albertans.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 3d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Just gonna put it out there that he should be called “Peace Frog,” after The Doors song, which also has some pretty relevant lyrics.

“There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
Blood in the streets, the town of Chicago”

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 4d

Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

Telling the federal court that IL police can handle Broadview was part of the state's legal strategy against national guard being deployed here.

But it's hard to square that as for the good of protestors or Illinoisans as a whole, when IL police are perfectly willing to drag and beat them anyway.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3d

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 3d

The Holy Father should emulate Pope John Paul II and make an early pilgrimage to his home country to speak some plain truths to the regime in power.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 3d

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners have had a guy on second base with no outs three times in extra innings, and have yet to score.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not a fan of small ball, but these are the situations where you do it, and good lord both teams have been awful.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 3d

Alberta NDP doing the same. Opposed to coal mining in eastern slopes, but ok with pipeline through critical ecosystems. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

This guy is gobbling up public trust in record time.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 4d

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

I really want to know what the OG Wizard Frog thinks of people copying them. Are they ok with it? Was it their idea? Or are they upset others are stealing their thunder? Is this aura jacking? Is their beef between the frogs? Where’s the journalism!!!!???

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 4d

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Loyola University Chicago @loyolachicago.bsky.social · 4d

Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time. For more information: https://bit.ly/4o7eIUk

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

He was showing this to Carney and delegation yesterday. Canadian reporter should ask them what Trump said he was going to do.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m going to clean the bathrooms as punishment for being an Eagles fan.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

I’d bet everything I own that Trump will create a peace prize and give it to himself. That or his sycophants create one and give it to him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Larry Kudlow to Sen. Eric Schmitt: "You and I should get on a plane, go to Davos or go to the UN or go to the Democratic Socialists who make these Nobel Prize decisions -- I think they'd rather shoot themselves than give him the Peace Prize. He deserves the Peace Prize."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m confident many of those artists can still write great songs. Maybe not hit songs, but that’s not the same thing.

Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 5d

Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Smoky Robinson, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are all still alive, so…

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 8d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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