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Tristan Capacchione
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lacroixm.bsky.social
Je sais que Bessent, et Trump, et toute cette équipe est au-delà de toute cohérence intellectuelle et xénophobe à un degré qui n’avait pas été vu au pouvoir, aux USA depuis plus de cent ans.

Mais, sérieusement, est-ce si différent des discours de la CAQ et du PQ comme accusation monomaniaque?
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
What the fuck is going on, Jesus.
rdassaly.bsky.social Richie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social · 1d
A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week.

“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.

For @thegrindto.bsky.social
Snowplow Operator Drives Through Pro-Palestine Demonstration
Despite videos of the incident being published and a photo showing the driver giving the finger to the pro-Palestine crowd, Toronto police say there was “no reason to believe there was any malicious…
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Oh… oh no… this is why you don’t vote Liberal. I mean I can’t really endorse any of the parties at this stage, but you know…
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
This was extra weird in Canada where, because of the metric system, we had problems with conversion on our save files. The vending machines just couldn’t handle it at the time.
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
Screenshot of an Excel window with the Save icon (the 3.5 diskette) highlighted. The screenshot is taken from a forum post with Japanese text. User Nobi Hayashi (@nobi): Why is the Save button in Excel depicted as a vending machine with a purchased drink can at the bottom? this question is currently being discussed by young Japanese people on a forum
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Happy first snow to those who celebrate
Inches of thick, flaky snow sit upon trees and road signs, a church and steeple pokes out in the background. A streetlight illuminates everything below.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
3+ years of striking! Solidarity ✊
pghguild.com Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com · 11d
BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
alyshah.bsky.social
If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:

www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
A giant bear sitting on a throne looms over this Toronto neighbourhood. What’s the story behind ‘Bearbraham Lincoln’?
The 10-metre tall female grizzly in a North York park is the mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Someone jokingly (?) just requested a content warning on an episode because I included a snippet of the Caillou theme song. And you know what? Fair.
An image from the Caillou TV series with the titular bald kid looking shocked, mouth open.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
carrietait.bsky.social
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
From a friend on Facebook. Art:
An ad on the back of a TTC bus that reads, "You believe in the Leafs? You can believe in home ownership."
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
adriennetanner.bsky.social
Great first-hand account of the ostrich cull and its implications for public trust in Canadian institutions. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
The ostriches are dead. What about public trust?
The government-ordered ostrich cull has revealed how social media can help a family transform their tragedy into spectacle. And their story has offered a window into the ways trust breaks down between...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
So, you chose chaos…
komaniecki.bsky.social Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 20d
I want it to go to extra innings because last time it did that the posts got good
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Royalmount pitch vs reality (only phase 1, I know):
Developer rendering showing Six giant skyscrapers with verdant balconies, overlook a giant shopping mall and open space with green roofs. A large sprawling white building surrounded by grey lots, no grass or green in sight on the property.
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
goldsbie.bsky.social
The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
You know what, from now on when someone enters my house, I’m going to offer them cookies. If they accept, they will have to hear some awful sales pitches and have a location tracker placed on them. If they reject, they’re still welcome, but they don’t get a cookie. I don’t make the rules.
jez1.bsky.social Jez @jez1.bsky.social · Oct 22
Accepting all cookies so the website won’t be mad at me
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Beautiful visual storytelling in this piece.
alexboyd.bsky.social Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · Oct 20
Unreinforced window, possibly not-working alarm, leisurely 9:30 am start time, oopsie dropped a crown in the road, I love everything about this and will read every update, no matter how small. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft - BBC News
A minute-by-minute look at the daring Louvre robbery, using maps, photos and video to unravel how one of the world’s most famous museums was breached.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
A little post-symphony night walk through Parc Lafontaine.
A picture of the pond on the south side of Parc Lafontaine at night. Long exposure has the moon lighting the pond clearly and showing reflections of the trees which are a mix of green and orange/red. Fallen leaves dot the pond.
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
nicholasderosa.bsky.social
Le Journal Métro a un sceau de qualité officiel pour son agent d'IA.

Pardon, un saut de qualité.
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Chilling, awful story about the next generation of Republican leaders.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
komaniecki.bsky.social
Palpable tension at the pumpkin patch between the families wearing matching flannel and nice boots that are clearly here to get their Good Fall Pictures, and those of us who just brought our kids here so they’d have a new location to run around and go ape shit
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Spanish but no French… wow
hertzbarry.bsky.social Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · Oct 12
Ontario Science Centre temporary space at Sherway Gardens is great … if it was free. But at $15/ticket (no matter age) and no in/out policy (and no food, in a mall) turns it into an embarrassment. Spanish signage also suggests material procured from a U.S. museum on the cheap?
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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brianplatt.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Dr. Ostrich…
A screenshot from the CBC article reading: But by the end of that year, Bilinski said the farm's operations "became entirely dedicated to scientific research" in collaboration with a Japanese scientist known as Dr. Ostrich, who studies antibodies in ostrich egg yolks said to block infectious diseases. In arguments at the Federal Court of Appeal, the CFIA claimed the farm owners "submitted no evidence establishing that it has ever been engaged in a profitable antibody production business and that its evidence of irreparable harm relates to speculative future profits."
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
noorazrieh.bsky.social
It’s one of the last days to vote for the Signal Awards, where I’m up for Best Host: News & Politics!

If you’ve enjoyed the show or supported my work this year at @canadaland.com, I’d be so grateful if you took a minute to vote.

Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
An update: bsky.app/profile/pwna...
mountroyalaudio.bsky.social Tristan Capacchione @mountroyalaudio.bsky.social · Jun 12
Really burying the lede there, lol
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM