The Sane 🇨🇦❄️
@thesane.bsky.social
Often peeved public servant.
Interests: dry humour | sport | politics
Don’t feed the trolls
Interests: dry humour | sport | politics
Don’t feed the trolls
Same.
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Same.
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This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
The karmic backlash for doing that will be crushing
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The karmic backlash for doing that will be crushing
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Devastating
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Devastating
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Winnipeg police have charged a man in connection to a number of fires at the constituency offices of two Manitoba MLAs and other buildings.
Winnipeg police make arrest after series of fires in city
The Winnipeg police say they've arrested a man they believe set a series of fires and committed vandalism in the city.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Winnipeg police have charged a man in connection to a number of fires at the constituency offices of two Manitoba MLAs and other buildings.
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An UNAFFORDABLE 'LUXURY'
It's IMPOSSIBE to deliver cost-effective care when clinicians lack access to the Rx price patients pay at the pharmacy
...when 1 in 5 have NO coverage
...& drugs are the 2nd highest item in the health budget
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont....
It's IMPOSSIBE to deliver cost-effective care when clinicians lack access to the Rx price patients pay at the pharmacy
...when 1 in 5 have NO coverage
...& drugs are the 2nd highest item in the health budget
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont....
Iris Gorfinkel: When doctors can’t see drug prices, patients — and Ontario — pay a steep price
Cost-effective care is impossible if doctors are kept in the dark about drug prices — the health system’s second-highest expense. Ultimately, patients pay twice — once at the pharmacy counter
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
An UNAFFORDABLE 'LUXURY'
It's IMPOSSIBE to deliver cost-effective care when clinicians lack access to the Rx price patients pay at the pharmacy
...when 1 in 5 have NO coverage
...& drugs are the 2nd highest item in the health budget
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont....
It's IMPOSSIBE to deliver cost-effective care when clinicians lack access to the Rx price patients pay at the pharmacy
...when 1 in 5 have NO coverage
...& drugs are the 2nd highest item in the health budget
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont....
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The real Silicon Valley commentary was having a funder be like "you have all the time and money in the world, go nuts," only to suddenly pull the rug and say "actually, now you have to solve immortality for me personally in two weeks or you're cut off."
This is how modern monsters are created.
This is how modern monsters are created.
In the age of AI, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein gets the monster right:
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The real Silicon Valley commentary was having a funder be like "you have all the time and money in the world, go nuts," only to suddenly pull the rug and say "actually, now you have to solve immortality for me personally in two weeks or you're cut off."
This is how modern monsters are created.
This is how modern monsters are created.
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China has banned calling your car self-driving when it isn't, a ban on slick door handles that don't work in emergencies is in the works, and now it's coming for rapid 0-60 times, as it seeks to destroy every last one of Tesla's "innovations."
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
China proposes 5-second 0-100 km/h acceleration limit on vehicles to enhance road safety
China moves to curb "too fast" cars with new 5-second acceleration requirement.
carnewschina.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
China has banned calling your car self-driving when it isn't, a ban on slick door handles that don't work in emergencies is in the works, and now it's coming for rapid 0-60 times, as it seeks to destroy every last one of Tesla's "innovations."
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social In case you though we were exaggerating about Toronto traffic, here we are in gridlock before 9am on a Saturday 😵💫
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social In case you though we were exaggerating about Toronto traffic, here we are in gridlock before 9am on a Saturday 😵💫
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This exasperated me: “This tragedy is a devastating reminder of how fragile life is and how important it is that we all look out for one another on our roads,” the mayor said.
Dammit, NO! Mohawk and Upper Wentworth is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. It was DESIGNED that way 1/2
Dammit, NO! Mohawk and Upper Wentworth is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. It was DESIGNED that way 1/2
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This exasperated me: “This tragedy is a devastating reminder of how fragile life is and how important it is that we all look out for one another on our roads,” the mayor said.
Dammit, NO! Mohawk and Upper Wentworth is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. It was DESIGNED that way 1/2
Dammit, NO! Mohawk and Upper Wentworth is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. It was DESIGNED that way 1/2
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Can we just pause to note that this is where they are now? That fear for Trump and fear of Trump leads to this? Defending Jeffrey Epstein‘s ACTIONS (‘not a pedophile’!) in order to defend Donnie.
It is so morally corrupt.
It is so morally corrupt.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Can we just pause to note that this is where they are now? That fear for Trump and fear of Trump leads to this? Defending Jeffrey Epstein‘s ACTIONS (‘not a pedophile’!) in order to defend Donnie.
It is so morally corrupt.
It is so morally corrupt.
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Rosamund Pike Still Holds Out Hope For Wheel of Time Season 4 share.google/Uf0YCv5V8h84...
Rosamund Pike Urges Another Studio to Rescue ‘Wheel of Time’ for Season 4: ‘Be Wise and Pick It Up’
The fantasy series was canceled at Prime Video after a well-received third season by critics and diehard fans
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November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Rosamund Pike Still Holds Out Hope For Wheel of Time Season 4 share.google/Uf0YCv5V8h84...
How can you not be romantic about baseball 🥹
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/d...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/d...
Dodgers fans donate $30,000 to Toronto SickKids
Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of Toronto's SickKids, issued a statement on social media praising the gesture.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How can you not be romantic about baseball 🥹
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/d...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/d...
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In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I just turned to dust
If Bryan Adams released a time-adjusted “Summer of ‘69” this year, it would be “Summer of 2010”.
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I just turned to dust
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Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announced that their newborn daughter, Sterling Sol, died on October 26th.
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announced that their newborn daughter, Sterling Sol, died on October 26th.
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
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Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
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So, it turns out that the "experts" who said COVID was harmless for kids & that the vaccines were dangerous were wrong.
Who could have predicted that these grifting charlatans could be so off-base?
Oh yeah...anyone with a basic understanding of science.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Who could have predicted that these grifting charlatans could be so off-base?
Oh yeah...anyone with a basic understanding of science.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, it turns out that the "experts" who said COVID was harmless for kids & that the vaccines were dangerous were wrong.
Who could have predicted that these grifting charlatans could be so off-base?
Oh yeah...anyone with a basic understanding of science.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Who could have predicted that these grifting charlatans could be so off-base?
Oh yeah...anyone with a basic understanding of science.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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So I think that’s what I’m grieving the most today. I’m not upset about a banner. Though that would have been sweet. I’m not mad about a lost parade or not getting a new hat that says CHAMPIONS across it. I’m grieving the sudden jarring loss of joy.
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So I think that’s what I’m grieving the most today. I’m not upset about a banner. Though that would have been sweet. I’m not mad about a lost parade or not getting a new hat that says CHAMPIONS across it. I’m grieving the sudden jarring loss of joy.