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“Brad kind of created an environment of fear where he yelled and swore a lot at staff, and would throw mini-tantrums if he didn’t feel like he was getting what he needed,” a former staffer alleges. The Local spoke to people in Bradford's orbit—a striking image emerged: thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...

Trying to exploit a horrific event to make Torontonians more scared of their city than they should be, so you can try to make up a point or two in the polls, is pretty gross. www.thestar.com/news/gta/bra...

Look at the poor guy. They need to up the dose.

You know what would be cool? If we made Canada the bad guy! The world needs more Canada… in the atmosphere, amirite?!

this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has

good night, sewers. good night, streams. good night, operations and maintenance teams. good night, settling tanks. good night, stream banks. good night, engineers, scientists, crews, managers, inspectors, analysts too. a good night for us means serving with care. good night, sewers, everywhere.

@fearlessfred.bsky.social Whenever you do this contest promo, my brain tells me you’re saying Shockernaut, like Angus Young is shredding it on the Artemis mission.

#BlueJays

It's almost as if the TPS don't give a shit. www.thestar.com/news/gta/spe...

It’s the summer of 2025, and a patient wakes up from a 5-year coma. Doc: what year is it? Patient: 2020. Doc: Can you tell me who the president is? Patient: I… I… I don’t know! Doc: Oh, no. There’s been brain damage. Intern: Wait! Doctor! It’s okay! Their chart says they were a reporter!

ARRAKIS KISS BANG BANG

Noem is going to ask for a budget increase so they can buy premium seating.

It doesn’t matter what - gumbo, soup, stirfry - and it doesn’t matter the size or shape of the cooking vessel - stock pot, crock pot, wok. I can take one glance and know *exactly* which of my two dozen sizes of Tupperware I need for the leftovers. Sometimes the accuracy frightens me.

@fearlessfred.bsky.social it’s not a monocle! It’s a loupe!

The Ontario Science Centre was shuttered on June 21, 2024, with the Ontario government claiming that a structural roof issue made it unsafe. New documents suggest that the engineers inspecting the roof didn't agree. #OntarioScienceCentre #ONpoli #Ontario

BREAKING NEWS: The Papal conclave announces a do-over. “We think Prevost would’ve done a great job, but we seriously underestimated the memes,” explained Cardinal Katzenjammer.

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.

Repost with a favourite book from your childhood.

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only: (Since it has to be wrong, the Doctor is on the right)

In an op-ed today, @albertkoehl.bsky.social dissects the tactics used by Toronto's bike lane opponents, comparing them to those being used in US politics. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

This Day in Labor History: March 10, 1959. Loggers in Newfoundland organizing with the International Woodworkers of America got into a violent clash with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Newfoundland Constabulary. Let's talk about the anti-union Canadian province of Newfoundland!

@ontariogreens.bsky.social candidate Brayden Wagenaar has endorsed Ontario NDP candidate Jodi Szimanski in Kitchener—Conestoga. He asks that voters unite behind Jodi Szimanski to defeat Mike Harris Jr. #ONpoli #FightforFarmland

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

2015 Trudeau couldve stopped the cons for all perpetuity by actually implementing proportional electoral reform But as always the neolibs would rather risk fascists for a chance at their own majority power than have to consistently work with the left A Diet Shit Sandwich is still a Shit Sandwich

I am well aware that in The First Noel, in “to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay,” the word “certain” was written as an adjective. I don’t care. The verb is better.

Submitted for your approval: a good follow.

That’s what I want peeping over my shoulder: Jiminy Snitchit.

That cancelled tv show you will never stop thinking about.

Not the 2014 sitcom called Partners Not the 2012 sitcom called Partners The 1995 sitcom called Partners, starring @mrjoncryer.bsky.social, Maria Pitillo, and Tate Donovan.

Five authors I’ve read more than 10 books by: Charles Dickens Terry Pratchett Jonathan Gash Jasper Fforde Bill Bryson

“Minister, you say this bike lane legislation is about giving people more time with families. Our family would give anything to have more time with Alex, to hug her, speak with her, to see what a difference she’d be making in the world today.”💔 www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #bikeTO #topoli #onpoli

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

I held my kiddo through many nights of croup, a fraction of the agony of whooping cough. Parents who put their kids through this because their ego tells them they know better than their paediatrician don’t deserve to be parents.

Maybe, just maybe, the accountants might learn accountability.

Some people in London paid sex workers, had intercourse, and afterward went happily on their way. But one Victorian gentleman took a different approach.

Saw Dune part 2 tonight. Boy, oh boy, Denis Villeneuve really likes this painting.

Family of Discworld illustrator seek patron to conserve legacy of ‘one of the great artists of our time’ Can this get a boost from @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @scalzi.com others?

Only three weeks now (February 1) until publication of The Gas and Flame Men. Thanks to everyone at Potomac Books for their excellent work.

Former #Bluejays 1B coach and Baseball Canada stalwart Tim Leiper has been hired by the San Diego #Padres as their 3B coach under new manager Mike Shildt. Huge Mazel Tov to Leip on this wonderful news!!

Reminder for next year: used books make great gifts.

So… A reboot of The Good Place, but with the cast of, playing their characters from, 30 Rock.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders could have granted clemency to a man who has spent 32 years in prison for a murder that another man confessed to doing. She denied him clemency, with no explanation She did, however, pardon a turkey yesterday

They’re thinking of Superman’s X-ray vision I believe