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These punk musicians became city councillors in B.C. – and brought their progressive politics to the table www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Happy birthday to Natalie Merchant. Here are 10,000 Maniacs performing My Mother the War on The Tube in 1984

Amazing. First Orban, now Vucic. The Kremlin has unexpectedly lost two of its top allies in Europe…

Read: Serbia's long-serving strongman leader conceded defeat to a diverse, student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government

🇷🇸👀 Vučić conceded defeat in Serbia’s parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Student List had won.

Big news: Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Student List had won.

The right cheats again - Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that many people had been “barred from voting” after buses were taken out of circulation in Sao Paulo and several other cities

Trends in Canadian tourism to the US vs. rest of world www.apricitas.io/p/how-canada...

Nathan Cullen on rumours a Canada-U.S. trade deal is close: "I just don't trust the administration. And if they're being dragged and forced into making concessions, great, he's making them already. Do we need a trade deal writ large, written a couple of weeks before the midterms?"

Kory Teneycke on rumours a Canada-U.S. trade deal is close: "They are not people who bargain in good faith or have demonstrated a respect for agreements that they themselves have signed. There are no deals, even if you get a deal."

Scott Reid on rumours a Canada-U.S. trade deal is close: "I think what we're seeing is voters are telling American leaders, don't do this. Don't screw with Canada. It's not a good idea."

You can see this chocolate bar from space. It’s the same length as the backseat of my car

Xmas-sized crowd at Costco this morning. Just 🍌 🍌 🍌 trying to get out of there

Autumn Landscape Anne Savage c. 1950

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order, turning America into a Russian ally, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/fC0XMlGu

“Canadian students should gain access to Erasmus+ as soon as the next EU budget enters into force, according to MEP Bogdan Zdrojewski, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the next iteration of the popular student mobility programme.” sciencebusiness.net/news/erasmus...

The Fall performing their sterling cover of Sister Sledge's "Lost in Music" and "Why are People Grudgeful?" on UK show The Beat in 1993. Both songs from the album The Infotainment Scan. #FallFriday #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=y2DO...

Threats to a strong Canada? Universities are also a national emergency Massey Commission viewed universities as essential guardians of intellectual freedom, local talent, national identity and cultural sovereignty. The government began federal transfers theconversation.com/threats-to-a...

Paddy Keenan just the other week, and now Dónal Lunny. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6Q...

According to the US government we need to worry about Canadian interference in the midterms (which amounts to objections to tariffs) but never mind Russian influence operations as long they serve a GOP that is rewarding Russia for its attacks on Ukraine. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

The racists said “these people” were “taking over” during Biden. What happened? Is anyone talking up a collection for the takeover? Khttps://youtu.be/FDwT6trlSws?si=Sm_FC5vZLILIOL-m

Doom scrolling musical break youtu.be/IxG2JekSlBk?... @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social

Steve Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian. @pennbarker.bsky.social can think of a few other words that better describe the Russian president: “This guy's one of the biggest human rights abusers on Earth. He's a despot. He's a terrorist.”

Canada possesses world-class science capabilities, but a lack of co-ordination from the federal government means they are not being used to their best effect, according to newly released @cca-reports.ca expert panel report. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

"The numbers suggest that the collapse of the United States’ tourism industry is accelerating, thanks to Trump, MAGA, the GOP’s extreme xenophobia, and their belief that there’s no problem you can’t brutalize your way out of." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social

Chrystia Freeland: "Your government is siding with Vladimir Putin, who is a bloodthirsty dictator and war criminal. This is not a time for us to be divided. And it's certainly not a time for America to be on the side of the bad guys, which I'm sorry to say, you are right now."

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Documentarian Alex Gibney on Musk: “He’s created this alternative universe that he lives in, in which he’s the savior of the planet while he’s literally destroying the planet.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Student Success | 4 Ways Colleges Are Rethinking Degree Completion New institutional initiatives and research highlight ways to help transfer students, returning learners and other students navigate college. https://bit.ly/4i3YPwI #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUsky

BESPOKE: “.. Crude oil is approaching $100 again as we near the end of the trading week. A steady move higher all week. Midterms less than three weeks away.” ⛽️

National Ballet School, divinity college students among those affected by OSAP pause toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/16/n...

Well, look at this. Jean Chretien's political instincts recently made a fateful under-the-radar return to Canadian politics

Smaller countries need to prepare for a dangerous world. They should look to Canada (and its prime minister) for an answer on what to do bit.ly/47WDT5U Illustration: The Economist/Getty Images

“For nearly three years, the Ford government received warnings about potential #OSAP fraud at private career colleges, yet hundreds of millions of dollars continued flowing through the system,” said MPP Tyler Watt. Once exposed, “they cut off OSAP ... as a reactionary attempt to hide their mess.”

Ottawa to announce over $350M for skilled trades worker training, recruitment www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ontario blocks a few career colleges from OSAP for 3 additional years toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/14/o...

Tapper: "How worried are Republicans about Paxton losing? Well, we've apparently reached a brand new campaign stage where the VP is insinuating that the Texas Democratic Senate nominee, James Talarico, is gay ... not exactly the sign of a party convinced they can win on their record or ideas"

blue-collar workers now oppose Trump's tariffs 58% to 36% agglomerations.eig.org/p/american-w...

In which I lay out why Minister Quinn's decision to suspend all private institutions from OSAP is a desperate effort to distract attention from the fact that it is now clear that he lied about the reasons for the February OSAP cuts (and he knew he was lying). Those cuts need to be reversed. Now.

‘Brent crude first-month futures are back to $106 per barrel, while the price for six months hence has reached a record as investors abandon the notion that this conflict will be over soon.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

The University of Toronto’s president says there has rarely been such a good time for her institution to recruit top professors and promising students from US colleges. Now she has more money to go after them.

Canada is worth fighting for.   Watch the video: youtu.be/tUTe5oJmSRo

Ukraine killed 92% of the far right bots on X

In the Northland Tom Thomson 1915

Carney says U.S.-Russia diesel supply deal hurts Ukraine peace cause: PMO nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/11/c...

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents just dropped! www.ahmath.org/statements