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Hey, do you know I sometimes write little fictions? Here's one:

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Glendon Mellow

@flyingtrilobite.com

Love this thread. Yes. #TOpoli

Andrea Zanin@andreazanin.bsky.social

Thinking about the Olivia Chow win. I'm not any kind of special fan of hers; I just don't tend to get that excited about politicians. But I am having an emotional response to her win that's mainly about relief. It feels like she'll do her utmost to cast a protective bubble over the city...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.

This man becomes more relatable with each scandal.

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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morag

@mordant.bsky.social

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Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

Lewis Wade 🗃️@wadehistory.bsky.social

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

ft.comLula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market routConcerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years

Do we have Toronto school trustee results?

Found it! In my ward, Deborah Williams won (yay!) and Tasha Kheiriddin lost (double yay!)

🙌

Joshua Hind@joshuahind.bsky.social

I gotta say, I think this will be a turning point for Toronto Bluesky. Feels like the good old days on here right now.

Toronto, you did good today.

Alright this is starting to look like

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Brad Bradbrad is no bueno.

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observingthecity.ca2026 Toronto Election Results: Live Mayor and Council MapLive unofficial results for the 2026 Toronto mayor and council races by ward, with a projection of who will win, vote share, swing from 2023 and turnout. Plus poll-by-poll maps of the 2023, 2022 and 2...

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I’m not falling for this shit again!

Observing The City@observingthecity.ca

With first results coming in, Chow has an 88% chance of winning. See the forecast at observingthecity.ca/toronto-2026

thebeaverton.comToronto driver not sure where to park after city removes bike lanesTORONTO - Following the removal of much of the city’s bike lanes, local motorist Jason Welch is facing extreme uncertainty about where he should park his car now.

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It’s always Scarborough!

Minor Leaguer@minorleaguer.ca

CP24 reports that Chow camp has told them that Toronto results are waiting on voters still in line in Regent Park and Scarborough.

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The Beaverton

@thebeaverton.com

Toronto driver not sure where to park after city removes bike lanes

Amen, sister.

There is fashion, there is fad Some is good, some is bad And the joke rather sad, That it's all just a little bit of History repeating.

Banality of evil.

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Joe Stieb

@joestieb.bsky.social

This got flagged for ‘intolerance’ when it’s objectively true

lastpositivist.bsky.social@lastpositivist.bsky.social

Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.

Zrenjanin, Serbia. (Burazerov snimak.)

Odlazi cirkus Iz našeg malog grada.

bit.lySerbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shiftThe long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

Bye bye bitch!

The Associated Press@apnews.com

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

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Sam Freedman

@samfr.bsky.social

Incredible. Student List are candidates selected by groups of students to form an anti-corruption party. Another youth-led movement overthrowing an authoritarian government in Europe.

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social

Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes. #Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

thebeaverton.comBC nobly sacrifices good governance to teach one man about hubrisVICTORIA - The electorate of British Columbia – a province with a population of roughly 5.7 million – has officially and heroically voted against its own self-interest with the sole intention of teach...

Here’s the thing I might be wrong about: Doug Ford did this shit in Ontario and was not punished, and that tells you something about what we expect of conservative as opposed to progressive parties and politicians.

The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com

BC nobly sacrifices good governance to teach one man about hubris

And there is definitely a tendency for progressives to shit on their own that is 1) ethically admirable and 2) politically detrimental.

@alanzilberman.bsky.social

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Alan Zilberman

I was offered the chance to see this in theaters, twice, for free. I declined each time. It’s four hours! When this invariably is available to stream in two parts, I think there will be interest.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

This seems like a big deal

showbiz411.comControversial "Musk" Documentary Pulled From Almost Every One of 472 Theaters After One Week by Newly Sold Bleecker Street Films - Showbiz411Alex Gibney's "Musk" movie is pretty much gone. Released October 9th to four theaters, it expanded to 472 last Friday. And now, one week later it's gone

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Norm Wilner

@normwilner.bsky.social

MUSK isn't leaving theaters because a billionaire bought the distributor. MUSK is leaving theaters because no one came to see MUSK, and the theater owners would rather use those screens for a movie that draws an audience.

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Humor Satire Memes

@funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social

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John Michael McGrath

@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

Literally every demographer for two generations: it's gonna be rough when the boomers get past 70, everyone get ready Ontario:

Unofficial TorontoStar (All News)@torontostar-rss.bsky.social

Ontario lacks aging strategy as senior population surges, advocates say

thestar.comOntario lacks aging strategy as senior population surges, advocates sayReport says province should focus on supports that help people stay healthier and avoid hospitals or nursing homes.

Kiddo and I just finished our first very Dsicworld novel. It was the second in the Tiffany Aching series, A Hat Full of Sky. It was wonderful!

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Anyway, it’s been a long week.

Here’s a picture of a wall and a picture of a door.

Kiddo and I just finished our first very Dsicworld novel. It was the second in the Tiffany Aching series, A Hat Full of Sky. It was wonderful!

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I proofread that last post like a champ.

What the fuck how hard did I glitch when I was writing that first post? “First very Dsicworld?” Good Lord.

Kiddo and I just finished our first very Dsicworld novel. It was the second in the Tiffany Aching series, A Hat Full of Sky. It was wonderful!

And by Dsicworld I, of course, mean Discworld.

variety.comShane Gillis and Danny McBride Are Rival Weathermen in Absurdist, 4-Minute Kalshi Ad (EXCLUSIVE)Shane Gillis and Danny McBride star as feuding weathermen in an absurdly funny new Kalshi ad.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Danny McBride is doing Kalshi ads now. With Shane Gillis.

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Jenny Lee Shee

@jennyleeshee.bsky.social

Paul Calandra has put 8 Ontario school boards under supervision for financial mismanagement so having Stan Cho - who spent thousands of dollars on Toronto hotel rooms despite living in the city - as his parliamentary assistant makes perfect sense in Doug Ford’s Ontario. 🙃

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JLRay

@jlray.bsky.social

one of the neighborhood dads got one of the 13' Halloween skeletons and i now have some insight into what would happen if one country in a volatile region was first to a nuclear weapon

@seniledondraper.bsky.social

They’re all fuckin’ crooks and belong in jail.

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Senile Don Draper

28 June 2024

I cried, because I had no shoes. But then I saw this guy with no feet. I took his shoes. What the hell, HE didn't need them. Nike.

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NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Vivek Ramaswamy seeks to take political advantage of the fact that his opponent was raped as a child. But to his credit, unlike many other Republican politicians, he was not personally the rapist in question.

Actual Canadian interference.

Chris Camfield (AlliedArmour)@alliedarmour.bsky.social

Actual Canadian interference

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

I couldn’t find the image of him killing Steve Martin.

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@seamas.bsky.social

There's scarcely been a day's writing when I've not had cause to recall my favourite ever quote from an author about their own work, from a Paris Review interview with John Banville in 2009.

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