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A carved pumpkin sits on a kitchen counter, lit from inside so the carving glows orange. The carving is the outline of a stylized bird head and maple leaf, resembling the Toronto Blue Jays logo. The kitchen in the background is softly lit, with cabinets, a plant, and framed art on the wall.

In this house, we are Halloween and World Series ready.

Bookshop.org CEO and Founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social caught up with @rbreich.bsky.social, author of Coming Up Short, to talk about perilous times, generational differences, and how corporate money has taken over our politics.

Ford lies.

Camouflage net making process

Ukrainian volunteers do it because they know they can save soldiers' lives.
Thanks to the nets, our fighters become invisible to the enemy, and each tied knot is like a charm

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Haha these NIMBY Ladies have way too loud a voice. I bet they definitely wouldn’t want anything nice near their home. (Bet they fly to Italy for nice wine. )

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Yes I say the same to people coming to Vancouver, don’t Uber, way cheaper to jump on skytrain. And agree far faster.

Yes I saw many many aerial views of Dodger stadium over the last couple of night. Insane the number of cars, and no apparent transit/trains taking people to and from.

Hmmm….if the Dodgers look as lethargic as they did for the last two games….

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Text "analysis of Nokings coverage" over image of NYT front page: https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/analysis-of-no-kings-coverage-the?

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See our grades & analysis of 60+ front pages for #NoKings coverage.
Influential news outlets like NYT/ WSJ continue trivialize coverage of the pro-democracy movement & demonstrations like #NoKings. Editors of local outlets did better.
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Yes (haha) as long as we can blame children, the elderly, pedestrians of all ages and cyclists. (Really damn those cyclists 🥰). Drivers are never responsible nor is city hall for allowing such crappy crossings and intersections and roadways to exist and expect people to use them.

Yes this area for cycling is really laughable. Are you listening city? Engineering department has done nothing to keep citizens who walk or ride safe. Is a terrible mess.

What an unholy mess. Lucky you were not killed or seriously injured.

Nov 20 appears to be a Thursday. Is this conference open to the public?

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

The AI failings "are systemic, cross-border, and multilingual, and we believe this endangers public trust."

Reading Karen Hoa’s book Empire of AI. Am shocked at the amount of time, effort, brain power and money being spent on this product. Am still confused as to why and for whom. Wouldn’t money be better spent not trying to recreating human brains?

Yeah…what about THAT shutdown Mikey?? 🤔

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Again! Again! The Jays walked all over LA! Baby one more game and we will win! 🤞

Oh it’s going to get expensive for food. Belt in people.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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And London did this in a way that made travel cheaper for passengers because you no longer need to commit to a day or weekly pass in advance.

Muli cargo bike with groceries.

Important task to complete in the life of a cargo bike owner. Ms Muli and I went shopping today and we cycled home with enough for another 10 days or so. Lots of questions about her capacity up front (70kg) and yes she is a monster going up hills. 🥰

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

Federal trial over whether Trump can deploy National Guard to Portland begins A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is getting underway.

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, will preside over the trial in Portland. The trial stems from a lawsuit filed by the city and state against the Trump administration in a bid to block the troop deployment. https://to.pbs.org/432TGOE

Although it was resisted, making the buses in London fully prepayment/flat fare contactless makes the boarding delays of the past seem unimaginable now.