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Drinks good coffee. Supports local. Raptors/Leafs/Jays. Grandpa. I manage the Fountain Pen feed. Be kind. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso

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A beautiful sunset over water with shades of red, orange, pinks, and purple.

A beautiful sunset over water with shades of red, orange, pinks, and purple.

Breaking up the depressing news of the feed with some natural beauty. Photo taken in Prince Edward County, Ontario, a while back.

28.02.2026 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugh. Not fun at all.

28.02.2026 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

27.02.2026 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday! Hope there was cake ๐ŸŽ‚

26.02.2026 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I miss Mats Sundin wearing the "C"

25.02.2026 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AP report: Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use companyโ€™s AI tech as it sees fit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, acc...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting. https://to.pbs.org/4c7u2h3

24.02.2026 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Sigh. Make it stop. #ONstorm

24.02.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operationsโ€ฆ

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

22.02.2026 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3383    ๐Ÿ” 2619    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 378
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Canadian tourists in Puerto Vallarta ordered to shelter in place amid violent unrest Canadians are advised to โ€œkeep a low profileโ€ amid criminal groupโ€™s road blocks in the popular Mexico travel destination.

#Breaking: Canadian tourists in Puerto Vallarta ordered to shelter in place amid violent unrest, military operation against cartel

22.02.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I'm looking forward to the Paralympics in two weeks. We were lucky enough to catch some of the action in the summer games in Paris two years ago, and it was amazing.

23.02.2026 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This was the game.

Deserves to be a stamp.

22.02.2026 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This account has been so good today ๐Ÿ˜‚

22.02.2026 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Nazgul the wolfdog made his run for Winter Olympic glory in Italy Nazgul isn't talking, but his owners come clean about how he got loose, got famous, and how they feel now

Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist.

www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I don't understand curling, clearly.

21.02.2026 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Ontario family said an unauthorized obit exploited their grief. Inside the rise of โ€˜obituary piratesโ€™ Third-party websites are reposting reworded obituaries online to profit from flowers and gift sales, experts say. Hereโ€™s why itโ€™s becoming more common.

Sigh. There are now "obituary pirates" proliferating, thanks in big part to AI.

21.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A chart with white background with light grey stripes showing virus activity for Ontario

A chart with white background with light grey stripes showing virus activity for Ontario

A chart with white background with light grey stripes showing virus activity for Toronto

A chart with white background with light grey stripes showing virus activity for Toronto

Ontario wastewater released todayโ€ฆbe careful out there, folks!

wwater.ca/Ontario

20.02.2026 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I'm quite happy to see this line-up!

20.02.2026 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That better not happen!

20.02.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugh. Sorry to hear that. And yes, long-distance family tech support requires so much patience ๐Ÿ˜„

19.02.2026 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thundersnow in Toronto!

19.02.2026 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a comeback by the Finns! ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Great hockey games today.

18.02.2026 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Womenโ€™s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGAโ€™s photofinish camera ๐Ÿ˜†

18.02.2026 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10580    ๐Ÿ” 2689    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 262
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

18.02.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19665    ๐Ÿ” 5917    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 502    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1140
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Over a million views in 11 hours. Guess the bad guys trying to silence this Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social really didnโ€™t work, huh? Such a shameโ€ฆ #StreisandEffect @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

17.02.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 494    ๐Ÿ” 194    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

Steph lived in Canada during his dad's time with the Raptors, and his wife was born and grew up in Canada.

15.02.2026 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Steveโ€™s Music Store, pillar of Torontoโ€™s music scene, is officially closing its doors The store that lured in rock stars, hobbyists and everything in between is closing its doors, prompting a flood of memories for music lovers.

Steveโ€™s Music Store, pillar of Torontoโ€™s music scene, is officially closing its doors

15.02.2026 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Global Day of Action draws one of Torontoโ€™s largest protests ever Up to 350,000 people flooded a stretch of Yonge Street in North York on Saturday in what police described as one of the largest Iran-related demonstrations the city has seen in recent months.

350,000 people! #Toronto

15.02.2026 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Pale Blue Dot day so here's the whole thing. (thread) 1/9
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives...

14.02.2026 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
A montages of the main characters in Blossoms Shanghai.

A montages of the main characters in Blossoms Shanghai.

Just finished all 30 episodes of Wong Kar-wai's Blossoms Shanghai on the CriterionChannel. Loved it. Gorgeous cinematography.

13.02.2026 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Police warn of โ€˜extremeโ€™ traffic delays in North York Saturday due to rally that could be attended by 200,000 people Police say a large stretch of Yonge Street in North York will be closed Saturday for the Global Day of Action for Iran march, which is expected to be attended by at least 200,000 people.

Heads up, Toronto.

13.02.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0