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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

If the federal Liberals use generative AI in anything having to do with serious governing, this automatically becomes the stupidest government of my lifetime

The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding in Paris after granting his clients millions in training funds

The "wedding was held on Saturday, during Paris Fashion Week, at the five-star Four Seasons Hotel George V, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower"

zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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I downloaded Ottawa's Speed Camera data and graphed out 'average speed' over time. Sure looks like they work.

Data available here: open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ott...

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Air Canada Component of CUPE 15m · Ratification Vote 2025 - RESULTS The Air Canada Component Ratification Vote closed at 15:00 (EDT) today, September 6, 2025. The results of the Ratification Vote are as follows: Percentage of YES votes: 0.9% Percentage of NO votes: 99.1% Percentage of the Membership that voted: 94.6% If you participated in this election, you were issued an anonymous voting receipt code (accessible only online for 14 days after the vote closes). The results & breakdown will be published to the Air Canada Component of CUPE voting website https://accomponent.simplyvoting.com for viewing, and a spreadsheet of vote data will be made available for download to track your receipt. We thank all of the members who exercised their right to vote. In Solidarity, Your Component Tabulating Committee ---- Vote de ratification 2025 - RÉSULTATS Le vote de ratification de la composante d’Air Canada a pris fin aujourd'hui, le 6 septembre 2025, à 15h00 (HAE). Les résultats du vote de ratification sont les suivants : Pourcentage de OUI : 0.9% Pourcentage de NON : 99.1% Pourcentage des membres qui ont voté : 94.6% Si vous avez participé à cette élection, vous avez obtenu un code-reçu de vote anonyme (accessible seulement électroniquement). Les résultats ainsi que le compte-rendu seront publiés sur le site web de vote de la composante d'Air Canada du SCFP à https://accomponent.simplyvoting.com pour consultation, et une compilation des données du vote sera disponible pour télécharger afin de faire le suivi sur votre reçu. Nous remercions tous les membres ayant exercé leur droit de vote. En toute solidarité, Votre comité de scrutin de la Composante

Air Canada flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected a deal on a new collective agreement, with 99.1% of flight attendants voting "no"

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice.

The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.

There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.

“AIPAC shakur” 😬

both of these photos of Trump's hand were taken today (Getty)

Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Trump is trying to rig the election. Period, full stop. In plain sight… he is about wrecking this democracy. This is about authoritarianism. He doesn’t believe in the Rule of Law, he believes in the Rule of Don.” 🇺🇸

Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found

ICE detained a Canadian toddler for more than double the legal detention period.

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The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:

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No wonder the people of Ottawa kicked this guy into the unemployment line. For 3 weeks the capital was occupied. Citizens were threatened. Businesses were forced to shut from harassment.
Poilievre brought the donuts.
Canada is dealing with threat from Trump while Poilievre whines about the convoy.

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

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Updated #UCPayToPlay scandal-in-a-tweet:

Premier Smith's former chief of staff allegedly pressured health officials to cut half a billion dollars in contracts to a businessman whose sister was his landlord and who bought them all luxury NHL tickets. And they fired the person ready to reveal it.

just remembering Toronto Police hiding their badges during the G20, and then "forgetting" who was on duty that day, and then both federal and provincial, Liberal and Conservative governments agreeing to give everyone a pass, and Bill Blair is still an MP, yes I'm still angry about it

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 1-13 in series-clinching games since 2018, now losing two straight to Ottawa after a 3-0 series lead.

Leafs lost 11 straight clinching games before ending that streak in 2023.

Ottawa has now defeated 4 PPs in the last 24 hours

I don’t always bring people coffee and donuts, but when I do, they’re occupying downtown Ottawa and dancing on the War Memorial.

Honk! Honk!

these refs 100% vote for pierre poilievre

That was a garbage call.

I guess Doug et al needed time to delete the emails and call logs.