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50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery #Canada
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
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Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
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November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery #Canada
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Has it really been 26 years since a nuclear accident blasted the Moon out of Earth orbit and into deep space, with all crew of Moonbase Alpha presumed lost?
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
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#Space1999
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as...
#Space1999
BAN #461: Astronomer in Residence at the Grand Canyon, Happy Breakaway Day
September 12, 2022 Issue #461
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September 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Has it really been 26 years since a nuclear accident blasted the Moon out of Earth orbit and into deep space, with all crew of Moonbase Alpha presumed lost?
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as...
#Space1999
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as...
#Space1999
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"We are in a crisis, the global trading system has been upended, supply chains have been destroyed, McDavid is unsigned."
Prime Minister Mark Carney started his caucus in Edmonton by talking about ... the McDavid contract. #cdnpoli
Prime Minister Mark Carney started his caucus in Edmonton by talking about ... the McDavid contract. #cdnpoli
September 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"We are in a crisis, the global trading system has been upended, supply chains have been destroyed, McDavid is unsigned."
Prime Minister Mark Carney started his caucus in Edmonton by talking about ... the McDavid contract. #cdnpoli
Prime Minister Mark Carney started his caucus in Edmonton by talking about ... the McDavid contract. #cdnpoli
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There are perhaps no more iconically Canadian things than the Heritage Minutes and the music of The Tragically Hip. This Canada Day, we present a salute to Canada pairing The Hip’s “It’s a Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken’)” with scenes from the Heritage Minutes. When others forget, we remember.
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There are perhaps no more iconically Canadian things than the Heritage Minutes and the music of The Tragically Hip. This Canada Day, we present a salute to Canada pairing The Hip’s “It’s a Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken’)” with scenes from the Heritage Minutes. When others forget, we remember.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The one where the George Costanza of Canadian politics goes to work where he’s no longer employed and acts like he’s supposed to be there.
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The one where the George Costanza of Canadian politics goes to work where he’s no longer employed and acts like he’s supposed to be there.
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Waiting for first results to start coming in for #Canada’s Federal Election
two older women standing next to each other with one covering her mouth with her hand
Alt: two older women standing next to each other with one covering her mouth with her hand
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April 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Waiting for first results to start coming in for #Canada’s Federal Election
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In a small church in Musquodoboit Harbour — democracy showed up - thestar.com
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In a small church in Musquodoboit Harbour — democracy showed up
The candidates, each representing a different political party or world view, shared the stage and discussed their visions for Canada. And yet, despite the differences, the debate was peaceful. No
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April 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In a small church in Musquodoboit Harbour — democracy showed up - thestar.com
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Prime Minister Mark Carney does an interview with 22 Minutes
April 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney does an interview with 22 Minutes
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The population crash myth, pronatalism, eugenics and the threat to women’s rights: why is the right obsessed with reproduction? | Jennie Kermode
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Making babies: the right-wing vision of womanhood
The population crash myth, pronatalism, eugenics and the threat to women’s rights: why is the right obsessed with reproduction?
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April 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The population crash myth, pronatalism, eugenics and the threat to women’s rights: why is the right obsessed with reproduction? | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
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Calls political opponents juvenile names
Brags about crowd sizes
Marginalizes unsupportive media
No real success in the private sector
Sells merch to supporters
Wants to cancel public broadcasting
Exaggerates accomplishments
Supports people who occupy nation's capital
Detests social safety nets
Brags about crowd sizes
Marginalizes unsupportive media
No real success in the private sector
Sells merch to supporters
Wants to cancel public broadcasting
Exaggerates accomplishments
Supports people who occupy nation's capital
Detests social safety nets
April 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Calls political opponents juvenile names
Brags about crowd sizes
Marginalizes unsupportive media
No real success in the private sector
Sells merch to supporters
Wants to cancel public broadcasting
Exaggerates accomplishments
Supports people who occupy nation's capital
Detests social safety nets
Brags about crowd sizes
Marginalizes unsupportive media
No real success in the private sector
Sells merch to supporters
Wants to cancel public broadcasting
Exaggerates accomplishments
Supports people who occupy nation's capital
Detests social safety nets
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
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On April 28 - our Canadian Federal Election
Do not trust the polls
Do not trust the size of rallies
Do not listen to media stating this person or that person is winning. EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
The only thing you can trust is your vote, this is how you make change. #VoteABC
Do not trust the polls
Do not trust the size of rallies
Do not listen to media stating this person or that person is winning. EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
The only thing you can trust is your vote, this is how you make change. #VoteABC
April 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
On April 28 - our Canadian Federal Election
Do not trust the polls
Do not trust the size of rallies
Do not listen to media stating this person or that person is winning. EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
The only thing you can trust is your vote, this is how you make change. #VoteABC
Do not trust the polls
Do not trust the size of rallies
Do not listen to media stating this person or that person is winning. EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
The only thing you can trust is your vote, this is how you make change. #VoteABC
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“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.