Pete
@petesky.bsky.social
#SaveTheArts CATS… books, movies, music, art, gardening, cooking, poetry & drama CANADA • Guelph • Toronto
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We worship them. Elevate them to a place of reverence. Assume they are smarter and work harder than everyone else. We elect them to offices they have no business being near. Their words are treasured as wisdom. They are protected by laws written by politicians beholden to their support.
February 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
We worship them. Elevate them to a place of reverence. Assume they are smarter and work harder than everyone else. We elect them to offices they have no business being near. Their words are treasured as wisdom. They are protected by laws written by politicians beholden to their support.
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Staring at my feed, just hoping America survives a man singing a song.
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Staring at my feed, just hoping America survives a man singing a song.
I love that Libération (and other French media I subscribe to) have no qualms about calling out "the pedophile Epstein” as opposed to the hopeless cowards at America's New York Times who still keep referring to this monster as a “Financier” 🙄
@nytimes.com @liberation.fr
@nytimes.com @liberation.fr
Jack Lang : la chute. C'est la une de Libération lundi.
Sous pression après les révélations sur ses liens personnels et financiers avec la pédocriminel Epstein, l'ex-ministre de la Culture et figure inamovible de la gauche française a fini par démissionner samedi de l'Institut du monde arabe.
Sous pression après les révélations sur ses liens personnels et financiers avec la pédocriminel Epstein, l'ex-ministre de la Culture et figure inamovible de la gauche française a fini par démissionner samedi de l'Institut du monde arabe.
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I love that Libération (and other French media I subscribe to) have no qualms about calling out "the pedophile Epstein” as opposed to the hopeless cowards at America's New York Times who still keep referring to this monster as a “Financier” 🙄
@nytimes.com @liberation.fr
@nytimes.com @liberation.fr
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
Love this “Super Bowl ratings dropped by 15% in Canada last year – but that’s not nearly far enough, in my opinion.” 😂 …and other Laugh Out Loud bits from nestruck.bsky.social
I'll definitely check out the Muppets and“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”(NFB) next to my usual @criterionchannl.bsky.social
I'll definitely check out the Muppets and“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”(NFB) next to my usual @criterionchannl.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Love this “Super Bowl ratings dropped by 15% in Canada last year – but that’s not nearly far enough, in my opinion.” 😂 …and other Laugh Out Loud bits from nestruck.bsky.social
I'll definitely check out the Muppets and“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”(NFB) next to my usual @criterionchannl.bsky.social
I'll definitely check out the Muppets and“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”(NFB) next to my usual @criterionchannl.bsky.social
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2. Just incredible, backbreaking work to do this sort of forensic investigation in general… to do it when there was no internet in Iran is staggering.
Please follow @ntabrizy.bsky.social and @yjtorbati.bsky.social
Please follow @ntabrizy.bsky.social and @yjtorbati.bsky.social
Iranian forces massacred protesters fleeing burning market, witnesses say
A rare detailed account of Iran’s crackdown, produced by The Post, reveals the brutality used by security forces in one of many such cities rocked by violence.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
2. Just incredible, backbreaking work to do this sort of forensic investigation in general… to do it when there was no internet in Iran is staggering.
Please follow @ntabrizy.bsky.social and @yjtorbati.bsky.social
Please follow @ntabrizy.bsky.social and @yjtorbati.bsky.social
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Thought I was fazed, but it was just a phase.
February 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Thought I was fazed, but it was just a phase.
L'immigrant sud-africain-américain Elon Musk se dénonce lui-même, encore
@charliehebdo.fr
@charliehebdo.fr
Elon Musk a raison : c’est toujours les migrants qui viennent massacrer les honnêtes gens
charliehebdo.fr
Elon Musk a raison : c’est toujours les migrants qui viennent massacrer les honnêtes gens
twp.ai
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
L'immigrant sud-africain-américain Elon Musk se dénonce lui-même, encore
@charliehebdo.fr
@charliehebdo.fr
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85-years-old and buggs bunny is finally headlining the Super Bowl. never give up on ur dreams i guess
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
85-years-old and buggs bunny is finally headlining the Super Bowl. never give up on ur dreams i guess
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This is an open Q so far which is part of why I don't have my phone scan my face either 🤷🏻♀️ Ring doorbells definitely do!
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is an open Q so far which is part of why I don't have my phone scan my face either 🤷🏻♀️ Ring doorbells definitely do!
Gérard & Balthuzar in Robert Bresson’s
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
In sharp contrast to Bresson’s gentle understated style, Gérad #filmsky is one of the most unforgettably, powerful portraits of human cruelty in cinematic history @criterionchannl.bsky.social
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
In sharp contrast to Bresson’s gentle understated style, Gérad #filmsky is one of the most unforgettably, powerful portraits of human cruelty in cinematic history @criterionchannl.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Gérard & Balthuzar in Robert Bresson’s
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
In sharp contrast to Bresson’s gentle understated style, Gérad #filmsky is one of the most unforgettably, powerful portraits of human cruelty in cinematic history @criterionchannl.bsky.social
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
In sharp contrast to Bresson’s gentle understated style, Gérad #filmsky is one of the most unforgettably, powerful portraits of human cruelty in cinematic history @criterionchannl.bsky.social
CANADIANS:
SIGN #e7148 to require 🅿️🅿️ all federal party leaders 🅿️🅿️ to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
SIGN #e7148 to require 🅿️🅿️ all federal party leaders 🅿️🅿️ to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
CANADIANS:
SIGN #e7148 to require 🅿️🅿️ all federal party leaders 🅿️🅿️ to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
SIGN #e7148 to require 🅿️🅿️ all federal party leaders 🅿️🅿️ to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk is now officially open — a major commitment under our Arctic Foreign Policy. As strategic competition increases in the Arctic, Canada is standing with our Arctic partners to advance stability, security, and shared interests in the North.
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk is now officially open — a major commitment under our Arctic Foreign Policy. As strategic competition increases in the Arctic, Canada is standing with our Arctic partners to advance stability, security, and shared interests in the North.
GREENLAND:
A wakeup call for Europe
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
France and Canada open consulates in NUUK, on Feb.6th
A wakeup call for Europe
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
France and Canada open consulates in NUUK, on Feb.6th
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
GREENLAND:
A wakeup call for Europe
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
France and Canada open consulates in NUUK, on Feb.6th
A wakeup call for Europe
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
France and Canada open consulates in NUUK, on Feb.6th
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I'm old enough to remember when Poilievre's camp said an unknown staffer put all those misogynistic tags in his social media content.
These unknown staffers sure do do stuff.
These unknown staffers sure do do stuff.
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Poilievre's camp said an unknown staffer put all those misogynistic tags in his social media content.
These unknown staffers sure do do stuff.
These unknown staffers sure do do stuff.
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Hell, the median American voter barely remembers that there was a whole full-fledged shooting war between Israel and Iran barely over six months ago
February 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Hell, the median American voter barely remembers that there was a whole full-fledged shooting war between Israel and Iran barely over six months ago
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Israel has requested operational freedom from the US to conduct military action against Iran.- Kann News
February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Israel has requested operational freedom from the US to conduct military action against Iran.- Kann News
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The Washington Post-Mortem. Today's cartoon by Antonio Rodríguez. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #journalism #DemocracyDiesInDarkness #Trump
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #journalism #DemocracyDiesInDarkness #Trump
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The Washington Post-Mortem. Today's cartoon by Antonio Rodríguez. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #journalism #DemocracyDiesInDarkness #Trump
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #journalism #DemocracyDiesInDarkness #Trump
There’s no longer any reason we need to continue to pretend we are even remotely OK with ANY of this.
Time to get ICE OUT and send Pete Hoekstra home, too @mark-carney.bsky.social
#NAFTA #CUSMA #IceOut #cdnpoli
bsky.app/profile/yash...
Time to get ICE OUT and send Pete Hoekstra home, too @mark-carney.bsky.social
#NAFTA #CUSMA #IceOut #cdnpoli
bsky.app/profile/yash...
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can — and can’t — do www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
There’s no longer any reason we need to continue to pretend we are even remotely OK with ANY of this.
Time to get ICE OUT and send Pete Hoekstra home, too @mark-carney.bsky.social
#NAFTA #CUSMA #IceOut #cdnpoli
bsky.app/profile/yash...
Time to get ICE OUT and send Pete Hoekstra home, too @mark-carney.bsky.social
#NAFTA #CUSMA #IceOut #cdnpoli
bsky.app/profile/yash...
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Arrêté à la frontière alors qu’il tentait de renouveler son visa, Camilo Castro, professeur de yoga français de 41 ans, a passé cinq mois détenu au Venezuela, accusé d’espionnage. Il raconte un enfermement marqué par la peur permanente, les humiliations nocturnes et la menace constante de la tort...
Torturé par des « vampires » : les cinq mois de calvaire d’un Français dans les prisons du Venezuela
www.parismatch.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Arrêté à la frontière alors qu’il tentait de renouveler son visa, Camilo Castro, professeur de yoga français de 41 ans, a passé cinq mois détenu au Venezuela, accusé d’espionnage. Il raconte un enfermement marqué par la peur permanente, les humiliations nocturnes et la menace constante de la tort...
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Groenland : la France et le Canada ouvrent des consulats à Nuuk et affichent leur soutien face aux ambitions américaines
Groenland : la France et le Canada ouvrent des consulats à Nuuk et affichent leur soutien face aux ambitions américaines
Dans un contexte de montée des tensions arctiques, l’ouverture de consulats français et canadien à Nuuk marque un tournant dans la reconnaissance internationale du Groenland et sa quête d’autonomie.
www.lemonde.fr
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Groenland : la France et le Canada ouvrent des consulats à Nuuk et affichent leur soutien face aux ambitions américaines
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ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can — and can’t — do www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 AM
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can — and can’t — do www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...