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Free agent class of 2024. 7 1/2. Find me at The Catch Bar. Toronto.
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lesleynope.bsky.social
Empty seat next to me again for the return flight! So lucky on this trip!
lesleynope.bsky.social Nope-cation @lesleynope.bsky.social · 4d
My original seat was next to a couple but the row across the aisle was empty so they let me move over! And nobody in the seat behind or in front of me! I feel like I’ve been upgraded to first class!
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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lmhistory.bsky.social
Cat shrimp #catsky
Grey torbie cat is curled up on her favorite wool throw in the shrimp position while she rests her head on a pillow.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
lesleynope.bsky.social
I’m heading to the airport and I’m just so happy. This trip was wonderful.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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tonywalsh.bsky.social
Here’s Gizmo sliding into your Friday so the weekend is on the way. 😸😸😹🦁
#CatsOfBlueSky
buddygizmo.bsky.social 🌈 Buddy 🌈 & Gizmo 🦁🦁 @buddygizmo.bsky.social · 5h
In honour of this week seeing the launch of #StrangerThings5 (no spoilers here please!), Gizmo is spending today in the Upside Down. With less dimensional terrors 😹😹

Have a great weekend everyone! 😸😸🦁🦁 #JellyBellyFriday #teamfloof #CatsOfBluesky
Gizmo the orange Maine Coon cat is lying upside down on his back on a silver/grey/white rug. It’s a full length shot with his head at the bottom of the picture and his tail at the top. This means we see his full jelly belly display - endless floof from his chin and the white chest coat to the creamy orange mix of long fur on his belly. His back legs and their deeper snow dipped paws are sticking out. Gizmo is looking up at the camera with green eyes shining and front snow dipped paws pulled up. His long white whiskers can be seen along with his trademark pointy ears and their famous orange tips!
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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themorrancave.bsky.social
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 16h
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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felinaria.bsky.social
Nuit enjoying the sun 🌼😻🐈‍⬛🌷
Gata preta deitada no sol
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
lesleynope.bsky.social
This pun was a leap
minorleaguer.ca Minor Leaguer @minorleaguer.ca · 6h
I'm at the mall for Black Friday and I just went to the calendar store to get a pun-a-day calendar for 2026. I was horrified by terrible customer service.

When I pointed out that one of the calendars was missing January 31, the sales guy just dismissed my concerns lackadaisically.
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
lesleynope.bsky.social
Anyone else legitimately look forward to doing laundry when you get home at the end of a trip?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
lesleynope.bsky.social
This is how the argument always ends up.
dkfoster.bsky.social Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 7h
Wow.

Is this some top notch grade A bullshit.

"A climate strategy based solely on regulations and prohibitions will not achieve our climate objectives not least because it will fail to generate the alignment of interests required for this historic undertaking."

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet
Before entering elected politics, the Liberal MP worked as a famed environmentalist.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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daraobriain.bsky.social
Watched Bladerunner again last night. Would have been so much better if they had gone with the original idea, that instead of origami unicorns, Edward James Olmos’ character had made balloon animals.
“It’s too bad she won’t live;
but then again
SQUEEEK-SQUEEEK-SQUEEEEEEK-SQUEEEEK
Who does?”
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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leezershort.bsky.social
🥹also groomed
Small groomed yorkie
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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fightylighty.bsky.social
I had forgotten

the pain

of sitting with your legs tensed for an hour

to stop a sleeping kitty sliding out of your lap
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
lesleynope.bsky.social
“Canadians In Front and Behind”
amandawtwong.bsky.social Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 17h
I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
Porn no longer subject to Canadian content quotas, says CRTC In other words, any program 'devoted to depicting explicit sexual activity' will no longer need to ensure a minimum quota of Canadians either in front of or behind the camera
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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amandawtwong.bsky.social
I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
Porn no longer subject to Canadian content quotas, says CRTC In other words, any program 'devoted to depicting explicit sexual activity' will no longer need to ensure a minimum quota of Canadians either in front of or behind the camera
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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lolennui.bsky.social
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
venuslovesrats.bsky.social 🧡🐀 venus 🐀❤️ @venuslovesrats.bsky.social · 2d
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
A tiny polished wooden carving of a rounded rodent with detailed ears, paws, textured fur and glossy beady eyes resting on a light surface. Netsuke is a type of miniature ornament initially used to secure containers or kimonos. This sculpture is 2.5cm tall, tiny! 🥹
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:
Statement by Steven Guilbeault This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud of the achievements I have helped bring forward: • Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and placing them on a downward trajectory • Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation • Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our communities • Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's history • Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19 crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes. Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet remains unchanged. Steven Guilbeault Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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radicalmainiac.bsky.social
Sometimes it's just resting murder face...
Sometimes it's cuz I dared allow her food bowl to ALMOST get empty 🤦🙄🤭
She'll get mad and refuse to touch the last few bits 🤣 💜😸💜
Kitty sitting on the bed looking moody
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
lesleynope.bsky.social
For the love of god yes
kateheartfield.com Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 1d
Anyway there's an NDP leadership debate tonight and hooboy if there were ever a time for the NDP to offer up some alternatives, this is it
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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wagatwe.com
my neighbor's blue lives matter flag got destroyed by the severe wind 😂
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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gofodgwag.bsky.social
Motion! Heading into London Victoria
#photography #transport #photo #timelapse
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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dtkmelissa.bsky.social
Why? Why do we do this to ourselves? This just feels like a waste of everybody's time. Why on earth do we think we need neighbours to weigh in on this?! Just build it already. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Text: Residents had their first chance to weigh in on a proposal to replace a fire-damaged Kitchener duplex with a new four-unit building.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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aliciaandrz.bsky.social
just came across this student evaluation & totally broke down.

I once was great.
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM