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Did anyone have Trump identifying with Marty over Biff? Biff seemed like a gimme! The man’s just full of surprises.

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bob dylan band, hollywood bowl, outlaws tour, may 2025

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Boathouse, Port Felix, Nova Scotia, May 2025

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Jack Hanson reviews Maurizio Serra’s biography of Curzio Malaparte — book first published in Italian in 2011 and now available in English from New York Review of Books- defector.com/the-perfect-...

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say what you will about quebec but they at least have a distinct culture

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Good to hear Mannix slagging the IBF. This is ridiculous.

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Cricket had been the sport of gentlemen in Halifax during the years following Confederation whereas baseball was popular among the hardscrabble working class. Baseball eventually overtook cricket in popularity among all classes.

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Carney can’t touch the GOAT. Tupper FTW.

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For me the most remarkable thing about the 2025 General Election is the Conservatives losing this guy’s vote to the Liberals.

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Said it in the other place and I’ll say it here: THE most ambitious crossover event in CDN Arts and Letters History

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Terrific stuff. Urge everyone to read it.

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@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Not the NYT but brings that energy:

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Mark Carney, débat des chefs en français (2025 colorized)

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Thanks John Erik Hmiel and @jacobinmag.bsky.social for the thoughtful article on WFMU and our history: jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...

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Indenpendant, if you please. In addition to liberating the good people of Central Nova from the corrupt party system, Bandit seeks freedom from your rigid, oppressive orthography, @chalicotherex.bsky.social

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Glory to @wfmu.bsky.social

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you’re killing me here #spellingbee

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I wrote this article a few years back. The holdings in StFX Archives are extremely valuable for those interested in the Antigonish Movement. Scores of primary documents in the holdings including CJFX broadcasts, such as farm forums and panel discussions from the 1950s and 1960s. Time well spent!

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it continues! Thanks Evan! @wfmu.bsky.social

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Tip of the hat to @cbcnews.ca for the decision to broadcast/livestream Thursday evening’s debate among the five confirmed Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish federal election candidates. Maybe there is value in having a public broadcaster after all.

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Enjoying the Blondie marathon currently underway @wfmu.bsky.social

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He did it! 895!!!

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How it started. How it’s going.

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“We weren’t 34-4 playing in the toy poodle league.” — U of Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson both the game and the quote are all-timers

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Watching Phillies-Dodgers. Play by Play guy to color man John Kruk: Tom: John, are you going to watch the Final Four games tonight? John: No Tom: No? John: No, Tom. What day is it? Tom: It’s Saturday, John.

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“He got both cheeks into that!” — play by play man as Patrick Bailey rips a double into triples alley

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the man said repost it without reading it the man said maybe say something like “great writing, Kaleb!” this is the thing have I read it? no did I repost it? yes great writing? no doubt that I can say with confidence I’ll get to it myself sometime soon likely this weekend.

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during a long stretch of 1994-1995 I listened to "Happiness" daily often multiple times per day had recorded an episode of Brave New Waves on blank cassette and, as the rest of the songs weren’t the quality of “Happiness”, process involved considerable rewinding and fast-forwarding to get it right

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Celebrating Liberation Day by listening to a conversation broadcast on @wfmu.bsky.social between Evan Funk Davies and Canuck funny man Bruce McCulloch

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Earlier this month @caut.bsky.social President @defendeducation.bsky.social appeared before the NS Public Bills Committee to comment on Nova Scotia Bill 12 - “An Act Respecting Advanced Education and Research”. Dr. McInnis’s testimony begins near the 17:55 mark: www.youtube.com/live/eHkCQ5N...

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lol @ Blue Jay PA Announcer pleading with fans not to boo The Star Spangled Banner

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I’ve said it once and, by gar, no doubt I’ll say it again.

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It’s been this way for a long time. 30 years ago when I was backpacking in Europe, the only people I encountered sporting a CDN flag were USians, and the only people I encountered sporting a US flag were Israelis.

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Holding an election on Ed Balls day!! Is nothing sacred?

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Wonderful news! Harper’s Magazine has published The Keys to Veracruz, excerpted from Charles Portis’s unpublished novel _The Woman From Nowhere_. harpers.org/archive/2025...

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appoint a carney expect a bill lynch show

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Charles Tupper is the current record holder for shortest-serving CDN PM at 68 days. Does Mark Carney have what it takes to break this record?

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“I run around and witness the intolerable follies of my time” — Robert Mitchum when asked how he got his exercise.

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Started reading Jonathan Haslam’s _Hubris_ and came across this beautiful descriptive phrase on page 14: At the Aspen security forum, where the like-minded gather for mutual reassurance…

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Zelensky got friend-zoned.

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Will the last premier of Canada please turn off the lights?

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Celebrate Freedom to Read Week: February 23 –March 1, 2025 Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. To learn more, please visit: https://buff.ly/2S2ieSG

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Worst Lupercal Ever

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This is excellent. Much of what I come across concerning CDN politics tends to be either dim, generic F*ck Trudeau laziness or solely focused on fiscal mismanagement (which has been abysmal). This is a deeper analysis of Trudeau's failings. Highly recommended.

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