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Boston marathon: NI runner helps competitor after collapse Two runners go viral for helping carry exhausted man over the finish line.

Boston Marathon runner collapses, tries repeatedly to stand only to fall again. Many run past but two men stop their race to hold him between them and resume as a trio. A reminder that kindness and generosity might be out of fashion, but they prevail www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Post profusely !!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad just posted this video mocking Trump and his “ceasefire extension”

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I call it Metrolinx

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Toronto Fire hoses down massive ice blocks promoting Drake album, citing public safety concerns | CBC News Toronto Fire crews are hosing down and trying to melt a massive formation of ice blocks installed by Drake to promote his upcoming album.

Local musician celebrates Earth Day by flushing toilet one hundred and twenty-seven million times.

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“Congested College bike lane??” Where were you when I confronted Transportation Minister last week walking along College about what they were doing to bike lanes. He barely muttered anything & waved dismissively at the (then) empty bike lane.

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The Mother of the Ward It all started when she was thirteen years old. That's when Grace Bagnato got married. Her new husband was much older than she was — twenty-five — and that wasn't their only challenge. Joseph was from...

I always found Grace Bagnato’s story the most interesting part of the Stork Derby. open.substack.com/pub/torontoh...

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The Stupid Cuban Missile Crisis Donald Trump is unfit for office. He might do genocide before Congress recognizes that.

Had anyone in a position of power during the Cuban Missile Crisis acted this stupidly, we’d all be dead. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-stupid...

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Mayor Mamdani Announces City to Complete Redesign on McGuinness Boulevard

📣 “For too long, critical street safety projects have been delayed or shelved because of political considerations and backroom deal-making rather than the needs of New Yorkers. Those days are over,” said Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

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Great video! If it doesn’t play here, click the Instagram link. Comes with perfect commentary from John Lennon. “Just give me some truth!” From Ford??

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Black and white still frame of Ebeneezer Scrooge leaning out a window calling down to the street below. Caption reads:
YOU BOY
 ARE THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ
 OPEN OR CLOSED TODAY

Black and white still frame of Ebeneezer Scrooge leaning out a window calling down to the street below. Caption reads: YOU BOY ARE THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ OPEN OR CLOSED TODAY

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Doug Ford's entitlement collapses the nose strut of a $28M private jet on take-off roll. Always calculate your weight and balance prior to flying, kids.

Doug Ford's entitlement collapses the nose strut of a $28M private jet on take-off roll. Always calculate your weight and balance prior to flying, kids.

OOF!

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This was an FOI request from advocay group Safe Parkside - exactly the kind of information Ford wants to hide.

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This chart is scary as shit.

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Cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine. What can organizers do? Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser and at a film screening on the same night in April. Organizers describe how this fits into a broader pattern and what can be done to protect community…

In Toronto, the police are being used to chill and intimidate any pro-Palestine events, film, or even fundraisers to help feed displaced Gazans. This is what happens when people intentionally conflate pro-Palestinian activism with “terror” or hate speech: www.thegrindmag.ca/cops-keep-sh...

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Has RVing the highways and byways of Ontario gone out of style? I remember when....

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If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

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“Like a taco” (from The Guardian)

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This afternoon, snowflakes… and Robarts Library cherry blossoms starting to blossom.

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Blue Jays manager’s statement “We’re trying to win” does not jibe with the Blue Jays manager’s again batting the team’s worst hitter by far (Lukes- OPS .288) leadoff.

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Same for mainstream people.

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Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise

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"according to nine people familiar" is never a line you want in a story about you

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Ontario buys used $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford: sources A senior official confirmed that the province this week took possession of a 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet.

Ford can’t fix the Science Centre roof, but he’s got the funds for a gravy plane.
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Copyediting 101 [a homily]

He's just so delightfully...papal!

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‘A clear setback’: More drivers speeding in Ottawa with photo radar gone, city says - Ottawa | Globalnews.ca The City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding in school zones five months after the Ontario government shut off automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras.

Three months after Ottawa removed its automatic safety cameras, the share of drivers following the speed limit plunged from 87% to 41%(!). "High-end speeding" is up 10x.

Automatic enforcement saves lives. If you remove it, people will die.

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After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood.

After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago

John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood.

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We know about this because a Global News FOI revealed that 157 inmates had been mistakenly released.

Ford's solution to this is, primarily, to exempt himself, his cabinet, their political staff from FOI requests so no other "problems" emerge to be furious about.

Pls call Ford ☎️: 416 325-1941

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Which one is you?

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I was at the first SkyDome rain delay. Third game at the Dome, vs Milwaukee, appropriately. Roof took a lot longer to close then, so things got a bit wet.

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