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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 9h

The selective use of the term '#hostages' is part of a broader pattern whereby state terror employed in the interests of Western imperialism is acceptable, while any form of resistance is denounced as 'terrorism.'

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 6h

I'm sure the PM's statement also mourned the dead Palestinians.

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Carney attends Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, praises release of hostages

The Canadian prime minister commended "the leadership of President Trump," and leaders of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey "for enabling this step toward a just and lasting peace."

www.thestar.com

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 13h

the degree to which i feel like i am living in the pre-title montage of a post-apocalyptic movie cannot be overstated.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 15h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 23h

Also Also,

Close friend of Chrystia Freeland?

How'd that work out for her?

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 23h

Also,

Finance minister?!?!

Who do you think I am? Paul Martin?

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 23h

It's hard not to recognize that before Mark Carney threw himself into public service, he made sure to make himself a shit tonne of money.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 23h

I don't know what to make of articles like this. A lot of unnamed sources expressing views.

And I don't need to like the people we elect. Not interested in having a beer with them.

But I'd like to see a spark of humanity in them. What's that trait Carney keeps striving for? Humility?

Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting profile on Mark Carney that highlights some workplace red flags in the PMO.

macleans.ca/politics/mar...

Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca

His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.

macleans.ca

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 1d

“The Jays will try to turn their fortunes around tonight…fans still seem to be optimistic,” says the radio news.

They lost ONE game, people! Chill the hell out or you won’t survive this week 😬

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Think this thread is the definition of bringing the receipts.

Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 1d

You want to talk about some of Carney's terrible policies? Okay, let's take a look at some of those terrible policies together. This will require a bit of a thread because there are too many details to fit adequately in single posts and I'll include supporting links to support the premise. 🧵 1/

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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 1d

You want to talk about some of Carney's terrible policies? Okay, let's take a look at some of those terrible policies together. This will require a bit of a thread because there are too many details to fit adequately in single posts and I'll include supporting links to support the premise. 🧵 1/

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Darth Tugmutton @sheeparecheaper.bsky.social · 1d

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I come across one of his posts and imagine that back in the 1970s, on the set of Barnaby Jones, Buddy Ebsen asked one of the show's producers who gave a role to that creepy little fuck James Woods.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House isn't allowed to give that answer. He's not some guy who missed the local news that night.

Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 1d

"Fiction" is a complex language game which requires both sender and receiver to tacitly agree upon an exchange of untrue statements.

When Captain Stubing pronounces passengers of The Loveboat "man and wife," the audience knows it's "just pretend." When I do that, I am asked to "leave this church."

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 1d

The US trade war & annexationist push against Canada. H/t @sueinnovates.bsky.social. Apparently, Americans are the victims. Missing, except for a vague comment: 10 months in, there is zero acknowledgement of political agency or the possibility of change on the US side.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

It’s a disgrace, really; these expenses have been sitting on my credit card for weeks. But, like, good luck getting a supervisor on the phone. They’re all oh help resist authoritarianism but then it’s all we can’t process your file without a fully-completed form, but when you click the link it 404s

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 1d

If you look around at the current state of things and conclude that it's all controlled by some 'left-wing elite', the subtext (no longer really sub) is obvious: there are too many uppity women and coloured people.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody wants to believe this is a thing that is actually happening.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police.

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners, win it for him.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 2d

I remember the debate back then, and that same sense of inevitability. We had no choice. Austerity or fiscal ruin. And the pushback. Shoot the Hippo and all that.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 2d

For sure. I double clutched before hitting send. Knew it wasn't the point of the editorial. I just rankle at the inevitability of austerity.

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