Allan
@allanshoe.bsky.social
Working at Epic Games, formerly BioWare. Interests in games of all kind and history. These interests often overlap :P
I'm not overly surprised that Carney is actually a piece of shit and just helps reinforce a feeling that the political elite are in cahoots.
Feels an awful lot like Labour in the UK who had huge support because *NOT* doing right wing stuff, and then once in power doing a bunch of right-wing stuff.
Feels an awful lot like Labour in the UK who had huge support because *NOT* doing right wing stuff, and then once in power doing a bunch of right-wing stuff.
The idea of CRA “lean[ing] into AI to free up staff resources” should be setting off some red flags. Other departments are being forced too.
He’s cutting “development funding for global health programs” and funding for public transit. Cutting back on Statistics Canada seems so short-sighted too.
He’s cutting “development funding for global health programs” and funding for public transit. Cutting back on Statistics Canada seems so short-sighted too.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm not overly surprised that Carney is actually a piece of shit and just helps reinforce a feeling that the political elite are in cahoots.
Feels an awful lot like Labour in the UK who had huge support because *NOT* doing right wing stuff, and then once in power doing a bunch of right-wing stuff.
Feels an awful lot like Labour in the UK who had huge support because *NOT* doing right wing stuff, and then once in power doing a bunch of right-wing stuff.
Of course apropos to my previous repost, very understandable that there's a lot of this feeling going around (myself included)
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Of course apropos to my previous repost, very understandable that there's a lot of this feeling going around (myself included)
End of a lengthy thread (so easier to scroll up and read) but saw a few people I know and trust and are also outraged at the current moment.
Note that while he states some impressions of things, there is often subtext/caveats of "if the Dems use this appropriately" which we're all skeptical of rn.
Note that while he states some impressions of things, there is often subtext/caveats of "if the Dems use this appropriately" which we're all skeptical of rn.
For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
What's in the CR Deal for Congress?
With a vote as early as tonight, we quickly ran the numbers
firstbranchforecast.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
End of a lengthy thread (so easier to scroll up and read) but saw a few people I know and trust and are also outraged at the current moment.
Note that while he states some impressions of things, there is often subtext/caveats of "if the Dems use this appropriately" which we're all skeptical of rn.
Note that while he states some impressions of things, there is often subtext/caveats of "if the Dems use this appropriately" which we're all skeptical of rn.
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You are loved. Pass it on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You are loved. Pass it on.
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All of these political experts in my replies and I've never run into a single one of them when I'm on the Hill doing a bicameral briefing on SNAP and Medicaid.
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
All of these political experts in my replies and I've never run into a single one of them when I'm on the Hill doing a bicameral briefing on SNAP and Medicaid.
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
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The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
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Caylan Ford is suing me and PressProgress, along with trusted news organizations like CBC News, the Toronto Star, as well as other award-winning journalists
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Caylan Ford is suing me and PressProgress, along with trusted news organizations like CBC News, the Toronto Star, as well as other award-winning journalists
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
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But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
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To be clear: PressProgress stands behind its journalism
We took multiple steps to verify the authenticity of Caylan Ford’s statements and gave Caylan Ford multiple opportunities to explain her words
Journalists have a right to quote the words of politicians
We took multiple steps to verify the authenticity of Caylan Ford’s statements and gave Caylan Ford multiple opportunities to explain her words
Journalists have a right to quote the words of politicians
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
To be clear: PressProgress stands behind its journalism
We took multiple steps to verify the authenticity of Caylan Ford’s statements and gave Caylan Ford multiple opportunities to explain her words
Journalists have a right to quote the words of politicians
We took multiple steps to verify the authenticity of Caylan Ford’s statements and gave Caylan Ford multiple opportunities to explain her words
Journalists have a right to quote the words of politicians
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Your colleagues promised us — promised activists, promised social media influencers, promised organizations — that they were actually going to fight for the ACA, that it was non-negotiable.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Your colleagues promised us — promised activists, promised social media influencers, promised organizations — that they were actually going to fight for the ACA, that it was non-negotiable.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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This how I find out I have a son??
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This how I find out I have a son??
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I have never seen anyone fight so hard for the legal right to starve people.
NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I have never seen anyone fight so hard for the legal right to starve people.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷♀️” when called out for it
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷♀️” when called out for it
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Low Skilled Workers Are a Myth. “[Minimum wage jobs] are not low-skill. They simply require different skills, ones that not just anyone possesses.” (via @tressiemcphd.bsky.social) [dailytarheel.com]
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Low Skilled Workers Are a Myth. “[Minimum wage jobs] are not low-skill. They simply require different skills, ones that not just anyone possesses.” (via @tressiemcphd.bsky.social) [dailytarheel.com]
What a deeply sad and weird administration.
I honestly thought this was a spoof. It is not. This is the most childish, disrespectful nonsense. On the official White House page!! This is 10-year-old-level petulance.
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
mysafespace
We're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, healthcare for illegals and shutting down the government! We couldn't care less if our military gets paid or Americans' ...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What a deeply sad and weird administration.
Sometimes @tayyschu.bsky.social makes me an amazing breakfast sandwich and today is one of those days! 🥹
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sometimes @tayyschu.bsky.social makes me an amazing breakfast sandwich and today is one of those days! 🥹
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![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
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The lack of a "anti-Fox News" is not a story of market failure. Media plutocrats have chosen to leave money on the table because they don't want to support challenges to plutocracy.
Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The lack of a "anti-Fox News" is not a story of market failure. Media plutocrats have chosen to leave money on the table because they don't want to support challenges to plutocracy.
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it is an unfortunate feature of American politics that a stone cold weirdo like Curtis Sliwa can seem appealing simply for genuinely believing his freak shit- having core beliefs is so rare and strange it feels admirable even if the beliefs are hot garbage
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
it is an unfortunate feature of American politics that a stone cold weirdo like Curtis Sliwa can seem appealing simply for genuinely believing his freak shit- having core beliefs is so rare and strange it feels admirable even if the beliefs are hot garbage
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Oh this was the video that (some) people on here were baselessly saying had to be AI because it was so insane. Anyway this is standard ICE operating procedure now: crash into your car, violently drag you through the street at gunpoint, & then have tricia mclaughlin lie that you were assaulting them
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh this was the video that (some) people on here were baselessly saying had to be AI because it was so insane. Anyway this is standard ICE operating procedure now: crash into your car, violently drag you through the street at gunpoint, & then have tricia mclaughlin lie that you were assaulting them