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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 11h

At least yours is posh! Mine has been called the redneck of then French speaking world.

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 12h

Merci beaucoup (but according to my Ontario brethren, it’s an acquired taste)!

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 12h

I usually just turn up the Québécois accent and blame that for my lack of it!

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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 16h

new hangman propaganda film being disseminated this friday

(its actually very good and i am proud of it)

youtu.be/05Nter-UzF8?...

SNEAK PEEK: "The Good, The Bad and the Hangman" Trailer | AEW Stories

YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling

youtu.be

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 12h

Agreed. And so does this book, in ways more eloquent than I could ever hope to muster up:

MONSTERS — CLAIRE DEDERER

www.clairedederer.com

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 14h

There are also a significant number of people from my high school and CEGEP years who are this but with Propagandhi.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h

Fan who ran on the field at Norway-Israel game today.

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 17h

This is exactly it. There is no one size fits all cure. We’re all different and it’s definitely a pet peeve of mine when there’s this pseudo self help/motivational speaking ultimate solution proposed, no matter how good intentioned it may be.

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AL Creed 👻 @alcreed.bsky.social · 1d

THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED. THE W-CROWN HAS BEEN ACHIEVED!

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 18h

Respectfully, this is a “cure” for procrastination, not loneliness.

I’m glad people who have friends can be persuaded to go on a long commute (legitimately), but to someone who suffers from actual loneliness and does not have friends to say yes to activities, this might feel a little patronising.

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 19h

The cure for loneliness is making plans with friends, saying yes to new things, and dealing with stuff like long commutes. For example: on Wednesday, I went to a Blue Jays-Yankees playoff game with a friend despite the long subway ride to the Bronx and a desire to hide in my apartment. It was fun!

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 19h

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Toxidrone @toxidrone.bsky.social · 1d

"I can acknowledge that Palestinians are not free in their historic homeland, and I can acknowledge that that is unjust, but I draw the line at saying they must be free in that homeland!"

Gosh how very productive

From the river to the sea, Palestine must and will be free

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Then Toad fell asleep.

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Pang OfFearnity @bough.cloud · 1d

alt text:

msrachelforlittles
Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 1d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach

<article data-history-node-id="429964" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least two people around 6 pm local time on Friday, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 1d

I think a lot of pundits were too locked in on the GI Joe PSAs when they were younger.

Yes, knowing is indeed half the battle.

BUT THERE’S A WHOLE OTHER HALF OF SAID BATTLE TOO.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Maybe a minor complaint all things considered but I'd like people to be honest

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 1d

Huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Imperialism Prize for steadfastly supporting Israel's genocide and calling on the US to invade her own country so she can be installed as puppet leader while Trump takes Venezuela's oil ♥️

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Why are they still killing Palestinians in Gaza then?

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

BREAKING | Israeli military says ceasefire with Hamas has come into effect

Gaza latest: Israeli cabinet approves Trump’s plan for ceasefire and hostage release

www.independent.co.uk

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 2d

Our minion overlord @athenapalmer.bsky.social has her own ship/training facility?

Of course she does.

Trek Central @trekcentral.net · 2d

👀 A CLOSE UP of #StarTrek: Starfleet Academy's USS Athena @ #NYCC

The Athena will be the lead ship of the 2026 series, serving as a mobile classroom for the Starfleet Cadets!

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 2d

I’ve been putting it off because I “don’t have time,” but that’s never going to change so thanks to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social I finally picked up 2 books in @nolore.bsky.social ‘s in Canada in Decline series

For the next half hour I will caffeinate and be horrified by what I read (complimentary).

A latte and books one and two of Nora Loreto’s Canada in Decline series.

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kyulen742 @kyulen742.bsky.social · 3d

Liberals in the United States have been telling leftists that they hate us and that they don't need our votes for years, and then they get mad when we don't vote for Democrats.

A four panel comic strip of two people, on the left in each panel is a dark-skinned man wearing a blue jacket and on the right a white woman in a yellow shirt. In the 1st panel the woman says to the man "We don't need you." In the 2nd she says to him "We don't want you." In the 3rd panel she says to him "Democrats hate you leftists. Don't vote for us." In the 4th panel the man responds "OK." and the woman angrily yells "WHY?!"
Also in the 4th panel is the artist's name, Ted Rall, and the date 10-14-20 when the comic was made in the bottom right corner.

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