causerie
@causerie.bsky.social
Human dignity is my guiding principle. Politics, cities, a dash of wholesome. Toronto/Tkaronto is home base.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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I feel like if you’re the Conservative leader and you lose Rupa then you may as well pack up all your apples and make the move to Battle River-Crowfoot for good.
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I feel like if you’re the Conservative leader and you lose Rupa then you may as well pack up all your apples and make the move to Battle River-Crowfoot for good.
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ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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real sign of the times that the federal reserve chair all but accused the federal government of falsifying jobs data and it didn't even last a full day in the news cycle
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
www.wsj.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
real sign of the times that the federal reserve chair all but accused the federal government of falsifying jobs data and it didn't even last a full day in the news cycle
She should be thrown back into jail.
Martha Stewart has revealed how she eats bagels and I am speechless
December 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
She should be thrown back into jail.
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Martha Stewart has revealed how she eats bagels and I am speechless
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Martha Stewart has revealed how she eats bagels and I am speechless
Senator Warren, this is your moment.
Not for nothing, but when Sen. Josh Hawley gave a speech at the National Conservatism conference this year about reigning in Big Tech, the room burst into raucous applause multiple times.
Over and over, I’ve seen concerns about Big Tech emerge as one of the only pieces of pan-political agreement.
Over and over, I’ve seen concerns about Big Tech emerge as one of the only pieces of pan-political agreement.
The battle over how AI should be regulated (or not) has opened a rift in Trump's MAGA coalition of right-wing populists and tech billionaires. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Senator Warren, this is your moment.
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"China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the global climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say."
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News
China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the global climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say."
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Okay, to translate as a designer: it’s “diversity” because part of the reason Calibri was adopted is because it’s more legible to people with dyslexia and other visual disabilities….and also everyone else, but why let that get in the way of a weird grudge?
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Okay, to translate as a designer: it’s “diversity” because part of the reason Calibri was adopted is because it’s more legible to people with dyslexia and other visual disabilities….and also everyone else, but why let that get in the way of a weird grudge?
Wingdings is more up your alley, Marco.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Wingdings is more up your alley, Marco.
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if you cannot imagine how humans raised other baby humans prior to 2022 I would humbly submit you're too stupid to be allowed to spend trillions of other people's dollars
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
if you cannot imagine how humans raised other baby humans prior to 2022 I would humbly submit you're too stupid to be allowed to spend trillions of other people's dollars
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From the guys who brought you "watch your baby die of a preventable disease", comes their newest hit "get sweaty before you get on the airplane"
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
From the guys who brought you "watch your baby die of a preventable disease", comes their newest hit "get sweaty before you get on the airplane"
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Annexation was the plan all along
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Annexation was the plan all along
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Dear God. I asked Gemini for a two-sentence summary of something with a link to a source other than Wikipedia and it gave me Grokipedia. 😱
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Dear God. I asked Gemini for a two-sentence summary of something with a link to a source other than Wikipedia and it gave me Grokipedia. 😱
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How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
Movie you have watched more than six times with a GIF: hard mode. No Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Movie you have watched more than six times with a GIF: hard mode. No Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
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Giving ministers the power to exempt pet projects from any law on the books except for the Criminal Code isn’t nation-building. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Giving ministers the power to exempt pet projects from any law on the books except for the Criminal Code isn’t nation-building. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
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Since his FIFA peace trophy looks like someone with their head in their hands it makes pics like this even funnier
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Since his FIFA peace trophy looks like someone with their head in their hands it makes pics like this even funnier
I genuinely can't fathom why people think all that botox looks better than wrinkles. Future historians are going to gasp in horror every time they flip through a magazine.
The quality of the wax exhibits at Madame Tussaud’s is greatly diminished
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I genuinely can't fathom why people think all that botox looks better than wrinkles. Future historians are going to gasp in horror every time they flip through a magazine.