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@habpipes.bsky.social

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Living the dream in Regina. Political shit poster and video game aficionado. Voracious reader; to a point where I got in shit in school for reading books too much.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 14d

The Canadian Justice system loses $20 billion year.

The Canadian military loses $34 billion a year.

Canadian Health Care loses $372 billion a year.

Imagine if Carneys liberals talked about services like it does the Post Office.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

Ze will do ze marching in ze leather with ze salutes to dear Furher

scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 12h

When Turning Point says it wants its own "Christian" halftime show, they mean "white"

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 12h

When Turning Point says it wants its own "Christian" halftime show, they mean "white"

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

In my brain, this getting translated from religion into nerd is like asking if God and Jesus became Voltron or the liquid Terminator.

a man is behind bars in a jail cell looking out

Alt: A liquid terminator machine walks right through jail cell bars.

media.tenor.com

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Schmutzie @schmutzie.com · 10h

PS. Old ladies shouldn't be doused in gasoline because a nexus of evil sneaked in and started aggregating next door. Please take a look at that, as well. The ostriches won't need their nexus of evil caretakers anymore if you grant my fondest wish, so all will be well.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

Knowing that people throw their lives away,often for nothing, for Donald Trump is like finding out that people sacrificed their life to protect a piece of cat litter from being scooped.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

It's a disgrace. The Post's Opinion section has now been fully Orbanized.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

This will likely lead to the corporation locking them out.

Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 10h

Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes

Rotating strikes to begin Saturday morning, allowing mail to start moving again.

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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 10h

Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes

Rotating strikes to begin Saturday morning, allowing mail to start moving again.

dlvr.it

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 2d

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!

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The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity

hatchetmedia.substack.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

Politicians love to suckle at corporate teat so often thay maybe if we described human life like a company does in terms of dolars most then they maybe they would care.

In corporate terms, this is anywhere from $4 to $10 million lifetime dollars being taken out of the economy every day.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14h

Five people a day died from drug use in B.C. over the summer https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-drug-deaths-statistics-summer-2025

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A person holds a meth pipe. Smoking drugs continued to be one of the leading methods of toxic consumption in overdose deaths in B.C. this summer.

M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

The conservative agenda is going exactly as planned.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Race and religious hate crime rises in England and Wales, figures suggest

The number of police-recorded race and religious hate crimes have increased in the year to March.

www.bbc.com

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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 13h

I’d like to see mandatory voting.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 13h

Mandorty skill testing question before your mandatory vote and if you can't pass then you have to do a quick 10 minutes nonpartisan educational video that just explains the about the parties, the candidates, and the policies they propose..

M @habpipes.bsky.social · 13h

Fair point

Counterpoint - As a large fellow, I have no problem saying that I dont mind mine.

But I've dropped almost 50 pounds this year, so like the glaciers, they are receding.

It's just a chnaged muscle to fat ratio 😆

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 14h

But boobs are great. I think oir minister is a more of a rotten potato.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 17h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..