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Hobbes
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Manitoba, the backwater hinterland.
• Dog lover
• Plant lover
• Twitter exodus
• Social Democrat (of unspecified flavour)
• Panthiest
• 2% Neanderthal DNA
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Hobbes @manitobbes.bsky.social · Mar 2
theblue.report
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky, updated hourly
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tomparkin.bsky.social
McPherson narrowly leads Ashton in exciting potential NDP voters, but Ashton most exciting to those who might sign-up as a member to vote, according to Pollara poll

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McPherson, Ashton most exciting to potential NDP voters, poll shows
Ashton holds biggest sign-up potential while Lewis generates highest positive feelings among those who already "know a few things about him."
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Even if all parties signed onto the revised ‘peace’ plan, it could conceivably be illegal according to International law because it does not allow for international agreements to be recognized if at least one signatory is under the guns. That’s my understanding.
#Ukraine

www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/e...
Washington trumpets Ukraine talks progress – but source reveals significant obstacles | CNN
Despite “a few remaining points of disagreement,” President Trump heralded his team’s “tremendous progress” made towards ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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bearysweet.bsky.social
The [Marine] Hitchhiker's Guide to Human Boats

🦭💖🐧

#marinelife #friendly #hitchhiking #adorable
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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bearysweet.bsky.social
A Christmas Spectacle.

🎄🧑‍🎄🕯️

#streetmusic #festive #christmas #performance
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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davidmoscrop.com
What does the future of the NDP have in store? A lot of good, perhaps. But first the party and it's next leader have a lot to figure out.

A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:

jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
Can Canada’s NDP Step Back From the Brink of Electoral Ruin?
The leadership race in Canada’s New Democratic Party has exposed fractures between workers and professionals and between leader-driven branding and party democracy. Its survival as a serious left-wing...
jacobin.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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bearysweet.bsky.social
This is arguably the rarest substance in the universe, as far as humans are aware.

(Or at least as claimed in the video 🤷)

#organicmatter #science #cosmology #interesting
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Early fundraising numbers from the #NDP race.

#cdnpoli

www.thewrit.ca/p/weekly-wri...
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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kamimagic.bsky.social
Let's have a reintroduction the characters of the RHOTWH (Real Housewives of the White House).

#ProudBlue
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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boldnewme.bsky.social
In his 1987 address to Canada’s Parliament, Reagan hailed free trade as an act of faith in freedom itself, “the open door of cooperation over the closed gate of isolation.”

Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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rabble.ca
The CLC-sponsored NDP leadership forum focused largely on the candidates’ biographies and personalities. But one candidate did try to shake things up by putting some bold ideas on the table. #NDPLeadership2026
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Only one candidate proposed bold policies at the NDP leadership forum
The CLC-sponsored NDP leadership forum focused largely on the candidates’ biographies and personalities.
rabble.ca
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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rabble.ca
Rob Ashton has disrupted the NDP leadership race, and has quickly positioned himself as a serious contender, can it last?

#canpoli

rabble.ca/politics/can...
OP-ED: Can a dock worker really topple NDP political dynasties?
Rob Ashton has disrupted the NDP leadership race, and has quickly positioned himself as a serious contender, can it last?
rabble.ca
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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alisoncreekside.bsky.social
Tomorrow night - mass organizing call for Avi Lewis with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai.
Anjali Appadurai was the BC NDP climate justice leadership candidate so likely to win the BC NDP leadership race 3 years ago that the NDP disqualified her from running. act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
Mass organizing call for Avi Lewis October 14 with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai 5pm PDT 6pm CST 8pm EDT 9pm ADT
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
A fifth candidate entered the race to lead the federal #NDP

cknxnewstoday.ca/news/2025/10...

#cdnpoli
Lucknow's Tony McQuail launches grassroots campaign for federal NDP leadership
Tony McQuail says he is seeking the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) becuase he is concerned about democracy, the environment, and economic fairness.
cknxnewstoday.ca
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
A fourth candidate joined the race to lead the federal #NDP
#cdnpoli

www.timescolonist.com/national-new...
City councillor, social worker Tanille Johnston running for NDP leadership
OTTAWA — Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership.
www.timescolonist.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
manitobbes.bsky.social
A video of Rob Ashton from awhile back sort of reminds me of Pat Stogran when he first ran for #NDP leadership in 2017. What was his slogan, ‘fighting the good fight’? Stogran’s run was memorable for speaking straight and bringing in folks that are not often associated with the party.

#cdnpoli
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Rumour has it that Rob Ashton will throw his hat in the ring on October 1st for #NDP leadership. I don’t know much about him, but even candidates with limited name recognitions have been documented to become dark horses when it comes to rank ballots.

#cdnpoli
manitobbes.bsky.social Hobbes @manitobbes.bsky.social · Sep 29
Avi Lewis and Heather McPherson, excellent candidates so far.

Past #NDP leadership races were often described by the media as boring affairs due to the perceived uniformity of political beliefs, the level of cordiality and the lack of scandals among candidates.

#cdnpoli
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Avi Lewis and Heather McPherson, excellent candidates so far.

Past #NDP leadership races were often described by the media as boring affairs due to the perceived uniformity of political beliefs, the level of cordiality and the lack of scandals among candidates.

#cdnpoli
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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broadbent.bsky.social
🎙️COMING SOON: Social Democrats of the North -- A Perspectives Journal Podcast Series

Subscribe to the Perspectives Journal Podcast on all major podcast platforms for the new release! broadbentinstitute.ca/podcasts/
Social Democrats of the North - Canadian Visions for Justice and Equality from Confederation to the Quiet Revolution, Presented by Dave McGrance, Professor of Political Science St. Thomas More College A Perspectives Journal Podcast Series, Rose and maple leaf branching from stem.
September 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
For the federal #NDP to return to their roots is a threat to the two-party system because it can fill a void that #LPC and #CPC cannot touch without destabilizing their own political foundations.

LPC and CPC may prefer the NDP to remain close to the middle of the political spectrum.

#cdnpoli
The Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement is dedicated to the building of a new and better world order. Our part of this great task is twofold: we want to encourage all young people to educate themselves in the outstanding political ideas of our time; and we want to spread widely that sense of exciting comradeship which the builders of a new world need. As comrades we share the pleasures of happy hours together, and none more happy than when music inspires us and the C.C.Y.M. sings. DORIS FRENCH Saskatchewan President C.C.Y.M. C.C.F. SONG A call goes out to Canada; It comes from out the soil Come and join the ranks through all the land To fight for those who toil. Come on farmer, soldier, laborer, From the mine and factory: And side by side help swell the tide— C.C.F. to Victory. From the waves of the Atlantic To the shores of old B.C. We fight the people's battles And we'll bring security: First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our country free; For champions of the people's cause Is what we'll always be. There'll be health and work for all who toil, And a home where they'll be free To share the joy of decent life With all their family. We will drive out greed and privilege Where found the whole world o'er From a world of might to a world of right, Where war shall be no more. Come on farmer, soldier, laborer, From the mine and factory, And side by side help swell the tide-C.C.F. to Victory.
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Looks like Heather McPherson may formally announce her candidacy for the federal #NDP race on September 28th.

#cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
‘We need to build a bigger table’: Alberta NDP MP teases potential leadership platform
Edmonton Strathcona NDP MP Heather McPherson speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about her part in the upcoming federal NDP leadership race, as well as the return to parliament and wher...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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spudislander45.bsky.social
#NDP #Leadership

#AviLewis announces his intention to run for NDP leadership

#Canada #Politics #cdnpoli #NewDemocraticParty #ProgressivePolitics #CanPoli
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
manitobbes.bsky.social
Reflecting on Charlie Kirk reminds me of Othello. Yes, Othello attacked Desdemona and it was Iago that set the stage to make it happen.

Would Charlie be Iago and Desdemona the society’s vulnerable? Othello, of course, the far right.

#uspoli
September 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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jonathanslater.bsky.social
Some great Halloween ideas
September 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
OREM, UT - Americans who champion the right to bear arms were shocked Wednesday as controversial commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, as opposed to the ordinarily acceptable trend of mass shootings in schools.
www.thebeaverton.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM