Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
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Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Slowly going crazy because I've got no idea how to access the OneDrive account that automatically backed up files from my Desktop on my now-dead old laptop because I
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
I feel like a zombie. :-|
Not a Romero zombie; an Ardel Wray zombie.
Not a Romero zombie; an Ardel Wray zombie.
February 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I feel like a zombie. :-|
Not a Romero zombie; an Ardel Wray zombie.
Not a Romero zombie; an Ardel Wray zombie.
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Many Canadians held their nose and voted in a centrist to keep the orange arse licking right wing PP from becoming PM. Canadians in general are more “left” than the so called non-voting American left who couldn’t vote for Kamala.
February 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Many Canadians held their nose and voted in a centrist to keep the orange arse licking right wing PP from becoming PM. Canadians in general are more “left” than the so called non-voting American left who couldn’t vote for Kamala.
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Yes, Trump and Kamala would be having the same presidency right now, you're very smart.
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Yes, Trump and Kamala would be having the same presidency right now, you're very smart.
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Can't deter the FAA from dropping an 11:32pm TFR, but somehow gonna deter the PRC through "strength, not confrontation."
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Can't deter the FAA from dropping an 11:32pm TFR, but somehow gonna deter the PRC through "strength, not confrontation."
> "the province of Taiwan."
...this person's next claim is going to be about how "Ukraine is in Russia's sphere of influence", I'm sure.
...this person's next claim is going to be about how "Ukraine is in Russia's sphere of influence", I'm sure.
I am not willing to spend a single dollar or see a single drop of blood spilled to prevent China from integrating the province of Taiwan.
I think anyone who feels differently is pretty weird and I don't really trust them.
I think anyone who feels differently is pretty weird and I don't really trust them.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
> "the province of Taiwan."
...this person's next claim is going to be about how "Ukraine is in Russia's sphere of influence", I'm sure.
...this person's next claim is going to be about how "Ukraine is in Russia's sphere of influence", I'm sure.
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Person who hasn't updated understanding of economic geography since 1950 award.
As far as I can tell, the fear is that American capital owners might not be able to steal as much wealth parasitically from the island.
February 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Person who hasn't updated understanding of economic geography since 1950 award.
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What did the Red Army do in Berlin (or Breslau etc.) after capturing it. Also pro Soviets magazines and newspapers praised the atomic bomb btw.
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
What did the Red Army do in Berlin (or Breslau etc.) after capturing it. Also pro Soviets magazines and newspapers praised the atomic bomb btw.
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That’s you! This is you this whole conversation! You are snarking about yourself here!
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That’s you! This is you this whole conversation! You are snarking about yourself here!
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Madam, you are British and you posted about how withholding your vote is the most powerful thing you can do. You should understand how stupid and self-defeating that is in your own context, but you don't. This guilt-tripping would only work if I weren't already sure you were a contemptible fool!
February 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Madam, you are British and you posted about how withholding your vote is the most powerful thing you can do. You should understand how stupid and self-defeating that is in your own context, but you don't. This guilt-tripping would only work if I weren't already sure you were a contemptible fool!
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This question is so soaked in white privilege that it is fucking *BLEACHED*. I've known cokeheads who'd try to snort this question if you put it in front of them, that's how white it is. Non-white voters in the USA have *never* had this choice, once; we do the best we can with that we've got.
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This question is so soaked in white privilege that it is fucking *BLEACHED*. I've known cokeheads who'd try to snort this question if you put it in front of them, that's how white it is. Non-white voters in the USA have *never* had this choice, once; we do the best we can with that we've got.
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Yeah, it would be simpler without all these other people around with ideas that aren’t mine fucking everything up with their bad ideas. Really we should get rid of them. Would solve this whole politics business for good.
February 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Yeah, it would be simpler without all these other people around with ideas that aren’t mine fucking everything up with their bad ideas. Really we should get rid of them. Would solve this whole politics business for good.
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"This blood on my hands? Not my fault. Someone else put it there."
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"This blood on my hands? Not my fault. Someone else put it there."
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Millions will be dead by the end of Trump’s term who wouldn’t have been otherwise and people are still saying shit like this. On one hand I get it because it’s difficult to understand that this is reality, it all feels unreal and abstract. But here we are.
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Millions will be dead by the end of Trump’s term who wouldn’t have been otherwise and people are still saying shit like this. On one hand I get it because it’s difficult to understand that this is reality, it all feels unreal and abstract. But here we are.
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And yet, the people in the USA whose political perspective matches yours have helped cause two whole new ones in the last 13 months.
Irony!
Irony!
February 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
And yet, the people in the USA whose political perspective matches yours have helped cause two whole new ones in the last 13 months.
Irony!
Irony!
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Hey which of our demographics is currently getting snatched up off the streets by a militarized government force and disappeared, yours or mine?
February 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hey which of our demographics is currently getting snatched up off the streets by a militarized government force and disappeared, yours or mine?
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One of the genocides going on is being directed *at me*, remember? The same one you earlier tried to claim you were also experiencing because you're married to a Puerto Rican while living the UK bsky.app/profile/aria...
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
One of the genocides going on is being directed *at me*, remember? The same one you earlier tried to claim you were also experiencing because you're married to a Puerto Rican while living the UK bsky.app/profile/aria...
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And yes, I'll blame "Leftists", as despite "sounding the alarm" (not really, but), the refused to do the bare minimum needed to stop it. Many of them openly boasted about that, as a matter of fact. And demonstrated that they are as much a threat to my existence as MAGA is.
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
And yes, I'll blame "Leftists", as despite "sounding the alarm" (not really, but), the refused to do the bare minimum needed to stop it. Many of them openly boasted about that, as a matter of fact. And demonstrated that they are as much a threat to my existence as MAGA is.
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Are you capable of viewing political activity as being about more than the emotional states or rhetorical exercises of the people doing it
February 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Are you capable of viewing political activity as being about more than the emotional states or rhetorical exercises of the people doing it
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Like seriously voting is not about your feelings of personal culpability in the world go to a god damn therapist, talk to a priest, fuck a little, this is not the place for that shit.
February 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Like seriously voting is not about your feelings of personal culpability in the world go to a god damn therapist, talk to a priest, fuck a little, this is not the place for that shit.
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No that’s just you here. Emotional refuge is not what politics is for. If you feel powerlessness or complicity deal with your emotions personally and then when you’re ready to not make that everyone else’s problem, come do politics.
February 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
No that’s just you here. Emotional refuge is not what politics is for. If you feel powerlessness or complicity deal with your emotions personally and then when you’re ready to not make that everyone else’s problem, come do politics.
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“We are all feeling powerless and complicit.”
Incorrect, speak for yourself please.
One way you could not feel so complicit: stop talking over members of racial minority groups you do not belong to in countries you do not reside in when they say you are wrong about their lived experiences.
Incorrect, speak for yourself please.
One way you could not feel so complicit: stop talking over members of racial minority groups you do not belong to in countries you do not reside in when they say you are wrong about their lived experiences.
February 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“We are all feeling powerless and complicit.”
Incorrect, speak for yourself please.
One way you could not feel so complicit: stop talking over members of racial minority groups you do not belong to in countries you do not reside in when they say you are wrong about their lived experiences.
Incorrect, speak for yourself please.
One way you could not feel so complicit: stop talking over members of racial minority groups you do not belong to in countries you do not reside in when they say you are wrong about their lived experiences.
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I think all people should agree with me on literally everything I think about ethics because otherwise I wouldn’t be choosing to think it, so yes.
Unfortunately, “we all” has stubbornly refused to play along. So instead, we have all of politics in human history to deal with that dilemma
Unfortunately, “we all” has stubbornly refused to play along. So instead, we have all of politics in human history to deal with that dilemma
February 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I think all people should agree with me on literally everything I think about ethics because otherwise I wouldn’t be choosing to think it, so yes.
Unfortunately, “we all” has stubbornly refused to play along. So instead, we have all of politics in human history to deal with that dilemma
Unfortunately, “we all” has stubbornly refused to play along. So instead, we have all of politics in human history to deal with that dilemma
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Hey, from someone actually in the United States right now, quick question, have things gotten better or worse for everybody here because of your remote principled stance?
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hey, from someone actually in the United States right now, quick question, have things gotten better or worse for everybody here because of your remote principled stance?