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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1h

I have a column coming on this.

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1h

The problem is that this is a collective action problem where most of the costs are in the near term and most of the benefits are in the longer term.

There is no realistic or reasonable solution that isn't grounded in those basic facts.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1h

She can definitely win an election against Nenshi.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

Legacy media is such a fucking joke.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 2h

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline

Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Scayor Howard Vander @mayor.bsky.social · 21h

old people love whining about how sensitive young people are and how they can't get over it, and then describe that episode of MASH where the guy dies as the single most heartbreaking thing they've ever experienced

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 14h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 2h

My chat with @robbreakenridge.bsky.social over at The Line Alberta about Danielle Smith, pipeline politics and the farce that is the Alberta Next panel.

Listen here: www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/podcast-pa...

Podcast: Parsing the premier’s pipeline announcement

... and how this issue is shaping Alberta politics.

www.alberta.readtheline.ca

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3h

The “pro-life” Republican Party strikes again.

NPR @npr.org · 4h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 9h

Useful comparison

A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3h

I mean, I like the changes he’s made here and love a well-made suit, so I’m in full agreement.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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James G @orth.ca · 14h

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 21h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 19h

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 1d

Wife: Fuck the Yankees!

Me: Hey maybe let’s don’t yell “Fuck the Yankees” with the windows open.
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Wife, louder: FUCK THE YANKEES!

Guy walking by outside: FUCK THE YANKEES!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19h

We can’t influence demand abroad. We can influence it here. We should do that.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19h

These are facts, not “cope”. I know how global oil markets work. You’re welcome to pretend otherwise if you need to.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22h

I continue to just respect the hell out of this guy

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 22h

An enormous resource.
Creating public accountability tools for all journalists to use, is a brilliant way to create accountability by all municipal councils.
BRAVO. And why I subscribe to National Observer. Some examples of its use:
“Canada’s National

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 20h

What else happened about 100 years ago in Germany

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h

"Energy dominance," you say?

As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.

The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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