Michael Buckley
@michaelabuckley.bsky.social
Toronto burger. A real person who should probably be doing something else.
McMafia (Glenny) helped me make sense of world since the wall came down. Transnational crime is a deadly threat to liberal democracy.
both highlight the post cold war emergence of a transnational kleptocratic class that links western oligarchs to foreign state interests, whether russian or saudi or israeli or otherwise
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 AM
McMafia (Glenny) helped me make sense of world since the wall came down. Transnational crime is a deadly threat to liberal democracy.
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Marco, we hated Henry Kissinger. We wished for Henry Kissinger to drop dead for decades. Henry Kissinger was one of the worst people to ever live and his death made for one of the best nights in the history of the internet.
Marco, you are no Henry Kissinger.
Marco, you are no Henry Kissinger.
Rubio is the first person to hold both roles at the same time since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.
All eyes are on Rubio as he navigates the world in 2 critical roles
Rubio is the first person to hold both roles at the same time since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.
n.pr
February 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Marco, we hated Henry Kissinger. We wished for Henry Kissinger to drop dead for decades. Henry Kissinger was one of the worst people to ever live and his death made for one of the best nights in the history of the internet.
Marco, you are no Henry Kissinger.
Marco, you are no Henry Kissinger.
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Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
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The real blackpill - the decline in teen pregnancy rate came mainly from it becoming socially unacceptable for grown men to knock up underage girls.
We really have come a LONG way in a pretty brief amount of time as a culture on “oh, maybe it’s actually creepy and gross to incessantly perv on teenage girls everywhere all the time.”
there were multiple different countdown clocks until the Olsen twins turned 18
reddit had its infamous 'jailbait' community online until late 2011
all of this shit was just out in the open, it was awful
reddit had its infamous 'jailbait' community online until late 2011
all of this shit was just out in the open, it was awful
February 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The real blackpill - the decline in teen pregnancy rate came mainly from it becoming socially unacceptable for grown men to knock up underage girls.
I remember Homolka skating on the same prejudice.
Something that I think gets lost in the "Epstein files as political weapon" discourse is that Maxwell's own crimes were serious, extensive, and included sexual abuse of minors that *she herself* perpetrated.
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I remember Homolka skating on the same prejudice.
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Apropos of nothing, this is a very good move by CBC to boost coverage (&visibility of that coverage) of things outside GTA/MTL/VAN.
There's a business case for news in those cities. CBC is realistically the only news we'll get elsewhere, it should be their focus.
There's a business case for news in those cities. CBC is realistically the only news we'll get elsewhere, it should be their focus.
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Apropos of nothing, this is a very good move by CBC to boost coverage (&visibility of that coverage) of things outside GTA/MTL/VAN.
There's a business case for news in those cities. CBC is realistically the only news we'll get elsewhere, it should be their focus.
There's a business case for news in those cities. CBC is realistically the only news we'll get elsewhere, it should be their focus.
John Tory is just the biggest loser in Ontario. Consistently bad judgement. Toronto is on the hook to spend a zillion dollars for a few FIFA games and tie Toronto to the king of the pedos.
Great piece by my friend Paul. Here's what it looks like in print
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 PM
John Tory is just the biggest loser in Ontario. Consistently bad judgement. Toronto is on the hook to spend a zillion dollars for a few FIFA games and tie Toronto to the king of the pedos.
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When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
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Steve Munro appreciation post!! Thank you for everything that you do advocating for better transit. The TTC would be much worse off without your advocacy, and our work would be so, so much harder.
We’re looking forward to many more years of collaborating, scheming and fist shaking! ❤️❤️❤️
We’re looking forward to many more years of collaborating, scheming and fist shaking! ❤️❤️❤️
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Steve Munro appreciation post!! Thank you for everything that you do advocating for better transit. The TTC would be much worse off without your advocacy, and our work would be so, so much harder.
We’re looking forward to many more years of collaborating, scheming and fist shaking! ❤️❤️❤️
We’re looking forward to many more years of collaborating, scheming and fist shaking! ❤️❤️❤️
Be the news!
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Be the news!
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The thing about the famous trot to neocon pipeline is that it is actually an understandable mental response to being constantly exposed to apologetics for Russia.
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The thing about the famous trot to neocon pipeline is that it is actually an understandable mental response to being constantly exposed to apologetics for Russia.
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There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
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"you should buy burner phones from this specific vendor"
January 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"you should buy burner phones from this specific vendor"
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I feel like I understand the failings of the French Revolution so much better in the last 24-48 hours.
What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I feel like I understand the failings of the French Revolution so much better in the last 24-48 hours.
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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I definitely do not judge anybody for getting to dinnertime and just being *tired* and not wanting to deal with it, but if you *want* to not spend a mortgage payment on food delivery every month, there are ways to avoid that which still accommodate being out of fucks at the end of the day.
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I definitely do not judge anybody for getting to dinnertime and just being *tired* and not wanting to deal with it, but if you *want* to not spend a mortgage payment on food delivery every month, there are ways to avoid that which still accommodate being out of fucks at the end of the day.
A million years ago
Group Theory
Analytic Number Theory
Software Systems
Quantum Physics 1
Human Anatomy of the Limbs and Trunk
Group Theory
Analytic Number Theory
Software Systems
Quantum Physics 1
Human Anatomy of the Limbs and Trunk
Fellow horrible nerds assemble
Organic Chemistry II
Power Systems Analysis
Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction
Canadian Military History
(Honourable mentions to Control Systems and Speculative Fiction: Fantasy)
Organic Chemistry II
Power Systems Analysis
Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction
Canadian Military History
(Honourable mentions to Control Systems and Speculative Fiction: Fantasy)
Yeah you guys are gonna love these five classes
Elements of Music
Chemical Foundations of Atomic Theory
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Mathematical Physics
French Poetry and Prose
Elements of Music
Chemical Foundations of Atomic Theory
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Mathematical Physics
French Poetry and Prose
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A million years ago
Group Theory
Analytic Number Theory
Software Systems
Quantum Physics 1
Human Anatomy of the Limbs and Trunk
Group Theory
Analytic Number Theory
Software Systems
Quantum Physics 1
Human Anatomy of the Limbs and Trunk
One a week, until the snow melts.
i hope i wake up on monday and see like 6 floor crossings
January 31, 2026 at 4:01 AM
One a week, until the snow melts.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Says the minister for dairy.
"Unburdened by principle" gave him away 😅
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Says the minister for dairy.
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SCTV royalty!
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
SCTV royalty!
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SCTV Lola Heatherton in Concert with Catherine O'Hara
YouTube video by SCTV
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Canadian Comedy Icons.
January 30, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Canadian Comedy Icons.
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From an early SCTV episode, exercising Exorcist style with Catherine O'Hara. At times, it seemed she was the go-to when they needed a feral character.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lY...
SCTV - Exorcising with Reagan Blair
YouTube video by westnyacktwins
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 PM
From an early SCTV episode, exercising Exorcist style with Catherine O'Hara. At times, it seemed she was the go-to when they needed a feral character.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lY...