Ian Patton
@pattoni.bsky.social
Vancouver, ex-Kootenay kid, married with children. Need to get outside more. he/him
This spider found a great place to build its web.
February 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This spider found a great place to build its web.
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The current fashion for leading a party or being talked about leading a party while vocally backing policies that are anathema to your voter base is truly bizarre.
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The current fashion for leading a party or being talked about leading a party while vocally backing policies that are anathema to your voter base is truly bizarre.
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I’m finding it painful to watch CBC platform mostly conservatives to gush praise at former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (they’re releasing his archival collection) with almost zero commentary about the awful things he did while in power & around the world since. The selective amnesia is nauseating.
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’m finding it painful to watch CBC platform mostly conservatives to gush praise at former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (they’re releasing his archival collection) with almost zero commentary about the awful things he did while in power & around the world since. The selective amnesia is nauseating.
This such a great song, “Eye on the Bat” by Palehound. youtu.be/fsBfsB-OEP0?...
Palehound - Eye On The Bat
YouTube video by David Dean Burkhart
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This such a great song, “Eye on the Bat” by Palehound. youtu.be/fsBfsB-OEP0?...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
I had to read Schmitt for a history course I took in the 90s and thought it was kind of weird that we were reading a Nazi jurist but for the last few years I’ve been, “Oh, that’s why we read that book.”
just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I had to read Schmitt for a history course I took in the 90s and thought it was kind of weird that we were reading a Nazi jurist but for the last few years I’ve been, “Oh, that’s why we read that book.”
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just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
Ugh. My wife and kids have been sick with a cold all week. So far, I've managed to hold it off but tonight I feel it coming on strong, just in time for the weekend.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Ugh. My wife and kids have been sick with a cold all week. So far, I've managed to hold it off but tonight I feel it coming on strong, just in time for the weekend.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Peter Mandelson sent a secret memo to all UK media via press regulator IPSO asking them not to "take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person." Scottish newspaper The National published the memo in full. Hilarious. I love the Scots. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Peter Mandelson sent a secret memo to all UK media via press regulator IPSO asking them not to "take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person." Scottish newspaper The National published the memo in full. Hilarious. I love the Scots. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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This article interviews people who don't live next to a new multiplex, speculating about what the neighbours might think.
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This article interviews people who don't live next to a new multiplex, speculating about what the neighbours might think.
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
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Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
I have enough trouble finding stuff *in* the freezer.
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I have enough trouble finding stuff *in* the freezer.
Please put him on Mt. Rushmore, then when he's gone they can carve a giant "WTF?" under his big ugly face.
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Please put him on Mt. Rushmore, then when he's gone they can carve a giant "WTF?" under his big ugly face.
I donate platelets every two weeks so I have no problem with needles but… no.
Reports that Olympic ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to improve performance on jumps have aroused controversy
These Olympic Athletes Are Reportedly Doing WHAT To Their Penises For A Competitive Edge?
The Olympics haven't officially begun, but a report that ski jumpers may be using penis injections before competition is already arousing controversy.
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I donate platelets every two weeks so I have no problem with needles but… no.
Colossal middle finger to any of the city workers who’ve been laid off thanks to ABC’s”zero means zero” decree.
Fireworks back at English Bay after Vancouver puts up $2 million vancouversun.com/news/firewor...
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Colossal middle finger to any of the city workers who’ve been laid off thanks to ABC’s”zero means zero” decree.
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I'm actually super embarrassed for the city and furious about this
It's gaslighting and basically implies reporters are liars at a time when press freedom is already under attack. #journalism
It's gaslighting and basically implies reporters are liars at a time when press freedom is already under attack. #journalism
The City of Vancouver continues to deny there was a media exclusion zone during the April 2023 Hastings decampment.
I witnessed this, I made video showing how media were excluded (in this story: thetyee.ca/News/2023/11...) & now a BCHRC report has confirmed there was an exclusion zone.
I witnessed this, I made video showing how media were excluded (in this story: thetyee.ca/News/2023/11...) & now a BCHRC report has confirmed there was an exclusion zone.
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm actually super embarrassed for the city and furious about this
It's gaslighting and basically implies reporters are liars at a time when press freedom is already under attack. #journalism
It's gaslighting and basically implies reporters are liars at a time when press freedom is already under attack. #journalism
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Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment.
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment.
Is this what Brenda Bailey means when she says “We must do better things with our dollars?”
Foreign corporations get billions in taxpayer funding. What do they do with it? Strip our resources and leave working people to pay for the mess.
It’s the BC NDP playbook: privatize the profits, socialize the costs.
#bcpoli
It’s the BC NDP playbook: privatize the profits, socialize the costs.
#bcpoli
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Is this what Brenda Bailey means when she says “We must do better things with our dollars?”
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
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“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”
May it also remind men to query how what you find “attractive” has been shaped by these same fucked up standards and pushed by every form of media you’ve ever absorbed.
May the Epstein files remind every woman that she should not feel beholden to beauty standards established by men who are attracted to children.
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
May it also remind men to query how what you find “attractive” has been shaped by these same fucked up standards and pushed by every form of media you’ve ever absorbed.
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May the Epstein files remind every woman that she should not feel beholden to beauty standards established by men who are attracted to children.
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
May the Epstein files remind every woman that she should not feel beholden to beauty standards established by men who are attracted to children.