Revontulet (they/them)
@revontulet.bsky.social
On a quest to become Canada's Worst DJ
Hates 🏃💨; does it anyway
Loves mashups, bass/house music, Chilltrax, Lights, & Morcheeba
GenX enby immigrant in Mississauga; used to be kitchenless😎
❌Blocks randos begging for $❌
https://remix.audio/profile/revontulet
Hates 🏃💨; does it anyway
Loves mashups, bass/house music, Chilltrax, Lights, & Morcheeba
GenX enby immigrant in Mississauga; used to be kitchenless😎
❌Blocks randos begging for $❌
https://remix.audio/profile/revontulet
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Oh wow hi new followers, welcome along on this long, strange trip we call life.
I'm Revontulet, I'm an Aquarius, I immigrated to Canada nearly 15 years ago from the US, I like photography, cooking, house/bass music, stories about your cats, & playing Diablo 4. I'm learning to DJ & make bad mashups.
I'm Revontulet, I'm an Aquarius, I immigrated to Canada nearly 15 years ago from the US, I like photography, cooking, house/bass music, stories about your cats, & playing Diablo 4. I'm learning to DJ & make bad mashups.
February 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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When the NEA was conceived after the WPA folded this could have been the mission. Instead conservatives pushed to cut funding because they didn't approve of some of the artists that won grants. (They also complained about how much the WPA cost despite it being the reason America has infrastructure)
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When the NEA was conceived after the WPA folded this could have been the mission. Instead conservatives pushed to cut funding because they didn't approve of some of the artists that won grants. (They also complained about how much the WPA cost despite it being the reason America has infrastructure)
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Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
NORTH SEA - Following a dispute at the 2026 Winter Olympics in which the Swedish team accused Canadian players of cheating, Prime Minister Mark Carney has mobilized the whole of the Canadian military ...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
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Also applies to the anti bike lane crowd who are completely silent about that $500 million freeway lane expansion project (which won't actually help commute times at all)
Man, when drivers say they are fine with a transit fare increase because “transit users, not all taxpayers, should pay for transit”, they really don’t like it when you respond with “put tolls on the roads, because drivers, not all taxpayers, should have to pay for driving.”
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Also applies to the anti bike lane crowd who are completely silent about that $500 million freeway lane expansion project (which won't actually help commute times at all)
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These folks lie with ease and frequency but the text of the emails is also an insight into the megalomania of tech bros.
You made a doorbell with a camera bro.
You made a doorbell with a camera bro.
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
These folks lie with ease and frequency but the text of the emails is also an insight into the megalomania of tech bros.
You made a doorbell with a camera bro.
You made a doorbell with a camera bro.
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Candice doesn’t agree or disagree with her white nationalist interview subjects, she simply lets the audience decide
…unless the audience is Jason Kenney and Jason Kenney decides the white nationalist she’s talking to is racist, in which case Candice publicly defends her interview subject’s ideas
…unless the audience is Jason Kenney and Jason Kenney decides the white nationalist she’s talking to is racist, in which case Candice publicly defends her interview subject’s ideas
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Candice doesn’t agree or disagree with her white nationalist interview subjects, she simply lets the audience decide
…unless the audience is Jason Kenney and Jason Kenney decides the white nationalist she’s talking to is racist, in which case Candice publicly defends her interview subject’s ideas
…unless the audience is Jason Kenney and Jason Kenney decides the white nationalist she’s talking to is racist, in which case Candice publicly defends her interview subject’s ideas
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"Malcolm said her 'job isn’t to agree or disagree with my interview subjects, but to let the audience decide' and stressed her belief in the 'importance of exchanging ideas.'"
I guess journalists have no responsibility for what they expose their audience to, and also never push back in interviews.
I guess journalists have no responsibility for what they expose their audience to, and also never push back in interviews.
"Racism is immoral. It is poison"
Jason Kenney is sounding off at the right-wing website Juno News for platforming a white nationalist
The white nationalist who advocates mass deportations is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing outlet run by his own former spokesperson
Jason Kenney is sounding off at the right-wing website Juno News for platforming a white nationalist
The white nationalist who advocates mass deportations is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing outlet run by his own former spokesperson
Jason Kenney is Sounding Off at the Right-Wing Website Juno News for Platforming a White Nationalist
How a white nationalist is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing alt-media outlet run by his own former spokesperson
pressprogress.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"Malcolm said her 'job isn’t to agree or disagree with my interview subjects, but to let the audience decide' and stressed her belief in the 'importance of exchanging ideas.'"
I guess journalists have no responsibility for what they expose their audience to, and also never push back in interviews.
I guess journalists have no responsibility for what they expose their audience to, and also never push back in interviews.
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I love this statement by @catebridget.bsky.social re AI
February 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I love this statement by @catebridget.bsky.social re AI
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Doug's "strong powers" for mayors are a lot like free speech in the US right now. You can use it, as long as we agree with it.
Province tells Ontario mayors they can't use 'strong powers' on police budgets | CBC News
The Ontario government is reminding municipal leaders that they cannot use their provincially granted "strong mayor powers" to challenge or limit police budgets.
This comes two months after Sarnia'...
www.cbc.ca
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Doug's "strong powers" for mayors are a lot like free speech in the US right now. You can use it, as long as we agree with it.
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I can’t believe that we’ve come to this.
Unless they pull some kind of rabbit out of their hat, I don’t see how politicians or public health officials can turn the tide on the anti-vaccine movement.
They ignored the anti-vaxxers before COVID and then they legitimized them during COVID.
Unless they pull some kind of rabbit out of their hat, I don’t see how politicians or public health officials can turn the tide on the anti-vaccine movement.
They ignored the anti-vaxxers before COVID and then they legitimized them during COVID.
February 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I can’t believe that we’ve come to this.
Unless they pull some kind of rabbit out of their hat, I don’t see how politicians or public health officials can turn the tide on the anti-vaccine movement.
They ignored the anti-vaxxers before COVID and then they legitimized them during COVID.
Unless they pull some kind of rabbit out of their hat, I don’t see how politicians or public health officials can turn the tide on the anti-vaccine movement.
They ignored the anti-vaxxers before COVID and then they legitimized them during COVID.
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This administration balks at the idea that government employees should be held to a higher standard than the people they claim they’re trying to apprehend.
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This administration balks at the idea that government employees should be held to a higher standard than the people they claim they’re trying to apprehend.
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Prison and police abolition creates more safety than a corporate carceral state and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who solve problems sustainable solutions, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who solve them with punishment.
February 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Prison and police abolition creates more safety than a corporate carceral state and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who solve problems sustainable solutions, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who solve them with punishment.
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Universal healthcare saves more money than making people pay for it, and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who make health a public duty, thereby avoiding the terrible expenses inherent to being the sort of people who treat sickness as a way to make money.
February 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Universal healthcare saves more money than making people pay for it, and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who make health a public duty, thereby avoiding the terrible expenses inherent to being the sort of people who treat sickness as a way to make money.
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Universal higher education saves more money than making people pay for it, and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who treat education as an investment, thereby avoiding the terrible expenses inherent to being the sort of people who treat education as a profit center.
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Universal higher education saves more money than making people pay for it, and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who treat education as an investment, thereby avoiding the terrible expenses inherent to being the sort of people who treat education as a profit center.
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Open borders create more safety than closed ones, and most of the benefits of safety are downriver from being the sort of people who keep their borders open, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who would keep their borders closed.
The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
February 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Open borders create more safety than closed ones, and most of the benefits of safety are downriver from being the sort of people who keep their borders open, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who would keep their borders closed.
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Just tax the wealthy and large corporations already why is this so hard
Jim Pattison's wealth increased $2B last year
Chip Wilson's increased $1B
Rio Tinto's share price is up 50%
Teck is up almost 200% since 2021
The money is there
Jim Pattison's wealth increased $2B last year
Chip Wilson's increased $1B
Rio Tinto's share price is up 50%
Teck is up almost 200% since 2021
The money is there
We're making careful choices and investing to secure BC's future and protect what matters most to British Columbians. Budget 2026 priorities are protecting core public services, growing the economy, keeping taxes low and reducing the deficit responsibly.
BCBudget.gov.bc.ca
BCBudget.gov.bc.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Just tax the wealthy and large corporations already why is this so hard
Jim Pattison's wealth increased $2B last year
Chip Wilson's increased $1B
Rio Tinto's share price is up 50%
Teck is up almost 200% since 2021
The money is there
Jim Pattison's wealth increased $2B last year
Chip Wilson's increased $1B
Rio Tinto's share price is up 50%
Teck is up almost 200% since 2021
The money is there
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Americans are just not moved by sympathy.
Americans are just not moved by empathy.
Americans can be moved by guilt.
You can have people that were in concentration camps, when younger talking about modern day concentration camps—has to hit hard on their guilt because they on average do not care.
Americans are just not moved by empathy.
Americans can be moved by guilt.
You can have people that were in concentration camps, when younger talking about modern day concentration camps—has to hit hard on their guilt because they on average do not care.
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Americans are just not moved by sympathy.
Americans are just not moved by empathy.
Americans can be moved by guilt.
You can have people that were in concentration camps, when younger talking about modern day concentration camps—has to hit hard on their guilt because they on average do not care.
Americans are just not moved by empathy.
Americans can be moved by guilt.
You can have people that were in concentration camps, when younger talking about modern day concentration camps—has to hit hard on their guilt because they on average do not care.
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America is so far underwater in the sea of esthetics = politics that we’ve managed to get the scary part of this story completely backwards.
It should read “costumed man arrested with loaded shotgun outside U.S. Capitol”
It should read “costumed man arrested with loaded shotgun outside U.S. Capitol”
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
America is so far underwater in the sea of esthetics = politics that we’ve managed to get the scary part of this story completely backwards.
It should read “costumed man arrested with loaded shotgun outside U.S. Capitol”
It should read “costumed man arrested with loaded shotgun outside U.S. Capitol”
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I've been reading up on Raw Milk and I don't understand why the left isn't embracing Raw Milk more. From what I've been reading on my AI assistant, Raw Milk could basically make us immortal, allow us to move objects with our minds et ceteta. Why would the left simply cede that power to the right?
February 18, 2026 at 4:53 AM
I've been reading up on Raw Milk and I don't understand why the left isn't embracing Raw Milk more. From what I've been reading on my AI assistant, Raw Milk could basically make us immortal, allow us to move objects with our minds et ceteta. Why would the left simply cede that power to the right?
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So if you’re an AI guy who is miffed that we loathe your product, sorry, not our problem. As the meme goes, that’s not how any of this works. Go raise another 900 trillion in funding, make everyone else love and want and PAY for you (you know you have to do this eventually!) and leave us out of it.
February 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
So if you’re an AI guy who is miffed that we loathe your product, sorry, not our problem. As the meme goes, that’s not how any of this works. Go raise another 900 trillion in funding, make everyone else love and want and PAY for you (you know you have to do this eventually!) and leave us out of it.
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“The left is missing out on AI!” YEP. Most of us want to miss out! If it ever proves its actual usefulness to our actual lives, stops plagiarizing, and is no longer an environmental disaster, maybe we revisit. Burden of proof is on the industry. So far they’ve done the opposite of that!
February 18, 2026 at 5:22 AM
“The left is missing out on AI!” YEP. Most of us want to miss out! If it ever proves its actual usefulness to our actual lives, stops plagiarizing, and is no longer an environmental disaster, maybe we revisit. Burden of proof is on the industry. So far they’ve done the opposite of that!
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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Interesting. I mean it's hardly news that misogyny is connected to violence, whether that's interpersonal or a broader tendency. And I have a healthy mistrust of CSIS. But I guess it's nice that they're taking the connection seriously enough to be using this language?
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
Anti-feminist ideology ‘increasingly relevant’ to national security: CSIS - National | Globalnews.ca
Officials with Canada's security and intelligence agency told MPs the ideology 'can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism' but is not itself a threat.
globalnews.ca
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Interesting. I mean it's hardly news that misogyny is connected to violence, whether that's interpersonal or a broader tendency. And I have a healthy mistrust of CSIS. But I guess it's nice that they're taking the connection seriously enough to be using this language?
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
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READ: A dark money group with ties to the Israeli government helped draft a Missouri bill that would make saying "Israel is an apartheid state" punishable in public schools. Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian organizers are pushing back. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/orga...
Organizers fight back as Missouri moves to crack down on Israel-related speech in schools
Rights groups warn HB 2061 will be used to silence criticisms of Israel and attack Missouri teachers.
mondoweiss.net
February 18, 2026 at 11:37 AM
READ: A dark money group with ties to the Israeli government helped draft a Missouri bill that would make saying "Israel is an apartheid state" punishable in public schools. Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian organizers are pushing back. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/orga...