The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦
@thebullypulpit.bsky.social
Watch Dogs Keep Score
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
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Our biggest shortcoming is our lack of imagination.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
We struggle with paradigm shifts. That’s why we’re not acting on the climate crisis. We can’t imagine the ship really is sinking. That we have but hours to prepare. We still think we’ll be in NY harbour by Wednesday.
A close-up, sober look at the reality on the ground in Ukraine. And a reminder that should Canada ever be invaded, pity the invaders.
"Because of the absolute high level of training in Canada I was already prepared… there wasn't much of an adjustment."
🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
#ElbowsUp #SlavaUkraini
"Because of the absolute high level of training in Canada I was already prepared… there wasn't much of an adjustment."
🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
#ElbowsUp #SlavaUkraini
Canadian female fighter at the forefront of Ukraine's drone war
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
A close-up, sober look at the reality on the ground in Ukraine. And a reminder that should Canada ever be invaded, pity the invaders.
"Because of the absolute high level of training in Canada I was already prepared… there wasn't much of an adjustment."
🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
#ElbowsUp #SlavaUkraini
"Because of the absolute high level of training in Canada I was already prepared… there wasn't much of an adjustment."
🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
#ElbowsUp #SlavaUkraini
Don't just sign this. Don't just repost it, either. Forward it. Discuss it with your coworkers, friends, family.
Our future depends upon it.
🌿 PETITION: that federal investment in fossil fuels be matched, dollar for dollar, in renewables-based infrastructure.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ClimateCrisis
Our future depends upon it.
🌿 PETITION: that federal investment in fossil fuels be matched, dollar for dollar, in renewables-based infrastructure.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ClimateCrisis
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Don't just sign this. Don't just repost it, either. Forward it. Discuss it with your coworkers, friends, family.
Our future depends upon it.
🌿 PETITION: that federal investment in fossil fuels be matched, dollar for dollar, in renewables-based infrastructure.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ClimateCrisis
Our future depends upon it.
🌿 PETITION: that federal investment in fossil fuels be matched, dollar for dollar, in renewables-based infrastructure.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ClimateCrisis
Je suis Charlie.
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Je suis Charlie.
One more reason to purge society of its corrupting oligarchy.
Tax the rich.
Regulate social media and A.I.
Or perish.
#ElbowsUp
Tax the rich.
Regulate social media and A.I.
Or perish.
#ElbowsUp
OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
One more reason to purge society of its corrupting oligarchy.
Tax the rich.
Regulate social media and A.I.
Or perish.
#ElbowsUp
Tax the rich.
Regulate social media and A.I.
Or perish.
#ElbowsUp
Every American citizen is apparently worried about what it will cost them personally to go on a general strike.
When what they should be asking is what it will cost them—and the world entire—if they don't.
You've run out of time, America. ICE was just the appetizer. This is the main course:
When what they should be asking is what it will cost them—and the world entire—if they don't.
You've run out of time, America. ICE was just the appetizer. This is the main course:
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Every American citizen is apparently worried about what it will cost them personally to go on a general strike.
When what they should be asking is what it will cost them—and the world entire—if they don't.
You've run out of time, America. ICE was just the appetizer. This is the main course:
When what they should be asking is what it will cost them—and the world entire—if they don't.
You've run out of time, America. ICE was just the appetizer. This is the main course:
No one outside the US needs convincing that MAGA's creating a police state — one where your past opinions single you out for persecution and your most intimate information is accessible for governmental overreach.
None of us need convincing. But apparently y'all are just going to let it happen.
None of us need convincing. But apparently y'all are just going to let it happen.
Why is the US Attorney General demanding access to Minnesota's voter rolls in exchange for getting ICE out of the state?🤔
Gifted article.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Gifted article.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
No one outside the US needs convincing that MAGA's creating a police state — one where your past opinions single you out for persecution and your most intimate information is accessible for governmental overreach.
None of us need convincing. But apparently y'all are just going to let it happen.
None of us need convincing. But apparently y'all are just going to let it happen.
This is exactly why poll-driven politics must die.
In an age of misinformation (and wanton disinformation) mere optics DO NOT WORK*: Connections do. @ndp.ca, looking at you.
*Look no further than #NoKings. How's that working out? Now look at Mamdani: the opposite of empty sloganeering. ENGAGE. IRL
In an age of misinformation (and wanton disinformation) mere optics DO NOT WORK*: Connections do. @ndp.ca, looking at you.
*Look no further than #NoKings. How's that working out? Now look at Mamdani: the opposite of empty sloganeering. ENGAGE. IRL
🧵(1/n) Some unsolicited advice for the federal @ndp.ca, after several months of trying to get them to acknowledge the existence of the #longCOVID community. Please repost and maybe they'll pay attention.
@ndp.ca enough with the plastic Left™ machine politics, focus grouped BS, and message control.
@ndp.ca enough with the plastic Left™ machine politics, focus grouped BS, and message control.
a picture of a cartoon character with the words hellooooo anybody home
ALT: a picture of a cartoon character with the words hellooooo anybody home
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Why would Carney say: "The old order is not coming back"?
This is why.
Even now, the US is split on whether MAGA fascism is even a problem.
That won't change once Trump is gone, even if Dems grow a spine and regain some branches of government.
Disinformation has broken you.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
This is why.
Even now, the US is split on whether MAGA fascism is even a problem.
That won't change once Trump is gone, even if Dems grow a spine and regain some branches of government.
Disinformation has broken you.
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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The Greenland crisis is rooted in our self-delusion. And *that* does not look like it's going to change any time soon.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49FWEeg
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49FWEeg
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Greenland crisis is rooted in our self-delusion. And *that* does not look like it's going to change any time soon.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49FWEeg
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49FWEeg
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Newly released footage of Canadian PM Mark Carney's thought process leading up to his landmark speech in Davos.
"You get a new third thing, bitch. A new THIRD thing. It ain't GOING your way." 💪🖕👍
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli #CrisisManaged
"You get a new third thing, bitch. A new THIRD thing. It ain't GOING your way." 💪🖕👍
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli #CrisisManaged
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Newly released footage of Canadian PM Mark Carney's thought process leading up to his landmark speech in Davos.
"You get a new third thing, bitch. A new THIRD thing. It ain't GOING your way." 💪🖕👍
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli #CrisisManaged
"You get a new third thing, bitch. A new THIRD thing. It ain't GOING your way." 💪🖕👍
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli #CrisisManaged
"Is the US in democratic peril?"
Part of the peril lies in the fact that this is being framed as a question.
So much passivity in the face of unbridled, unlawful violence.
Yes, Virginia, the US is in grave democratic peril.
Yes, its people could easily save it.
They just can't be bothered.
Part of the peril lies in the fact that this is being framed as a question.
So much passivity in the face of unbridled, unlawful violence.
Yes, Virginia, the US is in grave democratic peril.
Yes, its people could easily save it.
They just can't be bothered.
American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say
Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"Is the US in democratic peril?"
Part of the peril lies in the fact that this is being framed as a question.
So much passivity in the face of unbridled, unlawful violence.
Yes, Virginia, the US is in grave democratic peril.
Yes, its people could easily save it.
They just can't be bothered.
Part of the peril lies in the fact that this is being framed as a question.
So much passivity in the face of unbridled, unlawful violence.
Yes, Virginia, the US is in grave democratic peril.
Yes, its people could easily save it.
They just can't be bothered.
"Shakespeare couldn't have done it better. Donald Trump is a mad king, intoxicated by his own power. But every mad king has a crucial weakness—and that's where his opponents can strike." — Front page of Germany's Die Zeit.
"Is it time to place Trump in the same category as Caligula and Nero?"
"Is it time to place Trump in the same category as Caligula and Nero?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"Shakespeare couldn't have done it better. Donald Trump is a mad king, intoxicated by his own power. But every mad king has a crucial weakness—and that's where his opponents can strike." — Front page of Germany's Die Zeit.
"Is it time to place Trump in the same category as Caligula and Nero?"
"Is it time to place Trump in the same category as Caligula and Nero?"
"Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu… The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just."
—Mark Carney, my man.
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli
—Mark Carney, my man.
#ElbowsUp #CdnPoli
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Health insurance, rip-off, lying
FDA, big bankers buying…
Come around WE'LL KICK YOUR ASS IN
Don't
Let
Go
You've got the music in you
One
Dance
Left
This world has got to pull through
Don't
Give
Up
You've got a reason to live
Can't
For-
get
We only get what we give
#ElbowsUp #GiveAFuck
FDA, big bankers buying…
Come around WE'LL KICK YOUR ASS IN
Don't
Let
Go
You've got the music in you
One
Dance
Left
This world has got to pull through
Don't
Give
Up
You've got a reason to live
Can't
For-
get
We only get what we give
#ElbowsUp #GiveAFuck
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Health insurance, rip-off, lying
FDA, big bankers buying…
Come around WE'LL KICK YOUR ASS IN
Don't
Let
Go
You've got the music in you
One
Dance
Left
This world has got to pull through
Don't
Give
Up
You've got a reason to live
Can't
For-
get
We only get what we give
#ElbowsUp #GiveAFuck
FDA, big bankers buying…
Come around WE'LL KICK YOUR ASS IN
Don't
Let
Go
You've got the music in you
One
Dance
Left
This world has got to pull through
Don't
Give
Up
You've got a reason to live
Can't
For-
get
We only get what we give
#ElbowsUp #GiveAFuck
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I'm too cynical
I'm just sitting here
I'm just wasting my time
HALF A MILLION
CIVILIANS GONNA DIE TODAY*
But look the wrong way, then…
Read it in the headlines,
Watch it on the TV
Put it in the background
The Beautiful Occupation
*Travis called it, in 2003 #IraqWar
#Greenland #Venezuela #Gaza
I'm just sitting here
I'm just wasting my time
HALF A MILLION
CIVILIANS GONNA DIE TODAY*
But look the wrong way, then…
Read it in the headlines,
Watch it on the TV
Put it in the background
The Beautiful Occupation
*Travis called it, in 2003 #IraqWar
#Greenland #Venezuela #Gaza
January 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I'm too cynical
I'm just sitting here
I'm just wasting my time
HALF A MILLION
CIVILIANS GONNA DIE TODAY*
But look the wrong way, then…
Read it in the headlines,
Watch it on the TV
Put it in the background
The Beautiful Occupation
*Travis called it, in 2003 #IraqWar
#Greenland #Venezuela #Gaza
I'm just sitting here
I'm just wasting my time
HALF A MILLION
CIVILIANS GONNA DIE TODAY*
But look the wrong way, then…
Read it in the headlines,
Watch it on the TV
Put it in the background
The Beautiful Occupation
*Travis called it, in 2003 #IraqWar
#Greenland #Venezuela #Gaza
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Don't just stand there
Watching it happening
I can't stand it
Don't feel it
Something telling me
I don't wanna go out this way
But have a nice day, then...
For the beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
You don't need an invitation
To drop in upon a nation
— Travis (2003)
#ICE #Greenland
Watching it happening
I can't stand it
Don't feel it
Something telling me
I don't wanna go out this way
But have a nice day, then...
For the beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
You don't need an invitation
To drop in upon a nation
— Travis (2003)
#ICE #Greenland
Travis - The Beautiful Occupation (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Travis
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Don't just stand there
Watching it happening
I can't stand it
Don't feel it
Something telling me
I don't wanna go out this way
But have a nice day, then...
For the beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
You don't need an invitation
To drop in upon a nation
— Travis (2003)
#ICE #Greenland
Watching it happening
I can't stand it
Don't feel it
Something telling me
I don't wanna go out this way
But have a nice day, then...
For the beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
You don't need an invitation
To drop in upon a nation
— Travis (2003)
#ICE #Greenland
"Using popular social events, the structured militant Wide Awakes appealed to a generation which had been profoundly shaken by the partisan instability in the 1850s, and offered young northerners a much-needed political identity."
THIS is how slavery ended.
Time to wake the up, America.
#ElbowsUp
THIS is how slavery ended.
Time to wake the up, America.
#ElbowsUp
Wide Awakes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
"Using popular social events, the structured militant Wide Awakes appealed to a generation which had been profoundly shaken by the partisan instability in the 1850s, and offered young northerners a much-needed political identity."
THIS is how slavery ended.
Time to wake the up, America.
#ElbowsUp
THIS is how slavery ended.
Time to wake the up, America.
#ElbowsUp
If Americans also called it as they see it, instead of playing along with some surrealistic display of moral bankruptcy and individual complacency, Trump would no longer be in power.
It really is that simple. Call it what it is. All of it. The dementia. The incompetence. The criminality. #ElbowsUp
It really is that simple. Call it what it is. All of it. The dementia. The incompetence. The criminality. #ElbowsUp
What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
If Americans also called it as they see it, instead of playing along with some surrealistic display of moral bankruptcy and individual complacency, Trump would no longer be in power.
It really is that simple. Call it what it is. All of it. The dementia. The incompetence. The criminality. #ElbowsUp
It really is that simple. Call it what it is. All of it. The dementia. The incompetence. The criminality. #ElbowsUp
When will you learn.
WHEN
WILL
YOU
LEARN:
You cannot reason with a tiger
when your HEAD is in ITS MOUTH!
Trump, MAGA, only respect one thing: Power.
The American people still HAVE power. They COULD strike. Tomorrow. They could end this. Now.
They CHOOSE not to.
While the leopards eat.
#ElbowsUp
WHEN
WILL
YOU
LEARN:
You cannot reason with a tiger
when your HEAD is in ITS MOUTH!
Trump, MAGA, only respect one thing: Power.
The American people still HAVE power. They COULD strike. Tomorrow. They could end this. Now.
They CHOOSE not to.
While the leopards eat.
#ElbowsUp
Trump Snubs Machado After Explaining Why He Took Her Nobel Prize
It seems the Venezuelan opposition leader’s gambit hasn’t paid off.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When will you learn.
WHEN
WILL
YOU
LEARN:
You cannot reason with a tiger
when your HEAD is in ITS MOUTH!
Trump, MAGA, only respect one thing: Power.
The American people still HAVE power. They COULD strike. Tomorrow. They could end this. Now.
They CHOOSE not to.
While the leopards eat.
#ElbowsUp
WHEN
WILL
YOU
LEARN:
You cannot reason with a tiger
when your HEAD is in ITS MOUTH!
Trump, MAGA, only respect one thing: Power.
The American people still HAVE power. They COULD strike. Tomorrow. They could end this. Now.
They CHOOSE not to.
While the leopards eat.
#ElbowsUp
Country? Nay: planet, future.
We're all gonna pay for America's complacency in the face of such a concerted, anti-science, oligarchic coup... for generations to come. #Climate
What angers me is how little it would take to topple the regime. A handful of GOP lawmakers crossing the aisle. A strike.
We're all gonna pay for America's complacency in the face of such a concerted, anti-science, oligarchic coup... for generations to come. #Climate
What angers me is how little it would take to topple the regime. A handful of GOP lawmakers crossing the aisle. A strike.
Should we start a GoFundMe to get Darwin some assistance in taking care of MAGA in a more expeditious manner before they destroy the country further?
icemsg.org/the-republic...
icemsg.org/the-republic...
January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Country? Nay: planet, future.
We're all gonna pay for America's complacency in the face of such a concerted, anti-science, oligarchic coup... for generations to come. #Climate
What angers me is how little it would take to topple the regime. A handful of GOP lawmakers crossing the aisle. A strike.
We're all gonna pay for America's complacency in the face of such a concerted, anti-science, oligarchic coup... for generations to come. #Climate
What angers me is how little it would take to topple the regime. A handful of GOP lawmakers crossing the aisle. A strike.
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"You and I" or "You and me"?
Which one is right?
Both…depending on whether ‘I/me’ is the subject or the object.
-"You and I are going to the store." (subject)
-"This is for you and me." (object)
Which one is right?
Both…depending on whether ‘I/me’ is the subject or the object.
-"You and I are going to the store." (subject)
-"This is for you and me." (object)
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"You and I" or "You and me"?
Which one is right?
Both…depending on whether ‘I/me’ is the subject or the object.
-"You and I are going to the store." (subject)
-"This is for you and me." (object)
Which one is right?
Both…depending on whether ‘I/me’ is the subject or the object.
-"You and I are going to the store." (subject)
-"This is for you and me." (object)
ICE Polling Hits New Low?
ICE POLLING?!??
HOW IS THIS STILL A POPULARITY CONTEST? As corporate media keeps broadcasting MAGA disinformation, as the world literally fucking teeters on the edge of war:
OH LOOK, THE GESTAPO IS SLIPPING IN THE POLLS?
THAT'S your FLEX?
#ElbowsUP #Tabarnak
ICE POLLING?!??
HOW IS THIS STILL A POPULARITY CONTEST? As corporate media keeps broadcasting MAGA disinformation, as the world literally fucking teeters on the edge of war:
OH LOOK, THE GESTAPO IS SLIPPING IN THE POLLS?
THAT'S your FLEX?
#ElbowsUP #Tabarnak
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Here's what you DON'T do:
Fuck with Canada's JTF-2.
Oh, and they'll be joined by German, Dutch and Swedish soldiers, too. Hey, Trump: "You want it? Come and claim it."
Those few functional democracies that remain motherfucking dare you. Asshole.
#Never51 #Greenland #TACO #ElbowsUp
Fuck with Canada's JTF-2.
Oh, and they'll be joined by German, Dutch and Swedish soldiers, too. Hey, Trump: "You want it? Come and claim it."
Those few functional democracies that remain motherfucking dare you. Asshole.
#Never51 #Greenland #TACO #ElbowsUp
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Here's what you DON'T do:
Fuck with Canada's JTF-2.
Oh, and they'll be joined by German, Dutch and Swedish soldiers, too. Hey, Trump: "You want it? Come and claim it."
Those few functional democracies that remain motherfucking dare you. Asshole.
#Never51 #Greenland #TACO #ElbowsUp
Fuck with Canada's JTF-2.
Oh, and they'll be joined by German, Dutch and Swedish soldiers, too. Hey, Trump: "You want it? Come and claim it."
Those few functional democracies that remain motherfucking dare you. Asshole.
#Never51 #Greenland #TACO #ElbowsUp
Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. #FAFO
www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM