Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
Baseball nerd. Fan of PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes and all 27 MLB teams not named Yankees, Red Sox, or Nationals.
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Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
· Jan 20
On Tyranny - YouTube
www.youtube.com
Most of us know "Do not obey in advance," but there are 19 more lessons on tyranny from historian Timothy Snyder. All 20 lessons are available in video format (5-12 min. each). See
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
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#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
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The farmers wouldn't need aid if Trump hadn't started his trade war and destroy US agriculture export markets overnight. Trump is the reason the farmers now need a US$12b handout.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The farmers wouldn't need aid if Trump hadn't started his trade war and destroy US agriculture export markets overnight. Trump is the reason the farmers now need a US$12b handout.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
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“…the opening of the REM has vaulted Canada’s 2nd largest city from a transportation laggard to a frontrunner. It’s also provided a low-cost template of quick-to-build rapid transit that every Canadian city struggling with gridlock, long commutes and inflated transit costs can, and should, emulate.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“…the opening of the REM has vaulted Canada’s 2nd largest city from a transportation laggard to a frontrunner. It’s also provided a low-cost template of quick-to-build rapid transit that every Canadian city struggling with gridlock, long commutes and inflated transit costs can, and should, emulate.”
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"Gay hockey show"? Wow. It's called the PWHL, have some respect
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Gay hockey show"? Wow. It's called the PWHL, have some respect
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my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
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Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
After games of December 7, 2025, scoring in the PWHL is down almost 17% from 2024-25. Last year there were 5.02 goals per game (both teams combined); this year only 4.19.
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
After games of December 7, 2025, scoring in the PWHL is down almost 17% from 2024-25. Last year there were 5.02 goals per game (both teams combined); this year only 4.19.
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
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Justice for Lou
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Justice for Lou
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and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
Annual reminder that Lou Whitaker has a WAR 20 points higher than Jeff Kent and is not in the HOF.
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
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Trump’s America First has emboldened the fringes on the American right just as Lindbergh emboldened the “Hitler’s not so bad” crowd.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Trump’s America First has emboldened the fringes on the American right just as Lindbergh emboldened the “Hitler’s not so bad” crowd.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.
EU Issues €120m Fine to X Under Digital Services Act, Musk Has Public Meltdown
A European Commission investigation has resulted in a €120 million fine against X, formerly Twitter, for breaches of the Digital Services Act, including failures in verification, advertising transpare...
spookyconnections.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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GOLDENEYES SECURE SHUTOUT 🔥
Emerance Maschmeyer makes history with @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social's first clean sheet, sealing a 4-0 victory against the Sirens!
Emerance Maschmeyer makes history with @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social's first clean sheet, sealing a 4-0 victory against the Sirens!
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
GOLDENEYES SECURE SHUTOUT 🔥
Emerance Maschmeyer makes history with @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social's first clean sheet, sealing a 4-0 victory against the Sirens!
Emerance Maschmeyer makes history with @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social's first clean sheet, sealing a 4-0 victory against the Sirens!
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mixed emotions being in a room of hundreds of people who want to know what to do if they see ICE on the streets of NYC: proud and hopeful that so many are willing to put their bodies on the line; deeply disturbed that it’s come to this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
mixed emotions being in a room of hundreds of people who want to know what to do if they see ICE on the streets of NYC: proud and hopeful that so many are willing to put their bodies on the line; deeply disturbed that it’s come to this.
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absolutely LOVING @thepwhl.com jailbreak rule. The short handed goal from Gardner was such a great example of how exciting it is to
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
absolutely LOVING @thepwhl.com jailbreak rule. The short handed goal from Gardner was such a great example of how exciting it is to
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Slow Plow
Alex Colville
1967
Alex Colville
1967
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Slow Plow
Alex Colville
1967
Alex Colville
1967
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Worse than Harper.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Worse than Harper.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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For those outside Québec, we are sad today. It's been 36 years since a mad man killed 14 women who were studying to become engineers in Montréal.
We all remember where we were. All women studying in science or engineering like I was felt the hate. We had felt it before and we have felt it since.
We all remember where we were. All women studying in science or engineering like I was felt the hate. We had felt it before and we have felt it since.
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For those outside Québec, we are sad today. It's been 36 years since a mad man killed 14 women who were studying to become engineers in Montréal.
We all remember where we were. All women studying in science or engineering like I was felt the hate. We had felt it before and we have felt it since.
We all remember where we were. All women studying in science or engineering like I was felt the hate. We had felt it before and we have felt it since.
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🧵 On 6 December 1989 a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique with a semi automatic weapon. Separating women and men, he shot the women, screaming, “You are all feminists”
14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.
14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.
December 6, 2024 at 1:03 PM
🧵 On 6 December 1989 a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique with a semi automatic weapon. Separating women and men, he shot the women, screaming, “You are all feminists”
14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.
14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.
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some days you just have to laugh at how unbelievably stupid everything is
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
some days you just have to laugh at how unbelievably stupid everything is
December 5th and I'm still in the game. #Whamageddon
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
December 5th and I'm still in the game. #Whamageddon