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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1h

Apart from some top level alliteration (and I think possibly even some iambic pentameter) I have absolutely no other interest in this headline.

Also, for those who missed it, this is the country that fought a war to get rid of a king acting like a monarchy.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 2h

Can you imagine.. can you just imagine.. if George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens were still alive?
One can dream.

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 16h

I'm in Canada, Stephanie, but if you've got an @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social coffee mug, my wife and I would love to use it while watching you! ☕🤞

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 16h

Sending solidarity to my Canadian Covid aware buds navigating another difficult Thanksgiving. The pressure to eat with non-Covid aware family, the loved ones who continue to put your health at risk, the slow public health response that stalled vaccines till *after thanksgiving*

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 20h

A friend & former coworker died far too young this week. Words to come, but I realized how much he shaped my career in comms & graphic design. He raised the bar for so many creatives

He loved this quote. Hope it resonates with people who work in graphic design/comms

"I have said this when a client has asked me to do something visually putrid:
"I can't do that, and it will be nearly impossible for me to explain why I can't do it, and if I show it to you, you may even like it. But pretend that I am a lawyer and you asked me to do something patently illegal that would cause my disbarment and professional shame forever. That is what you are asking me to do."
PAULA SCHER
Pentagram

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry to hear that. Influential people can be tough to lose. I recently found out that a cinematography teacher who massively influenced me (I'm a filmmaker) died last autumn and I didn't get to say anything, we weren't in touch for some time. Their legacy is our continued work. 🫂🥂

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 17h

Nice to see someone in North America doing SOMEthing. But I don't know what they plan on telling Covid on April 1st to make it magically go away? 🙄

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 19h

Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California.

The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then

www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate...

Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

www.newsweek.com

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 23h

And you put a crucifix on it and they'll go from believing it to enacting it for you.

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 23h

Yes.

Obamacare, that great Republican fueled initiative from Barack Obama, the United States' most ardent and influential Conservative Republican leader.

Quite.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

Don't tempt them, they'll ban the book.

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

This is beginning to tread down overgrown paths once laid by Pinochet that the world had long since forgotten were even there.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

He can have the chipped tea cup in the back of the cupboard that leaks if you fill it too high. That's the only "cup" he gets.

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

🤣

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like it's not just the algorithm on tiktok, I genuinely have been seeing more younger people there talking about being fed up of being sick or scared and getting into better masking.

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute reckless irresponsibility of them all, one more harmful than the next, all trying to out-vulgar the other.

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, how's Trump's brilliant ceasefire going?

All the media left, right, center, up, down, will ALL ignore this.

Because any solution, even one that still fucks over Palestinians, is supposed to be better than none.
Not good enough.

All for a string of waterfront developments.

🍉 #FreePalestine

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 2d

No hope will come from this. Only this: a 2000ft² luxurious room with all amenities, streaming tv and Wifi6, a majestic waterfront view, private landscaped balcony with outdoor whirlpool, 24hr catering, smart ambient lights and private butler. And the residents of Gaza can have jobs if they behave.

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 2d

Phase 1 of the "Riviera Of The Middle East" development deal established and set in motion.

But watch all the world's news networks, scared shitless about telling the truth and angering Trump, avoid the real story.

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 3d

Pré...ci...sé...ment.

Le vaccin tout seul n'est pas, ne fut jamais, et ne sera jamais assez.
#maskup

elisarojas.bsky.social @elisarojas.bsky.social · 3d

Portez des masques ffp2.

Protégez-vous.
Protégez les autres.
Rompez la chaîne de contamination.

Ce n'est pas le gouvernement qui protégera votre santé.

#CovidIsNotOver

www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Covid-19 : une nouvelle vague de contaminations avant le début de la campagne vaccinale

A quelques jours du début des campagnes de vaccination contre le Covid-19 et la grippe saisonnière, le 14 octobre, le variant XFG de la famille Omicron a déjà provoqué une hausse du nombre des cas dan...

www.lemonde.fr

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 3d

Oh dear...
What ever would we do if the AI industry were killed? We'd have to resort to unthinkable madness like actually having talent and skill.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 3d

It's amazing how frequently one of the most recognised, prized, and indeed established newspapers in the world can get things completely wrong.
One at bat does not a Reggie Jackson make.

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 3d

Why do people have to be such assholes?
My wife and I have had a similar thing happen to us as well.

#maskup @winslowsp.bsky.social @togetherwemask.bsky.social

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 3d

A friend of mine was trolled at Costco this past week in Vancouver for wearing a respirator. She was nudged by a woman who snuck up behind her & told her "there's no such thing as Covid"

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 3d

I don't care who the hell funded them, they supported a position that caring about health, masking was something to fight against. And that contributed to impeding my and other people's ability to live freely protecting our health.

#maskup
@togetherwemask.bsky.social @covid19disease.bsky.social

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 4d

AI "art" isn't art
It's bullshit.

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Phil Vasquez @themontrealer.bsky.social · 4d

They're all despicable. Rogan, Carlson, all of them.
You helped create this and you're too stupid to realise what it would provoke?
Tough.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...