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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 14h

Yeahhhhh....

This shit was super legally risky (not to mention morally indefensible) under the best imaginable government and the PSL could not have exposed more kids to serious risks if they led entire marches into police kettles...

...which they are also known for.

huntwmd.bsky.social @huntwmd.bsky.social · 16h

However, Neville Roy Singham is a genocide denying turd. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

The Big Business of Uyghur Genocide Denial

A network of charities funnel millions into left-wing platforms that take Beijing’s side on the genocide allegations.

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huntwmd.bsky.social @huntwmd.bsky.social · 17h

I'm old enough to remember when Glenn Beck’s superheated rhetoric about the Tides Foundation was thought to have been a contributing factor to a 2010 shooting. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/gl...

Glenn Beck Defends Bashing Non-Profit Targeted By CA Shooting Suspect (AUDIO)

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck defended repeatedly trashing the Tides...

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 17h

None of this is to say that what Trump is doing right now isn't a dramatic escalation or that we shouldn't fight it with every ounce of our strength.

We should, however, give up on "inexplicable and unprecedented form of madness grips the masses" narratives. This has been with us for a long time.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 17h

"But did he direct police and intelligence officials to..."

Let me stop you right there, bud.

www.nationalobserver.com/2017/05/05/n...

Spies in our midst: RCMP and CSIS snoop on green activists

The RCMP, CSIS and other federal departments and agencies are engaging in massive espionage of opponents to resource development

www.nationalobserver.com

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 17h

"But this is what Nixon got in trouble for"

You mean... instructing tax officials to go after political enemies? Yeah. Harper did that.

www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politic...

CRA audits charitable status of Tides Canada amid Tory attack

Conservative critics contend Vancouver-based group has been funnelling money from foreign charities to groups in Canada opposed to oil-sands development

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 17h

Whole lotta folks are gonna tell you how unprecedented this all is and how much they wish we could go back to old-fashioned "reasonable" conservatives.

I'd just like to point out that our former PM, Stephen Harper led a national witch-hunt over the Tides foundation more than a decade ago.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 18h

Have a different perspective? Fine, let's have that discussion.

But can we be clear about the difference between "this is a superior way to combat their arguments" and "I'm willing to risk raising their profile on the chance that it elevates mine as well"?

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 18h

"I've never been a proponent of deplatforming..."

Are we still doing this?

You wrote a whole article about the ethics of engaging with Fuentes and still haven't thought to reflect at all on the years of high-profile public debates ya did with these people?

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 20h

I'm picturing the maverick profiler giggling as they handed that one in.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 1d

The LA fires/ChatGPT thing is wild but not exactly unprecedented. People did this with Facebook.

I will never forget the day we all found this dude's account.

Quebec man who blamed 2023 wildfires on government pleads guilty to setting 14 fires | CBC News

Police first suspected Paré when they questioned him as a witness to an unusual series of fires. The interest he showed in the fires, coupled with a tracking device on his car and a study of his socia...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 2d

"Government censors journalist who questions the Ukraine war" is a really easy story to tell (or infer) about this case, but by all appearances the truth is probably closer to "dude got strung up for the one and only article he ever wrote that Ukrainians actually liked".

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Might be worth mentioning Alexander's personal involvement with said "charity", and the stuff about their whole board resigning over the scandal...

This is the (v. well-known) part of the story that deserves further coverage (but probably won't get it cuz lawyers are expensive).

Pugliese himself framed the episode as another attack on Canada’s fourth estate by a politician. His reporting on various scandals related to the country’s Afghanistan mission may have embarrassed Alexander personally, given his deep diplomatic and parliamentary connections to the deployment. Pugliese has also exposed shocking details about the controversial Victims of Communism monument, recently unveiled in Ottawa. The project, launched by Harper, drew fierce criticism for its plan to commemorate Nazi collaborators and suspected war criminals. Alexander, then immigration minister, became one of the memorial’s most visible champions, regularly appearing beside minister Jason Kenney to promote it.

Two points are worth noting. Alexander asserted the photocopied documents were authentic but provided the committee with no evidence of how the conclusion—that cast Pugliese as a covert operative in Russia’s orbit—was reached. And by levelling his allegations under the protection of parliamentary privilege, he guaranteed he could not be sued for defamation.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Everybody warned you...

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

www.theguardian.com

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Don't worry, they'll still be issuing verdicts in terms of "naughty" or "nice".

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 3d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, almost nothing happened in the 1960s, eh?

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Sacha de Wijs @sachadewijs.bsky.social · 3d

Must-read @ecfr.eu : Putin’s Valdai speech marks a shift. He brands Europe “enemy #1”, vows more military pressure, backs far-right parties & steps up info warfare — while praising Trump as a model.
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !

ecfr.eu/article/enem...

Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe

At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with…

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Uhhhhh....

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

If this is how bad things are getting when things are going well for them, how does anyone expect them to react when they start to meet serious resistance? What will these people do when backed into a corner?

That's what Jan 6 was, and we have every reason to expect far worse this time around.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

At the risk of being labelled a "doomer", we're not really doing much other than adjusting our expectations every time events hit a new level that seemed unthinkable yesterday. This is all becoming normalized far faster than any visible kind of outrage can mount.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Every day that this continues witnesses another set of legal/institutional norms shattered, bureaucracies purged, goon squads hired and precedents set.

Each of those developments means it will be measurably more difficult to rise up if and when that finally happens.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

People keep waiting for "the thing," some kind of bright line that makes it all clear. There's already blood in the water. Clarity isn't coming anytime soon.

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The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 4d

My money's on the Chaos Dragon.

This is why most of us Canadians know better than to talk shit about the Chaos Dragon.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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