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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 1h

And - scene - a small tattered curtain drops to the ground and catches fire

Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2h

Not a big capital punishment fan but, I do think that anyone caught starting a fire (regardless of how big it gets or how much damage and how many lives it takes) should be put in a public stockade for a very long time.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 2d

RED ALERT: Ken Sim Plans to Drop HUGE CUTS on Vancouver's Public Services THIS WEDNESDAY

That could mean cuts to:
❌ Libraries
❌ Community Grants
❌ Road Safety
❌ Homelessness supports
❌ Arts & Culture
❌ Reconciliation
❌ Climate change programs

Write to council now:
www.votecope.ca/stopsim

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d

God, even your mayoral races in the States go on for f’n ever. Feel like I’ve been reading about Mamdani for ages now. It’s a mayor’s race for Crist’s sake! How much money do ya’ll have to flush down the toilet of election advertising?

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 2d

“The reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.”

To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d

If I was Trump I’d be way more worried about soy bean farmers being radicalized and using me as their origin story than any left leaning antifa mf

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d

Motherfucker

Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d

science is right and you can believe otherwise, but you are wrong. We have to stop giving credence to half-baked notions and follow through on our societal investment in the science of vaccines.

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d

‘Talking through our differences’ gives validity to these anti-science notions that live on the internet. The key is education and education doesn’t work if you’re not able and willing to say something is wrong when it clearly is. We need to reinforce our ability and confidence in saying, the

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI on X, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is trying to smear COPE councillor Sean Orr for speaking at a rally against genocide. Sim tweeted straight misinformation (disinformation is harder to prove) re: who organized the event (not Samidoun). It was generally inflammatory. He has now blocked me. #vanpoli

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

It’s wild that Trump is so lawless the group of people that clearly see and assess his lawlessness include his own judicial nominees, but not the mainstream media.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 3d

A judge appointed by President Trump no less

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 4d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 19d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 4d

I think this is what civil war looks like in 2025. Not everyone is involved, but that faction that votes GOP/MAGA is 100% acting like they’re at war with everyone who isn’t them.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 6d

In Canada? Sign the petition for medical care for Long Covid in kids.

Demand the medical profession actually acknowledges the condition exists. They're mostly still busy saying it's psychological, which it's fair to say is one step away from RFK
#cdnpoli
chng.it/BKHtY2sP

Sign the Petition

Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID

chng.it

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 7d

🕊️ The world has lost a revered conservationist -- a colossal power for what is truly good.

🕊️ Jane Goodall is a legend who helped open the door to science to the best humans among us: woman.

🕊️ She was brave, brilliant and introduced us to the best things among us: animals.

🕊️ I grieve her passing.

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GibbertiFlibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 7d

hand lettered sticker seen in Vancouver in pink and blue lettering: PROTECT TRANS YOUTH // DEFEAT FASCISM EVERYWHERE

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 8d

The takeover begins today. Buckle up fuck-o’s

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casey morell @caseym.org · 9d

isn't the whole point of copyright that you are opting out of people stealing your work

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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MeidasCanada @meidascanada.ca · 8d

Standing outside the gates of the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School. This is a haunted, dark place. A 5-year-old taken through these gates had a lower chance of survival than a Canadian soldier fighting in WW2.

The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember. #OrangeShirtDay

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

I’m planning on releasing a new version of my accounting service where I steal all the money and move to Fiji unless my clients opt out of having their money stolen. Please give me $400b in venture capital.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 9d

Oh the wind, it does blow!

Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 9d

Boys with guns going apeshit, with the newfound freedom of being outwardly fascist in public. They’ve never felt more alive!

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9d

Please note that, unlike the president, the deputy chief of staff does not have immunity from prosecution for official acts per Trump v. United States

Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 9d

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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