Tim Rourke
@raccoon2.bsky.social
I live in Toronto, Canada. Originally from Alberta. Lifelong serious medical disabilities. Only thing I can do is write, so I write. When I post it will be mostly to announce my writings or refer to other good writing.
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The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 2,000 employees at Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
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"Obviously, we’re not planning a vacation to Venezuela but now the Americans are talking about doing the same to Mexico and Cuba. And that’s where the cheapest resorts are.”
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/snow...
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/snow...
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Obviously, we’re not planning a vacation to Venezuela but now the Americans are talking about doing the same to Mexico and Cuba. And that’s where the cheapest resorts are.”
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/snow...
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/snow...
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Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
QUEEN'S PARK - As Prime Minister Mark Carney inks a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to integrate their countries' electric vehicle sectors, possibly impacting Ontario's car manufacturing, Premi...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
So, we have some smarter protestors.
In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
So, we have some smarter protestors.
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Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil (podcast)
Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil
“We looked around for a neutral evil country to trade with, but couldn’t find one.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Clare Blackwood and Nile Seguin) talk about the horrific ICE shooting of Renee Good, Mark Carney’s trade visit to China, the protests in Iran, and Trump’s obsession with interest rates. Then the Approximately 10 […]
thebeaverton.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil (podcast)
Hello. I want to vote in the leadership race. I have a $50 donation a few weeks ago. I have not get anything back confirming I am a member again. I am in Toronto Danforth.
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Hello. I want to vote in the leadership race. I have a $50 donation a few weeks ago. I have not get anything back confirming I am a member again. I am in Toronto Danforth.
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THREAD. This can be an important educational moment for progressive people who don't work in or study the punishment bureaucracy. Having spent 20 years in it--and just publishing a book on exactly this topic--I can say that reality works in the opposite way that Jamelle assumes.
maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from “more training” to “turns out they’re untrainable and we have to start all over.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 AM
THREAD. This can be an important educational moment for progressive people who don't work in or study the punishment bureaucracy. Having spent 20 years in it--and just publishing a book on exactly this topic--I can say that reality works in the opposite way that Jamelle assumes.
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KO'ing everyone's 401k the week they started bragging about murdering citizens in the street on camera is the behavior of people who are on actual drugs. Not metaphorically, it's the behavior of people with underlying mental illness on uppers and steroids who are starting to feel cornered.
January 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
KO'ing everyone's 401k the week they started bragging about murdering citizens in the street on camera is the behavior of people who are on actual drugs. Not metaphorically, it's the behavior of people with underlying mental illness on uppers and steroids who are starting to feel cornered.
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I used to think they were all nuts when they’d carry on non-stop about deep state cabals, powerful pedophile rings and highly connected sex traffickers.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I used to think they were all nuts when they’d carry on non-stop about deep state cabals, powerful pedophile rings and highly connected sex traffickers.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Anyone in the West who still thinks Israel are “the good guys” after decades of occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing isn’t misinformed—they’re ideologically committed. Don’t argue with them. Speak past those imbeciles. History is already rendering its verdict.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Anyone in the West who still thinks Israel are “the good guys” after decades of occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing isn’t misinformed—they’re ideologically committed. Don’t argue with them. Speak past those imbeciles. History is already rendering its verdict.
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U.S. Is Nearly Crashing Passenger Flights Over Venezuela! We're naming all men in the Epstein files because the DOJ won't
We're naming all men in the Epstein files because the DOJ won't
YouTube video by Ian Carroll
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December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
U.S. Is Nearly Crashing Passenger Flights Over Venezuela! We're naming all men in the Epstein files because the DOJ won't
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Notes On Bondi Beach And Free Speech
"It’s crazy how the Bondi shooters got radicalized by the anti-genocide protests from 2023 to 2025 and then invented a time machine and went back to 2019 to join ISIS."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/notes-on-b...
"It’s crazy how the Bondi shooters got radicalized by the anti-genocide protests from 2023 to 2025 and then invented a time machine and went back to 2019 to join ISIS."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/notes-on-b...
Notes On Bondi Beach And Free Speech
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Notes On Bondi Beach And Free Speech
"It’s crazy how the Bondi shooters got radicalized by the anti-genocide protests from 2023 to 2025 and then invented a time machine and went back to 2019 to join ISIS."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/notes-on-b...
"It’s crazy how the Bondi shooters got radicalized by the anti-genocide protests from 2023 to 2025 and then invented a time machine and went back to 2019 to join ISIS."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/notes-on-b...
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Americans still think voting will save them. It won’t. You can’t ballot-box your way out of the dictatorship of capital. Real change means fighting to dismantle the system that owns everything. #ClassWar #PowerToThePeople #DismantleCapitalism
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Americans still think voting will save them. It won’t. You can’t ballot-box your way out of the dictatorship of capital. Real change means fighting to dismantle the system that owns everything. #ClassWar #PowerToThePeople #DismantleCapitalism
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While everyone obsesses over Taiwan’s military flashpoints, China is quietly building Hainan—a tropical island that will make Taiwan economically irrelevant. Here’s the radical blueprint the world isn’t watching…
Hainan vs Taiwan: China’s Island Strategy and the Global Shift in Power
Hainan isn’t just a tropical free trade zone—it’s a strategic blueprint for economic dominance, global investment magnetism, and Taiwan’s looming economic sidelining.
futuredude.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
While everyone obsesses over Taiwan’s military flashpoints, China is quietly building Hainan—a tropical island that will make Taiwan economically irrelevant. Here’s the radical blueprint the world isn’t watching…
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Washington keeps pretending Venezuela is “one option away” from collapse. That fantasy has survived sanctions, sabotage, coups, and economic siege. But here’s the truth imperial planners won’t say out loud: a US attack won’t restore American power—it will expose how little of it remains.
Why a U.S. War on Venezuela Would End in Defeat—and Accelerate Imperial Decline
Sanctions failed. Coups failed. An invasion would fail harder—and take the Monroe Doctrine down with it.
futuredude.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Washington keeps pretending Venezuela is “one option away” from collapse. That fantasy has survived sanctions, sabotage, coups, and economic siege. But here’s the truth imperial planners won’t say out loud: a US attack won’t restore American power—it will expose how little of it remains.
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Point 1: Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish.
Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.
Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.
Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.
Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Point 1: Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish.
Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.
Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.
Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.
Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.