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Evan Mac Donald
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Father, husband, marine pilot (retired), news and political junkie.
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jameswsthomson.com
Re-upping this column because the idea seems to be gaining traction. But I think I didn't go far enough in this: the government should obviously be deleting its accounts so as to not have their tweets appear next to CSAM. But it should also be pursuing charges against X and banning it in Canada.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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mackinnonart.bsky.social
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
#Trump #USA #Venezuela #VenezuelaCrisis #NicolasMaduro
#oil #WesternHemisphere
Bruce MacKinnon: Insatiable appetite for conquest? Donald Trump's lovin' it
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
www.saltwire.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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stephenmaher.bsky.social
Lifted this from Facebook. Interesting comparison, given the relentless complaints about Canada lagging behind our neighbour economically.
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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devinheroux.bsky.social
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.

She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.

About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.

My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being. officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
Gaza: Mother of starving baby speaks to BBC
Gaza: Mother of starving baby speaks to BBC
Hedaya al-Muta'wi's 18-month-old son Mohammed suffers from malnutrition due to famine, weighing just 6kg.
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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theturner.bsky.social
What a time to be alive.

No, not that time, 12 minutes ahead of that time
verybadllama.bsky.social Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · Jun 10
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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theglobeandmail.com
Seafood magnate John Risley leads venture to build infrastructure in Canada’s Arctic
Startup believes it can be a catalyst for country’s economic expansion in the North
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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aljazeera.com
‘The ship must leave’

Thousands of Moroccans gathered in the port of Tangier to protest the arrival of a Maersk cargo vessel carrying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
saltywindows.bsky.social
My God, he cut it too close but congrats Rory! Very Happy.
April 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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jameswsthomson.com
Struggling to understand how a PM who has been in power for, what, two weeks? is being credited with this kind of long game.
A screenshot from the substack post.
April 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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angierasmussen.bsky.social
To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.

If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
coopspeak.bsky.social Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @coopspeak.bsky.social · Apr 10
“I think this is the first time a Cdn poli has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics. It could be a very terrible time for us.” Sound familiar?
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Get involved locally and change your part of the world for the better.
The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Taniel, with the handle @Taniel . The post reads: "RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, were pushing anti-LGTB policies, incl. a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all 3 of these city councillors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by local LGBT group." The post reports on a local election outcome in Rolla, Missouri, where three city council members who supported anti-LGBT policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship, were voted out. The winning candidates were supported by a local LGBT group.
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
I like it when Americans do things that make me like them again. America, you owe this kid a lot.
April 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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thewakan.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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theglobeandmail.com
Donald Trump’s chaotic governance could sound populism’s death knell across the West
Chaos in the U.S. is making liberal multilateralists politically attractive again
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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mackinnonart.bsky.social
#Trump #USA #Economy
March 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
saltywindows.bsky.social
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March 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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ruthmkb.bsky.social
From the wonderful Bruce MacKinnon! 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
February 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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theskyisnotblue.bsky.social
“Life has to mean something, and right now, it’s worth fighting for this—to crumple up the regime and throw it into the trash where it belongs.”
#TerrorInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
December 16, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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waytowichneil.bsky.social
Explain how calling me “woke” an insult in any way? That I don’t live my life with my head buried in the sand or up my own ass. That you are aware of the injustice and inequality faced by others and are empathetic to that? That I don't bully trans kids? How is this a bad thing?
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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thecanadianecho.bsky.social
This one is for you 🫵
January 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
The Quisling brigade is in Mar-a-Lago selling out our nation.
Danielle Smith.
Jordan Peterson.
Kevin O'Leary
This gang would sell Canada out for a small bag of coins.
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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brucearthur.bsky.social
This is the phrase that the Canadians who don’t seem very patriotic about the country use as a blame-Trudeau excuse. Also, a lot of Trudeau policies have been an argument for a more robust federal government: that isn’t post-national. Good thread from Wherry.
aaronwherry.bsky.social Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · Jan 12
People still periodically like to make a big deal of Trudeau's "post-national state" comment -- eg. that recent NYT column -- but I'm unconvinced it was a guiding idea for Trudeau or that it's as radical as some make it.

Here's the quote and the context, from an NYT feature in 2015.
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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altyellonatpark.org
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

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January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM