doug

doug

@dougism.bsky.social

I'll be whatever I wanna do

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Olivia Chow isn't perfect but she's the only politician I've actually felt represented by. The first break in a political experience that's alternated between 'at least it's not the conservatives' and 'ugh it's the conservatives'

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

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How much did Olivia Chow exceed expectations? (Worth saying she was always expected to win.) She's gotten the most votes of any Toronto mayor ever, and the joke candidate who ran because he had the same surname as her came in third on the strength of alphabetical ballot proximity. #Toronto #TOpoli

Who the hell is Chow Braeden??

This centrist podcaster is distributing over-the-air brain damage

Jonathan Goldsbie@goldsbie.bsky.social

On CBC, Nokha Dakroub from The Radical Centre podcast offers her big takeaways from the night: "I think Mississauga found a Mamdani and Oshawa found a Mamdani, and unfortunately Brad Bradford wasn't Mamdani enough."

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the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Bradford spent three years running for mayor, cleared the field to go one on one with Chow, and she dog-walked him. All time loser.

Special honors to Warren Kinsella as well. One of the worst assholes the city has produced racks up another L

It really feels like tonight we find out whether Toronto is moving forward with progressive people-centric cities like Montreal, New York, and Paris, or signing up for 12 more years of do-nothing John Tory Centrism

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Polls are open until 8 pm and the correct Chow, Olivia Chow, is #9 on the ballot. For the love of Toronto, get to your polling station.

Will Sloan@willsloanesq.bsky.social

Will Sloan Enterprises enthusiastically endorses Olivia Chow for Mayor of Toronto.

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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It would be good if life my own country was not significantly impacted by the GOP vs Dem margins in small counties named after prominent Confederates but unfortunately it is

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Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

Micah@rincewind.run

chat I don’t think doubling down on this ad is working out real well for vivek

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There is an international, well-connected network of fascists promoting far-right candidates in elections (and coups) across the world. The guy who owns the site Yglesias posted this on is one of their leaders. Be careful of people advocating for their opponents to disarm!

Dan Mauler 🎃@meelar.bsky.social

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

Please God can we send Brad Brad into the sunset

Matt Elliott@graphicmatt.com

Another election eve poll. Pallas Data has Chow up 10 over Bradford among decided voters. The polls seem to be pointing to a shift heading into e-day. pallas-data.ca/2026/10/26/c...

The late polls showing Olivia Chow in the lead are doing load bearing work for my mental health right now

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Been reading about a lot of very bad but entirely ordinary people throughout history for the next season of Past Lives (Everyday Villains). This guy is utterly typical. 1) Doesn't think he's doing anything wrong. 2) Permission structure in a system of hierarchical authority. 3) Benefits materially.

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social

You can read the full story here (w/ @propublica.org + @nytmag.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/m...

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Google was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret. The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google was using 29 percent of the water in the community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

wired.comWhat the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From AbroadParis Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

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Man, economic anxiety is thru the roof.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

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if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

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I see the Shopify guy has ginned up some homo-hate on the other site w his post about a a Toronto safe streets ad that used w two ostensibly gay dads walking their child. What a fucking hateful destructive menace. Just enjoy your money asshole.

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Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

I recently got back into Atari Teenage Riot and then found out they are into NFTs and Israel lol. Middle age really fucks some people up I guess

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Currently at a kids party in a Toronto park wondering why we need 1000 more cops when one has been just idling his car next to the playground while checking his phone for the last hour.

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social

Crime is down. Toronto is objectively a safe place. Why does Bradford want us scared? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social

Pro-ICE conservative blogger Samuel Sey, a prominent figure on the evangelical right, has himself been arrested and held for potential ICE deportation.

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Pro-ICE conservative blogger Samuel Sey, a prominent figure on the evangelical right, has himself been arrested and held for potential ICE deportation.

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Shopify's CEO is on X advocating for Brad Bradford to win because of a City of Toronto post about speed limits featuring two men and a stroller, something he clearly doesn't think will happen under Brad's rule. This is the guy who thinks rich people deserve more votes. This is who Brad attracts.