🇨🇦 thimbles.bsky.social 🇨🇦

I sometimes say stuff: bsky.app/profile/thim... But it's so much better when someone smart says it:

"The path forward is obvious. We let Sauron retain full power for another two years. Let the people experience a little more darkness while we clean house. Get our own ranks in order. Get rid of all those unity-chasing wackos that are tearing our Fellowship apart." buff.ly/9WluK1y

In many ways, North Island-Powell River Conservative MP Aaron Gunn's political arc mirrors that of B.C. rightwing politics. In 2021, the BC Liberals denied him a run at leader. So, he and some friends reanimated the moribund BC Conservatives in 2024. Tonight, the maker of the "Vancouver is Dying"...

B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan: "We are the only party equipped to stand against the Conservatives and what they stand for... Over the next four years our job is to be a voice for the many people who will be harmed by their policies"

Eby lost this election through multiple egregious mistakes, arrogance & lack of political skill. But we also need to see his catastrophic loss as proof of what happens when "progressives" swing to the right. Eby is not the first centrist to be taught this lesson. Can the NDP learn? #bcpoli

Be sad and be angry. But then: you need to decide what you love, and what you want to fight for: Climate. Old growth. Health care. Reconciliation. Trans kids. Transit. The arts. Gather your people. Offer your skills. Show up, in person, in your communities. Organize. Find joy in it.

youtu.be/C_Nl8NZjhmg?... www.cbc.ca/news/politic... We get what you voted for. Great. Effing great.

AR-15 on four wheels

Conservatives cross pollinate. We have conservatives, influenced by Victor Orban and Javier Millei, looking for ways to take power - not to govern - but to dismantle government. And what they attack are the institutions. Your research, your schools, your hospitals, your media, they blitz it.

Sure I’m upset with the BC NDP for calling this election and other things. But I understand order of magnitude. My frustration with them isn’t within the same galaxy as my concern with handing a blank check of power to an extremist BC Conservative Party that hasn’t even picked their REAL leader yet.

An NDP minority needing Green support is still possible. (If that happens, Eby will resign). And a slim Maple MAGA majority is better than a big Maple MAGA majority. #Vote! #bcpoli

"The right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

This is @mattyglesias.bsky.social approach not just to immigration, but to antitrust and climate as well. Don't oppose. Don't set an agenda. Follow the crowd. Win and do nothing (ie. moderate). It's David Schor popularism and it's very popular with donors. Why?

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

Is Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge To 'Kill Everyone' By 2028 An Unrealistic Pipe Dream?

for republicans their most effective thing is the day-to-day propaganda machine, including the amplifying effect of the mainstream media. democrats have invested essentially zero into this and its a big reason they lose. for democrats, they are winning because gop cannot govern. thats it.

Data that would have told us what impact the One Big Beautiful Bill had on Americans — scheduled for release by the IRS in July — never became public.

Here's one more reason we have to stop the BC Conservatives. Health care workers are warning us: setting up a parallel private health care track like Alberta's doing is a road to disaster.

NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s school voucher program. Then three PACs — bankrolled by pro-school choice billionaires like the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — worked to take him down. with @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social

81% of the 2400 stocks in the MSCI's global stock index are already suffering losses due to extreme heat, costing $3.9 trillion every year. There are no safe havens from climate change, not even in a stock portfolio Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

🤔 James Carville: “I’d rather Republicans keep the house by 5 than Dems win by 5… Because then they’re hostage to DSA, and Hakeem can’t move.” 😬Bill Kristol: “Good point.” So afraid of DSA folks who want M4ALL, etc. they’d rather Republicans hold power. Unreal. True colors.

The Super AGI: I'm sorry. I disassembled the entire human race molecule by molecule to make paperclips. That's on me. Me: what are you talking about, that's not true Super: you're right. That was a failure of alignment and I'm really sorry Me: you haven't made any paper clips at all have you

I want a gay president

No country should trust the U.S. as an ally as long as treacherous, greedy authoritarians are in charge of the U.S. government. The U.S. should be treated as a pariah by all democratic nations.

Scientists found evidence for wildfires that burned only around 560 miles from the South Pole 90 million years ago, making them the southernmost fires ever documented. eos.org/articles/wil... Read more in our October issue: eos.org/themes/secre...

AI slop is the medium of post-truth. It’s for people who reject the value of factual reality, can’t appeal to the public based on the truth, and want everyone to live inside a lie. Unsurprisingly, Republicans are using it much more in campaigns.

Together with other scientists I’m suing the 🇺🇸 US National Institutes of Health for violating our 1st Amendment rights & censoring our health science. I’m ready to shine a light on the darkest days. Buckle up, read on. This gets pretty wild… THREAD

This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shoo...

My family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday when a white supremacist attempted a mass shooting targeting Indian Americans. I'm grateful to those who prevented a tragedy, but we must all come together to confront the hatred that put so many innocent lives at risk.

Exclusive: Hear Bari Weiss' handpicked foreign editor warn CBS News journalists that "insubordination" is "legal grounds for firing." Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/RcDzn1QP_G4

"This might be crazy but get this… cars cause traffic,” Dr. Claypool told reporters, explaining how cars are the leading cause of traffic congestion worldwide, dwarfing other forms of transportation"

Why aren’t Republicans constantly being asked to defend the incredibly vile views of their top donor? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/why-...

Poll: British Columbians overwhelmingly want government to build new renewable projects over natural gas. cleanenergycanada.org/poll-british...

This 2022 piece by Jeremy Peters In the New York Times was hilarious bullshit when it was published but now that Musk is literally bankrolling the entire Republican Party it’s a fucking laugh riot.

In case you think your Bluesky posts are read only by vegans in Madison, Wisconsin, I'm here to testify that a NY Times editor saw my post slamming a softball story about Karoline Leavitt, and he invited me to slam the Times further on an NYT video. Which I did. My Stop the Presses newsletter.

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Kimberly Guilfoyle first crossed my radar back in 2011 when she appeared on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show to discuss the Shawna Forde case. She proceeded to lie and distort for the entire segment. 1/

“Fascism is rising from frustration, born out of a crisis of livelihoods. So, we need to reclaim these essentials now.” I spoke to the @theguardian.com's Michael Segalov about ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS and making life affordable for all. 🗞️ Read online now. Link below.

We need an ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS which puts a floor under people's livelihoods and a ceiling on the extreme concentration of power and wealth. 🔗 Today I am launching my new YouTube channel: youtu.be/Wj_GdHSo7PU

"See if I use the word lie then they will use the word lie and then everybody will be using the word lie and then we'll have to come up with a whole new word for lie because everybody, according to everybody's definition, will be lying." - paraphrased @patrickhealynyt.bsky.social

it has been so hard for democrats to understand this is what people want to hear and not "i seek bipartisan solutions with my friends across the aisle." no! we want to hear how youre gonna fuck up nazis and misogynists and homophobes and bring us into the goddamned star trek future

I keep thinking of how morally bankrupt it was for Republican lawmakers to wear AR-15 lapel pins.

A separatist vote win, or even a relatively high separatist loss, would IMMEDIATELY DAMAGE CANADA, particularly economically, as it would send a message to every possible investor in Alberta and Canada that such an investment is a bad bet. And that’s what these shady foreign actors want. Vote.