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Thurston Nuggs IV
Thurston Nuggs IV
@thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social
Girl and dog Dad, eccentric (the good kind, I hope), transit fan, politics-nut and Toronto dude. I love Canada. Elbows up. Keep your crypto to yourself. Quotes attributed to historical figures are often the work of the people who skeet them. ~ Aristotle
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Breaking news, tightwad Toronto homeowners: nice things cost money. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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State Department employees are being told they are ineligible for promotion unless they can prove they voted for Trump for president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. www.washingtonsun.com/administrati...
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HaHa. Beaches-East York. Which, I think, is a forecast as to how a potential Brad Bradford mayoralty will look in 4 years.
“ #Bradford trails #Chow by a considerable margin in the ward's #mayoral voting intentions, despite representing #Beaches—EastYork as a #citycouncillor since 2018.” www.blogto.com/city/2026/10... #Toronto #TorontoElection
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the brunchlord press is "incapable" of pointing out that a sizeable chunk of these efforts are about naked information warfare
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You don't have to do this, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. It's a choice. They want to defund you. They think you're a propaganda arm of an evil government. You will never win them over by showing them grace when they show absolutely none towards you.
Alberta separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre starts railing against the “new world order and globalism” on CBC News Network’s live broadcast just now
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An eye-opener for those who didn't know who he was but applauded his tough talk on US trade - Doug is still an imbecile to can't think two steps ahead. Carney is the one who knows how to push back... Ontario to import U.S. electricity this winter share.google/z5os2TM0k0mz...
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Danielle Smith Needs Albertan Separatists To Keep It Together Today youtu.be/eB_hFFSZboM?...
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In the @thestar.com I came up with a test to see if the platforms various candidates come up with are good for the city or not. Along the way it might reveal if they are courageous or cowardly.
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New from @splawinski.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?: Albertans vote today to decide their future with Canada. American right-wingers have been joining Russia in promoting Albertan separatists, while accusing the Canadians of US election interference. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/republican...
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Late to this Bloomberg piece on Marc Andreessen. This is one of the key things. Andreessen is *angry* about how he has been treated, when any objective observer might note he has benefited enormously from the institutions he now purports to detest. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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"’It is unacceptable for Ukraine’s defense — and therefore Europe’s security — to depend on the goodwill of a single American billionaire or on Donald Trump’s decisions,’ French centrist Member of the European Parliament Christophe Grudler told POLITICO.” 10/16/26 share.google/zmUY4MBVCvhJ...
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a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Friends — It's time to defund Elon Musk. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk
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Finding that the evidence supports Lula's claims that Mark Zuckerberg is consciously attempting to rig the Brazilian elections in favor of Bolsonaro, a Brazilian court urgently requires Meta to undo its offending logarithms and insure equal access to Lula. www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
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Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.
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If you would try to win by abandoning trans people (or any targeted group) you can save this “we need to win” talk; there is no “we.” I am about solidarity, and you have chosen anti-solidarity. You are not any “we” I recognize. You are the enemy I’m trying to defeat. Beating you is how my “we” wins.
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Based on their public comments, NYT leaders view the kind of insider details discovered by Haberman and others as essential to understanding Trump. I don't think that's correct. Public documents (Project 2025) and events (Jan 6, DOGE) to me describe this presidency better than insider accounts.
"Democracy dies unless Maggie Haberman has access to senior Trump aides and McConnell/Romney Republicans respect us" is essentially the argument Times editors have been making since 2018. I can't tell if they actually believe that or it's a pretext for their decision not to change their approach.
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💥NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! TONS of NEWS DOJ & FBI emails I obtained reveal how federal investigators probed allegations in 2022 that President Donald Trump tore up presidential records & why a prosecutor declined to pursue a separate criminal investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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I sat down with our counterparts at @theconversationuk.bsky.social to discuss the global context of the Alberta separatist movement. theconversation.com/qanda-with-a...
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Stuff like this is why the Canadian political establishment is (correctly, IMO) assuming that Democrats can NOT be trusted to return the bilateral relationship to the status quo ante going forward.
My first stop was Alberta, the only province not boycotting Californian wines. I spoke to provincial leaders about the importance of the Canadian market to California farmers and the importance of continuing close collaboration on dairy, beef and energy trade.
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👉️️ Tue Oct 27 → 7pm • in-person & online The day after Toronto votes, join @neeeda.bsky.social of The Green Line, @graphicmatt.com of City Hall Watcher and moderator @lanrickbennett.bsky.social to unpack the results and surprises! ✚ mingling & informal breakouts! guild.host/events/civic...
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You better make sure your boys bring plenty of body bags you fat fascist pedophile fuck, you'll be facing your very own Ukraine. Trump says Canada will ‘end up being the 51st state’. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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NEW @citizenlab.ca report We uncovered an Israeli firm using online ads to run vast spy operation This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. 45 devices at @aljazeera.com confirmed infected citizenlab.ca/research/how...
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Ambassador Pete Hoekstra is suggesting Canada might be conducting "election interference" ahead of his country's midterm votes in November.