Every time I hear men talk about destroying this planet so they can travel to a dead one, I think about how miraculous the existence of Earth is, and how capitalists should never be permitted to make decisions about space exploration.

When I detox fully from American exceptionalism, I wonder if the United States has the wherewithal to prevent ourselves from falling into a dictatorship; if we’re really made of the stuff our forebears were... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/are-americ...

I think Marxism basically predicts this, the late stage when a ruling class becomes parasitic, extracting surplus without contributing. And the Frankfurt School described capitalist decadence, when the system can't expand productively & turns to financialization, imperialism, and cultural regression

Vaccines don’t cause autism, but every product with a scent in your bathroom and laundry room do.

You're not the only one that noticed. Also, it's so many of them. velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...

Kevin the dog picking out a toy: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected...

Why is it that every regulation body’s board has been captured by the very industry that it is supposed to regulate? Like in what twisted late capitalism fucking dystopian world does that make any sense at all? ….oh right, it’s the one we sowed and let grow without weeding or trimming

Absolutely INSANE twilight aurora just now from my driveway in North Pole, Alaska. Incredible motion and color, one of the best of the season. Watch until the end, wow!

Ah yes, the tax-reduction and red-tape cutting party governing Alberta has, again, raised the cost of living by increasing taxes. Not only that, but the revenue from these taxes on tourism and parks isn’t going back into the parks. My guess…O&G subsidies. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/banff-...

“This is a company that makes over half of its revenues in our national parks,” Waterous said. “These guys salute to the Star-Spangled Banner.” Conflict of interest much?! thehub.ca/2026/03/19/w...

#German photographer Christian Vieler captures the hilarious moments when dogs try to catch treats mid-air🐶❤️ Using a portable flash and a shutter speed of 1/8000th of a second @vieler.photography #art #photography #dogs #photographer #camera #animals

It’s so comforting to have a stable leader during WWIII 🇨🇦

Is it a paradox that when I, a Canadian, have to pretend to be American when stateside so I don’t get harassed and shot, but Americans pretend to be Canadian abroad?

Sombart literally defined this a century ago. It was a warning, and now you’re shovelling platitudes after benefiting from it all your life? I mean, I guess everyone needs to wake up at some point. Seems pretty convenient for you though.

Why can’t the next season of Night Agent be out now?

Wait…Epstein had Kallmann Syndrome? So did Hitler? That would explain a lot

I see the forest fire smoke season has arrived early this year. Yay! 😒

The real American exceptionalism

@America, maybe it’s time to exercise your beloved 2nd amendment rights…?

It’s still the Kennedy Center It’s still the Gulf of Mexico It’s still the Department of Defense It’s still Twitter If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us

I want 100000 of these.

So pumped for Yesavage, Scherzer got mad-happy

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

“..when Canadian mining companies face resistance abroad, Ottawa mobilizes to protect them—not the environment, not workers, and not the sovereignty of other nations.”

Heads-up! I just posted a new batch of Lawetlat’la (Mt St Helens), Tahoma (Mt Rainier) and Erebus (Antarctica) scale model 3D-printed volcano tissue box covers in my shop. This is the first time Tahoma has been offered in InSAR colors. phaneritic.etsy.com

WTH is Alberta’s oil industry smoking? Back away from the OPEC hopium, @ABDanielleSmith, @BrianJeanAB, @rebeccakschulz. You, too, @MarkJCarney and @timhodgsonmt. Show your math. Prove there are Asian customers for AB's heavy crude. #ABleg #cdnpoli youtu.be/nYKlK9jAFL0

“Political bullshit, by the way, is defined as “persuasive communication that has no regard for truth, knowledge or evidence.” And that’s what Smith and her deferential companions delivered shamelessly.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

The final days of the Alberta Legislature’s Spring 2025 session pissed me off. I rolled up my sleeves right after and started a research project. I present to you all an #ableg 🧵: Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One

The Danielle Smith Legislative Ledger – Part Two: The Wrecking Ball Keeps Swinging The bills that didn’t make headlines. The ones that rewired Alberta quietly, methodically, and permanently. This isn’t noise. It’s memory. It’s fuel. #ableg 🧵

“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100. Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”

I hate this team so much

~WOW!! Every Single Albertan needs to read this! It's all we've been saying& MORE in one tidy package There’s never been more oil wealth generated despite the Libs in Ottawa There is no province where real incomes&living standards have deteriorated more in the past decade than AB archive.ph/eLGsK

During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on

therockies.life/long-closed-... #ableg #Calgary #Edmonton #Lethbridge

#ForeverCanada www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...

Smith and the UCP are just so goddamn awful. If we're ever able to boot them out, it's going to take years to undo the UCP's fuckery but rural Alberta would eat a shit sandwich so "libs" will have to smell their breath.

“Canada’s oil and gas sector and their lickspittles will complain once again that the federal government didn’t support them enough or that Quebec stood in the way. The ‘party of personal responsibility’ always finds a way to blame everyone but themselves.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

What a disgrace this is for Alberta “It is embarrassing to have standards set so low. This should make politicians and bureaucrats blush. The minimum used by the AER to render a favourable decision on Northback’s application isn’t good enough!”

The incompetence and corruption has seeped into every sphere of government operations. “Alberta’s government can’t keep track of its own lunch tabs, yet some of its loudest voices want to run an independent nation.”

If he doesn’t get this right, Carney will not succeed in the next election. Have the minister share the exact needed message and lower the damn cost, or turf him.

The Alberta Energy Regulator has approved coal mining in the Crownest Pass. static.aer.ca/prd/document...

My latest: Gregor Robertson’s appointment as Canada’s new housing minister was a controversial choice. It’s already looking like Mark Carney’s worst one yet as prime minister. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/15/o...

I've been hesitant to write something like this because I didn't want to give oxygen to Alberta separatists. The conversation alone is dangerous. But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...

Barbashev is trash

I am speechless... >> First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar m.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...