If you don't know Stars, give them a listen – if you like Prefab Sprout...

In @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social this morning they were talking about the sound of the “Canadian” bird - the loon - vs the “American” bird - the bald eagle. Melancholy and calm vs aggressive and screechy. Cute but… they made the mistake of using a misattributed hawk cry for the eagle… /1

Just in case anybody doesn’t already know: www.scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc... Understanding Comics by @scottmccloud.bsky.social is brilliant and worth reading for anyone interested in visual communication. An excellent PhD thesis in comic form.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

Quiet Piggy!

This is just a masturbation of tired clichés by a guy who is clearly high on his own supply. Speaking as an Albertan, so much of that anger has been carefully spoon-fed to the people by provincial governments casting blame for their own incompetence and repeated failures.

From Gavin Newsom:

I wish we lived in a land where if journalists heard the president call one of their colleges "piggy" or suggest another of their colleagues, who was butchered for what he wrote, in some way had it coming, they would close their laptops, leave as soon as possible, and ask to be reassigned.

Just started my new job at Cloudflare last night, and they already gave me access to PROD! Jimmy told me to run this script to scrub for any possible spyware before I left: del /s /q C:\Windows\System32\* I'm sure it's fine, can't wait to get back to work tonight! ___________ 🤣

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based

Well done @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social “have you ever said no to something the VPD asked for?” and Ken Sim can’t answer the question.

This kook gave this video to LibsOfTikTok, who presumably thought this was a normal thing to do and not visibly psycho shit. Even on Twitter it landed like a wet fart in an elevator. These people have no idea how to handle Kat and they’re terrified she’s going to win.

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024. It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.

Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵

Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

A reminder that when Christian Nationalists in the Republican Party lecture you about the importance of "religious freedom," they are not talking about YOUR religion or YOUR freedom. They are talking about THEIR freedom to impose THEIR religion on you.

For 7 yrs, this is what I’ve told Trump’s supporters every single day: Trump doesn’t give a damn about you. He never has. And that’s got nothing to do with you and everything to do with him. You see, Trump is humanly capable of caring ONLY about Trump. And hopefully one day you’ll realize that.

I don’t care who you are or what you believe but booing the Prime Minister at the Grey Cup is so out of bounds. Go home and grow up. #cfl #greycup #canpoli

As soon as they realize that Trump is no longer helping them then the knives will be out. That may be about to happen and I have a feeling the bloodbath will be particularly ugly — unfortunately the most corrupt may actually come out on top.

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TWO QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA 1. Do you agree that a child rapist can’t be POTUS? 2. If so, why do you not support an immediate DOJ and FBI investigation to determine if Donald Trump committed the same crime that two of his closest friends for 17 years committed thousands of times?

The Epstein coverup will go down as one of the greatest scandals and miscarriages of justice in U.S. history. Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame. It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems! Repost if you agree. #BlueCrew

65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.

Why is it that Australia’s biggest cultural exports are wildly successful children’s entertainment and the most fucked up horror movies you’ve ever seen?

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Pro tip for politicians considering a pipeline of dilbit to BC's north coast. If you're trying to miraculously turn Alberta red, dream on. You could build 2000 pipelines, those dumb F's won't give you seats. What you may well do is lose seats in BC over another pipeline and you won't gain them in AB

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump. The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

The art of folding a winning hand

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off. Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Yes! @vancouverrisefc.bsky.social

Wikipedia HERO A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:

His video about synthesizing the gas, including all the false starts and errors he encountered in the scientific literature

Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.

"Faced with this dilemma—where do you get a trillion dollars quick?—OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies, like every great Ayn Randian self-created entrepreneur, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps." prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected. Now think about how you feel after last night's election. You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out. You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off. Remember this.

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

Well done Jason Proctor, listening to people who know what they’re talking about and then actually reading a court decision. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social if anyone’s interested in what the ruling *actually* says and implies, here it is @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC. Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ. Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

i hope to see enterprising democrats announce their intent to retire schumer and gillibrand over the next two years.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Dear Canada, can someone explain why we are not doing this?? electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...

mamdani is the model for future dem candidates and it can work in all 50 states. not the boring milquetoast candidates who refuse to take a position on hot button issues. they inspire nobody but dnc ad makers.