The fundamental problem for the left is that the right is hyperstitious, and the left believes in the certainty of its own failure

Jake Sanderson says in a People's magazine article that he'd be accepting of a Gay teammate. "I don’t think we would treat them any differently. They’re our teammate, we love them no matter what, and obviously embrace them, absolutely.” people.com/nhl-jake-san...

The left doesn’t have a policy problem—it has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes @aliterrenoire.bsky.social.

Writing for the Fulcrum, Curtis Metcalf argues that considering the rise in hate speech, digital sexual violence, and pathetically low engagement rates, it is time @uottawa.ca leave X. thefulcrum.ca/opinions/uni...

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Wit respect to Neil, and I have quite a bit, I don’t fully understand this decision. We already have a principled, experienced, and progressive challenger to Sutcliffe in @jleiper.bsky.social Risking splitting the vote, especially in an election this important is bizarre

“The sens lose!” You foolish lackeys! Your “loses” are built on sand. Tomorrow the sens will “rise up again, clashing their sticks,” and to your horror they will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

Ottawa hockey rocked tonight

Labor vs. Fascism. Oakland dockworkers of ILWU Local 34 honor Renee Good by spelling her name on a cargo ship.

Ive been asking myself lately how we’re meant to bear everything going on, especially as a student. I had the privilege of publishing some of my thoughts in the Fulcrum. I would be honoured if you gave it a read. Ultimately, I conclude, it comes down to conviction. thefulcrum.ca/opinions/how...

canadian political media is so useless. after manufacturing a news cycle about whether there would be an election over christmas, they took the holidays off and now they’re back to manufacturing a news cycle about whether there will be an election in the next couple months.

Trump could be impeached and the democrats could be elected tomorrow, it shouldn’t matter. The Canadian-american relationship is over.

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

Heated Rivalry has mostly made me realize CanCon is a great system, finding out songs I love are Canadian is huge

This is a good read. thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...

Becoming the main character of my class by accident is a nightmare

Sens fans trying to survive the 2025-26 season

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Canadian leftists have been obsessed with emulating the Mamdani moment, without understanding what made it happen. You can read more about what Canadian socialists can actually learn from Mamdani in my piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social below.

At this point, I can’t understand why any international traveller would visit the US Even if you think you’re not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch

There is a little boy who has been orphaned because of these fascists. At some point something has to give

She had stuffed animals in her glove box.

Elbows up at the bowling alley (5 pin bowling)

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Guy who quotes Shoresy on the @rabble.ca Off the Hill show about the NDP leadership race

guy who has only read "The Silmarillion" observing current events: "hmmm getting real Downfall of Númenor vibes from this"

Has the NDP lost its labour roots? My new piece for @broadbent.bsky.social traces how the union–party relationship has frayed, and why that matters for Canadian politics today. Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future perspectivesjournal.ca/labour-ndp-p... #cdnpoli #canlab

Super excited to be joining this tomorrow with @libbydavies.bsky.social Judy Rebick, @karlnerenberg.bsky.social, and the Rabble team tomorrow! Tune in!

Beer and pasta with beautiful girlfriend life is good

Start a conversation by telling my friend I wanted to do more masculine activities and less politics, ended that convo by starting a DND campaign with mostly women

📣 Save your spot for our upcoming Off the Hill: lnkd.in/g_-p_vUh With the NDP set to choose a new leader at the end of March, our panel breaks down the race so far, including key issues, endorsements, and campaign moments.

“I want to try Bluesky, struggling to find non-politics on it” “Have you considered you suck”

Going to try using Bluesky instead of Twitter, my issue is that besides politics almost none of my interests are represented here.

Canadian conservatives are such horrifying losers

Donald Trump literally calls the illegal invasion of Venezuela a “precise attack on sovereignty” in his address. How every country in the world doesn’t condemn such an action is unfathomable.

Starting Fears of the Setting Sun by Dennis Rasmussen

AI is being used to strip workers, women, children, artists, and communities of their autonomy. Meanwhile Mark Carneys AI Minister, is more interested in rubbing shoulders with tech billionaires than regulating. Our NDP will take on AI with people-first policy.

The food we eat isn’t meant for human health anymore, it’s meant for profit. They break our bodies at work, fill our lives with AI-generated algorithms meant to dumb us down, and feed us slop at home. It’s time to fight back. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills

The revolution will not be made on canva

"A burgeoning membership culture in organizations like the Ontario New Democratic Youth can rekindle the mass party." @jameshasaface.bsky.social explains how @theondy.bsky.social & labour movement built a coalition to democratically set the policy agenda: perspectivesjournal.ca/critical-mass-party/

Last weekend, the Palestine Tribunal, slated to be held at the University of Ottawa was moved last minute to the senate. An organizer and professor at UOttawa claims it’s because of intimidation by the university. Read the whole story here: thefulcrum.ca/news/profess...

For decades, CEOs have been writing the rules. Corporate profits soared while workers' wages stagnated. It’s time to rewrite those rules. My Worker Power Plan puts power back where it belongs: in the hands of workers. Join our movement to make this plan a reality: RobAshton.ca

Sandy Hill, and the Rideau area are filled with conflict, between students and long-term residents, between social services and some neighbours. I wrote about all those dynamics, and one social service at the centre of it all for the Fulcrum thefulcrum.ca/features/stu...

New in Perspectives: The Ontario NDP Must Invest in Public Nuclear Power "The Ontario NDP needs to be bold in its vision for an electricity grid that powers economic growth and delivers affordable hydro to all Ontarians." From @jameshasaface.bsky.social : perspectivesjournal.ca/ondp-invest-...

I recently published an op-ed about the student housing crisis for the @ottawacitizen.com talking about the high cost of living and what the city can and must do to make Ottawa a place students can afford to live. You can read it at the link below! ottawacitizen.com/opinion/otta...

Does anyone have any good books, papers, or articles on the formation of MORENA

Super excited to be organizing this survey. If you have a heat pump or have a neighbour with a heat pump please fill it out and let them know