They (the U.S. administration) lie, and lie incompetently, as a matter of practice. Has there ever been a more hopelessly inept looking, acting, and sounding secretary than Scott Bessent? No word, no thought, no gesture of the man is to be believed.

No! Raise the PST, use the funds provided by the Feds for their proper purpose, stop funnelling funds to your unworthy corporate backscratchers, abide by CHA i.e. the law of the land, do what the people of Ontario want. Do what is right and your goddamn job for once. #dougford #ontario #pcparty

Once again, on this premiere day for #startrekacademy it is important to remind #startrek fans everywhere of the harm #paramount and #cbs are doing as they assist in the U.S. descent into fascism. Be part of that better future Trek promises. #boycottparamount #boycottcbs Don’t feed the beast.

Because one province’s premier is a showboating, college-dropout meathead who leads a craven, unprincipled conservative government determined to destroy public services and raid public coffers for corporate benefit. Guess which one. #ontario #pcparty #dougford www.bbc.com/news/article...

History presents a full parade of hateful, powerful figures. What the act of writing their dirty deeds conceals as it elevates these monsters to posterity, but what we presently have a crystal clear view of, is just how clownish, silly, stupid, and despicably pathetic these people actually are.

2026: the year of history repeating, hiccupping our way to disaster…again and again and again.

It’s long past time to start using the correct term for the so-called “Monroe Doctrine”. Silk purse that sow’s ear all you want but the correct term is “lebensraum”. #monroedoctrine #lebensraum

Anonymous gets it.

As I understand it, Trump’s goal is to break laws, be a criminal, and not be held accountable at every level, municipal, state, federal, and international. My congratulations to our American cousins for creating, nurturing, emboldening, empowering, and protecting this special creature.

So #scottmoe and #daniellesmith, now that the U.S. has a potash deal with Belarus and controls Venezuela’s oil, what’s your bargaining chip now? Idiots. #alberta #Saskatchewan #weaklinks

Well that’s the end of the U.S. then. I don’t see a citizenry or its representatives doing anything to save themselves. A word to our former American cousins from everyone in the Western hemisphere: we are not yours.

Star Trek fans need to take a long, hard look at themselves. Time to convert that yearning for a better future into concerted action. Boycotting CBS and Paramount means giving all Trek old and new a miss until it’s IP holder stops deliberately darkening the timeline. #startrek #boycottparamount

To make everyone never want to hear anything from you but want only to hear one thing about you is the very definition of a singular accomplishment.

Bad and obtuse. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“You mispronounce 100% of the names you don’t practice” — Wayne Gretzky

🤫🤫🐷. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Just when you think Doug Ford and his PC government can’t get any worse…actually, aside from gone, there can only be worse with these venal fools: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Was feel surprisingly equanimous last night after the #bluejays loss — what a great season! But woke up this morning absolutely haunted by the lost opportunities and how whisper close they were. I’ll give you back your daylight savings hour, Universe, if you give me back my peace of mind.

Hey, #nyt editorial board, I fixed it for you:

Am I the only person who has to wear noise cancelling ear buds to watch a movie in the theatre these days? I thought my hearing was supposed to get worse as I aged.

Persona non grata est quod homo non humanus. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Time for Canada to send a message. Send this goof back home and burn the bridge he crosses over on. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

“Caesar…was seated upon the rostra on a golden throne, arrayed in triumphal attire...Antony had dashed into the forum and the crowd had made way for him, he carried a royal diadem, round which a wreath of laurel was tied, and held it out to Caesar.” bsky.app/profile/atru...

I saw “toy”. Turns out it was TDY. Not sure if that says more about me or the optometrist I saw recently.

I’m assuming the #bluejays will place John Schneider on the injured reserved list for tomorrow’s game.

When will we reach the stage when publicly stated or performed insane utterances and deeds will not be both-sidedly normalised with “crazy like a fox” flavoured commentary but simply, coldly, and rightly called good old fashioned “batshit crazy”? #mediareform

Human beings have many design flaws but is there one as routinely surprising as biteable cheeks? How am constantly forgetting when the reminding is so memorably painful?

Question. How do you get back home after you burn all your bridges? I assume some sort of catapult is involved. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Loser with much and recent experience with losing shares unasked-for insights into losing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Because guilt is a powerful psychedelic. It makes people say the darnedest things, believe in the powerless power of powerlessness, and take comfort in cowardice. Being brave is hard. Action is hard. Sacrifice is hard. Organising is hard. Excuses are easy, pleasing, plentiful, and can be done alone.

Good job #danshulman. What is the #1 rule of announcing? Don’t say stupid shit like “barring unexpected circumstances” when your team gets out to a commanding lead in a game. Smarten up. #bluejays

Pierre Poillievre is the Andrew Dice Clay of Canadian politics. Everything he says is comically but unlaughably offensive and has the single benefit of identifying supporters as people you want nothing to do with.

“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…” tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

Kier Starmer is guilty of an unforgivable act of lèse-majesté. The clowns at the Foreign Office and the whole UK establishment fancy themselves capable practitioners of realpolitik but are a Pythonesque burlesque of leadership. What a sad, lost land the UK has become, an embarrassment to its allies.

A lesson in gaslighting 101 from a cartoon caricature of a low level lackey, decrepit mob heavy, and/or serial abuser. Central casting has outdone itself with this rube. Elbows up, mf. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“Peace in our time” part 2. #appeasement www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

Word of the day: who?

Just got out of the 50th anniversary cinema re-release of #Jaws. As a lifelong cinema lover, but too young to see it in theatres in ‘75, it was an almost religious experience. The film is pure poetry in all its aspects and has rekindled my lately much abused fondness for the big screen format.

If they’re doing it there, they’re doing it here, especially in Alberta in the lead up to their proposed nonsense. Canada must take a zero tolerance policy on this and call it out immediately and publicly. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A fool is a fool. A fool with power is a monster. We ignore fools. We tolerate fools. We laugh at fools. With a monster there are different obligations.

Duh. www.cbc.ca/news/ai-huma...

How quickly can an “indispensable nation” be dispensed with?

So the U.S. has now entered its Great Leap Forward era of data reporting. What could possibly go wrong? If only there were some sort of precedent to go by. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Domus Aurea era of the White House has begun. Looking forward to the Damnatio Memoriae era, when/if our neighbours to the south ever get it together. Until then, may they continue to enjoy the sound of fiddling. bsky.app/profile/dber...

This is why you don’t shit post at the start of the season. #badtake #meaculpa #gobluejays bsky.app/profile/chri...

By “Ford waxes poetic”, I assume D’Mello means Dougy dittied an impromptu bit of high-school educated doggerel, perhaps a limerick with the words “Nantucket”, “Ontario can suck it”, “measles outbreak”, “health care ass ache”, and “oh well, f$&k it” artfully arranged.

Thank you to Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, Sylvia Jones, Adriana LaGrange, Kieran Moore, every antivaxer simpleton, selfish conservative voter, and ignorant non-voter for what is our collective national disgrace. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Colbert will wear this as badge of honour for all his days. Now, calling on all #startrek fans to do the right thing and #boycotparamount. Let’s boldly go where we need to to secure the better future (and avoid the disastrous 21st century) Trek has promised us. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Congratulations 21st century. Three nuclear armed countries, including the two biggest arsenals, are being run by certified criminals and are in the hands of aging, cleptocratic, genocidal madmen. You are sure to eclipse the 20th century in blood and stupidity. 👏👏👏

How much longer until “good Americans” is synonymous with “good Germans”?