Canada is a wild place

These activists were so brave, when world is in such short supply of decency and humanity. How is this treatment acceptable in any way?

The history books are gonna be bonkers if we make it out of this timeline's sludge

There's a lot of ugliness described in this article. Be ready for that if you proceed to read it. Honestly though, why do these racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic losers feel the need to deflect or hide their views (or faces)? Stand on business, you pathetic Nazi fucks. The charade is getting old.

I say it all of the time because it's true. On the whole, we aren't brave as individuals. But there's strength in numbers.

Go Bills

This work is hope, strength, community...this is resistance! Don't give up, friends ❤️

Efficiencies? My mom just waited 3 days (2 of them in the ER) for surgery to repair her shattered leg. The nurses had to watch her lying there & couldn't even feed her because they didn't know when it might be her turn. Ontarians need to wake up. Doug Ford is destroying all of our public services.

Friends before you go posting about the Nobel committee sticking it to Trump, just take a beat & read up on the winner first. There are weird gotcha posts flying across my feed that sound really silly. *This post is not a commentary on Venezuelan politics. **I too am glad he didn't get the prize

Can't decide if I want to attack this nonsense from the correlation=/= causation angle, the study design angle, or the research ethics angle. Decisions, decisions...

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

If you’re apprehensive that what you say or do now could come to haunt you in a more authoritarian environment in the future then this is your absolute cue that you absolutely must say or do something now.

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

I'm just gonna say it I feel like there's been a weird surge in the word "foment" in the last few weeks. It keeps popping up all over in posts, blogs, news articles...so much fomenting. Listen, I love learning a new word as much as the next nerd, but let's not overdo it ok? Stop fomenting foment.

I really enjoyed this piece by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social and think you might, too. It's really grounding in this discombobulating timeline.

Oh nothing to see here…just Trump’s Chairman of the FCC using gifs to confirm that everything he’s doing was in Project 2025 that he co-wrote

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Ottawa! The city is exploring measures to address the very real problem of renovictions. They're looking for feedback and the deadline is October 31. If you've been renovicted or are living at risk of it, weigh in!

I resent that I have to read about brain rot gamer memes to understand current socio-political discourse. I dread having to try and explain any of this to my husband & other not-terminally-online people. Skibbidi toilet nearly broke me. My existential despair has reached a new wretched depth.

The far-right playbook includes engaging in bad-faith debate - often using bullying tactics & heuristics to twist a conversation. Meaningful discourse is never the goal; it's tearing the other person down for ego points. Listen to Lurie Daniel Favors shut that shit down. Delicious. 10/10, no notes.

When I was on the bird site, I was traumatized by some if the awful content that would autoplay on my feed. I think there's also some graphic content making the rounds right now. I highly encourage all my Bluesky friends to take the time to turn off their autoplay, if you haven't already. ❤️

Area man who dropped out of college and worked at his dad’s business before becoming premier and only showing up for work 50% of the time stands on the lawn of the home he inherited from his mom to tell young people that if they can’t find a job it’s because they’re not looking hard enough.

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

🟥 The street artist Banksy in London - A masterpiece of political art 👍

Hey, #science friends. Grab a coffee and settle in. Here's a cautionary tale about an experience I've had trying to publish a manuscript in the era of #AI. This is not about authors using AI. It's about seemingly credible *journals* using AI. Spoiler: it has not gone well. 🧵 (1/15)

I was mesmerized every time I saw Graham Greene on the screen. His range was incredible and he was always so captivating in every role, no matter how big or small. What a great loss - but what a great gift to have seen his work. Rest in peace.

Man, I'm gonna sit with this one for a few minutes.

Booze Boycott Alert! Multinational company Diageo couldn't "read the room" and have decided to move bottling of the once-iconic Canadian brand, Crown Royal, to the U.S.A., putting Canadians out of work and supporting the U.S. economy. Let's make their short-sighted decision hurt!

This guy just "temporarily" showed up in another MP's riding - somewhere he never lived before - and literally took his job. Also, this perspective on temporary foreign workers is hot garbage bullshit.

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

In Canada, only 5% of sexual assaults reported to police end with a guilty verdict and jail time. Only 20% of these complaints even make it to court. Please take some time today to send your love and support out to all the victims/survivors (mostly women) who never see justice served. #HockeyCanada

do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

"Gaza doesn't interest anyone anymore...It's become a place with its own set of rules. The loss of human life means nothing. It's not even an 'unfortunate incident,' like they used to say." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.

I am weeping

A democratic socialist is the Dem nominee for mayor of NYC? Now *these* are some interesting times I can get behind!

"What happened to the 'national reckoning' with Canada's colonial legacy?" Reconciliation "means supporting Indigenous sovereignty, fighting for land back, and working to change the economic and political systems that keep screwing us over." #Canada #Genocide

Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.

They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?

Democrats and corporate institutions, you can't be civil with fascists. You can't be objective and do "both sides" with fascism, corporate media. Neutrality is cowardice and complicity.

Can someone check on the journalist? I'm sure they sprained something twisting themselves into knots while writing this word stew headline. "Asylum-seekers are scared of getting jumped at their legal immigration hearings and being held/deported without due process" Fixed it for you, @apnews.com

This has been the hardest pill for me to swallow these last months. There is so much cruelty out there, even as families are torn apart. Contrast today's rhetoric with the Republican narrative from their heroes of the 80s - Reagan and GHB: youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok?...

My PhD was on social vulnerability in disasters. During upheaval and unrest, folks do what they always do. Most people are lawful and want to help. But if there were criminals before the event, they will keep doing their thing too. Protesters =/= looters. Please help others understand this.

People of Bluesky Please show your friends and family these clips. The narrative is very differently outside this app. There are countless videos of police brutality going around - share them far and wide. Praying for the brave humans standing up to this and taking care of one another out there.

This is not the way, people. Defacing a memorial to Holocaust survivors doesn't help the people in Gaza and detracts from all the work people are doing to make a difference. Israel is commiting war crimes and people are *rightfully* fed up, but rhis is just hurtful anti-Semitism on display.