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Hope

@hopeagainsthope.bsky.social

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Old but not a devil, demon or vampire, honest. Not lurking behind you. Harmless. Would a profile lie? :): 🍁She/Her Neurodivergent HRT 2021-09-29 If you're a bigot I don't owe you a debate, I owe you a block...

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · Apr 9

After seeing reports that this user @heartgold.xyz was using blocklists to harass people, I quietly blocked them without comment. As you can see, they put me on a bunch of different lists. I'd recommend adding them to any lists of people who abuse blocklist, and block or report them yourselves.

@heartgold.xyz abusing block lists and lying. List of their blocklists.

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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

Walking into a Republican's office in 2025.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1h

For @spitfirenews.com, I found that increasingly realistic AI-generated videos are being deployed to harass, smear, and create endless offensive content of influencers, whose likenesses are already readily available online. It’s happening to private figures, too.
spitfirenews.com/p/ai-generat...

AI-generated influencer scandals are here

Now anyone can play with the hyperrealistic likenesses of public figures.

spitfirenews.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1h

Grok is Elon Musk's propaganda machine, it says what he wants and is turning more nazi by the day.

Do not use it, do not trust what it says.

Thank you.

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Alice Winterland @alicewinterland.com · 2h

Neutrality is often called fascism’s greatest tool. All they need you to do, is stay out of their way as they crush everyone who oppose them

“Don’t call us fascists” as they deport people without due process and talk of exterminating trans people.

“Don’t call us nazis” as they display swastikas on their desks and profess their love of H*tler to each other.

They are exactly who we know them to be. No amount of gaslighting will change those facts. And if you support the fascists and nazis, then I’m sorry to break it to you, but you are no better than them.

And there is no neutrality in the face of this rising authoritarianism.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 23h

every day there is a new story about how a prominent Republican has a shrine to Hitler in their office, but we can’t call them nazis

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 23h

When con premiers say "nah fuck this stupid 'rent control' idea to keep things affordable for canadians, millionaires rule, poor people drool" and the corps raise rents to stupid levels and make people homeless?

again, entirely caused by cons.

another sample from my province.

Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 23h

When the federal government says 'hey, we have some money to give you in the form of making some prescriptions for canadians free' and the con premier says 'nah keep your stupid lib money lol we wanna own the libs' that is again, 100% a con problem.

Cons are destroying Canada, simple as that.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 23h

But yes, when the federal government gives my provinces government money to spend on things like health care and schools and stuff and the conservative premiers spend it on lakeside spas and imaginary tunnels under highways and breaking booze contracts then that is 100% a con problem.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 23h

That's just not how government works though.

There is a federal government and a provincial government and they both do different things.

It's not great, but it's the way it is.

Blaming the libs for what the cons do is what the cons want.

You've just been blaming the libs for things the cons do

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

The ability of Canadians to blame the federal government for the actions of the provincial government is absolutely unmatched.

We are so misinformed, we should probably consider mandatory education changes so more people learn the difference in government.

... and making lying in gov illegal.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

PS all those things you complain about predate Carney and most are the fault of the cons in power in certain provinces, and not the liberal government.

health care? cut by cons, always.

schools? same. cut by cons.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

So... what is your alternative?

The NDP selling us out or the cons taking away our rights by abusing the notwithstanding clause, as they promised to do?

Carney is fighting an actual trade war with a hostile former friend and doing (so far) a pretty good job of it.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 1d

“Conservative trolls continue to engage in deliberate disinformation campaigns, relying on the average X user’s lack of media literacy to erode trust in reliable news sources and attack opinions they simply don’t agree with.” @mtltoula.bsky.social

Observations from Montreal

An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

cultmtl.com

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

But JD Vance confidently assured us the people involved were children...

A pathological liar as vice president and a party full of out and proud nazis. That's america for you these days.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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William Carbine (sanfele) @sanfele.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently we have an unlimited supply of money to do anything except help the American people.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

They are literally posting about the good they are doing for low income canadians and yet you still complain... as if Canada had any other options.

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Hope @hopeagainsthope.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian media is not even trying to hide that it is biased by the cons and rich americans who own everything...

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

And just like that, any concern Vance allegedly held about the “dangers of antisemitism on college campuses” has mysteriously evaporated.

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🦋🇨🇦Sarrah🇨🇦🦋 @savingdemocracy101.bsky.social · 1d

He is propping up far right fascist parties around the world. The orange asshole has been giving money to the UCP in HelburDUH to promote chaos in Canada (as if she needs any help). He wants world wide conflict so he can own the planet.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck are we doing?

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NelsonPDX✌🏾✊🏽 @bobetb.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the names of these young racist and hateful republicans.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.politico.com

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance says the “I LOVE HITLER” Republican leaks are no big deal because it’s “kids in chat rooms.” In reality these are young Republican leaders likely to gain more power in a hypothetical future Vance administration. Terrifying stuff.

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Paul Johnston @concernedcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

Kirk was shot by a right wing nutjob PP, not anyone from the left. Stop lying to Canadians!

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