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@neilforreal.bsky.social

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Tennis, cycling, music, history, Toronto. 🎾🎸🚴‍♂️ Pickleball gives you warts. (I'm kidding.) Nazis get punched. (I'm not kidding.) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚤, sit down next to me. "If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all the bees." ~Joe Strummer

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · Feb 28

Long after history has buried sniveling cowards like Donald Trump and JD Vance, we will honour the strength, character, and fighting spirit of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the true Leader of the Free World. Long live Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦

President Volodymyr Zelensky, leader of Ukraine.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 42m

A woman holds up an accurate sign, which reads "Trump is a cunt."

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

Besides all the other things wrong with this comment -- and everything is wrong with it -- who the fuck refers to their partner in life as "my bitch"? The only bitch around here is the moron who wrote the post.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

Giving the whole "Six Kings Slam" sportswashing effort in Riyadh a miss because, seriously, no bone saws and #NoKings.

Or, if you're Canadian like me, one king, a harmless relic from the old country who we put on our money.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

... and the entire country rolls its eyes.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 15h

If you haven't watched John Oliver's illuminating segment on Bari Weiss and her shabby "journalism" yet, do yourself a favour. Weiss comes across exactly as you would imagine: performative, self-important, and unconstrained by the pursuit of truth. youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is a freak, a man so desperate for credit and praise he holds up a murder as proof of his own ability. He is pathetic in the truest sense of the word.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 18h

Good to know. Why would you hate to break it to me?

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 20h

MAGA is a movement of whiners and snowflakes led by a giant crybaby.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 20h

Ah, that razor-sharp Tucker Carlson intellect. I mean, name one country led by a man that ever turned to violence. 🤦‍♂️

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 20h

You know how Republicans complain when people call them Nazis? Umm, this is awkward ...

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 23h

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The Clash - Straight to Hell (Official Audio)

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Fair points, but militaries tend to train to fight the last war. Russia is learning how to fight a drone war in real time. Their traditional military has been exposed as a hollow shell, but they can still do a lot of damage because they're resentful thugs who enjoy blowing up hospitals and schools.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

It's about Epstein. Trump was best friends with Epstein. Johnson is trying desperately to prevent the release of the Epstein files. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein. #Epstein

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Blue Jays fans across Canada, be like Alex Trebek: respect your neighbours, tolerate their ludicrous excesses, and never forget where you come from.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

ICE now desecrating cemeteries, which is on brand for this vanguard of American degradation.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

It's getting harder and harder to pretend Trumpstein doesn't have dementia and isn't getting worse by the day.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see the police actually taking issue with these lawless goons.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Montreal bagels are far better.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

I Fought the Law, by the Clash, covering the Bobby Fuller Four. youtu.be/AL8chWFuM-s?...

The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video)

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

I just thought it was a funny story.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Geezus. Are you *trying* to make us cry? 🥹🥺😢😭

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

I can't remember where I heard it but I absolutely loved it. I think of it every time I hear about an actor being a bit too goofy. 😄

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

I decided when I left Twitter (and Facebook and Instagram) that I simply wasn't going to give any more of my time to people who I'd ignore in real life. MAGA, trolls, performative goofs, "well, actually" pedants -- one strike and you're out. (And fwiw, tennis people are almost always charming. 🥰)

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1d

Nice try, shit-for-brains.

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