David Moscrop
@davidmoscrop.com
Journalist & author of “Too Dumb for Democracy?”
Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show.
Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case.
Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show.
Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case.
Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
Behold the conquering heroes!
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Behold the conquering heroes!
Tonight I’m going to watch Home Alone while home alone and eat a cheese pizza while building a Lego gingerbread house so, yeah, the perfect night for a 42-year-old *does* exist.
a little boy is jumping on a bed while holding a book .
ALT: a little boy is jumping on a bed while holding a book .
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tonight I’m going to watch Home Alone while home alone and eat a cheese pizza while building a Lego gingerbread house so, yeah, the perfect night for a 42-year-old *does* exist.
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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“The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work.“
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work.“
‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
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Last point, then back to Saturday things for a while: if your take is "Carney signed this without actually intending to get a pipeline built" you are validating the mistrust that populist Albertans and their allies hold.
If that is true, they are right to mistrust this agreement, and "Canada".
If that is true, they are right to mistrust this agreement, and "Canada".
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Last point, then back to Saturday things for a while: if your take is "Carney signed this without actually intending to get a pipeline built" you are validating the mistrust that populist Albertans and their allies hold.
If that is true, they are right to mistrust this agreement, and "Canada".
If that is true, they are right to mistrust this agreement, and "Canada".
Extraordinary things are happening in the free market.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Extraordinary things are happening in the free market.
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I'm curious to see how this develops
Eby's been using Alberta-style grievance rhetoric - the feds don't defend BC's interests, BC doesn't get a "fair share" but props up heavyweight have-nots like Ontario, Quebec - for months
Seems unlikely Ottawa's handling of the MOU helps that
Eby's been using Alberta-style grievance rhetoric - the feds don't defend BC's interests, BC doesn't get a "fair share" but props up heavyweight have-nots like Ontario, Quebec - for months
Seems unlikely Ottawa's handling of the MOU helps that
As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm curious to see how this develops
Eby's been using Alberta-style grievance rhetoric - the feds don't defend BC's interests, BC doesn't get a "fair share" but props up heavyweight have-nots like Ontario, Quebec - for months
Seems unlikely Ottawa's handling of the MOU helps that
Eby's been using Alberta-style grievance rhetoric - the feds don't defend BC's interests, BC doesn't get a "fair share" but props up heavyweight have-nots like Ontario, Quebec - for months
Seems unlikely Ottawa's handling of the MOU helps that
I will be honest with you. As December arrives this year, I don’t really care about politics. I don’t want to read about politics or write about politics.
I want to read books and be on break for the holiday.
I want to read books and be on break for the holiday.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I will be honest with you. As December arrives this year, I don’t really care about politics. I don’t want to read about politics or write about politics.
I want to read books and be on break for the holiday.
I want to read books and be on break for the holiday.
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There seem to be 2 general opinions abt the MOU:
AB conservatives: The MOU gives AB everything we wanted
LPC supporters: MOU is great because Carney got pragmatic concessions from AB, but don't worry no pipeline will be built
Anyone else: The MOU gives AB conservatives everything they wanted
AB conservatives: The MOU gives AB everything we wanted
LPC supporters: MOU is great because Carney got pragmatic concessions from AB, but don't worry no pipeline will be built
Anyone else: The MOU gives AB conservatives everything they wanted
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There seem to be 2 general opinions abt the MOU:
AB conservatives: The MOU gives AB everything we wanted
LPC supporters: MOU is great because Carney got pragmatic concessions from AB, but don't worry no pipeline will be built
Anyone else: The MOU gives AB conservatives everything they wanted
AB conservatives: The MOU gives AB everything we wanted
LPC supporters: MOU is great because Carney got pragmatic concessions from AB, but don't worry no pipeline will be built
Anyone else: The MOU gives AB conservatives everything they wanted
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Former Washington Post contributing columnist here — let’s help the Onion smash the Washington Post!
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November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
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Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/27/c...
Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/27/c...
Any BC Cabinet or caucus members want to take a public stand on principle over the single most important issue of our time or nah?
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Any BC Cabinet or caucus members want to take a public stand on principle over the single most important issue of our time or nah?
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Given that’s there’s a non-zero chance the pipeline never happens but Carney gets blamed for supporting it and failing to get it done, I’m going to call this one a questionable move!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Given that’s there’s a non-zero chance the pipeline never happens but Carney gets blamed for supporting it and failing to get it done, I’m going to call this one a questionable move!
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
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Polarization isn't new. But the degree to which it is fuelled by rage is increasing...
Is political polarisation cutting Thanksgiving dinners short? www.economist.com/democracy-in...
Studies show that "...partisan animus may also be cutting family gatherings short."
Is political polarisation cutting Thanksgiving dinners short? www.economist.com/democracy-in...
Studies show that "...partisan animus may also be cutting family gatherings short."
Is political polarisation cutting Thanksgiving dinners short?
Research suggests that if families avoid talking about politics, they talk less
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Polarization isn't new. But the degree to which it is fuelled by rage is increasing...
Is political polarisation cutting Thanksgiving dinners short? www.economist.com/democracy-in...
Studies show that "...partisan animus may also be cutting family gatherings short."
Is political polarisation cutting Thanksgiving dinners short? www.economist.com/democracy-in...
Studies show that "...partisan animus may also be cutting family gatherings short."
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Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
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"But political discourse strategically designed to engage for the sake of engagement, often relying on strategies of inducing negative emotional responses and negative polarization, aren’t likely to help anyone refine anything"
Are you a mutant socialist? And what does it mean to seek a home on the left?
Read, listen, and subscribe today!
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/finding-a-...
Read, listen, and subscribe today!
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/finding-a-...
Finding A Political Home (On The Left)
Are you a mutant socialist? A podcast episode about finding and being in left spaces, with a special interlude to discuss a 80s classic TV show.
www.davidmoscrop.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"But political discourse strategically designed to engage for the sake of engagement, often relying on strategies of inducing negative emotional responses and negative polarization, aren’t likely to help anyone refine anything"
I had to start work at 5:30 this morning and now I feel like it's lunch time but also want to have a big breakfast for lunch. I feel like this is an epistemic, or even ontological, problem that should plague philosophers.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I had to start work at 5:30 this morning and now I feel like it's lunch time but also want to have a big breakfast for lunch. I feel like this is an epistemic, or even ontological, problem that should plague philosophers.