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jmcelroy.bsky.social
(bob cole voice) Game 7. World Series. Hall of famer against hall of famer. Can’t. Get. Much. Better. Than. This. Oh baby.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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jenstden.bsky.social
The Mariners have the salmon run and I would like to humbly suggest the Bluejays borrow the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race

This would help with national unity youtu.be/SGTph11oTrU
The ins and outs of the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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October 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
I think when you’re talking about the Nobel peace prize you really have to weigh any wins against the very real possibility of actually declaring war on parts of your own population
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
I gotta say, the @bcsupremecourt.bsky.social and even the @bccourtofappeal.bsky.social have been accepting stuff I print from CanLII or even copy-and-pasted excepts into a Word doc as good enough for as long as I can remember: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Excerpt from a BC government news release discussing a new law which would change what it says is the current practice whereby only copies printed by the King’s Printer would be official for court purposes
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
Yesterday I hit my 150th donation with Canadian Blood Services. Loved this sweet card from the nurses. Very slowly catching up to @bgreenberg.bsky.social
A greeting card reads, “Dear Gavin, congratulations on your 150th donation from your CBS family” and has hand-written messages from eight authors in different colours. Next to the card is a commemorative pin that has the Canadian Blood Services logo and the number 150
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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drewharwell.com
Today's decision being heavily criticized by Past Brendan Carr
Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the “public interest.” Who, in your view, should have the power to draw the line between a “lie” and “free speech”? Government officials that want to stay in political power or the people that can hold them accountable ? President Biden is right. Political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech. It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people in to the discussion. That’s why people in influential positions have always targeted it for censorship. Free speech is the counterweight—it is democracy’s check on government control. That’s why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream. After all, there’s a straight line from the soap box to the ballot box. You retain freedom at both or neither.
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
Age verification?

The first computer game I played was Legend of the Red Dragon. On dialup.
spencerkeys.bsky.social Spencer Keys @spencerkeys.bsky.social · Sep 10
Age verification?

The first computer I used was a Mac Classic.
numb.comfortab.ly Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Sep 10
Age verification?

I passed age verification in Leisure Suit Larry.
September 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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visionzerovancouver.ca
ROUND 1 VOTING IS ON NOW! 🗳️

We asked you to nominate the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver, and we picked the worst 32 for a community vote. Together, we'll crown Metro Vancouver's worst intersection while learning more about the countless ways that we put safety last when designing our roads.
What’s the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver? (Round 1 – Vancouver)
Whether they had a scary experience there themselves or know someone who did, everyone in Metro Vancouver has a least favourite intersection. They might induce fear, rage, confusion, or just plain …
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August 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
In 2023 Ken Sim filed multiple code of conduct complaints against opposition councillor Christine Boyle, costing her thousands of dollars in legal fees

Now, Boyle is the Minster of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and is the main government point person for everything Sim wants

life's rich tapestry
July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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mosheroperandi.bsky.social
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.

Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
There is no such thing as liberalism — or progressivism, etc. There is only conservatism. No other political philosophy actually exists; by the political analogue of Gresham’s Law, conservatism has driven every other idea out of circulation. There might be, and should be, anti-conservatism; but it does not yet exist. What would it be? In order to answer that question, it is necessary and sufficient to characterize conservatism. Fortunately, this can be done very concisely. Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual. As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence. So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone. Then the appearance arises that the task is to map “liberalism”, or “progressivism”, or “socialism”, or whateverthefuckkindofstupidnoise-ism, onto the core proposition of anti-conservatism. No, it a’n’t. The task is to throw all those things on the exact same burn pile as the collected works of all the apologists for conservatism, and start fresh. The core proposition of anti-conservatism requires no supplementation and no exegesis. It is as sufficient as it is necessary. What you see is what you get: The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
July 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
Hey @jmcelroy.bsky.social, we’re setting people up to fail as soon as they arrive
A sign at YVR airport says “This way to hidden gems” in both official languages.
July 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
Walter Gretzky in the Edmonton airport. Apparently I refused to put down my coffee for the photo
bolt451.bsky.social R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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punkademic.bsky.social
Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story?

Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.

Editor: What
May 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
unless I can buy "guaranteed won't get detained and sent to a concentration camp" vouchers for me and a few million other people that's a no for me dog
matttomic.bsky.social ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · May 9
Seattle, feeling the pinch from lack of Canadian tourism with border crossings down 50%, have started a tourism campaign where local restaurants/hotels take Canadian dollars at par this weekend for the annual Jays-Mariners series
'Open Arms for Canada' discount offered to Canadian tourists in Seattle this weekend https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/discount-canadian-tourists-seattle Canadian tourists vising Seattle for the Toronto Blue Jays series will get a roughly a 30% discount at select restaurants and businesses this weekend. It's part of the "Open Arms for Canada" campaign, an effort to bring in more Canadian tourists. SEATTLE - Dozens of Seattle restaurants, attractions and hotels are taking part in the Open Arms for Canada campaign to bring in more Canadian tourists. What they're saying: "We're approaching 40 businesses and organizations that will accept Canadian currency at par, roughly a 30% discount, if they come to Seattle and show us a [Canadian] driver's license or passport," said Bob Donegan, President and CEO of Ivar's.
May 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
can i do a referendum making it illegal for people to say "western alienation" when they aren't actually referring to the most heavily populated and most western part of the country
May 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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devanmarr.bsky.social
Is Hobbes the Bloc, off panel going “Because I’m a tiger, I really should be getting tuna as a separate dinner tonight.”
caseyplett.com Casey Plett @caseyplett.com · Apr 29
The forever-correct way to translate Canadian parties to other countries without using their politics for reference
Calvin's mom says "Life could be worse, Calvin" by a Liberal Party logo, Calvin says, "Life could be a lot better, too!" under an NDP logo, Calvin's dad says, "Life being worse builds character!" under a Conservative Party logo
April 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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sandertordoir.bsky.social
Wow this is wild.

James: "The Trump team didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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beyondmeatofficial.bsky.social
Oh, you “fooled” me?? You exploited the small, trusting animal within me? Haha no, I love that *stares off into distance*
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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lizrummy.bsky.social
The entire thread is like this, nazis asking for a summary of their posts, the AI says "Well it sure as shit looks like you're a nazi", then they argue with each response and it just goes into more detail why they're nazis
March 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
gavinhoekstra.bsky.social
That ratio tho
ianhanomansing.bsky.social Ian Hanomansing @ianhanomansing.bsky.social · Feb 22
I see some people are upset with our topic Checkup Sunday. With President Trump repeating his "51st state" comments, we feel it is important to talk about. Even better, for Americans to hear our voices via the NPR stations that will be simulcasting.
February 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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eve6.bsky.social
Now that all media is streamed the streaming companies can effectively erase movies, albums and books from the public record for a tax write off too and when spotify does this I implore them to delete eve6 instead of the toadies
sketchesbyboze.bsky.social Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Feb 8
The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
February 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
I can. In fact, the Canadian version is so great, I can't think of an American equivalent. 🧵
Tomi Lahren on Twitter writes: "Can you think of a Canadian product that’s better than an American one? Honestly curious."
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM