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Peter Schamerhorn
@randchange.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Deep Throat (not that one, the other one from All the President’s Men) gets the prize for most evergreen most multipurpose quote. I literally think it every day these days.
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
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December 6 Vigil in Ottawa for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women.
6 - 7 pm, Minto Park.
The flags at City of Ottawa sites lowered to half-mast, sunrise to sunset.
14 young women killed during the Polytechnique Montréal tragedy on Dec 6, 1989.
6 - 7 pm, Minto Park.
The flags at City of Ottawa sites lowered to half-mast, sunrise to sunset.
14 young women killed during the Polytechnique Montréal tragedy on Dec 6, 1989.
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
December 6 Vigil in Ottawa for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women.
6 - 7 pm, Minto Park.
The flags at City of Ottawa sites lowered to half-mast, sunrise to sunset.
14 young women killed during the Polytechnique Montréal tragedy on Dec 6, 1989.
6 - 7 pm, Minto Park.
The flags at City of Ottawa sites lowered to half-mast, sunrise to sunset.
14 young women killed during the Polytechnique Montréal tragedy on Dec 6, 1989.
Another good nickname. Keep them coming!
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Another good nickname. Keep them coming!
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It is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - Canada.ca
Information on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and why we commemorated tragedy at Polytechnique Montréal.
www.canada.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
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Wait, you can just apologise and be left off the hook?
We need to normalise calling him Tricky Tim, or something.
We need to normalise calling him Tricky Tim, or something.
A councillor who was at the centre of a corruption trial in 2019 has an op/ed in the Citizen today, suggesting that downtown councillors that are critical of ballooning police budgets are responsible for crime rates attributed to the housing and addiction crises.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Coun. Tim Tierney apologizes, brings corrupt practice case to an end
Tim Tierney, the Ottawa city councillor representing Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward, apologized in court Wednesday and agreed to give up two months of salary to resolve …
ottawacitizen.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Wait, you can just apologise and be left off the hook?
We need to normalise calling him Tricky Tim, or something.
We need to normalise calling him Tricky Tim, or something.
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You can tell the seriousness and spine of a city councillor in #ottawa by their cowardice to fucking name the people they are criticizing.
Tim Tierney is a coward who will tell you one day that there is only one taxpayer. Then on other days money is endless
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Tim Tierney is a coward who will tell you one day that there is only one taxpayer. Then on other days money is endless
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion
Tim Tierney: Ottawa has traded safety and security for policing alternatives – experiments that have repeatedly failed. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You can tell the seriousness and spine of a city councillor in #ottawa by their cowardice to fucking name the people they are criticizing.
Tim Tierney is a coward who will tell you one day that there is only one taxpayer. Then on other days money is endless
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Tim Tierney is a coward who will tell you one day that there is only one taxpayer. Then on other days money is endless
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Reading the thread it would appear @apocalypticanow.bsky.social is not alone in this sentiment.
I've become deeply radicalized against gambling. It's just getting more evil the longer it's allowed to fester unregulated
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reading the thread it would appear @apocalypticanow.bsky.social is not alone in this sentiment.
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1. babies get it mostly from their MOTHERS at time of birth & possibly from other kids they interact with innocently
2. 12-18% of American women don't get screened/tested
3. HepB vaccine is one of the MOST studied in the world with decades of safety data
4. You're a fucking chiropractor
2. 12-18% of American women don't get screened/tested
3. HepB vaccine is one of the MOST studied in the world with decades of safety data
4. You're a fucking chiropractor
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
1. babies get it mostly from their MOTHERS at time of birth & possibly from other kids they interact with innocently
2. 12-18% of American women don't get screened/tested
3. HepB vaccine is one of the MOST studied in the world with decades of safety data
4. You're a fucking chiropractor
2. 12-18% of American women don't get screened/tested
3. HepB vaccine is one of the MOST studied in the world with decades of safety data
4. You're a fucking chiropractor
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I wish every single article on gerrymandering would include this disclaimer:
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I wish every single article on gerrymandering would include this disclaimer:
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
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Help me with the logic, please. They are terrorists, because they killed Americans? No, they didn't kill any, they supplied the drugs that Americans used to kill themselves.
Coming from that logic though, why are firearms and ammunition suppliers not terrorists? They kill more INNOCENT Americans.
Coming from that logic though, why are firearms and ammunition suppliers not terrorists? They kill more INNOCENT Americans.
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Help me with the logic, please. They are terrorists, because they killed Americans? No, they didn't kill any, they supplied the drugs that Americans used to kill themselves.
Coming from that logic though, why are firearms and ammunition suppliers not terrorists? They kill more INNOCENT Americans.
Coming from that logic though, why are firearms and ammunition suppliers not terrorists? They kill more INNOCENT Americans.
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I had a chance to talk to Sam Jones at a con a few years ago, just the two of us before things got rolling. He was charming, funny, and generous. I wish I had remembered at the time he was on an episode of SG-1, but still recall those few minutes we spent chatting fondly.
Flash Gordon was released 45 years ago today!
"A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth."
"A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth."
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I had a chance to talk to Sam Jones at a con a few years ago, just the two of us before things got rolling. He was charming, funny, and generous. I wish I had remembered at the time he was on an episode of SG-1, but still recall those few minutes we spent chatting fondly.
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They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
Bingo.
The fact that people won't even leave a high tax jurisdiction when it means just moving across a river should tell you how absurd it is that taxes would make wealthy people leave an entire state.
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bingo.
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The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
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Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Action plan or 'PR stunt'? Mayor's public safety event gets mixed reviews | CBC News
Mark Sutcliffe says public safety has been a key priority since he ran for election three years ago, but his challenger for mayor says his latest announcement looks like a political event for the next...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
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In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
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Provinces are under-resourcing their court systems, and it's creating major problems for the justice system. But will anyone hold them to account?
Newfoundland and Labrador provincial courts adjourned ‘indefinitely’
Observers decry lack of explanation and transparency around the decision
https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/access-to-justice/2025/newfoundland_and_labrador_provincial_courts_adjourned_‘indefinitely
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Provinces are under-resourcing their court systems, and it's creating major problems for the justice system. But will anyone hold them to account?
Apparently the fog of war moves very slowly. Like more than 40 minutes slow.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Apparently the fog of war moves very slowly. Like more than 40 minutes slow.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
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A huge milestone in new energy technology: as of today, Eavor Technologies is producing clean power (and heat) with the first commercial, utility-scale multilateral closed-loop geothermal project in the world! Congratulations to the whole Eavor team. More details via the link below. 🔌 💡
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A huge milestone in new energy technology: as of today, Eavor Technologies is producing clean power (and heat) with the first commercial, utility-scale multilateral closed-loop geothermal project in the world! Congratulations to the whole Eavor team. More details via the link below. 🔌 💡
It should also be noted that Russia was kicked out of Eurovision in 2022 because of their invasion of Ukraine. So apparently some politics ARE allowed in Eurovision decisions.
Netherlands and Spain taking a stand after Israel allowed to compete in Eurovision.
Netherlands and Spain boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It should also be noted that Russia was kicked out of Eurovision in 2022 because of their invasion of Ukraine. So apparently some politics ARE allowed in Eurovision decisions.
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For years, I’ve heard Toronto people claim that heritage doesn’t stop new housing. That has always been nonsense.
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For years, I’ve heard Toronto people claim that heritage doesn’t stop new housing. That has always been nonsense.
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...