T Cooper (they/them/he/him)
@tcoop.bsky.social
Weirdo living in unceded Snuneymuxw and Stz'uminus territory
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For those of you who don't know about Leonard Zeskind or his book, Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream, you should.
The NYT obit did a nice job summarizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The NYT obit did a nice job summarizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
For those of you who don't know about Leonard Zeskind or his book, Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream, you should.
The NYT obit did a nice job summarizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The NYT obit did a nice job summarizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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the decline of organized labor in the US is a large problem
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
the decline of organized labor in the US is a large problem
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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I keep saying Ezra Klien's job is to sell fascism to liberals and I mean it!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
The idea of running anti-abortion Democrats is sickening to me. That means killing women! That is what that means!
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I keep saying Ezra Klien's job is to sell fascism to liberals and I mean it!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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It's very hard for me to tell right now how "real" the boycott of Disney+ is in terms of impact. I've seen people claiming Disney's site was down at the same time I could pretty easily access it. But I'm hopeful that it might pick up enough steam and a strong enough narrative to matter.
September 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It's very hard for me to tell right now how "real" the boycott of Disney+ is in terms of impact. I've seen people claiming Disney's site was down at the same time I could pretty easily access it. But I'm hopeful that it might pick up enough steam and a strong enough narrative to matter.
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Hi. I’m Rachel.
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hi. I’m Rachel.
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
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Mark Carney’s decision to rescind Canada’s digital services tax is a cowardly move that shows Trump he can be pressured into making trade concessions.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
Mark Carney caves to Trump and the tech industry
Canada’s decision to rescind its digital services tax shows it’s “elbows down” in US trade talks
www.disconnect.blog
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Mark Carney’s decision to rescind Canada’s digital services tax is a cowardly move that shows Trump he can be pressured into making trade concessions.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
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i genuinely dont know what other industry has failed as speculatively as journalism has failed at meeting this moment
we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like
we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like
June 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
i genuinely dont know what other industry has failed as speculatively as journalism has failed at meeting this moment
we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like
we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like
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The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
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I pitched the NYT on this and they passed cause "all democrats are good with LGBTQ people"
Zohran Mamdani is the only democrat in the mayoral race that released an LGBTQ platform and the only democrat in the country (that I know of) to commit to safeguarding gender affirming care for youth + adults with $$.
June 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I pitched the NYT on this and they passed cause "all democrats are good with LGBTQ people"
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If you're a journalist this needs to be every headline. Transphobia defeated in New York
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If you're a journalist this needs to be every headline. Transphobia defeated in New York
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Just finished the latest @susanjuby.bsky.social novel, Contemplation of a Crime, and I think it's both extremely timely in our fraught political climate, and just a straight-up effing hilarious good time. I honestly don't know how she pulls that off, Susan is a marvel
June 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just finished the latest @susanjuby.bsky.social novel, Contemplation of a Crime, and I think it's both extremely timely in our fraught political climate, and just a straight-up effing hilarious good time. I honestly don't know how she pulls that off, Susan is a marvel
Legend. We're all Fanjoy Fanboys after he's pulled off this win!
In February when Pierre Poilievre was holding a rally in downtown Ottawa, Bruce Fanjoy was door-knocking in Carleton.
I asked Fanjoy, who was considered at the time a major underdog, why this was so personal for him.
Carleton agreed with his pitch, denying Poilievre his seat.
I asked Fanjoy, who was considered at the time a major underdog, why this was so personal for him.
Carleton agreed with his pitch, denying Poilievre his seat.
April 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Legend. We're all Fanjoy Fanboys after he's pulled off this win!
The mic-drop headline of the election season!
Mark Carney named Canada's Next Top Colonizer
April 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The mic-drop headline of the election season!
We're stuck with a Conservative in the overwhelmingly progressive Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding because the progressive parties refused to sit down and horse-trade in these left-split ridings. Do better, because we're all going to suffer from this entirely predictable outcome.
April 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We're stuck with a Conservative in the overwhelmingly progressive Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding because the progressive parties refused to sit down and horse-trade in these left-split ridings. Do better, because we're all going to suffer from this entirely predictable outcome.
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Hey you know how people made the Tesla brand radioactively toxic and crashed its entire corporate structure?
You can do that with authoritarian brutality and with neoliberal oppression and exploitation.
You chase these motherfuckers from society until all that’s left is something real and better.
You can do that with authoritarian brutality and with neoliberal oppression and exploitation.
You chase these motherfuckers from society until all that’s left is something real and better.
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hey you know how people made the Tesla brand radioactively toxic and crashed its entire corporate structure?
You can do that with authoritarian brutality and with neoliberal oppression and exploitation.
You chase these motherfuckers from society until all that’s left is something real and better.
You can do that with authoritarian brutality and with neoliberal oppression and exploitation.
You chase these motherfuckers from society until all that’s left is something real and better.
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“I’m sorry, Jen, if you can’t figure that out, I don’t think journalism is for you.”
Wild quote from Ezra Levant included in this (very thorough) story by @jenstden.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Wild quote from Ezra Levant included in this (very thorough) story by @jenstden.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Sifting the Rubble After Rebel News Worked the Election Debate | The Tyee
What happened behind the scenes as an uproar cancelled the post-debate scrum.
thetyee.ca
April 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“I’m sorry, Jen, if you can’t figure that out, I don’t think journalism is for you.”
Wild quote from Ezra Levant included in this (very thorough) story by @jenstden.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Wild quote from Ezra Levant included in this (very thorough) story by @jenstden.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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Absolutely shameful that CTV caved to a disingenuous right-wing pressure campaign instead of standing their ground. It presents even more red flags about the state of the media in Canada.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Absolutely shameful that CTV caved to a disingenuous right-wing pressure campaign instead of standing their ground. It presents even more red flags about the state of the media in Canada.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
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Putting up stickers to promote the April 11th The AITAH Game, and I ran into some wise graffiti... #vancouver #comedy
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Putting up stickers to promote the April 11th The AITAH Game, and I ran into some wise graffiti... #vancouver #comedy
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Pierre Poilievre’s main spokesperson personally attacked me this week, and we need to talk about it.
Because this is part of a playbook that attacks your freedom to form your own opinions based on all the facts — and it’s not just being used on me.
Because this is part of a playbook that attacks your freedom to form your own opinions based on all the facts — and it’s not just being used on me.
Pierre Poilievre’s main spokesperson is coming after me
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pierre Poilievre’s main spokesperson personally attacked me this week, and we need to talk about it.
Because this is part of a playbook that attacks your freedom to form your own opinions based on all the facts — and it’s not just being used on me.
Because this is part of a playbook that attacks your freedom to form your own opinions based on all the facts — and it’s not just being used on me.
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General vibe seems to be an unofficial recommendation to avoid travel to the US right now. Baselines are shifting and if we're hearing about white cis women being detained, put in solitary confinement and held without trial, it's likely much, much worse for trans and BIPOC travellers.
Our Northern BC reporter @amandafollett.bsky.social took a look at whether it's safe for Canadians to travel to the U.S., and didn't find a lot of reassuring answers. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Are Canadians Safe Travelling to the US? | The Tyee
A Vancouver woman has been held nearly two weeks in ‘deplorable’ conditions. So far, no advisory from Canada.
thetyee.ca
March 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
General vibe seems to be an unofficial recommendation to avoid travel to the US right now. Baselines are shifting and if we're hearing about white cis women being detained, put in solitary confinement and held without trial, it's likely much, much worse for trans and BIPOC travellers.
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TONIGHT! Have a laugh at The Am I the Asshole Game at LMG in Gastown. Tix link in bio. Recharge your battery at our comedy gameshow so you can get back to taking action on the things that matter a little more rested. #vancouver #thingstodo #comedy
March 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
TONIGHT! Have a laugh at The Am I the Asshole Game at LMG in Gastown. Tix link in bio. Recharge your battery at our comedy gameshow so you can get back to taking action on the things that matter a little more rested. #vancouver #thingstodo #comedy
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Every country ought to be issuing a travel advisory against flying into the United States. Tell your governments, this is a public safety issue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
German tourists’ ordeal reportedly ending as they are returned from US detention
Jessica Brösche to join Lucas Sielaff, who is reported to have returned to Germany on 6 March
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Every country ought to be issuing a travel advisory against flying into the United States. Tell your governments, this is a public safety issue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...