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Carnforth "Varied" Greville
@anidada.bsky.social
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Writes. Wants to play guitar very badly, & does. Has the best kid in the universe. Queer in a number of ways. Chronically ill but still kicking.
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LMAO.
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Conservative Party faces significant financial loss after convention voting devices go missing | CBC News
Conservative convention organizers are urging delegates who may have walked off with pricey voting devices to return them to the party so it can avoid incurring significant unexpected costs.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
On further consideration, it's opportunistic. It has to be.
charlieangus104.bsky.social Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d
Stephen Harper says the US is a "hostile" regime and Canada must urgently reduce its economic ties and hit back with counter tariffs.
He says business leaders are fooling themselves if they think things will go back to normal.
When I find myself in the same trench as Stephen Harper it's serious.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Magnificent.
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 5d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.

Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.

A small thread 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The NDP hasn't been truly leftist for years, esp. provincially (cf. ON NDP re: Sarah Jama & Palestine, BC NDP re: pipelines & old growth forests, Bob Rae crossing floor, etc.), while Fed NDP fails to position itself as functioning left alternative. What do they expect?
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Federal NDP torches Ontario NDP's Doly Begum for joining Carney's Liberals | CBC News
Interim federal NDP Leader Don Davies is accusing Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum of undermining democracy after announcing she will run federally as a Liberal for the seat vacated by former MP B...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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seancasten.bsky.social
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Ta-Nehisi on Minnesota, and Culture War as war www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
When Liuzzo acquired this knowledge, when she got Woke, she was transfigured into a traitor to her race and a menace to The Homeland. For being a menace, for being Woke, she was killed—as was Renee Good. (As was Alex Pretti.) But revelations have their blessings, too. In this case, a life, however brief, that is clean, and does not depend on the oppression and debasement of others. The revelation of deep human ties, a belief that we are all equally chosen, doomed Liuzzo, Good, and Pretti, as revelation so often does. But it also immortalized them.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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nashishereforit.bsky.social
Fuck you.
I won’t do what you tell me.

Stay till the end.
January 25, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I may just never see you again, or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America

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Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town (Official Music Video)
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January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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reckless.bsky.social
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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effinbirds.com
A woodcut of a bird beside the text "i cannot see the end of this bullshit"
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
mrsdrsyd.bsky.social Mrs Dr Syd @mrsdrsyd.bsky.social · 19d
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Ours has always been stealthy & fast. We put a baby gate on the kitchen (upgraded when he figured out how to open the first one) & have to strategise when bringing in groceries. Butter, liverwurst, all bread products, kale salad... if it's edible & unsecured, it's gone in seconds.
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
That is a correct assumption.
heidireinberg.bsky.social Heidi Reinberg @heidireinberg.bsky.social · 19d
I'm not some highly paid pundit, nor a historian, and hell, I only have a communications degree from a state universtiy, but I have to think that the thing that is most troubling for the rest of the world is not the president — but that neither our Congress nor our SCOTUS are stopping him.
January 22, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Imagine the laziness, cheapness, & foolishness of choosing & approving this 💩 in a city known for its art; Mackintosh wept. And then telling pissed off Scots, especially Glaswegians, to "calm down?" Go on & try that in Sauchiehall on a Saturday night. 🤣
lauraewebster.bsky.social Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 21d
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.

The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.

The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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8thcyn.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Never accessed it, never will. I've been doing research on my own since elementary school. It'll take more time, but it will be more reliable & thorough, & it won't destroy the environment, humanity, my ability to think for myself, or my pride.
angeloslh.bsky.social Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ Time Zone Era @angeloslh.bsky.social · 27d
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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lyndacarter.bsky.social
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
Wonder Woman defends herself from a Nazi as portrayed by Lynda Carter.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity... That is how civilizations heal. - Toni Morrison
January 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Artists are here to disturb the peace. They have to disturb the peace. Otherwise, chaos. - James Baldwin
January 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Creativity means to revolt against injustice. The revolution against injustice needs creativity. Without creativity we cannot revolt. - Nawal El Saadawi
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
There are & will always be readers waiting for these stories, & there will always be writers who need to tell them.
ericsmithrocks.bsky.social Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 28d
Proud of my colleagues and peers in the industry for speaking up about this with @thehill.com. Keep fighting for these stories. Don’t give up. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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laurajedeed.bsky.social
A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM