Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
@diogenesvs.bsky.social
Canadian with Ukrainian DNA. Citizen of the world. Not young enough to know everything, too old to change.
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@bsky.app I have made a little more than 300 posts but I can't see the first posts I made. The oldest post I can see is 9 months ago.
What gives?
What gives?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
I'm getting annoyed by how difficult it has become to cancel a subscription. It's a service paid for in advance. Once upon a time you could cancel a subscription and be refunded for the service you no longer wish to receive. That's history now.
Fuck you Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.
Fuck you Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm getting annoyed by how difficult it has become to cancel a subscription. It's a service paid for in advance. Once upon a time you could cancel a subscription and be refunded for the service you no longer wish to receive. That's history now.
Fuck you Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.
Fuck you Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.
I second that emotion. 🎶
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I second that emotion. 🎶
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Kirakosian: We have this Border Patrol agent and he’s literally in his pajamas… he takes it upon himself to march down the street to confront these kids. And then he confronts our client and he points his loaded firearm directly at the 17-year-old…
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Kirakosian: We have this Border Patrol agent and he’s literally in his pajamas… he takes it upon himself to march down the street to confront these kids. And then he confronts our client and he points his loaded firearm directly at the 17-year-old…
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Our government gave billions of dollars to a company unable to use Zoom so they could build high-tech cars.
MPs ‘speechless’ after Stellantis fails to show up to hearing, citing technical issues | CBC News
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Our government gave billions of dollars to a company unable to use Zoom so they could build high-tech cars.
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Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
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Turns out they were *hiding behind the curtains* like a couple of rangy toddlers inside the clearance rack at Kresgie's while their mom shops for off-season bargains — ready to leap into their seats in case the vote went election-ish.
Y'know, the way alpha bro dudely macho men hide behind curtains.
Y'know, the way alpha bro dudely macho men hide behind curtains.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Turns out they were *hiding behind the curtains* like a couple of rangy toddlers inside the clearance rack at Kresgie's while their mom shops for off-season bargains — ready to leap into their seats in case the vote went election-ish.
Y'know, the way alpha bro dudely macho men hide behind curtains.
Y'know, the way alpha bro dudely macho men hide behind curtains.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
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Passenger video leads to scathing ruling by a judge against Air Transat
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Passenger video leads to scathing ruling by a judge against Air Transat
An Ontario couple’s decision to record video of their negative interaction with an Air Transat attendant has been applauded in a recent, scathing decision by an Ontario judge.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Passenger video leads to scathing ruling by a judge against Air Transat
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Happy 80th birthday to Canada's great rebel warrior. Keep on rocking in the free world Neil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFw7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFw7...
Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World (Glastonbury 2009)
YouTube video by TheGRStars
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November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy 80th birthday to Canada's great rebel warrior. Keep on rocking in the free world Neil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFw7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFw7...
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I love how AI's bubble is about to burst and Canada is like, "Let's pour all our money into AI and also make Evan Solomon in charge."
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I love how AI's bubble is about to burst and Canada is like, "Let's pour all our money into AI and also make Evan Solomon in charge."
A fawning opinion piece in the NYT about an American war cemetery fails to mention the recent removal of a memorial to Black American soldiers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A fawning opinion piece in the NYT about an American war cemetery fails to mention the recent removal of a memorial to Black American soldiers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This is even better than a gift article from the New York Times or The Atlantic
This past week there was a photo from Trump's gala of a barely clad woman frolicking in a giant champagne glass.
She looked like a teen.
It made me think of Jane Doe-another young woman who attempted to shine a light on the darkness in Trumpland.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...
She looked like a teen.
It made me think of Jane Doe-another young woman who attempted to shine a light on the darkness in Trumpland.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...
Trump's Heart of Darkness
Warning: This story involves allegations of child rape and abuse
charlieangus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is even better than a gift article from the New York Times or The Atlantic
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"The Trump administration leveled sanctions against the organizations in September over their work with the International Criminal Court in cases charging Israeli officials of war crimes."
YouTube is owned by Google.
YouTube is owned by Google.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"The Trump administration leveled sanctions against the organizations in September over their work with the International Criminal Court in cases charging Israeli officials of war crimes."
YouTube is owned by Google.
YouTube is owned by Google.
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Letter from our mayor to the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism, Minister Amichai Chikli, Israel, regarding the cancellation of the concert of IDF cantor Shai Abramson, Concertgebouw.
Now that is a letter! 💛 Photo: @iannetnl #halsema #Amsterdam #Israel #Concertgebouw
Now that is a letter! 💛 Photo: @iannetnl #halsema #Amsterdam #Israel #Concertgebouw
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Letter from our mayor to the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism, Minister Amichai Chikli, Israel, regarding the cancellation of the concert of IDF cantor Shai Abramson, Concertgebouw.
Now that is a letter! 💛 Photo: @iannetnl #halsema #Amsterdam #Israel #Concertgebouw
Now that is a letter! 💛 Photo: @iannetnl #halsema #Amsterdam #Israel #Concertgebouw
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NYT: After we spent four months publishing baseless smears of Mamdani, now we are going to tell him what to do with his historic victory.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NYT: After we spent four months publishing baseless smears of Mamdani, now we are going to tell him what to do with his historic victory.
This is just straight up journalism. Hard to argue with the facts.
That said, Carney bending the knee to Trump and apologizing for a Ford ad quoting Reagan is a ... disappointment.
I'm being too polite.
That said, Carney bending the knee to Trump and apologizing for a Ford ad quoting Reagan is a ... disappointment.
I'm being too polite.
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is just straight up journalism. Hard to argue with the facts.
That said, Carney bending the knee to Trump and apologizing for a Ford ad quoting Reagan is a ... disappointment.
I'm being too polite.
That said, Carney bending the knee to Trump and apologizing for a Ford ad quoting Reagan is a ... disappointment.
I'm being too polite.
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He should have died in The Hague.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He should have died in The Hague.
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
I used Microsoft products for so many years that I learned to expect nothing more from Bill. It's who he is.
For those who missed it on the weekend: Bill Gates is just the latest billionaire to surrender his beliefs and dignity in order to avoid the Trump administration's retribution.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
Bill Gates bends the knee on climate change
The Microsoft mega-billionaire's new letter on climate change claims to tell "tough truths". What it really does is display the same easy cowardice that has come to define America's corporate leadersh...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I used Microsoft products for so many years that I learned to expect nothing more from Bill. It's who he is.
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Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/trum...
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Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
Shawinigan, Quebec - US President Donald Trump has responded to Ford’s anti-tariff commercial with his own anti-protestor commercial featuring previous Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/trum...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/trum...
Was there ever a Simpsons episode where Milhouse was the speaker? Maybe when Lisa was the president?
Raju: Last week, you were very critical of Biden, you said he didn’t even know who was pardoning. On 60 minutes, Trump admitted not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire guilty of money laundering. Is that also concerning?
Johnson: I don’t know anything about it.
Johnson: I don’t know anything about it.
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Was there ever a Simpsons episode where Milhouse was the speaker? Maybe when Lisa was the president?
Sam Altman: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue ... once we have it built (AI) we will ask it how to generate an investment return for you."
www.youtube.com/shorts/KGfmw...
(polite laughter follows)
We are so fucked.
www.youtube.com/shorts/KGfmw...
(polite laughter follows)
We are so fucked.
Sam Altman: "We'll Ask the AI Later" - Real Quote. Real Deal.
YouTube video by AI Kids HQ
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November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sam Altman: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue ... once we have it built (AI) we will ask it how to generate an investment return for you."
www.youtube.com/shorts/KGfmw...
(polite laughter follows)
We are so fucked.
www.youtube.com/shorts/KGfmw...
(polite laughter follows)
We are so fucked.