Ian Sammis
@isammis.bsky.social
Low-level tech peon; I've also physicsed, written, mathed, and arted for food.
No, it’d be worse than that. Some would. Others wouldn’t. You’d have half the military invading Canada and the other half fighting a civil war.
None of that would be good for Canada.
None of that would be good for Canada.
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
No, it’d be worse than that. Some would. Others wouldn’t. You’d have half the military invading Canada and the other half fighting a civil war.
None of that would be good for Canada.
None of that would be good for Canada.
sure how that would stop Trump or actually help Canada much. And statements along the lines of “Trump would never be crazy enough to…” don’t carry much weight.
Yeah, Canadians were and are absolutely NOT being hysterical here. Trump remains a real threat. /2
Yeah, Canadians were and are absolutely NOT being hysterical here. Trump remains a real threat. /2
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
sure how that would stop Trump or actually help Canada much. And statements along the lines of “Trump would never be crazy enough to…” don’t carry much weight.
Yeah, Canadians were and are absolutely NOT being hysterical here. Trump remains a real threat. /2
Yeah, Canadians were and are absolutely NOT being hysterical here. Trump remains a real threat. /2
Wow, that would have been a bold stance to take last spring.
I think the US would collapse pretty quickly after an attack on Canada—there are too many cross-border families and an attack on a NATO ally would probably drive Newsom and Pritzker to move toward outright secession—but I’m not /1
I think the US would collapse pretty quickly after an attack on Canada—there are too many cross-border families and an attack on a NATO ally would probably drive Newsom and Pritzker to move toward outright secession—but I’m not /1
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wow, that would have been a bold stance to take last spring.
I think the US would collapse pretty quickly after an attack on Canada—there are too many cross-border families and an attack on a NATO ally would probably drive Newsom and Pritzker to move toward outright secession—but I’m not /1
I think the US would collapse pretty quickly after an attack on Canada—there are too many cross-border families and an attack on a NATO ally would probably drive Newsom and Pritzker to move toward outright secession—but I’m not /1
Oh! Rutting never occurred to me; I always just assumed that sea lions were just assholes who liked being loud.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh! Rutting never occurred to me; I always just assumed that sea lions were just assholes who liked being loud.
So very much this. I never understood why people listened to him _then_, much less now. His schtick _started_ tired.
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
So very much this. I never understood why people listened to him _then_, much less now. His schtick _started_ tired.
I started this massive thread mostly because the idea that Americans are uniformly behind Trump is an illusion that Trump desperately wants to maintain. I'll push back against _that_ every time it comes up.
Americans are more and more heavily against Trump now. On immigration, and yes, on Canada.
Americans are more and more heavily against Trump now. On immigration, and yes, on Canada.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I started this massive thread mostly because the idea that Americans are uniformly behind Trump is an illusion that Trump desperately wants to maintain. I'll push back against _that_ every time it comes up.
Americans are more and more heavily against Trump now. On immigration, and yes, on Canada.
Americans are more and more heavily against Trump now. On immigration, and yes, on Canada.
And to be clear, there's no real defense of the United States right now. We need to stop Trump. We're getting closer, but a lot of very wealthy people don't want that. It's going to be a mess down here for at least the next several years.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
And to be clear, there's no real defense of the United States right now. We need to stop Trump. We're getting closer, but a lot of very wealthy people don't want that. It's going to be a mess down here for at least the next several years.
But Trump's approach to immigration doesn't just impact Americans. Neither do the war crimes in South America. Almost definitionally these primarily impact citizens of other countries.
This isn't "woe is us," this is triage.
This isn't "woe is us," this is triage.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
But Trump's approach to immigration doesn't just impact Americans. Neither do the war crimes in South America. Almost definitionally these primarily impact citizens of other countries.
This isn't "woe is us," this is triage.
This isn't "woe is us," this is triage.
If we can beat him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time pivoting to Canada. If the military can be persuaded to follow the law on Venezuela, Trump'll have a hard time getting them to break it later to attack allies.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
If we can beat him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time pivoting to Canada. If the military can be persuaded to follow the law on Venezuela, Trump'll have a hard time getting them to break it later to attack allies.
Oh, absolutely for now. Trump, with apologies to Lewis Carrol, does six horrible things before breakfast.
But when he takes a loss his power lessens. He's _losing_ on immigration. His political allies are no longer uniform in his defense.
But when he takes a loss his power lessens. He's _losing_ on immigration. His political allies are no longer uniform in his defense.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Oh, absolutely for now. Trump, with apologies to Lewis Carrol, does six horrible things before breakfast.
But when he takes a loss his power lessens. He's _losing_ on immigration. His political allies are no longer uniform in his defense.
But when he takes a loss his power lessens. He's _losing_ on immigration. His political allies are no longer uniform in his defense.
Horrors Trump is _threatening_ have to come after horrors that Trump is _committing_.
Even when those threatened horrors are horrific indeed.
Trump can't do everything at once. If we can stop him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time threatening Canada.
Even when those threatened horrors are horrific indeed.
Trump can't do everything at once. If we can stop him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time threatening Canada.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Horrors Trump is _threatening_ have to come after horrors that Trump is _committing_.
Even when those threatened horrors are horrific indeed.
Trump can't do everything at once. If we can stop him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time threatening Canada.
Even when those threatened horrors are horrific indeed.
Trump can't do everything at once. If we can stop him on immigration, he'll have a much harder time threatening Canada.
It would be a huge issue, if Trump were doing anything to press it. At present, he isn't — he's busy committing war crimes in South America and kidnapping our immigrant population, then "deporting" them to third countries.
With apologies, blood is _already_ being shed on those issues.
With apologies, blood is _already_ being shed on those issues.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It would be a huge issue, if Trump were doing anything to press it. At present, he isn't — he's busy committing war crimes in South America and kidnapping our immigrant population, then "deporting" them to third countries.
With apologies, blood is _already_ being shed on those issues.
With apologies, blood is _already_ being shed on those issues.
It's so very easy when we try to get down to cases to accidentally omit a few dozen and make it look like _those_ abuses we're fine with.
(That's why I started taking a Canadian flag to protests early on — I wanted to make sure that at least a few of us were covering that one!)
(That's why I started taking a Canadian flag to protests early on — I wanted to make sure that at least a few of us were covering that one!)
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's so very easy when we try to get down to cases to accidentally omit a few dozen and make it look like _those_ abuses we're fine with.
(That's why I started taking a Canadian flag to protests early on — I wanted to make sure that at least a few of us were covering that one!)
(That's why I started taking a Canadian flag to protests early on — I wanted to make sure that at least a few of us were covering that one!)
I really think this is why "No Kings" took off down here — it lets us protest the sum of everything — the assaults on immigrants, the threats to Canada and Greenland, the unconstitutional tariffs, the corruption, and so much else — without needing to enumerate every last thing,.
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I really think this is why "No Kings" took off down here — it lets us protest the sum of everything — the assaults on immigrants, the threats to Canada and Greenland, the unconstitutional tariffs, the corruption, and so much else — without needing to enumerate every last thing,.
I'm not sure that it's "not a problem;" merely that it's less pressing for most than what's currently happening to immigrants (including Canadians). Trump has done so very many horrible things that when we try to protest specific issues our protests start looking like laundry lists.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'm not sure that it's "not a problem;" merely that it's less pressing for most than what's currently happening to immigrants (including Canadians). Trump has done so very many horrible things that when we try to protest specific issues our protests start looking like laundry lists.
Douthat cannot be told to fuck off enough. He's the sort of smug git who loves to phrase insults as "questions": "Are gay people _really_ sane? Is Canada _really_ a country?" and then play the above-it-all intellectual who can't believe how unwilling you are to participate in intellectual discourse.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Douthat cannot be told to fuck off enough. He's the sort of smug git who loves to phrase insults as "questions": "Are gay people _really_ sane? Is Canada _really_ a country?" and then play the above-it-all intellectual who can't believe how unwilling you are to participate in intellectual discourse.
Will it matter? Lord knows, but I’m at least more optimistic than I was a few months ago.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Will it matter? Lord knows, but I’m at least more optimistic than I was a few months ago.
So, to sum up, we DO exist, and there IS pushback, despite our media’s strong desire to pretend otherwise.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
So, to sum up, we DO exist, and there IS pushback, despite our media’s strong desire to pretend otherwise.
It also does come up at protests, from me and from others.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It also does come up at protests, from me and from others.
That same media is at pains to minimize the blowback from Trump's insane annexation threats, and to refer to them as little as possible.
Most Americans literally have no idea that any of this is even happening.
Most Americans literally have no idea that any of this is even happening.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
That same media is at pains to minimize the blowback from Trump's insane annexation threats, and to refer to them as little as possible.
Most Americans literally have no idea that any of this is even happening.
Most Americans literally have no idea that any of this is even happening.
None of this gets much coverage, because our media is largely a bought and paid-for tool of the wealthy, and they're still hoping to ride Trump's madness to tax cuts. They could give a flying damn about Denmark, Greenland, Canada, or the United States, as long as they can be just a bit wealthier.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
None of this gets much coverage, because our media is largely a bought and paid-for tool of the wealthy, and they're still hoping to ride Trump's madness to tax cuts. They could give a flying damn about Denmark, Greenland, Canada, or the United States, as long as they can be just a bit wealthier.
I've been saying that pretty consistently since I joined BlueSky.
It would be both insane and utterly criminal for the United States to attack an ally for purposes of conquest. Any US officer should refuse such orders as illegal.
As for politicians:
magaziner.house.gov/media/press-...
It would be both insane and utterly criminal for the United States to attack an ally for purposes of conquest. Any US officer should refuse such orders as illegal.
As for politicians:
magaziner.house.gov/media/press-...
Magaziner Introduces Bill to Stop Trump from Invading Greenland, Canada, and Panama
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02.) introduced the No Invading Allies Act, legislation to prohibit President Trump from invading Greenland, Canada, or Panama without a vote of Congress.
magaziner.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I've been saying that pretty consistently since I joined BlueSky.
It would be both insane and utterly criminal for the United States to attack an ally for purposes of conquest. Any US officer should refuse such orders as illegal.
As for politicians:
magaziner.house.gov/media/press-...
It would be both insane and utterly criminal for the United States to attack an ally for purposes of conquest. Any US officer should refuse such orders as illegal.
As for politicians:
magaziner.house.gov/media/press-...
In defense of the sane down here, Douthat is a strange, strange man. If he were the “typical American” I’d be looking to move literally anywhere else.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In defense of the sane down here, Douthat is a strange, strange man. If he were the “typical American” I’d be looking to move literally anywhere else.
Er... CNBC?
Moore's Law has been slowing down for the past 15 years. An older machine is perfectly functional these days — this isn't the 1980s, when two years separated the PC AT from the vastly-superior 80386 platforms.
That's not hoarding — that's physics.
Moore's Law has been slowing down for the past 15 years. An older machine is perfectly functional these days — this isn't the 1980s, when two years separated the PC AT from the vastly-superior 80386 platforms.
That's not hoarding — that's physics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Er... CNBC?
Moore's Law has been slowing down for the past 15 years. An older machine is perfectly functional these days — this isn't the 1980s, when two years separated the PC AT from the vastly-superior 80386 platforms.
That's not hoarding — that's physics.
Moore's Law has been slowing down for the past 15 years. An older machine is perfectly functional these days — this isn't the 1980s, when two years separated the PC AT from the vastly-superior 80386 platforms.
That's not hoarding — that's physics.
If your equipment gets old enough the capacitors also start failing. Yes, if I were a dab hand with a soldering gun I could fix this. No, I am _not_ a dab hand with a soldering gun.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If your equipment gets old enough the capacitors also start failing. Yes, if I were a dab hand with a soldering gun I could fix this. No, I am _not_ a dab hand with a soldering gun.