Les Paul Atreides
@lordoforbs.bsky.social
Runner, dog person, hipster senility, connoisseur of all things punk, rock and roll, and heavy metal. Doctor (of Philosphy). War studies and literature. He/him/bro.
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I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
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Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
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My Irish relatives shuffling through 300 gigs of car bomb and dead Thatcher memes
a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue jeans .
Alt: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. It's eyes are shifting back and forth to suggest side eye or shame
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My Irish relatives shuffling through 300 gigs of car bomb and dead Thatcher memes
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Canada is a typical, developed democracy. Elections take place in an environment where the general public have a range of political parties to choose from, operating in a pluralistic media landscape, with totally free, secret ballots, after which the Liberals win.
Japan is a typical, developed democracy. Elections take place in an environment where the general public have a range of political parties to choose from, operating in a pluralistic media landscape, with totally free, secret ballots, after which the LDP win.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Canada is a typical, developed democracy. Elections take place in an environment where the general public have a range of political parties to choose from, operating in a pluralistic media landscape, with totally free, secret ballots, after which the Liberals win.
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There’s no Albertan ‘nation’ yearning to breathe free, it’s people convinced that Ottawa is where the Woke Factory is and that by separating they can turn it off.
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
There’s no Albertan ‘nation’ yearning to breathe free, it’s people convinced that Ottawa is where the Woke Factory is and that by separating they can turn it off.
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Housing should be a provincial and federal responsibility
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Housing should be a provincial and federal responsibility
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Canadians have a clear preference for a central government with the power to address their concerns, as opposed to an intricate lattice of different political actors, some of whom they may have voted for and/or heard of.
It's just objectively silly — and, I would argue, very counter-productive — that housing has come to be seen as a *federal* issue.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Canadians have a clear preference for a central government with the power to address their concerns, as opposed to an intricate lattice of different political actors, some of whom they may have voted for and/or heard of.
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it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
February 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
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every time I see a photo of JD Vance I'm upset by his eyeliner anew
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
every time I see a photo of JD Vance I'm upset by his eyeliner anew
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The fallacy of so much progressive politics in Britain and elsewhere is this idea that they can trade in their voters for a demographic less cringe (read: white dudes)
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The fallacy of so much progressive politics in Britain and elsewhere is this idea that they can trade in their voters for a demographic less cringe (read: white dudes)
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its WaStancil, the Wario to Will’s Mario
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
its WaStancil, the Wario to Will’s Mario
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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will no longer use X for "routine" government communications:
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will no longer use X for "routine" government communications:
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Electrocution, Convulsion, Possession.
The world is fast. Bad Brains are faster.
#BadBrains #punk #punkrock #punks #punkrockhistory
The world is fast. Bad Brains are faster.
#BadBrains #punk #punkrock #punks #punkrockhistory
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Electrocution, Convulsion, Possession.
The world is fast. Bad Brains are faster.
#BadBrains #punk #punkrock #punks #punkrockhistory
The world is fast. Bad Brains are faster.
#BadBrains #punk #punkrock #punks #punkrockhistory
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44 years ago today
Bad Brains is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains, recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on this day in 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #badbrains #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bad Brains is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains, recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on this day in 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #badbrains #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
44 years ago today
Bad Brains is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains, recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on this day in 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #badbrains #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bad Brains is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains, recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on this day in 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #badbrains #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Written Questions are a way for MPs to perform basic scrutiny, and Ministers to fulfill their obligations to Parliament. They're not party political broadcasts for you to slate your opponent just cause you can.
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Written Questions are a way for MPs to perform basic scrutiny, and Ministers to fulfill their obligations to Parliament. They're not party political broadcasts for you to slate your opponent just cause you can.
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Thinking of becoming a WWII Dad but for the Cold War
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Thinking of becoming a WWII Dad but for the Cold War
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Treating politics like a 1990s local DIY punk scene that dissolves into infighting the second a band starts to gain a following outside of the neighborhood venue has been the source of so many of our problems over the past decade or so.
February 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Treating politics like a 1990s local DIY punk scene that dissolves into infighting the second a band starts to gain a following outside of the neighborhood venue has been the source of so many of our problems over the past decade or so.
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My "We're not acquiring nuclear weapons" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Defence minister rejects call for Canada to get nuclear weapons
Defence minister rejects call for Canada to get nuclear weapons
David McGuinty made the comment after the country's former top soldier suggested the government should consider doing so in the future.
www.thestar.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
My "We're not acquiring nuclear weapons" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
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This has been a great meme for this sort of thing
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This has been a great meme for this sort of thing
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Thomas when the Fat Controller tried to modernise Sodor’s infrastructure with electric trains:
Hear me out: can we have Gordon back
Gordon Brown writes to Met to back case for investigation into Mandelson's 'inexcusable and unpatriotic' leaking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Thomas when the Fat Controller tried to modernise Sodor’s infrastructure with electric trains:
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And ultimately when you couple the Grits being the natural governing party with the Tories having an increasingly incoherent activist base compared with the seats they actively need to win, this happens.
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
And ultimately when you couple the Grits being the natural governing party with the Tories having an increasingly incoherent activist base compared with the seats they actively need to win, this happens.
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30% of the factory-default radio presets are CBC
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
30% of the factory-default radio presets are CBC
What a bizarre moment we are living through. Anyways, as a trusted member of the Deep River nuclear braintrust, I can be useful in rounding up others to toil in our future underground yacht & tennis clubs.
"We will never have true strategic independence, absent our own nuclear deterrent."
Canada should keep options open on acquiring nuclear weapons, former top soldier says
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada should keep options open on acquiring nuclear weapons, former top soldier says
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada should keep options open on acquiring nuclear weapons, former top soldier says
Retired general Wayne Eyre says the question of whether to develop a nuclear deterrent is not an immediate concern
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
What a bizarre moment we are living through. Anyways, as a trusted member of the Deep River nuclear braintrust, I can be useful in rounding up others to toil in our future underground yacht & tennis clubs.