Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
Baseball nerd. Fan of PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes and all 27 MLB teams not named Yankees, Red Sox, or Nationals.
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Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
· Jan 20
On Tyranny - YouTube
www.youtube.com
Most of us know "Do not obey in advance," but there are 19 more lessons on tyranny from historian Timothy Snyder. All 20 lessons are available in video format (5-12 min. each). See
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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Officials now speaking. Basically all highways between the Lower Mainland and the Interior are closing. That includes Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon and, soon, the Highway 99 toward Pemberton.
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Officials now speaking. Basically all highways between the Lower Mainland and the Interior are closing. That includes Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon and, soon, the Highway 99 toward Pemberton.
Live coverage of Team Canada women as they try to keep up with Team USA:
#RivalrySeries
#RivalrySeries
two older women are standing next to each other in a hallway holding hands .
Alt: two older women are dancing next to each other in a hallway holding hands .
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Live coverage of Team Canada women as they try to keep up with Team USA:
#RivalrySeries
#RivalrySeries
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City snowfall isn't best for driving, but streets in Montreal look pretty tonight. #Montreal #Snow #Winter #photography Literally #streetphotography 🤓
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
City snowfall isn't best for driving, but streets in Montreal look pretty tonight. #Montreal #Snow #Winter #photography Literally #streetphotography 🤓
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
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A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
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The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
Land War or Self-Terrorism?
Trump's Likely Next Step
snyder.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
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SUCK THAT UP, AMERICA!
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
SUCK THAT UP, AMERICA!
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Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
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The farmers wouldn't need aid if Trump hadn't started his trade war and destroy US agriculture export markets overnight. Trump is the reason the farmers now need a US$12b handout.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The farmers wouldn't need aid if Trump hadn't started his trade war and destroy US agriculture export markets overnight. Trump is the reason the farmers now need a US$12b handout.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
Sorry, Yankee farmers, your export markets are gone for generations.
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“…the opening of the REM has vaulted Canada’s 2nd largest city from a transportation laggard to a frontrunner. It’s also provided a low-cost template of quick-to-build rapid transit that every Canadian city struggling with gridlock, long commutes and inflated transit costs can, and should, emulate.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“…the opening of the REM has vaulted Canada’s 2nd largest city from a transportation laggard to a frontrunner. It’s also provided a low-cost template of quick-to-build rapid transit that every Canadian city struggling with gridlock, long commutes and inflated transit costs can, and should, emulate.”
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"Gay hockey show"? Wow. It's called the PWHL, have some respect
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Gay hockey show"? Wow. It's called the PWHL, have some respect
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my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
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Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
After games of December 7, 2025, scoring in the PWHL is down almost 17% from 2024-25. Last year there were 5.02 goals per game (both teams combined); this year only 4.19.
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
After games of December 7, 2025, scoring in the PWHL is down almost 17% from 2024-25. Last year there were 5.02 goals per game (both teams combined); this year only 4.19.
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
Scoring on the power play is down: 14.0% this year, down from 18.1% last year.
What can be done to increase scoring?
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Justice for Lou
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Justice for Lou
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and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
Annual reminder that Lou Whitaker has a WAR 20 points higher than Jeff Kent and is not in the HOF.
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
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Trump’s America First has emboldened the fringes on the American right just as Lindbergh emboldened the “Hitler’s not so bad” crowd.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Trump’s America First has emboldened the fringes on the American right just as Lindbergh emboldened the “Hitler’s not so bad” crowd.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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