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Max Fawcett

@maxfawcett.bsky.social

Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer. Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)

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Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h ago

U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing.

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 9h ago

WATCH: All U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in England have been pulled out and returned to their home stations in the United States as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns across Europe. Read more about the withdrawal and threats here: www.stripes.com/branches/air...

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 16h ago

me in bologna this summer: “I am so excited to walk around this beautiful city with my wife and eat the most declious pasta on earth” twitter Nazis in bologna: “I am furious about the levels of race mixing in this city”

Lee Kuan Yimby • @LeeKuanYimby • 4h I was at a bus station in Bologna at night and there was hundreds of people and straight up nobody was Italian. 13 17 3 936 企 vittorio O @IterIntellectus X.com it's so much worse than people are being told man
Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 2d ago

MEANWHILE, in Canada, meet Brady Rogers, the reluctant politician who's fed up and thinks he can do better. His sign says "I barely want to do this." His website says, "I guess I'm running for Kelowna city council." His business? Recycling plastic into cool things.

lawn sign with a grumpy man in a "DADLIFE" sweatshirt and the sign says "I barely want to do this" with his name and campaignHi, I’m Brady. Do I enjoy politics? No. Do I know what I’m doing? No. But am I qualified? Also no. I was born in Williams Lake and raised in Kelowna since I was 10. These are the streets I biked every day, the cars I threw crab apples at (sorry), and the parks I played in. Seeing this city grow has been cool, but with growth has come a whole new spectrum of challenges. Running for council is the last thing I saw myself doing this year. I don’t like meetings, I don’t like having to be certain places at certain times, and I’m allergic to stuffy offices. But unfortunately, I happen to like Kelowna, and think I can help do some good.I guess I’m running for Kelowna city council. Support the campaignI graduated from UBCO in 2015ish (long story) and worked for 4 years as a robotic automation engineer. As cool as the job was, it was soulless, and I wanted to use my abilities for more than just helping huge companies save money. Since 2019, I’ve been building The Rogerie. Starting as a farmers market booth beside the mall, my wife and I began turning plastic waste into new products in our laundry room. Seven painful years later, and we have a pretty awesome shop downtown by Sprout (come check it out!) where you’ll find me just about every day.
Aaron Huertas@aaronhuertas.bsky.social · yesterday

The guys on the “other side” of climate change are science deniers. On voting rights, racists. On vaccines, cranks. They’re deeply invested in bad faith arguments, not something you can go to lunch over.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d ago

At the risk of doing social media wrong, lemme suggest folks engage with what I wrote, rather than the 280 character summary. There's plenty to disagree with in the actual piece I wrote, but it's of a different nature than some of the reactions I'm seeing to this thread.

Heather e^-1/x^2@heathermoandco.bsky.social · 2d ago

Finally!! An intelligent conversation on clean tech, Canada’s energy future and economic development in 🇨🇦. Thank you @maxfawcett.bsky.social! I’m so exhausted by “influencer” & #cdnmedia takes that are bad faith, ignorant or propagandistic, and driven by ideology and/or clicks. #cdnpoli #CdnEcon

Canada's future is clean tech, whether politicians admit it or not | Power Lines with Max Fawcett

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.

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The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3d ago

A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is a good bluff call by @jeromyyyc.bsky.social -- and an excellent investment for the federal government to make in Calgary. Dare Danielle Smith and the UCP to say no. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Calgary mayor to bring forward plan for Green Line path through downtown, across river | CBC News

Calgary's mayor says he plans to pitch his vision for the Green Line's path through downtown in the near future. He believes the city can partner with Ottawa on an underground portion for the project,...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3d ago

They would sell themselves, and their province, to the Trump administration for pennies on the dollar. The question I keep asking: why has the business community been so willing to go along with this charade for so long?

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...