Ted St. Godard.
@tedstgodard.bsky.social
Not Stanley Tucci. Retired. Dog is love. Music hath charms
Read the whole piece, of course, but when you get to the checklist you will certainly recognize the Orange Menace. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us
theguardian.com
My account here seems to have been hacked. I might just leave. I’m on Gander
@chrystia-freeland.bsky.social was an integral member of the 🇨🇦 team that drafted CUSMA during Trump’s first term youtu.be/OZEm6voRdwY?...
All of Canada 'is behind' PM Carney on trade war with U.S.: Fmr. Canadian leader
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Anybody else wish petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre would just quit yipping like a chihuahua for, say, a month or so, and let the adults do the important work? In the meantime, maybe send Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani packing from the Conservative caucus? 🍁🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼🍁
Horse manure from the neofascist member for Bowmanville-Oshawa North and best pal of 🇺🇸Nazi Vice President JD Vance, Jamil Jivani. Guess he’ll keep intermeddling in 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 relations with the blessing of petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre. 🤷🏼🤔🧐😠🤷🏼
To any normal, reasonable person, it is objectively creepy and bizarre behaviour to send someone to spy on a political opponent during a vacation with her partner, while she is not conducting political or partisan work of any kind, @supriya.bsky.social writes.
Ford's PCs spied on Bonnie Crombie's beach vacation. That's just creepy
To any normal, reasonable person, it is objectively creepy and bizarre behaviour to send someone to spy on a political opponent during a vacation with her partner, while she is not conducting politica...
nationalobserver.com
The other provinces should put US booze back on shelves just so we can send an even stronger message: we don’t want the stuff.
Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · last mo.So sure, put it back on the shelf. Let it gather dust. Let that be our message to the Americans -- along with trips not taken, companies not supported, and other forms of voluntary disengagement with their interests.
Here’s an idea. To tickle the Traffic Pylon’s fickle fancy we put it back on the shelves. Then we don’t buy any.
Carney asks provinces to return U.S. booze to shelves as trade deal being finalized, N.S. premier says | CBC
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She’s very concerned about the foreign influence campaigns she deliberately invited into our political discourse. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Smith acknowledges foreign influence campaigns targeting Alberta referendum
About 80 per cent of the suspect online material has been linked to a Russian-based, pro-Kremlin content farm
theglobeandmail.com
The question is: why did Natalie Harp resist applying for a security clearance? What doesn't she want anyone to find out? www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
ms.now
While uneducated influencers nattered on about mRNA vaccines they didn’t understand, scientists kept working on a new application of mRNA vaccines: fighting skin cancer. I suspect this is the beginning of new. exciting and effective cancer therapies. 🧪 #VaccinesWork www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Merck, Moderna say melanoma vaccine meets goals in large trial | CBC News
Merck and Moderna report that a personalized mRNA vaccine helped prevent skin cancer from returning in high-risk patients. Observers greeted the news with enthusiasm but noted that full data from the ...
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Among all the clearly unwell people swimming in Trump’s sewage-leak swimming pool of influence, Harp seems to be her own special case
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2w agoAccording to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...
Here’s how 🇨🇦Canada should start if Trump’s tariffs descend at midnight: 1. Tax all energy, potash, aluminium and steel exports. 2. Tariff all US imports from red states. 3. Ban US alcohol from all stores. 4. Cancel ALL F-35 purchases without compensation. 5. Expel Trump’s Nazi ambassador. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
The lies that 28 year old “Christian” robot Karoline Leavitt told for 🇺🇸Nazi Trump before deciding to leave it and go home to her 60 year old tycoon husband and two unfortunate kiddies. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Karoline Leavitt leaves behind a legacy of lies. What’s next for the Trump aide? | Arwa Mahdawi
The press secretary’s communication style made her eminently qualified for a role in this administration
theguardian.com
Local man says he's surprised his very cool sunglasses and new workout videos not winning more political support.
Conservative MPs worried about losing their seats privately question Poilievre’s leadership, ability to defeat PM Carney
Several Conservative MPs are privately expressing deep concerns about Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, with some telling CTV News they do not believe he will still be leading the party when the next fed...
ctvnews.ca
I am old enough to remember when conservatives claimed to be about personal responsibility, which like all the other stuff turned out to be a lie
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 3w agoUPDATE: Montrose County Commissioner Sean Pond (R) has organized a GoFundMe campaign seeking $100,000 to sue me and 9NEWS for this social media post about Pond creating an image of Phil Weiser with horns.
Ppl: you can’t just (mis-) quote a lyric from a song and expect folks to recognize it Me: Hey Roderigo….
Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions@mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 3w agoPeople: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba
Can anyone imagine petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre getting this kind of coverage in the @nytimes.com? 🤔🧐🙄 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/w...
After Trump Calls Canadians ‘Nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the Word Fits Trade Talks (Gift Article)
Canada’s prime minister laughed off Trump’s description of Canada but suggested that trade talks between the two countries are acrimonious.
nytimes.com
This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear
The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country
theglobeandmail.com
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
theatlantic.com
You should expect the pipeline to get fast-tracked. That's the whole point here -- it removes excuses about federal approvals and reveals the real, and longstanding, impediment to Danielle Smith's dreams of doubling oil production: economics. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/04/n...
Controversial West Coast pipeline one step closer to being fast-tracked
The federal government gave notice that it intends to designate the West Coast pipeline proposal for fast-tracking under the Building Canada Act which could make it the first project to achieve specia...
nationalobserver.com
If I were a CEO I would be proud that many of my customers were, in fact, sane.
The Verge@theverge.com · 4w agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."