i don't know which consultant demanded that every politician refer to the people of a country/state/whatever as __________ers but it does in fact suck

Lmao I can't believe this caused a controversy amongst Libsky. That's what I get for having any sort of opinion.

Lemondrop 👉 anime arbor! 📚@lipstick-lemondrop.bsky.social · 3w ago

holy moly @hausofdecline.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com ???

nobody snatches defeat from the jaws of victory quite like the democrats

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3w ago

1. The Democratic Party of Ohio has erupted in an intra-party firestorm as Democratic candidate for governor, Amy Acton, endorsed the sports ban and vowed to enforce it in the wake up the Title IX SCOTUS decision. It threatens to sink a close race for governor. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?

Destruction and ruin is expensive.

Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.

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To New York: yeah sorry about that. Canada's Prime Minister literally put on a cowboy hat and said he wouldn't fight climate change, so I guess now you get to deal with the fallout of that while he furiously polishes the boots of oil execs.

Incredibly brazen for the Prime Minister to boast about the “lasting benefits” of expanding fossil fuel production on a day like today. Record-breaking heatwaves. Toxic smoke engulfing cities and towns. Out of control wildfires forcing entire communities to evacuate. /1

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3w ago

The world wants to do more with Canada. Our MOU with Alberta will unlock those opportunities in energy — and create lasting benefits for Canadians.

in the midst of my town getting to share in the prestigious worst air quality in the world, my neighbors have decided to light up the ol campfire i kind of admire the dedication

The US says jump, the UK asks how high

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 3w ago

Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions

You do not, in fact, have to simp for the CIA’s covert wars, paramilitary death squads, and all of the innocent blood spilled in the process just because, all of a sudden, Trump decided to defund the velvet glove to the iron fist of US tyranny. liberationnews.org/usaid-the-hu...

USAID: The humanitarian face of colonial exploitation

Whether through relief assistance or promoting "democracy" in the Global South, the pro-business objectives of USAID remain clear: to create new markets for international capital at the expense of the...

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Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers

Center-left parties around the world stop doing right-wing populist policies with a human face challenge

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re making big changes to combat crime and keep Canadians safe.

Gentlemen, our hands are all charred and broken from repeatedly touching the hot stove. There is only one solution to this: touch the hot stove again.

Robin Brooks@robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're in a quagmire. Iran attacks ships in the Strait of Hormuz because it thinks it's won. The only way out is to impose a harsher version of the blockade to remind the regime this behavior comes with severe costs to its economy and risk of social unrest... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

PM Carney is once again supporting U.S. violence and impunity. Canada can’t control Trump’s chaos. But we can take a clear stand for lives, livelihoods, international law and global stability. New Democrats say: stop the war. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney backs latest U.S. strikes on Iran as Trump slams NATO allies | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney endorsed the latest U.S. strikes on Iran as a justified response to ceasefire violations, even as President Donald Trump declared the truce finished and accused NATO allies ...

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you know that things are great in the world of LLMs when companies are deliberately tapping the stupidest people in the workforce to be extremely loud and wrong about everything in order to keep up appearances for shareholders. really awesome stuff everyone thank you

this goes a way to explaining why people treat the prediction market as gospel

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 4w ago

CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi and extensively promote the prediction market, vouching for its accuracy, but not always disclosing their financial relationship with it to viewers.

oh did platner turn out to be bad? if only there was some kind of hint as to his true nature

real "lionel hutz imagining paradise" energy here

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last mo.

I love when MAGA types publish a list of unambiguously good things as if they're unambiguously bad things. It's such a revelation of what fearful cowardly people they are. We live in times of radical abuses. We should all seek radical remedies. All I can say to this is Hell Yeah.

"But if we do that, Republicans will say-" is exactly where I stop caring about an argument. Why do you care what they think? Do you need their permission to do things? Are you not ashamed to look yourself in the eye?

I don't want to hear from Liberal partisans anymore that Poilievre would do the conservative stuff Carney is doing but also go after trans folks, as if that justifies what Carney is doing. Don't use trans people to rationalize your support for awful policies. You don't actually care about justice.

"Yeah nobody wants our oil, and yeah we had to steal money from Canadians to build this pipeline because nobody would invest in it either, but we assume demand will just materialize from thin air once it's done"

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · last mo.

When pressed on why there wasn't enough private interest in the pipeline & why taxpayers money is required... Smith responded by basically saying that neither she nor the Feds could convince private equity that the project wouldn't be cancelled, so taxpayers are picking it up.

Mark Carney: And that's why climate change isn't real. Now if you'll excuse me I have a plane to ca*ENTIRE CITY IS HIT BY A MASSIVE STORM AND FLOODS WITH SHITWATER*

You know what? I’m sick of seeing this clip and the message. I got a message of my own.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.

Two trespassers climb to the top of Empire State Building with a flag.

its so fucked up the supreme court did all that on sailor moons birthday

the supreme court has always been a tool to make sure the law can't inconvenience the powerful in the scenario where unfucking any of this is even possible, it's going to require telling the SC to eat shit to some degree

oh look the us immediately broke their deal with iran who could have seen this coming

All the reactionary centrists who've arrived in a puff of sulphur to spit venom at Zack are doing a great job of proving his point that defence spending is regarded differently from other types of spending by the political media class

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · last mo.

Zack Polanski at the British Chambers of Commerce conference asks, If we can always find money for wars Why can't we always find money to end inequality