Max Fawcett

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)

27,762 Followers 2,835 Following 2,880 Posts Joined May 2023
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Guys... we don't have exact numbers, but we've gotta be close.

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Unambiguously the coolest Mariner. Immaculate vibes.

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Bruce Arthur: Why Don Cherry doesn’t belong in the Order of Canada, no matter what conservatives say If you remember all of Cherry, you remember how he divided more and more of the country as it changed and he didn’t.

Conservatives think Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada, or at least, that they should politicize national honours for political gain. It’s no-dummy, know-nothing, argument-starting populism, rooted in false nostalgia. In other words, it’s almost a tribute to Don. www.thestar.com/sports/nhl/w...

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Whatever team opens the season against the Mariners should have every single batter extend a handshake to Raleigh as they step to the plate.

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Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?

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Yes, that’s the real problem, the press is reporting too much on the bad things that are happening.

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MAX DOWMAN. 16 YEARS OLD.

ETCH THAT INTO EMIRATES HISTORY, ARSENAL HISTORY, PREMIER LEAGUE HISTORY!

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Nothing says “everything is under control” like someone constantly yelling at everyone not to panic

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Remember when they declared they had restored free speech and ended federal censorship on Trump's very first day back?

Well, now they're openly bragging about all the journalists they got fired for saying the wrong thing and all the companies the federal government forced to make changes.

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Can the mayor get a restraining order against Michael Powell of the Atlantic? Because this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession

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Correction notice from the New York Times reads: “A correction was made on March 13, 2026: An earlier version of this article described incorrectly John F. Kennedy Jr.’s religious affiliation. Mr. Kennedy was a Roman Catholic, not a “WASP” (an epithet used to refer to white Anglo-Saxon Protestants).”

This is one of the funniest corrections I’ve ever read

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They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

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"antisemitism and other forms of discrimination" lol even under these circumstances they can't quite bring themselves to say words like "racism" and "misogyny" out loud. when you're definitely beating the allegations

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My kingdom for a Doug Griffiths return to politics.

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Yup. It was time a year ago. It's probably too late for the next election. But the drag created by the federal NDP is going to be enormous.

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“woke zamboni” is, objectively speaking, the coolest possible vehicle

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Because as bad as the Democrats are, they're still trusted more on the economy than the NDP is in Alberta.

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Whoopsie daisy

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I argued for it many times in the past. I think not doing it was a big mistake.

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I hold him fully responsible for creating that party and everything that's come from/with it.

But he could be silent right now about separatism, anti-immigrant racism, Ukraine....and he isn't.

Give him some crumbs.

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The Michael Jordan of Going to the Hospital

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Yup, Kenney is sane. There are lines he won't cross.

They're out there, especially in the business community. But most of them are cowards.

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The data doesn't lie. They might luck into another vote split on the right but they aren't acquitting themselves (IMO) in a way that will get them into power on their own.

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They sure do.

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If they get re-elected they're going to be even worse, because they're going to purge whatever's left of the moderate-ish wing of that party.

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This is, to put it mildly, a double standard. This guy was part of a government that encouraged online social media figures to engage in routine harassment of government employees to the point that many were fired or went into hiding. Some of it was done by Elon Musk, this guy's boss.

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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

BuzzFeed dying after chasing profits into a sinkhole vs. Gawker getting killed for challenging entrenched power is the perfect conclusion to the 2010s content philosophy wars.

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The split in the progressive opposition is also a big problem there.

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Alberta power policies trigger $408M devaluation to ATCO's wind and solar division, company says | CBC News The Calgary-based giant warned of "legal recourse" if province doesn't alter reforms that harm renewable projects.

NEW: Alberta government’s power policies have battered existing renewable projects, and a major company now speaking out.
ATCO blames province for $408M writedown to wind & solar, suggests it may pursue in court: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

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