@opheodrys.bsky.social
American-Canadian dual citizen. Democratic socialist, former Masshole, retired educator with a PhD and a fondness for the expression "I like the cut of your jib." Southwestern Nova Scotia--except 17 along parts of the coast.
Newsom, Pritzker, et al are doing everything they can to get Americans to comprehend that the U.S. is a failed democracy, but they won't succeed because Americans are steeped in American Exceptionalism, i.e., the U.S. is a beacon, the greatest nation in the world, etc. They won't believe it.
12.10.2025 11:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Absolutely perfect. If ever there was a kid who one could be absolutely assured would be a psycho when he grew to adulthood, it would be this kid.
11.10.2025 18:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Completely agree.
11.10.2025 18:28 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Honestly, I've invoked the Macbook Wheel analogy multiple times over the years. An absolutely sublime piece of satire that holds up beautifully to this day. **chef's kiss**
11.10.2025 18:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Love you, but that's not actually accurate.
11.10.2025 00:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0With rare exceptions, MAGATs can't hide behind their wealth. He's not an exception.
11.10.2025 00:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Of course. It has always been thus, and justifiably so.
11.10.2025 00:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"Pound sand." You're channelling my mother, b. 1914--one of her favourite expressions. The polite precursor to "go fuck yourself."
10.10.2025 23:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Certainly would feel a little bit less of a disaster if it were really Tom Hiddleston leading the charge.... /s
10.10.2025 23:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0ICE's phones'll be ringing off the hook. "Brown people who don't speak English...."
10.10.2025 23:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0**chef's kiss**
10.10.2025 23:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey, @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com!! Where are your stories on the Qatari Air Force base to be built in Idaho? You don't think you should bump a little of your coverage from this morning and dedicate some space to this? #uspoli #cdnpoli
10.10.2025 20:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you. You saved me the effort.
10.10.2025 19:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Meanwhile, renting generates exactly $0 for renters. Period.
10.10.2025 19:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No, that's not how generational wealth works. You're assuming that people stay in the same house and don't sell it at points in their lives. That's not how people live anymore. They buy, sell (generating wealth), buy again, etc. So, it's not an inheritance of a home that generates the wealth.
10.10.2025 19:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No, it's not. Ideally, people own the homes where they live because ownership creates generational wealth. Renting does not.
10.10.2025 17:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0It's all about the $$$. We can't provide health insurance to Americans, but we can provide $20 billion to Argentina for shits & giggles, and we can build an air force training base for Qatar on American soil. So fucked it's not funny.
10.10.2025 17:20 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Honestly, the fire hose never stops. #cdcpoli #uspoli
10.10.2025 16:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0wha . . . . what?
10.10.2025 16:25 โ ๐ 167 ๐ 32 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 1This is a joke, right?
09.10.2025 22:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yup, and ICE, which is now a militarized police force with jurisdiction, apparently, everywhere. It's a disaster.
09.10.2025 22:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This. At least Murphy gets it and is trying to wake up the somnolent American population. #uspoli #cdnpoli
09.10.2025 14:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No, he didn't. The whole thing is ridiculous.
09.10.2025 14:43 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The projection in this one is strong.
09.10.2025 14:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They don't like nonconformity. Anyway, we'll see. Let's check back in November, 2026 and see how many congressional elections are challenged in the courts/declared invalid by the Trump admin.
09.10.2025 14:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Same here and agree completely.
09.10.2025 13:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0