John Hazlett

You may have heard of the Anthropocene, but that was yesterday. We are now living in the Scamthropocene.

It's pronounced Scam·thruh·puh·seen and it refers to the period during which scams have become the primary force of planetary transformation.

Credit me in your academic papers and think pieces.

Have you seen this petition yet? Reverse the decision on speed cameras in Ontario

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Scary Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create scary short stories based on assigned prompts in 48 hours.

Up for a scary writing challenge? @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary

I’ve been reading the Lanny Budd series for so long #uptonsinclair #verylongreads

I'm editing right now and I have to defeat the fear that if I touch what I've written it will break apart in my hands and nothing will make any sense anymore. Which is non-sense.

At Poilievre’s Windsor rally, a YouTuber collides with a ‘mainstream journalist’ (That journalist was me) I’d never heard of Pleb (as everyone here calls him) until I met him at the Penticton rally one week earlier. Even in a crowd of thousands he’s impossible to miss: a high-volume walking stream of cons...

Fun report the campaign trail from @arnokopecky.bsky.social "Slogans that are harmless until they aren’t."

At Poilievre’s Windsor rally, a YouTuber collides with a ‘mainstream journalist’ (That journalist was me) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/14/a...

Meeting notes…

I like Mondays #adhesivetack #adhesiveattack

Adhesive (at)tack character of the day. #adhesivetack #adhesiveattack

How Canadian Media Helped Recruit Prime Minister Carney Carney has enjoyed a glowing spotlight for years.

Mark Carney's curiously helpful media love-in. The last quote is a zinger. www.readthemaple.com/how-canadian...

Adhesive tack character of the day. #adhesivetack

I have no idea what this is about - but as a fan of ants I am very extremely curious.

I asked ChatGPT to design me a cover for an imaginary book titled "Dumb, Scared & Mean - Why We Elect Destructive Assholes." I did not specify who 'we" was and I did not mention what country.

+1

Truth in advertising

Be smart!

Spotted this old AI working a corner in the hood. #AI

Ending The Vote Split. One Riding At A Time SmartVoting.ca is a one stop tool voters in Canada can use to see who is the best party to vote for in their riding to prevent a Conservative win.

We got some new polling data for Ontario.

A last minute squeeze is happening on Doug Ford and all pollsters have the Liberals within 10 points province wide.

That said, Liberals may not be the best choice in your riding. Check SmartVoting.ca later today for the updated numbers.

Hey ONTARIO! Be smart! Don't be dumb.

I sure picked a strange time to read Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd series. With one eye on the news and another on the book it's like I'm seeing double. #reading #uptonsinclair Part soap opera, a dash of socialist pamphleteering, a history lesson, loads of fun - a warning.

If we didn’t split the vote in Ontario. Doug Ford would be held to a very weak, 1 seat minority by our calculations.

Just Saying 👀

We have been asked by many that we need to create some sort of flyer or sign to distribute. Since we don’t have enough time to get these out from our printer. We wanted to give you all the opportunity to do so.

You can download them all here.
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Hey, Ontario be smart!

More #writingprocess Revising my first pass. The beautiful grind towards completion. Had to redact the meeting notes I scrawled on the middle of my progress page.

If you live in Ontario you might want to vote strategically to get rid of Doug Ford. Of course if you are a wealthy developer who needs a third yacht please ignore this.

Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.

If you’re a Visa cardholder you can let them know you won’t be any longer if they do business with fElon. I called and they said they’re taking comments at askvisa@visa.com. Maybe if enough of us complain they’ll pull the deal.

The current moment has been a long time coming; It keeps being time to act, and we keep not acting. Act.
#digitalart #digitalartist #art #artist #artsky #thismachine #antifascist #protestart #lowlywisp #darkart #colorfulart #impoc #demonoc #politicalart

I’ve been following you on IG for a long time. I always enjoy your drawings.

Congrats!

Zoom meeting doodle. Put a fork in it? #doodles What am I try to tell myself?