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Blain Neufeld ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@neufeld.bsky.social

Political philosopher. Fantasy enthusiast. Torontonian. Anti-AI zealot. My book: Public Reason and Political Autonomy (Routledge, 2022). My work: https://uwm.edu/philosophy/people/neufeld-blain/ My hobby: https://akraticwizardry.blogspot.com

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Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave VICTORIA, B.C. - CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has expressed keen interest as news broke that BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad is unilaterally rejecting his partyโ€™s attempts to remove him.

Poilievre asks BC Conservative leader for tips on just refusing to leave

04.12.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 300    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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de Adder cartoon showing DJT asking MBS for a bone saw

de Adder cartoon showing DJT asking MBS for a bone saw

19.11.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Trump is a pedophile" email raises questions about whether Trump is a pedophile WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€“ With many of Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s documents and emails now available to the public, subtle messages from the disgraced financer like โ€œDonald Trump is a sex criminal I have done sex cri...

"Trump is a pedophile" email raises questions about whether Trump is a pedophile

13.11.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 670    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Looking forward to it! Rawx on.

13.11.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving party by locking doors, swallowing key OTTAWA โ€“ In an effort to prevent any more defections from caucus, party leader Pierre Poilievre has reportedly locked all Conservative MPs in an undisclosed room in Parliament Hill before swallowing the key.

Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving party by locking doors, swallowing key

07.11.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 620    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

New meme just dropped

07.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigns from Conservative caucus to join the Liberals | CBC News Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigned from the Conservative caucus Tuesday โ€” and he's joining the Liberals.

Poilievre is poison.
โ€œGerretsen said d'Entremont was leaving the Conservatives because the party has become more stridently right-wing under Poilievre.โ€

05.11.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

One of a small number of books that changed the way I see the world.

04.11.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by UBI which they will violently oppose PALO ALTO, CA - A group of Silicon Valley tech CEOs assure North Americans that job losses from artificial intelligence could easily be mitigated by universal basic income, while also adding that they...

Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by UBI which they will violently oppose

03.11.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 406    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Weโ€™re Number Two! How Trump ceded the future to China

The mad self-destruction of the US by its gangster president is astonishing to witness.

03.11.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fortunately, the Leafs have spent decades preparing Toronto sports fans for crushing heartbreak

02.11.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How incredibly disappointing. *sigh*

02.11.2025 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please don't let this be another 18 inning game. Let's get a HR Vladdy!

02.11.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

YES! Jays up by 3! ๐Ÿค˜

02.11.2025 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Remove Pete Hoekstra as US ambassador to Canada. Let's send Pete Packing!

Time to send the arrogant ignoramus home.

01.11.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product

30.10.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2550    ๐Ÿ” 744    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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Centrist D66 party will win most seats in Dutch election, exit poll suggests Result would pave the way for the Netherlandsโ€™ first out gay prime minister and end far-right populist Geert Wildersโ€™ time in power

Some positive news...
"Wildersโ€™ short-lived period in power after the PVVโ€™s shock victory in 2023 seems over for now: all major mainstream parties have ruled out joining a coalition with the anti-immigration firebrandโ€™s party."

29.10.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two erstwhile Royals sporting LA dodgers baseball caps.

Two erstwhile Royals sporting LA dodgers baseball caps.

That's it -- time for Canada to finally sever its ties to the monarchy.

29.10.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tolkien would've found these people thoroughly repulsive (more akin to Saruman & Wormtongue than Aragorn & Gandalf).

29.10.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Terrified Jays fan still trapped inside Game 3 TORONTO - Following a World Series game against the LA Dodgers that went into multiple extra innings, local Blue Jays fan Mike Cortner reports that he appears to be trapped inside a metaphysical priso...

Terrified Jays fan still trapped inside Game 3

28.10.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Iโ€™m no fan of JT, but I do appreciate his ability to infuriate a certain class of people.

27.10.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My sympathies on your loss. We recently inherited a wonderful dog. They add so much to life.

27.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.โ€

25.10.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Blue Jays dedicate 11-4 blowout to Donald Trump ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

25.10.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1329    ๐Ÿ” 303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
A can of Irn Bru (rarely found outside of Scotland).

A can of Irn Bru (rarely found outside of Scotland).

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my local convenience store sells Irn Bru.
How could there be adequate demand in mid-town (Davisville) Toronto?
(Well, I'll do my part, going forward...)

24.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI Is Ruining My Education - Macleans.ca Iโ€™m a university student in Ontario, and everyoneโ€™s taking shortcuts. Learning has never felt lonelier.

Good, important read (hopefully not by ChatGPT).
macleans.ca/education/ai...

24.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Harvardโ€™s Dismal Grad School News Is Just the Tip of a Very Bad Iceberg Grad school's been grim for years. But it's always possible for things to get worse.

1. If you are on the fence about pursuing a PhD, donโ€™t.
2. If you are committed to pursuing a PhD, avoid the US.
โ€œ[T]his is a terrible time to be contemplating doctoral education in the United Statesโ€”especially if [โ€ฆ] you are not an American citizen.โ€

24.10.2025 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sure Iโ€™m not the only one thinking that it looks like heโ€™s trying to complete the job that Bin Laden started.

22.10.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada cool with one group of temporary foreign workers TORONTO โ€“ The nation of Canada has decided that, on second thought, some temporary foreign workers can stay. โ€œThe Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a scam designed to take the jobs of hard working C...

Canada cool with one group of temporary foreign workers

21.10.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 651    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

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