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@allij.bsky.social

Pro-science. Pro-critical thought. Pro-democracy. No use for idiots and liars of any political stripe. The centre has to hold or the wheel comes apart. I’ve no use for anyone’s ideological purity tests.

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Social media could only do good in the world at one time too…

13.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah. Well. You had me going until this clause: β€œβ€¦when responsibly deployed by well-intentioned actors."

13.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL Yes.

12.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to get facials from a woman who started touting the benefits of β€œfruit stem cells” in the potion she was applying. I asked her why I would want a peach growing off the end of my nose.

12.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Excerpt from the posted article.

Excerpt from the posted article.

These paragraphs in particular. It reinforces why a broad centrism is the only viable option for societal peace and longevity, however imperfect it is.

12.10.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says. The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out?

Absolutely required reading.

wapo.st/4nNMnCX

12.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is likely part of the problem. People now expect that politicians will just do whatever the hell they want once in office anyway, so what’s the point in voting? It’s become quite an act of faith to vote, and so often that faith is misplaced. Accountability is crucial.

12.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where’s the merit here?

12.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking Malfoy.

12.10.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Being hopeful isn’t about avoiding the world’s hard realities – it’s an act of resistance Hope demands that we shift the narrative away from the sense that we are helpless in the face of forces beyond our control

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ff673e2...

12.10.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Being hopeful isn’t about avoiding the world’s hard realities – it’s an act of resistance Hope demands that we shift the narrative away from the sense that we are helpless in the face of forces beyond our control

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ff673e2...

12.10.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

You literally have NO credible party to vote for in your country. None at all. Pretending that there is one is what’s pathetic.

11.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These grifters wanna run a country, y’all…

11.10.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It β€” doesn’t have any interests at heart. It doesn’t have any interests, period. It’s a computer program.

11.10.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, perhaps dying from vaccine-preventable diseases will be a marker of political identity too.

11.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spot the idiots who don’t realize this is satire.

11.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would not surprise me in the slightest if Trump opens an investigation into this.

11.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dems, supporting a candidate who promotes open political violence. Pure desperation. Pure uselessness. Pure pathetic-ness.

11.10.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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When celebrities break up, everyone’s a forensic expert The divorce of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban marked the internet’s latest opportunity to look for breakup signs in hindsight.

Good god, isn’t it obvious? It’s his hair. The man hasn’t had a decent haircut in decades. Having to look at that hair all the time, I mean, <shudder>

wapo.st/46L2hrz

11.10.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I’ll introduce a resolution today that will honour me with a multi-million dollar lottery windfall. Because that’s just how it works.

10.10.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait β€” where are all the condemnations about this being antisemitic? (And anti-Islamic, but we know this regime doesn’t care about that)

10.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Dems. Useless.

10.10.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about the Ig Nobel?

10.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Utterly detached from reality.

10.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just blocked Jessie. I didn’t care for the openly hateful, ageist way she was crafting her tone.

10.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ageism is so adorable.

10.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another one bent on picking a fight. Buh bye.

10.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes β€œThe fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month β€˜fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

09.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 725    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 34

Only if you promise to stay down there and never, ever come back.

09.10.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Danielle Smith announces plans to hold her breath until she gets what she wants EDMONTON – After meeting with Mark Carney to discuss pipeline construction, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has vowed to hold her breath until the Prime Minister gives her absolutely everything she ask...

Danielle Smith announces plans to hold her breath until she gets what she wants

08.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 697    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 17

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