James Adair📙

The fundamental problem for the left is that the right is hyperstitious, and the left believes in the certainty of its own failure

NHL Star Jake Sanderson Believes Players Would Be Accepting of Openly Gay Teammates: ‘We Love Them No Matter What’ Ottawa Senators player Jake Sanderson opened up about the possibility of having openly gay players on NHL teams. The 23-year-old, who is playing on Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics, believed that ...

Jake Sanderson says in a People's magazine article that he'd be accepting of a Gay teammate.

"I don’t think we would treat them any differently. They’re our teammate, we love them no matter what, and obviously embrace them, absolutely.”
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The NDP and the parliamentary illusion Parties are a necessary tool for connecting individuals and transforming shared interests into collective power. The left will not win by simply electing better politicians, but by forging a political...

The left doesn’t have a policy problem—it has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes @aliterrenoire.bsky.social.

University of Ottawa, it’s time to quit X - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 3 minutesWith allegations, investigations, and a general bad vibe piling up around X, it begs the question; why are reputable institutions of higher education like uOttawa are still act...

Writing for the Fulcrum, Curtis Metcalf argues that considering the rise in hate speech, digital sexual violence, and pathetically low engagement rates, it is time @uottawa.ca leave X.

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Dude

Wit respect to Neil, and I have quite a bit, I don’t fully understand this decision.

We already have a principled, experienced, and progressive challenger to Sutcliffe in @jleiper.bsky.social

Risking splitting the vote, especially in an election this important is bizarre

“The sens lose!” You foolish lackeys! Your “loses” are built on sand. Tomorrow the sens will “rise up again, clashing their sticks,” and to your horror they will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

Loved being in person for the Charge, crazy atmosphere

Ottawa hockey rocked tonight

Labor vs. Fascism. Oakland dockworkers of ILWU Local 34 honor Renee Good by spelling her name on a cargo ship.

How can we bear it? - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 2 minutesMy friend is having a 2016 party, how can I bear it? Because when I think of 2016 I think of that election.  Because a woman in Minneapolis had her head blown off, with stuffed...

Ive been asking myself lately how we’re meant to bear everything going on, especially as a student. I had the privilege of publishing some of my thoughts in the Fulcrum.

I would be honoured if you gave it a read.

Ultimately, I conclude, it comes down to conviction.

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canadian political media is so useless. after manufacturing a news cycle about whether there would be an election over christmas, they took the holidays off and now they’re back to manufacturing a news cycle about whether there will be an election in the next couple months.

Trump could be impeached and the democrats could be elected tomorrow, it shouldn’t matter.

The Canadian-american relationship is over.

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

Heated Rivalry has mostly made me realize CanCon is a great system, finding out songs I love are Canadian is huge

Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light”

This is a good read.

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Becoming the main character of my class by accident is a nightmare

Sens fans trying to survive the 2025-26 season

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city.

But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Canadian leftists have been obsessed with emulating the Mamdani moment, without understanding what made it happen.

You can read more about what Canadian socialists can actually learn from Mamdani in my piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social below.

At this point, I can’t understand why any international traveller would visit the US

Even if you think you’re not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch

There is a little boy who has been orphaned because of these fascists. At some point something has to give

She had stuffed animals in her glove box.

Elbows up at the bowling alley (5 pin bowling)

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Guy who quotes Shoresy on the @rabble.ca Off the Hill show about the NDP leadership race

guy who has only read "The Silmarillion" observing current events: "hmmm getting real Downfall of Númenor vibes from this"

Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future | Perspectives Journal The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.

Has the NDP lost its labour roots? My new piece for @broadbent.bsky.social traces how the union–party relationship has frayed, and why that matters for Canadian politics today.

Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future

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