🐌 John Wright 🐌
@badlibrarian.bsky.social
BadLibrarian on 🐦. Retired Librarian and Civil Servant. YYJ. British & Canadian. Blocker of empty accounts.
History/PoliSci/LIS -> uni instructor-> 🇨🇦 policy analyst/advisor -> academic librarian.Fox not hedgehog. Often unserious
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History/PoliSci/LIS -> uni instructor-> 🇨🇦 policy analyst/advisor -> academic librarian.Fox not hedgehog. Often unserious
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That Peterson walrus video reminded me to just put this here. Via @voiceoffranky.bsky.social
www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
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Since Canada signed its free trade agreement with Chile, our bilateral merchandise trade has nearly quadrupled.
President Gabriel Boric and I are building on that success with a new strategic partnership that will leverage our strengths in critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
President Gabriel Boric and I are building on that success with a new strategic partnership that will leverage our strengths in critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Since Canada signed its free trade agreement with Chile, our bilateral merchandise trade has nearly quadrupled.
President Gabriel Boric and I are building on that success with a new strategic partnership that will leverage our strengths in critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
President Gabriel Boric and I are building on that success with a new strategic partnership that will leverage our strengths in critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.
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“wife mad at you? DEI”
he’s still got it, folks
I’m not going to lie, there’s a tiny part of me that wants to see them pull this third term shit in a way that lets Trump run against Obama the way he always wanted to and get absolutely obliterated
he’s still got it, folks
I’m not going to lie, there’s a tiny part of me that wants to see them pull this third term shit in a way that lets Trump run against Obama the way he always wanted to and get absolutely obliterated
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“wife mad at you? DEI”
he’s still got it, folks
I’m not going to lie, there’s a tiny part of me that wants to see them pull this third term shit in a way that lets Trump run against Obama the way he always wanted to and get absolutely obliterated
he’s still got it, folks
I’m not going to lie, there’s a tiny part of me that wants to see them pull this third term shit in a way that lets Trump run against Obama the way he always wanted to and get absolutely obliterated
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So trumps probably never read the great Gatsby, but is it possible that no one at mar-a-lago has read the great Gatsby?
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So trumps probably never read the great Gatsby, but is it possible that no one at mar-a-lago has read the great Gatsby?
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Holy shit. Friends, here is a panel on the question "why don't Americans trust the media?'
I scrolled ... scrolled ... increasingly amazed ... scrolled ...
Nope. No one so much as *mentions* the 6-decade, billionaire-funded campaign by the right to destroy trust in media! Not even in passing!
I scrolled ... scrolled ... increasingly amazed ... scrolled ...
Nope. No one so much as *mentions* the 6-decade, billionaire-funded campaign by the right to destroy trust in media! Not even in passing!
Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?, by Jelani Cobb, Taylor Lorenz, Jack Shafer, Max Tani
Anatomy of a credibility crisis
harpers.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Holy shit. Friends, here is a panel on the question "why don't Americans trust the media?'
I scrolled ... scrolled ... increasingly amazed ... scrolled ...
Nope. No one so much as *mentions* the 6-decade, billionaire-funded campaign by the right to destroy trust in media! Not even in passing!
I scrolled ... scrolled ... increasingly amazed ... scrolled ...
Nope. No one so much as *mentions* the 6-decade, billionaire-funded campaign by the right to destroy trust in media! Not even in passing!
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"By Wednesday afternoon the filing had been removed from public court dockets and replaced by a new sentencing memo. All references to Jan. 6, Trump’s social media post, Valdivia or White had been removed."
wapo.st/47kquVT
wapo.st/47kquVT
2 U.S. prosecutors suspended after describing Jan. 6 attack as carried out by ‘mob’
The suspensions occurred after a court filing in the case of a 2021 Capitol rioter who faces sentencing for unrelated weapons charges.
wapo.st
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"By Wednesday afternoon the filing had been removed from public court dockets and replaced by a new sentencing memo. All references to Jan. 6, Trump’s social media post, Valdivia or White had been removed."
wapo.st/47kquVT
wapo.st/47kquVT
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Essential research shows that particulate pollution—generated from motor fuels exhaust, tire wear, wildfires, factories, etc—is associated with dementia. More evidence that it is in the interest of public health to reduce pollution. (Gift link)
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Essential research shows that particulate pollution—generated from motor fuels exhaust, tire wear, wildfires, factories, etc—is associated with dementia. More evidence that it is in the interest of public health to reduce pollution. (Gift link)
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America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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"One of the main political groups behind the withdrawal is Latvia First, whose leader Ainars Slesers has called on Latvians to choose between a "natural family" and a "gender ideology with multiple sexes""
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Latvian vote to pull out of treaty on protecting women from violence prompts outcry
Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"One of the main political groups behind the withdrawal is Latvia First, whose leader Ainars Slesers has called on Latvians to choose between a "natural family" and a "gender ideology with multiple sexes""
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court - www.reuters.com/world/us/toy...
A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court
Toy maker Rick Woldenberg said his legal bills have been in the millions of dollars, but he felt suing was a necessary cost.
www.reuters.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court - www.reuters.com/world/us/toy...
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They shoot horses, don't they?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They shoot horses, don't they?
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Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.
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I’ll say it again. Not only did they invent this theory. They CHOSE to deliver it to THIS guy, a dangerous raving selfish moron. They could have waited four years and given it all to President Vance or whatever. They chose to give it to Trump.
Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I’ll say it again. Not only did they invent this theory. They CHOSE to deliver it to THIS guy, a dangerous raving selfish moron. They could have waited four years and given it all to President Vance or whatever. They chose to give it to Trump.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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"In the Talmud, there’s about 5,000 recorded arguments, and only 50 of them get resolved. We can look at that and say, 'We have a 1 percent success rate.' Or we can look at it and say, 'No, we have a 99 percent success rate.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
As a New Year Begins, a Rabbi Reflects on High Tension Among Jews
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"In the Talmud, there’s about 5,000 recorded arguments, and only 50 of them get resolved. We can look at that and say, 'We have a 1 percent success rate.' Or we can look at it and say, 'No, we have a 99 percent success rate.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
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in point of fact, FDR’s open line of communication with black leaders like A. Philip Randolph absolutely strained his relationships with southern lawmakers and he did it anyway under the view that he was president for the whole country
to be more specific, although FDR had to play ball with southern segregationists in congress, he did not do so by sacrificing black voters in the urban north to their whims.
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
in point of fact, FDR’s open line of communication with black leaders like A. Philip Randolph absolutely strained his relationships with southern lawmakers and he did it anyway under the view that he was president for the whole country
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Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
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I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio