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Chris Smith
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Vancouver, BC
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Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
“Be the hairball”
maddow.bsky.social Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16d
No, no, it's **Rebecca** who was great. And, indeed, now it's a radio show!

The second (54 minute) link here:
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

or

Spotify link here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5nlK...

or

Apple podcast link here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
I encourage my fellow Canadians to support Gander. Americans, stay tuned. cdn.cyberimpact.com/clients/5665...
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
The reported total I have seen from Saturday’s protests is over 7 million, or around 2.1% of the US population.
maddow.bsky.social Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · Oct 20
one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".

it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.

today's subway reading:

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving to my neighbours on both sides of the border.
brittlestar.com Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · Oct 12
Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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brittlestar.com
Hi American Parents,

As a Dad, don’t take advice from semi-sentient greasy dish cloths.
Ask your doctor.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 22
Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess. 80 different blends. And they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won't take Tylenol."
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being. officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Here's Colbert on July 14 making fun of Paramount for paying Trump $16 million. It's hard not to see CBS canceling his show through this lens.

"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
“Colbert isn’t going anywhere for 10 months and it’s hard to imagine him agreeing to stick around for a swan song in which his content is being restricted by the network that canceled the show. So let’s assume that he’s going to spend a season lampooning Trump, even as a lame duck.”
July 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
"A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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sanders.senate.gov
A Canadian doctor explains the difference between the universal health care system in Canada, where everyone is covered and there are no out-of-pocket costs, and the American system where people go bankrupt in order to receive cancer treatment.
July 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
“Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carle and Kurt Vonnegut” have been banned from some Tennessee school libraries.

TLDR: Fahrenheit 451 is on this list.
bfquinn.bsky.social Brendan Quinn @bfquinn.bsky.social · Jun 23
How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."

Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
pen.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
this is exactly what Trump said they were going to do. “Mass Deportations Now.” thank you @nicollewallace.bsky.social for sharing this story.
June 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I was blown away by Forgiveness at the Stratford Festival, an overdue import from western Canada that’s been given a stunning production in the Tom Patterson Theatre.

Another Critic’s Pick for this one — gosh, what a season so far.

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
Forgiveness is a gorgeous snapshot of Japanese-Canadian resilience – and a harrowing warning
In Hiro Kanagawa’s play, a community of Japanese-Canadians must come to terms with a home country that will no longer tolerate their existence
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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theglobeandmail.com
Forgiveness is a gorgeous snapshot of Japanese-Canadian resilience – and a harrowing warning
In Hiro Kanagawa’s play, a community of Japanese-Canadians must come to terms with a home country that will no longer tolerate their existence
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
"On Tyranny" free resources linked here:
timothysnyder.org/resources/?u...
Text card saying: "Don't be a bystander: Share the rules" With a QR code and below that a weblink: timothysnyder.org/resources
June 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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theonion.com
Rural Nebraskan Not Sure He Could Handle Frantic Pace Of Omaha
theonion.com/rural-n...
Rural Nebraskan Not Sure He Could Handle Frantic Pace Of Omaha
June 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
I’m not sure how many times this has to happen for people to get it.
erichaywood.bsky.social Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · Mar 28
Not gonna pretend like I know anything about Carney’s politics because I don’t, but I watched his speech yesterday and he essentially told Trump to fuck off and now Trump’s speaking about him with a modicum of respect.

I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 28
Trump drops the demeaning "governor" stuff and calls Carney by his correct title
March 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
chrisltsmith.bsky.social
If you haven’t contacted your senator or representative, now is the time. I know there is a lot to be upset about. Pick something, and let them know how upset you are.
March 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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keithedwards.bsky.social
More of this!
March 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%.
While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired.
Let's learn more.

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The image is a black-and-white political cartoon depicting a man in a suit standing behind a counter labeled "Republican Platform." He is holding a bottle labeled "Untaxed Whiskey, 20¢ Gal." in one hand and a piece of cloth labeled "War-Taxed Common Cloth, Tariff 84%" in the other. Above the counter, a sign reads, "If you don’t see what you want, ask for it." The cartoon, signed by W.A. Rogers, appears to satirize the Republican Party's economic policies, highlighting the disparity in taxation between luxury items like whiskey and essential goods like cloth.
March 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM