Hagnostos
@chrisstait.bsky.social
Classicist, guitar plucker, poetaster, elbow thrower (🇨🇦).
Just when you think Doug Ford and his PC government can’t get any worse…actually, aside from gone, there can only be worse with these venal fools: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Environmental group says Bill 5 threatens polar bears in Ontario | CBC News
The environmental organization Ontario Nature says Ontario’s Bill 5 puts the future of polar bears in the province at risk.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just when you think Doug Ford and his PC government can’t get any worse…actually, aside from gone, there can only be worse with these venal fools: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Was feel surprisingly equanimous last night after the #bluejays loss — what a great season! But woke up this morning absolutely haunted by the lost opportunities and how whisper close they were. I’ll give you back your daylight savings hour, Universe, if you give me back my peace of mind.
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Was feel surprisingly equanimous last night after the #bluejays loss — what a great season! But woke up this morning absolutely haunted by the lost opportunities and how whisper close they were. I’ll give you back your daylight savings hour, Universe, if you give me back my peace of mind.
Am I the only person who has to wear noise cancelling ear buds to watch a movie in the theatre these days? I thought my hearing was supposed to get worse as I aged.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Am I the only person who has to wear noise cancelling ear buds to watch a movie in the theatre these days? I thought my hearing was supposed to get worse as I aged.
Persona non grata est quod homo non humanus. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
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October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Persona non grata est quod homo non humanus. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Time for Canada to send a message. Send this goof back home and burn the bridge he crosses over on. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
‘Canada burned the bridges’: U.S. ambassador doubts tariff deal feasible before new year
The U.S. ambassador to Canada doesn’t foresee a new security and economic deal between Canada and the United States — which could see the reduction or full removal of tariffs amid an ongoing trade dis...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Time for Canada to send a message. Send this goof back home and burn the bridge he crosses over on. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
“Caesar…was seated upon the rostra on a golden throne, arrayed in triumphal attire...Antony had dashed into the forum and the crowd had made way for him, he carried a royal diadem, round which a wreath of laurel was tied, and held it out to Caesar.” bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Caesar…was seated upon the rostra on a golden throne, arrayed in triumphal attire...Antony had dashed into the forum and the crowd had made way for him, he carried a royal diadem, round which a wreath of laurel was tied, and held it out to Caesar.” bsky.app/profile/atru...
I saw “toy”. Turns out it was TDY. Not sure if that says more about me or the optometrist I saw recently.
October 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I saw “toy”. Turns out it was TDY. Not sure if that says more about me or the optometrist I saw recently.
When will we reach the stage when publicly stated or performed insane utterances and deeds will not be both-sidedly normalised with “crazy like a fox” flavoured commentary but simply, coldly, and rightly called good old fashioned “batshit crazy”? #mediareform
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When will we reach the stage when publicly stated or performed insane utterances and deeds will not be both-sidedly normalised with “crazy like a fox” flavoured commentary but simply, coldly, and rightly called good old fashioned “batshit crazy”? #mediareform
Human beings have many design flaws but is there one as routinely surprising as biteable cheeks? How am constantly forgetting when the reminding is so memorably painful?
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Human beings have many design flaws but is there one as routinely surprising as biteable cheeks? How am constantly forgetting when the reminding is so memorably painful?
Question. How do you get back home after you burn all your bridges? I assume some sort of catapult is involved. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Ambassador Hoekstra should turn tough questions on Canada-U.S. relations into a diplomacy opportunity
The U.S. ambassador to Canada should look to his predecessors on guidance on how to engage: visit different regions of this country and have discussions with its people.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Question. How do you get back home after you burn all your bridges? I assume some sort of catapult is involved. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Loser with much and recent experience with losing shares unasked-for insights into losing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'No more losing,' Poilievre tells Carney in scathing letter ahead of PM's face-to-face with Trump | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has penned a scathing letter to the prime minister ahead of his meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday, saying Mark Carney has been a disappointment on the tra...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Loser with much and recent experience with losing shares unasked-for insights into losing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Because guilt is a powerful psychedelic. It makes people say the darnedest things, believe in the powerless power of powerlessness, and take comfort in cowardice. Being brave is hard. Action is hard. Sacrifice is hard. Organising is hard. Excuses are easy, pleasing, plentiful, and can be done alone.
If you ask why Americans aren't doing more to protect their own democracy, you get a bunch of replies like this.
"We can't, because..."
"Don't blame us, because..."
"There's nothing we can do, because..."
"We can't, because..."
"Don't blame us, because..."
"There's nothing we can do, because..."
Like there are so many reasons why a comparison between the US and Italy or anywhere in the EU is not apples to apples. I want to believe people just don’t realize how precarious American life is when they ask this because otherwise I have to assume it just feels better to victim-blame than help.
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because guilt is a powerful psychedelic. It makes people say the darnedest things, believe in the powerless power of powerlessness, and take comfort in cowardice. Being brave is hard. Action is hard. Sacrifice is hard. Organising is hard. Excuses are easy, pleasing, plentiful, and can be done alone.
Good job #danshulman. What is the #1 rule of announcing? Don’t say stupid shit like “barring unexpected circumstances” when your team gets out to a commanding lead in a game. Smarten up. #bluejays
October 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Good job #danshulman. What is the #1 rule of announcing? Don’t say stupid shit like “barring unexpected circumstances” when your team gets out to a commanding lead in a game. Smarten up. #bluejays
Pierre Poillievre is the Andrew Dice Clay of Canadian politics. Everything he says is comically but unlaughably offensive and has the single benefit of identifying supporters as people you want nothing to do with.
October 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Pierre Poillievre is the Andrew Dice Clay of Canadian politics. Everything he says is comically but unlaughably offensive and has the single benefit of identifying supporters as people you want nothing to do with.
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“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…”
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Putin’s Lies Hide Weakness
Russia has thrived on lies for centuries; its undoing will come when truth proves more powerful than the fictions it desperately spins
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September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
Kier Starmer is guilty of an unforgivable act of lèse-majesté. The clowns at the Foreign Office and the whole UK establishment fancy themselves capable practitioners of realpolitik but are a Pythonesque burlesque of leadership. What a sad, lost land the UK has become, an embarrassment to its allies.
September 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kier Starmer is guilty of an unforgivable act of lèse-majesté. The clowns at the Foreign Office and the whole UK establishment fancy themselves capable practitioners of realpolitik but are a Pythonesque burlesque of leadership. What a sad, lost land the UK has become, an embarrassment to its allies.
A lesson in gaslighting 101 from a cartoon caricature of a low level lackey, decrepit mob heavy, and/or serial abuser. Central casting has outdone itself with this rube. Elbows up, mf. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A lesson in gaslighting 101 from a cartoon caricature of a low level lackey, decrepit mob heavy, and/or serial abuser. Central casting has outdone itself with this rube. Elbows up, mf. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Word of the day: who?
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Word of the day: who?
Just got out of the 50th anniversary cinema re-release of #Jaws. As a lifelong cinema lover, but too young to see it in theatres in ‘75, it was an almost religious experience. The film is pure poetry in all its aspects and has rekindled my lately much abused fondness for the big screen format.
September 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just got out of the 50th anniversary cinema re-release of #Jaws. As a lifelong cinema lover, but too young to see it in theatres in ‘75, it was an almost religious experience. The film is pure poetry in all its aspects and has rekindled my lately much abused fondness for the big screen format.
If they’re doing it there, they’re doing it here, especially in Alberta in the lead up to their proposed nonsense. Canada must take a zero tolerance policy on this and call it out immediately and publicly. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greenland: Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged influence operation - BBC News
The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If they’re doing it there, they’re doing it here, especially in Alberta in the lead up to their proposed nonsense. Canada must take a zero tolerance policy on this and call it out immediately and publicly. www.bbc.com/news/article...
A fool is a fool. A fool with power is a monster. We ignore fools. We tolerate fools. We laugh at fools. With a monster there are different obligations.
August 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A fool is a fool. A fool with power is a monster. We ignore fools. We tolerate fools. We laugh at fools. With a monster there are different obligations.