O.E. Dodd
@livdodd.bsky.social
Aspiring writer of science fiction & post-post-apocalyptic stories. Trying my best to figure things out. (She/Her)
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I say theoretically because there's no universe in which Mark Carney gives a single shit about the average middle-class Canadian, never mind the poorest and more marginalized in this place. He is gutting anything that could be used to make life more tolerable, to invest in oil, gas, guns, and AI.
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I say theoretically because there's no universe in which Mark Carney gives a single shit about the average middle-class Canadian, never mind the poorest and more marginalized in this place. He is gutting anything that could be used to make life more tolerable, to invest in oil, gas, guns, and AI.
I'm reeling at the gut-wrenching irony of a neoliberal central banker saying things like "we must take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be."
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I'm reeling at the gut-wrenching irony of a neoliberal central banker saying things like "we must take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be."
Carney: the international order is dead, it was a convenient lie we all believed in that no longer serves us in this new and frightening world. we must take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.
Also Carney: neoliberal austerity measures will definitely work this time. I am a serious person.
Also Carney: neoliberal austerity measures will definitely work this time. I am a serious person.
January 20, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Carney: the international order is dead, it was a convenient lie we all believed in that no longer serves us in this new and frightening world. we must take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.
Also Carney: neoliberal austerity measures will definitely work this time. I am a serious person.
Also Carney: neoliberal austerity measures will definitely work this time. I am a serious person.
Drones, you wanna get into drones.
The wackier and more dystopian the better.
The wackier and more dystopian the better.
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Drones, you wanna get into drones.
The wackier and more dystopian the better.
The wackier and more dystopian the better.
The front line of the fight against fascism is everywhere, whether we see it manifest out in the open or not. :(
January 20, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The front line of the fight against fascism is everywhere, whether we see it manifest out in the open or not. :(
I'm gonna need to compile notes about this shit. There's so, so, so much wrong about the way Toronto and Ontario is run. It's like a case study in neolibs successfully marginalizing progress of any kind and slowly killing anything that isn't funneling money to capital.
January 19, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I'm gonna need to compile notes about this shit. There's so, so, so much wrong about the way Toronto and Ontario is run. It's like a case study in neolibs successfully marginalizing progress of any kind and slowly killing anything that isn't funneling money to capital.
Our province's entire political culture exists because of reactionary backlash to minor left-wing political successes in the nineties amidst that era's wave of right-wing populism. It's part Mike Harris, part corp. capture of media & institutions being so complete as to kneecap all opposition
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Our province's entire political culture exists because of reactionary backlash to minor left-wing political successes in the nineties amidst that era's wave of right-wing populism. It's part Mike Harris, part corp. capture of media & institutions being so complete as to kneecap all opposition
It's so much worse than I could explain within this character limit
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
It's so much worse than I could explain within this character limit
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
Past experience working in this industry tells me this man is exactly as full of shit as he seems.
I worked for an Intuit competitor and spent the entire time being incredibly alarmed at the lax attitude taken to customer access to their data, to say nothing of security vulnerabilities.
I worked for an Intuit competitor and spent the entire time being incredibly alarmed at the lax attitude taken to customer access to their data, to say nothing of security vulnerabilities.
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Past experience working in this industry tells me this man is exactly as full of shit as he seems.
I worked for an Intuit competitor and spent the entire time being incredibly alarmed at the lax attitude taken to customer access to their data, to say nothing of security vulnerabilities.
I worked for an Intuit competitor and spent the entire time being incredibly alarmed at the lax attitude taken to customer access to their data, to say nothing of security vulnerabilities.
(TY for your work as always. The BtB nuke eps reinvigorated my writing about the disarmament movement; I mentioned it to you back in Buffalo in Oct 2024.
Was my last visit to the US for a long while, but I'm glad it was a good one. Apologies if I was too parasocial! Wishing you & Rintrah the best.)
Was my last visit to the US for a long while, but I'm glad it was a good one. Apologies if I was too parasocial! Wishing you & Rintrah the best.)
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
(TY for your work as always. The BtB nuke eps reinvigorated my writing about the disarmament movement; I mentioned it to you back in Buffalo in Oct 2024.
Was my last visit to the US for a long while, but I'm glad it was a good one. Apologies if I was too parasocial! Wishing you & Rintrah the best.)
Was my last visit to the US for a long while, but I'm glad it was a good one. Apologies if I was too parasocial! Wishing you & Rintrah the best.)
Do you think the existence of nuclear weapons is an insurmountable obstacle to Cool People who want to see a world without state oppression?
They seem to keep a lot of regimes around well after their expiry date, and they're a wildcard that past revolutionaries haven't had to deal with.
They seem to keep a lot of regimes around well after their expiry date, and they're a wildcard that past revolutionaries haven't had to deal with.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Do you think the existence of nuclear weapons is an insurmountable obstacle to Cool People who want to see a world without state oppression?
They seem to keep a lot of regimes around well after their expiry date, and they're a wildcard that past revolutionaries haven't had to deal with.
They seem to keep a lot of regimes around well after their expiry date, and they're a wildcard that past revolutionaries haven't had to deal with.
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The fuck is this.
Our two largest parties are 1) actively cheering illegal kidnapping of a president and 2) acting like a kicked dog in the face of US aggression.
It’s pathetic cowardice, not leadership.
And this cowardice puts our country at risk.
We need actual options in the next election.
Our two largest parties are 1) actively cheering illegal kidnapping of a president and 2) acting like a kicked dog in the face of US aggression.
It’s pathetic cowardice, not leadership.
And this cowardice puts our country at risk.
We need actual options in the next election.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clarifies position on the United States using military force to annex Greenland:
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The fuck is this.
Our two largest parties are 1) actively cheering illegal kidnapping of a president and 2) acting like a kicked dog in the face of US aggression.
It’s pathetic cowardice, not leadership.
And this cowardice puts our country at risk.
We need actual options in the next election.
Our two largest parties are 1) actively cheering illegal kidnapping of a president and 2) acting like a kicked dog in the face of US aggression.
It’s pathetic cowardice, not leadership.
And this cowardice puts our country at risk.
We need actual options in the next election.
Which Bastard - past or present - would be the best podcast guest to cover a different horrible person?
Assume @whysophiewhy.bsky.social acquired an oddly specific time-travel & video conference program for the pod (+universal translator). Who is the best of the worst when it comes to guests?
Assume @whysophiewhy.bsky.social acquired an oddly specific time-travel & video conference program for the pod (+universal translator). Who is the best of the worst when it comes to guests?
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Which Bastard - past or present - would be the best podcast guest to cover a different horrible person?
Assume @whysophiewhy.bsky.social acquired an oddly specific time-travel & video conference program for the pod (+universal translator). Who is the best of the worst when it comes to guests?
Assume @whysophiewhy.bsky.social acquired an oddly specific time-travel & video conference program for the pod (+universal translator). Who is the best of the worst when it comes to guests?
Hat wishes Merry Christmas back!
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Hat wishes Merry Christmas back!
...does folks not assume you were speaking off the cuff and kinda colloquially? Like as an example and not to the exclusion of other things?
No no clearly you meant ONLY the dolls get the couch. Then the boys stay on the floor. Enbys have to go in attics, crawlspaces, or voids in the walls.
No no clearly you meant ONLY the dolls get the couch. Then the boys stay on the floor. Enbys have to go in attics, crawlspaces, or voids in the walls.
December 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
...does folks not assume you were speaking off the cuff and kinda colloquially? Like as an example and not to the exclusion of other things?
No no clearly you meant ONLY the dolls get the couch. Then the boys stay on the floor. Enbys have to go in attics, crawlspaces, or voids in the walls.
No no clearly you meant ONLY the dolls get the couch. Then the boys stay on the floor. Enbys have to go in attics, crawlspaces, or voids in the walls.
Do you plan to cover recent political developments in Canada?
Fear of American takeover has been used by PM Carney and several provincial premiers to roll back privacy & env. protections, erode democratic norms, human rights & indigenous sovereignty. It's Happening Here too fast to keep up with :(
Fear of American takeover has been used by PM Carney and several provincial premiers to roll back privacy & env. protections, erode democratic norms, human rights & indigenous sovereignty. It's Happening Here too fast to keep up with :(
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Do you plan to cover recent political developments in Canada?
Fear of American takeover has been used by PM Carney and several provincial premiers to roll back privacy & env. protections, erode democratic norms, human rights & indigenous sovereignty. It's Happening Here too fast to keep up with :(
Fear of American takeover has been used by PM Carney and several provincial premiers to roll back privacy & env. protections, erode democratic norms, human rights & indigenous sovereignty. It's Happening Here too fast to keep up with :(
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Robert sits down with @margaret.bsky.social to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Robert sits down with @margaret.bsky.social to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
I've had a lifelong fascination with the idea that ICBMs can reach the world's major cities faster than most places can deliver a pizza, so I can't overstate my excitement at
@iwriteok.bsky.social's Behind the Bastards series on the Architects of Armageddon who built the world's nuclear arsenal.
@iwriteok.bsky.social's Behind the Bastards series on the Architects of Armageddon who built the world's nuclear arsenal.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've had a lifelong fascination with the idea that ICBMs can reach the world's major cities faster than most places can deliver a pizza, so I can't overstate my excitement at
@iwriteok.bsky.social's Behind the Bastards series on the Architects of Armageddon who built the world's nuclear arsenal.
@iwriteok.bsky.social's Behind the Bastards series on the Architects of Armageddon who built the world's nuclear arsenal.
Looking forward to listening to this! I'm really fascinated by the relationship of nuclear weapons to state sovereignty.
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Looking forward to listening to this! I'm really fascinated by the relationship of nuclear weapons to state sovereignty.
Whenever I see my university campus (UofT), I feel so many complex emotions. Nostalgia, in part. Mostly regret & grief at who I could've been. Bitter, at opportunities squandered. Pride in my survival.
My ADHD diagnosis + gender transition healed long suffered wounds - but the scars remain.
My ADHD diagnosis + gender transition healed long suffered wounds - but the scars remain.
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Whenever I see my university campus (UofT), I feel so many complex emotions. Nostalgia, in part. Mostly regret & grief at who I could've been. Bitter, at opportunities squandered. Pride in my survival.
My ADHD diagnosis + gender transition healed long suffered wounds - but the scars remain.
My ADHD diagnosis + gender transition healed long suffered wounds - but the scars remain.
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
I suspect @wellerstein.bsky.social would have a good take on Jacobsen's work & this scenario.
Here's his take on Curtis LeMay, who was as much a microcosm of the callous inhumanity of the global apocalypse machine as he was one of its primary architects: doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sou...
Here's his take on Curtis LeMay, who was as much a microcosm of the callous inhumanity of the global apocalypse machine as he was one of its primary architects: doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sou...
"I have sought to slaughter as few civilians as possible."
The rabid, apocalyptic Beat poetry that is "Mission with LeMay"
doomsdaymachines.net
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I suspect @wellerstein.bsky.social would have a good take on Jacobsen's work & this scenario.
Here's his take on Curtis LeMay, who was as much a microcosm of the callous inhumanity of the global apocalypse machine as he was one of its primary architects: doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sou...
Here's his take on Curtis LeMay, who was as much a microcosm of the callous inhumanity of the global apocalypse machine as he was one of its primary architects: doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sou...
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I need to know how much wealth they produce before receiving any more public funding. In the same way we ask of the postal service. If they can't turn a profit then why are we funding them?
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I need to know how much wealth they produce before receiving any more public funding. In the same way we ask of the postal service. If they can't turn a profit then why are we funding them?