Hobbes
@manitobbes.bsky.social
Manitoba, the backwater hinterland.
• Dog lover
• Plant lover
• Twitter exodus • Social Democrat (of unspecified flavour)
• Panthiest
• 2% Neanderthal DNA 🦬 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🧏♂️ 🇨🇦
• Dog lover
• Plant lover
• Twitter exodus • Social Democrat (of unspecified flavour)
• Panthiest
• 2% Neanderthal DNA 🦬 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🧏♂️ 🇨🇦
It looks likely the race is Lewis’s to lose. However, Ashton could be the wild card if he makes it to the third round. At that point, a win in a theoretical match-up between Lewis and McPherson could go either way.
#ndp #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
#ndp #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Avi Lewis leads field in NDP leadership fundraising, followed by MP McPherson
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis has received the lion’s share of campaign donations in the race so far, beating out the only sitting MP vying for the job.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It looks likely the race is Lewis’s to lose. However, Ashton could be the wild card if he makes it to the third round. At that point, a win in a theoretical match-up between Lewis and McPherson could go either way.
#ndp #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
#ndp #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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When Iranian dresses catch on fire, they could just be part of an ancient dance. Maybe..
Sama (meaning 'Listening') is a Sufi ritual performed as part of the meditation and prayer practice known as Dhikr.
(Dangerous performances by trained professionals, do not imitate)
#dance #iranian #sufism
Sama (meaning 'Listening') is a Sufi ritual performed as part of the meditation and prayer practice known as Dhikr.
(Dangerous performances by trained professionals, do not imitate)
#dance #iranian #sufism
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Islamic Republic of #Iran
1979 ~ 2026
1979 ~ 2026
a red white and green flag waving in the wind
ALT: a red white and green flag waving in the wind
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Islamic Republic of #Iran
1979 ~ 2026
1979 ~ 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Now that Christmas is over, it's time to take care of that snow problem... or, we can play in it.
🌨️❄️☃️☃️
#snow #fun #decompress
🌨️❄️☃️☃️
#snow #fun #decompress
December 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Now that Christmas is over, it's time to take care of that snow problem... or, we can play in it.
🌨️❄️☃️☃️
#snow #fun #decompress
🌨️❄️☃️☃️
#snow #fun #decompress
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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If you 'enjoyed' our recent two podcasts about the ANDP-Leap conflict and the federal NDP's leadership race, you're going to 'love' digging into the federal party's just-released 2025 campaign post-mortem.
www.ndp.ca
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If you 'enjoyed' our recent two podcasts about the ANDP-Leap conflict and the federal NDP's leadership race, you're going to 'love' digging into the federal party's just-released 2025 campaign post-mortem.
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McPherson narrowly leads Ashton in exciting potential NDP voters, but Ashton most exciting to those who might sign-up as a member to vote, according to Pollara poll
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
McPherson, Ashton most exciting to potential NDP voters, poll shows
Ashton holds biggest sign-up potential while Lewis generates highest positive feelings among those who already "know a few things about him."
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
McPherson narrowly leads Ashton in exciting potential NDP voters, but Ashton most exciting to those who might sign-up as a member to vote, according to Pollara poll
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
Even if all parties signed onto the revised ‘peace’ plan, it could conceivably be illegal according to International law because it does not allow for international agreements to be recognized if at least one signatory is under the guns. That’s my understanding.
#Ukraine
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/e...
#Ukraine
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/e...
Washington trumpets Ukraine talks progress – but source reveals significant obstacles | CNN
Despite “a few remaining points of disagreement,” President Trump heralded his team’s “tremendous progress” made towards ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Even if all parties signed onto the revised ‘peace’ plan, it could conceivably be illegal according to International law because it does not allow for international agreements to be recognized if at least one signatory is under the guns. That’s my understanding.
#Ukraine
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/e...
#Ukraine
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/e...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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What does the future of the NDP have in store? A lot of good, perhaps. But first the party and it's next leader have a lot to figure out.
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
Can Canada’s NDP Step Back From the Brink of Electoral Ruin?
The leadership race in Canada’s New Democratic Party has exposed fractures between workers and professionals and between leader-driven branding and party democracy. Its survival as a serious left-wing...
jacobin.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What does the future of the NDP have in store? A lot of good, perhaps. But first the party and it's next leader have a lot to figure out.
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
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This is arguably the rarest substance in the universe, as far as humans are aware.
(Or at least as claimed in the video 🤷)
#organicmatter #science #cosmology #interesting
(Or at least as claimed in the video 🤷)
#organicmatter #science #cosmology #interesting
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is arguably the rarest substance in the universe, as far as humans are aware.
(Or at least as claimed in the video 🤷)
#organicmatter #science #cosmology #interesting
(Or at least as claimed in the video 🤷)
#organicmatter #science #cosmology #interesting
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Let's have a reintroduction the characters of the RHOTWH (Real Housewives of the White House).
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let's have a reintroduction the characters of the RHOTWH (Real Housewives of the White House).
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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In his 1987 address to Canada’s Parliament, Reagan hailed free trade as an act of faith in freedom itself, “the open door of cooperation over the closed gate of isolation.”
Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇
Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In his 1987 address to Canada’s Parliament, Reagan hailed free trade as an act of faith in freedom itself, “the open door of cooperation over the closed gate of isolation.”
Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇
Alongside Prime Minister Mulroney, he cast the U.S./Canada pact as democracy’s economic twin. 🇺🇸🇨🇦👇
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The CLC-sponsored NDP leadership forum focused largely on the candidates’ biographies and personalities. But one candidate did try to shake things up by putting some bold ideas on the table. #NDPLeadership2026
rabble.ca/politics/can...
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Only one candidate proposed bold policies at the NDP leadership forum
The CLC-sponsored NDP leadership forum focused largely on the candidates’ biographies and personalities.
rabble.ca
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The CLC-sponsored NDP leadership forum focused largely on the candidates’ biographies and personalities. But one candidate did try to shake things up by putting some bold ideas on the table. #NDPLeadership2026
rabble.ca/politics/can...
rabble.ca/politics/can...
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Rob Ashton has disrupted the NDP leadership race, and has quickly positioned himself as a serious contender, can it last?
#canpoli
rabble.ca/politics/can...
#canpoli
rabble.ca/politics/can...
OP-ED: Can a dock worker really topple NDP political dynasties?
Rob Ashton has disrupted the NDP leadership race, and has quickly positioned himself as a serious contender, can it last?
rabble.ca
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Rob Ashton has disrupted the NDP leadership race, and has quickly positioned himself as a serious contender, can it last?
#canpoli
rabble.ca/politics/can...
#canpoli
rabble.ca/politics/can...
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Tomorrow night - mass organizing call for Avi Lewis with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai.
Anjali Appadurai was the BC NDP climate justice leadership candidate so likely to win the BC NDP leadership race 3 years ago that the NDP disqualified her from running. act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
Anjali Appadurai was the BC NDP climate justice leadership candidate so likely to win the BC NDP leadership race 3 years ago that the NDP disqualified her from running. act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tomorrow night - mass organizing call for Avi Lewis with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai.
Anjali Appadurai was the BC NDP climate justice leadership candidate so likely to win the BC NDP leadership race 3 years ago that the NDP disqualified her from running. act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
Anjali Appadurai was the BC NDP climate justice leadership candidate so likely to win the BC NDP leadership race 3 years ago that the NDP disqualified her from running. act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
