mugsy bennigan 🍉
@mugsy.bsky.social
He/him. Settler/anti-racist/anti-fascist on Treaty 7 land Moh’kinsstis/Calgary. Occasionally mean to liberals, so deal with it.
Regular okay person, to boot.
#ballsgang
Regular okay person, to boot.
#ballsgang
we export our best and brightest
Possibly my favourite "leaving the left" conversion story was that Canadian grad student Lindsay Shepherd, who when trying to define what was progressive about her politics before, said that she took the bus
October 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
we export our best and brightest
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“Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.” - Johann Most
October 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.” - Johann Most
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After everything they did for cops!
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
After everything they did for cops!
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a fascist meme, "globalist" is a dog whistle for classic 19th century style conflation of Jewish people and being "cosmopolitan"
DHS appears to suggest that it will deny citizenship to "globalists"
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
a fascist meme, "globalist" is a dog whistle for classic 19th century style conflation of Jewish people and being "cosmopolitan"
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Absolutely beyond parody that Dave Chappelle is headlining a comedy show for Saudi royalty after what, a decade of whining about cancel culture
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Absolutely beyond parody that Dave Chappelle is headlining a comedy show for Saudi royalty after what, a decade of whining about cancel culture
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We are antifascists. Our activism is centered on fighting against any organization, institution, or authoritarian that targets Women, POC, Muslims, Jews, Immigrants, and Queer people with marginalization and oppression. If you have a problem with that you can fuck right off with your ignorance. 🖕
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We are antifascists. Our activism is centered on fighting against any organization, institution, or authoritarian that targets Women, POC, Muslims, Jews, Immigrants, and Queer people with marginalization and oppression. If you have a problem with that you can fuck right off with your ignorance. 🖕
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Jews
September 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Jews
You’d think that being advised by a German that this is fascism would carry some weight in terms of argument, but most people will either dismiss the point or ignore it completely. it’s so bleak right now
“We shouldn't make fun of the fact that they want to ban Antifa, an organization that doesn't even exist. Quite the opposite, of course they know it. It's precisely about creating a vague enemy image and a seemingly legal framework to prosecute anything that stands in the way of new fascism.”
Sollten uns nicht darüber lustig machen, dass sie mit Antifa Organisation verbieten wollen, die es gar nicht gibt. Im Gegenteil, das wissen sie natürlich. Es geht genau darum, diffuses Feindbild und scheinbar gesetzlichen Rahmen zu schaffen, um alles zu verfolgen, was neuem Faschismus im Wege steht.
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
You’d think that being advised by a German that this is fascism would carry some weight in terms of argument, but most people will either dismiss the point or ignore it completely. it’s so bleak right now
“We shouldn't make fun of the fact that they want to ban Antifa, an organization that doesn't even exist. Quite the opposite, of course they know it. It's precisely about creating a vague enemy image and a seemingly legal framework to prosecute anything that stands in the way of new fascism.”
Sollten uns nicht darüber lustig machen, dass sie mit Antifa Organisation verbieten wollen, die es gar nicht gibt. Im Gegenteil, das wissen sie natürlich. Es geht genau darum, diffuses Feindbild und scheinbar gesetzlichen Rahmen zu schaffen, um alles zu verfolgen, was neuem Faschismus im Wege steht.
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“We shouldn't make fun of the fact that they want to ban Antifa, an organization that doesn't even exist. Quite the opposite, of course they know it. It's precisely about creating a vague enemy image and a seemingly legal framework to prosecute anything that stands in the way of new fascism.”
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To be clear, this move brings us back to the very pointed targeting of LGBTQ2S+ graphic novels that got us here in the first place.
Books that were on the government's radar thanks to far-right advocacy groups like Action4Canada.
Books that were on the government's radar thanks to far-right advocacy groups like Action4Canada.
After news broke that Alberta's school library standards would hit classic lit like Margaret Atwood, the province has updated its ministerial order to only target VISUAL depictions of "explicit content."
This whole situation has been one big mess.
My story: xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
This whole situation has been one big mess.
My story: xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
Alberta book ban mess continues with updated ministerial order | Xtra Magazine
Premier Danielle Smith’s fave Ayn Rand is safe. Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” is not
xtramagazine.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
To be clear, this move brings us back to the very pointed targeting of LGBTQ2S+ graphic novels that got us here in the first place.
Books that were on the government's radar thanks to far-right advocacy groups like Action4Canada.
Books that were on the government's radar thanks to far-right advocacy groups like Action4Canada.
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There is a large portion of people who only really started to care about the Alberta book ban stuff when it was Margaret Atwood being pulled from shelves.
I hope those same people are willing to stand up and defend queer and trans comics artists too, and call this what it is
I hope those same people are willing to stand up and defend queer and trans comics artists too, and call this what it is
I'm already seeing a lot of "well this is a start! This is better!" on my feed. It's not!!
Remember why this mess all started in the first place, and how this government is choose to single out what is "explicit" or "graphic."
Remember why this mess all started in the first place, and how this government is choose to single out what is "explicit" or "graphic."
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There is a large portion of people who only really started to care about the Alberta book ban stuff when it was Margaret Atwood being pulled from shelves.
I hope those same people are willing to stand up and defend queer and trans comics artists too, and call this what it is
I hope those same people are willing to stand up and defend queer and trans comics artists too, and call this what it is
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drug prohibition is state religion
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
drug prohibition is state religion
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so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
August 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
- my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal
- he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not)
- he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog
- he is not a dog
- I do not get seizures
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naming the brand and flavor of the potato chip bag is what sends this story over the top. a perfect piece of new york city politics journalism
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
naming the brand and flavor of the potato chip bag is what sends this story over the top. a perfect piece of new york city politics journalism
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There are always many apologists for Cdn mediocrity (and Toronto mediocrity, for that matter).
It was many years of training/beating down to get there.
It was many years of training/beating down to get there.
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
There are always many apologists for Cdn mediocrity (and Toronto mediocrity, for that matter).
It was many years of training/beating down to get there.
It was many years of training/beating down to get there.
All that, and a bag of chips
Is this some sort of viral campaign for the next season of Daredevil?
Come ON www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
August 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
All that, and a bag of chips
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While Fiods is closing a bunch of stores and Toronto is lining up 100 people deep to shop at the most mid grocery store
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
While Fiods is closing a bunch of stores and Toronto is lining up 100 people deep to shop at the most mid grocery store
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Yes and I’ll sweeten it for you: it opened in winter
Wait is that true lmao
August 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yes and I’ll sweeten it for you: it opened in winter
Truth being spoken here:
“Toronto is Canada’s New York”
Ok I’m going to stop you there because nobody in New York has ever camped out overnight to be at the opening of a Cheesecake Factory
Ok I’m going to stop you there because nobody in New York has ever camped out overnight to be at the opening of a Cheesecake Factory
While Fiods is closing a bunch of stores and Toronto is lining up 100 people deep to shop at the most mid grocery store
August 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Truth being spoken here:
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My quasi-daily reminder that Christian Zionism is the dominant form of Zionism today and one of the most dangerous ideologies of the past few decades.
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My quasi-daily reminder that Christian Zionism is the dominant form of Zionism today and one of the most dangerous ideologies of the past few decades.
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Tonight’s sermon at Seattle is wild… the below story changed and didn’t include Muslims, it include section 8 housing and homeless folks. And the rest of it is how she met her Husband Johnathan Caine of Journey fame. Also, she claims she moved to LA and lived in the hood lol!
Paula White preaching at Pursuit NW this morning. She starts with the spirit of Esther that’s not “gender specific”. Then launches into an unhinged rant about how “the Muslims came after me heavy” and was shot by a “hypodermic needle” and a “gun held to her head” ?!
August 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Tonight’s sermon at Seattle is wild… the below story changed and didn’t include Muslims, it include section 8 housing and homeless folks. And the rest of it is how she met her Husband Johnathan Caine of Journey fame. Also, she claims she moved to LA and lived in the hood lol!
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We have officially made it to the Buzzfeed-style lists chapter of the fascist takeover!
August 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We have officially made it to the Buzzfeed-style lists chapter of the fascist takeover!
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one crucial takeaway that people should get from the john mcdougall saga is that Duncan Kinney Was Right
August 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
one crucial takeaway that people should get from the john mcdougall saga is that Duncan Kinney Was Right