John "Not That John Bolton" Bolton
@opus59films.bsky.social
Son & Brother & Uncle & Husband & Dad (chronologically)
Producer & Writer & Director @ Opus 59 Films
Vancouver, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ
Producer & Writer & Director @ Opus 59 Films
Vancouver, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ
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So - Vancouverites - where were you at the evening of Monday, March 17, 2014? If you weren't at Blue Water Cafe, in the Oceans Room, then here's who you weren't having dinner with at the behest of Jeffrey Epstein:
February 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
So - Vancouverites - where were you at the evening of Monday, March 17, 2014? If you weren't at Blue Water Cafe, in the Oceans Room, then here's who you weren't having dinner with at the behest of Jeffrey Epstein:
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This is unironically what I want to spend a year trying to change when I retire. It is egregious that Vancouver forbids hotels near a specialty hospital for the entire province and I think some sympathetic news coverage could fix that
In a big city where people live in apartments it’s not a frivolity that people can come visit and have a place to stay. As my friend @grids.reillywood.com has previously pointed out, an exceptionally egregious example is B.C. Women’s and Children’s Hospital
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is unironically what I want to spend a year trying to change when I retire. It is egregious that Vancouver forbids hotels near a specialty hospital for the entire province and I think some sympathetic news coverage could fix that
An informed, personal, persuasive thread.
So it’s broadly recognized that Vancouver needs more hotel rooms, that high room rates driven by high occupancy are a drag on the local economy, that the city needs to facilitate the construction of more hotels. All of this is true
I want speak to the human importance of hotels
I want speak to the human importance of hotels
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
An informed, personal, persuasive thread.
"Mayor Sim told Daily Hive Urbanized the London Drugs space ... could potentially become a Justice Institute of British Columbia dedicated training academy for police officers."
That fine line between policing a community, and a community of police officers.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
That fine line between policing a community, and a community of police officers.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
VPD opening Woodward's patrol hub, former London Drugs eyed for training facility | Urbanized
Vancouver Police is opening its District 5 headquarters at Woodward's, and considering turning London Drugs' space into a training academy.
dailyhive.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"Mayor Sim told Daily Hive Urbanized the London Drugs space ... could potentially become a Justice Institute of British Columbia dedicated training academy for police officers."
That fine line between policing a community, and a community of police officers.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
That fine line between policing a community, and a community of police officers.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
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The good news here is that we already have detention centers that they're very familiar with.
Even under a best case scenario — Dems take the WH in 2028, ICE and BP are abolished or rebuilt from scratch — we’re still going to have thousands of angry, unemployed, well-armed, MAGA loyalist former immigration cops who have been told for 3-4 years that they’re above the law.
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The good news here is that we already have detention centers that they're very familiar with.
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The best 5 words about the USA ever
Country run by Leland Palmers
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The best 5 words about the USA ever
“BC Liquor Stores aren’t restaurants” only maybe makes the top 3 of the list of the funniest things about this sign.
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
“BC Liquor Stores aren’t restaurants” only maybe makes the top 3 of the list of the funniest things about this sign.
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At least that fucking abusive cult leader in Albany liked volleyball.
Apparently Epstein didn't have a single other hobby? Not one person was like, "Happy Birthday Jeff! Looking forward to playing some badminton!"
January 31, 2026 at 9:48 PM
At least that fucking abusive cult leader in Albany liked volleyball.
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A new heartland economy based on ICE warehouses and AI data farms.
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A new heartland economy based on ICE warehouses and AI data farms.
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Oh yeah, that's the stuff
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chatea...
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Oh yeah, that's the stuff
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please enjoy my ken sim bitcoin podcast collage
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
please enjoy my ken sim bitcoin podcast collage
"We should never rule Mr. Poilievre out completely, of course ... There is a significant appetite in some parts of Canada for the MAGA meadow muffins he regularly peddles."
#MAGAmeadowmuffins
#MAGAmeadowmuffins
January 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"We should never rule Mr. Poilievre out completely, of course ... There is a significant appetite in some parts of Canada for the MAGA meadow muffins he regularly peddles."
#MAGAmeadowmuffins
#MAGAmeadowmuffins
"the technoligarchy ... bankrolled Trump’s campaign, demolished regulators, installed themselves in positions to write policy for industries where they hold significant financial interests, and actively encouraged the destruction or defanging of any institution that might limit presidential power"
“WAGMI” — we're all gonna make it — was crypto's 2021 rallying cry. But those with wealth and power knew it was a lie, and that “all” just meant them. My latest traces the last five years from hype to technoligarchy — and why they're not all gonna make it either.
The year of technoligarchy
In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall.
www.citationneeded.news
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"the technoligarchy ... bankrolled Trump’s campaign, demolished regulators, installed themselves in positions to write policy for industries where they hold significant financial interests, and actively encouraged the destruction or defanging of any institution that might limit presidential power"
“The logic of MAGA … is racial authoritarianism. It is white supremacy. But the murders of Pretti and Good should be a stark warning that whiteness ceases to offer protection as soon as a person opposes this regime and its program of racial terror.”
Nick Fuentes called Alex Pretti a “race traitor” for opposing ICE.
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
After Alex Pretti’s Murder, it’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“The logic of MAGA … is racial authoritarianism. It is white supremacy. But the murders of Pretti and Good should be a stark warning that whiteness ceases to offer protection as soon as a person opposes this regime and its program of racial terror.”
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
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These companies want to take everything that is required for people to communicate with one another and exercise our capacity to operate in a democracy and sell it back to us as automated algorithmic decision making that will ultimately penalize us for reasons we’re prevented from seeing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
These companies want to take everything that is required for people to communicate with one another and exercise our capacity to operate in a democracy and sell it back to us as automated algorithmic decision making that will ultimately penalize us for reasons we’re prevented from seeing.
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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This isn't just cowardly, it's horrible politics. The people want action! This "better training for the guards at Dachau" shit won't work and won't win you a single vote!
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This isn't just cowardly, it's horrible politics. The people want action! This "better training for the guards at Dachau" shit won't work and won't win you a single vote!
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“Whenever I look at his images depicting Vancouver Island, I think about my Woodend grandparents who lived in Metchosin, just outside Victoria, and cry.” 🎨
The Stunning Realism of E.J. Hughes | The Tyee
A new film about the late landscape painter is a moving exploration of shyness, failure and the beauty of BC.
thetyee.ca
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“Whenever I look at his images depicting Vancouver Island, I think about my Woodend grandparents who lived in Metchosin, just outside Victoria, and cry.” 🎨
My cousin just asked me if she could get this for my birthday and I said fuck yes she could and I'd even let my toddler play with it when I was done and she said I meant for your toddler's birthday and I said well I still get to play with it first. translinkstore.ca/products/bus...
Bus Pop-up Play Tent
This kids’ pop‑up tent is modelled after a real TransLink Bus, bringing Vancouver’s transit fun right into your living room or backyard. Made of durable nylon, it’s built to handle plenty of adventure...
translinkstore.ca
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
My cousin just asked me if she could get this for my birthday and I said fuck yes she could and I'd even let my toddler play with it when I was done and she said I meant for your toddler's birthday and I said well I still get to play with it first. translinkstore.ca/products/bus...
"The country stops at the border. And so the law stops at the border. And so for the tyrant an obvious move is to extend the border so that is everywhere, to turn the whole country as a border area, where no rules apply."
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"The country stops at the border. And so the law stops at the border. And so for the tyrant an obvious move is to extend the border so that is everywhere, to turn the whole country as a border area, where no rules apply."
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They find it inconceivable that you could believe in anything and act on it without getting paid because if there wasn’t an endorsement deal to hawk fake supplements or straight up cash for podcasting, these people wouldn’t even muster the effort to log on.
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
They find it inconceivable that you could believe in anything and act on it without getting paid because if there wasn’t an endorsement deal to hawk fake supplements or straight up cash for podcasting, these people wouldn’t even muster the effort to log on.
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MAGAs are already defending ICE fascists by saying the man they killed today had a gun.
1. MN is an open carry state
2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone
1. MN is an open carry state
2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
MAGAs are already defending ICE fascists by saying the man they killed today had a gun.
1. MN is an open carry state
2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone
1. MN is an open carry state
2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone