John Robb
@realstirfryguy.bsky.social
Gregarious line cook. I have many opinions and they are all mine. #Reds fan. Settler on unceded Wolastoqiyik territory. il/He/Him 🤼 🌱🌿📌 #NBBluesky #CanadaSky
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John Robb
@realstirfryguy.bsky.social
· Apr 16
New word for our times created by @swilua.bsky.social:
Donkwaggle
däŋk waɡ(ə)l
noun, pejorative
a callow, self centered fool unaware of his own idiocy
"The donkwaggle spent 20 minutes explaining crypto currency erroneously."
Especially useful in social media settings. CC: @merriam-webster.com
Donkwaggle
däŋk waɡ(ə)l
noun, pejorative
a callow, self centered fool unaware of his own idiocy
"The donkwaggle spent 20 minutes explaining crypto currency erroneously."
Especially useful in social media settings. CC: @merriam-webster.com
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So far, Mark Carney has failed to protect the international rules-based order he now speaks about, and has instead pursued a foreign policy that puts profit before people. This speech must mark a change. In uncertain times, Canadians need their government to speak - and act - with moral courage.
4/4
4/4
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
So far, Mark Carney has failed to protect the international rules-based order he now speaks about, and has instead pursued a foreign policy that puts profit before people. This speech must mark a change. In uncertain times, Canadians need their government to speak - and act - with moral courage.
4/4
4/4
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▫️State unequivocally that he will not join Donald Trump’s “board of peace.” There is absolutely no credible justification for participating in any part of Trump’s colonial aspirations.
▫️Stand Canada solidly and physically with our allies. That includes deploying Canadian troops to Greenland.
3/4
▫️Stand Canada solidly and physically with our allies. That includes deploying Canadian troops to Greenland.
3/4
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
▫️State unequivocally that he will not join Donald Trump’s “board of peace.” There is absolutely no credible justification for participating in any part of Trump’s colonial aspirations.
▫️Stand Canada solidly and physically with our allies. That includes deploying Canadian troops to Greenland.
3/4
▫️Stand Canada solidly and physically with our allies. That includes deploying Canadian troops to Greenland.
3/4
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▫️Stop appeasing Donald Trump. An approach built on placating the bully in the White House has done nothing to protect Canada’s sovereignty. To use the Prime Minister’s own metaphor, playing nice at the table has not taken us off the menu.
2/4
2/4
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
▫️Stop appeasing Donald Trump. An approach built on placating the bully in the White House has done nothing to protect Canada’s sovereignty. To use the Prime Minister’s own metaphor, playing nice at the table has not taken us off the menu.
2/4
2/4
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Today, Mark Carney delivered a speech worth watching. But a good speech is not foreign policy. The Prime Minister now needs to follow his words with action.
As a start, Mark Carney must:
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As a start, Mark Carney must:
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January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Today, Mark Carney delivered a speech worth watching. But a good speech is not foreign policy. The Prime Minister now needs to follow his words with action.
As a start, Mark Carney must:
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As a start, Mark Carney must:
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If we had a halfway decent opposition party in Canada, they’d endorse the words Carney used today, and then hammer him relentlessly on implementation or lack thereof.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
If we had a halfway decent opposition party in Canada, they’d endorse the words Carney used today, and then hammer him relentlessly on implementation or lack thereof.
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If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies.
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies.
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
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bluesky has now reached critical enough mass as a Sports App that we can correctly and safely assume that contextless exclamations are sports-related and I’m very proud of us
bluesky needs a “DON’T GET WORRIED / EXCITED: it’s just sports” banner
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 AM
bluesky has now reached critical enough mass as a Sports App that we can correctly and safely assume that contextless exclamations are sports-related and I’m very proud of us
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If Greenland goes, we're next.
Draw a line in the snow.
Draw a line in the snow.
Good. This is exactly what Canada should be doing. Will it anger Trump? Yes. If Canada wants to remain a sovereign country, we MUST visibly support NATO.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada weighs plans to send soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark, officials say
Move could anger U.S. President Trump, who has threatened new tariffs on European countries that sent personnel there
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If Greenland goes, we're next.
Draw a line in the snow.
Draw a line in the snow.
Come on Houston. Don't make us deal with Patriots fans on a glide path to the SuperBowl.
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Come on Houston. Don't make us deal with Patriots fans on a glide path to the SuperBowl.
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there’s a better reaction screen grab of @minakimes.bsky.social and friends re. unbelievable things but I would like full credit for this one which I will now save for posterity and use when someone DMs me an unbelievable thing.
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
there’s a better reaction screen grab of @minakimes.bsky.social and friends re. unbelievable things but I would like full credit for this one which I will now save for posterity and use when someone DMs me an unbelievable thing.
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It's trending back up. We have such short memories. Interested if Venezuela + Minneapolis is an adequate reminder.
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It's trending back up. We have such short memories. Interested if Venezuela + Minneapolis is an adequate reminder.
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It's been a year since the first mention of a US takeover of Canada, 53rd state etc. Since then, an average of 1,700 fewer Canadians crossed NB/Maine borders per day, which using stats can estimates is $253,830,000 not spent in the US. From just NB land borders.
Click around at datawazo.com/borders
Click around at datawazo.com/borders
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It's been a year since the first mention of a US takeover of Canada, 53rd state etc. Since then, an average of 1,700 fewer Canadians crossed NB/Maine borders per day, which using stats can estimates is $253,830,000 not spent in the US. From just NB land borders.
Click around at datawazo.com/borders
Click around at datawazo.com/borders
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People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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Worth noting, of course, that his account with 33,000 followers *is already useless*. The vast majority of those accounts are inactive or bots.
Rob Shaw is nervous that if the politicians he writes about start fleeing the non-consensual sex image generation website he posts on, his account with 33,000 followers will be useless
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Worth noting, of course, that his account with 33,000 followers *is already useless*. The vast majority of those accounts are inactive or bots.
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Shame is what’s known as a de-motivating emotion. Unlike anger or fear, it makes people take fewer actions when they experience it
Employ it judiciously and against enemies, not friends
Employ it judiciously and against enemies, not friends
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Shame is what’s known as a de-motivating emotion. Unlike anger or fear, it makes people take fewer actions when they experience it
Employ it judiciously and against enemies, not friends
Employ it judiciously and against enemies, not friends
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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It's *good* that public people who lots of folks pay attention to wore anti-ICE pins to a swanky event. It has gotten coverage. People who do not closely follow politics might get curious and look for information. And under fascism, making public your ethical stance is important in and of itself.
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 AM
It's *good* that public people who lots of folks pay attention to wore anti-ICE pins to a swanky event. It has gotten coverage. People who do not closely follow politics might get curious and look for information. And under fascism, making public your ethical stance is important in and of itself.
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There's four equal quadrants:
Midnight - 6:00: night
6:00 - Noon: morning
Noon - 18:00: afternoon
18:00 - midnight: evening
Midnight - 6:00: night
6:00 - Noon: morning
Noon - 18:00: afternoon
18:00 - midnight: evening
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
There's four equal quadrants:
Midnight - 6:00: night
6:00 - Noon: morning
Noon - 18:00: afternoon
18:00 - midnight: evening
Midnight - 6:00: night
6:00 - Noon: morning
Noon - 18:00: afternoon
18:00 - midnight: evening
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Using a technical term to describe an action isn’t just not “hateful rhetoric”—it isn’t rhetoric at all. However, this deceitful framing *is* a rhetorical ploy neatly exemplary of fascism.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Using a technical term to describe an action isn’t just not “hateful rhetoric”—it isn’t rhetoric at all. However, this deceitful framing *is* a rhetorical ploy neatly exemplary of fascism.
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The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
@patmcafeeshow.bsky.social #Idontwanttooverreactbut Everyone of the talking heads on all the football morning shows, and all the weak weak PxP guys on all the early games had better pray Mendoza has a long NFL career. That young man is made for TV and SVP interview after the Peach Bowl proved it!
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
@patmcafeeshow.bsky.social #Idontwanttooverreactbut Everyone of the talking heads on all the football morning shows, and all the weak weak PxP guys on all the early games had better pray Mendoza has a long NFL career. That young man is made for TV and SVP interview after the Peach Bowl proved it!
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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Honestly wondering at what point the Pope excommunicates Vance
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Honestly wondering at what point the Pope excommunicates Vance