@robertquickert.bsky.social
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It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The United States is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:10 PM
It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The United States is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How do vaccine cutbacks affect public health? Ask Japan www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social
"...flu and pneumonia deaths spike after the Japanese government stopped..."
HPV scaremongering "...is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer."
#VaccinesWork
"...flu and pneumonia deaths spike after the Japanese government stopped..."
HPV scaremongering "...is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer."
#VaccinesWork
How do vaccine cutbacks affect public health? Ask Japan
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of setbacks.
www.nature.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
How do vaccine cutbacks affect public health? Ask Japan www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social
"...flu and pneumonia deaths spike after the Japanese government stopped..."
HPV scaremongering "...is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer."
#VaccinesWork
"...flu and pneumonia deaths spike after the Japanese government stopped..."
HPV scaremongering "...is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer."
#VaccinesWork
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This is a lie. I was on the Danforth Saturday night, 24 hours after blizzard, & bike lanes were full of snow & car lanes clear. Sidewalks meh. This man makes things up to rage his way into the mayoral office. Tell your not-online friends & fam.
Brad Bradford is using his former bike riding credibility to curry favour w the anti bike folks and become mayor. 'Don't worry I used to ride a bike and I now hate bike lanes too' (for political gain). This guy is the worst.
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This is a lie. I was on the Danforth Saturday night, 24 hours after blizzard, & bike lanes were full of snow & car lanes clear. Sidewalks meh. This man makes things up to rage his way into the mayoral office. Tell your not-online friends & fam.
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It’s time for today’s game of “is this appalling thing the President just said even true or is it just a neuron misfire or a manifestation of his pathological need just to say whatever shit he thinks will make him look cool and tough”
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It’s time for today’s game of “is this appalling thing the President just said even true or is it just a neuron misfire or a manifestation of his pathological need just to say whatever shit he thinks will make him look cool and tough”
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Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
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The body blows to science, sense, and public health just keep coming.
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The body blows to science, sense, and public health just keep coming.
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
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Thank God that CBS News has made it legal to love America again, just like President Donald J. Trump made it legal to say Merry Christmas.
January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Thank God that CBS News has made it legal to love America again, just like President Donald J. Trump made it legal to say Merry Christmas.
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The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
The person charged with enforcing the laws is himself a law breaker. In such a state, do laws even have any legitimacy?
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
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He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks
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This is a key lens to look at how the province treats Toronto. It's a place for people outside of Toronto to get into and out of, not live. And that guides many decisions.
Viewed this way, it's really a strange and political home rule system.
Viewed this way, it's really a strange and political home rule system.
Which says nothing about Chow's skills as a politician. But structurally:
1. The 905 makes or breaks governments, particularly majorities.
2. 905 voters are motorists.
3. 1+2 = Toronto won't be allowed congestion pricing in this generation.
1. The 905 makes or breaks governments, particularly majorities.
2. 905 voters are motorists.
3. 1+2 = Toronto won't be allowed congestion pricing in this generation.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a key lens to look at how the province treats Toronto. It's a place for people outside of Toronto to get into and out of, not live. And that guides many decisions.
Viewed this way, it's really a strange and political home rule system.
Viewed this way, it's really a strange and political home rule system.
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The World Cup in MAGA America is bad, yes, but have you considered how awful the Olympics in MAGA America will be, months before the 2028 Presidential election (presumably)
LA28 chair Casey Wasserman met with Benjamin Netanyahu today who "thanked him for his great support for the State of Israel."
At the meeting Wasserman "told the Prime Minister that his leadership in the last two years makes him proud to be a Jew."
Release: www.gov.il/en/pages/pm-...
At the meeting Wasserman "told the Prime Minister that his leadership in the last two years makes him proud to be a Jew."
Release: www.gov.il/en/pages/pm-...
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The World Cup in MAGA America is bad, yes, but have you considered how awful the Olympics in MAGA America will be, months before the 2028 Presidential election (presumably)
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What were Ford’s thoughts about work from home etc?
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What were Ford’s thoughts about work from home etc?
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It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
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What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
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Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
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"Trump treats American potency as a wasting asset, drawing it down over and over to satisfy his personal whims and ideas," says Thomas Wright. But sooner or later, power will drain away
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
What If ‘America First’ Appears to Work?
“Might makes right” is still wrong for America, but opposing it just got harder.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Trump treats American potency as a wasting asset, drawing it down over and over to satisfy his personal whims and ideas," says Thomas Wright. But sooner or later, power will drain away
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
Farmers in the Midwest kept their hands on the stove in 2024, even tho they had to be bailed out by subsidies in the First Reign of Terror.
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
@rmtransit.bsky.social Today's GO email newsletter flags service changes to the Lakeshore East line on weekends with service being reduced to all-day 30 minutes termed "temporary". Multiple clicks through several pages gives no explanation why. Tired of the endless obfuscation
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
@rmtransit.bsky.social Today's GO email newsletter flags service changes to the Lakeshore East line on weekends with service being reduced to all-day 30 minutes termed "temporary". Multiple clicks through several pages gives no explanation why. Tired of the endless obfuscation
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After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
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Tom Nichols about White House Press briefings: “Every one of these press conferences becomes a Saturday Night Live cold open. Except that you couldn’t write something like this. The writers at Saturday Night Live would throw that one out — it’s just too over the top.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tom Nichols about White House Press briefings: “Every one of these press conferences becomes a Saturday Night Live cold open. Except that you couldn’t write something like this. The writers at Saturday Night Live would throw that one out — it’s just too over the top.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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The Pentagon is pissed about "A House of Dynamite," and claims its missile interceptors have a 100 percent accuracy rate.
There's no such thing as a "100% accuracy." That's aimed squarely at Trump, so that he'll go ahead and dump money into "Golden Dome."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There's no such thing as a "100% accuracy." That's aimed squarely at Trump, so that he'll go ahead and dump money into "Golden Dome."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Pentagon Frets Over ‘A House of Dynamite’ Nuclear Doomsday Film
The plot of A House of Dynamite, the new thriller from Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, hinges on — spoiler alert — US missile defenses failing to knock down a nuclear-tipped intercontinental bal...
www.bloomberg.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Pentagon is pissed about "A House of Dynamite," and claims its missile interceptors have a 100 percent accuracy rate.
There's no such thing as a "100% accuracy." That's aimed squarely at Trump, so that he'll go ahead and dump money into "Golden Dome."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There's no such thing as a "100% accuracy." That's aimed squarely at Trump, so that he'll go ahead and dump money into "Golden Dome."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The fight against cancer and autism health misinformation never ends. Report by CBC Marketplace with quote from @caulfieldtim.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
We analyzed 200 cancer and autism videos on TikTok and found the majority contain misinformation | CBC News
TikTok is flooded with videos promising miracle treatments for autism and cancer, but how many of them are true? Marketplace investigated 200 health videos on the platform and uncovered a troubling tr...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The fight against cancer and autism health misinformation never ends. Report by CBC Marketplace with quote from @caulfieldtim.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
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Trump has a fit over Canadian ad, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
Trump has a fit over Canadian ad
The Hill Times
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump has a fit over Canadian ad, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...