James Anok π¨π¦π΅πΉπͺπΊπ³οΈβπ+
@thetastate.bsky.social
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Based in Toronto.
(Yes, I use ALT Text)
Based in Toronto.
(Yes, I use ALT Text)
β¦ ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND KIND, AND TREAT OTHERS WITH FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY.
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST TEAMMATE POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY, ONE COUNTRY, ONE TEAM. 3/3
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST TEAMMATE POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY, ONE COUNTRY, ONE TEAM. 3/3
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
β¦ ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND KIND, AND TREAT OTHERS WITH FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY.
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST TEAMMATE POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY, ONE COUNTRY, ONE TEAM. 3/3
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST TEAMMATE POSSIBLE.
TOGETHER WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY, ONE COUNTRY, ONE TEAM. 3/3
β¦ SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, FAMILY STATUS, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, SEX CHARACTERISTICS, CREED, AGE, COLOUR, ABILITY, DISABILITY, LANGUAGE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF, OR CULTURE.
HERE, YOU ARE SAFE TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS. β¦ 2/3
HERE, YOU ARE SAFE TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS. β¦ 2/3
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
β¦ SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, FAMILY STATUS, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, SEX CHARACTERISTICS, CREED, AGE, COLOUR, ABILITY, DISABILITY, LANGUAGE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF, OR CULTURE.
HERE, YOU ARE SAFE TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS. β¦ 2/3
HERE, YOU ARE SAFE TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS. β¦ 2/3
Love the message in the Team Canada π¨π¦ Olympic workout roomβ¦ this is true Olympic spirit, and the healthy Canadian nationalism that we should embrace.
βWITHIN THESE WALLS, YOU ARE WELCOME, ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM.
YOU ARE TEAM CANADA, REGARDLESS OF⦠1/3
βWITHIN THESE WALLS, YOU ARE WELCOME, ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM.
YOU ARE TEAM CANADA, REGARDLESS OF⦠1/3
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Love the message in the Team Canada π¨π¦ Olympic workout roomβ¦ this is true Olympic spirit, and the healthy Canadian nationalism that we should embrace.
βWITHIN THESE WALLS, YOU ARE WELCOME, ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM.
YOU ARE TEAM CANADA, REGARDLESS OF⦠1/3
βWITHIN THESE WALLS, YOU ARE WELCOME, ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM.
YOU ARE TEAM CANADA, REGARDLESS OF⦠1/3
This is a photo of aβ¦.
- Tube sock?
- Feather duster?
- Arts & Crafts pipe cleaner?
- Furry slinky?
- Chester executing an elegant downward dog morning stretch?
- All of the above
#Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky
- Tube sock?
- Feather duster?
- Arts & Crafts pipe cleaner?
- Furry slinky?
- Chester executing an elegant downward dog morning stretch?
- All of the above
#Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is a photo of aβ¦.
- Tube sock?
- Feather duster?
- Arts & Crafts pipe cleaner?
- Furry slinky?
- Chester executing an elegant downward dog morning stretch?
- All of the above
#Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky
- Tube sock?
- Feather duster?
- Arts & Crafts pipe cleaner?
- Furry slinky?
- Chester executing an elegant downward dog morning stretch?
- All of the above
#Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky
If you are outside of Toronto please check with your local municipal emergency services for the right number to call.
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Acting locally, in your community, is the best way to effect change in these perilous days.
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Acting locally, in your community, is the best way to effect change in these perilous days.
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
If you are outside of Toronto please check with your local municipal emergency services for the right number to call.
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Acting locally, in your community, is the best way to effect change in these perilous days.
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Acting locally, in your community, is the best way to effect change in these perilous days.
Please take time to check in on your housed neighbours as well. Seniors with mobility issues in particular. They may not have been able to get out for essentials over the past weekβ¦
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Please take time to check in on your housed neighbours as well. Seniors with mobility issues in particular. They may not have been able to get out for essentials over the past weekβ¦
This is my neighbour. This is your neighbour. We are all in this life together. In Toronto please call Street Outreach Services #311 if you see someone out on the street in this cold weather...
#Toronto #homelessness #communityhealth #seniors
#Toronto #homelessness #communityhealth #seniors
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is my neighbour. This is your neighbour. We are all in this life together. In Toronto please call Street Outreach Services #311 if you see someone out on the street in this cold weather...
#Toronto #homelessness #communityhealth #seniors
#Toronto #homelessness #communityhealth #seniors
Chester is THRILLED that the #lego #ferrari arrived today! He brought out his F1 Ferrari plushy in solidarity. Let the build begin!!!!! (I think @revdaniel.bsky.social is a smidge less thrilled than Chester)
January 29, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Chester is THRILLED that the #lego #ferrari arrived today! He brought out his F1 Ferrari plushy in solidarity. Let the build begin!!!!! (I think @revdaniel.bsky.social is a smidge less thrilled than Chester)
βDenial and distortion of the Holocaust persist. Remembrance of the Holocaust defies denial and distortion, rejects falsehoods, confronts hatred, and insists on the humanity of the victims.β 3/3
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
βDenial and distortion of the Holocaust persist. Remembrance of the Holocaust defies denial and distortion, rejects falsehoods, confronts hatred, and insists on the humanity of the victims.β 3/3
βThe Holocaust warns us of the deadly consequences of antisemitism and hatred, dehumanization and apathy left unchallenged. Over eighty years after the Holocaust, we witness daily assaults on our fellow global citizens. Antisemitism and hatred surge.β β¦ 2/3
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
βThe Holocaust warns us of the deadly consequences of antisemitism and hatred, dehumanization and apathy left unchallenged. Over eighty years after the Holocaust, we witness daily assaults on our fellow global citizens. Antisemitism and hatred surge.β β¦ 2/3
UN statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2026:
βRemembrance dignifies the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. It keeps alive their memories of the communities and traditions and loved ones the Nazis sought to erase.β β¦ 1/3
βRemembrance dignifies the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. It keeps alive their memories of the communities and traditions and loved ones the Nazis sought to erase.β β¦ 1/3
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
UN statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2026:
βRemembrance dignifies the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. It keeps alive their memories of the communities and traditions and loved ones the Nazis sought to erase.β β¦ 1/3
βRemembrance dignifies the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. It keeps alive their memories of the communities and traditions and loved ones the Nazis sought to erase.β β¦ 1/3
No system is perfect, in nature or as a social construct. But thatβs why ideals are so important: they give us something to strive for, to work toward, to better ourselves in service of. Democracy, as an ideal, as imperfect as it is, is still worth every ounce of energy we can expend fighting for.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
No system is perfect, in nature or as a social construct. But thatβs why ideals are so important: they give us something to strive for, to work toward, to better ourselves in service of. Democracy, as an ideal, as imperfect as it is, is still worth every ounce of energy we can expend fighting for.
If you take this view of the current political playing field, itβs in no way βdemocraticβ as ideally defined. And perhaps thatβs the saddest thing of all: the sullying of an ideal that could raise the tide of prosperity and lift all boats with it, instead of the mega yachts of a few.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you take this view of the current political playing field, itβs in no way βdemocraticβ as ideally defined. And perhaps thatβs the saddest thing of all: the sullying of an ideal that could raise the tide of prosperity and lift all boats with it, instead of the mega yachts of a few.
The amount of $$$ being fed into the political system to influence policy outcomes is astonishing. And that money isnβt coming from the average person. Itβs coming from those who sit at the center of the extractive capitalist economy, either directly or via legislated grey areas such as super PACs.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The amount of $$$ being fed into the political system to influence policy outcomes is astonishing. And that money isnβt coming from the average person. Itβs coming from those who sit at the center of the extractive capitalist economy, either directly or via legislated grey areas such as super PACs.
As a Canadian looking in from outside, I see the horrors of the current flavour of capitalism unfold in so many dehumanizing ways. Even in my own country. In particular, the view of people as resources to be exploited to feed a never ending cycle of profits.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
As a Canadian looking in from outside, I see the horrors of the current flavour of capitalism unfold in so many dehumanizing ways. Even in my own country. In particular, the view of people as resources to be exploited to feed a never ending cycle of profits.
All of the negatives he describe can arise in all forms of government. But I think that the current, singular, focus on the actions of an extension of the government obscures a deeper issue in society today: the unfettered influence of extractive capitalism and corporate power in government.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
All of the negatives he describe can arise in all forms of government. But I think that the current, singular, focus on the actions of an extension of the government obscures a deeper issue in society today: the unfettered influence of extractive capitalism and corporate power in government.
One of his central arguments is that genuine freedom is multifaceted, government must be structured to protect (not crush) that freedom, and fascism restricts freedom by exploiting emotional manipulation and terror to subvert the intelligent and dominate the masses.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
One of his central arguments is that genuine freedom is multifaceted, government must be structured to protect (not crush) that freedom, and fascism restricts freedom by exploiting emotional manipulation and terror to subvert the intelligent and dominate the masses.
Ultimately, Russell calls for a political system that respects and nurtures all forms of freedom: political, intellectual, artistic, AND economic, while remaining vigilant against the seductive tactics of demagogues. This does not exclude capitalism.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Ultimately, Russell calls for a political system that respects and nurtures all forms of freedom: political, intellectual, artistic, AND economic, while remaining vigilant against the seductive tactics of demagogues. This does not exclude capitalism.
These tools are used to keep the populace obedient, thereby undermining rational discourse. He also emphasizes that a society that cultivates independent thought, scientific inquiry, and moral reflection is the strongest bulwark against the rise of authoritarianism.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
These tools are used to keep the populace obedient, thereby undermining rational discourse. He also emphasizes that a society that cultivates independent thought, scientific inquiry, and moral reflection is the strongest bulwark against the rise of authoritarianism.
I my last post re: the rise of fascism, I offered an expansion of the oft quoted Bertrand Russell. Iβd like to broaden that discussion as I think some of his views on the role of government may have been lost. He emphasizes that fascist movements rely on βemotional excitementβ and βterrorismβ β¦
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I my last post re: the rise of fascism, I offered an expansion of the oft quoted Bertrand Russell. Iβd like to broaden that discussion as I think some of his views on the role of government may have been lost. He emphasizes that fascist movements rely on βemotional excitementβ and βterrorismβ β¦
The process itself can be reduced to this:
1: a charismatic leader gathers a cadre of violent, idle men;
2: those men manipulate the masses appealing to emotion and using terror to silence critical thought.
How eerily familiar is this given the events playing out right now?
1: a charismatic leader gathers a cadre of violent, idle men;
2: those men manipulate the masses appealing to emotion and using terror to silence critical thought.
How eerily familiar is this given the events playing out right now?
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The process itself can be reduced to this:
1: a charismatic leader gathers a cadre of violent, idle men;
2: those men manipulate the masses appealing to emotion and using terror to silence critical thought.
How eerily familiar is this given the events playing out right now?
1: a charismatic leader gathers a cadre of violent, idle men;
2: those men manipulate the masses appealing to emotion and using terror to silence critical thought.
How eerily familiar is this given the events playing out right now?
βThe next step is to fascinate fools & muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand & terrorism on the other.β The quote in its entirety outlines a twoβstage process that has unfolded around the world in leadership positions of both commercial and political power. β¦
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
βThe next step is to fascinate fools & muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand & terrorism on the other.β The quote in its entirety outlines a twoβstage process that has unfolded around the world in leadership positions of both commercial and political power. β¦
βThe first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, & stupidity.β Russell then goes on with β¦
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
βThe first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, & stupidity.β Russell then goes on with β¦
The idea that fascismβs progress starts with the ability to βfascinate fools and muzzle the intelligentβ is often quoted. The wrapper to this passage by Bertrand Russell, from his 1940 essay βFreedom and Governmentβ is even more prescient in todayβs political climate: β¦
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The idea that fascismβs progress starts with the ability to βfascinate fools and muzzle the intelligentβ is often quoted. The wrapper to this passage by Bertrand Russell, from his 1940 essay βFreedom and Governmentβ is even more prescient in todayβs political climate: β¦
Chester is part polar bear. He is loving the current blizzard and -22c temp. He didnβt want to get back in the car. #dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky #toronto #blizzard
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Chester is part polar bear. He is loving the current blizzard and -22c temp. He didnβt want to get back in the car. #dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky #toronto #blizzard