Tim Abray, PhD 🇨🇦
@timabray.bsky.social
PhD (politics), comms pro, sometime journo. I study democracy, voters' brains. Yeah. Weird time for me. Some things I wrote: ottawacitizen.com/author/tim-abray
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Tim Abray, PhD 🇨🇦
@timabray.bsky.social
· Feb 20
I'm collecting my long explanatory threads from the hell site and will post them in a series of posts to Medium. I'll link to each one individually, below, just to make it easier for me to find them and link to them. 🧵
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion
Tim Tierney: Ottawa has traded safety and security for policing alternatives – experiments that have repeatedly failed. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
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There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/
#OttBudget 2026 invests in the services we rely on every day. Through service reviews and continuous improvement, we have realized more than $252 million in savings during this Term of Council.
One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
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One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/
I can’t believe what I just heard on The Current. This “documentary” pack report is… straight up christo-prop. Just wide-eyed cultist reporting from an indoctrinated “reporter.” What the hell, @mattgalloway.bsky.social? There is a way to approach this subject without it becoming a recruiting drive.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I can’t believe what I just heard on The Current. This “documentary” pack report is… straight up christo-prop. Just wide-eyed cultist reporting from an indoctrinated “reporter.” What the hell, @mattgalloway.bsky.social? There is a way to approach this subject without it becoming a recruiting drive.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
This is incredibly well-written… and also maximally terrifying. We have a confused adolescent wielding the power of the “Secretary of War.” What is most sobering is the complete lack of understanding of America’s history and *why* the institutions are the way they are. /1
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Holy Warrior — The Atlantic
Pete Hegseth is bringing his fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity into the Pentagon.
apple.news
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is incredibly well-written… and also maximally terrifying. We have a confused adolescent wielding the power of the “Secretary of War.” What is most sobering is the complete lack of understanding of America’s history and *why* the institutions are the way they are. /1
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Well. I guess we know why Ford wants to get rid of speed cameras. Wow. Whoever this asshat is, they need to be fired, ASAP.
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca
At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.
globalnews.ca
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Well. I guess we know why Ford wants to get rid of speed cameras. Wow. Whoever this asshat is, they need to be fired, ASAP.
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
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"Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was deported today to El Salvador – a country he fled over 20 years ago — in retaliation for filming law enforcement activities."
"This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
#Georgia #USA #ElSalvador #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
#Georgia #USA #ElSalvador #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Journalist Mario Guevara Deported After Reporting on Anti-Trump Protest
Human rights organizations have condemned Mario Guevara’s deportation as an authoritarian attack on the free press.
truthout.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was deported today to El Salvador – a country he fled over 20 years ago — in retaliation for filming law enforcement activities."
"This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
#Georgia #USA #ElSalvador #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press."
#Georgia #USA #ElSalvador #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
cpj.org/2025/10/jour...
cpj.org/2025/10/jour...
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
cpj.org/2025/10/jour...
cpj.org/2025/10/jour...
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Just thinking today of all the colleagues who called us alarmists and cranks when we pointed out that Trump was talking and acting like a fascist in 2016
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just thinking today of all the colleagues who called us alarmists and cranks when we pointed out that Trump was talking and acting like a fascist in 2016
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When they say "enemy within" that's fascism.
September 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When they say "enemy within" that's fascism.
This seems to be where we are.
Pro tip: real bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. This isn’t a cartoon. It’s up to everyone else to say, “You know, that’s not gonna be okay with the rest of us.”
…oh yeah… and then they need to DO something.
Pro tip: real bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. This isn’t a cartoon. It’s up to everyone else to say, “You know, that’s not gonna be okay with the rest of us.”
…oh yeah… and then they need to DO something.
If the President of the United States can assemble all of his commanding officers and describe his plans for prosecuting a military conflict against US cities without drawing even an ATTEMPT to impeach him under the Constitution’s explicit definition of treason, the legislature are all oathbreakers.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This seems to be where we are.
Pro tip: real bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. This isn’t a cartoon. It’s up to everyone else to say, “You know, that’s not gonna be okay with the rest of us.”
…oh yeah… and then they need to DO something.
Pro tip: real bad guys don’t know they’re bad guys. This isn’t a cartoon. It’s up to everyone else to say, “You know, that’s not gonna be okay with the rest of us.”
…oh yeah… and then they need to DO something.
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If George Washington himself had done this as President, he would have been impeached, removed, prosecuted, and imprisoned. This was one of the greatest fears of the Framers.
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If George Washington himself had done this as President, he would have been impeached, removed, prosecuted, and imprisoned. This was one of the greatest fears of the Framers.
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Over 40% of Americans approve of a President threatening civil war over his fantasy version of his opponents. As a journalist I still feel some obligation to try to understand. As a human I want to stay as far away as possible, and don't know if I'll ever bring my family across the border again.
September 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Over 40% of Americans approve of a President threatening civil war over his fantasy version of his opponents. As a journalist I still feel some obligation to try to understand. As a human I want to stay as far away as possible, and don't know if I'll ever bring my family across the border again.
So… Pete Hegseth is just channeling full War Criminal now, yeah? Great. Fucking great. Might be high time for the senior military leadership to say, “Fuck no.”
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So… Pete Hegseth is just channeling full War Criminal now, yeah? Great. Fucking great. Might be high time for the senior military leadership to say, “Fuck no.”
So Disney’s putting Kimmel back on the air. For how long? Pretending this was just a “pause” is not okay. If you want to be taken seriously (and stop the bleeding) you might want to do the brave, honest thing and admit the mistake you made. And then maybe start defending democracy like a grown up.
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So Disney’s putting Kimmel back on the air. For how long? Pretending this was just a “pause” is not okay. If you want to be taken seriously (and stop the bleeding) you might want to do the brave, honest thing and admit the mistake you made. And then maybe start defending democracy like a grown up.
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The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
August 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
Disney has managed to undermine the most important thing it has: trust. It’s like everyone woke up and realized that Cruella De Vil is actually in charge and the whole business is about making her rich enough to make coats out of every Dalmatian in the nation. Breaking trust this badly is deadly.
Almost sounds like execs internally may have understood how this could play out, and the directive came from the very top? screenrant.com/disney-scram...
Disney Didn't Expect What Happened After Jimmy Kimmel's Cancellation - & Is Scrambling To Fix It
Now it's scrambling.
screenrant.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Disney has managed to undermine the most important thing it has: trust. It’s like everyone woke up and realized that Cruella De Vil is actually in charge and the whole business is about making her rich enough to make coats out of every Dalmatian in the nation. Breaking trust this badly is deadly.
100% this. People have been warning about these dangerous idiots for years. Have y’all got the message yet? No real journalist would ever sign such a thing. The whole point is to hold authority to account, not kowtow to their demands and feed their unhealthy need for validation.
Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.
September 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
100% this. People have been warning about these dangerous idiots for years. Have y’all got the message yet? No real journalist would ever sign such a thing. The whole point is to hold authority to account, not kowtow to their demands and feed their unhealthy need for validation.
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Alberta governments have mused about using the notwithstanding clause before.
Albertans have stood up for human rights, forcing the government to back down.
Now is that time once again.
Albertans have stood up for human rights, forcing the government to back down.
Now is that time once again.
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
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Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Alberta governments have mused about using the notwithstanding clause before.
Albertans have stood up for human rights, forcing the government to back down.
Now is that time once again.
Albertans have stood up for human rights, forcing the government to back down.
Now is that time once again.