Wendel
@wendelschwab.bsky.social
Post-secondary English instructor, political science minor, Trekkie/Niner, settler/Canadian, Northern BC, nerd.
A proletariat of the intelligentsia.
A proletariat of the intelligentsia.
Grok is spreading Holocaust denial over on Twitter.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Grok is spreading Holocaust denial over on Twitter.
Comedy is illegal on Bluesky.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Comedy is illegal on Bluesky.
I just blocked the White House and unfollowed two people who were following it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I just blocked the White House and unfollowed two people who were following it.
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banning Link is such a stupid fucking move like who do you think actually built your userbase
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
banning Link is such a stupid fucking move like who do you think actually built your userbase
For the safety of trans people in Bluesky, BAN JESSE SINGAL.
October 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For the safety of trans people in Bluesky, BAN JESSE SINGAL.
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The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi
I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.
wapo.st
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
Alt-text:
Top text: HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DIES IT TAKE TO FIX A PROBLEM?
In the middle is a picture of Republicans clapping, one is holding papers.
Bottom text: NO ONE KNOWS. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED
Top text: HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DIES IT TAKE TO FIX A PROBLEM?
In the middle is a picture of Republicans clapping, one is holding papers.
Bottom text: NO ONE KNOWS. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Alt-text:
Top text: HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DIES IT TAKE TO FIX A PROBLEM?
In the middle is a picture of Republicans clapping, one is holding papers.
Bottom text: NO ONE KNOWS. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED
Top text: HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DIES IT TAKE TO FIX A PROBLEM?
In the middle is a picture of Republicans clapping, one is holding papers.
Bottom text: NO ONE KNOWS. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED
Hey Alberta, I understand you want a new oil pipeline through Northern BC. I will oppose it every step of the way unless you give me a few conditions:
1) remove your silly moratorium on renewables such as wind and solar.
2) an emissions cap (NOT a production cap) on all oilsands development.
1) remove your silly moratorium on renewables such as wind and solar.
2) an emissions cap (NOT a production cap) on all oilsands development.
October 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey Alberta, I understand you want a new oil pipeline through Northern BC. I will oppose it every step of the way unless you give me a few conditions:
1) remove your silly moratorium on renewables such as wind and solar.
2) an emissions cap (NOT a production cap) on all oilsands development.
1) remove your silly moratorium on renewables such as wind and solar.
2) an emissions cap (NOT a production cap) on all oilsands development.
"I'm going to reclaim the R-word!"
*proceeds to use it exclusively as an insult*
*proceeds to use it exclusively as an insult*
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"I'm going to reclaim the R-word!"
*proceeds to use it exclusively as an insult*
*proceeds to use it exclusively as an insult*
The American political system is just two right-wing parties calling each other "communist."
Everyone: American political discourse cannot be any more stupid.
Kamala Harris:
Kamala Harris:
September 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The American political system is just two right-wing parties calling each other "communist."
Word on the grape vine is that something tragic happened in Alberta, but no details yet.
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Word on the grape vine is that something tragic happened in Alberta, but no details yet.
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Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️
archive.org/details/walt...
archive.org/details/walt...
Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC (1947) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC
archive.org
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️
archive.org/details/walt...
archive.org/details/walt...
As a lifelong Republican, I didn’t know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I’ve since spent several lunch breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have realized that he was a Nazi. I don't like Nazis.
Well, I’m crossing the aisle—I just registered as a Democrat.
Anyone else?
Well, I’m crossing the aisle—I just registered as a Democrat.
Anyone else?
September 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As a lifelong Republican, I didn’t know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I’ve since spent several lunch breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have realized that he was a Nazi. I don't like Nazis.
Well, I’m crossing the aisle—I just registered as a Democrat.
Anyone else?
Well, I’m crossing the aisle—I just registered as a Democrat.
Anyone else?
Kathleen Stock, the transphobe, wrote a defense of the R-word, because of course she did. 🤦♂️
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kathleen Stock, the transphobe, wrote a defense of the R-word, because of course she did. 🤦♂️
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People like this are going to be shocked when TV becomes bland and milquetoast. Fascist art is always the most boring, uninspiring, and worthless shit.
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People like this are going to be shocked when TV becomes bland and milquetoast. Fascist art is always the most boring, uninspiring, and worthless shit.
People like this are going to be shocked when TV becomes bland and milquetoast. Fascist art is always the most boring, uninspiring, and worthless shit.
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People like this are going to be shocked when TV becomes bland and milquetoast. Fascist art is always the most boring, uninspiring, and worthless shit.
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“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal." - Charlie Kirk
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal." - Charlie Kirk
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Let me get this straight: when the right thought the shooter was a Black lesbian disabled trans woman they were like "DEATH PENALTY" and "CIVIL WAR," but now that we know the shooter is a white cis straight guy, they're all like "pray for him" and "Charlie would have converted him."
That's evil.
That's evil.
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let me get this straight: when the right thought the shooter was a Black lesbian disabled trans woman they were like "DEATH PENALTY" and "CIVIL WAR," but now that we know the shooter is a white cis straight guy, they're all like "pray for him" and "Charlie would have converted him."
That's evil.
That's evil.
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"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
Let me get this straight: when the right thought the shooter was a Black lesbian disabled trans woman they were like "DEATH PENALTY" and "CIVIL WAR," but now that we know the shooter is a white cis straight guy, they're all like "pray for him" and "Charlie would have converted him."
That's evil.
That's evil.
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let me get this straight: when the right thought the shooter was a Black lesbian disabled trans woman they were like "DEATH PENALTY" and "CIVIL WAR," but now that we know the shooter is a white cis straight guy, they're all like "pray for him" and "Charlie would have converted him."
That's evil.
That's evil.
No doubt in my mind, so I'm happy to join the club.
September 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
No doubt in my mind, so I'm happy to join the club.
I heard "Roar" while I was half asleep and my first immediate thought was "oh, it's Justin Trudeau's girlfriend." 😳
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I heard "Roar" while I was half asleep and my first immediate thought was "oh, it's Justin Trudeau's girlfriend." 😳
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
Why would Awkwafina's parents name her after a brand of bottled water?
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why would Awkwafina's parents name her after a brand of bottled water?