Brian Ball
@bballcanada.bsky.social
Nothing to do with Basketball Canada. 🤷♂️
60 minutes video courtesy of @jasonparis.bsky.social and posted on Mueller Sh Wrote substack.
America has lost its way.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
America has lost its way.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
60 minutes video courtesy of @jasonparis.bsky.social and posted on Mueller Sh Wrote substack.
America has lost its way.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
America has lost its way.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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A Canadian publisher has called out the United States for using the image of a children's book character to brag about murdering unarmed people in international waters.
This is a decrepit gangster state.
This is the world of Donald Trump.
This is demonic.
This is a decrepit gangster state.
This is the world of Donald Trump.
This is demonic.
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A Canadian publisher has called out the United States for using the image of a children's book character to brag about murdering unarmed people in international waters.
This is a decrepit gangster state.
This is the world of Donald Trump.
This is demonic.
This is a decrepit gangster state.
This is the world of Donald Trump.
This is demonic.
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Too good not to share! From Davis Schneider‘s father after the first pitch last night.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Too good not to share! From Davis Schneider‘s father after the first pitch last night.
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Jeez, that’s a shame…🍁
The Dodgers are 9-1 this postseason because their starters have been great 9 out of ten times. They also got shelled by the Phillies in that one game they lost when Yamamoto didn’t have it.
They mostly win, but their losses are fucking ugly due to their lack of bullpen. #analysis
They mostly win, but their losses are fucking ugly due to their lack of bullpen. #analysis
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Jeez, that’s a shame…🍁
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This is always the risk of putting too many eggs in one basket. But it worked very well for us so long as a reasonable, rational, and fair government existed south of the border. Trump is the opposite of these things. But we will emerge stronger, better, and more robust than we ever were before.
Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities… #cdnpoli
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is always the risk of putting too many eggs in one basket. But it worked very well for us so long as a reasonable, rational, and fair government existed south of the border. Trump is the opposite of these things. But we will emerge stronger, better, and more robust than we ever were before.
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No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
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(🧵) I’m going to say some things that may cost me followers. That’s only appropriate, given that what I say in this thread is about exactly that: how utterly meaningless everything is right now besides saving America—because without rule of law and democracy, nothing we dream of will ever come true.
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
(🧵) I’m going to say some things that may cost me followers. That’s only appropriate, given that what I say in this thread is about exactly that: how utterly meaningless everything is right now besides saving America—because without rule of law and democracy, nothing we dream of will ever come true.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Barbara F. Walter is a superb analyst and commentator on the current political situation.
Over the weekend, I spoke with Barbara F. Walter, professor at UC San Diego and author of How Civil Wars Start, about what the Charlie Kirk assassination reveals about America’s political future.
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America’s New Age of Political Violence — with Barbara F. Walter | Prof G Conversations
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Barbara F. Walter is a superb analyst and commentator on the current political situation.
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Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings
August 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings
Need to read something smart about literature? This essay about books in translation by the Italian writer Vincenzo Latronico will feed your hunger. Ideas from outside the anglosphere are redefining what literature is, and broadening the frame of which books are considered universal.
‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal
‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal
There’s a growing appetite for stories from around the globe – if only we can avoid the cliches and exoticism of recent years, writes the International Booker nominee
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Need to read something smart about literature? This essay about books in translation by the Italian writer Vincenzo Latronico will feed your hunger. Ideas from outside the anglosphere are redefining what literature is, and broadening the frame of which books are considered universal.
Terrific quick read by Steven Cash outlining the peril Americans are in, and drawing on Winston Churchill for inspiration in stiffening our spines.
Steven Cash doesn't sugarcoat our situation and the task before us.
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open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
We Are Still On The Beaches...
The Steady State | Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Terrific quick read by Steven Cash outlining the peril Americans are in, and drawing on Winston Churchill for inspiration in stiffening our spines.
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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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(🚨) The first-ever pop song about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is now on all major streaming platforms.
Be warned: It is explicit, it goes extremely hard, and it is a banger.
You can listen to it for free below.
Let's make this go viral.
Be warned: It is explicit, it goes extremely hard, and it is a banger.
You can listen to it for free below.
Let's make this go viral.
The Ballad of Jeff and Donny
YouTube video by Hounds - Topic
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
(🚨) The first-ever pop song about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is now on all major streaming platforms.
Be warned: It is explicit, it goes extremely hard, and it is a banger.
You can listen to it for free below.
Let's make this go viral.
Be warned: It is explicit, it goes extremely hard, and it is a banger.
You can listen to it for free below.
Let's make this go viral.
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We are having our first ever warehouse sale!
1 book for $5
3 for $10
8 for $20
July 11-13 10am-5pm
106 Ontario Street, James Bay, Victoria
#yyj
1 book for $5
3 for $10
8 for $20
July 11-13 10am-5pm
106 Ontario Street, James Bay, Victoria
#yyj
July 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We are having our first ever warehouse sale!
1 book for $5
3 for $10
8 for $20
July 11-13 10am-5pm
106 Ontario Street, James Bay, Victoria
#yyj
1 book for $5
3 for $10
8 for $20
July 11-13 10am-5pm
106 Ontario Street, James Bay, Victoria
#yyj
About time that this perspective was put forward. Until Canada develops the capacity to build ferries that meet the needs of British Columbians at a competitive price, the Chinese ferries are the best option.
The Case for Building BC Ferries in China via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Case for Building BC Ferries in China via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Case for Building BC Ferries in China | The Tyee
While politicians posture, they aren’t coming up with cash to build in Canada.
thetyee.ca
June 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
About time that this perspective was put forward. Until Canada develops the capacity to build ferries that meet the needs of British Columbians at a competitive price, the Chinese ferries are the best option.
The Case for Building BC Ferries in China via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Case for Building BC Ferries in China via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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The regional status quo that Iran established over the past three decades is finished—and it is now clear that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have lost their decades-long conflict with Israel, argues @osto.bsky.social.
How Iran Lost
Tehran’s hard-liners squandered decades of strategic capital and undermined deterrence.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The regional status quo that Iran established over the past three decades is finished—and it is now clear that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have lost their decades-long conflict with Israel, argues @osto.bsky.social.
Victoria musician Frances Hope courageously talks about about sexual assault through her music.
She plays in front of Russell Books every Saturday this summer from 1pm.
victoriabuzz.com/2025/06/new-...
She plays in front of Russell Books every Saturday this summer from 1pm.
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New Music Monday: Frances Hope uses music to navigate trauma in new single ‘After’
Since releasing her last batch of songs, local singer-songwriter Frances Hope has been busy travelling and writing lots of new music.
victoriabuzz.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Victoria musician Frances Hope courageously talks about about sexual assault through her music.
She plays in front of Russell Books every Saturday this summer from 1pm.
victoriabuzz.com/2025/06/new-...
She plays in front of Russell Books every Saturday this summer from 1pm.
victoriabuzz.com/2025/06/new-...
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Elon has finally broken his silence.
We should do everything we can to encourage him
We should do everything we can to encourage him
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Elon has finally broken his silence.
We should do everything we can to encourage him
We should do everything we can to encourage him
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Very happy to see this idea — a VIEWING PARTY for my live-streamed presentation tomorrow night on #TheTruthAboutTraffic plus our all-star local leadership panel! Thanks @reconnectroc.bsky.social! Everyone, you can tune in from anywhere… join in! It’s all for our Kingston Integrated Mobility Plan.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Very happy to see this idea — a VIEWING PARTY for my live-streamed presentation tomorrow night on #TheTruthAboutTraffic plus our all-star local leadership panel! Thanks @reconnectroc.bsky.social! Everyone, you can tune in from anywhere… join in! It’s all for our Kingston Integrated Mobility Plan.