Burke Sponsa
@burkieboy.bsky.social
Vancouver resident. Democracy vigilant. Lousy duck.
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If you think for a second that resources in #Canada are untouchable and that the US wouldn’t try to seize them, you are in complete delusion. We are still under constant threat. Enough diplomatic capitulation. We’re next. #elbowsup
U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela, Trump says | CBC News
The U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with Caracas in a move that also raised oil prices.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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Some asked me recently if I’m ever affected by negative comments online.
While my answer was no, not at all. It got me thinking, why doesn’t it affect me?
Maybe the answer lies with the Lotus Flower 🪷.
While my answer was no, not at all. It got me thinking, why doesn’t it affect me?
Maybe the answer lies with the Lotus Flower 🪷.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some asked me recently if I’m ever affected by negative comments online.
While my answer was no, not at all. It got me thinking, why doesn’t it affect me?
Maybe the answer lies with the Lotus Flower 🪷.
While my answer was no, not at all. It got me thinking, why doesn’t it affect me?
Maybe the answer lies with the Lotus Flower 🪷.
Yamamoto was an absolute monster.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Yamamoto was an absolute monster.
Incredible year for the #TorontoBlueJays. Incredible World Series run. It was incredible to watch them play and fight so hard through regular season to become this amazing team. Loved it every step of the way.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Incredible year for the #TorontoBlueJays. Incredible World Series run. It was incredible to watch them play and fight so hard through regular season to become this amazing team. Loved it every step of the way.
Been watching the Jays all year. Managed to see them live in April. This is a run for the history books. Great team. Great year. Great baseball!!
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Been watching the Jays all year. Managed to see them live in April. This is a run for the history books. Great team. Great year. Great baseball!!
I love that we are suppose to believe that Trump brokered peace by playing golf and sending tweets.
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I love that we are suppose to believe that Trump brokered peace by playing golf and sending tweets.
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"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...
cfe.torontomu.ca
September 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
No country is protected from greed. We have become gluttonous with freedom and have forgotten what it is like to live in cages. We readily hand our guardsmen the keys with smiles on our faces.
“The polite phrase for this is ‘democratic backsliding.’ But that’s a euphemism that doesn’t meet the moment. Let’s call it what it is: it’s a power grab. The rule of law isn’t slipping; leaders are sabotaging it. Rights aren’t being neglected; they’re being stripped."
@clintonglobal.bsky.social
@clintonglobal.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No country is protected from greed. We have become gluttonous with freedom and have forgotten what it is like to live in cages. We readily hand our guardsmen the keys with smiles on our faces.
Went for something a little dramatic.
#nikon #photosky #nature #dragonfly #wildlife #pnw #sixtyfivetwentyfour #photographersofbluesky
#nikon #photosky #nature #dragonfly #wildlife #pnw #sixtyfivetwentyfour #photographersofbluesky
September 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Went for something a little dramatic.
#nikon #photosky #nature #dragonfly #wildlife #pnw #sixtyfivetwentyfour #photographersofbluesky
#nikon #photosky #nature #dragonfly #wildlife #pnw #sixtyfivetwentyfour #photographersofbluesky
The Information Age is now the Disinformation Age. Media cannot be trusted. News cannot be trusted. Tiktok/Facebook/Instagram/Twitter cannot be trusted. We have never had so little access to the truth.
September 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Information Age is now the Disinformation Age. Media cannot be trusted. News cannot be trusted. Tiktok/Facebook/Instagram/Twitter cannot be trusted. We have never had so little access to the truth.
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This Week's Onion Magazine:
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This Week's Onion Magazine:
Usually it’s easy to form a preference on something but I have ZERO idea if I like peppermint or spearmint more.
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Usually it’s easy to form a preference on something but I have ZERO idea if I like peppermint or spearmint more.
The government of political violence is challenging the public’s use of political violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The government of political violence is challenging the public’s use of political violence.
After dragging their feet for fucking ages, #CBC is finally doing real reporting on #Gaza. If news agencies started this from the beginning, there may have been enough public pressure to prevent the genocide from reaching this point. Blood on the media for their cowardice.
Gaza teen explains what it’s like to starve
Seventeen-year-old Ahmed Ali Batniji shares his experience struggling to survive hunger in Gaza. The United Nations and many aid groups accuse Israel of creating a famine by obstructing food deliverie...
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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We launch @meidascanada.ca on Labour Day.
I spoke earlier this summer at the PanAmerican Congress in Mexico on fighting fascism.
One of the key tools is building alternate networks of information.
This is why I have teamed up with @meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...
I spoke earlier this summer at the PanAmerican Congress in Mexico on fighting fascism.
One of the key tools is building alternate networks of information.
This is why I have teamed up with @meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...
WHY MEIDAS CANADA IS STEPPING UP
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We launch @meidascanada.ca on Labour Day.
I spoke earlier this summer at the PanAmerican Congress in Mexico on fighting fascism.
One of the key tools is building alternate networks of information.
This is why I have teamed up with @meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...
I spoke earlier this summer at the PanAmerican Congress in Mexico on fighting fascism.
One of the key tools is building alternate networks of information.
This is why I have teamed up with @meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...
#ICE is a militia for the President. No more euphemism. They are going to take American cities like they attempted to take the Capital. Call a spade a spade.
ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#ICE is a militia for the President. No more euphemism. They are going to take American cities like they attempted to take the Capital. Call a spade a spade.
We need to move away from destructive politics and back to supporting communities. Our cities die if people cannot afford to live in them. In short time #Vancouver has become the Dead Sea of culture, arts, and community. A related essay by Jeni Gunn.
Confessions of the Working Poor - Macleans.ca
I work hard, buy quality clothes and fake my way through dinner-party conversations. I'm also part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.
macleans.ca
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We need to move away from destructive politics and back to supporting communities. Our cities die if people cannot afford to live in them. In short time #Vancouver has become the Dead Sea of culture, arts, and community. A related essay by Jeni Gunn.
The Fraser River sure is beautiful.
August 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Fraser River sure is beautiful.
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What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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August 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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