Ben W.
@canadianzoo1990.bsky.social
American ex-pat living in Canada
Gay dad
Socialist, leftist, unionist.
Doing what I can to support and amplify the voices of marginalized peoples and bring a little joy and levity as well.
Black lives matter, trans rights are human rights.
Fuck trump.
Gay dad
Socialist, leftist, unionist.
Doing what I can to support and amplify the voices of marginalized peoples and bring a little joy and levity as well.
Black lives matter, trans rights are human rights.
Fuck trump.
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Jesus Christ, this is NOT what I expected to see when I woke up this morning...
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Michigan school.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Tuberculosis case confirmed at Kalamazoo school, health officials launch investigation
An investigation is being launched after an individual at a local school was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
wwmt.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Jesus Christ, this is NOT what I expected to see when I woke up this morning...
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A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Michigan school.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Tuberculosis case confirmed at Kalamazoo school, health officials launch investigation
An investigation is being launched after an individual at a local school was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
wwmt.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Michigan school.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
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I know “all empires fall” and all that nonsense but I’ll be wrestling, for the rest of my life, with the reality that the world’s mightiest superpower is being toppled the the absolute biggest fuckin’ losers imaginable.
Just… junior prom rejects, all the way down.
Just… junior prom rejects, all the way down.
February 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I know “all empires fall” and all that nonsense but I’ll be wrestling, for the rest of my life, with the reality that the world’s mightiest superpower is being toppled the the absolute biggest fuckin’ losers imaginable.
Just… junior prom rejects, all the way down.
Just… junior prom rejects, all the way down.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I can’t find any archival evidence that that the Langston Hughes poem circulating here today is authentic so here is a sourced Hughes poem, Beaumont to Detroit, 1943, published that year in the magazine Common Ground, in which he compares Hitler and Mussolini to American Jim Crow and the KKK
February 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I can’t find any archival evidence that that the Langston Hughes poem circulating here today is authentic so here is a sourced Hughes poem, Beaumont to Detroit, 1943, published that year in the magazine Common Ground, in which he compares Hitler and Mussolini to American Jim Crow and the KKK
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This is what happens when you ‘Fuck Around’. You ‘Find
Out’ He really thought that he could be a bully in the playground, impose tariffs on 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇨🇳 & they would just take it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Out’ He really thought that he could be a bully in the playground, impose tariffs on 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇨🇳 & they would just take it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Canada and Mexico hit back after Trump signs order for punishing tariffs | Trump administration | The Guardian
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, announces tit-for-tat 25% tariffs and warns of impeded access to ‘vital goods critical to US security’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This is what happens when you ‘Fuck Around’. You ‘Find
Out’ He really thought that he could be a bully in the playground, impose tariffs on 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇨🇳 & they would just take it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Out’ He really thought that he could be a bully in the playground, impose tariffs on 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇨🇳 & they would just take it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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So everyone’s now decided that the responsibility of saving the republic falls on the rank-and-file government staff, cool cool
February 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
So everyone’s now decided that the responsibility of saving the republic falls on the rank-and-file government staff, cool cool
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And/or choose better fighters come primary season
Shocking. Last night Schumer cut a deal with Senate GOP to expedite votes on Trump nominees.
Yesterday, Jeffries promised a "day of action" to focus attention on the funding freeze. You didn't hear about it bc they didn't organize it.
If you want Dems to unify & fight, come help us push them.
Yesterday, Jeffries promised a "day of action" to focus attention on the funding freeze. You didn't hear about it bc they didn't organize it.
If you want Dems to unify & fight, come help us push them.
February 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
And/or choose better fighters come primary season
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On the crash at DCA
The third crew member on the helicopter was a female pilot with 500 h of flying experience. The Army is withholding the pilot's name at the request of her family as they fear her to labeled as the “DEI hire”.
The third crew member on the helicopter was a female pilot with 500 h of flying experience. The Army is withholding the pilot's name at the request of her family as they fear her to labeled as the “DEI hire”.
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
On the crash at DCA
The third crew member on the helicopter was a female pilot with 500 h of flying experience. The Army is withholding the pilot's name at the request of her family as they fear her to labeled as the “DEI hire”.
The third crew member on the helicopter was a female pilot with 500 h of flying experience. The Army is withholding the pilot's name at the request of her family as they fear her to labeled as the “DEI hire”.
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Can we please remember that very recently South Korea showed us all what we should do when the president does illegal shit
February 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Can we please remember that very recently South Korea showed us all what we should do when the president does illegal shit
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i do really think that it's true that *no one* voted for what we've seen in the last two weeks. i mean, everyone that voted for him absolutely should have known better, but this is a level of chaos and dysfunction and own-dick-shooting that no one predicted this quickly.
Aside from the idiocy and depravity of it all who even is the constituency for this shit?????
February 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
i do really think that it's true that *no one* voted for what we've seen in the last two weeks. i mean, everyone that voted for him absolutely should have known better, but this is a level of chaos and dysfunction and own-dick-shooting that no one predicted this quickly.
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I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
February 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
Honestly, all news outlets should do this. We know the big ones won't, but local and regional ones, yeah, this should be the norm....
Hey WBIR + all other Tennessee media — might we humbly suggest you do this “HOW THEY VOTED” stuff more? Not just for immigration bills? And not just at the state level?
Vouchers, women’s rights, gun safety, etc- tell the people what their reps are doing. www.wbir.com/article/news...
Vouchers, women’s rights, gun safety, etc- tell the people what their reps are doing. www.wbir.com/article/news...
February 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Honestly, all news outlets should do this. We know the big ones won't, but local and regional ones, yeah, this should be the norm....
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I expected it to get bad but I didn’t expect planes to be falling out from the sky 10 days in
February 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I expected it to get bad but I didn’t expect planes to be falling out from the sky 10 days in
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When it comes to these executive orders, I need more states with Democratic governors and majorities saying, simply, “That shit is illegal. We ain’t doing that. Sue us,” and go on with business as usual.
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When it comes to these executive orders, I need more states with Democratic governors and majorities saying, simply, “That shit is illegal. We ain’t doing that. Sue us,” and go on with business as usual.
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Preventing child abuse is woke.
“.. CDC pages that are gone -- mostly related to LGBTQ+, racial disparities, contraception, HIV prevention, but also stuff like preventing child abuse.”
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Tracking broken CDC web pages - The Boston Globe
Dozens of pages on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused on LGBTQ issues, HIV, racial disparities, and contraception were down on Friday.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Preventing child abuse is woke.
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Please! 🙄
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Please! 🙄