Hagnostos
@chrisstait.bsky.social
Classicist, guitar plucker, poetaster, elbow thrower (🇨🇦).
Elect an unqualified shock jock, expect shockingly bad takes.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Elect an unqualified shock jock, expect shockingly bad takes.
Conservatism: needless defiance masquerading as cognitive dissonance.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Conservatism: needless defiance masquerading as cognitive dissonance.
During one episode, I experienced a fit of laughter so out-of-body epiphanic that it outranked all orgasms combined.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
During one episode, I experienced a fit of laughter so out-of-body epiphanic that it outranked all orgasms combined.
That was a long walk.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
That was a long walk.
Five for fluffing and a game misconduct. Are agents commissioning “journalism” now? Note to M Sports: don’t send your NFL reporter to op-ed in the NHL.
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Five for fluffing and a game misconduct. Are agents commissioning “journalism” now? Note to M Sports: don’t send your NFL reporter to op-ed in the NHL.
It doesn’t take a suped up DeLorean to undue the damage of Ford’s (aka premier Biff Tannen’s) dystopic damage to Ontario, but responsible people taking necessary steps for the public good. One day that might even be the voters of Ontario. I won’t hold my breath.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It doesn’t take a suped up DeLorean to undue the damage of Ford’s (aka premier Biff Tannen’s) dystopic damage to Ontario, but responsible people taking necessary steps for the public good. One day that might even be the voters of Ontario. I won’t hold my breath.
Slow polling week?
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Slow polling week?
Doesn’t he use an app to prevent that?
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Doesn’t he use an app to prevent that?
Proof that decorum and truth-telling are often not allied.
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Proof that decorum and truth-telling are often not allied.
I was wondering how long into the article we would get before we got a blast of the dog whistle “Laurentian elite”. He took some time to clear his throat but let ‘er rip in paragraph three. And I’m sure mining and others have something to say about natural resources being equated with oil.
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I was wondering how long into the article we would get before we got a blast of the dog whistle “Laurentian elite”. He took some time to clear his throat but let ‘er rip in paragraph three. And I’m sure mining and others have something to say about natural resources being equated with oil.
Look, if you’re going to give your dog a shotgun, you first need to teach it how to store the thing properly.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Look, if you’re going to give your dog a shotgun, you first need to teach it how to store the thing properly.
Ah, welcome back, Barney. Bluesky, ever the good place, is always a better place when you’re posting.
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ah, welcome back, Barney. Bluesky, ever the good place, is always a better place when you’re posting.
The “doctor” sees the symptoms we all do but is, as usual, dead wrong about the diagnosis.
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The “doctor” sees the symptoms we all do but is, as usual, dead wrong about the diagnosis.
And an immediate and extended family post-Thanksgiving trip to the dentist.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And an immediate and extended family post-Thanksgiving trip to the dentist.
I’m no statistician but I see a trend. In the immortal words of Norm MacDonald about another “leader”, “The more I learn about that guy, the less I care for him.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m no statistician but I see a trend. In the immortal words of Norm MacDonald about another “leader”, “The more I learn about that guy, the less I care for him.”
Asleep in an Oval Office press conference, standing by indifferently while a medical emergency takes place feet away, and this photo. If not anything else, the man has a talent for embodying and reflecting the sad and sorry state of his nation.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Asleep in an Oval Office press conference, standing by indifferently while a medical emergency takes place feet away, and this photo. If not anything else, the man has a talent for embodying and reflecting the sad and sorry state of his nation.
Exactly! Giger Airways Xenomorph-377: everyone can hear you scream in the troposphere.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Exactly! Giger Airways Xenomorph-377: everyone can hear you scream in the troposphere.
…and a low-grade fever and a day home from school in front of the tv.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
…and a low-grade fever and a day home from school in front of the tv.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Ontario Minister of Labour’s new letterhead:
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the Ontario Minister of Labour’s new letterhead:
A wholehearted yes to this. Dr. Sleep is to horror what 2010 is to sci-fi: a sequel to a Kubrick masterpiece that suffers in comparison but, when taken on its own merits, is enjoyable, memorable and many different kinds of entertaining.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A wholehearted yes to this. Dr. Sleep is to horror what 2010 is to sci-fi: a sequel to a Kubrick masterpiece that suffers in comparison but, when taken on its own merits, is enjoyable, memorable and many different kinds of entertaining.
Oops. That should be on the grave not into the casket. Where is my sense of decorum?
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oops. That should be on the grave not into the casket. Where is my sense of decorum?
Nobody’s peeing. What gives? 🤷🏼♂️
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nobody’s peeing. What gives? 🤷🏼♂️
Wear that one as a badge of honour.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wear that one as a badge of honour.