dmarquis ✨️
@d-marquis.bsky.social
a salty sense of humour with a penchant for the wondrous and the absurd.
... oh and for screaming into the void #3E
🍁° franco ° humanist ° traveller ° ♀️
Spaceballs is my favourite movie of all time
... oh and for screaming into the void #3E
🍁° franco ° humanist ° traveller ° ♀️
Spaceballs is my favourite movie of all time
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dmarquis ✨️
@d-marquis.bsky.social
· Mar 13
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
Authoritarianism relies on complacency born of fear.
Democracy demands action born of courage.
Democracy demands action born of courage.
'And these words shall then become
Like Oppression's thundered doom
Ringing through each heart and brain,
Heard again - again - again -
'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.'
Like Oppression's thundered doom
Ringing through each heart and brain,
Heard again - again - again -
'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.'
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
'And these words shall then become
Like Oppression's thundered doom
Ringing through each heart and brain,
Heard again - again - again -
'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.'
Like Oppression's thundered doom
Ringing through each heart and brain,
Heard again - again - again -
'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.'
The comprehensive🧵 i posted last February summarizing this article. Trump is mimicking Putin’s tactics in the Ukraine. The only way this will stop is for Canadians & Eur to get serious & assist Ukrainians to defeat Putin once and for all. Otherwise the world as we know it is doomed.
Canadians would be wise to follow closely what is happening in the Ukraine. Bravo to Zelenskyy refusing Schlump and Pootin's ominous deal, and here's why:
from Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
from Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
Putin’s Ukraine
The end of war and the price of Russian occupation.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The comprehensive🧵 i posted last February summarizing this article. Trump is mimicking Putin’s tactics in the Ukraine. The only way this will stop is for Canadians & Eur to get serious & assist Ukrainians to defeat Putin once and for all. Otherwise the world as we know it is doomed.
🌙 Cinematic Charles in a snowstorm
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
🌙 Cinematic Charles in a snowstorm
As a 17yr veteran 911 operator:
"Whats the worst call you've ever taken."
I'm not even going to tell you the 1050th worse I've ever taken.
True trauma is a mil-th degrees worse than any fiction you've read/heard/watched, you cannot un-know these things & I would NEVER subject another human to it.
"Whats the worst call you've ever taken."
I'm not even going to tell you the 1050th worse I've ever taken.
True trauma is a mil-th degrees worse than any fiction you've read/heard/watched, you cannot un-know these things & I would NEVER subject another human to it.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As a 17yr veteran 911 operator:
"Whats the worst call you've ever taken."
I'm not even going to tell you the 1050th worse I've ever taken.
True trauma is a mil-th degrees worse than any fiction you've read/heard/watched, you cannot un-know these things & I would NEVER subject another human to it.
"Whats the worst call you've ever taken."
I'm not even going to tell you the 1050th worse I've ever taken.
True trauma is a mil-th degrees worse than any fiction you've read/heard/watched, you cannot un-know these things & I would NEVER subject another human to it.
Not new but not widespread enough: the godfather of AI Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate in physics's Nobel prize address: A warning.
Or: Research scientist devotes professional life to replacing human intelligence.
Succeeds.
Realizes what he has done.
youtu.be/7DUYcGU2V80?...
Or: Research scientist devotes professional life to replacing human intelligence.
Succeeds.
Realizes what he has done.
youtu.be/7DUYcGU2V80?...
Geoffrey Hinton's Nobel Address: AI's Promise, Perils, and the Urgent Need for Control
YouTube video by Sylvester Kaczmarek
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not new but not widespread enough: the godfather of AI Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate in physics's Nobel prize address: A warning.
Or: Research scientist devotes professional life to replacing human intelligence.
Succeeds.
Realizes what he has done.
youtu.be/7DUYcGU2V80?...
Or: Research scientist devotes professional life to replacing human intelligence.
Succeeds.
Realizes what he has done.
youtu.be/7DUYcGU2V80?...
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So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Here's a black Friday deal - help stop war crimes, save lives:
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here's a black Friday deal - help stop war crimes, save lives:
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Long tailed quetzal
Northern king cobra
Eagle ray
Giant monitor lizard
Elephant
Tiger shark
Long tailed quetzal
Northern king cobra
Eagle ray
Giant monitor lizard
Elephant
Tiger shark
Polar bear
Beluga whale
Elephant
Giraffe
Mosquito
Beluga whale
Elephant
Giraffe
Mosquito
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Long tailed quetzal
Northern king cobra
Eagle ray
Giant monitor lizard
Elephant
Tiger shark
Long tailed quetzal
Northern king cobra
Eagle ray
Giant monitor lizard
Elephant
Tiger shark
Wording in the MOU.
Whatever the politics at play - Never gonna happen.
Whatever the politics at play - Never gonna happen.
"These projects will only be built in consultation and partnership with Indigenous rights-holders and British Columbia."
There is no Indigenous support, there is no buy-in from BC, and there is no pipeline project ready to go.
It is never going to be built.
There is no Indigenous support, there is no buy-in from BC, and there is no pipeline project ready to go.
It is never going to be built.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wording in the MOU.
Whatever the politics at play - Never gonna happen.
Whatever the politics at play - Never gonna happen.
Inroduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Willie Nelson
NIN
Ibrahim Ferrer
Jurassic 5
Amon Tobin
Willie Nelson
NIN
Ibrahim Ferrer
Jurassic 5
Amon Tobin
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Willie Nelson
Red Man and Method Man
Gojira
Brandi Carlile
GWAR
Willie Nelson
Red Man and Method Man
Gojira
Brandi Carlile
GWAR
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
The Lighthouse Family
Wynton Marsalis
Placebo
Reef
Grandmaster Flash
The Lighthouse Family
Wynton Marsalis
Placebo
Reef
Grandmaster Flash
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Inroduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Willie Nelson
NIN
Ibrahim Ferrer
Jurassic 5
Amon Tobin
Willie Nelson
NIN
Ibrahim Ferrer
Jurassic 5
Amon Tobin
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They also removed TPS protection for Afghan refugees and plan on deporting all of them to death sentences, when asked about the disconnect (especially since many helped us there) Noem and Trump said "it's fine, the Taliban's all chilled out now"
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They also removed TPS protection for Afghan refugees and plan on deporting all of them to death sentences, when asked about the disconnect (especially since many helped us there) Noem and Trump said "it's fine, the Taliban's all chilled out now"
Exactly this. The first domino.
If the Coalition of the Willing keeps dragging their feet over providing real meaningful assistance to Ukraine and stop this now, as they could ...
If the Coalition of the Willing keeps dragging their feet over providing real meaningful assistance to Ukraine and stop this now, as they could ...
Because corrupt cowards in the West refuse to defend Europe from Russia, the dominoes are falling as expected.
China, a nuclear power, is preparing the information space to invade not just Taiwan but also Japan, using Russia's exact playbook.
Nuclear proliferation will follow.
China, a nuclear power, is preparing the information space to invade not just Taiwan but also Japan, using Russia's exact playbook.
Nuclear proliferation will follow.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Exactly this. The first domino.
If the Coalition of the Willing keeps dragging their feet over providing real meaningful assistance to Ukraine and stop this now, as they could ...
If the Coalition of the Willing keeps dragging their feet over providing real meaningful assistance to Ukraine and stop this now, as they could ...
Critically important thread 🍁Multiple reasons to reject these projects - foremost being lack of 1stNations support - environmental degradation, short-sighted economics, on & on ...
I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
🧵
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
🧵
Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Critically important thread 🍁Multiple reasons to reject these projects - foremost being lack of 1stNations support - environmental degradation, short-sighted economics, on & on ...
then you've lost the plot .
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
then you've lost the plot .
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A rare aesthetic: you have the anxiety of a death row inmate but you’re numb to it and didn’t feel an emotion in over a year so everyone thinks you’re chill like that
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A rare aesthetic: you have the anxiety of a death row inmate but you’re numb to it and didn’t feel an emotion in over a year so everyone thinks you’re chill like that
A reminder that a Trump supporter already assassinated two, & had a shit list of several more.
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A reminder that a Trump supporter already assassinated two, & had a shit list of several more.
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On International Men's Day I'll say this: there are a lot of problems that affect men that are reinforced by rigid gender stereotypes and a capitalist hellscape and their inability to properly express and share emotions are exploited by scumbags like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
On International Men's Day I'll say this: there are a lot of problems that affect men that are reinforced by rigid gender stereotypes and a capitalist hellscape and their inability to properly express and share emotions are exploited by scumbags like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson
Ukraine is staring down a winter without heat.
Something concrete you can do to help: Donate/share to get generators for essential infrastructure
PayPal.me/powerupukraine
Swish: 123-169 24 17
Something concrete you can do to help: Donate/share to get generators for essential infrastructure
PayPal.me/powerupukraine
Swish: 123-169 24 17
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ukraine is staring down a winter without heat.
Something concrete you can do to help: Donate/share to get generators for essential infrastructure
PayPal.me/powerupukraine
Swish: 123-169 24 17
Something concrete you can do to help: Donate/share to get generators for essential infrastructure
PayPal.me/powerupukraine
Swish: 123-169 24 17
Bangladesh's former PM sentenced to life for crimes against humanity, and to death for the killing of several people during the uprising.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown | CBC News
A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led upr...
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bangladesh's former PM sentenced to life for crimes against humanity, and to death for the killing of several people during the uprising.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
- - - Keepin' it Riel - - -
Métis resistance leader and founder of the province of Manitoba, Louis Riel was excuted for treason by hanging by the government of John A Macdonald on this day in 1885, for land grabs by the english colonizers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_R...
Métis resistance leader and founder of the province of Manitoba, Louis Riel was excuted for treason by hanging by the government of John A Macdonald on this day in 1885, for land grabs by the english colonizers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_R...
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
- - - Keepin' it Riel - - -
Métis resistance leader and founder of the province of Manitoba, Louis Riel was excuted for treason by hanging by the government of John A Macdonald on this day in 1885, for land grabs by the english colonizers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_R...
Métis resistance leader and founder of the province of Manitoba, Louis Riel was excuted for treason by hanging by the government of John A Macdonald on this day in 1885, for land grabs by the english colonizers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_R...
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