Jon Scop
@jscop.bsky.social
Immigration and refugee lawyer in the states, librarian in Canada, now a retired dual citizen, moved by justice, music and wilderness, trying to find hope in an ailing and dystopian world.
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It just takes a minute to email ABC's City Councillors.
Ask them to reject their backroom handlers, show some courage, and oppose Ken Sim's Cuts.
Also there's an election next year. Now's a great time to join the Coalition of Progressive Electors.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#vanpoli
Ask them to reject their backroom handlers, show some courage, and oppose Ken Sim's Cuts.
Also there's an election next year. Now's a great time to join the Coalition of Progressive Electors.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#vanpoli
Ken Sim and ABC are facing huge opposition to their opaque, undemocratic, and detailless budget that will bring huge cuts to city staff, services, and programs.
It only takes 2 minutes to add your voice.
Write to Council: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
It only takes 2 minutes to add your voice.
Write to Council: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
Stop Ken Sim's Cuts — COPE Vancouver
www.votecope.ca
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It just takes a minute to email ABC's City Councillors.
Ask them to reject their backroom handlers, show some courage, and oppose Ken Sim's Cuts.
Also there's an election next year. Now's a great time to join the Coalition of Progressive Electors.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#vanpoli
Ask them to reject their backroom handlers, show some courage, and oppose Ken Sim's Cuts.
Also there's an election next year. Now's a great time to join the Coalition of Progressive Electors.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#vanpoli
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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Umm technically he’s called Netanyahu’s Monster
John Fetterman has released a picture showing the injuries he sustained after falling on his face:
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Umm technically he’s called Netanyahu’s Monster
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Here an underage girl testifies that Epstein vaginally and anally raped her before beating her in fury because Trump had taken her virginity before he could.
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here an underage girl testifies that Epstein vaginally and anally raped her before beating her in fury because Trump had taken her virginity before he could.
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the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.
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So sad to hear that Alice Wong has died. Her work has informed my understanding of disability and disability advocacy for as long as I can remember, and we just listened to her on this episode of Radiolab a few weeks ago: www.wnycstudios.org/story/voice/
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So sad to hear that Alice Wong has died. Her work has informed my understanding of disability and disability advocacy for as long as I can remember, and we just listened to her on this episode of Radiolab a few weeks ago: www.wnycstudios.org/story/voice/
CAP's Project 2029 is a hysterically terrible relaunch of the worst of neoliberalism, and i guess a little pedophilia never hurt nobody, right?
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
CAP's Project 2029 is a hysterically terrible relaunch of the worst of neoliberalism, and i guess a little pedophilia never hurt nobody, right?
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
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The default move for any Democrat trying to establish their credibility: shit on the party.
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The default move for any Democrat trying to establish their credibility: shit on the party.
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
I've enjoyed Dee Dee Bridgewater for decades, but never knew about her strong convictions and warrior spirit.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I can’t be silent. I’ve been through too much’: Dee Dee Bridgewater on singing with the greats – and confronting Maga with jazz
Fuelled by a loathing of Trump, the war in Gaza and anger at ‘the same old chauvinistic crap’, the 75-year-old – who cut her teeth with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and more – has no plans to stop p...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I've enjoyed Dee Dee Bridgewater for decades, but never knew about her strong convictions and warrior spirit.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
This is insane, but step back. The idea of An Insurance Industry taking out a big healthy chunk of every medical $ spent, whether thru the ACA, employers, etc. is even more insane. How many centuries til the US (if it exists) does what the rest of the world does & guarantee it to all?
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is insane, but step back. The idea of An Insurance Industry taking out a big healthy chunk of every medical $ spent, whether thru the ACA, employers, etc. is even more insane. How many centuries til the US (if it exists) does what the rest of the world does & guarantee it to all?
Gobsmacked to hear someone saying that if we're also eager to slam Summers and Clinton, we're doing the work of Trump. To paraphrase Lindsay Graham, "I guess i'm in the non-child rape wing of the party."
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Gobsmacked to hear someone saying that if we're also eager to slam Summers and Clinton, we're doing the work of Trump. To paraphrase Lindsay Graham, "I guess i'm in the non-child rape wing of the party."
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They crossed the land bridge from Russia to Alaska, duh. Who said they could do that?
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
They crossed the land bridge from Russia to Alaska, duh. Who said they could do that?
Word.
It isn’t that so many of the world’s most powerful men happen to be sexual sadists. It is that at a certain level of power, what obscenity is left but to violate the most vulnerable? Wealth shifts the baseline of morality until what is possible is acceptable. With enough money, anything is possible.
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Word.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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HALF OUR GRANT GOES BACK TO THE CITY IN POLICE COSTS
— Vancouver Folk Festival
— Vancouver Folk Festival
246: folk fest president. Advocating for increased funding for arts. Arts is a necessity. Festivals under threat. Many have folded. We bring in millions of dollars to economy. We bring joy in world of despair. Half of our grants just go back to city in police costs.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
HALF OUR GRANT GOES BACK TO THE CITY IN POLICE COSTS
— Vancouver Folk Festival
— Vancouver Folk Festival
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The planned City of Vancouver budget in a nutshell.
A speaker in opposition to the budget says she found it disturbing to see up to 6 police officers surrounding one homeless man at a grocery store.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The planned City of Vancouver budget in a nutshell.
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Here’s a photo of @seanorr.bsky.social live-skeeting yesterday. I think this was before he went blind and his thumbs seized up #vanpoli
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Here’s a photo of @seanorr.bsky.social live-skeeting yesterday. I think this was before he went blind and his thumbs seized up #vanpoli
Posted by an artist friend....
an AI-generated poster for an artists' market has got to be one of the saddest things I've seen all year and I see lots of sad things
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Posted by an artist friend....
"So, in order to be transparent, we're gonna present a budget that is essentially a black box."
Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"So, in order to be transparent, we're gonna present a budget that is essentially a black box."
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Imagine reading these Epstein emails and still believing the USA is a meritocracy?
Jeffrey Epstein, dating counselor to a former university president
Also … “dint”?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Also … “dint”?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Imagine reading these Epstein emails and still believing the USA is a meritocracy?
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Anyone who cares about Vancouver, whether you share Sean’s politics or not, should read through his multiple threads of citizens’ statements; folks range widely in age and income bracket but not in sentiment. ABC passing this budget will alienate the entire city.
Good morning. It’s budget day. I’m going to try and live skeet the proceedings so speakers know where we are at. First is staff presentation. 91 slides.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Anyone who cares about Vancouver, whether you share Sean’s politics or not, should read through his multiple threads of citizens’ statements; folks range widely in age and income bracket but not in sentiment. ABC passing this budget will alienate the entire city.
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Yup. All it's going to do is to help all of us who can't stand him, feel even more vindicated than we felt previously. His fans will continue to defend him.
Once the Epstein Files are released, we might discover the guy found liable for sexual assault by a jury, the guy who boasted to Howard Stern about his ability to gawk at semi-nude teenage girls, the guy who boasted to Billy Bush about his ability to commit sexual assault, is some kind of creep.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yup. All it's going to do is to help all of us who can't stand him, feel even more vindicated than we felt previously. His fans will continue to defend him.
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More cuts to healthcare. But don't worry Liberals are telling me the provinces can just jack up their taxes to cover the shortfall. It's the 90s all over again.
Not like Carney didn't just cut a whole bunch taxes for the wealthy or anything.
#cndpoli
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...
Not like Carney didn't just cut a whole bunch taxes for the wealthy or anything.
#cndpoli
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...
Opinion: Federal budget makes some health spending vanish
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
More cuts to healthcare. But don't worry Liberals are telling me the provinces can just jack up their taxes to cover the shortfall. It's the 90s all over again.
Not like Carney didn't just cut a whole bunch taxes for the wealthy or anything.
#cndpoli
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...
Not like Carney didn't just cut a whole bunch taxes for the wealthy or anything.
#cndpoli
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...