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@maximummeh.bsky.social
Someday we will read his obituary.
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This X account of the Alberta separatist 'Alberta Prosperity Project' appears to be based in Thailand.
Wouldn't that be foreign interference?
h/t TheGentYYC on Mastodon
Wouldn't that be foreign interference?
h/t TheGentYYC on Mastodon
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This X account of the Alberta separatist 'Alberta Prosperity Project' appears to be based in Thailand.
Wouldn't that be foreign interference?
h/t TheGentYYC on Mastodon
Wouldn't that be foreign interference?
h/t TheGentYYC on Mastodon
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Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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This. The journalists who spend every day soaking themselves on Twitter are marinating in the muck.
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This. The journalists who spend every day soaking themselves on Twitter are marinating in the muck.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
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Internet scams are going to get worse and honestly it’s just a sad situation.
If you have billions of ppl in developing countries who don’t have opportunities to make a decent living but do have access to the internet, some are going to use that to degrade themselves + others, to all our detriment
If you have billions of ppl in developing countries who don’t have opportunities to make a decent living but do have access to the internet, some are going to use that to degrade themselves + others, to all our detriment
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Internet scams are going to get worse and honestly it’s just a sad situation.
If you have billions of ppl in developing countries who don’t have opportunities to make a decent living but do have access to the internet, some are going to use that to degrade themselves + others, to all our detriment
If you have billions of ppl in developing countries who don’t have opportunities to make a decent living but do have access to the internet, some are going to use that to degrade themselves + others, to all our detriment
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"Don't mock people's names. It's crass and... hold on... you're fucking kidding me, right?"
Steve Outhouse in as next Conservative campaign manager. Jenni Byrne is out as the Conservative campaign manager for the next federal election – Steve Outhouse is in. torontosun.com/opinion/colu...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
LILLEY: Steve Outhouse in as next Conservative campaign manager
Conservative Party turns to a man with an impressive track record of winning to guide them in the next campaign. Read more.
torontosun.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Don't mock people's names. It's crass and... hold on... you're fucking kidding me, right?"
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I think I can say on behalf of all Canadians to Thom Tillis and the other GOP pols making demands on Canada for past underspending to fuck all the way off.
If the bill is $300b, let's make a Canadian soldier killed in an American war, say, $2b per. The burden-sharing looks different: pay us MFer 1/
If the bill is $300b, let's make a Canadian soldier killed in an American war, say, $2b per. The burden-sharing looks different: pay us MFer 1/
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I think I can say on behalf of all Canadians to Thom Tillis and the other GOP pols making demands on Canada for past underspending to fuck all the way off.
If the bill is $300b, let's make a Canadian soldier killed in an American war, say, $2b per. The burden-sharing looks different: pay us MFer 1/
If the bill is $300b, let's make a Canadian soldier killed in an American war, say, $2b per. The burden-sharing looks different: pay us MFer 1/
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One could also come up with the monetary value of the damage tariffs have done, the costs to Canada of the US bombing Canada (yes, I learned yesterday at the Diefenbunker), and so on.
How about we charge rent for our warning stations in the North?
Again, fuck all the way off, Thom. 2/3
How about we charge rent for our warning stations in the North?
Again, fuck all the way off, Thom. 2/3
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One could also come up with the monetary value of the damage tariffs have done, the costs to Canada of the US bombing Canada (yes, I learned yesterday at the Diefenbunker), and so on.
How about we charge rent for our warning stations in the North?
Again, fuck all the way off, Thom. 2/3
How about we charge rent for our warning stations in the North?
Again, fuck all the way off, Thom. 2/3
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watching the real-time brain rot of people like nate silver bears this out
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
watching the real-time brain rot of people like nate silver bears this out
Covid and flu vaccines on board. I had the flu 3 years ago and hope to never repeat the experience.
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Covid and flu vaccines on board. I had the flu 3 years ago and hope to never repeat the experience.
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It’s warning that doctors are forced to wait months for delayed payments and that dealing with rejected or unresolved claims has become so burdensome it’s taking time away from patients.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
These Ontario surgeons are so fed up with OHIP’s billing system that they’ve opened up a private practice
Hamilton surgeons who reconstruct breasts after mastectomies have fought for years over a billing code for their technique. They still get rejections.
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It’s warning that doctors are forced to wait months for delayed payments and that dealing with rejected or unresolved claims has become so burdensome it’s taking time away from patients.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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whomst could possibly have
X's new About This Account feature reveals that some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
whomst could possibly have
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"Outhouse tapped to pull Conservative campaign out of the shitter."
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Outhouse tapped to pull Conservative campaign out of the shitter."
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief
The world is not winning the fight against the climate crisis but it is still in that fight, the UN climate chief has said in Belém, Brazil, after a bitterly contested Cop30 reached a deal.
Countries at Cop30 failed to bring the curtain down on the fossil fuel age amid opposition from some countries led by Saudi Arabia, and they underdelivered on a flagship hope – at a conference held in the Amazon – to chart an end to deforestation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
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It's weird to me that we all accept the idea that the news media has an obligation to be fair and balanced and honest and rigorous and stuff, but we don't expect the same standard from politicians, major corporations, podcasters, YouTubers, TikTok creators etc.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's weird to me that we all accept the idea that the news media has an obligation to be fair and balanced and honest and rigorous and stuff, but we don't expect the same standard from politicians, major corporations, podcasters, YouTubers, TikTok creators etc.
Why should the be grateful for a "plan" that makes it clear Putin really does have pics of trump blowing "bubba". Taco Tits is such a moron, what is left of his dementia addled brain should just give up already.
Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks
Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks
US president appears to roll back from demand Zelenskyy sign by Thursday amid claims Russia authored the text
Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukraine had shown no gratitude for US efforts to end the war, as American, Ukrainian and international negotiators met in Switzerland to discuss the “peace plan” that would involve significant concessions to Moscow from Kyiv.
Poland’s president, Donald Tusk, asked where Trump’s “peace plan” came from, after an apparent admission by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, that the text was originally drafted by Moscow. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why should the be grateful for a "plan" that makes it clear Putin really does have pics of trump blowing "bubba". Taco Tits is such a moron, what is left of his dementia addled brain should just give up already.
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Phillips O'Brien: Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands
Vance To The Fore; The 28 Points—Is It More Interesting Who Backed Them?
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Phillips O'Brien: Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The real "plan" was to give Trump a pretext for ending all US support to Ukraine: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump blasts Ukraine for ‘zero gratitude’ as Germany says deal to end war unlikely to be reached by Thursday deadline – live
Chancellor Friedrich Merz says ‘we are still a long way from that’ as Trump blasts Ukrainian leadership on social media
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The real "plan" was to give Trump a pretext for ending all US support to Ukraine: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...