Thierry
@tcote.bsky.social
I lecture about political science, social media and media & politics @ York University, I used to write a lot about music but I don’t so much anymore. I still watch too much tennis. He/him.
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The GOP outreach emails about Mamdani are very normal and extremely sane.
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The GOP outreach emails about Mamdani are very normal and extremely sane.
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I know it’s been worn by others, but it’s still cool to see Andre 3000 on the red carpet tonight for OutKast’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction rocking the iconic Nike Air Trainer 1s that John McEnroe introduced back in 1986 and that Andre Agassi also wore during his breakthrough 1988 season.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I know it’s been worn by others, but it’s still cool to see Andre 3000 on the red carpet tonight for OutKast’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction rocking the iconic Nike Air Trainer 1s that John McEnroe introduced back in 1986 and that Andre Agassi also wore during his breakthrough 1988 season.
I know it’s been worn by others, but it’s still cool to see Andre 3000 on the red carpet tonight for OutKast’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction rocking the iconic Nike Air Trainer 1s that John McEnroe introduced back in 1986 and that Andre Agassi also wore during his breakthrough 1988 season.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I know it’s been worn by others, but it’s still cool to see Andre 3000 on the red carpet tonight for OutKast’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction rocking the iconic Nike Air Trainer 1s that John McEnroe introduced back in 1986 and that Andre Agassi also wore during his breakthrough 1988 season.
RIP Mel Bridgman, original Ottawa Senators GM and by all accounts a very well liked teammate and colleague.
This hockey card though always terrified me as a child.
This hockey card though always terrified me as a child.
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
RIP Mel Bridgman, original Ottawa Senators GM and by all accounts a very well liked teammate and colleague.
This hockey card though always terrified me as a child.
This hockey card though always terrified me as a child.
I’m not against face painting to support the team, but the Commanders colors are burgundy and gold, not pinkish and whatever mustard-ass yellow that is.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’m not against face painting to support the team, but the Commanders colors are burgundy and gold, not pinkish and whatever mustard-ass yellow that is.
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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He doesn’t even want to be around anymore.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
He doesn’t even want to be around anymore.
I guess the prosecution’s case was suboptimal.
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I guess the prosecution’s case was suboptimal.
He doesn’t even want to be around anymore.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
He doesn’t even want to be around anymore.
I truly didn’t think that in the year 2025 I would have to hear at least part of one of the worst songs released in my lifetime on every social media platform and multiple times a day.
That one could’ve really stayed in 1993.
That one could’ve really stayed in 1993.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I truly didn’t think that in the year 2025 I would have to hear at least part of one of the worst songs released in my lifetime on every social media platform and multiple times a day.
That one could’ve really stayed in 1993.
That one could’ve really stayed in 1993.
West Ham’s Mark Noble is going to be surprised to find out they’re naming it after him and giving it to Trump.
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
West Ham’s Mark Noble is going to be surprised to find out they’re naming it after him and giving it to Trump.
The new ATP (the men’s pro tennis tour) logo vs. the Greater Toronto Area’s 407 Express Toll Route logo.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The new ATP (the men’s pro tennis tour) logo vs. the Greater Toronto Area’s 407 Express Toll Route logo.
But also pollsters are fake and wrong according to the same guy, so who’s to say?
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
But also pollsters are fake and wrong according to the same guy, so who’s to say?
🎶 I will remember you 🎶
With Eric Adams dropping out, let’s remember the craziest low-stake moment of his time in the spotlight: when he named the concert where Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed *before* getting to sing a note as the best concert he’s ever been to.
From a 2021 Vanity Fair interview:
From a 2021 Vanity Fair interview:
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
🎶 I will remember you 🎶
Red apples are delicious, what’s the problem?
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Red apples are delicious, what’s the problem?
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
Ackman is clearly as skilled at crafting slogans as he is at competing against professional tennis players.
Update #2: Ackman is still convinced Cuomo is going to win, and has proposed Cuomo adopt the slogan "MNYGA"
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Ackman is clearly as skilled at crafting slogans as he is at competing against professional tennis players.
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My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless” was released on this date in 1991.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless” was released on this date in 1991.
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There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
« I got fake people showin' fake love to me »
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
« I got fake people showin' fake love to me »
Are they even allowed to show a non-white soldier in their weird Christian military propaganda?
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Are they even allowed to show a non-white soldier in their weird Christian military propaganda?
Now imagine someone who just discovered or fell in love with baseball this fall then checking out a mid-April matchup between the Pirates and the White Sox.
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Now imagine someone who just discovered or fell in love with baseball this fall then checking out a mid-April matchup between the Pirates and the White Sox.
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The weirdest thing about this if you’re Canadian is seeing that JD Vance is getting up in arms about criticism coming from woke left journalist with an agenda *checks notes* Ezra Levant?
Huh.
Huh.
"wreak of anti-christian bigotry" theres that big yale brain
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The weirdest thing about this if you’re Canadian is seeing that JD Vance is getting up in arms about criticism coming from woke left journalist with an agenda *checks notes* Ezra Levant?
Huh.
Huh.