The Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦
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Watch Dogs Keep Score
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
History major, ex-advertising creative, keenly aware of how democracy has been hacked; Workshopping ways to fight back.
What was actually said is that progressives throughout the world DO see the US as a cautionary tale. It's why Poilievre didn't win the Canadian elections.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What was actually said is that progressives throughout the world DO see the US as a cautionary tale. It's why Poilievre didn't win the Canadian elections.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
But that was too hard a pill to swallow, evidently. When your first reflex is to block allies who politely disagree, you're part of the problem.
This got me blocked… Wow.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This got me blocked… Wow.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives.
And then they wonder why things are the way they are.
#ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.
I know of an immunologist who would (and will) tell you to stay in your lane; who dismisses all the multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed studies on the harms of SARS CoV-2 and insists it’s nothing new.
I also know of at least a dozen others who agree with you. And then there’s the data. So much data.
I also know of at least a dozen others who agree with you. And then there’s the data. So much data.
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I know of an immunologist who would (and will) tell you to stay in your lane; who dismisses all the multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed studies on the harms of SARS CoV-2 and insists it’s nothing new.
I also know of at least a dozen others who agree with you. And then there’s the data. So much data.
I also know of at least a dozen others who agree with you. And then there’s the data. So much data.
Democracy has been hacked. We're just too arrogant to realize it/respond to it. We think our opinions are our own. The evidence—voting against our own self interests, increasingly, consistently, everywhere—suggests otherwise. This was in 2011. Before AI. #PersonaManagement
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Democracy has been hacked. We're just too arrogant to realize it/respond to it. We think our opinions are our own. The evidence—voting against our own self interests, increasingly, consistently, everywhere—suggests otherwise. This was in 2011. Before AI. #PersonaManagement
Meanwhile Kramnik is practically gloating over it.
The wrong people are dying.
The wrong people are dying.
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Meanwhile Kramnik is practically gloating over it.
The wrong people are dying.
The wrong people are dying.
Meanwhile, Kramnik is practically gloating over it.
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Meanwhile, Kramnik is practically gloating over it.
My grief is less due to his skill than to how decent, funny and insightful a human being he was. For all the darkness in the world, he was a flicker of light. He will remain so, in my heart and mind, as long as I live.
Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) #Danya #Chess
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Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) #Danya #Chess
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![Daniel Naroditsky (November 9, 1995 – October 19, 2025), often referred to as Danya, was an American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator. He won the Under-12 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2007 and the US Junior Championship in 2013, the same year he was officially awarded the grandmaster title at age 18.
While Naroditsky was consistently in the top 200 of FIDE's world rankings for classical chess, he was an absolute beast in faster time formats such as blitz chess, where he was consistently ranked top 25 in the world.
Naroditsky also made engaging educational and often hilarious chess content on YouTube and Twitch, published two chess books, and wrote columns for Chess Life and The New York Times.
He played on Chess.com under the handle DanielNaroditsky, and on Lichess.org under the handle RebeccaHarris. As to why he chose the latter, "I have to point out that I spent all of five seconds creating that account name because I didn't know that it would become big and Rebecca Harris is just a character in a TV show called Limitless that's a spin-off off of a movie that I liked and Rebecca Harris may or may not have been played by an actress [Jennifer Carpenter] who, in my early high school days, well… I'll trail off there… let's just say she made an impression on me".
Source: https://youtu.be/8eiLh4nKuvE?si=h59jEdZppy373g1s&t=1815
Danya was as quick witted as he was bullet-fast at playing high-speed chess. And his generosity, humility and kindness were unmatched in the chess world. He will be dearly missed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z7fq5sb3thfww72ndrnpuivv/bafkreidbnstkwljgio6vs7eae7mbhp2n6edan5wrfyoskzpox2rrgg3llu@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
#NoKings
One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles
One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#NoKings
One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles
One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles
The worst of it? Forget morality—It makes NO sense, financially! It isn't just climatologists, entomologists & marine biologists ringing the alarm:
Economists, actuaries, INSURANCE ADJUSTERS are saying that this is spiraling out of control.
But dark money of the Oil lobby holds all the reigns.
Economists, actuaries, INSURANCE ADJUSTERS are saying that this is spiraling out of control.
But dark money of the Oil lobby holds all the reigns.
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The worst of it? Forget morality—It makes NO sense, financially! It isn't just climatologists, entomologists & marine biologists ringing the alarm:
Economists, actuaries, INSURANCE ADJUSTERS are saying that this is spiraling out of control.
But dark money of the Oil lobby holds all the reigns.
Economists, actuaries, INSURANCE ADJUSTERS are saying that this is spiraling out of control.
But dark money of the Oil lobby holds all the reigns.
For 5 months, I've been saying it
#NoKings will mean nothing unless it outlasts the weekend. One-and-done DOES. NOT. WORK.
You don't build pressure by turning on the heat for one afternoon, once every few months. You leave the heat on high as long as it takes for it to BOIL OVER
#ElbowsUP America
#NoKings will mean nothing unless it outlasts the weekend. One-and-done DOES. NOT. WORK.
You don't build pressure by turning on the heat for one afternoon, once every few months. You leave the heat on high as long as it takes for it to BOIL OVER
#ElbowsUP America
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One of these headlines does not belong.
Either governing—with its lobbyists, provincial tantrums & short-term imperatives has made Mark Carney dangerously myopic, or he never meant what he wrote in "Values: Building a Better World for All". What are we doing here, Canada?
#CdnPoli #Climate
Either governing—with its lobbyists, provincial tantrums & short-term imperatives has made Mark Carney dangerously myopic, or he never meant what he wrote in "Values: Building a Better World for All". What are we doing here, Canada?
#CdnPoli #Climate
October 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
THIS WEEK:
1-The world has reached its first climate tipping point
2-Carney's climate vision is to deprioritize emissions targets, focus on economic advantages
3-CO2 levels jumped by a record amount in 2024
4-Australia's rainforests switch from carbon sink to carbon source
#CdnPoli #Collapse
1-The world has reached its first climate tipping point
2-Carney's climate vision is to deprioritize emissions targets, focus on economic advantages
3-CO2 levels jumped by a record amount in 2024
4-Australia's rainforests switch from carbon sink to carbon source
#CdnPoli #Collapse
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How does that meme go again?
"Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture… - They're the same picture"?
We do not win by debasing ourselves to the dehumanization of the other. We win by preserving what little is left of the commons.
Fight hard—for decency.
"Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture… - They're the same picture"?
We do not win by debasing ourselves to the dehumanization of the other. We win by preserving what little is left of the commons.
Fight hard—for decency.
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How does that meme go again?
"Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture… - They're the same picture"?
We do not win by debasing ourselves to the dehumanization of the other. We win by preserving what little is left of the commons.
Fight hard—for decency.
"Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture… - They're the same picture"?
We do not win by debasing ourselves to the dehumanization of the other. We win by preserving what little is left of the commons.
Fight hard—for decency.
No matter how hard you try, you will never convince me this is somehow evil.
#LetPeopleBe #Trans #Cisgendered #Gay #Straight #Free
#LetPeopleBe #Trans #Cisgendered #Gay #Straight #Free
October 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No matter how hard you try, you will never convince me this is somehow evil.
#LetPeopleBe #Trans #Cisgendered #Gay #Straight #Free
#LetPeopleBe #Trans #Cisgendered #Gay #Straight #Free
The Jane Goodall Institute once complained about one of Gary Larson's cartoons of her. She told them to be quiet, used the image to sell t-shirts, and wrote the introduction to one of his collections. #Legend
#PowerDoesn'tPanic
#PowerDoesn'tPanic
October 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Jane Goodall Institute once complained about one of Gary Larson's cartoons of her. She told them to be quiet, used the image to sell t-shirts, and wrote the introduction to one of his collections. #Legend
#PowerDoesn'tPanic
#PowerDoesn'tPanic
"AMPAR density was significantly elevated across the entire brain in patients with Cognitive Long COVID compared to Healthy Controls. The systemic increase may result from compensatory mechanisms for the unknown loss of brain function."
So it really was all in our head.
#BrainFog #CdnPoli #MedSky
So it really was all in our head.
#BrainFog #CdnPoli #MedSky
![As explained in their paper, published in Brain Communications on October 1, 2025, the team hypothesized that patients with brain fog might exhibit disrupted expression of AMPA receptors (AMPARs)—key molecules for memory and learning—based on prior research into psychiatric and neurological disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and dementia. Thus, they used a novel method called [11C]K-2 AMPAR PET imaging to directly visualize and quantify the density of AMPARs in the living human brain.
By comparing imaging data from 30 patients with Long COVID to 80 healthy individuals, the researchers found a notable and widespread increase in the density of AMPARs across the brains of patients. This elevated receptor density was directly correlated with the severity of their cognitive impairment, suggesting a clear link between these molecular changes and the symptoms. Additionally, the concentrations of various inflammatory markers were also correlated with AMPAR levels, indicating a possible interaction between inflammation and receptor expression.
Taken together, the study’s findings represent a crucial step forward in addressing many unresolved issues regarding Long COVID. The systemic increase in AMPARs provides a direct biological explanation for the cognitive symptoms, highlighting a target for potential treatments. For example, drugs that suppress AMPAR activity could be a viable approach to mitigate brain fog. Interestingly, the team’s analysis also demonstrated that imaging data can be used to distinguish patients from healthy controls with 100% sensitivity and 91% specificity. https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-finally-reveal-biological-basis-of-long-covid-brain-fog/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z7fq5sb3thfww72ndrnpuivv/bafkreicr5eti35ag3oyopblcr2ljo24ja5a2qi5x6khmxf3pixuer7vgm4@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
An actual post from the CDC.
If you were wondering why so many Americans still support Trump, look no further. The "both sides are just as bad" narrative is being pushed HARD by this administration. And it has gained traction.
If you were wondering why so many Americans still support Trump, look no further. The "both sides are just as bad" narrative is being pushed HARD by this administration. And it has gained traction.
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
An actual post from the CDC.
If you were wondering why so many Americans still support Trump, look no further. The "both sides are just as bad" narrative is being pushed HARD by this administration. And it has gained traction.
If you were wondering why so many Americans still support Trump, look no further. The "both sides are just as bad" narrative is being pushed HARD by this administration. And it has gained traction.
Yup. And it's not just anecdotal. But it can't be COVID. Gotta be something else.
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Yup. And it's not just anecdotal. But it can't be COVID. Gotta be something else.
"'WE AS LEGISLATORS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE NO HARM DONE TO THEM", said yet another Republican pedophile.
It was never about protecting anyone; denying transgender kids a chance at a normal life is the work of sadists & monsters.
Sadists.
And monsters.
#Trump #Epstein
It was never about protecting anyone; denying transgender kids a chance at a normal life is the work of sadists & monsters.
Sadists.
And monsters.
#Trump #Epstein
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Even mild COVID infections that people recover from with no persistent symptoms cause cognitive loss—on average a loss of 3 IQ points for EVERY infection. Below, an ELI5, seeing as the message is clearly not getting through.
Every re-infection is doing damage, whether you get #LongCOVID or not.
Every re-infection is doing damage, whether you get #LongCOVID or not.
![Cognitive symptoms after Covid-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, are well-recognized. Whether objectively measurable cognitive deficits exist and how long they persist are unclear.
Of the 141,583 participants who started the online cognitive assessment, 112,964 completed it. In a multiple regression analysis, participants who had recovered from Covid-19 in whom symptoms had resolved in less than 4 weeks or at least 12 weeks had similar small deficits in global cognition as compared with those in the no–Covid-19 group, who had not been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or had unconfirmed infection (−0.23 SD [95% confidence interval {CI}, −0.33 to −0.13] and −0.24 SD [95% CI, −0.36 to −0.12], respectively); larger deficits as compared with the no–Covid-19 group were seen in participants with unresolved persistent symptoms (−0.42 SD; 95% CI, −0.53 to −0.31). Larger deficits were seen in participants who had SARS-CoV-2 infection during periods in which the original virus or the B.1.1.7 variant was predominant than in those infected with later variants (e.g., −0.17 SD for the B.1.1.7 variant vs. the B.1.1.529 variant; 95% CI, −0.20 to −0.13) and in participants who had been hospitalized than in those who had not been hospitalized (e.g., intensive care unit admission, −0.35 SD; 95% CI, −0.49 to −0.20). Results of the analyses were similar to those of propensity-score–matching analyses. In a comparison of the group that had unresolved persistent symptoms with the no–Covid-19 group, memory, reasoning, and executive function tasks were associated with the largest deficits (−0.33 to −0.20 SD); these tasks correlated weakly with recent symptoms, including poor memory and brain fog.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2311330#f2](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z7fq5sb3thfww72ndrnpuivv/bafkreibjcb56wfmiwitovgfhmiasedvg623uxibytjx64kon3qbqexrgsy@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Even mild COVID infections that people recover from with no persistent symptoms cause cognitive loss—on average a loss of 3 IQ points for EVERY infection. Below, an ELI5, seeing as the message is clearly not getting through.
Every re-infection is doing damage, whether you get #LongCOVID or not.
Every re-infection is doing damage, whether you get #LongCOVID or not.