Bruce Elrick
@virtuous-sloth.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice.
Unemployed or semi-retired? […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://cosocial.ca/@virtuous_sloth, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Unemployed or semi-retired? […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://cosocial.ca/@virtuous_sloth, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
RE: https://chaos.social/@RichiH/115996462226673985
I'm glad to see FOSDEM will be political, whatever that means. My gut is telling me I will be happy with that.
I'm glad to see FOSDEM will be political, whatever that means. My gut is telling me I will be happy with that.
chaos.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
RE: https://chaos.social/@RichiH/115996462226673985
I'm glad to see FOSDEM will be political, whatever that means. My gut is telling me I will be happy with that.
I'm glad to see FOSDEM will be political, whatever that means. My gut is telling me I will be happy with that.
Modern bondage type B (type A is the prison system, type B is the rental H2A business)
Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber) talks with her activist politician friend about why Republicans feel confident about deporting undocumented farm workers now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8h_8NNSqig
#bondage […]
Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber) talks with her activist politician friend about why Republicans feel confident about deporting undocumented farm workers now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8h_8NNSqig
#bondage […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Modern bondage type B (type A is the prison system, type B is the rental H2A business)
Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber) talks with her activist politician friend about why Republicans feel confident about deporting undocumented farm workers now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8h_8NNSqig
#bondage […]
Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber) talks with her activist politician friend about why Republicans feel confident about deporting undocumented farm workers now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8h_8NNSqig
#bondage […]
What do you call it when right-wing plebes are correct in the general (there is rampant corrupt elites doing the pedophilia) but 180 degrees wrong about the details (it's the left-wing elites doing it the most)?
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
What do you call it when right-wing plebes are correct in the general (there is rampant corrupt elites doing the pedophilia) but 180 degrees wrong about the details (it's the left-wing elites doing it the most)?
Reposted by Bruce Elrick
#phanpysocial changelog ✨
⌨️ More sequential hotkeys, g>s (Settings), g>p (Profile), g>b (Bookmarks)
💈 Redesigned poll
🛬 Redesigned landing page
🐛 Bug fixes
🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org
⌨️ More sequential hotkeys, g>s (Settings), g>p (Profile), g>b (Bookmarks)
💈 Redesigned poll
🛬 Redesigned landing page
🐛 Bug fixes
🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 PM
#phanpysocial changelog ✨
⌨️ More sequential hotkeys, g>s (Settings), g>p (Profile), g>b (Bookmarks)
💈 Redesigned poll
🛬 Redesigned landing page
🐛 Bug fixes
🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org
⌨️ More sequential hotkeys, g>s (Settings), g>p (Profile), g>b (Bookmarks)
💈 Redesigned poll
🛬 Redesigned landing page
🐛 Bug fixes
🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org
I keep on getting my hopes up, projecting my desire for a political economy that rewards caring and fails to reward or punishes anti-social behaviour.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/22/What-Carney-Davos-Speech-Reveals-Future/
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/22/What-Carney-Davos-Speech-Reveals-Future/
January 31, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I keep on getting my hopes up, projecting my desire for a political economy that rewards caring and fails to reward or punishes anti-social behaviour.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/22/What-Carney-Davos-Speech-Reveals-Future/
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/01/22/What-Carney-Davos-Speech-Reveals-Future/
My new sourdough starter finally smells solidly good (my first time), so it is time to name it.
It struggled for the first week because I wasn't keeping it warm enough. Overnight we let the house cool down and I've been feeding it in the evening.
Second week I switched to storing it on a […]
It struggled for the first week because I wasn't keeping it warm enough. Overnight we let the house cool down and I've been feeding it in the evening.
Second week I switched to storing it on a […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 AM
My new sourdough starter finally smells solidly good (my first time), so it is time to name it.
It struggled for the first week because I wasn't keeping it warm enough. Overnight we let the house cool down and I've been feeding it in the evening.
Second week I switched to storing it on a […]
It struggled for the first week because I wasn't keeping it warm enough. Overnight we let the house cool down and I've been feeding it in the evening.
Second week I switched to storing it on a […]
People accepting things from corporations far worse than what they'd overthrow a government about... SMH.
January 31, 2026 at 4:45 AM
People accepting things from corporations far worse than what they'd overthrow a government about... SMH.
It seems to me the CPC needs their own Carney-in-the-wings & then Pierre Poillievre to strategically resign at the right moment.
I never liked Justin Trudeau but the hate for him was far beyond reason. Perhaps Pierre Poillievre needs to sense his own haters & do the right thing for his party […]
I never liked Justin Trudeau but the hate for him was far beyond reason. Perhaps Pierre Poillievre needs to sense his own haters & do the right thing for his party […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 31, 2026 at 2:25 AM
It seems to me the CPC needs their own Carney-in-the-wings & then Pierre Poillievre to strategically resign at the right moment.
I never liked Justin Trudeau but the hate for him was far beyond reason. Perhaps Pierre Poillievre needs to sense his own haters & do the right thing for his party […]
I never liked Justin Trudeau but the hate for him was far beyond reason. Perhaps Pierre Poillievre needs to sense his own haters & do the right thing for his party […]
It turns out the anarchists are right?
http://archive.today/2026.01.30-150739/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/
http://archive.today/2026.01.30-150739/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 AM
It turns out the anarchists are right?
http://archive.today/2026.01.30-150739/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/
http://archive.today/2026.01.30-150739/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/
I assume you know your Zabbly infrastructure is struggling, @stgraber?
A bunch of the sites you host are offline and your routers are dropping packets. Just while you're attending FOSDEM. I hope it isn't too bad for you.
A bunch of the sites you host are offline and your routers are dropping packets. Just while you're attending FOSDEM. I hope it isn't too bad for you.
January 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I assume you know your Zabbly infrastructure is struggling, @stgraber?
A bunch of the sites you host are offline and your routers are dropping packets. Just while you're attending FOSDEM. I hope it isn't too bad for you.
A bunch of the sites you host are offline and your routers are dropping packets. Just while you're attending FOSDEM. I hope it isn't too bad for you.
I think the aphorism should be:
"For those in power, every accusation is a confession."
"For those in power, every accusation is a confession."
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I think the aphorism should be:
"For those in power, every accusation is a confession."
"For those in power, every accusation is a confession."
Reposted by Bruce Elrick
Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)
Pulled up beside a City of Calgary snowplow as we were coming into our community of Hidden Valley.
It was Snowbegone Kenobi.
It was Snowbegone Kenobi.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Pulled up beside a City of Calgary snowplow as we were coming into our community of Hidden Valley.
It was Snowbegone Kenobi.
It was Snowbegone Kenobi.
Is it wrong of me to want Governor Walz to order police to kettle DHS ICE/CBP fuckers when they create a near-riot and thus themselves are an "unlawful assembly"?
Of course I'm sure there's some stupid precedence that somehow gives federal officers (agents? why are FBI called special agents and […]
Of course I'm sure there's some stupid precedence that somehow gives federal officers (agents? why are FBI called special agents and […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Is it wrong of me to want Governor Walz to order police to kettle DHS ICE/CBP fuckers when they create a near-riot and thus themselves are an "unlawful assembly"?
Of course I'm sure there's some stupid precedence that somehow gives federal officers (agents? why are FBI called special agents and […]
Of course I'm sure there's some stupid precedence that somehow gives federal officers (agents? why are FBI called special agents and […]
President Biden is losing it. In his speech earlier this week to world leaders at the WEForum in Davos, he repeatedly referred to Greenland as Iceland.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 AM
President Biden is losing it. In his speech earlier this week to world leaders at the WEForum in Davos, he repeatedly referred to Greenland as Iceland.
I love how Richard Murphy consistently emphasises *care* when he discusses the coming wartime(-like) economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWbr8XTvjU
#newworldorder #economy #canpoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWbr8XTvjU
#newworldorder #economy #canpoli
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I love how Richard Murphy consistently emphasises *care* when he discusses the coming wartime(-like) economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWbr8XTvjU
#newworldorder #economy #canpoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWbr8XTvjU
#newworldorder #economy #canpoli
I love that Richard Murphy consistently talks about *care* as he discusses economics, politics, power and a new world order.
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I love that Richard Murphy consistently talks about *care* as he discusses economics, politics, power and a new world order.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115944786542454782
This is the key...
"It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle."
This is the key...
"It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle."
infosec.exchange
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115944786542454782
This is the key...
"It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle."
This is the key...
"It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle."
RE: https://sfba.social/@PaulWermer/115941261328622827
General strike!
General strike!
General strike!
#generalstrike #strike #solidarity
General strike!
General strike!
General strike!
#generalstrike #strike #solidarity
Please support a very reasonable ask from the organzers:
Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/22/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/22/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
Minnesotans urged not to work, shop or go to school as part of protests against ICE and the death of Renee Nicole Good
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 AM
RE: https://sfba.social/@PaulWermer/115941261328622827
General strike!
General strike!
General strike!
#generalstrike #strike #solidarity
General strike!
General strike!
General strike!
#generalstrike #strike #solidarity
mastodon.hongkongers.net
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Hard power relies on a the soft power of leading a coalition, whether it is chain of command in a military being vulnerable, for example, to mutiny or it is all the western nations living the lie of decades of supposed rules-based order.
The US's hard power was not nearly as powerful as you […]
The US's hard power was not nearly as powerful as you […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Hard power relies on a the soft power of leading a coalition, whether it is chain of command in a military being vulnerable, for example, to mutiny or it is all the western nations living the lie of decades of supposed rules-based order.
The US's hard power was not nearly as powerful as you […]
The US's hard power was not nearly as powerful as you […]
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@virtuous_sloth/115928351388105572
Hey @mpjgregoire, you will find this interesting....
Hey @mpjgregoire, you will find this interesting....
!! Prime Minister Carney !!
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@virtuous_sloth/115928351388105572
Hey @mpjgregoire, you will find this interesting....
Hey @mpjgregoire, you will find this interesting....
!! Prime Minister Carney !!
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
!! Prime Minister Carney !!
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]
"It is time for companies and countries to take their signs down. For decades countries like Canada prospered under what we called The Rules-Based International Order. ... We knew the story of the international rules-based was partially false. That the strongest […]