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Amir Attaran

@amirattaran.bsky.social
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Professor. Litigator. Scientist. Bicyclist. Husband. Father. Son. Wrecks grifters, creeps, anti-vaxxers & scientific illiterates. Personal account (not @uOttawa, not legal advice).

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 2h
He admits to being a war criminal who waged “disproportionate” attacks, so the @nytimes.com runs a puff piece on him.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Israelis Feel Abandoned. That’s Why They Might Turn to This Bereaved General
How a bereaved general has won over Israelis.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 14h
Look how far faking your credentials takes you in America.
washingtonpost.com
Katie Zacharia calls herself a lawyer. Legal experts aren’t sure.
There’s no evidence the new White House press secretary was admitted to practice law in the United States.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h
The NDP is right about this. A country without steel can’t make weapons to defend itself. Expropriate the Americans.
cbc.ca
As Stelco rejects demand to halt layoffs, NDP leaders call on Carney to nationalize steelmaker | CBC News
Federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles are calling on the federal government to nationalize Hamilton-based steelmaker Stelco, amid layoffs Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h
Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. The man’s a rapist after all. But the MAGA women who climb to power kissing his ass are certainly treated worse than the men.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 15h
Trump is a sexist. He fired Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, and now Kimberly Guilfoyle despite their personal loyalty, even to accept bad plastic surgery. Meanwhile, his incompetent and vain men like Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel are still there. Simple sexism. www.ms.now/opinion/kimb...
ms.now
Opinion | Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned. But the scandal is not over.
Retired Amb. James Story: Those of us who have been ambassadors understand the honor of representing the United States — and those who break the public’s trust should be held accountable.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 17h
I had so much fun writing and putting this video together, but I was also filled with such anger the whole time because fuck our premier is awful. www.youtube.com/watch?si=fy0...
youtube.com
Doug Ford Is Ripping Up Toronto’s Bike Lanes, You Sad Cyclist Losers
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 17h
Media was all over Avi Lewis for his reflections on the genocide. But after a major newspaper appeared to threaten him — a major party leader —and his family as a result, the media fell all but silent.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18h
See also: ISIS - Palmer Luckey says that executions should be 'public and brutal' www.businessinsider.com/palmer-lucke...
businessinsider.com
Palmer Luckey says that executions should be 'public and brutal' — not 'private and medicalized'
Palmer Luckey said that he was in favor of public executions. Private executions are "awful and dystopian," he wrote on X.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 17h
Oh man, that’s a loss.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 20h
The British lied that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and it’s probably true they’re lying again about Iran. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
aljazeera.com
UK spy chief says Iran is stepping up targeting of military bases
MI5 chief says 50 arrests were made in past year to disrupt Iran-led operations.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Solitary confinement for that long is torture. America is torturing its own people. Primitive.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Buy Elon Musk a cigarette!
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Can Tennessee do anything right?
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Whoever becomes president next needs to find a way to prosecute and lock up this guy for life.
nytimes.com
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Your Honour, the film libelled Israel with the truth!” It’s comical.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Team Netanyahu is not smart. They deride the film for *false* “blood libel”, while trying to prosecute participants for leaking *true* secrets. 🤡 🤡 🤡 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
theguardian.com
NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film’s interviewees
Israeli PM calls for criminal investigation into soldiers and officers interviewed in Guardian-produced documentary
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is what the morons at the Fraser Institute are angling for. www.bmj.com/content/345/...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Considering that careless barbers pass hepatitis, which can kill you, the only “ridiculous” I see are the right-wing crazies at the Fraser Institute who are cool with that.
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: A licence to be a barber? Ridiculous red tape holds Canada back
Unnecessary licensure requirements fail to protect consumers from bad providers, while also making it more difficult for Canadians to make a living
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Gosh, who’d have guessed that when politicians made America awash in guns, it might end with them being threatened?
nytimes.com
Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A whole province suffering from main character syndrome. The rest of Canada doesn’t need to care how Alberta votes since the treaties mean it can’t legally secede anyway.
cbc.ca
Disappointed, angry, excited: Albertans weigh in on looming referendum | CBC News
At a library branch CBC News visited in Calgary, a few people were excited to vote. Others were just starting to follow the process, and several expressed frustration at Alberta even having a referend...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don’t feel too bad for the Saudis. These are the guys who bone sawed a troublesome journalist to pieces, right?
nytimes.com
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes
The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dementia is a terrible thing.
washingtonpost.com
Trump suggests ‘Ocean of Americas’ as new name for Atlantic or Pacific
The president also floated the idea of naming an ocean after himself.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Vote out Mark Sutcliffe. He’s *destroyed* transit, and also bike lanes for when transit doesn’t work. At least our garbage collection remains good enough to take him away.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sorry but Wab Kinew is a fool. If Holocaust denial is a crime (and it is) then residential school denial should be too. One genocide is not “better” than another.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What an excellent idea, Americans!
nytimes.com
Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’
Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not even a cat in heat howls as much as this sorry bitch.
theguardian.com
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"
Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Both dare not visit many countries. That’s not nothing.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
American hypocrisy has no limits. www.rcfp.org/journals/the...
rcfp.org
Government urges CBS, Web site host to refrain from airing Pearl murder video
From the Summer 2002 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 44.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Americans: “OH MY GOD THE TERRORISTS MADE A VIDEO OF BEHEADING DANIEL PEARL!!!” Also Americans: “Hey, let’s shoot a guy and live stream it!”
washingtonpost.com
Trump, asked if he approved live-streaming execution, says ‘absolutely’
The Pentagon said this week that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be live-streamed for the public to watch.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth’s childhood.
static.klipy.com
Elmo Gets Rekt Boi
ALT: Elmo Gets Rekt Boi
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's time to make interference with the International Criminal Court a crime, and indict Rubio. Amending the Rome Statute to do so is probably doable. www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Joking aside: Whisky Pete Hegseth is doing this to normalize public executions. Next up will be his political enemies. Very fascist.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Americans: “OH MY GOD Iran does public executions. They’re terrorists!” Pete Hegseth: “Hold my beer.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company
Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why do you still call it “western alienation” after writing this good article? That’s just wrong. Your whole thesis is that it is narcissism of a few malcontents.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lmao crying….Navi Pillay after winning the Nobel Peace prize says "if you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump" 🤣💀
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is why I refuse to use the words “western alienation.” It’s more like western narcissism.
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement | CBC News
They fought vaccines and public health restrictions. Over time, their push for freedom shifted to independence.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remember when Zionists said mentioning “dual loyalty” was antisemitic?
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Don’t be misled because it’s not about Fort Hood. It’s about normalizing firing squads on TV, a stepping stone to publicly executing political enemies.
washingtonpost.com
Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The cops covering up corruption, the Canadian way.
thestar.com
Three years later, RCMP says investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal is still ‘ongoing’
It has been more than 1,100 days since the Mounties launched their probe into Ford's $8.28-billion land swap on Oct. 10, 2023.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Something Israelis and Palestinians can agree: the British are to blame for making a war now into its second century. Good riddance to that exhausted and spent colonial trash. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They’re all crooks. Some are just dumber than others.
wsj.com
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You can always count on Sean Fraser for the legally dishonest thing. He must know this law cannot survive court challenge because it discriminates against those with mental illness.
theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa to bar MAID for patients whose sole condition is mental illness
Justice Minister to table bill that would also pave way for advance consent
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, she’s been denied justice because Ms Pike was not successfully executed, but only tortured painfully to the edge of death. What a fucking ghoul.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scott Bessent, still throwing toys out the crib. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There’s a legal fiction that Ministers know their files and deserve deference. Dumb Diab proves otherwise. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Immigration minister appears unaware of court ruling that guarantees Charter rights for refugees | CBC News
Refugee rights advocates say they are shocked to hear that the federal immigration minister appeared in an interview with Radio-Canada to be unfamiliar with the landmark Supreme Court decision widely ...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Totally this. The idea that some frocked Catholics guided by the Bible—the Christian Taliban, basically—may block medical care shaped by science is and will always be ludicrous.
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
Religion does have a place in health care, but only when it applies to respecting rights, not denying them
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