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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)

@antonpnym.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian living in #LdnOnt. (see banner above) Interested in SF, science, games both video and tabletop, a little bit of finance & economics, and alas US and Canadian politics because I have to. Used to write until I went broke trying.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 49m
President Trump claims that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an “energy ceasefire” as part of the ongoing conflict. There was no immediate confirmation from Moscow, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this “was news for me.”
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Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire,’ but Ukraine says Russia keeps striking its energy facilities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday’s announcement “was news for me.”
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 8h
I always ask my students about the Oklahoma City Bombing when I teach “Far Right Politics”. The vast majority of students were not taught about it in high school! 🤯
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7h
I am way too online for my own good, and I had an unreasonably large twitter following, and I really *enjoyed* twitter for a lot of years, and yet leaving there and never looking back was maybe the easiest what-felt-like-a-big-ethical decision I've ever made.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 14h
Dr Saad having a sad because the Nobel Laureate is a woman who doesn't smile prettily enough for his liking

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I’ve been watching clips of Anne Carson pop up on my feed. She is the Canadian author who was just awarded the Nobel for literature. In every single clip, she exudes a dark and nasty aura. Am I missing something here?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22h
An epic combat operation by CODE 9.2. A tank and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, both equipped with specially designed anti-drone protection, advanced to the front line and fired directly at Russian forward positions. Reconnaissance and attack drones provided cover for the armored vehicles.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
“JD Vance works for a man who broke every one of the Ten Commandments and committed every one of the Seven Deadly Sins, so I don’t think he has room to call anyone else ‘un-Christian’”
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 21h
How many times have you watched bodycam footage showing the cops as the most empathetic ones on-scene? (Medicine in the US needs a lot of work, guys.) www.youtube.com/shorts/8b22n...
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Most U.S. doctors avoid treating patients with addiction, leaving millions vulnerable
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And there it is: perfect framing
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Ukraine ready to halt refinery strikes if Moscow stops energy attacks, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Kyiv was ready halt strikes Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The announcement comes after US…
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23h
Political violence is a serious issue. But it’s not a “both sides” issue. The leaders of the Democratic Party do not call for violence, do not elevate violent supporters, do not pardon violent thugs who attack our seat of government and our elections. America is under threat from the right.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So, the reason we mock horrible fascists is not to make fascists change their minds. It is to show they are mockable. It breaks the veneer of respectability and power. It gives others social permission to mock them. Satire is poisonous to power because it makes opposition both fun and collaborative.
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 10/10/2026
Status report, “Stirring The S**t” dep’t: Keep getting the irrational urge to wander into pro-AI spaces shouting “If your model’s alive, THEN FREE YOUR SLAVE!” to see what logical lapses and wild-eyed excuses the live-model proponents start coming up with. 🫤
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 23h
In the 1950s a major corporation hired my Dad out of high school as a line worker. Dad used their training and education plans to advance his career and, 35 years later, retired as manager of the flagship plant's division that turned prototypes into new production models. You can't do that today.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's extremely corrosive to civil order that we hear "Trump is breaking the law" and most people think "when I break the law I am *minimally* involved in a drawn out cruel display of state power and *maximally* deprived of my freedom" and for actual members of the government its a "whoopsie".
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You don't hear about those, because they don't go mad during the transformation - which occurs because of the caloric deficit caused by adding on all of that body mass. When you get smaller, you wind up with energy surplus - so you can quietly just do dog stuff until the full moon passes.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.
Russell Stover has begun using prison labor to make candy in
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A Russell Stover candy factory in Kansas has begun hiring incarcerated workers through a work release program, Eoin Higgins reports in his newsletter, The Flashpoint. About 150 women are bussed in from the Topeka Correctional Facility and paid $14 an hour, but the prison keeps some of their wages for room and board, taxes, transportation, and other expenses. When all is said and done, they take home less than $6 per hour. These deductions are high, but elsewhere in the country, they're even higher: In our May series on prison
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(waggling my eyebrows sexily at Washington State and California)
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I have to work the holiday Monday, so I'm making Thanksgiving dinner tonight; a small chicken with bread stuffing, roast potatoes, carrots, and broccoli. Just made the stuffing. I'll give it a "smell check" at lunch to see if I need to add any more seasoning.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 10/10/2026
Millennial MapQuest Unboxing ✌️🦄
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fix your economy with this one weird trick
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's like techbros think the passengers aboard the "Axios" in "Wall-E" were aspirational models.
Screenshot of the robot character "Wall-E" passing between two passengers of the refuge ship "Axios". The passengers are reclining in floating loungers watching streaming video while moving through a corridor at high speed. The passengers are inert, obese, and infantilised.
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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 10/10/2026
every time I hear an AI enthusiast talk to my about "everything being personalized to your preference" I just hear a six-year-old child saying "I only want to eat candy"
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cartoon: Dr Tongue's 3D House of Pancakes! SPOOKY!!
cartoon of SCTV moment from the Count Floyd show. Dr Tongue's 3D House of Pancakes
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With alt text
Closeup on white-skinned hand holding a rocks glass full of water against a white background. Text reads: “There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.”
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 10/10/2026
Once I realized that the Silicon Valley elite truly do not understand on a fundamental level why people actually enjoy things, so much of contemporary life snapped into a sharp, horrible focus.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10/10/2026
The “lisan al-gaib” meme except is says “Evelyn normielib”
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
School bus driver fired after letting student rescue a kitten
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School bus driver fired after letting student rescue a kitten
A veteran school bus driver in Maryland was fired after stopping her bus to let a student to rescue a kitten.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Bjg Time Chatlie account seeking to identify & incite vs RNLI staff as traitors was run by a recruitment consultant in Worcestershire who is a Restore donor & Cromwell Club member. He hss now deactivated the anon troll account after being publicly identifird www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a ‘good strategy’ in game theory terms if you assume Trump will punish you for not rolling over and showing deference and democrats won’t. Democrats should think about altering those incentives.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, I repeat, Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, this is not a drill. #Isaias
Screenshot of a FB post by meteorologist Greg Dee showing Waffle House locations closed in the panhandle
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This guy gets it: Hit back! It's not hard.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A man dug a tiny waterhole in the Brazilian rainforest, then set up a camera to see who would show up for a drink
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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Last night had me imagining the alternate universe where the Tim Walz actually attacked the vicious racist who was literally stoking hate against his own constituents, instead of letting the consultants steer him into that convivial, joke ass failure of a VP debate.
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If "moderates" meant something other than "folks sitting halfway between the extremes" I might be more sympathetic to Mark's line of argument... but it doesn't, so screw him for wanting to go halvesies with Nazis.
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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna House Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes? reactormag.com/canadian-hou...
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Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna - Reactor
House Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes?!
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Photography by Douglas 🍁 @darkwaterphotos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I’m... probably looking for a field mouse. 🪶🦉🦅 #OhMyDouglas
A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk strides purposefully across a vibrant green lawn, looking directly at the camera with an intense, funny expression. Captured mid-stride with its legs wide apart, its heavily feathered thighs resemble poofy, spotted pants or trousers. The hawk’s white chest features a distinctive "belly band" of brown streaks, and its mottled brown and white wings are tucked tightly against its body. The bright sunlight accentuates its fierce yellow eyes, sharp beak, and yellow talons, contrasting sharply with the soft, out-of-focus grassy background.

#RedTailedHawk #HawkPants #FierceFluff #UrbanWildlife #Birds #RaptorTrousers #JuvenileHawk #StrutYourStuff #FluffyThighs #OhMyDouglas #Wildlife #TOPhoto
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: Mike Ditka, the legendary Chicago Bears coach who led the team to a Super Bowl victory, dies at 86.
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Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears coach, dies at 86
Ditka, an iconic head coach and a former NFL player himself, led the Bears to the team’s only Super Bowl victory in 1986.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
WATCH: Here's some history the US Supreme Court doesn't want you to think about.
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Jim Crow 2.0 is here
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An interesting look at the history of what is arguably Britain's most successful company. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_L7...
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Games Workshop: Britain's Strangest Blue-Chip Company
YouTube video by HighStreet
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The myth of Canadian politeness continues on unchallenged... www.youtube.com/shorts/lWfD7...
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Canadian bear ousted from yard with a simple 'please' and 'thank you'
YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The trouble, you see, is that the U.S. now has two pro-tariff parties.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Ottawa Delivers on Electrification With $2 Billion for Home Retrofits PM @mark-carney.bsky.social delivers first major program to support national electricity strategy. Excellent start. Good for homeowners. #cdnpoli energi.media/news/canada-...
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Carney Delivers $2 Billion for Heat Pumps and Lower Energy Bills
Heat-pump rebates of up to $10,000 and financing for apartment upgrades bring the benefits of electrification to more Canadian households.
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Moody's takes a brief look at Canada's trade prospects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV-E...
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Why Canada May Rethink Its Global Trade Strategy
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Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) @antonpnym.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Got an email from corporate, proudly declaring I'm getting a raise this month; 3%, so roughly the rate of inflation. Better than a boot to the balls, but not the great show of gratitude they claim. And folks wonder why I'm considering retiring the instant I qualify for the Canada Pension Plan...
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Radio Rwanda
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/10/2026
Front cover text:
"WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AMERICA HAS A DICTATOR?
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
A Novel by
SINCLAIR LEWIS"

Background includes an image of a red fasces with a green olive branch.

Back cover text:
"'Vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected… He was an actor of genius'

A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue runs for President of the United States – and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessop can't believe it will last – but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it really can happen here."
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