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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It could just be Canadian vs. American usage. We do use it even when the government didn't win majority of seats or the popular vote. (Carney initially had a minority government.)

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Photo of last night lol This guy goes outside to sit and look inside

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

That wasn't true in 2024. Pretty even breakdown across Boomer, Gen X and Millennials.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

What glitch in the Matrix served this up to me lol

Screenshot of a YouTube video from the account "Gospel Shaped Family" called "When Children Have Crushes: A Biblical Guide for Parents." It shows a happy white cis couple dressed in preppy blue outfits. It's was posted 4 days ago and has received 12 views.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This is too funny, but on this my actual birthday I present this absolute gem, which I only learned about 3 years later.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Who robbed the Louvre! Right answers only.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Hmm who knew that lambasting experts at every turn and following the advice of your uneducated idiot daughter had consequences.

Cover of "Our Carnivore Diet" book by Mikhaila and Jordan Peterson

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Acceptance of political violence is growing among all Americans. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Screenshot of poll showing 3 in 10 people now say that Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

What a disappointing dumb fuck Burr turned out to be. He's impressed that there's Starbucks and Burger King? Try saying something -- anything -- on stage about your fellow Netflix writer and comedian Abdul Aziz Al-Muzaini. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Screencap from a Hollywood reporter article that says: When he flew into Saudi Arabia, Burr’s nervousness crept back, but he was struck by the amount of local Western influence. “You think everybody’s going to be screaming ‘death to America’ and they’re going to have like fucking machetes and want to like chop my head off, right?” Burr said. “Because this is what I’ve been fed about that part of the world. I thought this place was going to be really tense. And I’m thinking like: ‘Is that a Starbucks next to a Pizza Hut next to a Burger King next to McDonald’s …? They got a fucking Chili’s over here!”

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

300% even! He'll pay YOU to take drugs!

Screenshot of headline saying "Trump claims Pfizer deal will cut drug prices by '300% or more'"

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The worst thing you can do to an authoritarian is to ridicule him.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Important to highlight that this was indeed intentional. There was simply no military justification, let alone a morally acceptable one, for withholding food and aid when Hamas was by all accounts severely weakened as of the beginning of the year. This is genocide. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...

Screenshot of a NYT article from Jan. 25, 2025: "Cease-Fire Deal With Israel Comes as Hamas Is Severely Weakened
Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of Hamas’s military wing. It has also degraded the Iran-backed proxy network that helps sustain the militant group."

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

He stayed up all night studying for his final on how to catch mice. Sadly he’s only a B student. #Caturday

Orange tabby passed out on top of a notebook and reading glasses

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Boy I hope I never become a meme 😂

Dwight and Pam from The Office as the CEO-HR lovebirds

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Shrinkflation hits the pineapple market.

Photo of a pineapple next to a regular sized banana showing the pineapple to be about 2/3rds the size of the banana.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Chef’s kiss to the NYT for including this:

Screenshot of article paragraph, with the last sentence highlighted: “On Wednesday, Mr. Musk unveiled the latest version of Grok, called Grok 4, in a livestream on X. The livestream, which began an hour later than scheduled, demonstrated the chatbot’s ability to solve complex problems and respond to voice commands. It ended after an employee onstage with Mr. Musk declared, “It’s a good model, sir.””

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

"A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads." What a time to be coincidentally re-reading "A Canticle for Leibowitz."

Tweet from Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE
What have the Americans accomplished with their nighttime strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran?

1. Critical infrastructure of the nuclear fuel cycle appears to have been unaffected or sustained only minor damage.

2. The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue.
3. A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I hate that every word of this is accurate. Trump has proven himself to be mercurial and unreliable. There is no path forward for the regime to try to preserve itself but war. Ironically the only people who might have the slightest effect on war becoming inevitable are MAGA nuts like MTG. #Iran

Tweet by Trita Parsi @tparsi 12:00 PM · Jun 17, 2025
Something happened yesterday, and Trump is now determined to take the country to a war of choice. He can change his mind at the last minute, as he did in 2019, but short of that, there will be war.

It is important to understand that capitulation is most likely not an option for Iran for a variety of reasons.

First, Trump's conduct in the past ten days has destroyed any confidence Tehran has in him and his desire for a peaceful outcome. For the Iranians to ever back down from their long-standing position to never give up enrichment, they must have confidence that backing down ends the conflict. They have no such confidence in Trump at this moment. They don't think he will stop there.

Second, Tehran has lost confidence in Trump's ability or willingness to say no to Israel (that confidence existed earlier to some extent). And Israel will not be content with even a complete dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program.

If the nuclear program is destroyed, Israel will turn to Iran's missile program. It will not accept Iran having missiles that can wreak havoc on Israel - as Iran has done in the last few days. Without missiles, an air force, and a nuclear deterrent, Iran will be completely exposed and defenseless. Once that is achieved, the Israelis will push for regime change or regime collapse. And after that, as the Israelis have done in Syria after Assad fell, they will push to destroy the rest of Iran's conventional military so that Iran won't be able to challenge Israel's emerging regional military hegemony for decades to come. Iran's territorial integrity will also be put at risk.

As a result, Tehran does not view capitulation - even if they desired it, which I don't think they do - as a stable outcome.

In their view, their only chance is to fight back. By making the war as costly as possible for the US - even if they will lose it - they think they can either deter Trump, or make him cut the war short. As he did in Yemen.

Thus, if new talks take place and Trump insists on capitulation, he will get war. Iran will pay an immeasurable price. As will the region. But the US will also pay a very heavy price. Scores of American soldiers may be killed. Oil prices will skyrocket, and gas prices in hot summer months in the US will soar. Inflation will go up. Trump's Iran war may destroy his presidency as Bush's Iraq invasion destroyed his.

Iran will lose. But so will the US. Israel is perhaps the only country that will benefit from this war of choice.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Propaganda is not considered a legitimate reason. This is a war crime, but of course we’re long past such distinctions when it comes to Israel.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Lmao. Efficient markets something something. These two headlines are currently side-by-side on the Globe's website.

Screenshot of two headlines. The one on the left says "Bare shelves are just weeks away as trade war disrupts flow of goods." The one on the right says "S&P 500 on longest winning streak in 20 years as U.S. stocks erase slump set off by Trump’s sweeping tariffs."

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Well this makes me happy. Happy Friday. #bloomscrolling

A photo of two very cute daffodils with crisp white petals and bright orange middles in a garden. Other colourful flowers in the far background.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Are these the world’s greatest whiskers or what.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Here you go! (Yahtzee and cards for us.)

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Not many of them have changed their minds on that.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Without the 51st state stuff it would have been more normal. That was a gut punch.

Mural with a picture of the US flag in a no symbol. Text next to it says “there is no enemy like a friend betrayed”

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Currently on their website!

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Carney and the Liberals are draining Bloc support too.

Graph showing support for BQ and CPC down in QC since Nov. 2024, while LPC shot up.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It’s on their website too! Very strange for a native French speaker. Have they completely given up on Quebec and are just blatantly pandering to Alberta now? #CdnPoli

Screenshot of the CPC website using “stopping les crimes”

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

So it’s not some weird Quebecois phrase? It’s on their website too!

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Like, is this actually a phrase in Quebec? It’s on their website too.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Oh we have cards, Couch Fucker.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Oh we have cards, Couch Boy.

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Someday he’ll grow up to be a real boy

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

You should poach jguynn.bsky.social and baileyschulz.bsky.social, the writers of this gem. Their writing is next-level satire.

Post by USA Today about an article calling the massive national security breach a "most relatable fail"

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causerie @causerie.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It goes without saying that this man is a moron or a liar or both. The measles vaccine absolutely does provide lifetime immunity. It’s one of the few that does.

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