Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 8hA lot of people out there still can’t grasp a basic fact of our time: there is no effective good-faith engagement with a bad-faith attack. 2185
Reposted by Chet ScovilleJordyn Marcellus @jordynmarcellus.ca · 9heverything about this toronto-center council race screams that we're gonna getting a rob ford situation 482
Reposted by Chet ScovilleAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 12hThe starting point for any discussion of declining public trust in higher education in the US has to be that since the McCarthy Era, the center-right has systematically misled the public about the purpose and practices of higher education as well as underfunded it. 27122
Reposted by Chet ScovilleToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 14hi thinking being "politically homeless" only feels like a crisis when you're a pure conformist in desperate need of a tribe to conform to 2396
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 16hI do have some leeway for Chow’s position, in that Ford has made it all but impossible for cities to start big projects with any confidence they won’t just be canceled on a whim. But still, the low-key affect has been a political liability. 1166
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 17hIt’s obvious the old wretch meant to say that gas prices are a small price to pay compared to the nuking of LA or SD; it’s just that his muddled brain gets the syntax tangled. But, yeah, he has lost the benefit of the doubt at this point so I can see what people are getting at. 010
Reposted by Chet ScovilleJohn Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 20hI think it’s very revealing of who the Labour Party are now that they want to criminalise this discussion. I’m somewhat ambivalent on the motion itself but the response to it is showing what some mainstream press/politicians consider unacceptable to talk about. www.thenational.scot/news/2660950...thenational.scotLabour MPs report Green party to police over 'Zionism is racism' policyMORE than a dozen Labour MPs have reported the Green Party to Sussex Police and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its "Zionism is racism" policy 1721858
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The White Sox ballpark is called the basilica 050
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Dipshit of a driver not only zipping down the Spadina streetcar right-of-way tracks, but passing the streetcar on the left and heading straight towards the oncoming one. 272
Reposted by Chet ScovilleEiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In a just world there would be consequences for saying things like this 1182
Reposted by Chet ScovilleTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the politics you support are not a terrible thing that happened to you, sorry 319027
Reposted by Chet ScovilleTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026it takes something special see a man hounded out of his future by politics you've helped legitimize step in front of a truck and then ask how the trucker feels 731772
Reposted by Chet Scovillelastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026From a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right. 23674112
Reposted by Chet Scoville🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 04/10/2026like oh no, I gave the rich kid a piece of cake what if he accidentally learns the state can treat all kids equally and he doesn’t have to rely on his asshole dad 222732
Reposted by Chet ScovilleBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 307121562224
Reposted by Chet Scovilledr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i think i figured out how to articulate what's bothering me: woke up recently and we are all somehow literally living in the Uncanny Valley. unsettling 427119
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My alma mater is a global embarrassment on multiple levels at this point 121
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🧵 about tech, but man it could be about a lot of stuff 031
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Really, I think this is why so many people seem to be pissed off all the time. They think they know how things work; things actually work otherwise; therefore someone must be cheating them somehow. 040
Reposted by Chet ScovilleTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026it's no coincidence that the loudest champions of "better conversations" in the last decade have been radical centrists making space on their platforms (and now in our institutions) for race science, trans panics, Replacement-theory xenophobia and, oh right!, purges of people studying race or gender 3339
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s only fun if you are in no danger, my dude 1102
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Every time you think British politics can’t get any stupider, it gets stupider. 130
Reposted by Chet ScovilleFrancesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵 1016697
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Living in Toronto Centre, looking at the upcoming municipal election, and going, “Welp, gotta vote for the mediocrities. It’s important.” 131
Reposted by Chet Scovilleflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you’re rolling your eyes at the Tory leader recruiting a criminal Neo-Nazi as an antiracism advisor but you’re puking blood with fury at the Green Party, then you’re doing my job for me. The public can easily see what you’re playing at, without my assistance. 07920
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And after the last snowbirds sell their homes and skedaddle, then I guess Florida Man will find out. www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...cbc.caFlorida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC NewsFlorida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more. 160
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026At first I thought this was another story about the US, but nope. Vaughan. 2219
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Terrible showing by the Yankees. I like it. 030
Reposted by Chet ScovilleMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 361342289
Reposted by Chet ScovillePaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Every accusation is a confession. 724997
Reposted by Chet Scovilleflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This makes no sense until you realise the overriding instinct is: how can we make horrible event (x) about the people who don’t have power, so this doesn’t boomerang back on us. 17814
Reposted by Chet ScovilleSteven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A "recipe" is something that can be purposefully replicated in the future simply by acquiring the right ingredients. But to continue with the metaphor, future Dems can't run down to the store and procure a highly unpopular president and force the Rs to nominate bad candidates. (2/6) 1104
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One thing I have learned about this country: a surefire way to know which region is the centre of attention is that it claims to be always forgotten. 160
Reposted by Chet ScovilleImbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Listen. Rob Ford rode this political grievance to City Hall. His coat-tailing brother hijacked it to Queen's Park. Start actually voting for politicians who really want to deal with it. **Hint** It's not Michael Thompson. 042
Reposted by Chet ScovilleBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 13264133
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“You’re not an influencer” is a devastating critique if you’re stupid, I guess 320
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today’s bsky appears to have been custom-designed to piss me off. 000
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have this impression that the insistence on AI’s agency is a way of distracting attention from the fact that these things are owned and manipulated by *people*. They are accountability sinks. 010
Reposted by Chet ScovilleQuadCityPat @quadcitypat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Upon further review, I completely forgot about the Padres because I mentally blocked the last few days, but yes after the White Sox they have catapulted to # 2 in root interest, I like Atlanta players, but their team name is still an issue. Also the Pope's team vs. the Padres would be hilarious 051
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In any normal country these numbers would be understood as spectacular failures 020
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You know, when I am in other cities I am always reminded that transit operators don’t actually *have* to slam the door in your face and drive off. It’s a choice. 220
Reposted by Chet ScovilleJoshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh no, I’m making political videos again. 0122
Reposted by Chet ScovilleCatelli @catelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“We’ve always seen Canada as our cousins to us North Dakotans, and we’d love to see them back at the family reunion.” says Fargo Mayor Josh Boschee. Strange family you have there Josh. What with the detention, physical threats, invasive searches and all that stuff you like to inflict on "family."globalnews.caU.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.caSome American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border. 2186
Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comBugs Bunny Says NOAlt: Bugs Bunny Says NO 180
Reposted by Chet ScovilleSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here is the thing, right, here is the thing (this is me getting a run up): the concept of the modern nation state and citizenship thereof is a relatively recent cultural phenomenon and we actually don't have great terms to conceptualise it as distinct from what we used to mean by "nationality". 37516
