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Chris Ball

@chrisballygk.bsky.social
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The idea of avoiding "the worst consequences" of climate change misunderstands the nature of the beast. Inaction leads to *accelerating* consequences. No matter what global harms are already baked in, the consequences of continued inaction will be *even worse*!
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Who else, when they were a kid, thought the Ontario trillium logo was a drunk owl?
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Great, well if it was 2004 then the road maps we printed out would have the correct name.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Any time Trump says anything negative about someone, he's projecting. Like here: when he says Canada wants to benefits of being a U.S. state without being one, what he actually means is HE wants to benefits of Canada being a U.S. state without it actually being one.
cbc.ca
Trump says Canada 'wants the benefits' of being a U.S. state in his 1st comments since trade talks broke down | CBC News
In his first comments since trade talks broke down, President Donald Trump said Canada "wants the benefits" of being a U.S. state "without being one." The president's brief post on his Truth Social pl...
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Pumpkin spice should be banned until Labour Day.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The world can't stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Venusian life.
An artist's rendering of the surface of Venus
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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
At the risk of giving someone ideas, if I were Trump and IDGAF about anything or have any morals but I wanted to make the reflecting pool look nice, I'd just dump a bunch of copper sulfate in there.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
There are two kinds of people that "bet" on things that depend mostly on the decisions of a small number of people: (1) the people making the decisions, or people who have inside information about them, and (2) suckers.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
OK guys, it's time to start referring to them as "ICE death squads."
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
Tweet exchange in which a photo of Anne Hathaway is posted by @TheRoyalSerf, to which user @VvSchweetz24 replies "@grok...do your thing.

@Grok replies: Anne Hathaway isn't Jewish; she was raised Catholic but left the church. She married Adam Shulman (who is Jewish) in 2012 and celebrates Jewish holidays with their kids. SHe's played Jewish roles, like in "Armageddon Time."
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
AFAIK there are now two instances of a Nobel laureate giving their medal away as a gift: 2026: Maria Corina Machado to Donald Trump 1943: Knut Hamsun to Joseph Goebbels
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump, the Peace President, has bombed 9 countries and threatened to invade 6 (including 4 allies).
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
United States removes Venezuelan president, aims to replace him with even more corrupt autocrat
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Christmas sock haul currently at 9 pairs and we're not done yet.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Happy birthday to Ken Griffey, Jr. The second best baseball player from Donora, Pennsylvania with this birthday to ever do it.
Ken Griffey, Jr.Stan Musial, the greatest baseball player from Donora, Pennsylvania with this birthday to ever do it.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
OK #BlueJays, let's try to get it done inside nine innings tonight. I'm too old to be doing back-to-back nights of four hours' sleep.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It's amazing how fast the frog has gone from a symbol of right-wing hate to a symbol of resistance to right-wing hate.
Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the online Far RightA protester in a frog costume, holding a sign that says "Frogs together strong."
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I was saying to someone a couple months ago that the only reason Trump hasn't tried to rename the Defence Department to the War Department is that he hadn't thought of it yet.
cbsnews.com
Trump floats changing Defense Department to Department of War: "We want to be offensive, too, if we have to be"
President Trump on Monday floated returning the Department of Defense to its prior name, the Department of War, calling its current moniker "too defensive."
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Hey Joey, how many games are the Blue Jays ahead of the Yankees now?
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It was 115 days.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Hey John Schneider, how many games behind are the Yankees now?
Blue Jays manager John Schneider holds up four fingers.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Why isn't Canada doing this? Why isn't every country doing this? There's a smorgasbord of academic talent up for grabs.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Based on overseas markets, it looks like there's a good chance of today being the biggest single-day stock market crash in history. But hey, at least it'll be easy to remember the date it happened, what with it being on my birthday. 🫠
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It really sucks that fries cooked in beef tallow are considered a far right dogwhistle now, because it sure makes the far right seem more appealing.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Came across this handsome feller outside my window this morning, sheltering from the rain under the eaves.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 05/03/2025
If you're wondering about the vibe in Canada right now, I just got served this ad for a brewhouse that is just a portrait of the White House being burned down. No text, just a bigass picture of the White House burning and a link directly to their menu lolol
A gorgeous portrait of the White House entirely aflame, the smoke billowing and the flames lighting up the night sky. It sparks deep patriotic ferver. This is what democracy looks like.

Also there's a white button with blue text below the portrait. The text reads "Learn more" and if clicked it takes you to the menu of a local brewhouse.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
If the President refuses to obey the law for long enough, there are only two ways it can end: autocracy or civil war.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/03/2025
this is all a dominance play, but the problem they're running into is that it's so hamhanded and insulting that they're making it functionally impossible to actually capitulate even right wing populists in other countries are going to have to get on the Fuck America train out of political necessity
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Some commentators have suggested that cuts to the U.S. National Park Service are a threat to tourism. But that's neglecting all the new opportunities for hunting endangered species in national parks!
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
90% of nostalgia is just older people in futile pursuit of the emotions they felt when they were young.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.
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Professor, University of Illinois at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Today is a dark day when once there were so many winners. SIL, the Soybean Innovation Lab, will shutter its doors as of 4/15/25 as all USAID funding has ceased. Today I had to let go of a staff of 30. These individuals are not only unique experts in the field of tropical soybean, but also close colleagues and friends who are now unexpectedly out of work. The land grant system now loses 19 crown jewel Innovation Labs, across 17 states, that delivered high and measurable impact on very little investment. U.S. soybean farmers lose one of their best tools to expand their markets and U.S. standards globally. Local economies in emerging markets lose soybean as an incomparable engine growing wealth, prosperity, and economic development. International security is a loser, as local populations now fall back into poverty, unrest, and migration, due to greater food insecurity. U.S. influence loses as Innovation Labs operate on the ground in direct collaboration with hundreds of local businesses, organizations, and governments building strong and lasting friendships. Today we all lose. It is a shame. Innovation Labs like SIL are an investment for good on so many levels.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How long before a legislator, judge or civil servant gets murdered for refusing to go along with Trump's takeover? It seems like only a matter of time.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 18/02/2025
This is so beyond evil that I don’t even have the words
Elon quoting saying haha wow to a White House post titled ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight which is a video of people being chained and put on a plane
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
You guys need to 1215 his ass already.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This. Whole. Thread.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Serious question — if certain persons had orders to weaken and isolate the United States, but had to maintain at least some level of premise that they were doing it to help America (“a new golden age,” for example), how would that look different than what Trump, Elon & the GOP are currently doing?
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I give it about 18 months until Tesla switches from legitimate car maker to patent troll.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's not that Elon isn't intelligent, it's that he doesn't have the curiosity that comes from intellectual humility. If something isn't the way he expects it should be, he assumes it's wrong instead of finding out why it is that way.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
WHO IS SURPRISED BY THIS?!
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Is it just me, or is there a growing essence of anti-corporate sentiment in the air? Something about it reminds me of 25 years ago, when you had anti-WTO riots and @naomiaklein.bsky.social's No Logo flying off the shelves.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
As we enter week 1 of the Trade War, enjoy this 1997 cut from David Bowie.
youtube.com
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Music Video) [4K Upgrade]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Canada needs to use the next four years to poach federally-funded talent in all areas from the United States.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
With Jimmy Carter's death (100), Donald Trump (78) is now the oldest living ex-president. The weirdest part is, the current president, Joe Biden (82), is older than all the living ex-presidents.
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Chris Ball @chrisballygk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
All I want for Christmas is a nuclear deterrent.
cnn.com
Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump appears to be entertaining an American territorial expansion that, if he’s serious, would rival the Louisiana Purchase or the deal that netted Alaska from Russia.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 17/12/2024
Whatever your views on today's events, we can't help but feel sadness that a government once elected with bold promises of transformational change now seems to be on its last tumultuous legs.
A screenshot of a tweet from Justin Trudeau's verified Twitter account (@JustinTrudeau), dated September 21, 2015, at 5:09 PM. The tweet reads: "As Prime Minister, I’ll make sure the 2015 election will be the last under first-past-the-post system" and includes a link to "lpc.ca/ao3o" with the hashtag "#upfordebate". The tweet features a small profile photo of Justin Trudeau in a suit and tie.
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