Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 3hWhite House Taps Mean Teen In Zara Fitting Room As New Press Secretary theonion.com/white-house-... 381898280
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/10/2026I'll just point out once more: the Republican case to voters, today and for the last 50 years or so, relies on lies & falsehoods. If you could snap your fingers and force everyone to speak only the truth, Republicans would never win a national majority again. The lies are central & load-bearing. 16689134
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/10/2026👇🎯 Non-fascist politicians in Western democracies simply cannot be posting at the Nazi Bar anymore. No one who claims to be a democrat, in fact, can be posting at the Nazi Bar anymore. 27014
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is a terrible program that transfers wealth to folks who can very much afford it. But Justin’s right. The folks on the receiving end vote in high numbers so it’s likely the NDP will fold on this. 100
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Today, the Vancouver Police Department issued a release saying "when it comes to the perception of public safety, the facts matter." In 2020, when the crime rate in the city was down, Vancouver Police Department Chief Adam Palmer argued that feelings mattered as much as facts. 514737
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialRuofan 🚎 王若凡 @ruofan.ca · 07/10/2026This is a HUGE red flag for transportation in Vancouver. Ken Sim is vowing to repeal Gregor Robertson's 2017 delegation of authority to the chief engineer on road allocation. This would mean that every single bike lane and traffic calming scheme has to go to council for a public hearing and vote. 56922
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialVision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 07/10/2026The brave people at the "party of public safety" don't care if you die as long as it saves drivers 10 seconds 88422
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sometimes I listen to Britney Spears’ Toxic and marvel. What a towering achievement for humanity. We may never top this. 000
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialmark magark @markedly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“You aren’t in traffic, you ARE the traffic.” Nuh-uh. Not me. I’m different. Better. Other drivers want me here 529932
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle. 92028711
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This, all of this. ✊🏾👏🏾💥 Why aren't senior business leaders across AB industry sectors dropping these statistics on immigration & the absolute dependency that Alberta's workforce has on immigration? Why aren't all the business & political leaders who aren't Canadian-born standing up & speaking out? 914160
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialKathryn @kmsheps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Man, @onecityvan.bsky.social is just heads and shoulders above the rest when it comes to housing in Vancouver. Credible, innovative and focussed on buidling a welcoming city where everyone belongs. 1209
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 24/09/2026The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again. 2417121
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He really wants to be Putin but might end up like Yeltsin 😂🤣 611923
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The man who promised to solve world hunger* and make self driving cars** and build colonies on Mars*** and will do this**** and that***** and is now going to launch a rocket almost every hour of the day within the next four years****** and each rocket is worth $1billion my god do you hear yourself? 23732125
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is one of those headlines they show in a montage at the beginning of a post-apocalyptic movie. 010
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialMatthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12/09/2026It is absolutely shocking how little Democrats have learned from Trump. The #1 thing he's taught is that swing voters will still vote for you despite "controversial" positions. So stand up for the truth, and let people know why. The offended ones weren't going to vote for you anyway. 3499
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Some drivers whine like toddlers at any hint of inconvenience, and media treats their whining with respect. Having to drive a couple of blocks out of one’s way is not hard. This does not constitute imprisonment. 821029
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Canada's Conservative movement has spent the last decade deliberately making its followers more angry, more conspiratorial, and way, way more online. The cost of that strategy could be higher than they ever imagined. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/09/o...nationalobserver.comThe Conservative civil war has only just begunPierre Poilievre practises a form of digital-first, anger-driven politics that nearly took him to the pinnacle of Canadian politics. Now it might be about to drag his entire political movement down. 52361120
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialRhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is my neighbourhood & this reporting is lousy - as are the people leading these efforts. The traffic calming here was well-advertised, involved extensive consultation, and does not barricade anyone in their own neighbourhood. It has made the area much safer for people walking and rolling. 1/ 718434
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away 723887720
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries. 5151681312
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialTom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sooooo…Nazism is on the rise in Germany and guess which side the America Firsters are taking? (Hint: The same side Lindbergh, Coughlin, and the original American Firsters took the first time!) 22310
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026To say nothing about all the other dumb things about the cybercab, I'm still dumbfounded at whoever decided to make it a 2-seater. 000
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Any given specific NIMBY argument—about infrastructure capacity, or home values, or aesthetics—is nearly always just a shell game masking generalized opposition to anything changing, and which is why it's a waste of time to engage with NIMBYs on details. 729243
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026it’s deeply embarrassing that they keep trying to come up with a comprehensive definition of “wokeness” when the actual definition is “lib shit that annoys me” 372993325
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It really bothers when people dismiss victims of bigotry and discrimination standing up for their rights as being 'culture wars', much 'identity politics'. Civil rights, and the ability to live your life free of harassment and bigotry is a material, serious political subject. 71854444
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialGRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 27/08/2026I have revised my Vancouver municipal party chart. Pray I don't revise it any further. 3223
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this? 161275306
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The technical comittees for the elevator code start meeting now, for 2028 regs, but provinces dont have to wait. Federalism,means we can just go ahead 35010
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It’s wild to live in a world where people just don’t mention than the world’s richest man is a nazi. 000
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Literally nobody, including MAGA, had any ideological commitment or pre-existing policy goal of picking a fight with Canada. This is all happening solely because the crazy old man randomly blurted it out. And that makes it worse. There's nothing to negotiate, no aim to satisfy. He's just insane. 583179610
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026why did the mainstream media cover the deliberate abandonment of obsolete and decommissioned equipment during the Afghanistan withdrawal as a scandal for the Biden administration yet they do not cover the total destruction of US bases in the gulf by Iran as a scandal for the Trump administration? 22705213
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If the only time you stand up for free speech is when you’re defending Nazis, it might not be free speech you’re really into. 61002184
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs. 171146033122
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Democrats should be unafraid in saying that Roberts on the Court is comparable to Mike Johnson in the House and John Thune in the Senate. They're all in thrall to Trump. 371557382
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026the sense of generational entitlement from conservative parents has been a really strong factor in Trumpism - the rage that their children are not replicas of them and their beliefs, of being told no, of being left behind. 472651431
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required. 204101612135
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name. 178130372596
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Excellent thread about driver’s hostility to those who aren’t car-brained. 010
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 13/08/2026Oh you think you gotta “wake up with the sun”? We have had millennia of technological progress to finally free ourselves from the sun’s tyranny and we should embrace the victory instead of shunning it. 551469
iamgaryallen.bsky.social @iamgaryallen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Excellent thread on the “woke” backlash 010
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Personally, I think what needs reckoning with is how fake it all was. Centrists convinced themselves annoying leftists on twitter were an equivalent threat to Jan 6 insurrectionists. They wildly inflated the threat of left-wing authoritarianism while ignoring how it was taking hold on the right. 92067330
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialKate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It would be cool if this were covered as a real issue, rather than a cute quirk, by his friends at NYT. Or covered by network TV at all. 224234
Reposted by @iamgaryallen.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It is wild how casually racist this is bsky.app/profile/cnn.... 652030313
