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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

2 years ago Stephanie Dotto and I staged an intergenerational play called "Winter's Tales," with older and younger folks playing older curlers and hockey players. It was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career. Our first paper on this work came out today. ijal.se/article/view...

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Joyful actors: Aging futures and the potential of intergenerational theatre | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I recommend that Ron MacLean learn what James Baldwin was saying when he said, "it's the innocence that constitutes the crime". Second time he's said this – 1st referencing the 2018 World Junior players and 2nd himself. www.tiktok.com/@hockeygamed...

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Ron Maclean apologizes on Sportsnet during #StanleyCup final #NHL #Hockey #fyp #hockeytiktoks

TikTok video by HockeyGamedayTV

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Making jokes about roofies when Carter Hart is on the ice and fans are chanting "no means no" is so outrageously bad that Ron MacLean should lose his job. It is worth considering why this is not the call today. www.tiktok.com/@gayareaspor...

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#nhl #hockeytok #hockeytiktok #hockey #stanleycupplayoffs

TikTok video by Gay Area Sports

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Join us for the start of our MAGA World Cup coverage on Monday morning at 10am ET. m.youtube.com/watch?v=bmmk...

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Reading Essig's "Queer in Russia" & discover an early 20C Russian gender scholar (Rozanov) who argues queerness is natural & that masculinities and femininities can occur in any body. I have to wonder if @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social is gesturing to this scholarship when she names Ilya.

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

For the NHL I wonder what being accountable actually means. Accountable to whom? Carter Hart sits moments away from a potential Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe trophy and has been routinely shielded from media questions about his role in the 2018 World Junior case. www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

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Carter Hart is 4 wins from the Stanley Cup. The Golden Knights still don’t want to talk about his past

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Commission finds widespread chronic abuse in Canadian high-performance sport and their recommendation is for more money to Canadian high-performance sport. We need to somehow move past the fallacy that high-performance sport is an inherent and necessary good. apple.news/Am_wYnVcJSke...

While the commission foresees taking up to five years to implement some of its changes, it calls on the federal government to immediately increase the amount of money it gives to national sport organizations, which have not seen core funding raised since 2005, to make up for the effects of inflation.
Several organizations, including the Canadian Olympic Committee, have been trying for years to sound the alarm about the urgent need to make up for funding shortfalls in high-performance sport. Some observers blamed underfunding after Team Canada brought home fewer medals than expected at the Winter Olympics last month.
But Ms. Maisonneuve said lack of money has more damaging consequences.
“Chronic underfunding makes sports less safe,” she said on Tuesday. “Organizations are being asked to do much more, like governance, safe sport, equity, compliance, with fewer resources. And the fear of losing funding feeds directly into the culture of silence.”

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“Hockey Canada has among the most high-profile histories of sexual violence of any NSO and they are also the most well-funded NSO in the country,” Allain said. “They should be leading the charge, not falling behind.” @hockeycanada.bsky.social www.tsn.ca/other-sports...

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Hockey Canada among holdouts as Sport Integrity Canada expands public bans registry

Federally funded agency that oversees investigations into alleged misconduct in amateur sports has expanded its national public sanctions registry, Rick Westhead writes.

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Priyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@kristiallain.bsky.social on the NHL's friendly association with the far-right. From our latest episode

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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Heated Rivalry: Hockey Culture, Nationalism, and Queer Representation @drryanstorr.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social join @johannamellis.bsky.social and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the cultural significance of the show *Heated Rivalry.* open.spotify.com/episode/3Hd4...

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Hey friends, I know this is a long shot but did anyone do a "#sticksoutforhumboldt" photo? If you did can you did and you don't mind it being published can you send it to me? It needs to be high quality and reproducible in a 5X8 photo.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal: Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US." journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

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Samantha King & Gavin Weedon @proteinthebook.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We're excited to share the cover for our book Protein: The Making of a Nutritional Superstar! Learn the untold story of protein’s rise to nutritional superstardom and how it made its way to the centre of your dinner plate. To access the pre-order link, click here: dukeupress.edu/protein

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

After positive peer reviews, 2 reads by UTP's lawyer, a few edits to appease the lawyer, and a new title, I finally have the green light on "the Don Cherry book." "Hockey Divides: White Working-Class Masculinity and a Canadian Icon" is coming to a bookstore near you in 2026.

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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ep. 165: Canadian Hockey on Trial @nkalamb.bsky.social is joined by friend and eminent hockey scholar @kristiallain.bsky.social to break down how to understand the Hockey Canada trial and its implications for the sport and Canadian culture. open.spotify.com/episode/6Tj2...

Courtroom sketch of the five Canadian hockey players who were on trial.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Signatories include 3 UN Special Rapporteurs, a 4-time Olympian runner, 2 members of the Palestinian women’s ⚽ team who compete at York, a former Canadian Olympic beach 🏐 coach, sports journos @shireenahmed.bsky.social + @iankennedyck.bsky.social, + @naomiaklein.bsky.social + @avilewis.bsky.social

No tennis for genocide

No to the Canada-Israel Davis Cup Match in Halifax

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.” - 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (FREDERICTON, August 18th, 2025) A group of 413 Canadian and Canadian-based scholars, athletes, sports journalists, and sports officials have signed a public letter calling on Tennis Canada to cancel the Davis Cup tournament with Israel this September in Halifax. Signatories include three United Nations Special Rapporteurs, four-time Olympian distance runner Mohammed Ahmed, two members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team who compete for York University, a former Canadian Olympic beach volleyball coach, sports journalists Shireen Ahmed and Ian Kennedy, public intellectuals and activists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis and some of Canada’s most distinguished and internationally-recognized scholars. The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur. The call to cancel the Davis Cup event comes amidst rising condemnation of Israeli conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, which leading legal scholars, activists and human rights groups have described as a genocide. Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the letter says that allowing the competition to go ahead is “unconscionable” and calls on the Canadian government to prevent Canadian athletes from competing against Israeli athletes in all international sporting competitions. Despite Tennis Canada’s claims that the event isn’t political and is just about playing tennis, the letter states in part that Canada should follow the lead of other nations who “refuse to legitimize Israel’s crimes” by withdrawing from international sporting competition. “This includes Jordanian tennis player Abdellah Shelbayh, who recently withdrew from a tennis competition in Greece after being slated to play an Israeli athlete,” the letter says. The letter points to the use of sporting sanctions in South Africa as a meaningful …

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Trying to find ANY NHL player who has spoken publicly against Israel's genocide in Gaza, surprisingly/not surprisingly I can't find one.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is actually incredible. Tennis Canada is willing to endorse genocide by hosting Israel in Davis Cup tennis for the low low low price of $2.2 million. That's the projected economic benefit. Not including the cost of policing protesters, which will of course be deducted from that.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state. We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.

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Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel

Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match with Israel is an unjustifiable violation of Canada’s obligations under international law and basic human rights. Canada mu...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Hey Tennis Canada: this is how you do it. Much respect. www.palestinechronicle.com/honorable-st...

‘Honorable Stance’: Jordanian Tennis Player Refuses to Face Israeli Opponent

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We also are going to ask FIFA: What WOULD Israel have to do in order to be sanctioned or even banned from international competition if targeting other teams' star players in the course of a genocide is not enough

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

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'Pele of Palestine' killed by Israeli fire in Gaza aid queue | The National

Suleiman Al Obaid played for local football clubs as well as Palestinian national team

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

You absolutely LOVE to see it: Thanks to fan backlash, a German football club is cancelling the signing of an Israeli striker who shared posts after Oct 7 calling to "wipe Gaza off the map" and suggesting there were "no innocents" in the Gaza Strip. Praxis! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

German Soccer Club Cancels Signing of Israeli Striker Over anti-Gaza Social Media Posts
Fortuna Düsseldorf announced it would not sign Shon Weissman, a striker for the Israeli national team, after fans criticized the move just hours after it was reported, citing messages he shared following the October 7 Hamas attack

Weissman also liked and shared posts calling to "wipe Gaza off the map," suggesting there were "no innocents" in the Strip, and responding to a photo of two detained Palestinian militants by writing, "Why the hell aren't they being shot in the head?"

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

If there was any doubt about the link between hockey and the right, we now see Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, and Matthew Tkachuk to be a part of Trump’s Fitness Council, which will play an important role in “keeping men out of women’s sports.” www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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President Trump Revives Iconic Pillars of American Youth

Yesterday, alongside American sports legends and members of his administration, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order reviving the

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🇨🇦 🍁Canadian Chatty Cathy Cody🍁 🇨🇦 @chattycathycody.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This is an important read. Hockey is Canada's game - so PLEASE let it be one we can all be proud of in every aspect We routinely celebrate the winners and heroes, acknowledge their good works in the community - but we can do better, much better. My girls are playing.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Sports scholars across Canada but especially in the maritimes need to resist this. @kristiallain.bsky.social @jimbrittain.bsky.social @dansailofsky.bsky.social @derekcrim.bsky.social

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Remarkable, in the middle of a national sovereignty crisis to see @carleton.ca on.ca‬‬ cut their undergraduate Canadian Studies program. These programs are valuable, as we try to understand our present and our future.

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What is Hockey Canada and the CHL's commitment to keeping players and public safe from sexual violence? What should that training look like? If the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial didn't raise enough questions about this, this certainly raises more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Not all Ontario Hockey League teams make players take mandatory sexual violence prevention program | CBC News

Nearly a decade ago, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) made gender-based anti-violence and consent training mandatory for all major junior teams. Today, the sexual assault centres tasked with teaching t...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Israeli sport psychologists have published a paper comparing the trauma experienced by *ISRAELI* athletes during the genocide to the experience of Covid. The focus of their 'intervention' is to mitigate "the impact of the current conflict on sports and athletes" in *Israel.* I kid you not.

Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Volume 4, Issue 3, December 2024, Pages 94-102
Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Reshaping sport performers' careers: Lessons from the 2023–2024 war in Israel
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The war experience (WE) presents a highly troublesome period for sport performers, with severe effects on their lives and career trajectories. In this article, we initially conceptualize the WE through the scheme of change for sport psychology practice (Samuel & Tenenbaum, 2011a). The WE is considered a longitudinal, multifaceted, unpredicted, noncontrolled, negative change-event, developed over four distinct stages with specific demands and responses: (a) a pre-war stage, (b) War stage-A accompanied by instability and confusion, (c) War stage-B characterized by active coping or regression, and (d) War stage-C; return to sport activity, modification of activity, or retirement. The development of this change process in sport performers’ careers is discussed within the context of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. Thereafter, we discuss applied practice efforts to support sport performers through the WE. The conclusions offer future avenues for researchers and practitioners when attempting to evaluate and cope with this unique change-event.

The human toll of the conflict is immense, with tragic loss of life and countless individuals facing trauma. Emotional responses vary from fear and anxiety to anger and survivor's guilt. The impact extends beyond immediate physical danger to include profound psychological distress.
The turmoil has also affected various aspects of Israeli society, including sports. Leagues have been suspended, training disrupted, and travel restrictions imposed, akin to experiences during other conflicts such as the Russo-Ukrainian war (Pavlova et al., 2023). Uncertainty looms over the resumption of sporting activities, contingent upon security considerations (Buckingham, 2023). International participation has been hindered by flight cancellations and safety concerns, leading to the departure of foreign personnel (Buckingham, 2023; Felberg, 2023).
Reflecting on the impact of the conflict on sports’ performers is crucial for effective response and support. While some athletes may benefit from the hiatus to recover or improve skills, others face setbacks in their careers. The unique circumstances require a nuanced approach, considering individual contexts and needs (Henriksen et al., 2020; Schinke et al., 2020a).
As researchers and practitioners in the sports domain, we acknowledge the challenge of addressing these issues amidst ongoing conflict. Nonetheless, we aim to provide valuable insights and recommendations to navigate this unprecedented situation, drawing parallels to research conducted during other crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., di Fronso et al., 2022; Henriksen et al., 2020; Pillay et al., 2020). Amidst uncertainty, we endeavor to contribute meaningfully to understanding and mitigating the impact of the current conflict on sports and athletes.

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Book revisions in. Time for a walk.

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This morning I'm reminded how lucky I am to have my sport sociology colleagues. I can't imagine a kinder and more generous bunch.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

In a move that *should* be precedent-setting for other scholarly organizations, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) announces that this year’s conference will be held concurrently at sites in the US and Canada and online due to the dangerous US political climate.

1. We have decided not to host a single-site in-person conference in Seattle this year. Instead, we will have two in-person sites and a robust online participation option. While we are still working out the details, we will have an in-person conference site in Seattle, another in-person conference site in Vancouver, B.C., and significantly more opportunities for online participation than in years past, as well as opportunities for sessions that virtually bring together folx in the two in-person locations. We emphasize that we want your own safety and comfort to be the primary consideration as you decide whether and how to participate in this year’s conference. Wherever you live and whatever your citizenship status and/or subject position, we encourage you to carefully consider which of the three participation options (if any) you decide to take up. It is entirely up to you whether you feel safe or willing to cross a border or to travel at all. To help us with our organizational efforts, we will be sending out a very short survey in the coming days. It is imperative that we hear from as many NASSSers as possible both in terms of organizational efforts and to minimize our financial liabilities.

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Myka Abramson @mykaabramson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thrilled my book is out in the world! It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

In Cartographies of Empire, Myka Tucker-Abramson draws from an archive of more than 140 global road novels from over twenty countries, challenging dominant conceptions of the road novel as primarily concerned with American experiences and subjectivities. #ReadUP www.sup.org/books/cartog...

Book cover of Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel and American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy to hear that @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social's excellent new book "The End of College Football" was nominated for the @nasssbsky.bsky.social book award.

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Kristi Allain @kristiallain.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Speaking candidly about American imperialism and Canada's complacency over many generations and the reporters says, "You know we can't use everything you said on air" . . . sigh... yeah, I know...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

In case you were wondering about the efficacy of the Super Bowl protest. apnews.com/article/supe...

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What’s happening in the Gaza Strip and Sudan that sparked a protest at the Super Bowl halftime show?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Fascinating to see what qualifies as an 'invasion'... and what doesn't. nypost.com/2025/02/09/s...

NY Post headline:

Super Bowl 2025 protestor — who was part of cast — apprehended after invading halftime show with Palestinian, Sudanese flags

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Sean MacGillivray @macg1llivray.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The quintessentially Liberal positioning of developer profits and the basic needs of working people as equivalent concerns to be "balanced" is a really perfect encapsulation of the fundamental worthlessness of centrism. #nspoli #nbpoli #cdnpoli

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