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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you say 10 years of milquetoast liberal climate action merits that level of anger, what's the logical response to any government that actually tries to meaningfully transition?

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Honestly though the mistake people keep making, well-intentioned or not, is to lead with a "I totally get why you're mad". Nah man. The rest of Canada has a right to not want to expand fossil fuel infrastructure, and elect federal politicians who act on their behalf. Get with it.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What if, hear me out, we built enough pools, skating rinks, libraries, parks, etc for our population and designed and planned them, maintained them, and yes, required proof of residence? If you’ve moved to an exurb for the cheaper taxes, these are choices.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yup...more evidence it was never about Canada in 2021.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And before anyone comes at me with a "The anti-immigrant secessionists aren't all racists ..." 1. I enjoy the alliterative flourish, kiss my ass. 2. Draw me a fuckin venn diagram then kiss my ass once more please

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The recalcitrant racists aren't changing their mind" isn't anything new, they're just newsworthy now because amoral lizard-brained politicians recognize their singlemindedness and pander to them, and foreign malign actors and oligarchs amplify the message because they love the chaos is sows.

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1. When have you not been preaching to the converted, Morgan? 😂 2. “The 8 people I meet for coffee at McDonald’s for our weekday morning bitch briefing have never changed their minds.” 😂 3. The majority of Albertans are not convinced by Russian bots and yankee dollars. 😂 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Honestly the post-pandemic political discourse is increasingly shaped by a small number of grifters, people with a conduct spectrum disorder, foreign bots, and hapless rubes easily beguiled by the above.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Giving people facts was a terrible approach"

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Democrats keep trying to guilt-trip Canadians into backing down. Fuck off. Deal with your own mess. This is your problem to solve, not ours. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Gallego, the Arizona senator, said the two sides need to figure out how to mutually step down from the current trade tensions, adding that it appeared both Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney were playing politics when trade talks fell apart last month.
"I'm not asking Mr. Carney to just bend at the knee and give in, but this is the role of diplomacy," Gallego said. "You figure out how to actually start bringing the heat down little by little to a point where you can get to the negotiation table."
Likewise, Maine's governor, Mills, said there need to be "serious negotiations on both sides," and she hopes a third party can sit down with the two countries and make it clear a tariff fight damages both of them.
"The retaliatory tariffs, I can understand why that's happening," Mills said. "I can't say it's not damaging our economy, though."

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Trade diversification is like eating healthy and exercising. Even if you don't hit your goals, you're still helping yourself.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What's maybe even more disturbing is that probably 80% of citizens, whether they love or hate Trump, have shrugged off his absolutely insane posting as mere antics. Most powerful person in the world shares bipartisan recognition as a deeply unserious shitposter.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

👇 is very important to keep in mind in re: today's 🇩🇪 election. And yes, there are uniquely terrible things about Trump & the GOP & America's collapse into competitive authoritarianism. But also, it's part of much broader cross-national trends.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's actually super weird to say you're at war with someone then like have their airforce over to chill. I give Carney some grace because this whole thing is some kinda fucked but it's hard to take much of what he says as anything other than the distillation of focus groups and polling results

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

100% Reporting like this simply buries the real scandals/corruption/criminality and perpetuates the 24hr news cycle that obliterates accountability/emboldens bad behavior.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/08/2026

Doug Ford is the worst premier Ontario has ever had, and going on a trip to Texas should be questioned on the merits - but NOT the cost. $93K for a summit, with advance team, etc. is NOT remotely expensive, and we need to stop encouraging these dumbass stories. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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'A dog and pony show': Opposition slams Ford after FOI reveals Texas trade trip cost taxpayers over $93K | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's spring trip to Texas to talk trade and tariffs cost taxpayers just over $93,000, a decision note obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request reveals. The ...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

But yes, I’m sure it was the “imposed Laurentian culture” that made you mediocre.

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Man Says Sure-Sure-Sure on Airplane

ALT: Man Says Sure-Sure-Sure on Airplane

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

That was a good panel. It's funny, Smith wanted to leverage secession to get an MOU she could put in the window as she let separatists fade in the rear view. Now she's loathed by both separatists and federalists, and Steven Guilbeault is the only one still talking about the MOU.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Excellent points. Centre left politicians get elected talking (often vaguely) about these issues, but then shy away from large-scale confrontations with politically powerful corps, and think the best way to fend off the right is mushy pragmatism and status quo incrementalism.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This then is also in part why the developing backlash against AI - more big company / government cooperation that doesn't apparently care very much about lived experience. This then is the vacancy in politics - easily filled by populists when others seem deaf.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

With respect to those who say the major problem in the UK is growth / cost of living, I'm sorry but I think the way in which everyday life seems at the mercy of often completely unaccountable organisations is worse. And politicians talking in the abstract rather than lived experience.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The damage to humains as a result of climate change will be multi-faceted...and one of those facets will be the global spread and mutation of illnesses like hantavirus

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Yup he's a Mushrooms middle centrist to scared to make any bold decisions. Some politicians have failed to grasp that the électorale wants them to make big changes because they're sick of the status quo. They want to project caution and government incrementally but there's no time left for that.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Framing this as an existential crisis is exactly what he wants you to do. The more you panic and bend the harder he will push. Everyone is learning this in real time. There is no win-win or even lopsided agreement he will take, his objective is to take as much as he can because he sees trade as 0sum

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Respectfully I don't think you understand the game Trump is playing. This is a constant testing for weakness and concessions. You can outwait Trump but every concession you make will be in the binder of every trade negotiator for a decade to come.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A bad deal is worse than self-harm because you're dealing with an extortionist, not a negotiator. Concede now & you'll get your arm bent again in 6 mths when the whim strikes & he has a need to project strength. Stand up to the threat, and you help chip away at his image and maintain your position.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

@jaymepoisson.bsky.social another great episode. I know there's limited time but I'd have loved to hear your guest talk about the impact of rising polarization and the logic of the security state (eg pushing for consent manufacturing vs democratic buy in) both drive conspiracy uptake/plausibility.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We really don't need high speed rail as much as we need reliable, affordable routes that run frequently.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It's ok these tulip bulbs will for sure keep appreciating

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 30/04/2026

Hey, do you care about Canadian sovereignty, digital policy, economic prosperity and stuff? I work at a think tank that studies these issues, and we put out a weekly newsletter. It's interesting. You should subscribe. app.cyberimpact.com/clients/5817...

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Further, the promulgation of the law is essential to it's validity and enforcability and this cannot be done and is not done before ascent.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

But torpedoing it was definitely the plan right?

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Ya well shut the fuck up - auto industry and suburban truck drives

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/04/2026

Welp. Yesterday I agreed to serve as Head of Political Science over here at UWaterloo. We are heading into the implementation year of a Faculty of Arts 'reorganization', with Departments administratively becoming part of Schools. Part of my work will be to ensure programs retain autonomy. 1/n

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We can't continue to let the "pro life" movement get away with this bullshit branding. They stand for "slow painful death" and "forced pregnancy". That's it.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

After November there's a good chance congress pries the tarrif lever out of this administration's hands. In that case, this will truly become a CUSMA review and not a renegotiation.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Doing anything this government asks before November is just incredibly dumb

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In cases of unneeded title, the government took land that didn't belong to them, now FN communities want compensation when returning the land is impractical. This is straightforward and logical, not an unforeseen consequence of the law Eby himself passed.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It also strikes me as confusing that there isn't a clear understanding on the legal remedy for this conundrum vis a vis property rights. The courts are telling us that our own laws require us to compensate Indigenous ppl for land when it's current use prohibits giving it back to them...

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Well @jaymepoisson.bsky.social that was a great discussion on DRIPA today and I especially appreciated your intervention are the end on the principle versus the action. @davidebybc.bsky.social as AG and Premier clearly wanted to benefit from taking a principled stand without owning the action.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/04/2026

Though their statement re: changes in government policy should not be discounted, even if it's only justificatory. This is as much on Carney.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yup we can't expect the financial and corporate classes to care about climate over profit, it's 100% on the government to create the regulatory conditions that make them act responsibly

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

What you don't like intl students being the rope in a game of tug of war between bloated university corporate structures and populist ghouls leveraging manufactured scarcity for political gain?

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We are at a civilization defining crossroad where we have to pick between being a mostly-functional democracy steered by a body of at least somewhat engaged and educated citizens, and a technofeudal wasteland of paramilitarized fiefedoms... Yet we refuse to invest in education across the fkn board.

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Mortimer Snerd @mrtmrsnrd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Adrian your work is always solid and you bring out really strong stories and narratives I don't see elsewhere

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