Reposted by Nate V.The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 29/09/2026From describing the border as a “sieve” for fentanyl and illegal immigrants to slamming Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, PSPP’s rightward pivot echoes American-style populism. What happened to the man who identified as a “progressive and democrat” just ten years ago? ow.ly/p27u50ZSvim 043
Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 26/09/2026Hello, yes, somehow I've been a parent for a full DECADE now, and...what? 100
Reposted by Nate V.🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 25/09/2026Carney: The rules-based international order is crumbling. International Criminal Court: As a participating member you are required by the rules to arrest those with a warrant if they pass through your territory. Carney: Fuck you. 9540157
Reposted by Nate V.Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Starred-review for Kate Beaton and Sydney Smith's Rebecca "a lovely reflection on grief and loss." Read the full review here: bit.ly/4xBynQt 016020
Reposted by Nate V.161 Archive @161archive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026161 Archive is an independent archiving project created for the purpose of preserving anti-fascist sites for historical and research purposes. Check out the collection at: 161archive.tngl.sh We will be periodically posting information about blogs and posts for indexing purposes.161archive.tngl.sh161 Archive 8229129
Reposted by Nate V.sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026i think this is the best epitaph for bin laden i have ever seen 293608703
Reposted by Nate V.Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"The Nation argues Alberta’s restrictions violate the spirit and intent of Treaty 6’s Medicine Chest clause and says it is asserting its sovereign right to regulate healthcare on Treaty lands" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli colenotcole.substack.com/p/breaking-f...colenotcole.substack.comBREAKING: First Nation defies Alberta’s Restrictions on Gender-Affirming CareSaddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights in an attempt to create a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare, directly challenging restrictions already imposed by Danielle Smith’s Alber... 1324798
Reposted by Nate V.JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 02/09/2026carney is a climate villain 0153
Reposted by Nate V.Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 01/09/2026If you voted for a rapist ... i have a difficult time envisioning you as a Christian www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Political Power of Christian Kitsch (Gift Article)Precious Moments figurines and Christian romance novels aren’t overtly political, but they shape how Christian women see themselves and the world. 114230
Reposted by Nate V.Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The CBC should start calling Trump's boat bombings acts of terrorism. Since the Republicans (and Conservatives) are so keen for them to editorialize about that kind of thing. And these murders do fit most definitions of terrorism. 26218
Reposted by Nate V.jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/08/2026beyond the bigotry i find this to be a completely bizarre worldview. what do you mean that the actual material forces of history are immaterial to your ideas of national development? are you fucking stupid? (the answer is yes) 1003753485
Reposted by Nate V.Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 27/08/2026Guys I hate to break it to you, but under capitalism, automation improves productivity but doesn't actually reduce the amount of time workers must work to survive. Instead, productivity gains are captured as profit. Only worker organizing will reduce our labor time. Yes, this applies to 'AI'static.klipy.comCharlie Chaplin Working in Modern TimesALT: Charlie Chaplin Working in Modern Times 21492128
Reposted by Nate V.Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone. 570602102
Reposted by Nate V.T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Canadians are not rallying behind Carney. Carney was behind Canadians and is only now catching up. 1118746
Reposted by Nate V.🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I personally like the Taylor Lorenz brand where she does or says something she knows will make people mad, makes people mad, writes about what it’s like to have people be mad at you all of the time 1053730
Reposted by Nate V.Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You really want to know why kids are depressed and isolated? It's not social media. Or phones. Adults have created a world with fuck all future. No job security. No owning your own home. No real action on climate. Adults need to take responsibility for what they have done. 2742157
Reposted by Nate V.Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Kudos to Great West Media, which is pooling its eight newsrooms in rural and suburban Alberta to cover the province's secession referendum as one. Smart move. Coverage here --> www.stalbertgazette.com/alberta-deci...stalbertgazette.comAlberta DecidesAlberta Decides - Referendum news and info brought to you by St. Albert Gazette 16027
Reposted by Nate V.michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026they were doing the "learning about the Bible in school is important to understand the legal and justice system in America" thing when I was in high school and obviously these people never feel the same about, let's say, English common law, which has had by far a more meaningful direct impact 416716
Reposted by Nate V.Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Sophie Cunningham botching the world's most wide open layup leading to a Dallas Wings 3 pointer by Odyssey Sims to tie the game is the funniest sequence to have happened tonight 61020136
Reposted by Nate V.Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026At this point, anyone advocating for more fossil fuel infrastructure and extraction is just an evil person. There's no other word for it. It goes beyond greed, beyond ignorance. It's just plain evil. Crops are being cooked IN THE GROUND.theguardian.comPotatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of AsiaSouth Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days 11325123
Reposted by Nate V.Embrrrrrrr @embrrrrrrr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... The crimes of this fandom are innumerable and beyond forgivenesstheguardian.comHarry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach 527712
Reposted by Nate V.Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r... 49372191667
Reposted by Nate V.Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel! "There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home." 972275383
Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 06/08/2026I regret to inform you that Cathal Kelly is at it again: www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baske...theglobeandmail.comSophie Cunningham’s opinion helped create a spectacle. The WNBA should be thanking herVeteran guard fired up the publicity generator that is any discussion of transgender participation in women’s sport 000
Reposted by Nate V.Alexandria Stone @alexandria-stone.bsky.social · 28/10/2025🕯️Manifesting 🕯️ 65126688817
Reposted by Nate V.Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 05/08/2026Oh, that's Bill from Guess Who 51160126
Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 05/08/2026There's no way I'm not late to the party on this one, but @notalawyer.bsky.social confusing Drowning Pool with Disturbed on the The Body Keeps the Score episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social caused me to sigh and shake my head sadly. 000
Reposted by Nate V.Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Love drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos. 671266132
Reposted by Nate V.Ethan Sacks @ethansacks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026That’s a good answer, but aloe me to present… 171
Reposted by Nate V.Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 03/08/20261. Most bicycles are not going 25 mph 2. Bike crashes involving pedestrians are rarely fatal because of lower speeds and mass 3. The risks posed by bicyclists and cars to pedestrians are not equivalent 4. Why does no one ever say, "I support cars but they need to operate within traffic laws." 360580
Reposted by Nate V.vote them out 🗳️🚫🐘🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026maybe I’m just too used to rigidly apolitical Catholic masses (which I’m aware is not the norm for everyone), but I would not call a Bible Study “rigorous” if the guy in charge started talking about how Israel killed Jesus 2585
Reposted by Nate V.Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition. 473857843
Reposted by Nate V.Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Cool use of ChatGPT means invading your kids privacy through AI because you’re afraid to talk with them. The privacy impact of AI needs talking about much, much more. Lots of other fears are discussed, but privacy is (as so often) forgotten. 47222
Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 01/08/2026I've been thoroughly enjoying the first 5 (?) weeks of @showmestateofmind.bsky.social. Dan is an outstanding host and the concept is great. Listen and support! Dan deserves it after subjecting himself to Info Wars for 10 years for our benefit! 100
Reposted by Nate V.Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 01/08/2026RIP Charlie “Cunningham called bicycles the “perfect means for ‘right living.’” “They make people healthy and happy, and they free us from the tyranny of cars and the guilt of waste,” he said. “Of course, there’s a time and place for cars, but most of us use them too much.” “ @biketalk.bsky.socialnytimes.comCharlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77 (Gift Article)In the late 1970s, he built what is considered the first off-road bicycle with a frame that was aluminum rather than steel, one of his many inventions. 111130
Reposted by Nate V.Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social 303791928
Reposted by Nate V.Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 28/07/2026Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...friendlyatheist.comChristian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship servicesEvangelists are exploiting captive audiences who can’t walk away—and broadcasting it online 12404043682
Reposted by Nate V.Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is not a dig at this reporter or this story, which is fine, but the Canadian media as a whole has transitioned seamlessly from decades of mostly ignoring and downplaying the climate emergency to ”here’s how to cope with the apocalypse.” It’s infuriating.thestar.comClimate anxiety caused her to switch career paths. How this existential angst is affecting young CanadiansExistential eco distress is affecting Canadians’ life decisions, and can spiral into hopeless ‘doomerism.’ Experts share how to manage it. 26723
Reposted by Nate V.A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026balrog: people love to say oh Durin's Bane, Durin's Bane, but Durin was in very poor health already and people forget rogan: yeah balrog: the dwarfs dug greedily and deeply, they awakened many things, many nameless things rogan: that's crazy balrog: he said a lot of nasty things about me, Durin 524044
Reposted by Nate V.Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 23/07/2026One thing I notice though: every story I read about bike lanes tends to be illustrated with a photo of a white person in neon cycling gear and a helmet when a lot of the folks it actually helps are day laborers on cheap bikes and working folks on share bikes 1441788
Reposted by Nate V.Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 23/07/2026"Hadjira Belkacem didn't wait for the humiliation of being fired because of her religion." "She quit." "All of these things that Belkacem did — from wiping away tears to lighting candles on birthday cakes — she did while wearing a hijab." #Quebec #Canada #Labour #Media #Education #Courtstherover.caThe "Social Death" of Muslim Women in QuebecBeset by job losses and attacks on their Charter rights, Muslims ponder their future in a province that's left them feeling isolated and afraid. 2139
Reposted by Nate V.Paul Chislett @pchislett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026mondoweiss.net/2026/07/no-i... Israel has no right to exist - no state does. People have a right to existmondoweiss.netNo, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually.Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still c... 154
Reposted by Nate V.Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 19/07/2026I worry about the narrative on this stuff because young people are so impressionable and not going to college is just such a huge mistake over your lifetime earnings. It’s deeply immoral to see Ivy-educated conservatives argue against college because they know they need angry, undereducated voters. 720525
Reposted by Nate V.Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada” 270166654438
Reposted by Nate V.🍉 Vancouverismism 🍉 @vancouverismism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"It bears repeating that the entire reason this government was elected was because people wanted and expected it to stand up to the Trump administration." ~ Luke Savage 24614
Reposted by Nate V.drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 15/07/2026every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally 170651045
Reposted by Nate V.Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Carbon capture is expensive and largely ineffective at making a real difference on emissions. Especially when the captured carbon can be used for enhanced oil recovery, which lets companies access oil that would have otherwise stayed in the ground!!! 1828094
Reposted by Nate V.Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us. 155188834440