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Koen Rhodes

@parklife2.bsky.social
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Optimist. Constantly disappointed. He/Him "One never knows, now does one, now does one, now does one."

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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Just popped back on here to confirm that chaos is the cure, and disease: the policy. Checkaroony.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
Aldous Huxley
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/07/2025
Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel
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Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel
The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s war, says former BBC journalist Karishma Patel
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 15/06/2025
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune
The June 15, 2025 front page of the Star Tribune with the main headline "Unspeakable" House DFL Leader Hortman, husband assassinated. State senator, wife also shot; suspect ID'd; killer posed as cop, had list
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 11/06/2025
Serious question: How can the Canadian Press continue allowing Postmedia to use its wire stories after making unauthorized changes to stories that run under its journalists bylines like this?
“Canadian Press journalists were often kept as the author by the National Post even after the paper made significant editorial changes to their filed stories. The investigation noted at least one case in which a CP journalist’s name was quietly dropped following a formal complaint about the article with the National Post in which the author was CC’d.

When journalist names are dropped, the Post still keeps “The Canadian Press” as the author name, despite the changes to article content.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/06/2025
TODAY: A federal court will hear a lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic-led states challenging Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote and eliminating grace periods for mail-in ballots. @marcelias.bsky.social‬ previews the case: www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 20/05/2025
“Mr. Smith, when asked about his living arrangements and Ms. Mentzelopoulos’s allegations, said, through a lawyer, that he plans to sue her and The Globe and Mail … In a letter to The Globe, (The lawyer, Philip Prowse) confirmed Mr. Smith lived at Fatima Mraiche‘s property”
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 14/05/2025
In my final column for @nationalobserver.com, I remind people that most Canadians have no idea who makes up Mark Carney's Cabinet. They don't follow politics as a sport. They want their problems solved. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Is Mark Carney’s cabinet 'transformational'? Does anyone care?
For those of us who treat cabinet swearing-in ceremonies as melodrama, this is all a big deal. It’s like the Oscars for people with a vitamin D deficiency. But most Canadians just want their problems ...
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This is accelerationist rage bating.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/05/2025
Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"If he doesn’t insist on it, he will prove himself to be among history’s least principled cowards." Look at the photo. We're way past that. www.theverge.com/amazon/65795...
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Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now
Is Jeff Bezos a coward? Let’s find out.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/04/2025
Eat the Apples Post the Memes Lose the Election
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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” 
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This is a real tweet?!
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 28/04/2025
With people losing their jobs and the stock market rocky, there's a lot of financial anxiety right now. Research shows how you approach it can be key to protecting your mental and physical health.
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Financial stress can damage your mental health. These steps may help
With people losing their jobs and the stock market rocky, there's a lot of financial anxiety right now. Research shows how you approach it can be key to protecting your mental and physical health.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
More than just a Pantone match for Trump, Polievre is fanboying with Diagolon again: an “accelerationist” group, according to people who study extremism. Accelerationism explains the sum total of inexplicable shit happening in the US better than anything else. pressprogress.ca/pierre-poili...
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Pierre Poilievre Meets with Far-Right Extremist Group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick Border
“Everyone’s happy with what you’re doing,” Poilievre tells conspiratorial fringe group camped out on side of highway
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I wish @brucefanjoy.bsky.social ‘s billboard was in every city in Canada #cdnpoli
It’s not the Americans fault.
It’s our fault, we’re stupid.

-Pierre Poilievre
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I'm sure it's fine.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“three apples, four oranges, plus two cashews, multiplied by seven, divided by two.” nymag.com/intelligence...
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Nightmare on Wall Street
Inside the tariff-induced market turmoil scaring traders stiff.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
They let fucking Levant scare them into not doing thier job. Win win for Polievre. Scrum happens: he gets asked why his dick is so big. Scrum gets canceled, and he gets out of being asked about his security check or Trumpian deportation plan.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It's hard to find the words to express my deep rage about how far right media has manages to flourish, while mainstream media remains steadfast in their maginalization of anyone who dares to challenge the status quo from the left (even the centee left!)
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
0.0013% of Canadians are multiple murderers: One guy in two packed Rodgers Centers. Is that guy always eligible for parole? The Notwithstanding is meant for extraordinary situations, not niche anxieties. This is a flex. It's tiny dick energy as dumb and dangerous as anything we've seen down south.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Greed is a disease. It's contagious. Fascism is money. It is addictive. Trump is going to ignore the Supreme Courts unanimous ruling. Pierre Polievre can't contain his need to do the same thing.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
There are still 8 million or so undecided voters. His sights set on the Notwithstanding, criminalizing protest marches, women's rights... we don't have to follow the script here, do we? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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RECAP | Canada election: Poilievre's vow to override Charter in crime crackdown draws fire from rivals | CBC
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"Do you know one thing I never did to cope or in response to my autism? Repeatedly fire off a Nazi Roman salute." An incredible piece from The Big Picture that doesn’t hold back.
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Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/04/2025
rfk jr wants you dead
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If you were looking for a list of names to blame foe how long you spend waiting at emerge, start here.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It's weird to see advertorials on Starlink that gloss over what he's become: " a game changer in emergency events where people find themselves lost in places like the post-apocalyptic wasteland the billionaire homeschooled Natzi helped create." www.uniladtech.com/science/spac...
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Elon Musk enables groundbreaking feature on all iPhones and Androids
Starlink's new direct to cell satellite service will be a game changer for cellular connectivity around the world
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Orange Julius has got Russia saying they prefer countries to abide by the norms of international law now.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Sure grandpa, we tariffed ourselves. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...
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Harper says Canada’s problems not created by Trump as he endorses Poilievre
Former prime minister introduces Conservative Leader at Edmonton rally attended by thousands
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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 08/04/2025
Paula White-Cain is a public employee (not laid off), a senior advisor to the WH Faith Office. She says if you send her $1000 before Easter, you’ll get 7 Passover blessings, including an angel assigned to you by God. 9 years ago she sold rocks for $1,144. They were called “resurrection seeds.”
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
youtube.com/watch?v=TWEn...
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Abacus poll: Conservative supporters deemed more likely to vote – April 7, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Who the fuck knows? Get out the vote, I guess. abacusdata.ca/2025-federal... globalnews.ca/news/1111598...
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Liberals widen lead to double digits over Tories in Canada election: poll - National | Globalnews.ca
The Liberals now lead the Conservatives by 12 points as the federal election campaign enters its third week, according to an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News.
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Pssst…. 🇨🇦 is already free.✌🏼 @jodyo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@liberalca.bsky.social please fix your website. When I enter ANY postal code to find out who the liberal candidate is…nothing happens. Just says Liberal team. How are people to find out who they are voting for?
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
abacusdata.ca/2025-federal...
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Abacus Data Poll: Liberals and Conservatives remain deadlocked at 39% each. - Abacus Data
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wasting a little money on experts here.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/04/2025
A Chinese woman detained by U.S. border officers for overstaying a visitor visa died by suicide while being held at a border patrol station in Arizona, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who is a ranking member of the House subcommittee overseeing immigration.
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Chinese Woman Detained in Arizona Border Station Dies by Suicide
A woman detained by U.S. border officers for overstaying a visitor visa died by suicide while in custody, according to a Democratic congresswoman.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
US MAGA Republicans are quoting Hitler's chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. #3E
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Not everyone like thier facts checked. CTV gets that. Tune in if you prefer journalists who simply hold a microphone to Polievre's ass.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 01/04/2025
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
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CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025
This keeps getting worse and worse.
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Koen Rhodes @parklife2.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I know it's a stretch for a bright side, but he'll be 82 years, seven months, and six days old. His diet is essentially McDonald's, diet coke, and goldfish crackers.
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