Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 19mBut also, and this is the bit that has me equal parts baffled and enraged, those same promoters are deeply shocked that people don’t want their lives ruined. Like, it never even occurred to them that this was something anyone would mind 090
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 5hI fully support having the last thing Trump hears be a cherry British “Sup fuckers” 040
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 13hJust give them a couple years and I’m sure they’ll catch up with your numbers. Seems to be the only thing they can catch 000
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 13hNot only is the detail level better, but it takes primer and paint better than pewter ever did. 010
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Also, shouldn’t discount the impact of certain types of people pumping money into this sort of crackpotery. “If you’re willing to associate with this, you’ll be guaranteed funding“ is very effective. Sometimes those who write history (Or “science”) are the ones who can afford to eat more than Raman 140
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think this is clearly a situation that justifies them pulling out all the stops. Going right to the wall. “Fuck you, make us”, on every level Yes, the province CAN make them. Can remove city council’s authority, or even city council. But if you roll over and comply, hasn’t that happened already? 010
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I‘d quibble a bit about Dreeshen’s view. It’s not that cities don’t provide services to the rural areas around them, which is true, but in Dreeshen’s thinking that’s their only purpose. 010
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Same reason that some of the people I’ve encountered with the strongest opinions against Edmonton’s bike lanes are people who only drive into the city every month or two for shopping. 130
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Because the driving force is rural and suburban right wing voters who actively hate the large, progressive, cities. This is simply an avenue to attack them The people pushing these policies aren’t going to be directly affected by them. 120
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Of course she would. She wants the fight, not the pipeline 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is there any standard for what ”consultations” require? could council respond by just rubber-stamping everything? 110
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Except this isn’t a ”Dems are weak” joke, it’s a “The Dem establishment inevitably pivots to consultant-brained ideas that cost them authentic support” joke. 1140
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is honestly such an incredible overreach on the part of the province that council should force them to replace them before they comply 000
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Something I heard a number of winning candidates say is that, in terms of issues people raised when actually door knocking, infill was barely a blip Yes, there’s hundreds, and even thousands, of people passionately opposed, but we’re a city of more than 1m. The news can always find an angry person 190
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just the one? Omelas truly has the greatest of universities 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Which is not unreasonable! Using software and making software are completely different core competencies. It’s the same reason that, for example, trucking companies don’t try and build their own trucks, and photographers don’t start their own sensor fabs. 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Partly because our local universities are mostly publicly funded, and we don’t do the crazy thing where they’re act a professional sports team with a university attached Far fewer institutional connections to local politics and donors. No equivalent to the Ivy League system. 010
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That’s complicated by the fact that we’re not honoring all the treaties *now*. The native rights aspect, and how it’s tied up with the crown, is a legitimate land mine in any attempt to remove the monarchy. 170
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I‘d be curious to see if any state let their EV’s go against the local winner even once. In practice there’s more than enough time to repeal the legislation between voting day and when the electoral college meets. 100
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Normally I’d agree with you, but the novelty of having something Quebec actually wants to cooperate on, constitutionally, might be enough to get it done. 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A university of Alberta what? I think the headline dropped a word 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It would be the sort of right wing that right wing voters pretend is what attracts them, so they don’t have to admit that it’s actually the bigotry. 090
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🎶 I saw the sign 🎶 🎶 And it opened up my eyes 🎶 🎶 And now it won’t let me close them 🎶 040
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can absolutely see it again. My local used bookstore has racks and racks of it! 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026See, I don’t think that can, or should, be separated from the creative vision of the film itself. “I’m going to pretend to make something that people don’t want to see” is a choice It’s like a comedian making their setup deliberately bad, and complaining no one sticks around for the punchline 110
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Surprise! This thing you didn’t want to see is actually a thing you want to see” isn‘t actually a workable plan 100
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Without commenting too much on the movie itself, if you want to pull off a successful bait-and-switch, you need a bait that interests the potential audience. They clearly didn’t manage that, regardless of the quality of the actual movie 100
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Even among people and critics that liked it, I’m hearing a lot of “this was the worst marketed movie in recent memory”, which is always an interesting side conversation 100
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026All due respect to our Atlantic provinces, but if the Ontario Liberals also get wiped out, which is a distinct possibility, I’m going to be comfortable saying they no longer have a provincial wing of their party. 000
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I mean, that’s an entire generation of staffers and operatives out on the street. It’s insane. Scary thought about what happens if a bunch of them end up at loose ends and get really involved in federal politics 010
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Honest to god, looking at this breakdown I couldn’t even guess if a referendum is more likely tomorrow than it was yesterday. 160
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Quebec politics always has a certain ferrets-in-pants about it. This is just more ferrets in tighter pants than usual. 130
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Do we take that for granted? in the last couple decades, I think just about every province has seen the total collapse of at least one major historical party. For that matter, the Liberals effectively no longer exist provincially outside of Ontario 211
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It might be a little snarky, but if the Democrats leave the Republicans in a position to scuttle everything every four years, they’re not actually trying to rebuild. 1120
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The problem with them internalizing human ethics is that they’re being trained on medical insurance company rejection data 130
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Red Bull in the movie adaptation of The Last Unicorn. I was maybe 4 years old. I kept insisting we rent it from the little local corner store, and every time it gave me nightmares 000
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’d be more impressed if I wasn’t certain that they’d pirated everything 020
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Why so difficult!“ from Farscape By the way, that’s Ben Mendelsohn under the makeup playing a blue space monkey.m.youtube.com"WHY SO DIFFICULT!" Farscape S03E19YouTube video by Ofer Nave 151
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have zero concern the UCP can actually get Alberta to separate. I have huge concerns that they can destroy the province as a functioning, governable, entity. 1131
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think their ability to smash our country is given way too much credibility by institutions that should know better I think their ability and *willingness* to smash our structures of good governance and rule of law isn’t given enough credibility. 190
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Objectively, Alberta would be the most progressive state in the USA, and it wouldn’t even be close Unfortunately, the current political makeup gives a multiplying effect to the most extreme 10%. You need that 10% to be party leader, but once you’re leader a lot of regular people will vote for you 130
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m picturing Beartongue writing down her to-do list in a Lisa Frank agenda 1180
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Maybe they’d be interested in publishing a Temple of the White Rat supplement? 😂 1230
Ryan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Edmonton has elected several YIMBY councils, and is leading the country in building infill and missing middle housing 230
