scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 10hthis is related the phenomenon where you change your parents' tv from 4:3 stretch to proper widescreen (and disable motion smoothing) then they complain about the pillarboxing and that the video looks choppy 000
Reposted by scotianWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 11hImo this is mostly very bad & we’ll look back on the fact that cultural production historically had to be filtered through the preferences & worldview artistically inclined people as load bearing for civilization. We’ll get some cool & interesting stuff, but oceans of medieval peasant brained slop 417113
Reposted by scotianWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 11hCan Gen AI do Art, the metaphysical creative process? Open question, depends on who you ask. Can Gen AI make Art, the product that people pay money for? Yes. They objectively can. 1728920
Reposted by scotianPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 19hOh so an immensely powerful man isn’t allowed to enjoy carefree vacations, just because some of his neighbors notice that he has presided over a rollback of their rights and the destruction of the constitutional order? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comJohn Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever. 22820181
Reposted by scotianmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it's cool that Bill Gates' own wife thought the Epstein Files stuff was bad enough that she divorced him, but for the Thought Leaders he's still a guy in perfectly good standing 151093172
Reposted by scotianCasey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The big lesson from the Biden era is that you can't be worried about what people will claim is politicized/weaponized/etc. They will claim that no matter what. None of that should stop you from targeting all of the corruption, and all of the enemies of American democracy. 414832
Reposted by scotianmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How is any of this slandering of a totally innocent public servant different from what Joseph McCarthy did? You know, the thing that the DC journos still beat themselves off to as an example of the news media standing up and stopping something evil? bsky.app/profile/awk7... 523231
Reposted by scotianMatt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We bullied the NSNDP enough that they deleted their posts. Now hopefully they come back to this file with better policy in the future. 1192
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026one of the replies here notes that NIMBYs are using anti-data center rhetoric in an effort to block more housing and it's like yeah of course did you think you could control Glonzo to achieve a narrow set of political goals without causing collateral damage? 110
Reposted by scotianMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 28/09/2026Total YIMBY rhetorical victory watch: San Francisco’s newest NIMBY group, “YesAND,” is pretending to be YIMBY so that people will take them seriously. 2531221
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026if this is the ground on which you're arguing something — not the salient facts, but the details — you've already lost. posting it on X where nobody persuadable will see it is just the cherry on top. 010
Reposted by scotianCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026talking about water use policy is impossible because "AI data centers use a lot of water to cool the computers" sounds way more believable than "they're draining the Great Salt Lake so the Governor of Utah can sell alfalfa to Saudi Arabia" and yet 8897169
Reposted by scotianStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s okay to date the school shooter if he’s hot. 23957115
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026it's weird, right? like they will straight up let you advertise fraudulent products or services, obvious scams and sundry other disreputable things as long as you are paying them money 031
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026not really spicy and it might still be a thing, but every time you said the word podium that one stupid fucking account would reply with "you mean lectern" and buddy, you are an inaugurating member of my bluesky blocklist 091
Reposted by scotian👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Good Evening. “Pierre Poilievre” was a four year psephological experiment conducted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 210920
Reposted by scotianNick P @npilon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Non-market housing that people can actually afford to buy.” I think I know what they’re trying to say but I am begging the NSNDP to chase down some of that Mamdani YIMBY energy. Well-off owners in my neighbourhood who kill apartments are a bigger threat to housing than “luxury condos” or w/e. 5448
Reposted by scotianJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The United States government killed another innocent person.👇 591435676
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it's time to play everyone's favorite game: TBI sufferer or Frank Luntz focus group participant! 000
Reposted by scotianKevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The rules that govern your city are mostly fake nonsense held together by inertia and status quo bias" is something that people who want their city to get better have to internalize. 45012
Reposted by scotianJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460361484
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026respect to the one who didn't make a big show of trying to stay balanced and just drove directly into the water 020
Reposted by scotianleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026new idea "one email a day" you should only be able to send or read one email a day 382367382
Reposted by scotianryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/09/2026yep www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...hamiltonnolan.comPrivate Schools Are Bad for SocietyThe starting point for any honest discussion. 15780130
Reposted by scotianStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 22/09/2026NIMBYism destroys your commercial property tax base: “Occupied space has climbed in parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Miami along with growing populations…On the flipside, Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland…are among the metro areas where vacancies continue to grow.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... 25715
Reposted by scotianyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 21/09/2026donald trump: i love this guy more than literally all my relatives and wives mamdani: this is the first time in my life that i can't make myself smile 151045132
Reposted by scotianceej @ceej.online · 21/09/2026See here how The Stance has entered his body and his mind. The Stance infests him. The metamorphosis is complete 782481231
Reposted by scotianMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21/09/2026Cities are living things and neighborhoods change as newcomers leave their mark. This is okay, even if it is often uncomfortable. The best thing we can do is build a lot of new homes so that new people can move in without displacing long time residents. 1245548
Reposted by scotianGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is 100% pure uncut reactionary fear of the newcomer disguised in a purportedly-leftist wrapper, and we must wholly reject it out of hand. America welcomes the newcomer, no matter where they are from or where they choose to live. 1850670
Reposted by scotianHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026no bill press solidarity is only for when the plebes come after reporters on social media. if the president arbitrarily bans some outlets the other ones HAVE to show up & suck his dick 3537
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Jake's path from making videos on his phone to severe brain damage is a distinctly American story" 181
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026as a tennis casual, I loved this because it felt like eavesdropping on a conversation between two extremely knowledgeable people who love the game and their genuine passion makes me want to pay closer attention now 210
Reposted by scotianMicah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 17/09/2026Behold! The time has come for: The TENTH ANNUAL HockeyViz Sour Candy Prediction Contest. If you can correctly* predict the results of the upcoming NHL season, I will send you an unseemly amount of sour candy, no matter where in the world you live. Entry is free: hockeyviz.com/txt/predicti... 75211
Reposted by scotianThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Seriously it’s so fucked up that Donald Trump is just out here with a sledgehammer pounding away at load bearing supports for how the world works on a day to day basis and some media elites are still like “the real danger is woke.” 515428
Reposted by scotianelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150233942
Reposted by scotianIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Very clearly he thinks canada belongs to the US and he can go fuck himself 111516
Reposted by scotianGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16/09/2026a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful. 1223468332
Reposted by scotianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026new vid up at the youtube channel youtu.be/aNU0g0UExuUyoutu.beWhat Mike Johnson might do to subvert the election — and how you can stop himYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 36772159
Reposted by scotianKeith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"war ends after the midterms", "5000 buckaroos after the midterms", "gas'll get cheap after the midterm, "your kids will call you after the midterms" They know they haven't delivered, and they can't deliver, and so the entire campaign is now just "trust me bro, I'm good for it. just need more time" 928731
Reposted by scotianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election 20178341897
scotian @scotian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026boy, if that last line isn't a t-shirt slogan fit for today's internet 010
