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Wendel

@wendelschwab.bsky.social
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Post-secondary English instructor, political science minor, Trekkie/Niner, settler/Canadian, Northern BC, nerd. A proletariat of the intelligentsia.

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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is literally my wife right now.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/09/2026
David J. Climenhaga: “After the ballots have been counted, Alberta will be angrier, more divided, more radicalized and, not incidentally, a worse place to invest money than it was before.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The UCP’s Referendum Is Heading to a Disastrous Outcome | The Tyee
Whatever happens on Oct. 19, Alberta will be a worse place.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hahaha, the Hollywood Reporter article that says this was in error and now they've printed a correction.
A screenshot of a Hollywood Reporter article that says:

"As befitting a filmmaker who is known for his meticulous attention to detail in capturing AC time period, when it comes to dialogue, sources say that this adaptation will feature actors speaking in Elizabethan English (aka early modern English), with lines straight from the play."A screenshot of the same Hollywood Reporter article that says:

"A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the script was in Olde English."
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's my dream to build a sailing ship on the top of a mountain so everyone who sees it goes "how did a sailing ship get on top of a mountain!??"
A picture of me standing in front of the Rocky Mountains in Banff National Park.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This column by @althiaraj.bsky.social is a good summation of the red flags around this bill. And I say that as someone who has been raising alarms about our particular moment in history for a while. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Signing this petition to terminate the Canada–Israel Free Trade Agreement. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7694 - Petitions
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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 18/09/2026
10 referendum questions, one clear choice. Vote to Stay in Canada and say No to the Nine. On October 19, vote with Alberta’s Voice. 🇨🇦🔗 albertasvoice.ca #alberta #abpoli #ableg #referendum
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Signing this petition to terminate the Canada–Israel Free Trade Agreement. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7694 - Petitions
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
No candidate, regardless of party, will ever get my vote if they call me a "biological man" and advocate for laws targeting my community. Its that simple.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 10/09/2026
"Let’s be clear from the start that Alberta separatism is a white nationalist and Christian nationalist project," writes @journodale.bsky.social xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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The free future Alberta separatists promise is a facade | Xtra Magazine
Code words like “parental rights” and terms like “lawful” sexual orientation in separatist documents should be taken as warning signs
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samantha @commiesamantha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
if the democratic party wants my vote they should probably stop actively telling me to go fuck myself for opposing a genocide
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Punishing Cofnas might only encourage more mentally ill people to commit suicide, hoping in the midst of their despair that their enemies would be punished if they kill themselves." Fuck you very much, John K Wilson. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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In Defense of Nathan Cofnas
We must not abandon academic freedom and punish anyone for being a harsh critic, even when there are tragic results.
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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another sad day today, though it's obvious what happened. Tim Curry didn't want to live in a world without Dolly Parton, so he gave up. He is butling in heaven now.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Holy shit! I'm just now learning that tragically recently passed away famed philanthropist and amazing person Dolly Parton was also a singer and a songwriter! Huh, I wonder if her music is any good.
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet? Here ya go...
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a genuinely good, kind, caring person. I can't imagine the world without her; it's much darker today without her in it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton has died at 80
people.com
Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80, Just 4 Days After Saying, ‘I Still Have so Many Things I Want to Achieve’
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. The country music legend was known for songs including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5.” She also starred in movies like ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘T...
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra, 80,000 elementary educators have to order classroom supplies from Staples this year instead of from their school boards. I decided to do a little comparison shopping for school supplies many of us will have to order over the course of a school year. 🧵 #OntEd
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I signed this petition so fast: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7531 - Petitions
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 17/07/2026
I found this quote from Riley Gaines to be really striking. Straight-up conceding that the purpose of trans sports bans is to normalize transphobia, and to give "ordinary" people "more cover" expressing it in public. ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/anti-trans...
In the paragraph that follows, I am going to briefly subject you to something that, if I were not writing a newsletter, I would not ask my worst enemy to read: insights from the mind of Riley Gaines, whose ability to parlay a fifth-place finish at a college swim meet into a career as an anti-trans podcaster is a tribute to what late-stage capitalism can accomplish.

“I think we’re going to continue to see movement and allow the people’s voice to be heard, especially in some of those purple states,” Gaines told Politico last month, after the Supreme Court in West Virginia v. B.P.J. upheld state lawmakers’ power to bar trans girls from playing women’s sports. “Each major decision gives your ordinary person more cover to say something that…was the standard, like the default position to take, really not that long ago.”

In other words, B.P.J. is not (only) about keeping girls like 16-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson from playing on the same team as her friends. It is about empowering people to feel more comfortable expressing rank bigotry in public.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 19/07/2026
L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has died at 59 following a battle with brain cancer. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist, Dead at 59
Jennifer Finch, the longtime bassist for influential rock group L7, has died at age 59.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/07/2026
When Mitch McConnell dies (if he's not already gone) they're gonna try to shame us into being nice about him. We don't need to play along.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Over on Twitter, Elon Musk removed all the "leftist" coded .gifs, if you're wondering how things are going there.
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Arfin: Ontario Needs A Better Liberal Party open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...
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Arfin: Ontario Needs A Better Liberal Party
On The Unready OLP
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Until the majority of white Americans decide that their ability to live a good life is more valuable to them than terrorizing and killing Black & Brown people at home and abroad we will never move forward as a nation
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My latest YouTube video is up! This one is about Elon Musk being awful and dangerous
youtube.com
Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society
YouTube video by Thor Benson
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Smith pushes another word salad referendum opening the door to breaking up the country. So why would Mark Carney continue promoting a pipeline with her? Isn't Canada worth more than the interests of oil executives in Calgary and Houston? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be able to vote in the fall on whether they want the province to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The normalization of far-right ideas continues as Curtis Yarvin and Lauren Southern are invited to a glitzy tech conference in Vancouver - which several Canadian politicians also attended. Full story here, no paywall: thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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Far-Right Speakers Given a Perch at Vancouver’s Web Summit | The Tyee
Pro-dictatorship Curtis Yarvin, Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern and a vaccine basher addressed the tech confab.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
They're just building AM from the classic sci-fi short story "Don't Build AM (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)."
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 06/05/2026
The Nazis burned #books in 1933. Most people don’t know this bonfire consumed books on #LGBTQ rights, sex science, and the proper medical support for #transgender people; Magnus Hirschfeld’s library up in smoke as the very first target. Why? Because equity/acceptance/access threatens fascists. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️
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The Intermediaries
Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction <br /><br /> A <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> and <em> Boston Globe</em> Best Book of the Year <br /><br /> The fascinating histor...
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Just got one of these:
An Emergency Alert sent to a cell phone that was a test of the emergency alert system.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a giant elemental being made out of plants and vegetation stands, arms outstretched, in front of a small crowd of people. It says, “Humans! I am the spirit of all plant matter!” Panel 2: the elemental being solemnly continues, “You may call me… George Bush.” Panel 3: the crowd of people is standing around looking at each other awkwardly, unsure how to respond.
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Rachael Nevins ❌👑 @rachaelnevins.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Everyone on Twitter hates David Cross and are trying to destroy him because he defended trans children to Bill Maher and made him look foolish.
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Jacob @tullamore-jew.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
It's been clear for a hot minute an anti-autism diagnosis campaign is in the works but I am truly stunned they are literally just going for the Detransitioner playbook
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Over on Twitter, Grok translate is serving up fresh hot propaganda instead of straight translations.
The original text, in Spanish by Twitter user BlackMaps
@maps_black, says:

"¿Cuál es tu opinión sobre ISRAEL 🇮🇱?"

It is accompanied by an infographic map showing the bottom of North America and South America showing the approval/disapproval rates for Israel. It is overwhelmingly negative.The text, translated from the previous post, by Grok, says:

"My opinion on Israel 🇮🇱? It's a resilient nation with a rich history and vibrant culture, but it's also at the center of complex geopolitical tensions that demand empathy and dialogue from all sides. What's yours?"

The same infographic as seen previously is below.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is shocking. Clearview Township in Ontario is an incredibly gross and racist place. byblacks.com/news/item/38...
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I Bought Land In Small Town Ontario. It Turned Into The Fight Of My Life - ByBlacks.com | #1 online magazine for Black Canadians
Angelina Williams bought 172 acres to build a dream retreat north of Toronto. What followed was a battle for her right to exist on her own land.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Over on Twitter, Grok translate is serving up fresh hot propaganda instead of straight translations.
The original text, in Spanish by Twitter user BlackMaps
@maps_black, says:

"¿Cuál es tu opinión sobre ISRAEL 🇮🇱?"

It is accompanied by an infographic map showing the bottom of North America and South America showing the approval/disapproval rates for Israel. It is overwhelmingly negative.The text, translated from the previous post, by Grok, says:

"My opinion on Israel 🇮🇱? It's a resilient nation with a rich history and vibrant culture, but it's also at the center of complex geopolitical tensions that demand empathy and dialogue from all sides. What's yours?"

The same infographic as seen previously is below.
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Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It's interesting because Vic Fontaine is in like 8 episodes of DS9 over two seasons of 51 episodes total (52 if you count "What We Leave Behind" as two episodes), but he looms so large that it feels like he was on the show constantly. The same for Kai Winn, who was actually only in 14 episodes.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Trust me, disabled people feel this hostility acutely.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift. Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Posting this in the hopes it can be manifested: Palantir's greatest source of profit comes from underpaying its so-called "forward-deployed engineers." They are paid well, but only a fraction of their value to the company. They should be encouraged to unionize.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
i support whichever candidate will vow to eradicate palantir and its owners
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 19/04/2026
The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
They mocked the field of gender studies as meaningless, but I think they really just knew it was onto them. They're the softest bunch of insecure little manchildren play-acting what they have been told is manly and macho. (gift link)
nytimes.com
In Trump’s Orbit, Women Aren’t the Only Ones Concerned About Their Looks
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