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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

bluesky leans more liberal in my experience, whenever i check the canadian politics feed my blood pressure spikes with the pure libness on display

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

will it? nenshi is still floundering in the polls, and hasn't provided a single coherent vision for what he wants alberta to be, even up against one of the most authoritarian, unpopular, and corrupt governments in the country

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

we were poised to lose no matter what once trudeau stepped down and carney stepped up, what with trump being elected and whatnot. singh didn't help at all, and his campaign was horrible, but the decimation was out of our control (thanks, strategic voting!)

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

i agree the federal NDP is nowhere, and that singh should've been taken out of leadership after 2021, or even 2019. we had no reason to keep him on until 2025, while i respect what the CASA got us. but a large part of the loss in 2025 isn't even down to singh, it's down to the political environment.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

ANDP got elected because of vote splitting, and are official opposition because there's nowhere else for anti-UCPers to park their vote. in an environment like this, they should be sailing ahead in the polls. they are stagnant. this is because of nenshi's failure.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

yeah, and in canada where your performance is ultimately mostly up to the leader (as much as people pretend we vote for MP over party, it's not true), avi's performances stand out as outliers even despite his ultimately poor results

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

a federal party should not be taking cries of "electability" from a guy who's still losing in the polls to one of the most corrupt, unpopular, and authoritarian governments in the country

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

they weren't doing that anyway. those statements that nenshi and beck made didn't do anything but alienate progressives. they aren't winning over labour, they aren't winning over conservatives, they aren't increasing their already shitty poll numbers.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

already responded to you on a different post, but the 12% is more impressive in the face of the 2025 canadian electoral landscape, where the NDP was decimated and struggled to hold 10% ANYWHERE.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

neither of avi's ridings were left-leaning, they're liberal strongholds. he ran there because he's connected to the area, not because they were strong electoral prospects (he's said this too!)

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

i mean yeah that's what i'm saying, he's willing to work with them and trying to make the effort. i don't think there's too much to worry about on that front, at least for now

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

sorry, i meant floating above 10% specifically in a disastrous year for the NDP. in any other year it would be pretty shaky, but the NDP was decimated, and even some strongholds fell below 10%. avi's performance was very impressive considering the environment

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

from what i understand he's very willing to host honest discussions with people who disagree with him (having already reached out to leaders like beck and nenshi), the "division" seems to be coming from those who oppose him

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

to be one of the few candidates to float above 10% vote share in a riding that's been a liberal stronghold for several decades. you can say some things about avi, but his lack of electoral success is not his fault

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

the misleading part is neglecting to mention that the ridings he ran in are historically HORRIBLE for the NDP, and he actually overperformed when it came to vote share. in 2021, he got his riding's highest vote share for the NDP ever. in 2025, an electorally devastating year for the NDP, he managed

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

i don't see this happening with carney (especially if he's got a majority), but getting a wealth tax further into the public eye is ALWAYS a good thing

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

his organisational skills for his leadership campaign were pretty elite, i trust him to have the juice when it comes to a national campaign

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

can someone get me to a province that doesn't have naheed nenshi in it

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

he never ran in toronto, and when he ran federally, he did so in extremely unfriendly seats towards the NDP, increasing their vote share to insane highs historically speaking

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pizza @nicanor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Where I urge you to stop posting steam concurrent charts because you're scaring the hoes. It's me. I'm the hoes.

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The One Where I Crash Out Over Numbers

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

takes a conservative to get that law to be a bit better, then sure, let a conservative do it. i'd love for it to have been better from the start, but that's what parliament is for. the liberals and conservatives are a uniparty, the budget is a conservative budget. this is a good alteration

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

liberals are not "the left." this isn't them reaching across the aisle, this is a law being changed for the better. just because the conservatives are doing it doesn't necessarily make it wrong, even if their hit rate is abysmal. the law as it was was bad, as much of carney's work has been. if it

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

did you read the article? this is unironically one of the only good things i can remember the conservatives doing in recent times. the bill as it was was insanely problematic, and while these amendments don't fix the core problem, they sure as shit help

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

my nation has one of its greatest tragedies in recent history and all i can do is brace myself for the hate that's going to be thrown at me and my community. i truly hate it here

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

the libs would call it 4d chess, if bluesky is anything to go by

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

sophie "published poet" grace (thank you so much chrysalis for the opportunity you can get it here www.chrysalismagazine.org)

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Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Postmortem from Kaile: This year was maybe the most difficult roundup I've had to write out of the three I've been in charge of. Between the weekly roundups and the submissions y'all sent us earlier this month we had almost a THOUSAND articles to choose from.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

really was an excellent year, i'm glad to have found critical distance and i'm honoured to be a part of this roundup

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Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Thank you all for your patience! Without further ado, it's This Year In Videogame Blogging 2025, complete with a bonus This Week In Videogame Blogging, December 28, 2025! critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

that's the only win here. otherwise a carney majority terrifies me. he already doesn't listen

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"AVVIES" AWARD WINNERS THREAD. Woe be upon the winners! ❤️ Watch live 👇 www.twitch.tv/UVW_CWA

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The Avarice Awards holds a mirror to the hollow glamour of The Game Awards, as workers continue to have their livelihoods upended by mass layoffs. We are speaking truth to the powers ruining the game industry with their greed! Stream begins on December 10th at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on twitch.tv/UVW_CWA

A stained glass-style depiction of The Game Awards trophy, emerging from a bank safe with green bills pouring out the opening. Two large ominous hands hover around the trophy, one holding a scythe to its torso.

The depiction is headlined with THE AVARICE AWARDS, with details below:

PRESENTED BY UNITED VIDEOGAME WORKERS, A CODE-CWA UNION

LIVE ON DEC. 10TH AT 7 PM PT AT HTTPS://TWITCH.TV/UVW_CWA

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

i finished cosmic wheel sisterhood today. cried. that game is so ungodly good and beautiful and it hurt me so much and i love it so much. i was going to write about it but now i don't think i'm able to. i couldn't experience it in any context removed from the heartbreak i feel right now

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

signed!!!! sign this!!!!! fuck microsoft!!!

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Jaxson Tapp @jaxson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I've already been turning down covering any Microsoft-owned properties and boycotting their products, but it's nice to have concrete steps to point to as a part of the boycott. Cancel your GamePass. Don't buy Microsoft products. Don't play Microsoft games. Don't cover Microsoft games. It's so easy.

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

do you think i can get bluesky to repost me if i just say some slop about how i love their Discover Algorithm and Features

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

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hiero medão 🎃 @lesbiankakyoin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

hi i'm uh highkey desperate for some Paid Work so i'm putting myself out there (freelance & fulltime OK) i can do news, features, op-eds, interviews, reviews, u want it i got it bylines @ gameblast (PT-BR), unwinnable, into the spine, startmenu muckrack.com/hiero-de-lim... hierodelima@hotmail.com

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

he's made clear that electoral reform is a top priority of his

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

as an albertan, i think every politician should be @emilylowan.bsky.social

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

okay so learning french while also voice training may be a difficult undertaking

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sophie @wistful-grace.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

trans albertan here, no longer a child but i sure was, and it is moments like this that i genuinely wonder what can be done. everyone seems against this, everyone seemed against bill 2, everyone is against private healthcare, and yet they persist. it feels like they are an immovable object

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