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Father, husband, musician, geek, all year transport cyclist. He/him #CovidIsAirborne Filter the air. Wear a respirator mask.

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He made The Twilight Zone because twice he was told he couldn't talk directly about Emmett Till's murder on television.
That show is (in the best way) a whole pile of as many metaphors as white people could possibly need for why racism and xenophobia are bad and you should feel bad and STOP DOING IT

07.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Geordi La Forge meme where he's saying no to "I'm pro-trans, but" and saying yes to "I'm pro-trans butt"

Geordi La Forge meme where he's saying no to "I'm pro-trans, but" and saying yes to "I'm pro-trans butt"

07.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is
finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.
That's OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don't need them any longer -- But we will
remember. We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won!
President DONALD J. TRUMP

The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don't need them any longer -- But we will remember. We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP

History lesson.

Our once great ally didn't come to our aid until 1917.

Our once great ally didn't come to our aid again until 1941.

07.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 1095 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 19

They're stealing the voice of Sinead O'Connor, who risked her own career in 1992 by speaking up about child sexual abuse in the Catholic church, so let's make this theft an occasion to keep talking about Trump in the Epstein files.

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 560 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 9

There’s something that always breaks me a little by knowing that dozens of dead little kids will not make Americans rise up against their government but higher gas prices might

06.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 302 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

Thinking about how many people could be housed, fed, educated & given healthcare for each day of bombing & war breaks my heart profoundly

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kinda blows that the post WWII international order might've been preserved if Israel had done a better job jailing Netanyahu and America had done a better job jailing Trump.

06.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

A tube filled with packing peanuts?

06.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Human rights mean everybody, even the people you hate.

For instance:

I would like to see this genuinely and unrepentantly evil man tried and sentenced for his evil. And not any of the other things that might come unbidden to my mind when he has fully enraged me. Like right now.

05.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

There's an (still) empty Target in my Canadian city. I've been saying for years it could be some type of shelter for the unhoused. Expand the bathrooms for showers, communal food prep, free clinic & social worker space. It could be done

03.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It will be a fine chapter to go along with how Target over-extended and fumbled an expansion into Canada

03.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jun 21 2025 Court Crescent Drive Neighbours Gig 1
Jun 21 2025 Court Crescent Drive Neighbours Gig 1 YouTube video by Pete Lamont

Last year's Neighbour's Day in Kitchener with my band Court Crescent Drive
youtu.be/EbcWRmHsukY?...

03.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Switch from The Matrix says "Not like this."

Switch from The Matrix says "Not like this."

*Just in the LAST WEEK*:
- Prisons are experimenting on trans prisoners to "cure" them
- Kansas revoked every trans Kansan's driver's license
- Scouts agreed to ban trans kids
- Texas declared all health services stop helping trans kids
- SCOTUS declared it legal to out trans kids to abusive parents

03.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 1212 πŸ” 500 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 38
The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks
The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks YouTube video by minutephysics

Respirator masks are an amazing bit of kit. If this video doesn’t leave you in awe of them I don’t know what will.

02.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I identify and understand all parts of this reference, and I'm not sure how that makes me feel

02.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I hate how accurate this tweet is.

01.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 18901 πŸ” 5434 πŸ’¬ 427 πŸ“Œ 228

Everything goes in cycles in American politics, and when this MAGA cycle ends soon we must not forget the CEOs, law firms, and media elites who bent the knee to Trump and sold out America for money, power, and access.

02.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4253 πŸ” 1070 πŸ’¬ 227 πŸ“Œ 70

Feeding, housing, edicating, medical care for all is so, SO much cheaper & more effective at preventing crime than means-testing, policing, & prisons.
Same thing with diplomacy & aid vs war. Especially this one

02.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Does density hurt happiness? β€” Happy Cities Our new study says no.

"People want to live in complete communities with easy access to transit, shops, and parks. These types of communities are good for health and happiness." #HappyCities

02.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

In the name of all that's holy, please try to find a space within yourselves to hold more than one truth at once.

If it is bad to indiscriminately bomb the people of one country, it is bad to indiscriminately bomb the people of any country.

You DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT ANY SIDE to know that.

02.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Not that it means anything anymore, but surely starting a shooting war without going to Congress should be something worthy of another impeachment to add to his collection.

01.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 1181 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 12

The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.

28.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 11163 πŸ” 3349 πŸ’¬ 316 πŸ“Œ 184

The only acceptable dem platform is "we will do what we failed to do in both Reconstruction and Denazification, brutally punishing everyone responsible and draining the billionaires into destitution to fund the 50 year program of fixing what they destroyed", and dem leadership is incapable of this.

28.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 470 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

This will remain true as long as no member of the current administration receives any kind of actual consequences.

Think about the total lack of any kind of consequences for GW Bush's war crimes, continue to fuck things up a *quarter century* later.

28.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

He's a monster assembling his own axis of evil who want to kill babies in their quest for wars of real estate. He needs to be impeached the second you can do it.

28.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 7488 πŸ” 1210 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 39

"preemptive strikes" WAR OF AGGRESSION

28.02.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 1389 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 16337 πŸ” 5057 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 103
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The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings β€” including against state officials who help them carry it out.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

28.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 9703 πŸ” 2791 πŸ’¬ 304 πŸ“Œ 218

By the way, speaking of Obama's tan suit, not a goddamn peep that Trump announced a war while wearing a baseball cap (and no tie).

Because only the black guy is held to the standards of dress by Republicans.

28.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 4541 πŸ” 848 πŸ’¬ 237 πŸ“Œ 37

If I ever find myself noticing the attractiveness of a teenager, my process goes like this: "oh, gross. Now if I was 16 again...I would be as awkward, clueless, and unsuccessful as I was the first time." Then I move on with my day

28.02.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0