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Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

@diogenesvs.bsky.social

Canadian with Ukrainian DNA. Citizen of the world. Not young enough to know everything, too old to change.

created September 16, 2024

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope it's more than a Bluesky blowup.

4/9/2025, 2:21:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amir Attaran (@amirattaran.bsky.social) reposted

Best piece Iโ€™ve ever read on why Brexit happened. www.economist.com/britain/2025...

4/9/2025, 3:43:22 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Polycrisis is a great way to describe what happened. But I'm still in awe of what the EU project has achieved. For those who have not read the memo, the US is now in a polycrisis The outcome will be far worse than Brexit. We live in interesting times.

4/9/2025, 8:12:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

You seem like a nice person. We should get to know one another. You know where to reach me. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

28/8/2025, 8:33:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) reposted

Jon Stewart digs into Trump's perverse take on presidential power

27/8/2025, 6:09:56 PM | 749 173 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

And Canada is better for it.

28/8/2025, 7:19:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I know the internet needs a sarcasm font but we're almost at the point where sarcasm and irony are found buried together in Pere Lachaise near the final resting place of Jim Morrison.

26/8/2025, 5:24:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

Democracy Now does a better job than any mainstream media I follow or subscribe to. The US empire is collapsing into fascism while the MSM explains how to boil a frog.

26/8/2025, 5:17:07 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I see. At first I could not believe that they told you that you could not wear THAT kind of scarf. But then I hear Toronto security is often confused and so is Toronto.

26/8/2025, 2:23:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) reposted

A woman gave me this scarf. I didn't think twice about wearing it to Oasis. Three different security guards told me that my scarf wasnโ€™t permitted in the stadium. They said Palestinian symbols werenโ€™t allowed. Whatโ€™s the story, morning glory? The scarf loved the show.

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26/8/2025, 1:48:31 PM | 289 47 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

What did you say to those security guards Charlie?

26/8/2025, 2:04:43 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

A screenshot of the Israeli legal team and a selection of their pleadings before the ICJ in 2024. #FreePalestine

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25/8/2025, 4:09:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

If I use AI to verify that you worked for McKinsey & 'Fucker, Fucker & Fuckerson', I am certain it will think a long time and a little coaxing before saying "Yes. It's true". I don't have a linkedin account anymore. Maybe I should sign up AGAIN.

25/8/2025, 9:32:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Roan (@rmbloom.bsky.social) reposted

Iโ€™m impressed. Now do Palestine. And no, itโ€™s not asking too much.

24/8/2025, 9:04:13 PM | 165 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

Just watched the 3rd episode of South Park season 27. ChatGPT, techbros bearing gifts (Hi Tim Cook!) & a tiny penis on the refurbished Trump memorial in DC. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

24/8/2025, 5:59:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

"Give us a place to stand ๐ŸŽต And a place to grow And call this land On-tare-ee-oo ๐ŸŽถ A place to stand, a place to grow mm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm" ๐Ÿคญ

23/8/2025, 12:02:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

It will be successfully appealed, even if it has to be decided by the Supreme Court. The court jester has proclaimed "It's an emergency! Every damn thing is an emergency!" People in Washington DC have not been able to go to a restaurant in 4 years! Big strong men, with tears in their eyes.

22/8/2025, 1:51:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Stephen Marche should interview Charlie Angus. O maybe Charlie Angus could interview Stephen Marche. Either one works for me. #GlovesOff #ElbowsUp #TheResistance cc: @stephenmarche.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social

22/8/2025, 1:44:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

No offense John, but AI moderation of AI generated slop on the internet kind of describes what happened at Chernobyl or Three Mile Island.

22/8/2025, 12:10:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

These sanctions are reported in the Guardian and CBC. Why are they not in the New York Times? Haha. Just kidding. I don't expect you to have an answer for that.

21/8/2025, 10:51:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Air Passenger Rights (@airpassengerrights.ca) reposted

WATCH: Tips on how to recoup expenses if affected by Air Canada strike (CityNews) www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sb...

21/8/2025, 1:57:20 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

20/8/2025, 7:08:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Take the time to listen to Stephen Marche's 'Gloves Off' podcast. Finland has done what Canada should be doing. I wish Carney could appoint the best people in Canada to be ministers instead of the collection of idiots who survived another election.

19/8/2025, 5:09:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Needless to say, I was running out of patience. These were that last 2 replies before I gave up. Conclusion: Why would I trust any AI at this point? Why would I hand over any money to something that sounds as credible as a time-share salesman? /done

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19/8/2025, 4:32:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

At this point I notice the icon that allowed me to upload an image had disappeared. I had this great graph, a screenshot, that I could no longer upload. So I posed this question. It did not go as expected. /7 (almost done)

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19/8/2025, 4:26:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I asked how many Palestinian were killed in 2023; the first 3 months of the war. The answer was total bullshit. I asked it to generate a chart to compare it with the one I have. /6

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19/8/2025, 4:11:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

So I added these follow-ups. /5

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19/8/2025, 4:01:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I noticed I could upload an image. So I uploaded an image I had and asked "what is this?" (forgive the typo) The answer was pretty impressive. /4

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19/8/2025, 3:54:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

So I had to ask these questions... Wait. It gets better. /3

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19/8/2025, 3:45:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

"About 1200" Israeli's were killed on Oct 7. I read that in almost every article about the Gaza war that appears in the MSM. I asked ChatGPT4o-mini for a pie-chart of civilians, soldiers and border guards killed that day. It didn't make a visual but it provided this chart. /2

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19/8/2025, 3:38:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I've never understood Meersheimer's take on Ukraine given his clear-eyed views on Israel & Palestine. It's like a version of Zionism for Russia written by Putin. Ukraine does not exist. It's always been Russian. I know about the Holodomor. I'm Ukrainian by blood. #SlavaUkraini

19/8/2025, 2:47:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

I can't gift this op-ed but I can certainly recommend it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...

19/8/2025, 2:37:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

AI has enabled new ways to commit fraud. Ask AI about significant swindles using AI and it will tell you. Ask AI for the most significant advancement, achievement, invention or insight that has come from AI. Because almost nobody knows of any.

19/8/2025, 10:07:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amir Attaran (@amirattaran.bsky.social) reposted

This is Carneyโ€™s first major error. A back-to-work order clearly violates the workersโ€™ Charter right to strike. A right the Supreme Court declared in 2015. I am glad the workers are defying it.

17/8/2025, 6:09:18 PM | 7 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Sam Altman says many silly things, but he has the sad eyes of a gentle dog patiently waiting for another cookie.

17/8/2025, 1:33:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

Then Sam sez... www.wired.com/story/sam-al... I'd like to ask @pkrugman.bsky.social what he thinks about this and what it's like to be a "Deranged BUM".

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17/8/2025, 10:34:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Ask ChatGPT questions about the Israeli-Gaza war. Questions to which the answers seem obvious now. Is it genocide? Is it ethnic cleansing? The bullshit begins quickly and never lets up. They want me to pay for this?

17/8/2025, 7:07:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

It's funny how Canada went berserk over two Michaels detained by China but do nothing about scores of Canadians detained by the US.

16/8/2025, 6:57:54 AM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. It's REAL? I was going to ask you if you ate the chocolate inside.

15/8/2025, 5:46:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) reposted

WestJet debuts new slogan: โ€œAir Canada, but somehow worse.โ€

15/8/2025, 4:54:25 PM | 354 66 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

That was a great conversation. Thank you DN.

15/8/2025, 3:43:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democracy Now! (@democracynow.org) reposted

John Mearsheimer vs. Matt Duss: A Debate on Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine, Russia & Paths to Peace

15/8/2025, 3:01:26 PM | 32 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

Forgive me while I use this old expression. I'm a senior. This is awkward.

13/8/2025, 9:43:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

When are we going to stop calling them 'settlers' and start calling them 'terrorists'? Because that is what these Israeli settlers 'appear' to be. www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...

13/8/2025, 8:37:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tim Berners-Lee (@timbl.bsky.social) reposted

๐Ÿ™ to the brilliant and magnificent @stephenfry.bsky.social for giving his time to record my audiobook THIS IS FOR EVERYONE ๐ŸŒ Pre-order and book tour dates @ www.timbl.com/thisisforeve... www.thebookseller.com/news/stephen...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee sat next to Stephen Fry holding the cover of Tim's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE
12/8/2025, 7:23:50 PM | 87 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

No worries. Fox can fall back to the ADP Jobs report. Remember the one that made Maria Baritromo's eyes bug out when she saw them live? The bad numbers that everybody forgot about when the BLS numbers reported the next day were much better than those ADP numbers? There have been corrections. ๐Ÿค”

12/8/2025, 7:12:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Here are a few of the opening arguments by the crackerjack Israeli legal team at the International Court of Justice last year...

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12/8/2025, 2:25:14 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

I've listened to every episode of "Gloves Off" and I just finished "The Next Civil War". I don't always agree with Marche. Indigo is not just a 'Jewish owned' bookstore. But this is right up there with his best. Charlie Angus, Mike Meyers and Jeet Heer would probably ๐Ÿ‘. #GlovesOff #ElbowsUp

11/8/2025, 8:18:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted

NIH scientists say that mRNA vaccines have saved untold thousands of lives. A heroin addled nepo baby whose brain was partially eaten by a worm says mRNA vaccines are worthless and even dangerous. For busy medical patients, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's not forget Ontario.

9/8/2025, 2:24:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amir Attaran (@amirattaran.bsky.social) reposted

Itโ€™s time for a total embargo on Israel. No trade in or out unless itโ€™s aid for Gaza. No passenger planes either. Let the Israelis live under siege along with the Palestinians until they change course.

8/8/2025, 12:22:17 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

The esteemed Andrew Coyne steps up to the podium to conduct the Hasbara Symphony Orchestra in a stirring rendition of "Folks, It Ain't a Genocide". No paywall. It's free. Which is exactly what this op-ed is worth.

8/8/2025, 6:24:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

I look back at my home province and just shake my head. Corruption and incompetence at the highest levels. Ignore science and the opinions of most; just go with the vibes. And be a bully. Do everything you can to win. Fuck the rules.

7/8/2025, 4:18:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Imagine how much $ could be saved and redirected to building a nuclear reactor on the moon.

6/8/2025, 5:27:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Planes are colliding, but our reality TV personality and avocational stripper Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, remains laser-focused on what matters: rainbow crosswalks. This administration is always more interested in trolling than doing its job. www.metroweekly.com/2025/07/sean...

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

What we need here is an excerpt from "Apple in China" to illustrate how meager and empty this pledge really is.

6/8/2025, 4:48:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

Everybody should watch this interview. I โ™ฅ๏ธ Democracy Now!

6/8/2025, 4:42:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

If you think Ben & Jerry's ice cream is the answer, I think you should visit Italy.

6/8/2025, 4:35:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

This is awkward. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

6/8/2025, 4:12:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry, I inferred. You didn't mention pasteurization. I know what blue cheese is. Meat and vegetables also can contain those same pathogens. I just see a lot more occurrences in North America than I do here. I also see a lot more variety in dairy foods here than I do in Canada. I've been spoiled.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

Bob Dylan said it best in Subterranean Homesick Blues... "The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles"

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Sorry dude. I live in Europe. Supply management is only one way to make it safe and it's definitely not the best way to make it cheap. I love blue cheese. It has mould. I never get sick from food here.

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I keep telling friends we are witnessing the fall of the American empire. There will be a civil war. They think I'm crazy. I can't change much. So all I try to do is enjoy the bonfire from a safe distance.

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Profile picture Amir Attaran (@amirattaran.bsky.social) reposted

MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY for Canada to become the world leader in mRNA vaccines, for cheap. Just woo the scientists here.

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"Democracy Dies in Darkness" would be a great Jeff Bezos tombstone epitaph. Just kidding. Bezos deserves a magnificent mausoleum. Maybe the Taj Mahal will go up for sale.

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The could send Evan Dyer but I'm sure Brodie Fenlon would never sign off on that. I have this idea on how to cut some CBC expenses,

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

This is not dementia. This is not cognitive decline. This is just plain old stupid. And he keeps repeating this.

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Hey Australia! Let's go Australia! Time to recognize the state of Palestine. Join the club. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/... #FreePalestine

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I think we can all agree the Holocaust was a genocide but that it was not the only genocide. Gaza is also a genocide.

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Profile picture Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) reposted

The idea that employee well being is important to companies is well and truly dead. This article documents this shift in employee relations where even companies with a reputation for pampering employees, like Google, are asking for 60 hour work weeks in the office or else.

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I've worked 80 hour weeks and the weekends as they dangled bonuses, profit share, and other carrots on a stick. Then I said stop treating me like a jackass. I've gone to court to to sue for profit sharing. Trust me. Howard Levitt is an asshole who now profits handsomely from others working for him.

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Profile picture George Conway ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

The whole episode is worth watching. youtu.be/wolqWDmbp4A?...

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@bsky.app I have made a little more than 300 posts but I can't see the first posts I made. The oldest post I can see is 9 months ago. What gives?

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France, the UK, Canada, & Portugal join Spain, Ireland, Norway and so many others in recognizing the state of Palestine. Come on Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. You can do it. #FreePalestine

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Profile picture iAnnet (@iannet.bsky.social) reposted

SIT-IN & protest for GAZA yesterday, Amsterdam. Raise your voice world! By @iannet.nl Whispering Media #Amsterdam #Gazastarving #Gaza #Israel #WhisperingMedia #sitin

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Profile picture Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) reposted

Please read my reflection on the Second Tower Principle. US democracy and the international rules based order is disintegrating.. Like folks in the second tower, some see the danger and refuse to sit still. Others assure us life will go back to normal. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-second...

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Profile picture Alex Neve (@alexneve.bsky.social) reposted

Some thoughts on yesterday's announcement from PM @mark-carney.bsky.social about an intention to recognize the State of Palestine in 6 weeks or so. This is but one step, long overdue (statehood should never have been withheld). There is much more that Canada can - and must - do.

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Profile picture Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) reposted

Scottish guy living in Costa Rica writing for an American owned paper who regularly stumps for the Poilievre Conservatives has an opinion on how Canada should address the genocide.

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Remember that time Trudeau almost accidentally called for a 'ceasefire'. ๐Ÿ™„

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Profile picture The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) reposted

Western World to recognize Palestine as a state in September if itโ€™s still there

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I'm sorry but I disagree that Canadians at large act so fuckin' superior. And I don't think you're right about our chief export. But you're spot on with that list of bigots and shitbags and for nominating Kevin O'Leary (Mr. Wonderful) for a lifetime achievement award.

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Oh man. Watch this.

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Profile picture PEIPolitical ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@peipolitical.bsky.social) reposted

With the upcoming by-election in Battle River-Crowfoot .... Roman Danylo strikes again. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘ #cdnpoli

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Profile picture Amir Attaran (@amirattaran.bsky.social) reposted

And so should Canada.

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The Trump half-life is referred to as the TACO curve. It is not of function of time, but stupidity. This makes it harder to predict events because the depths of stupidity have never been charted.

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Profile picture The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (@lastword.msnbc.com) reposted

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump has never said 'I wish her well' to any Epstein victims, just Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/RrIGsqWvmSU?...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Trump:
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I canceled my subscription back when the WP decided NOT to endorse a presidential candidate. But they had my money for the year and Bezos did not get rich giving refunds from *his* wallet. So I can still read everything till August 3. Fuck you Bezos. I'll never use Amazon again.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

@bsky.app Some of my first posts in late October '23 included a thread about the Israel-Gaza "war". I stand by those posts. I can't even see them anymore. So I can't repost them. Bluesky is no Twitter. You are such a disappointment.

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Here is my song, for the asking www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/o...

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This is not artificial intelligence but it soon will be. This is a Bret Stephens opinion column in the New York Times. Resistance is futile. We are the Borg. Eat your AI slop or there will be no pudding.

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Profile picture The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) reposted

Canada: โ€œWe are prepared to issue as many empty statements as necessary to stop this genocideโ€

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Profile picture Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted

Worth a read.

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Profile picture Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) reposted

The New York Times isn't a newspaper, it's a lifestyle brand. It's an accessory that its subscribers can flaunt to achieve their desired self-image as cultivated, sober thinkers. It is written to pair perfectly with tortoise-shell designer frames and a tastefully understated cardigan.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

This is so good. So many quotables.

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Profile picture Double Down News (@doubledown.news) reposted

Israel's DARK SECRET Genocide Economy EXPOSED

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Profile picture omerbartov.bsky.social (@omerbartov.bsky.social) reposted

My NYT op-ed this morning Iโ€™m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

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That is soooo insane. Wondering when Danielle will shoot a dog out of compassion.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social) reply parent

The good news is that Alberta reports it's measles cases. www.alberta.ca/measles The bad news is that the outbreak in Alberta rivals the USA. That's awkward.

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Profile picture Jim Sontag ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ (@diogenesvs.bsky.social)

We also need to talk about genocide & ethnic cleansing. About 58,000 killed in revenge. About how Israel is killing 100 Gazans a day as they beg for food at ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ humanitarian points. But, yeah, how about that antisemitism? No paywall. No surprise. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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When can we stop calling them "settlers"? They're terrorists, thugs, thieves, and heinous criminals. But if they're Israeli, the world calls them "settlers", like they're characters from Little House On The Prairie.

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