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Erin Butler

@eleighbutler.bsky.social

Many things, but mostly older than dirt.

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

He's going to announce there's a whole new level of "Clear" that he's attained, isn't he?

2/9/2025, 4:55:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The easy solution: Pay people more. It can come in a lot of forms: affordable housing, free schooling, good public transit, public health care, supported child care, or just straight-up higher pay. Those will ALL increase the birth rate. But for everyone, not just for Whites. So...

2/9/2025, 4:46:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Hate speech is useless. It provides nothing, does nothing. Hate speech enhances no freedoms, encourages no thought, and targets the vulnerable. It's used by those who want harm for no reason but power. It is, correctly, difficult to enforce Canada's hate speech laws. And they are worth having.

2/9/2025, 3:23:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Yeah, there's a month to go, but I'm booooored! So, here: a look at the Vancouver #Canucks division, far too soon! nucksmisconduct.ca/pacific-divi...

2/9/2025, 3:10:35 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Was that a practice defenestration out the White House?

1/9/2025, 11:41:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

READ TO THE END!

1/9/2025, 11:36:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

More than 50 years ago.

Peanuts cartoon showing Linus complaining about getting a measles shot until Lucy says
1/9/2025, 11:26:36 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Ah, bummer. Rest in peace, mate.

1/9/2025, 11:16:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Says the guy posting on the Racism Scam Machine.

1/9/2025, 10:33:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ๐•Š๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•’๐•– ๐”พ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐• (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

1/9/2025, 2:57:40 PM | 19403 7078 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Okay, the joke was never all THAT subtle, but holy fuck. ๐Ÿ˜†

1/9/2025, 10:14:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Love a good movie gimmick!

1/9/2025, 10:12:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

"Trump" did no such thing. Whoever wrote this did.

1/9/2025, 10:11:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Must be coming out that open window.

1/9/2025, 10:07:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Speaking of missing people...

1/9/2025, 5:14:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

You think FOX will carry it? He needs that nuanced Jesse Waters pre-digestion before he sees anything that can be considered news.

1/9/2025, 5:13:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

My email is, alas, hooped, so I'm coming here. The Dad/Mom Tax is NOT when you take your share of food early! A parent eating a slice of pizza on the way home, for instance, is simply getting their share. Properly done, it is taking a bit from the child, ie. like the tip of their ice cream cone.

1/9/2025, 5:11:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

I don't trust purposeless flag-waving. A sports event? Sure. Canada Day? Makes sense. Otherwise? Hm.

1/9/2025, 3:06:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Blindfolded three-year-olds on ice skates.

1/9/2025, 3:02:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

He doesn't have friends. Just temporarily useful sychophants who think they can control him. They always - always - get thrown under the bus the instant it's useful for him to do so. A lifelong pattern.

1/9/2025, 2:24:50 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope his insurance company denies him.

1/9/2025, 12:11:23 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

"NOOOO! CHILLLLLDREEEENNN!"

1/9/2025, 12:10:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Right answer.

31/8/2025, 10:18:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The first time I ever tried to pronounce "paradigm" in public was in front of my future mother-in-law.

31/8/2025, 9:24:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Anyone can read this and learn from it. I'm a White Canadian on the West Coast and I learned from it. And it applies here and in the interior of my home province.

31/8/2025, 9:22:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a small handful of Republicans could stop all of this. They're choosing not to.

31/8/2025, 8:49:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Man, he's going to be there all week! Music to his ears!

31/8/2025, 6:53:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously, if people don't understand the words, then they failed. Between the decade+ they've been used and the context clues around them, anyone claiming to be confused is just lying.

31/8/2025, 5:36:04 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted

โ€œLetโ€™s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.โ€ So opens โ€œA Talk to Teachers,โ€ which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.

31/8/2025, 2:52:31 PM | 4165 1148 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

"There's more of us than there are of you!"

31/8/2025, 5:30:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

When, this year? Good Lord. Keeping that champagne handy...

31/8/2025, 5:25:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

"East Coast beaches warn of excessive fecal counts." Okay, guys, we get it. You're trying to get RFK Jr. to bring his family swimming. Jeeze, pander much?

31/8/2025, 4:15:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The Republicans can stop all of this at any time. They're choosing not to.

31/8/2025, 3:15:11 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

You knew it was going to be weird culture war stuff. But did you also know it's useless?

31/8/2025, 12:58:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

FINALLY, an excuse to try out some urban legends!

31/8/2025, 4:30:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Can't have colourful streets in Florida, don'cha'no! People might think they like joy or happiness there!

31/8/2025, 4:20:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Who is this? No link, no story. Sorry.

31/8/2025, 4:18:05 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

The hilarious thing is they brought it on themselves.

31/8/2025, 4:14:17 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

He's desperately looking for a time when people loved him online. "Guys? Hey, guys? 'Member when...?"

31/8/2025, 4:13:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

I do hope the people who can end this stupidity have looked over what the response was to even the rumour that he died. Welcome to your future, kids.

31/8/2025, 4:11:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Eh, it's good practice. I do hope the people who can stop this stupidity have looked over what the response was to even the rumour that he died. Because there's your future, kids.

31/8/2025, 4:11:15 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Public shaming has a purpose.

31/8/2025, 3:06:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Eh, good practice run. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

31/8/2025, 3:05:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Dang it! Now I want to read it!

31/8/2025, 2:36:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

What, treating housing as a right? What's next? Food and water?

31/8/2025, 1:07:24 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, is THAT where they are!

31/8/2025, 1:01:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Bury him under his wife, and you'll never find him.

30/8/2025, 10:22:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll raise you one Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party in Canada. The Emptiest of Empty Suits. And he doesn't even have a book.

30/8/2025, 10:21:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Closure is a false narrative. However...

30/8/2025, 10:19:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julie Lynn (@bellafortunate.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 5:22:43 AM | 1102 136 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Most people want to do good. And there's more of us than there are of them.

30/8/2025, 9:01:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey, it's not like they're well-known for bright colours in public spaces! Doesn't everyone think "grey misery" when they think of Florida?

30/8/2025, 8:59:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Have champagne waiting, either way. If it's good news, celebration! If it's not, condolence!

30/8/2025, 8:48:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The passive voice makes *magic* happen!

30/8/2025, 8:46:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Putting Death of Stalin on repeat this weekend.

30/8/2025, 7:01:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm up for letting BYD into Canada. I drive a Nissan Leaf, but still.

30/8/2025, 7:00:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

And he got promoted to general after he committed treason. He didn't earn the title; it was handed to him.

30/8/2025, 6:58:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The champers is chilling. It's in place. It can wait.

30/8/2025, 3:15:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

I suspect this will last as long as their other anti-constitutional efforts.

30/8/2025, 12:54:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

"Nervous Laugh" is otherwise known as "reaction # 4" in his mental rolodex for when he has to talk to anyone normal. Can be accidentally triggered by nervousness.

29/8/2025, 9:57:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Two years running, now. Oops!

A text exchange.
29/8/2025, 9:46:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

We're starting to get more interest from sports teams, too.

29/8/2025, 9:38:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Oh, very good.

29/8/2025, 9:30:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

This is why it will not hold when he dies. Pure cult of personality.

29/8/2025, 9:28:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

YES! THIS will help, but boy is it going to need to be protected from legislators.

29/8/2025, 9:24:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Vanessa Williamson (@vanessawilliamson.bsky.social) reposted

If you are interested in what is happening in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant these days โ€ช@maustermuhle.bsky.socialโ€ฌ โ€ฌ at @51st.news has written the best article I've seen.

28/8/2025, 8:40:41 PM | 424 173 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Both the Vancouver #Canucks and the Abbotsford Canucks are getting ready for the new season. But Abby needs to see what their parent club does before they can fill their roster. nucksmisconduct.ca/rebuilding-a...

29/8/2025, 7:56:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The crown jewel is paste. The rest of the administration eats paste.

29/8/2025, 7:45:13 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

There is no world, no story, no legend where these are the good guys. None.

29/8/2025, 7:33:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Trump is Roko's Basilisk.

29/8/2025, 7:32:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

"It's trans drugs!" "Nonsense, but let's play. How many shootings would have been stopped if that were true? Of the over 1,000 mass shootings in the past decade, how many would have been stopped?"

29/8/2025, 7:12:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

We built a little tunnel for our dogs to get into the back yard whenever they're at home, and they can keep each other company. For longer trips, it's a kennel (they're friendly) or ideally having a neighbour come by. Small towns, man. They work. 8-)

29/8/2025, 7:10:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

I love the Lionsgate schtick of a theatre with treadmills where if you drop below a certain speed, you'll be escorted out of the screening. That's awesome. But I would think twice about going into that theatre afterwards. That's gonna have some kind of BO going on!

29/8/2025, 6:32:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

That's it. I'm getting the spray bottle.

29/8/2025, 6:25:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Nothing like treating the military as your personal binky.

29/8/2025, 2:31:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Mind your jurisdiction. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

29/8/2025, 2:27:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

3/3 I often hear that I should respect other people's ideas, and mostly agree with the sentiment. But these "ideas" behind the book bans are tired. We've already gone over them. There's nothing here. What the heck am I supposed to respect?

29/8/2025, 1:53:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

2/3 It's done by people who are scared and easily confused, but instead of reading them they panic. Banning ones by non-white people is predictable, too. People who are outside the mainstream are more likely to discuss challenging ideas. And they don't like people exploring challenging ideas.

29/8/2025, 1:53:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Banning books, Alberta? Really? Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tale, and 1984 seem a little on the nose, but they're traditional in a book ban, I suppose. Banning books specifically discussing sexuality is, again, obvious. And cowardly. 1/3

29/8/2025, 1:53:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

David. Fucking. Brooks. THAT dipshit's going to give me any advice on, well, anything, really. But ESPECIALLY on what "love" means? The guy who married his decades-younger research assistant? Yeah. No.

29/8/2025, 5:56:05 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The "art of the deal" guy failing with his one tactic: bullying. Effective when the people are poorer than you are. It's the only thing he's ever done, and the only thing he's capable of doing. His genius, three-step plan: 1) Bully; 2) Bully LOUDER; 3) Fold immediately.

29/8/2025, 5:45:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

He's also kinda "mafia-coded" in his communication style. That's probably just a Chicago speech pattern, but damn near anything can make Lord Dampnut wet himself.

29/8/2025, 5:43:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

The "Art of the Deal" guy has only ever had a single tactic: bully. If it doesn't work, get louder! Then, if that doesn't work, fold. That's it. That's the extent of his "genius" - to be richer or more belligerent than the other guy.

29/8/2025, 5:41:21 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, so what the fuck is he going to do to repair the damage?

29/8/2025, 2:56:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

It's there, so use it!

29/8/2025, 2:51:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Die, Motherfucker, Die, Motherfucker, Die!

29/8/2025, 2:51:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep. There are enough in the cult of personality that it will not hold when he's gone.

29/8/2025, 2:49:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

His first cabinet meeting last time was the exact same.

28/8/2025, 5:06:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A handful of Republicans can stop this at any time. They are choosing not to.

28/8/2025, 3:05:39 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans can stop all this at any time. They're choosing not to.

28/8/2025, 3:03:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Image is important. We repeatedly tell ourselves what we want to be.

28/8/2025, 3:02:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Big reason why they've avoided town halls and any non-friendly media. Same's happening in democracies around the world. The right-wing politicians are avoiding talking to people when they can.

28/8/2025, 2:46:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

This is IDU playbook stuff. Right-wing politicians have been avoiding public interviews and town halls in democracies at an unprecedented rate in Canada and the US. "Friendly" media only for them.

28/8/2025, 2:44:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

Accessories really complete a look.

28/8/2025, 6:45:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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27/8/2025, 6:04:37 PM | 3306 1023 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

So many musical genres await Billy Pain. There's gotta be a dozen of them out there right now.

28/8/2025, 6:36:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

"Fuck you, make me" is the right choice.

28/8/2025, 6:33:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Who can tell?

27/8/2025, 9:48:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)

One ex-NFLer whose memory works just fine.

27/8/2025, 9:42:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, so they've _approved_ the vaccines, but don't know why vaccines work. Great.

27/8/2025, 9:36:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view