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?
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He's going to announce there's a whole new level of "Clear" that he's attained, isn't he?
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...
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.
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...
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Was that a practice defenestration out the White House?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
READ TO THE END!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Ah, bummer. Rest in peace, mate.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Says the guy posting on the Racism Scam Machine.
๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ (@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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Okay, the joke was never all THAT subtle, but holy fuck. ๐
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Love a good movie gimmick!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
"Trump" did no such thing. Whoever wrote this did.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Must be coming out that open window.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Speaking of missing people...
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.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
I don't trust purposeless flag-waving. A sports event? Sure. Canada Day? Makes sense. Otherwise? Hm.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Blindfolded three-year-olds on ice skates.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope his insurance company denies him.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
"NOOOO! CHILLLLLDREEEENNN!"
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Right answer.
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.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Such a small handful of Republicans could stop all of this. They're choosing not to.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Man, he's going to be there all week! Music to his ears!
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.
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
โLetโs begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.โ So opens โA Talk to Teachers,โ which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
"There's more of us than there are of you!"
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
When, this year? Good Lord. Keeping that champagne handy...
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?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republicans can stop all of this at any time. They're choosing not to.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
You knew it was going to be weird culture war stuff. But did you also know it's useless?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
FINALLY, an excuse to try out some urban legends!
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!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is this? No link, no story. Sorry.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
The hilarious thing is they brought it on themselves.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
He's desperately looking for a time when people loved him online. "Guys? Hey, guys? 'Member when...?"
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.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Public shaming has a purpose.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Eh, good practice run. ๐
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Dang it! Now I want to read it!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
What, treating housing as a right? What's next? Food and water?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, is THAT where they are!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Bury him under his wife, and you'll never find him.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Closure is a false narrative. However...
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Most people want to do good. And there's more of us than there are of them.
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?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Have champagne waiting, either way. If it's good news, celebration! If it's not, condolence!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
The passive voice makes *magic* happen!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Putting Death of Stalin on repeat this weekend.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm up for letting BYD into Canada. I drive a Nissan Leaf, but still.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
The champers is chilling. It's in place. It can wait.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
I suspect this will last as long as their other anti-constitutional efforts.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
We're starting to get more interest from sports teams, too.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Oh, very good.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why it will not hold when he dies. Pure cult of personality.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
YES! THIS will help, but boy is it going to need to be protected from legislators.
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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...
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
The crown jewel is paste. The rest of the administration eats paste.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
There is no world, no story, no legend where these are the good guys. None.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Trump is Roko's Basilisk.
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?"
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-)
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!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
That's it. I'm getting the spray bottle.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing like treating the military as your personal binky.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Mind your jurisdiction. ๐
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, so what the fuck is he going to do to repair the damage?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
It's there, so use it!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Die, Motherfucker, Die, Motherfucker, Die!
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. There are enough in the cult of personality that it will not hold when he's gone.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
His first cabinet meeting last time was the exact same.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
A handful of Republicans can stop this at any time. They are choosing not to.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans can stop all this at any time. They're choosing not to.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Image is important. We repeatedly tell ourselves what we want to be.
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.
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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
Accessories really complete a look.
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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.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
"Fuck you, make me" is the right choice.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Who can tell?
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social)
One ex-NFLer whose memory works just fine.
Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, so they've _approved_ the vaccines, but don't know why vaccines work. Great.