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John Q Public

@johnqpublic.bsky.social

Anti-fascist. ABC. ACAB. Ram Ranch Resistance. Electoral Reform. Police Reform. Energy Reform. Slava Ukraïne!

created March 14, 2024

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Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

UCP supporters get first notice on invitations, attendance is limited.

30/8/2025, 12:13:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe Poilievre to be even less sincere, if that is possible.

29/8/2025, 11:08:04 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

They remember, they just don’t care and hope voters won’t either. These people are not forgetful mistaken idiots, they are lying grifters.

29/8/2025, 9:31:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior.bsky.social) reposted

John Bolton refused to testify at Trump's impeachment, preferring to sacrifice national security to make money with his book. He could have helped bring accountability and erode the mafia state, enduring that Trump and his cohort could not return. He did not, so now the mafia state comes for him.

22/8/2025, 12:56:57 PM | 922 283 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Turner (@theturner.bsky.social) reposted

The fine folks @pembina.org have done the math on the toll of Alberta's UCP government's open war on clean power. Essentially an entire provincial grid's worth of emissions-free energy projects have been cancelled. Spectacular own goal, well done, Danielle Smith and team!

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21/8/2025, 12:51:07 PM | 93 70 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

THANK-YOU TARA !!!!

17/8/2025, 8:19:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted

If you are upset about DC‘s crime rate while voting for a felon, you are a special kind of stupid.

14/8/2025, 1:05:17 PM | 11191 2504 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Oil and gas are subsidized with billions of taxpayer dollars every year.

14/8/2025, 11:04:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Now PP thinks he speaks for British Columbians. Fuck all the way off buddy.

10/8/2025, 5:26:51 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like Carney doesn’t think retaliation helps Canadian industry.

5/8/2025, 10:38:40 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

OpenAI and Anthropic will be broke in a year.

4/8/2025, 7:19:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

No system is perfect, especially one that vests so much power in the executive. Hopefully voters make better choices next time, nothing can preserve democracy against a public that no longer cares for it. “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” Thomas Jefferson

3/8/2025, 2:21:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

King Charles doesn’t run government in Canada or the UK, but is the head of their armed forces, can dismiss prime ministers or any minister of the crown, & can summon, prorogue or dissolve Parliament. These powers serve as important brakes on authoritarianism, something the US could use right now.

2/8/2025, 7:54:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Another idiotic take from the CBC just days ago. When a stupid headline asks a stupid question, consider answering “No”. #cbc #cdnpoli

2/8/2025, 10:41:43 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Carney doesn’t have a majority.

2/8/2025, 10:29:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Keep the powder dry for the real fight ahead, it’s going to last a long time.

2/8/2025, 10:29:07 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe Canada is biding its time as the US economy sours, waiting for other deals to come into place while avoiding becoming a rhetorical target. Focus is on groundwork for the more important CUSMA talks ahead. Trump will be far weaker after inflation and midterms. Last mover advantage.

2/8/2025, 10:26:33 AM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s been 3 months since the election. Canada has lower tariffs than any country. Provinces are not united on action. US courts may rule that tariffs are responsibility of Congress, not Trump. Mid-terms are 15 months away. CUSMA lasts for two more years and is critical to renegotiate properly.

2/8/2025, 10:16:59 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michael Pettis (@michaelpettis.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

2/2 It makes no sense, for example, for Washington to put high tariffs on Canada and India, two deficit economies that, rather than contribute to global imbalances, actually help resolve them. The US instead should be working with them to fix the global trading system.

2/8/2025, 7:45:05 AM | 19 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruhito

2/8/2025, 8:16:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Many democracies have monarchs. Canada, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan…

2/8/2025, 8:12:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruhito

2/8/2025, 8:08:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🇨🇦Cre8ivCanuck📎 (@cre8ivcanuck.bsky.social) reposted

Thank you Peter Donolo for perfectly articulating how I feel about this. #CanadaSky #Canada #cdnpoli #FDJT @mark-carney.bsky.social youtu.be/Ivv69iNuUYo?...

31/7/2025, 9:25:08 PM | 259 122 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Some will argue you are only miserable because you are using the wrong OS on the wrong computer.

2/8/2025, 12:12:05 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Expert trolling LDII, you remain undefeated.

1/8/2025, 11:58:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

45 years ago was sovereignty referendum number one, you are referring to referendum number two.

1/8/2025, 7:03:18 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

We are lucky to have you.

1/8/2025, 3:33:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

lol

1/8/2025, 12:00:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I haven’t had an Apple hardware issue in so long I forgot they existed. My bad!

31/7/2025, 11:32:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

What service?

31/7/2025, 11:08:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

The attacks are not about driving decisions made by prosecutors, they are about driving outrage and donations during a by-election. They don’t care if it is damaging so long as the cheques clear.

31/7/2025, 12:03:01 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tony Moonbeam II (Earth-828) (@moonbeamii.bsky.social) reposted

Dems traded 12 federal district court judges in exchange for abandoning the Adeel Mangi nomination, which triggered fury from people like you at the time. But fuck it, Jay Boy here wants to drive some more engagement out of this dead horse.

30/7/2025, 3:06:05 AM | 10 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pierce (@pierceah66.bsky.social) reposted

We’re in this mess because 60% of white men & 53% of white women voted for it again because Joe Biden & Kamala Harris took executive actions & Democrats passed legislation that helped Black people too so racist jackasses got mad & useful idiots sat out or threw their votes away to cicadas again.

30/7/2025, 3:26:17 AM | 50 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

This insufferable Canadian is with you all the way and will just follow and keep my mouth shut.

30/7/2025, 9:51:39 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I got Lyme disease and four other diseases from a tick ten years ago in Pemberton BC. Lyme disease is real out west and is very likely on the coast already. Take precautions and seek prophylactic antibiotics if you have any evidence of a tick on you or your loved ones.

30/7/2025, 4:39:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Jay Leno sucks anyway.

28/7/2025, 10:56:53 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

If people can’t unite against Trump they aren’t worth having in the coalition.

28/7/2025, 10:42:13 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Dystopian is what fossil fuels are doing to the planet.

28/7/2025, 7:07:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

James Bay is so shallow at Moosenee where the railway ends that freighter canoes have to be careful for their kickers.

27/7/2025, 9:48:06 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty (@irhottakes.bsky.social) reposted

Honestly, Trump’s best defense at this point is probably just outright saying “This was all in the open. You all knew and are just as culpable as I am. You sickos were fine with it as long as you thought you could get a laugh or a cheaper burger out of it.”

25/7/2025, 11:27:36 PM | 185 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

The one-third that didn’t vote against Trump were fine with this.

25/7/2025, 12:38:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

This is what China does with their Coast Guard.

25/7/2025, 12:37:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Americans that didn’t vote against Trump were okay with this.

25/7/2025, 12:36:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

LMAO

24/7/2025, 12:09:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Karen K. Ho (@karenho.bsky.social) reposted

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

22/7/2025, 2:30:43 PM | 11355 2539 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly, their criminal records bar them from entry to the United States.

22/7/2025, 8:53:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shaenon K. Garrity (@shaenon.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The proof that liberals can't take a joke is that...conservatives fired a comedian for making fun of conservative politicians. That's it, I'm walking into the sea, nice knowing yinz.

21/7/2025, 6:19:52 PM | 293 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a by-election play.

21/7/2025, 6:47:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Mootham (@chrismootham.bsky.social) reposted

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18/7/2025, 11:40:26 PM | 397 121 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Disaster Dani demands deference.

19/7/2025, 1:22:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

"Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible"

14/7/2025, 1:37:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Amazing work, thank-you.

11/7/2025, 4:35:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Go Stephanie go!

8/7/2025, 10:37:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s their plan.

8/7/2025, 6:19:01 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sporkman (@realsporkman.bsky.social) reposted

One thing you have to acknowledge about Trump is that he understands the press so much better than the press understands him. The show, the episode, the season has to keep moving with new reveals and by lobbing bombs of surprise—or you lose the audience. tinabrown.substack.com/p/orange-lot...

8/7/2025, 1:27:10 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Canada loves it when you visit.

6/7/2025, 4:11:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

They think all politicians lie, but Trump lies for them against the other liars.

6/7/2025, 12:56:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Musk played a large role in Trump’s re-election. All he has to do is play a similar part in his new party.

5/7/2025, 10:43:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) (@doctorjonpaul.blue) reposted

“Ain’t no hate like Christian love.” Whew!

3/7/2025, 11:19:54 PM | 245 34 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Go Bonnie Go!

5/7/2025, 7:32:23 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Republican lawmakers think the bill is good for them and their friends / donors, especially in the short term. They and theirs get taken care of.

3/7/2025, 9:44:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

“Unleashing job creators.”

2/7/2025, 7:01:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture K. Chen (@tznkai.bsky.social) reposted

Look we flipped off mommy and went to live with our abusive dad but she still has to come save us from our decisions. That's her job, she's the one with experience living with him. I swear I'm not trying to make everything gender it just is.

2/7/2025, 2:03:38 AM | 181 50 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Except for white people.

2/7/2025, 5:24:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank-you Thomas!

1/7/2025, 3:30:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Bezos doesn’t invest in Amazon to improve people’s lives, he does it to make money. Confusing altruism with profit will never not be weird.

30/6/2025, 6:06:49 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Electricity prices in France have been capped, EDF sells power at a loss. The truth is that nuclear energy in France is highly subsidized by taxpayers. EDF debt is €64.5 Billion in 2023, they had the largest corporate loss in twenty years. If nuclear is cheap and profitable, why all the debt?

24/6/2025, 6:54:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

France has not shown the opposite at all. EDF has experienced long delays to build with 3x and 4x cost overruns. Heavy debt and a failure to cover total cost of operation. Decommissioning is not properly funded. Nuclear is not profitable anywhere, it never has been.

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24/6/2025, 6:05:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not anti-nuclear per se. I am anti-spend-more-than-you-have-to.

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24/6/2025, 12:11:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Solar + battery gets cheaper every day. Nuclear installations only get more expensive to build over time.

23/6/2025, 11:23:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

$2 million by-election for a failed leader.

23/6/2025, 7:17:16 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

The reference is where new power generation dollars should be spent.

23/6/2025, 6:26:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Nuclear has massive startup and tail-end costs, takes a decade to build, is highly centralized. Solar is none of those things.

23/6/2025, 6:25:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

The last winter trough was higher than peak solar generation in 2022. It won’t be long.

23/6/2025, 6:14:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

This is who you are America, accept it and get help.

23/6/2025, 2:09:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

I had never read about the Dardanelles campaign, thus avoiding many chores this afternoon.

22/6/2025, 10:54:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Your report was a fascinating read, thanks for sharing it.

22/6/2025, 10:33:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

French colonization of Iran began in the 19th century, during the Qajar dynasty. French became the language of the Iranian court and was used as a diplomatic language.

22/6/2025, 8:13:10 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Audience of One.

22/6/2025, 6:46:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true

22/6/2025, 4:28:05 AM | 5361 703 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Being a contrarian has nothing to do with facts.

22/6/2025, 5:46:03 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Contradicting his advisors to belittle them is half the reason Trump does anything.

22/6/2025, 5:33:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Osama Bin Laden used box cutters.

22/6/2025, 4:57:48 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Chaos Prez

22/6/2025, 4:53:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Peace Prez

22/6/2025, 4:50:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michael Druker 🇨🇦 (@mdruker.app) reposted

Uninformed hot take: the purpose of the bombing is to be able to claim that they destroyed the nuclear weapon program while also destroying evidence that it wasn’t one

22/6/2025, 12:58:01 AM | 50 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Bombing Iran illegally without authorization is the point. Trump is flouting Congress, the courts, and the constitution. It’s what fascists do.

22/6/2025, 2:47:02 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

America did a lot more than shoot people waiting in line for flour. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualt...

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If PP loses that riding, Carney should appoint Kurek to the senate right away!

20/6/2025, 1:25:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

A nation dumb enough to fall for that line deserves everything it gets.

19/6/2025, 7:34:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kurek will be a senator someday.

19/6/2025, 4:05:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

“Is you is or is you ain't my constituency?”

19/6/2025, 2:05:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social)

Disaster Dani.

19/6/2025, 1:48:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Simon Dyer (@simondyer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Saskatchewan actually already appears to have a more GHG intensive electricity mix than China. We are falling further behind. app.electricitymaps.com/map/all/mont...

18/6/2025, 9:54:34 PM | 6 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

If those voters actually cared about Gaza they would have voted against Trump, end of story.

17/6/2025, 5:46:15 AM | 15 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Lmao. Better the fascism you know than the fascism you don’t know I guess, eh Jeff? Stick to wrestling kayfabe and comic books pal, leave the politics to grownups.

17/6/2025, 5:21:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you can’t get off the couch to vote against fascism, I really don’t know what to tell ya.

17/6/2025, 4:09:24 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Q Public (@johnqpublic.bsky.social) reply parent

Blank pages with Trump’s signature is just too perfect for me.

17/6/2025, 3:55:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump knows the UK isn’t in the European Union. But his supporters don’t. He’s just lying to their faces.

16/6/2025, 11:22:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view