Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t believe for an instant that Giuliani would stop to help someone in a domestic dispute. That he was the cause of it? Absolutely.
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I don’t believe for an instant that Giuliani would stop to help someone in a domestic dispute. That he was the cause of it? Absolutely.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Or completely incapacitated, perhaps by a stroke.
sailnoar.bsky.social (@sailnoar.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Maybe they could “rake the forests” to prevent wildfires
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s what I was thinking. His “GOOD NIGHT” was a final sign-off.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Nor walking past them in a train station. He’s openly despised and mocked.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
If it’s true about Melania then it’s bad. For him, not for us. There’s no way she’d go anywhere near him unless it was serious.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
The good news is Nobel Prizes cannot be awarded posthumously. He’s not going to make it that long.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
Things are looking pretty dire in the post-secondary sector in the whole of Canada, not just BC.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Time for the 25th.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Another reason we know Trump is incapacitated (or 💀) is that he didn’t come out with an all-caps scathing tweet and slap a 1,000,000% tariff on Portugal.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
There the bizarre “The world will soon understand“ post too.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
*whack!*
American Voter (@americanvoter.bsky.social) reposted
I checked X. Not a single Trump family member has posted on X in over 18hrs. Something definitely is going on.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Damn. I’ve got a bottle of Veuve Melania chilling for the occasion.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
There are some horrible people out there. Apparently, the man is Piotr Szczerek, the CEO of Drogbruk, Poland.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
*waves from Canada in agreement*
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
They can afford the best care in the world. They’re all bloated millionaires.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
What horrible, horrible people. Soulless and immoral, every single one of them.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
The Trump roasting starts about 12:00 mins in and you can see him just seething.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Starbucks coffee sucks, and so does their company. I never frequent it anymore.
Colleen Chanel (Colleen Toscano) (@colleenchanel.bsky.social) reposted
Canada🇨🇦🇨🇦 Imports More Vehicles from Mexico Than US for First Time in 30 Years!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, how far the revered name of the Kennedys has fallen.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Love Butchart gardens! My niece had worked there for 20 years and loves it too.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
The US is officially a police state. Everything MAGA swore the Democrats would do the GOP is now doing, and there’s not a peep about government overreach or tyranny.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
“There have been 286 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. A mass shooting event is defined as an incident in which four or more people are shot dead, excluding the gunman.” August 27th is the 239th day.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
Has Trump or anyone in his regime - sorry, administration - acknowledged the school shooting yet?
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Let me guess: young, white, Christian male. Not a drag queen. Not a Muslim Not an immigrant. Not a woman. Not a black/brown person.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
You defend against it by implementing strict gun control legislation.
Rebecca Bollwitt (@miss604.com) reposted
VanDusen Botanical Garden is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a day of live entertainment, activities, crafting, and delicious food vendors on August 30th. #vancouver 🌱
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
I hate to be the one to tell you, but when Trump said he’d only be a dictator for one day he lied.
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
It’s getting worse Switzerland’s Post Office is suspending shipments of US goods beginning tomorrow, August 26th, due to tariffs.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
That sounds really good!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Trumplethinskin couldn’t even find Uganda on a map.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
In Canada the rules are: No Thanksgiving before Labour Day. No Halloween before Thanksgiving No Christmas before Remembrance Day. This is the way.
Zach Dorfman (@zachsdorfman.bsky.social) reposted
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
People are literally going to starve to death. In the richest country in the world. In a time of peace. In 2025. It’s abhorrent.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop teasing me!
TheSnarkTank (@thesnarktank.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Hand surgeon here. Those bruises are classic symptoms of being in the Epstein files.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s going to steal the golden trophy, isn’t he?
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
I’ll never tire of waking up to see the cruise ships gliding by. #ILoveVancouver
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember when Trump was taking credit for the creation of the vaccine in record time.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
How about the territorial lines that existed before Russia invaded?
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
It disgusts me that the only woman the right is believing is the one who has the motive to lie, while the victims, who are telling the truth, are dismissed as liars.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I want my EU citizenship back. 😔 Stupid Brexiteers.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
This Canadian is not going anywhere near the US for a very, very long time.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
We’re not going back. It’s like having a neighbour and great friend who threatened to steal your house at gun point one week then a week later says they were just kidding and would you like to come over for a bbq. Hell no.
Sheryl Weikal, still wishing ill on JK Rowling (@leftistlawyer.com) reposted
A landlord turned off Tenant Client's family's heat upon learning Client was an immigrant. Landlord hired three different law firms to argue this was legal, then fired each one after they couldn't get our case dismissed. This week, landlord settled for enough that Client will buy a house.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Considering she spelled aloud as “a loud” I don’t think she’s in a position to lecture others about reading.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
A Barbour jacket from the late 80s. It’s still holding up.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought so. I saw some there last week and I rarely hear of them here in Vancouver.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Narrator: He did not, in fact, know exactly what he was doing.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
He should seek asylum in Canada. I have a spare room.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Where are they?
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Not even going to watch them on the telly.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
If I was an international football I’d refuse to go. The risk is too great.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Always do.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
If it’s a UK business, fair game. Let them adjust theirs.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
And to think he was married to Pamela Anderson.
annie56.bsky.social.🇨🇦 (@annie56.bsky.social) reposted
We all need to call our MP and demand that someone put forth to Parliament a vote that it be mandatory PP get his clearance before he enters the HOC again.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Utterly ridiculous. Our world is burning and starving, and democracy is dying but they decide to make a ski hill in one of the hottest places on earth.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Even the Nazis respected the sanctity of the Church.
MOJO Magazine (@mojomagazine.bsky.social) reposted
“Modern technology has finally enabled the original recordings to be rescued: and boy, what a delight they are - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ” The Who’s much-bootlegged 1971 concert at London cricket ground The Oval gets its first official release this week. Read MOJO’s review and the tracklisting in full…
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
They’re pretty spry 90 year olds.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Former PM of Australia 🇦🇺: “I’ve been with Trump and Putin. Trump is in awe of Putin… it’s like the 12 Year-old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero’.”
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
My near-failure made a pretty pattern at least. Wordle 1,523 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh look, vaccines work!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Putin won’t though, as they’re one of the key piece of leverage he has over Trump. That and the so-called “pee” tapes which I think are much, much worse than just pee.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
I will laugh so hard if he loses.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
So they’ve kidnapped her?
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 (@peipolitical.bsky.social) reposted
Just a quick note - you won't see any pictures of Poilievre voting in the by-election he is running in today. Why? He hasn't been a resident in the riding long enough to qualify to vote. Embarrassing. Humiliating. #cdnpoli
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING NYT: Trump paused his meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy this afternoon to call Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has since confirmed the call. It lasted for 40 minutes. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
My god the Oval Office looks more tacky by the day.
💙🟧Carma 🦋 Karma 🫶🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🇬🇱 (@carmakarma.bsky.social) reposted
It's not going away! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #GOPPedophileProtectors
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought Trump was going to end it within 24 hours? 1. It can end tomorrow if Putin withdraws. 2. Release the Epstein files #EpsteinFiles
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t these guys have jobs?
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
I’m filing a formal request for information about the Trump Administration’s action and role in directing federal law enforcement and military personnel in a recent operation intended to intimidate those defending a fair electoral process.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
Do these guys think they’re in an 80’s cop comedy? They’re obviously stalking Letitia James’ house and they’re obviously feds. Jesus.
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
GCN and his team have brought their A-game and MAGA has no idea how to respond!
Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) reposted
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression. Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h. Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either. For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Most popular president in history. 🙄
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
The village is missing its idiot
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted
I think an important thing for the nation is to know how many teenagers the President has raped
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Release the Epstein Files!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social)
California's gross domestic product (GDP) was approximately $4.1 trillion in 2024, making it the fourth largest economy in the world, surpassing Japan. In 2024, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to be approximately $2.16 trillion. Enough said.
D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) reposted
🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve boycotted everything American and will not be visiting for the foreseeable future.
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you imagine the right wing furore had Obama done that?!
Stephen O’Connor 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (he/him) (@soconnor.bsky.social) reply parent
The beauty of these posts is that next time Trump does an all-caps, self-aggrandizing posts, with his “THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION…” it will look like he’s copying GCN.