NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted
Someone please kill me right now.
Yes, I'm that Neil Waytowich. Representing only myself with no affiliations. I curse often and trigger conservatives. Neil Before Zod from Twitter. I help idiots become self-aware.
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view profile on Bluesky Theciscokidder (@theciscokidder.bsky.social) reposted
My new diet plan is to just read this headline whenever I get hungry.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
I understand an argument has been made about why to stay on the former Twitter. Here is my counterargument: It's a miserable fucking place run by a fascist catering to fascists, and I've been much happier not being on it, so there
Andy Kroeker (@andykroeker.bsky.social) reposted
"More years of life expectancy are lost for the average person on the planet due to air pollution than to maternal and child malnutrition, than due to alcohol, than due to tobacco." #ClimateCrisis #NoNewPipelines
Maria Carreri (@mariacarreri.bsky.social) reposted
New working paper alert 🚨 We investigate the influence of police unions in U.S. local politics. We show that in cities where the mayor was supported by a police union, police departments obtain more resources, but, if anything, police performance worsens in these cities. More in the thread below.
WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor." Europe:
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Rain or not, Oasis put on a great show. It was nice to go a large venue and attend a spectacle again.
Terrill Tailfeathers (@terrilltf.bsky.social) reposted
Share and donate today if you’re able to. Please don’t scroll by without boosting. Thanks.
TinkieGurl 🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian (@tinkiegurl.bsky.social) reposted
Up next on the literal chopping block. If this turns out to be another move in the supposed "long game" he's playing it's time to step away from the board before we lose the one thing Trump is really after, our sovereignty.
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social) reply parent
It work in comms for the Conservatives
Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) reposted
The IDF just did a double tap strike against a hospital. They waited until the first responders and journalists to show up before massacring them with a second strike.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Every member of the Israeli government are war criminals who belong in prison. Israel is no better than Russia, in my opinion.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Jenni Byrne is as toxic as an orphaned Alberta oil well.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Seriously, how out of touch does someone have to be to buy a Tesla Cybertruck? It is literally a garbage dumpster on wheels. I have no sympathy for those who bought or ordered them. You knew what the CEO stood for and you knew the issues.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Pierre Poilievre is a loser, any conservative supporter who doesn’t see that is deluding themselves.
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
Russian invasion troops spotted flying US flags at the frontline in Ukraine, in honour of Donald Trump and MAGA after the recent Alaska summit.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
This Israel genocide apologist think said it’s OK to starve Gazan children if they have pre-existing medical conditions.
maple cocaine (@maplecocaine.bsky.social) reposted
It's very telling that the far left refuses to support huge pieces of shit who everyone hates
Pembroke W. Korgi (@pembrokewkorgi.bsky.social) reposted
Spider-Man on the Genesis has the best continue screen I've ever seen in a video game.
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
Shannon Peel 🇨🇦 (@shannonpeel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This data is from Trudeau’s Budget and plan up to 2027 for his projects Funding was always going to be lower in the last year as programs wrapped up Carney’s budget has not been announced That said, he didn’t promise any women’s programs in his campaign We will have to see what his budget says
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
Hurl a sandwich at a cop? Felony. Beat a cop unconscious with a flagpole? Just a “spirited tourist” making memories.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I wonder if Americans realize that they’re the punchline now?
Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) reposted
For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on what the planned 80 percent cuts at WAGE signal when it comes to Carney's priorities, and the lessons he hasn't learned about austerity #canqueer #cdnpoli
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
His name must be all over that list.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Taking life advice from Jordan Peterson is like taking Kool-Aid mixing advice from Jim Jones.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
God doesn’t exist. There. Can we just move on and admit that your biases, hatred, fears, intolerances aren’t motivated by something written in a 2000 year old book. Your faith is your own, but stop using it as a shield for your ignorance and intolerance.
Bentley (@bigclimate.bsky.social) reposted
🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers, Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet. An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk (@lukaszukab.bsky.social) reposted
MEDICINE HAT, get ready!!! Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are getting organized and are kicking off their signature gathering campaign. #YXH #ableg #cdnpoli
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
It is time for Canada to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel. Place crippling import and export tariffs on anything entering or leaving Israel. It is time to starve their war machine. End all economic and trade partnerships with the state of Israel.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Anyone who sells to, buys from, invests in, or takes money from Israel is complicit in its war crimes. I do not understand how any rational person or nation can view what is happening in Gaza is anything other than a genocide as we are sit on our hands watching it happen. Shame on all of us.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I passed an RV trailer on the highway that was painted like the snow fort in The Dog Who Stopped The War. My hoser inner child rejoiced.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
There is a likelihood that this headline could be my future epitaph.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Remember when we elected a government on the promise of cheaper beer...and oh-my-god this is a nightmare that just wont end.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 (@peipolitical.bsky.social) reposted
Dr. Brian Goldman- My plea to the Canadian government: pick up the half a billion dollars in mRNA research defunded by RFK Jr. Make Canada a global player in mRNA vaccine research. #cdnpoli
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Repeat after me. There are no such things as a journalists employed by Postmedia. They are all stenographers or rage farmers. It isn't journalism, it is conservative advocacy. They are basically conservative strategists now. Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Postmedia publications are for wiping your ass with, not for reading. I prefer to get my news from media organizations not owned by Americans. Who does Postmedia even speak for? Not us.
Charles Smith (@profsmithsask.bsky.social) reposted
And the conservative prairie governments most affected by the fires are doing almost nothing to adress climate change.
FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 (@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social) reposted
This train is 2.5 hours late to Toronto from Montreal, due to concerns about the effect of heat on the tracks. Global warming is going to screw us in so many ways that we haven't thought of.
Tabatha Southey 🇨🇦 (@tabathasouthey.bsky.social) reposted
Some pure evil from The National Post. Note the quotes. I wonder if the journalists who penned this gave a thought to how normalizing the murder of journalists by calling them terrorists might someday bite them, or someone else whose basic humanity they recognize, in the ass.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Has the National Post ever tried not being the biggest fucking embarrassment in Canadian journalism for once?
proudlycanadian.bsky.social (@proudlycanadian.bsky.social) reposted
"Clause 429 proposes to revoke the charitable status of “anti-abortion orgs. Clause 430 extends this policy to all religious orgs. & aims to prevent these orgs. from obtaining charitable status - could have a massive impact on Canadian society," Good impact on women. I really hope this happens.
Canadian Cynic (@canadiancynic.bsky.social) reposted
Here's an idea ... revoke the charitable status of obvious right-wing propaganda outlets like The Democracy Fund and the Fraser Institute and the True North Centre for Public Policy and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social) reposted
Demanding that a country should not be criticised for war crimes BECAUSE it is an ethnonationalist state is the height of gaslighting.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Israel = Genocide
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Conservatives claim to support the rule of law and judicial independence until it restricts them ideologically.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I never thought that letting go of Twitter was going to be so easy. Besides the vanity of a high follower count, once I deactivated the account and waited the 30 days - I never really thought of it again.
Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian (@hab3261.bsky.social) reposted
So much for transparency. #AlbertaNext #ableg #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Remember when we were called antisemitic for declaring the government of Israel to be genocidal and mortally and ethically corrupt? We are witnessing ethnic cleansing in real time. It is time to cut Israel off from all aid and access to arms.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Bring it home? Pierre Poilievre couldn’t even bring it home to his own riding. 2025 is completely representative of Poilievre’s career. From front runner to begging for scraps from an Alberta riding. All noise and no substance.
Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social) reposted
Each year I age, the less I want to be outside my house and at the same time I don’t like missing out on anything - this is hell.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I am hoping that the right wing meltdown on Twitter over Justin Trudeau having a private life and going on dates would be glorious.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
It is about time the Canadian government recognized Palestinian statehood.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Dropkick Murphys Warped Tour Long Beach
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
So Israel supporters are just totally OK with the famine and genocide being perpetrated by Israel right now? Shame on any world leader that sits on their hands while this tragedy is unfolding in Gaza.
Minovsky (@minovskyarticle.bsky.social) reposted
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
Canadian Cynic (@canadiancynic.bsky.social) reposted
Is no one looking into the fact that the Rebel News-associated grift op www.thedemocracyfund.ca is handing out charitable tax receipts for donations to Tamara Lich's defence fund? Is no one pissed off that the rest of the country is having to subsidize this?
Canadian Cynic (@canadiancynic.bsky.social) reposted
Your morning reminder of some of the people still supporting a sexual predator and child rapist. You're welcome.
ℳatt (@matttomic.bsky.social) reposted
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell. In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I’d love the Chris Barber and Tamara Lich sentencing to be a “fuck around and find out moment” for the convoy and its supporters but I feel that no matter the outcome they will be martyrs or victims. I sense disappointment for those who support the rule of law.
Dr. Babin-bsky (@gmomthoughts.bsky.social) reposted
People are so clever. I wish I could attribute this to whoever created it, but I have no idea. Also, terribly sorry, as I recognize the importance of alt text, but have no idea if I successfully did it.
Carrie Tait (@carrietait.bsky.social) reposted
Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Remember that Wayne Gretzky chose to stand with this piece of shit rather than the country that made him a national icon. Wayne Gretzky can still fuck right off.
David Macdonald (@davidmaccdn.bsky.social) reposted
The fed gov cuts to pay for military and wealthy tax cuts have rapidly expanded. My new analysis shows that most of the cuts will now be on transfers to other govs, non-profits and people. A stunning 1 in 5 dollars is just cuts to FN govs for basic social programs. @policyalternatives.ca 🧵👇👇
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I love busy days of doing nothing and feeling like you don’t have enough time to get nothing done.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
4 years since I woke up, knowing something wasn’t quite right. For once I listened to my body and went to emergency thinking I had COVID, finding out that I was having a heart attack. 8 days in the hospital during the lockdown. I am eternally grateful for PHRC medical staff for getting me through.
Tanya 🇨🇦 (@fieryone4.bsky.social) reposted
The Senate just introduced Bill S-206 to create a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income. It won’t make it law yet, but even getting a framework on record is a crucial first step. Let’s push it forward. 🔗 www.parl.ca/DocumentView...
Paris Marx (@parismarx.com) reposted
During the election campaign, Mark Carney pledged to increase the CBC’s budget by $150 million dollars a year. Now that he’s in government, he’s telling the public broadcaster to find up to $198 million in annual cuts. He can’t claim to defend the country when he’s gutting its media and culture.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
If they think Superman is woke, wait until they learn about Jesus.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
If the buyer pays extra for Jordan Peterson‘s house, can we arrange it that he never comes back to Canada?
Shannon (@shannon66.bsky.social) reposted
Hey America: Imagine the difference in your country and in the world if you'd just elected the qualified lady? Fuck every single one of you morons who voted for this.
Phil (@philmarfisi.bsky.social) reposted
"A [Canadian] Federal Court justice has halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a ruling that criticized Ottawa’s Immigration Department for not properly considering the situation of LGBTQ Americans... in a judgment that their lawyers hailed as precedent-setting."
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
The ability of conservatives in Canada to convince people to vote against their best interests has always astounded me.
Kaitlin Kal Lee (@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social) reposted
If women submitting to men was a natural way of being, they would not have needed laws, religion & violence to get them to do it.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Nothing has ever been made great again by giving billionaires more tax cuts.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
How the fuck can you support an opposition party that doesn’t oppose? The MAGA Congress are doing everything that they said that they were going to do. The Democrats did not have a viable plan to stop them. So yes, I do think Democrats are cowards.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans and the billionaire class that supports them are just evil, selfish, and morally bankrupt people. The true cowards are the ones who can make a difference, but choose to go along or do nothing. The Democrats have just decided to sit there and do nothing.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Some people are more upset about U2 releasing a free album on iTunes years ago, than they are about Israel setting up concentration camps.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
There are no bigger cowards in United States then the leadership of the Democratic Party.
Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) reposted
thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
Make the world a better place, punch a Nazi in the face.
🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@beppil007.bsky.social) reposted
Time for Canada to co-ordinate with Japan and other countries and start selling off US treasury bonds. Enough is enough. Time to play hardball #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong #BoycottUSA #F**kTrump
Raywat Deonandan (@deonandan.bsky.social) reposted
The difference between RFK Jr and other mass murderers of history is that those other killers murdered millions as part of grand transformational nation-building plans, however evil. RFK seems to want to kill kids just because he thinks needles are icky.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
It turns out that the cancelling of the carbon tax did nothing to reduce consumer pricing. I’ve yet to see any savings. In fact, with the loss of the rebates, I’m pretty sure we’re worse off now.
Neil Before Zod (@waytowichneil.bsky.social)
I think ICE is a criminal organization on par with any cartel or organized crime syndicate.