Check out “The Only Way To Fight The Plague" at https://thomaslinner.substack.com/ Liverpool FC - Toronto Blue Jays - Winnipeg Jets Saskatoon -> Winnipeghttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwr56j27bs2hImagine a national newspaper publishing a column by an Islamic cleric calling on their community to “deal with” a Muslim politician who disagrees with their politics. Imagine the response by any national newspaper if such an editorial was published in any other national newspaper. #cdnpoli30 Sep 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr56j27bs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwr2kua5o22fAs victims of Kamloops Residential School are once more victimized by professional deniers and masked white supremacists, remember this important corrective by @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and @seancarleton.bsky.social And wear your Orange Shirt humbly. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/putting-truth-and-respect-before-reconciliation30 Sep 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr2kua5o22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwqjrhsjzc2e“More than 60 Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank have been wiped off the map since October 2023, with 18 others partly displaced, according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem. Nearly 5,000 people have been forced from their homes, almost half of them children.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqjrhsjzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwqfujfoqc2lSo Lanterns is turning into a bit of a mystery box - or at least trying to present as a mystery box. The problem with a mystery box is that there better be something compelling in the mystery box, or nothing outside the mystery box matters. See: LOST [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqfujfoqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwojpi2hjs2pElite media operates as a vehicle to spread anti- social policy in the trappings of pro-social public debate. It is desperate for the attention of pro-social movements, but solely for the purpose of heading off the thought that common struggle might lead to pro-social solutions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwojpi2hjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwmg4zq5is2jI will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli I will not comment on #mbpoli28 Sep 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmg4zq5is2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwlvaqocf22uShe endorses Chris Brown. Talarico will be fine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlvaqocf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwllla65ik2uSmart people keep telling me not to panic but other smart people keep telling me to panic. I am inclined to panic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwllla65ik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwlligs2zs2uI know North Americans are all supposed to agree that soccer players dive disgracefully for calls, but I watched a fair bit of NFL this weekend in the absence of Premier League matches and can I introduce you to wide receivers?28 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlligs2zs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwlhmy4bxk2d“I want to say to the millions of people in this country and indeed elsewhere who have been moved and outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people: we hear you, you were right." There's lots of room for cynicism, but I also had lost hope that I would ever see this day. Take the win. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/28/ed-miliband-labour-former-stance-palestine-fell-short28 Sep 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlhmy4bxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwkfvxl5b22bThat’s a catch and another bad call28 Sep 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkfvxl5b22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwkfbeuojc27This is some terrible officiating.28 Sep 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkfbeuojc27https://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwkf5eecss27Also, that was wild exaggeration from the receiver, buying the call.28 Sep 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkf5eecss27https://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwkf2yo43227Did that man just get flagged for intercepting the ball?28 Sep 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkf2yo43227https://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwj3cc22cc25The framing here is harmful and abusive. At one time you could leave a narcissistic abuser behind by the simple expedient of geography. There was no need to explicitly "go no contact". But now narcissistic parents can use social media to hold their adult children hostage - perpetuating abuse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwj3cc22cc25https://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwix35ez3c2gThe phenomenon of adult children going no-contact with their narcissistic parents is deeply misunderstood. Social media prolongs coercive power. Going explicitly "no-contact" is a last resort that didn't used to be necessary before social media gave abusers perpetual access to their adult children.27 Sep 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwix35ez3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwhmtey5g22jEach individual picture directly contradicts the theme of the conference. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhmtey5g22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwh3lhmg5s2yThere are openly white supremacist candidates running for the Republican Party from coast to coast that you’ve never heard of because the media and political elite can’t get over a couple of Muslims running for office as Democrats.26 Sep 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh3lhmg5s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwguqgjse225It’s interesting that Project Hail Mary works so well as a film given that one of its core conceits - the main character recovering memories as the story progresses - is pretty clunky throughout. What does work works so well that what would ruin a lot of other films barely registers.26 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwguqgjse225https://bsky.app/profile/tmlinner.bsky.social/post/3mwgnksrc2c26It’s amazing what does not go against META’s “community standards”. Break up the social media giants and de-platform racists, Holocaust deniers and bigots.26 Sep 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:u5ps2tamftizbifphaslrgjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgnksrc2c26