Jonathan Newell
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Jonathan Newell
@Edweirdian
Weird fiction, fantasy cartography, monsters, roleplaying games. Credits include Genial Jack, work on Dolmenwood. He/him. Blog: https://t.co/ggD9PpneTP.


Al Gore lost in 2000 as a centrist. John Kerry lost in 2004 as a centrist. Hillary lost in 2016 as a centrist. Kamala lost 2024 as a centrist. If we’re going to win the 2026 midterms, we must abandon centrism all together. If the Democratic Party is to survive we must go left


Our government is committed to working hard on an ambitious agenda to build Canada strong. Liberals now comprise a majority of MPs in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government are determined to work constructively both in the House and in parliamentary committees. There is an undeniable, long-standing principle in Parliament: a party that has the majority of seats in the House also has a majority in committees. For that reason, I intend to give notice of a motion that reflects this principle to be considered in the House in the coming days.


perhaps the worst sentence ever written, winner of the Philosophy and Literature Bad Writing Contest in1998, penned by Judith Butler



Avi Lewis Net-Favourables In: 🟢 Canada: +4% 🟢 BC: +13% 🟢 QC: +13% 🟢 ON: +7% 🔴 ATL: -4% 🔴 MB/SK: -5% 🔴 AB: -23% Liaison / April 11, 2026





Avi Lewis: "We have a very clear plan to cut grocery prices by 30-40% for Canadians at a cost to the federal government ... We'd subsidize it. It costs $350m to launch and $300m a year, which is one-half of 1% of the current defence budget."


OTD, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Inquisition" premiered, which introduced Section 31 for the very first time. #StarTrek





Star Trek: Starfleet Academy would be much more enjoyable if there was some kind of explanation why everything revolves around just six cadets, and all others are completely irrelevant and unnamed NPCs.


Tom Mulcair responds to Avi Lewis' criticism: "Mr. Lewis seems to be more intent on convincing other people that he's right and getting them to see his point of view than in dealing with the real differences that exist across Canada and he doesn't even want to run in a byelection."

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests go.nature.com/4dnjvil


Avi Lewis on CBC claims "We're talking about, for instance, with groceries developing a chain of 50 publicly owned and operated grocery stores across the country with six or seven regional distribution hubs that would be able to provide groceries to Canadians 30 to 45% cheaper than what they're paying right now." Then he claims "To just blast this idea out there on social media platforms and we got thousands of responses from conservatives who were interested in this idea of a public option for groceries." Margins at grocery stores are notoriously low in the 3–5% range. Looks like Avi's strategy is to out BS Mark Carney, Master BS'er @avilewis























