Nick Pilon

Dad; software engineer; fan of giant robots in many contexts, board games, RPGs. Queer rights are not negotiable.

Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Halifax, NS

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2024-12-16 15:31:19 UTC

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There's not much reading in necessary, Freeland spells out her motivations clearly in her letter:
- "Fight for capital and investment"
- Work in good faith and humility with the [conservative] Premiers of the provinces
- Keep our fiscal powder dry
- Manage our spending
I'm astonished by how many Canadian progressives are unable to recognize a demand for harsh, brutal austerity if it's delivered by a woman.

2024-10-18 11:15:38 UTC

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he seems to be sharing a remarkable amount of detailed information here. It makes me wonder if - as with the Indian accusations this week, which the US clearly supported - we’ve managed to work with our allies to get a deep look into these networks…

2024-09-05 20:55:40 UTC

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actually while we’re here taking about Sam Cooper I’d love to know what kind of funding he got backing his indie turn after his Global News gig

2024-09-05 15:58:13 UTC

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why do people take this guy seriously. Why. 😭 We’ve had two years of bogus foreign interference discourse because of his made up bullshit while ignoring things like actual Russian propaganda networks.

2024-09-02 16:53:08 UTC

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wait. BCU. Ahead of the NDP. 🤨🤨🤨

2024-08-31 20:52:47 UTC

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no problem; I get it.
To make sure I’ve got it clear: industry is saying vote (BCCon?) just long enough to keep someone too environmentalist from getting in?

2024-08-31 15:18:18 UTC

“The BC NDP are too industry friendly.” While that’s not an unreasonable analysis, consider: BC industry leaders don’t think so. They’d rather go with bizarre Rustad’s climate change denying, conspiracy-pilled incoherence, even if it means burning the most successful center-right party in the province to the ground.
Only one party can win each riding. BC voters need to consider carefully.
From: @npub1spc…3gwu
https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/113057216931916195

2024-08-29 19:53:35 UTC

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I’m sure Jason Markusoff will be along in about 30 seconds to explain why actually this shows that Danielle Smith is not at all bizarre and is extremely stable and normal

2024-08-28 15:37:39 UTC

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got it a bunch of bomb-throwers and monkey-wrenchers whose entire theory of change amounts to “complain loudly about the status quo / (???) / utopia”.

2024-08-17 16:33:56 UTC

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I think that’s even more true with polls than voting; the public nature of the response and the vague future-looking nature of the question invite that sort of speculation.

2024-08-17 13:52:09 UTC

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would actually be very interesting if it turned out a lot of Pest Poilievre’s phantom popularity was driven by distaste for Biden south of the border; both his personality and the assumption that he’d lose re-election. With the election there shaping up to be high energy Harris/Walz vs the weird couch-botherers, liberals might be more willing to engage again?

2024-06-22 13:03:25 UTC

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it really feels like the ONLib and ONNDP are stuck on trying to maintain rules of decorum and behavior that Ford has gleefully discarded. While it’s hard to do fundraisers like this without car dealers and landlords and other petty would-be tycoons, they could be doing similar events to pump up the base and coffers. Instead they’re just sitting on the sidelines and occasionally clucking.