2026-08-16T09:51:25Z https://yabu.me Justin Ling🆒️ https://yabu.me/npub1rfe7ycnan6hvnjmyurgjnql9mfjsm2w2zrm5ex99vj48rwugjxjqv2pfk4 https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/108/215/260/618/891/635/original/d17eb73723a1b50f.jpg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/108/215/260/618/891/635/original/d17eb73723a1b50f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4sfvvg44zza9ey92d48jdylzhaj5h5ysmpa4lk88pn5hdcvkx0czyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gt74fh8 Understanding the position Charlie Kirk played in the MAGA movement is critically important for understanding how we got here, where we go next, and it might even offer some clues about why he was killed. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway</a> 2025-09-12T15:52:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz80dtk7afcnw0smlvtccgxqt2agrhzduv5xkwmlqdzg6vn002ktszyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6g32u470 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqjwq8fq6szzfxc2skpaup25vk2mxa9ggeg75ykj206h3ll2ywp7cmmjrjt'>nevent1q…jrjt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been iterating this theme a bit, while on my book tour. Here&#39;s a few highlights:<br/><br/>On the Sunday Magazine, I talked about the last Canadian election and Mark Carney&#39;s new &#34;elbows down&#34; approach. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6878076">https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6878076</a> 2025-08-24T19:05:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjwq8fq6szzfxc2skpaup25vk2mxa9ggeg75ykj206h3ll2ywp7czyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gqgra0d I tried my best to recap the second Trump administration thus far, and to put the threat to the world order — Canada in particular — into focus. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-was-once-concerned-about-trump-now-things-have-gotten-worse-than-anyone-could/article_7f523070-fd9b-4996-9d8d-3fa10435e754.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-was-once-concerned-about-trump-now-things-have-gotten-worse-than-anyone-could/article_7f523070-fd9b-4996-9d8d-3fa10435e754.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/085/295/454/877/639/original/6dc259c889393a21.png"> <br/> 2025-08-24T19:04:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmg67p6dnw9q40dkpjcptm9l6lausqnmetkcf5hqzl9342yk9rjszyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6g5xlct3 Given the choice between a president who rages against his own supporters on his conspiracy-lousy walled-garden social media platform, all because they expected him to live up to his own internet-popularized conspiracy theory; and a guy who makes fun videos of him on the street, talking to real people about their real problems, I suspect people will opt for the latter.<br/><a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-man-on-the-street-a-movement-of">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-man-on-the-street-a-movement-of</a> 2025-07-31T13:02:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2nx7kd9m4s72sycvegxzhm5rq3sgkzjg69cggsh3xx263wdq34xszyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gzprak0 The rapid erosion of the rule of law in Israel and America, and their common cause with the groups we once considered &#34;extreme,&#34; suggests we&#39;re heading into dark new territory. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/welcome-to-post-extremism">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/welcome-to-post-extremism</a> 2025-07-10T13:40:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3gaqvqfqqgfqht0rtal3jzj3fljdqgx4djt4leq760lvk254dkczyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6grpa9u8 If you don&#39;t know Curtis Yarvin&#39;s name, you should. If you do, there&#39;s good odds that you don&#39;t know the extent to which he&#39;s influencing Trump&#39;s regime. (If you do, I&#39;m sorry.) <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-neo-reactionary-regime">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-neo-reactionary-regime</a> 2025-05-09T21:41:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxt052nkz06jzyr5zer29v0aswn6trrrduqjwcvwn2dpwwcknprjczyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6ggrm6my Jonathan Pedneault might be missing from Canada&#39;s election debates, but he&#39;s right here on my newsletter. And he had some pretty interesting thoughts to share on a world thrown into chaos by Trump. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-jonathan-pedneault-interview">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-jonathan-pedneault-interview</a> 2025-04-17T13:25:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gvzcpmrvgn0ck92ufstqkcdhcyrpuaerctyedn3pupdrddeayyqzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gftkss4 Everybody is sleeping on the Green Party of Canada. But they&#39;re got some smart ideas, and a co-leader who is uniquely suited to this moment. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/while-everyone-focuses-on-carney-and-poilievre-some-of-the-elections-most-interesting-ideas-are/article_fd884129-2468-4c2f-8b3d-feb137acee1c.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/while-everyone-focuses-on-carney-and-poilievre-some-of-the-elections-most-interesting-ideas-are/article_fd884129-2468-4c2f-8b3d-feb137acee1c.html</a> 2025-04-12T20:25:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstq7vpvhmkce9c3udav4attvekw0l4j2l87gnsa50v3syjdphes8czyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6grky0dg “I think for the Conservatives in the campaign cockpit, every buzzer and alarm is going off and the plane is going: Bzzt! Bzzt! And it&#39;s like ‘pull up! pull up!’ […] You are going to have controlled flight into terrain.”<br/><a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/you-cant-look-and-sound-like-the">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/you-cant-look-and-sound-like-the</a> 2025-03-27T17:37:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5ufnjrhs9xwrmzetjkmraa2xwkdw5rhazmw7ng40yj30lfs9kgszyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gepwr3s I try and break down why we&#39;re in the stupidest trade war of all time. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/beggar-thy-neighbor-beggar-thyself">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/beggar-thy-neighbor-beggar-thyself</a> 2025-02-11T16:35:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqu9dt3v0359m9k76md493mmjm6jkp482nq3e767dp2g837jgwd4qzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gpllt35 today was dramatic. <br/><a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/goodbye-to-the-liberal-order">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/goodbye-to-the-liberal-order</a> 2024-12-16T21:48:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3mxkz7w3qgyt8qv7flje0cxqxz86mqxquppexpks66846xj4jvszyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6g2eh3n5 As Kamala Harris&#39; loss shows, liberal/progressive politics fail when they&#39;re purist, condescensing, and unambitious. These are lessons that Canada&#39;s leaders don&#39;t seem keen to learn. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/theres-one-lesson-the-trudeau-liberals-must-learn-from-trumps-victory/article_c1d33780-a067-11ef-b4e1-5b2b64df03ae.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/theres-one-lesson-the-trudeau-liberals-must-learn-from-trumps-victory/article_c1d33780-a067-11ef-b4e1-5b2b64df03ae.html</a> 2024-11-12T15:22:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfslku2zy87999al900xzp37u59v4qg6d5ktcqhpy7md4x3t2fvkgzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6ggh2s07 For the past few days, there&#39;s been a buzz around the allegation that Canadian journalist David Pugliese is a Russian asset.<br/><br/>The truth is more complicated. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/so-youve-become-a-russian-asset">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/so-youve-become-a-russian-asset</a> 2024-10-29T16:36:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrvfpz785xca9jqq0d4fnnmr2usaeq3hg0t25lwxjxa0am54y9wqzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gp7u683 Canada is now formally alleging that Indian intelligence is responsible for &#34;serious criminal activity&#34; — including murder.<br/><br/>New Delhi just announced that it&#39;s closing its high commission in Ottawa. 2024-10-14T15:51:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsleq3rpjrfg9p0ftlqu2nfhjt5pp8yephvtmy29jw7xl4rwpa4czyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gd00s8g Canada&#39;s carbon pricing scheme works. People hate it. Can Ottawa save it? <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-can-t-help-it-if-politicians-are-weak-how-the-liberals-fumbled-canada-s/article_d52481b0-7b67-11ef-be73-ab42e67ed999.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-can-t-help-it-if-politicians-are-weak-how-the-liberals-fumbled-canada-s/article_d52481b0-7b67-11ef-be73-ab42e67ed999.html</a> 2024-09-29T13:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6ssvzaxrznpscvlruzhly840ms45eszdanaa75juj4zsp2gp4aczyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6ge0xsec My interview with Trofimova got a lot more attention than anticipated, and sparked a ton of debate, so I&#39;ve unlocked the post and made it fully free to read. <a href="https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/russians-at-war-anastasia-trofimova-tiff">https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/russians-at-war-anastasia-trofimova-tiff</a> 2024-09-22T14:21:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2s3es2q7l7xwm8vxlvaek0a8kczavnmtyc69jutxpk3f7emvhyzgzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6g24y6ha Unable to recapture its own territory, Russia is resorting to a massive air assault on Ukraine right now. Nearly 100 Shahed drones, Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea, and an unknown number of missiles fired from more than 20 bombers/fighters. 2024-08-26T04:45:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqn6zrvj3cj4kfpgrdmq62dc5l2h8tl7hwy9lexlpc9x4ck42h65szyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6gzdet6c I&#39;m on The Big Story podcast today, talking about how we might fix our polarization woes. I end up talking about the fediverse. <a href="https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/08/16/fixing-canada-how-can-we-bridge-the-partisan-divide/">https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/08/16/fixing-canada-how-can-we-bridge-the-partisan-divide/</a> 2024-08-16T17:11:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsznnfnzhj4jxxfww6x893jkr83prgdngu60f765km3zlzc84y7zgqzyqd88cnz0k02ajwtvnsdz2vruhdx2rdfegg0wnyc54j25udm3zg6g3rgu2x The tale of two botnets got me thinking about why we continue to privilege a political space turned toxic. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-brain-wormed-fantasies-of-elon-musks-twitter-graveyard-keep-seeping-into-real-life-its/article_bafc3f66-5a6b-11ef-8d60-cb71b76fc97e.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-brain-wormed-fantasies-of-elon-musks-twitter-graveyard-keep-seeping-into-real-life-its/article_bafc3f66-5a6b-11ef-8d60-cb71b76fc97e.html</a> 2024-08-15T13:17:54Z