Unsure about “permanent ban”, but have only recreated a duplicate profile as a means to follow the same content without commenting or posting.

I hopped onto the Reddit train late in the game, partially because I was busy elsewhere, but also because of the kind of bullshit that I’d heard about which wound up being pretty accurate. Inter-subreddit feuding, mod omnipotence wielded without the sort of checks and balances or the discretion that it should be, etc. I’m a little annoyed, but not really all that put out given how little I valued it to begin with. It’s said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but there wasn’t even so much power to be had, some Mods were perfectly reasonable while others were practically bursting at the seams to fuck with users and jerk themselves off about it. I’ll settle for news, steam giveaways and smut, thank-you-very-much.

Hear, hear, we want names! Who are these double-dealing little shits?

This is true, which I’d assumed was the reason that I heard talk of limits to its scope, specifically concerning sedition or actions which ran counter to the national interest/security. Bit of a Pandora’s Box though, absolutely.

Tariff? Simply ban their import.

What was the result of the announcement to rescind Musk’s Canadian citizenship? I saw the first stories about it, but nothing since, I’d say that successfully removing the legal citizenship of someone directly and ardently working counter to Canada’s national interests should count as sanction, no?

The Loosh Farm.

Unfun fact: it was kidnapping, just the legal kind from which civil society and civilians have less and less protection over time.

If any of you have never seen one in person, and want to make yourself uncomfortable, dedicate some time conducting personal research into what detention centers look/are like for detainees/prisoners and how they operate. Often nothing more than indoor dog kennel fencing bolted to concrete floors with 24/7 fluorescent lighting, as little food/water as is legally permitted, denial of the right to legal counsel, and medical personnel specifically instructed to suspect that every single medical issue is nothing more than an excuse to weasel out of confinement. The setup and conditions aren’t accidental, don’t let their designers, builders, or overseers fool you into believing otherwise, the cruelty is implicit.

Well damn, that’s an odd one for the Winnipeg history file.

“Local resident detained and arrested on suspicion of smuggling Santa Claus’ bones stolen from Turkey.”

I wonder if they’ll be throwing people out of helicopters over Superior or James Bay?

Bingo. If anything, use of a burner phone will be purposely misconstrued as “suspicious”, and used as justification for more thorough screening.

“You just got it last week? That’s weird, we usually only hear drug smugglers using new phones. You’re not smuggling fentanyl, are you? OK, so you won’t mind if I take a look through your luggage to be sure, right? Maybe I should send you to secondary screening for an x-ray.”

I have to be honest, I’d be happy just to have one who didn’t remind me of Milhouse.

What he expects is for the Canadian public to fold up like lawn chairs and allow unfavourable trade deals, with the threat of U.S. military might hanging over the negotiations.