Weekend Funny Stuff

Starting here:

How to lure me to my death pic.twitter.com/X0sVRGJOWK

— Hermeshuns 🤍 (@hermeshuns) August 13, 2023

I saw these on Bluesky:

Moving on to US politics, its clear that Republicans just can't quit him, can they?

frog ponders what the swim would have been like if the scorpion hadn’t stung him https://t.co/rjYmbStBN2

— Jean-Michel Connard 🎃 (@torriangray) August 15, 2023

Here's a tweet thread from historian Thomas Zimmer:

It is one thing to argue that holding Trump accountable in court won’t magically solve the political problem of Trumpism and the anti-democratic radicalization of the Right. But this is something different entirely – a disqualifying level of bad faith and dishonesty.

— Thomas Zimmer (@tzimmer_history) August 15, 2023

One key dynamic here seems to be that those who are still on Team Trump (or committed to being anti-anti-Trump) in August 2023 have invested so much in terms of justifying their actions to themselves and to the world, and have thereby enabled such outlandish behavior.

— Thomas Zimmer (@tzimmer_history) August 15, 2023

And so, they stick with Trump – and have to find ever more extreme justifications for why he is, at worst, the lesser evil compared to the “leftist” enemy. That is partly why rightwingers are constantly playing up the threat of “woke” radicalism and the “illiberal Left.”

— Thomas Zimmer (@tzimmer_history) August 15, 2023

Next, a few comments on Canada's political scene:

I don't know which is harder to watch. Yellowknife evacuating, Kelowna on fire, counting the dead in Lahaina... or Poilievre ignoring it all as he rails against the price on carbon - designed to mitigate climate change. 😱

— Mike Morris (@1MikeMorris) August 18, 2023

You were “embarrassed” because Trudeau called himself a feminist, said “love is love”, wears weird socks, did yoga for a photo op.

We’re “embarrassed” because Poilievre dogwhistles to the far right, spreads disinformation and conspiracy, tries to undermine democracy.

We win.

— Scribulatora (@Scribulatora) August 17, 2023

Finally, isn't this beautiful>

Canadian folk song: Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers. Looking west accross the Atlantic ocean today to Canada. I can't belive the destruction that these wildfires can cause. Thoughts and prayers with all those effected 🇨🇦 💚 pic.twitter.com/9hmXIIHqZA

— Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) August 18, 2023