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Tim Ford

@timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

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Fiction in Neo-Opsis Magazine, Tyche Books, EDGE Publishing

Bylines with CBC, The Tyee, Capital Daily and more.

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Joined November 18, 2022

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Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 23mo ago

Replying to

@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social The groundwork for Ayatollah Khomeini was laid by the British and the US dominating Iran for their economic interests, including overthrowing the democratically elected government in 1953, because it threatened to introduce socialism to Iran's oil, attacking British superiority. The truth is, the vitriol against modern Iran, which is merely a continuation of the previous authoritarianism, is entirely about it no longer being economically friendly to the US and the UK.

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 23mo ago

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@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social All this crap and propaganda about "women's rights" or "LGBTQ rights" in the Middle East is a smokescreen. If the west gave two shits about these rights, they'd concentrate their efforts on foreign exchange programs, promotion of socio-cultural exports, diplomatic soft power, and normalized relations and trade. But that would mean accepting that these states get to control their own resources, which would make life in the West more expensive. And that is unacceptable.

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 23mo ago

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@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social Iran, from 1953 to 1979, was ruled by a brutal despot, the Shah. During his reign Iran had secret police, the SAVAK, who would jail people or outright murder them for voicing dissent. He lavished himself in luxury, especially in 1967, when he crowned himself Shāhanshāh, literally "King of Kings," — because being King wasn't enough. The reason his reign of terror holds such a propagandistic place in western media is because he was a useful puppet to the British and the US.

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 23mo ago

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@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social You want to push back against Trumpism, Christian Nationalism, etc.? Knock yourself out. But don't buy into the propaganda bullshit that Iran was this glorious egalitarian paradise before the rise of Islamism and the Ayatollah. He's just the despot that wouldn't play ball. They love the despots that do.

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 20mo ago

I can't help but feel like left-wing Americans are sitting back and waiting for Canadians to save them.

There's this perverse trend in commentary on Trump's repeated threats of "annexation" from leftie Americans that they would fight alongside Canadians, or that Canadians would be doing them a favour by killing Trump.

And like...guys. This is your mess. You made this. Your lack of organization and action perpetuates it.

We're not here to be your emotional punching bag. Deal with your shit.

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 29mo ago

Replying to

@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange I keep saying rail transportation is the solution to gridlock

Tim Ford @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca

· 46mo ago

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@albinokid@nerdculture.de So sorry for your loss. You gave him a long, happy life full of love.