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Writer, Nova Scotia, France, and Vancouver. Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices. Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/ Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
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reskeet with how you came out as trans (wrong answers only) A very complicated disguise-based plan to escape the mafia just kinda got out of hand.

Build up a supportive, close community of fellow writers! This is the best way to discover who to kill and eat so you can gain their precious, valuable writerly powers. You'll be leveling up in no time!

Aging sucks. Spent an hour finally digging into possible causes of shoulder pain. "Mild AC arthrosis" "Minimal glenohumeral arthrosis" "Trace rotator cuff calcification"

It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history. Today it is the story of the Order of the Sleeping Car Porters. Established in Winnipeg, it was the first Black labour union in North America. 🧵1/12

Meant to message my friend to give my condolences over the passing of his mother but he messaged me first to ask me if he should get Arby's at the Istanbul airport. Not sure the moment is right anymore.

charging a credit card transaction fee tells me your business is weak and not to be patronized again 🤙

I know I don't need to make a declaration about this, both because anyone who knows me knows my stance, and because I'm a nobody, but: I don't care about "illegal" immigration at all. Borders are fake and humans deserve safety. You're never going to catch me finking on an undocumented person.

Hey I'm so ahead of the curve I gave up on Cross Country Checkup DECADES ago!

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

From United Humanists on FB

I went to see a really good band tonight. Great musicians. Right up until they played Dixie for their closing number. "This one's for two of my great-great grandfathers." I walked out.

Oh no !

Thanks James. Hope many more cross over. @jamestaylor-com.bsky.social

What I'm listening to for an upcoming article: the nitty-gritty of composting dog poop, and the bags it's collected in. youtu.be/k6_CodZ_6AU?...

That was just the warm up earthquake for Vancouver today. The real earthquake comes later tonight when the Vancouver Sevens kicks off

Whoa! Earthquake in Vancouver!

Yesterday, we revealed HP Inc was deliberately making you wait at least an extra 15 minutes on its support phone line in hope you would give up Today, HP has officially ditched that stalling tactic. The Reg, customer, and staff pressure prevailed www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/h...

If you don't happen to follow any Canadians, you're missing how deeply the US has offended, enraged, and destabilized a people who—to grossly stereotype—are slow to anger.

As Canadian watch the bizarre destruction of so much of America right now, we're truly feeling pretty damned responsible and adult. www.threesquirrels.ca/p/the-adults...

The best thing on Reddit today

FUN FACT if you subscribe to the murder mystery at kerrycoran.com, you will find it’s set at Llyn Cerrig Bach, The Lake of Little Stones, and at one point, a woman will pull a sword from the little stones, fulfilling all of the requisite elements of Arthurian Kingship, including that it be in Wales

bluesky is okay but the coolest online spot is the kings co-op bookstore five star google rating page. all your friends are there, don’t be left out

Fell In Love With A Train. “Such a shame that the US doesn't do it like Japan and Europe do with dedicated train routes to all of our cities like this. We've done entire tours in Japan by train”

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Canada. We need to accept that we are the responsible adults in the room, and start managing the children to the south of us. open.substack.com/pub/echapper...?

At the NATO meeting a loud US republican saw my CDN flag pin on my lapel and reached for it saying, "Hey Canada." I stopped him. "Don't touch the Canadian flag." "Just joking," he said. "You'll die before you touch our flag," I said, "not joking." He scrambled out of there. #notfuckingaround

Privatized health care. Always top notch.

MLAs are getting a 29% raise, from $89,235 to $115,00. The premier's salary (including his MLA salary) is increasing 21%, from $190,780 to $230,748 There are increases in pay for all other provincial politicians, which I'll spell out in a full article.

NPR, I am not listening to an episode on the Men's Loneliness epidemic.

Remember these?

I would like to know why my very expensive, over-powered, all singing and all-dancing "smart" phone can't come close to matching the calendar and contact list functions that I had thirty years ago with a Palm Pilot.

love to see a quote on the celestial seasonings box that's like "the smile is a friend to the face" from P. S. Dunstworth and immediately being like "I'll bet that guy is a Victorian racist and antisemite" and then look him up and be 100% correct

Maybe we’ll all see Joe Hill one day #resistance youtu.be/l-JW4DKxwQM?...

John Lennon and his wife Yoko, take their first ride on a snowmobile on Dec. 18, 1969 on a Mississauga farm owned by rock singer Ronnie Hawkins (swiped from the other place)