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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Skipped the Nazis, huh.

Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 16h

I remember when "Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?" was a big dunk at the expense of the young 'uns, but I think, unless you're a big music nerd, most of the point of popular music is bonding with your peers. And if your peers don't care about the Beatles, why would you?

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The land I live on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Aesthetically pleasing peppers at St Jacob’s Farmers Market

Baskets of bright red, yellow and green peppers

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wrote to my MP Danielle Martin to express my disappointment with the LPC turning its back on its climate commitments. Will it help? It helped ease my anger.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

47 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026

Biologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams theonion.com/biologists-announce-th…

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“He doesn’t have to shoot you now” “Yes he does! Shoot me now!” *BANG*

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just finished watching Mirror, Mirror. Uhura playing Sulu like a fiddle is one of my favourite bits. But I have to confess, so many of my Trek memories are tied together with my old friend Reid that I’m finding this a melancholy anniversary.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

TOS, my attachment to the old crew was real.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My first successful picture of Mercury, taken with the 5x camera on an iPhone 16 Pro from the shore of Lake Huron

A faint dot in the haze of a sunset of a lake- it’s Mercury!

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Karen J Watson 🇨🇦 @watsonkaren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Jen Greerson, The Line🇨🇦: "I think we’ve reached the end of a real bilateral relationship with the United States. Friendship is over...I’m sure a lot of decent Americans exist, and they feel very bad about all of this, just not bad enough to do anything to stop it." open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

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Jen Gerson: (this is real)

I think we’ve reached the end of a real bilateral relationship with the United States. Friendship is over. Even a transactional alliance is pretty damn close to the brink.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My old pal Reid Ellis passed on today after a long fight with cancer. The best friend a guy could have for 47 years. Still coming to grips with a world without him.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it)

Cirrus clouds glowing red in the sunset over the Starfest campground

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Graphic novelist/funny history nerd Kate Beaton (no relation) www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id...

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Hark, a vagrant: 202

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Toronto and Montreal do love to chirp at each other but if anyone comes after Montreal, we’ll drop the gloves for our sibling we love the best.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I wonder if this has any effect on Carney’s decision to walk away.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I wonder if today is a good day to buy Saab stock

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Some Canadian content for this Day of Defiance: Norval Morrisseau’s Loon Mother and Young (at the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton )

A colorful, heavily stylized painting of a loon and two young

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Whatever the fuck the "deal" is, Trump will tear it up in hours or days. We all know that, right?

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Why are we trying to come to a trade agreement with someone who unilaterally tore up the last agreement he signed?

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Trump is obsessed with the booze boycott because he enraged by the defiance of the Canadian people. This is not a trade dispute. It is an attempt to break our will. Hold the line. There are no deals that can be made with predators. charlieangus.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

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No Deal To Be Had

The deadline for the latest round of trade negotiations is two days away.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Home from Starfest, Canada’s premier star party. Three clear nights, talks, seminars, and a lot of hanging around and sharing a beverage with old friends. (Why yes, I was one of the speakers)

The crescent moon and Venus setting behind trees in the evening twilight

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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 08/08/2026

"let it die, then. If the island airport didn’t already exist today nobody would seriously propose to build it there, and it’s not some kind of tragedy that the economic fundamentals of a small regional airport don’t support its continued existence without generous policy concessions."

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ANALYSIS: The island airport doesn’t have forever | TVO Today

If not jets, what do we want from Billy Bishop?

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Beautiful day for a bike ride along the lake shore, blighted only by the ruins of Ontario Place

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Level 1 Jays tickets from a generous friend! And the Jays are winning!

A view of home plate from 20 rows behind

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Poster for Godzilla (Gojira) vs Hedorah - a psychedelic-tinged environmental lesson with kaiju.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I can’t donate again until late August so I need one of you clowns to step up in my place.

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains

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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Saw The Odyssey last night. I do not recall anything in the poem to imply he suffered from any guilt/trauma/PTSD from his role in using reverence for the gods to trick Troy into falling, the sacrifice of Sinon and the subsequent slaughter.

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