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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

An old fogey question with regards to all these dire warnings about "BigAI". Am I the only only person who reads "BigAI" and what comes immediately to mind is a mildly inebriated and very confused sportscaster? Should I just call a cab for a ride to The Shady Rest Home? #BigAI #BigAl

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Good crowd on the Dartmouth ferry, including acouple of geese - headed over to the "Culture is Critical" protest at Province House today. The fact that we are on the Viola Desmond seems appropriate.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Why I can never be in a book club, even though I read lots of books and would love to discuss them.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This is true. (Actually, Kamala DID warn us. But whatever.)

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It appears that Andy Fillmore, our new HRM mayor, has just realized that he is not up to the job. His response? He is asking the Premier to change the job description to give him even MORE power. There is in fact another, more obvious solution, Andy... #Halifax #HRM

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

That moment when you realize you are not really up to the demands of the new job.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

LOL. Still struggling with the difference between "Opposition Leader" ( a parliamentary designation) and "Party Leader"? Is this a reading or comprehension issue you are struggling with? Try reading the first couple of sentences of the article... they make it all clear for the easily confused.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

TBH, this is probably the main reason I read so many books ... in my dotage, I really just want to better understand the ways of women - and the mysteries of the female mind. #booksky

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Imagining the conversation if Justin and Pierre meet at the local Canadian Tire this summer ...

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

May not work, but it's true all the same.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

And the Libs doing EXACTLY the same thing, just down the road. Birds of a feather...

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Its fish or cut bait time. IMHO, big majority governments are NEVER good for ordinary Cndns. They get us reduced accountability, cutbacks + cronyism. So, I will be voting for Keith Morrison in Dartmouth – Cole Harbour. A strong NDP voice to ensure that a Lib Govt DELIVERS for working Cndns. #cdnpoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

You're welcome. (T'is the season.)

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

So it's not just the title of a Québecois movie?

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Jagmeet Singh raising the roof in Halifax, as the NDP launches its campaign to elect Lisa Robert's as its new MP. #cdnpoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Marco's face at the time said everything. So the MAGA Comms Team had to intervene ASAP.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The only positive part of that whole fiasco in the Oval Office today was watching Marco Rubio rethinking his life choices in real time. #SlavaUkraini

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The difference between Canadian and American economic policies in a single graph. #TrumpTakeEgg #cdnpoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I don't understand why everyone has their knickers in a twist over AI. This seems to work ...

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

In NS, when it comes to transparency and accountability, Tim Houston's Conservatives are building on the moral foundations of "Honest John" Buchanan. #nspoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

So, yes - I did think this CNN headline had to do with Trump's re-election. It was an honest mistake. #Trump #uspoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Easily the best book out of the Canadian Maritimes that I have read in the last couple of years. The story of a resilient Mi'kmaw family devastated by loss and tragedy, yet able to live, laugh and love. "The Berry Pickers", by Amanda Peters (from the Annapolis Valley). Two BIG thumbs up. #booksky

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

We are not generally a big flag-waving community, but from my doorstep this morning, I can see 5 Canadian flags blowing in the wild Maritime wind. #HappyFlagDay True. North. Strong. Free.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

There is a great new book telling the story of this generation of immigrants (draft dodgers, back to the landers, seekers and lost souls) in Nova Scotia. "Far Out" - by Chris Murphy. Featuring many old friends who made a BIG difference in this province.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Just read it ... many years overdue. Its a wonderous piece of writing. And have now added this "next chapter" to my TBR shelf.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My projection of today's phone conversations between Trudeau and (a cigar chewing) Trump. #cdnpoli #tariffs

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

There are a few musty old anthologies from school days on my poetry shelf. But otherwise, an eclectic mix of Elizabeth Bishop, Dante, Leonard Cohen, Keats, Yeats and more. And of course, Emily Dickinson. #booksky

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Kicked off February with this Neptune Theatre production of the Viola Desmond story. Two thumbs up from me. Given what else is happening in the world these days, a good reminder that social change starts with individual acts of resistance. #Courage #Resist #Halisky #BlackHistoryMonth

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Grocery shopping is a little slower this week as Canadian consumers are checking country of origin labels on every can of peas and box of cereal. #cdnpoli #tariffs

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Just in from my brother who lives in HCM Ciy in Vietnam ... at least there have been *some* efforts to promote NS sea food products beyond the unreliable trading partner that is the USA. #tariffs #diversify #resist #cdnpoli

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Spent much of January in the company of Flannery O'Connor. As southern belles go, "Sheesh!" I now understand E Waugh's skepticism that such stories could be written by a "young lady". Maybe the notion of Southern Gothic was not widely appreciated at the time. Anyhow, two thumbs up from me. #booksky

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

So David Axelrod is on Bluesky and has only 62 followers? Seriously?

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hello, #booksky. By way of intro, here is my "shelfie" of books read in 2024. (Apart from a few on-loaned or returned) There was a travel-related emphasis on Greece. Plus a few writers / books considered classics by many, that I had somehow missed. Notably Maya Angelou + Douglas Adams. On to 2025

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not sure if this counts as "cold". I think we would consider it "brisk".

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

And I had always assumed that Flannery O'Connor was some dissolute male scribbler from County Cork. Nope! #ReadAndLearn

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The announcement heralding the arrival of late stage capitalism.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

For my opening contribution to #booksky, I will publicly acknowledge that I had always assumed that the writer Flannery O'Connor was some dissolute, ink-stained, Dublin-based male scribbler. Clearly, its never to late to read and learn.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Passing thru the Nation's Capital + seized the opportunity to see "Salesman in China" @ NAC. Two big thumbs up: its a rich, complex, captivating play that tells the story of Arthur Miller's trip to China in the 1980s to direct a breakthrough production of "Death of a Salesman". See it if you can!

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Yes, I loved some of David Lynch's later works. But TBH, I think the act of watching Eraserhead at an impressionable age (at the lovely old Cinema V in Montreal) probably took 10 years off of my life. If nothing else, it certainly taught me that some movies are best watched stoned.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Kudos to Jagmeet, Chrystia and most of the Lib caucus for doing what they can to nudge JT into resigning. Thus creating a smidgen of space for the Libs to try to stop PP winning a crushing majority. Whether the election is in April or Oct, it won't make a shred of difference if JT is still PM.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Denial is not just a river in Africa, my friend. Try harder. Fail better. Here are the receipts, - from the Caucus Chair, no less. (PS. The Quebec Caucus followed suit, today.)

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Mark Anthony @markanthony62.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I thought you were asking for things Canadians can agree upon. On JT's prospects of defeating PP The Grifter, there seems to pretty much be a national consensus.

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