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Nate V.

@nvan.northsky.social

326 followers 1.4K following 271 posts

Instructional designer. Consumer of coffee and podcasts. Aspiring life-haver. Aeropress evangelist. Open streets and open borders. YEG -> YUL

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hmmmm...

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 01/07/2026

If you live in #montreal #mtl #yul, there's a couple entrepreneurs selling rubber ring bracelets just west of the de Rouen graffiti bridge. Go show them support!

An adult man's hand, showing a bracelet made of black, blue, pink, green, and clear rubber rings. Also visible are a cord bracelet in parachute rope knots and an elastic band from SmartWool socks. On the ring finger is a stainless steel ring.

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/05/2026

I found one of these on an older kids book that we have. The letters on the blocks add a little je ne sais quoi.

An illustration from the childrens book Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff, published in 1959.

In the illustration, a seal holds two wooden blocks with letters on them as two children look on. In front of the seal are four additional letter blocks with the letters "X F M L". The caption at the bottom of the illustration says "Sammy wishes he could spell."

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 08/05/2026

I can only assume that this street sign is replaced every few days because it keeps getting stolen. #transisland

A street name sign on a telephone pole. The street name is "Trans Island". The sign is white with black lettering. There is a second sign showing the cross street. It is difficult to read, but it says "Cote St-Catherine". There is a brick building, a tree, and blue sky in the background.

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/03/2026

Am I wrong? Tell me I'm wrong.

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, eerily presaging Peter Thiel in his appearance.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/03/2026

Aragorn meme: A day may come where I don't fuck something up and feel like crap, but it is not this day!

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sometimes the skeets just align perfectly.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 18/11/2025

I see you, and raise you a threatening thermometer.

The packaging of a very pistol-resembling infrared thermometer, with a picture of a doctor pointing said thermometer at the forehead of a patient, finger on the trigger. The doctor is in the background and their face is blurry, but the hand holding the thermometer and the thermometer itself are in sharp focus.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 14/11/2025

A painting of Jesus, with eyes that show more than a little incredulity/concern over what He is seeing.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 06/11/2025

Choose your fighter.

Donald J. Trump contemplating whether an Executive Order could stop people from fainting in his presence. The bust of a dead white asshole peers over his right shoulder.

Howard Lutnick trying very hard not to lose a game of "he who smelt it, dealt it."

A passed-out pharma exec whose soul is actively trying to leave his body.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 09/08/2025

Our oldest is writing a bande dessinée (comic/graphic novel for you anglos) about the origin of his super hero, and the cover art is...somewhat suggestive.

A child's drawing covering a full 8.5 x 11 page. The drawing is in black ink, and features two surprisingly phallic shapes "spurting" into each other. In the centre where they meet, body parts are coagulating from the unholy mixture.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 26/04/2025

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Someone's doing Mord graffiti in Montreal.

Graffiti image of a blue bear. The bear has mushrooms growing on its back and has long, antelope-like horns.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 09/12/2024

Somewhere in the multiverse, another Brian Thompson wakes up in a cold sweat, having been visited that night by 3 spirits.

An image of Michael Caine as Scrooge from the Muppet Christmas Carol. He is on his knees, hands clasped in front of him with a look of relief and repentance on his face. Below the image are the words "I will live my life in the past, the present, and the future! Heaven and the Christmas time be praised for this day!"

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 06/12/2024

This unnerving and slightly ominous note has been in our house for a few days now. Does one of our kids k ow something we don't?

A sheet of standard 8.5 x 11 inch printer paper. Several small characters are drawn on it with a blue pen. Written overtop of it all in large black marker letters are the words " He's coming".

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 15/11/2024

According to my CO2 reader, the Normans are going to attack.

An Aranet4 CO2 reader showing 1066 parts permilluon of atmospheric CO2.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/11/2024

Out here representing my people in the current discourse.

4-panel "You guys get paid?" meme from We're the Millers.

The first 3 panels are labeled Theatre Kids, Debate Kids, and School Newspaper Kids, with the additional caption, "We're the worst club!"

The final panel is labeled Homeschool Kids, with the additional caption, "You guys had clubs?"

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 31/10/2024

That's better.

A screen-cap of the quoted tweet, edited to say, "a cruise...is crazy." Because cruises are awful and environmentally unjustifiable.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 27/10/2024

You will never convince me that this is Spiderman pasta and not Strongbad pasta.

A cooked piece of pasta on a wooden kitchen spoon. The pasta is meant to resemble Marvel superhero Spiderman, but to this poster's eye looks more like the internet's favourite luchador-masked miscreant Strongbad from early 2000's internet sensation Homestar Runner.

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 22/08/2024

Made a new friend today at the botanical gardens.

A Linne's cicada on a hand.

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/08/2024

An image you saved because it made you laugh

Four-panel American Choppers meme featuring dialogue from Henry IV Part 1 by Shakespeare.

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 06/08/2024

If you see this post ghost

An old-timey headline that says "WEIRD GHOST PARTY"

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 06/08/2024

There's always someone...

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 15/07/2024

Seth Abramson?

Gif image of Obi-Wan Kenobi saying, "Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time." Image and dialogue from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 04/07/2024

As some Canadian companies explore offering staff a four-day work week, experts are watching Greece's move closely and suggest it could work here.

"Potentially, it's a good idea," said Mark Colgate, an associate dean with the University of Victoria's Gustavson School of Business.

It's a system already in place at some businesses, but could this scheduling option be widespread in Canada? The short answer from Colgate is not anytime soon.
"But we are going to have to come up with creative solutions, and this is Greece’s creative solution. Even though some people are pushing back, if they don’t do this, they are going to become less and less competitive as a nation and that’s exactly the issue we’re faced with in Canada right now too."
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem recently echoed Colgate's concern.

"Our Achilles heel is productivity. We have been very good at growing our economy by adding workers. We have been much less successful at increasing output per worker," Macklem said last month.
"Our message is: if you want more non-inflationary growth, we're going to need a concerted discussion between businesses, governments and academics, civil society on how are we going to get productivity growth up in Canada."

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Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 19/06/2024

Edmonton to the NHL:

"Call an ambulance! But not for me." meme

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 13/06/2024

Extremely cursed garbage can from this morning's walk.

A doll in a garbage can. The doll is wearing a black and pink dress and has long brown hair. The doll is looking at the camera, but one of its arms is covering the right eye.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 28/05/2024

This post from the old place lives in my head for a variety of reasons.

Twitter screenshot from December 2022 extolling the contributions of 2000s Christian metalcore.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 09/05/2024

Screenshot of posts from @fesshole.bsky.social and @cait.bsky.social.

The first features a story of a security guard letting a shoplifter go after the shoplifter complimented their hair.

The second features a fluffy orange cat looking out a window, captioned "new security guard on the job."

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 09/05/2024

Bluesky synchronicity.

Screenshot of posts from @fesshole.bsky.social and @cait.bsky.social.

The first features a story of a security guard letting a shoplifter go after the shoplifter complimented their hair.

The second features a fluffy orange cat looking out a window, captioned "new security guard on the job."

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 01/05/2024

Park bench philosophy.

A park bench where someone has written "What are you scared of if not your stagnant state of mind?" Someone else has crossed out "Mind" and replaced it with "Being". Another person has written "Who said I'm stagnant or afraid?" beneath.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 08/03/2024

@marcusjmerritt.com just letting you know that you have a doppelganger in Montreal.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 20/12/2023

*Witchsmeller pursuivant.

The witchsmeller pursuivant from British sitcom Blackadder, season 1.

A dirty, wild-looking man who hunts for and finds witches on the flimsiest of evidence.

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 01/12/2023

A Calvin and Hobbes comic strip

Calvin: It's freezing in here!! Why can't we crank up the thermostat?!

Calvin's dad: Consuming less fuel is better for the environment and it saves money.

Calvin: Oh.

Calvin's dad: ...and being cold builds character.

Calvin: I KNEW IT !!

Nate V. @nvan.northsky.social · 12/10/2023

The globalists are coming for Montreal!

A street-advertisement encouraging people to get vaccinated against HPV with Gardasil 9.

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