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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Perfect rainy day activity if you ask us

Photograph of the King’s Library at the British Library. A large library spanning 6 floors, featuring shelves full of red and gold bound books. Text on top reads: ‘Oh no, it’s raining’ *immediately runs to the library, grabs a book and finds a cute corner for the afternoon*

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Old-school research, from a time when only a few things were indexed or catalogued at the level of the document!

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And didn’t have its own citizenship until after WW2. Previously British Subjects!

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The St. Lawrence Seaway has a combination of Canadian and American locks, so the joke does not make sense, unfortunately. (Snell and Eisenhower locks near Massena, NY are on the American side, for example.)

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hmm, I never realized that Wellington died one day after Wolfe (almost a century earlier of course).

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“What’s clear now is that everyone in the administration is not only aware that the situation in the Middle East is dire, but that the disaster Trump has inflicted on the world is spiralling out of control.”

chadbourn.substack.com

The Iran War Hits Crisis Point

Free access to the Red Sea has been lost

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was an assigned reading in a political science class that I took, circa 1993, University of Ottawa.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A perfect example of the importance of using as many consonants as possible, early on. (FYI, I don’t always follow my own advice!)

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've been to that store, a few years ago: Chaos indeed. I've darkened the doorways of many a bookstore, but I've never seen a place with so many piles obscuring the shelves!

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I lost $7 to my local coffee shop this morning and all I got was coffee and an almond croissant.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I love and hate this image, simultaneously.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I once had a bat that dived-bombed me during a presentation in a museum. Disconcerting at the time, but provided an excellent story to relate!

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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's not a trade war, it's an attempted subjugation. F off greer and trump. #CanadaSky #cnpoli

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Don’t forget this. “Foreign actors are attempting to undermine Canadian interests by interfering in Alberta's separatist debate…” “Actors from Russia and the US are attempting to promote separatist ideas in what researchers behind the report described as a threat to Canada's democratic integrity.”

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US and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report says

Researchers warn that foreign actors are meddling in the Alberta separatist movement in ways that threaten Canada’s "democratic integrity".

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Charlie says hello, from British North America.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Trump has brought nuclear weapons back into the conversation.

chadbourn.substack.com

The Dismantling Of US Power

Nukes is all Trump has left

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you watched the video you'd see it took place in a busy part of town - there's a McDonald's in the background. Probably early evening based on the sun, and there were other cars, bicyclists, and I also saw a pedestrian with a baby stroller. Appropriate action by the police, by any standard.

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Club Announcement Spurs 🤦‍♂️ @markscrivens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Revolting. This man helped save millions of lives and is a hero.

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Club Announcement Spurs 🤦‍♂️ @markscrivens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I like NYC. I miss visiting there. Not going anytime soon.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

They might coerce us into re-stocking their liquor, but they can't make us buy it.🍁

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ridiculous. The response of an absolute buffoon.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous? It’s a bloody gong show in the US right now.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A worrying trend. The circumstances leading to the original decline are still in effect. Perhaps more so. Don't go, ye brave Canadians! And don't buy their stuff, here at home in Canada.

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McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk · 04/07/2026

In the absence of an index, simply read the book cover to cover several times, advises William Robb, enfeebled author.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Is it now held in a museum collection?

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Library and Archives Canada @library-archives.canada.ca · 13/07/2026

Looking for an original summer activity? Go behind the scenes at our Preservation Centre in Gatineau! Every Friday in July and August, explore laboratories, vaults, and other areas usually closed to the public. Reserve your spot now: evenements-events.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng…

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"There's fault to go around to both." When you say something like this, you have zero credibility for everything else you say. Your president repeatedly and boorishly threatens our sovereignty and our economy. Our reactions have been timid by comparison.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am BEGGING people - think tanks, governments, random organisations - to DATE YOUR REPORTS WHEN YOU DO THE PDFS. It should not be THIS HARD to find a BLOODY PUBLICATION DATE. You might think everyone will remember the magical day you published it years later. But you are delusional.

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb-dbc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906), a Métis hunter, merchant, ferryman, & political and military leader, remembered as Louis Riel’s military commander during the North-West rebellion of 1885. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dumon... #NIHM2026

An Indigenous man with a thick dark beard wears a wide-brimmed hat and wears a light-coloured coat. He is carrying a rifle.

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

At least your remarks will be fresh in your mind!

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Shortt and Doughty, in "Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada 1759-1791," states that the original was in French; an original English version does not exist, but the original French version was soon translated into English of course.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 24/05/2026

Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine last night shows the Kremlin’s brutality and disregard for both human life and peace negotiations. Terror against civilians is not strength. It's despair. We stand firmly with Ukraine, with further support on the way to reinforce its air defence systems.

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Robert Finch @hammerdunner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Happy Ontario Flag Day. Today back in 1965, the Ontario Red Ensign became the official flag of the Province of Ontario.

Program cover for Ontario flag raising ceremony in 1965

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

As historians, we read the correspondence of many characters. Some good, some bad. But we always appreciate when they have legible handwriting... and vice versa!

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Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Starlings and grackles are doing the same thing to me, at the moment, here in Canada. Will force a stop to my springtime feeding, unfortunately. The goldfinches, sparrows, chickadees and cardinals will suffer as a result.

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