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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 11h

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 19h

Stained glass inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris #photography #Paris #stainedglass #Notre-DameCathedral #France #churches

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And the complacent will never meet the god who shows mercy at the threshold of despair.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@dmacottawa.bsky.social thank you for reposting this passage of my poetry

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fowler isn't going to let go if he grabs the crease

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sad that three of the good Canadians have passed but all of the shifty Canadians are still with (against) us.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If Bradford wins, he will be mayor of Toronto for 3 years. That will be a speck of time compared to how long Toronto will regret that he was mayor.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Away from Her, directed by Sarah Polley

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And she's thinking he's just a boomer from another time. Randy Bachman came across as kind, decent and humble. He wasn't trying to impress, but just making polite small talk with a stranger on a plane. He was gracious. I've never forgotten that flight. Respect to Randy Bachman, one of the good guys.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I had my own band. Bachman Turner Overdrive. Sorry? BTO. Silence. Maybe before your time, he said. Definitely, she answered. How about you, he asked. First time in Toronto? Everyone relaxed with the question. I wasn't the only one thinking he's listing some of the greatest rock hits of all time

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anything I'd know, she asked. I wrote one called Taking Care of Business, he said. Never heard of it, she said. You ain't seen nothing yet? Nope. Roll on down the highway? Sorry. American woman? Silence. Were you in a band I'd know, she asked? By this point the whole cabin was routing for her.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

He said that he lived in LA but also had a house in Toronto. That he was from Canada originally but had lived in the States for a long time. What do you do, she asked. I'm a musician, he said. You must do well for yourself, to have two houses, she said. He said he did well with a couple of songs.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We all settled in and the section was silent for a few hours into flight. Then the woman sitting beside Randy Bachman started talking with him. She was about 20 years old, maybe 40 years his junior. Are you visiting Toronto or heading home, she asked.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wasn't the only one who noticed him. I saw a few of the other passengers nudging their partners or whispering in their ear, look it's Randy Bachman.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

About 15 years ago, I was on a flight from LA to Toronto. Flying for work, I was flying business class. Already seated while the plane was boarding, I noticed Randy Bachman in the aisle throwing his bag in the overhead. He took a seat in the row behind me.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When the Pope says AI could undermine humanity

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Nina @nina-75.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Neuroni specchio Ed altre sciocchezze con le quali siamo neurologicamente strutturati all' empatia

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They just can't let go of yesterday's grift

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes, quite the mix! I can see the Australian cattle dog in his face. I'm sure he'd love to learn new skills (no pressure comment) thanks for responding

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What breed of dog is Henry? He's very handsome

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There's three beaches in the Beaches: Woodbine Beach, Kew Beach and Balmy Beach.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Inside the Louvre in Paris #photography #shadowphotography #Louvre #Paris #museums #TSEliot In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo

Photo of interior foyer in the Louvre showing numerous visitors ans sculptures in light and shadows cast by sunlight through the glass ceiling

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Small bites / Leave the apples less than whole, the dexterous red squirrels / Snap their stems from thinning branches / Dropping abundance upon the yellow jackets / Rolling sideways in the grass, heavy and dull / From sucking sweet puree in daylight. #photography #yellowjackets #apples #poetry

Photo of 30 yellow jackets (wasps) feeding on half an apple that fell from an apple tree.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The result is a given but voter turnout is not. Turnout is a measure of dissent.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Next time just interview the cows, you know, the smart ones on the farm

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We visited this square just last week during our trip to Paris.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I read all these Habs writers and a few others too and I really enjoy what they write. Top shelf content! We're fortunate as Habs fans to have this level of dedication. Thank you! GHG

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The word of the US government is always written in pencil.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As Arpon Basu wrote, the Canadiens value speed and compete above all else. Newhook has this in spades.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Selfie of a tourist in the Garden at the Palais Royale in Paris, France #photography #Paris #PalaisRoyale #France #Paristourism #Selfie

Photo of the photographer in a reflection in the silver balls in the garden of the Palais Royale in Paris. The balls also reflect the clouds in the sky which look like a brain's grey matter. In the background a woman sits on an art installation taking a photo of herself with her phone.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. This mural tells of 12 episodes of Jesus Christ's life beginning with Mary's visit with Elizabeth and ending with the Last Supper. The Cathedral has hosted visitors for 860 years. #Notre-DameCathedral #Paris #photography #Nativitystory #Cathedral #Mary

Stone mural inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris depicting the life of Jesus Christ. It reads from left to right, beginning with Mary's visit with Elizabeth and ending with the Last Supper.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He took his petulance out on a lake. A lake! I thought, we've hit rock bottom. But that was yesterday.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm old enough to have studied in Nicaragua in the late 1980s. Heartbroken elders recounting fresh stories of Reagan's freedom fighters murdering school teachers and health workers. Reagan declaring Oliver North a hero for scheming to avoid Congressional oversight to fund attacks on the defenseless.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

More to this story than simply being clueless about municipal finances.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The article credits Trump with the right-wing strategy of avoiding media scrutiny. But I remember Stephen Harper shutting the door on the media long before Trump the politician

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Please, someone, change his meds

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I celebrate! Dave Stieb had more stuff than a museum. What a thrill to watch him pitch!

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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I saw some yap-flapper on the other site making the case that labor unions are equal to billionaires in flooding elections with money. There is no comparison. Here's a chart I made on Claude. Also, that's not even all the billionaires. Just the top 100 families.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I ordered your beautiful special edition book from Books on Beechwood in Ottawa. It's a gift for my son-in-law who works for an NGO that grows and plants trees in the National Capital Region.

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've never watched an episode of any reality TV show

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Lake Ontario at Balmy Beach in Toronto, Ontario, Canada #LakeOntario #GreatLake #balmybeach ##thebeaches #Ontario

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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Racism is a distraction from his criminal activities

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