Appalbarry
@appalbarry.com
Writer, Nova Scotia, France, Vancouver. and now Cambridge UK, Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices.
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Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
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Appalbarry
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· Jul 19
This is where I always ask: Tell me about one example of a government service being privatized, and offering the same or better service for less cost. Just one example.
Response: <crickets>
Response: <crickets>
So, it’s time again for the semi-annual stream of NextDoor posts from North Vancouver. And the unsubscribe once the novelty wears off.
Meanwhile, on Facebook I unfriended/subbed EVERYTHING but close family and friends and wow, it is serving me up a REALLY bizarre mix of crap.
Meanwhile, on Facebook I unfriended/subbed EVERYTHING but close family and friends and wow, it is serving me up a REALLY bizarre mix of crap.
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
So, it’s time again for the semi-annual stream of NextDoor posts from North Vancouver. And the unsubscribe once the novelty wears off.
Meanwhile, on Facebook I unfriended/subbed EVERYTHING but close family and friends and wow, it is serving me up a REALLY bizarre mix of crap.
Meanwhile, on Facebook I unfriended/subbed EVERYTHING but close family and friends and wow, it is serving me up a REALLY bizarre mix of crap.
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Mormons think Black people can't go to heaven & Natives are imaginary. No thanks.
February 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Mormons think Black people can't go to heaven & Natives are imaginary. No thanks.
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This 1898 photo shows a demonstration at Cambridge University against the proposal that female students receive a degree upon completion of their study. An effigy of a cycling woman representing the "new woman."
- The Conversation
- The Conversation
February 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This 1898 photo shows a demonstration at Cambridge University against the proposal that female students receive a degree upon completion of their study. An effigy of a cycling woman representing the "new woman."
- The Conversation
- The Conversation
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TIL that in Old English the goose/geese tooth/teeth foot/feet alternation for plural nouns also applied to "book", so singular boc became plural bec! I am charmed.
Bring back beek!
Bring back beek!
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
TIL that in Old English the goose/geese tooth/teeth foot/feet alternation for plural nouns also applied to "book", so singular boc became plural bec! I am charmed.
Bring back beek!
Bring back beek!
This window stopped us in our tracks last week. Lovely!
Watch as illustrator Katie Idle recreates her cover design for 'Athena’s Sisters' @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social 🎨🤩
Katherine Backler's new book transforms our understanding of Classical Athenian culture and society by approaching it from women's perspectives.
Read more 🔗 https://cup.org/3MwAzY5
Katherine Backler's new book transforms our understanding of Classical Athenian culture and society by approaching it from women's perspectives.
Read more 🔗 https://cup.org/3MwAzY5
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This window stopped us in our tracks last week. Lovely!
Just astonishing and lovely.
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Just astonishing and lovely.
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My favorite thing on TikTok right now is musicians and people of color explaining the concept of syncopation to (mostly white) people who are complaining that Lady Gaga was singing off beat during her Super Bowl performance.
February 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
My favorite thing on TikTok right now is musicians and people of color explaining the concept of syncopation to (mostly white) people who are complaining that Lady Gaga was singing off beat during her Super Bowl performance.
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On this day in 1996, Bill Clennett confronted Prime Minister Jean Chretien during a National Flag of Canada Day commemoration, leading to what is now known as The Shawinigan Handshake
Learn more in my Deep Dive
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Learn more in my Deep Dive
buff.ly/Y6BCowG
February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
On this day in 1996, Bill Clennett confronted Prime Minister Jean Chretien during a National Flag of Canada Day commemoration, leading to what is now known as The Shawinigan Handshake
Learn more in my Deep Dive
buff.ly/Y6BCowG
Learn more in my Deep Dive
buff.ly/Y6BCowG
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They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
February 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
It's 6pm. You've been staring at screens all day ... You've been highly productive; maybe more so than you'd have been in an office. But as you shut your laptop, a strange realisation hits you. You haven't spoken a single word out loud today. Not one.
The loneliness paradox: how working from home is reshaping our creative lives
As creative professionals grapple with isolation and freedom, many are seeking new ways to balance solitude with connection.
It's 6pm. You've been staring at screens all day, moving between tabs a...
www.creativeboom.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It's 6pm. You've been staring at screens all day ... You've been highly productive; maybe more so than you'd have been in an office. But as you shut your laptop, a strange realisation hits you. You haven't spoken a single word out loud today. Not one.
What the hell, it's Valentines Day. Stan Rogers.
youtu.be/nO8VJSFS4FA?...
youtu.be/nO8VJSFS4FA?...
45 Years
YouTube video by Stan Rogers - Topic
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February 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What the hell, it's Valentines Day. Stan Rogers.
youtu.be/nO8VJSFS4FA?...
youtu.be/nO8VJSFS4FA?...
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Bury Me Beneath The Willow
YouTube video by rovélo creative
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Signed away my privacy forever as a 14 year old on Instagram in 2012 yet obsessively shred my physical mail as if it’s 1980 and I’m being monitored by Soviet spies
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Signed away my privacy forever as a 14 year old on Instagram in 2012 yet obsessively shred my physical mail as if it’s 1980 and I’m being monitored by Soviet spies
And, of course, Marxists and romance!
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
And, of course, Marxists and romance!
Anarchists and romance. Yes, you want to read this!
February 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Anarchists and romance. Yes, you want to read this!
A truly excellent BBC documentary has me thinking today about Kentucky, Jim Webb, and WMMT Radio.
"Get in Jesus"
www.threesquirrels.ca/community-an...
"Get in Jesus"
www.threesquirrels.ca/community-an...
Community and Radio
Back at the start of this century I was, for about a year and a half, manager of WMMT Radio in Whitesburg, Kentucky. WMMT's signal covers parts of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. In particular, the...
www.threesquirrels.ca
February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A truly excellent BBC documentary has me thinking today about Kentucky, Jim Webb, and WMMT Radio.
"Get in Jesus"
www.threesquirrels.ca/community-an...
"Get in Jesus"
www.threesquirrels.ca/community-an...
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posting this for those who are not aware of what whole milk is called in canada
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 AM
posting this for those who are not aware of what whole milk is called in canada
Yeah! WMMT! Absolutely brilliant radio!
Happy World Radio Day! @mariamargaronis.bsky.social and I made you a present!
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
#wmmt #kentucky #appalachia #radio #communityradio
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
#wmmt #kentucky #appalachia #radio #communityradio
BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Kentucky’s Real People Radio
WMMT radio in Kentucky reaches some of the least heard communities in America
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Yeah! WMMT! Absolutely brilliant radio!
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Seconding this as a former server whose birthday is on Valentine's Day and who often really needed the money (also as a single mom).
As a former server, if you plan to go out this weekend you should plan on tipping 30+% at a bare minimum and if you don't have the money to cover that tip, you should choose a cheaper restaurant.
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Seconding this as a former server whose birthday is on Valentine's Day and who often really needed the money (also as a single mom).
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I don't care about no new democratic heroes for the new democratic party. Wake me up when the two party system collapses so we can dance in its ashes & build something better.
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I don't care about no new democratic heroes for the new democratic party. Wake me up when the two party system collapses so we can dance in its ashes & build something better.
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
Time to stop scrolling. If @suzannerent.bsky.social is reposting this, and making this comment, I declare it's the weekend, and I quit.
And he LOOKS like a guy who snort coke off toilet seats.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Time to stop scrolling. If @suzannerent.bsky.social is reposting this, and making this comment, I declare it's the weekend, and I quit.
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Correlation is not causation, but in the U.S. it is possible to learn a lot about a person’s politics by finding out their opinions about seatbelts. I’m not kidding.
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Correlation is not causation, but in the U.S. it is possible to learn a lot about a person’s politics by finding out their opinions about seatbelts. I’m not kidding.
Fuck the cowboys and hunters. Time to outlaw private gun ownership in Canada.
RCMP identify victims of Tumbler Ridge mass shooting:
Abel Mwansa, 12
Kylie Smith, 12
Zoey Benoit, 12
Ticaria Lampert, 12,
Ezekiel Schofield, 13
Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39
Emmett Jacobs, 11
Jennifer Jacobs/Strang, 39
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Abel Mwansa, 12
Kylie Smith, 12
Zoey Benoit, 12
Ticaria Lampert, 12,
Ezekiel Schofield, 13
Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39
Emmett Jacobs, 11
Jennifer Jacobs/Strang, 39
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
RCMP identify victims of Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
Federal party leaders to join Prime Minister in B.C. town on Friday to attend vigil
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Fuck the cowboys and hunters. Time to outlaw private gun ownership in Canada.