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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 15h

Condolences to all the Canadians with black and white flags hanging off their Ford F150s:

Seems like Katy Perry beat you to it. Sorry!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Very jarring how the media treats some lives as inherently and others not.

I am happy for hostages and their families to be reunited, but it’s shocking how little media attention is given to “how do Gazans grapple with the utter destruction of their homes, vast loss of lives, and ongoing famine.”

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 2d

it's Paul Simon's birthday!

Given that it's Indigenous People's Day, maybe he should pay Los Lobos the royalties he owes them for co-writing a song on Graceland.

I feel foolish when I like a songwriter's heartfelt emotional lyrics, and they turn out to be jerks.

Fuck Paul Simon

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 2d

My 9yo made the mistake of sharing his grade 4 writing journal with me. Now, I won't stop talking about his April Fool's entry from earlier this year. Shared here with his permission.

April 1st 2025
April fool's day NEWS

Reporting on April 1st 2025 where a record breaking snail started going 29 miles per hour. These snails can only be found in the Nord Du Québec region of Québec, Canada. People were terrified of these snails because they were 3 FEET TALL! I think that these snails are too large to be real.

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have a favourite arc for Breyfogle's Batman? I'm unfamiliar, but this style looks amazing

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 3d

If online hate speech laws in Canada scare you, you may want to reflect on the things you're saying. Never once as a Canadian have I been accused of hate speech and I don't think it's been close.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 3d

Big thanks to whoever on this website clued me into this great album of Steely Dan covers. I couldn't find you, the search term "Steely Dan" brings up too many results on here.

Swedish musicians Sara Isaksson and Rebecca Törnqvist can really sing. Beautiful.

youtu.be/Sw3y1s-0y8g

Your Gold Teeth II

YouTube video by Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist - Topic

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 4d

Agree 100%

I heard somebody talking about Harryhausen's animation and why it's still compelling: It doesn't have to look real because it looks alive.

AI can't give us the satisfaction of an artist's combination of an artist's skill and intention. Not even close.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 4d

Ooh love that one. It is certainly still stuck there, in 2002, for me. Some albums are time machines.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 4d

If we lose the post office in Canada, there'll never be another one, and we'll be worse off for it.

The most dire forecasts cost each Canadian less than half a year's Costco membership.

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

All of the losing is due to a) increased infrastructure spending and 2) Canada Post diverting our volume elsewhere.

We've lost every year since Ettinger came on as CEO. He's also on the board of Purolator.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

I don't think it has to lose or cost a billion every year. The years it does costs each Canadian $25 a year.

If you send two parcels or four letters a year, you'll recoup that $25 because of how much more the other couriers charge.

$60 or more per parcel and $10 or more for a letter. Seriously.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

Just to be clear, the continued instability at Canada Post is due to their management's decision not to negotiate fairly for over 21 months.

They demanded a forced vote bypassing the union. They've gone to the MP in charge to reduce our service. No movement from them after years.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

This is such a great idea, holy shit

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

I can tell he's scheming, it's *perfect*

Thank you for sharing these!

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

Album cover for Guided By Voices Bee Thousand 94

Album cover for Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices 95

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger cover. Album from 1975. His first with Columbia. Red border of Indigenous etching surrounding a charcoal portrait of Willie

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's your last four watched?

Good Boy gets four on the back of "they totally pulled it off." Vampires is bad but has some Carpenter magic. Dirty Harry is cool but it's the kind of film your racist uncle thinks is real. Full star for Lalo Schffrin score on that flick.

Good Boy (25)
12 Monkeys (95)
Vampires (98)
Dirty Harry (71)

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 7d

In addition: produced Ringo's delightful Beaucoups of Blues, played on Stevie's Songs in the Key of Life, and invented the talkbox Frampton used.

His solo records are a blast, and you can stream them anywhere. One of American music's hidden gems.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 8d

If they're really bringing dollar coins to the United States with DJT on them, I don't think Canadians will mind if you also want to call those coins loonies

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to your Bob Pollard phase. He writes five while he's on the can and three of them are good

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 8d

I love how they came up with voltiguer for outfielder. It's so evocative. Roughly translates to leaping skirmisher.

Raymond and Doucet are so fucking cool.

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 9d

Paraphrasing someone much smarter than me: Christine is a scathing indictment of toxic masculinity and/or a great movie about a killer car.

The viewer decides what to do with Carpenter's films. Love him.

Don't hear enough about how creepy that Buddy Holly tune feels!

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 12d

Mark Carney is out to dismantle Canada Post. Who stands to benefit?

Dru Oja Jay, a long-time collaborator of @cupwsttp.bsky.social discusses how the post office could be a “genuinely positive nation building project."

breachmedia.ca/why-mark-car...

Why Mark Carney is putting Canada Post on the chopping block ⋆ The Breach

Dru Oja Jay breaks down how dismantling Canada Post fits into Mark Carney’s austerity agenda

breachmedia.ca

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Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 12d

Lol. Lmao. Same offer we just declined two months ago.

Brendan W @backwardsghost.bsky.social · 12d

Cautiously optimistic about today's offer.

Daydreaming about filling a truck with mail flyers and parcels so I can bring it back empty.

Won't sell out my coworkers to do it, though! My work has value. I know this.

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