Ian Hutchings 🫐
@ianhutchings.bsky.social
Newfoundlander. Canadian. Geek. Fly fisher/tyer. I work in a large academic library. Voiceover pro. Backgrounds in public relations, insurance, and history. My opinions are mine - you can't have them.
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Ian Hutchings 🫐
@ianhutchings.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Rock | Plastic | Salmon
An important documentary about how the salmon farming industry is polluting Newfoundland.
youtu.be/MfO4kQ0hRV8?...
An important documentary about how the salmon farming industry is polluting Newfoundland.
youtu.be/MfO4kQ0hRV8?...
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
Amazing how quickly you can wake up when you think you hear the phone ringing at 3:30am.
(It wasn't. I must have dreamt it, or heard it in white noise.)
(It wasn't. I must have dreamt it, or heard it in white noise.)
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Amazing how quickly you can wake up when you think you hear the phone ringing at 3:30am.
(It wasn't. I must have dreamt it, or heard it in white noise.)
(It wasn't. I must have dreamt it, or heard it in white noise.)
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Buy my audiobook! It's totally affordable!
Do you enjoy audiobooks?
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
A Christmas Carol audiobook
My reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Complete and unabridged. You can select to download either a single file, or separate files for each chapter.You can hear a two-minute sample from the...
voiceofi.gumroad.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Buy my audiobook! It's totally affordable!
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Nice to see that Globe and Mail columnist Robyn Urback is allowed to once again just totally twist my words and falsely smear me as antisemitic with zero professional consequences.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nice to see that Globe and Mail columnist Robyn Urback is allowed to once again just totally twist my words and falsely smear me as antisemitic with zero professional consequences.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Four White Boats: Canadian Gothic
Christopher Pratt
2003
Christopher Pratt
2003
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Four White Boats: Canadian Gothic
Christopher Pratt
2003
Christopher Pratt
2003
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GTA paralegal offering pro bono services to first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries
GTA paralegal firm giving free services to accused grocery stealers this holiday season
A paralegal firm operating out of Toronto and Mississauga is offering pro bono services this holiday season for first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries out of need.
www.cp24.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
GTA paralegal offering pro bono services to first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries
Buy my audiobook! It's totally affordable!
Do you enjoy audiobooks?
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
A Christmas Carol audiobook
My reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Complete and unabridged. You can select to download either a single file, or separate files for each chapter.You can hear a two-minute sample from the...
voiceofi.gumroad.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Buy my audiobook! It's totally affordable!
Better question: "Why are you even going in the first place?"
What are your rights as a Canadian if asked by a U.S. border agent to see your social media?
U.S. border rights with social media
The news that some travellers visiting the U.S. without a visa might soon be asked to share personal things like social media and email accounts has left many Canadians unsettled about what could happen at the border
www.cp24.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Better question: "Why are you even going in the first place?"
If you think you saw someone stealing a necessity of life from a known price-fixer/profiteer, no you didn't.
GTA paralegal offering pro bono services to first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries
GTA paralegal firm giving free services to accused grocery stealers this holiday season
A paralegal firm operating out of Toronto and Mississauga is offering pro bono services this holiday season for first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries out of need.
www.cp24.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you think you saw someone stealing a necessity of life from a known price-fixer/profiteer, no you didn't.
"Can't see the line; can you, Russ?"
Dec 14th - Clark Griswold wishes corporate a Merry Christmas then goes shopping.
📽️📅 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
📽️📅 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Can't see the line; can you, Russ?"
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Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
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Sharing this because it's funny.
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sharing this because it's funny.
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If "more great Canadian history content" is on your holiday wishlist, be sure you're subscribed to Historica Canada wherever you can find us! We're HistoricaCanada on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and YouTube!
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If "more great Canadian history content" is on your holiday wishlist, be sure you're subscribed to Historica Canada wherever you can find us! We're HistoricaCanada on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and YouTube!
This is VERY bad. We need to do better on wild salmon conservation. The sea pen aquaculture on the south coast of the island is a serious problem for wild salmon stocks.
Atlantic Salmon Stocks Hit Historic Lows for Third Year
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans saw a significant spike in mortality events for Atlantic salmon last ye...
vocm.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is VERY bad. We need to do better on wild salmon conservation. The sea pen aquaculture on the south coast of the island is a serious problem for wild salmon stocks.
GOOD
Seattle will move forward with its World Cup “Pride Match” on June 26 despite objections from Iran and Egypt over the Pride branding. Both nations asked FIFA to intervene, but local organizers say the plans stand.
Seattle’s World Cup "Pride Match" Pits Two Anti-Gay Nations
FIFA faces objections from Iran and Egypt as Seattle keeps its Pride-branded match tied to the city’s Pride Weekend.
www.metroweekly.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
GOOD
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It is one of Canada's most famous Christmas songs (and a personal favourite of mine), but what is the history of Bob and Doug McKenzie's Twelve Days of Christmas?
This is the story of one of the greatest Christmas songs.
🧵1/7
This is the story of one of the greatest Christmas songs.
🧵1/7
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It is one of Canada's most famous Christmas songs (and a personal favourite of mine), but what is the history of Bob and Doug McKenzie's Twelve Days of Christmas?
This is the story of one of the greatest Christmas songs.
🧵1/7
This is the story of one of the greatest Christmas songs.
🧵1/7
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Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News share.google/mKWs0XMLmrFw...
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
share.google
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News share.google/mKWs0XMLmrFw...
How can such a slow/uneventful week be SO tiring?
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
How can such a slow/uneventful week be SO tiring?
Do you enjoy audiobooks?
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
A Christmas Carol audiobook
My reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Complete and unabridged. You can select to download either a single file, or separate files for each chapter.You can hear a two-minute sample from the...
voiceofi.gumroad.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Do you enjoy audiobooks?
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
Do you like Christmas?
Then check out my Christmas audiobook!
'A Christmas Carol' is great in all its varied presentations!
(I do voiceover professionally in my other life)
#audiobooks #Christmas #Dickens #classicliterature #indie #booksky
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Big thanks to the OLA for getting the word out about proposed changes to the current budget bill (Bill C-15), that impact the library book rate here in Canada, affecting library systems and patrons country wide. Check out the link and contact you MP with your concerns. bit.ly/SaveInterlib...
Save Interlibrary Loans Canada
Bill C-15 threatens interlibrary loans for 8 million Canadians. Take action now to protect library access.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Big thanks to the OLA for getting the word out about proposed changes to the current budget bill (Bill C-15), that impact the library book rate here in Canada, affecting library systems and patrons country wide. Check out the link and contact you MP with your concerns. bit.ly/SaveInterlib...
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Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' - in all its presentations - is always popular this time of year.
So I made an #audiobook!
Check it out - including a sample - at the link.
#audiobooks #Dickens #Christmas
So I made an #audiobook!
Check it out - including a sample - at the link.
#audiobooks #Dickens #Christmas
A Christmas Carol audiobook
My reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Complete and unabridged. You can select to download either a single file, or separate files for each chapter.You can hear a two-minute sample from the...
voiceofi.gumroad.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' - in all its presentations - is always popular this time of year.
So I made an #audiobook!
Check it out - including a sample - at the link.
#audiobooks #Dickens #Christmas
So I made an #audiobook!
Check it out - including a sample - at the link.
#audiobooks #Dickens #Christmas
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork