Robin Edgar
@robinedgar59.bsky.social
"Retired" professional photographer and "Cultural Eclipsologist" researching how eclipses, especially total solar eclipses, influenced ancient humanity's religious beliefs and iconography. Look for my #Eclipsology hashtag.
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Robin Edgar
@robinedgar59.bsky.social
· Nov 27
My 'Space Oddities Live' Presentation 'Researching The Influence of Eclipses on Ancient Cultures'
About a month ago, I did a PowerPoint presentation on 'Space Oddities Live' titled 'Researching The Influence of Eclipses on Ancient Culture...
culturaleclipsology.blogspot.com
Is it just a random chance #coincidence that our Sun & Moon have the same apparent size, or that when our Moon totally eclipses our Sun as a result of this alleged "coincidence" the #TotalSolarEclipse looks like the pupil & iris of an "eye of God"?
culturaleclipsology.blogspot.com/2024/03/spac...
culturaleclipsology.blogspot.com/2024/03/spac...
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Opinion: When we design for disability, we’re not choosing between different groups—we’re building systems that accommodate the full spectrum of human variation.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI's greatest opportunity
The current discourse around diversity, equity, and inclusion focuses on whether such initiatives have gone too far. Disability cuts across every identity category, and disability-centred design has…
www.hilltimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Opinion: When we design for disability, we’re not choosing between different groups—we’re building systems that accommodate the full spectrum of human variation.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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An explosive new #ArmsEmbargoNow report has just been released exposing a massive pipeline of explosives and military aircraft parts flowing from Canada to Israel via the US, facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law. Read it and act: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes
Arms Embargo Now!
Our new report has just exposed a massive pipeline of military aircraft parts and explosives flowing from Canada to Israel via the U.S., facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law.
armsembargonow.ca
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An explosive new #ArmsEmbargoNow report has just been released exposing a massive pipeline of explosives and military aircraft parts flowing from Canada to Israel via the US, facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law. Read it and act: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes
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“Every year, when I see 14 beams of light projected into the sky above Mount Royal, I have to catch my breath.
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“Every year, when I see 14 beams of light projected into the sky above Mount Royal, I have to catch my breath.
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
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I'll be at Read Quebec Book Fair today at 3 to 4 p.m. signing copies of my book Habs Nation. Come to get a signed copy. At Casa d'Italia right by the Jean Talon Metro. Word is it's a perfect Xmas gift for that Habs lover in your life (and you know you have at least one).
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'll be at Read Quebec Book Fair today at 3 to 4 p.m. signing copies of my book Habs Nation. Come to get a signed copy. At Casa d'Italia right by the Jean Talon Metro. Word is it's a perfect Xmas gift for that Habs lover in your life (and you know you have at least one).
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Dec. 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
14 lights will be lit on Mount Royal today at 5:10 p.m., the time the attack began in 1989. As each light is lit, the names of the 14 women will be read aloud.
#December6
14 lights will be lit on Mount Royal today at 5:10 p.m., the time the attack began in 1989. As each light is lit, the names of the 14 women will be read aloud.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Dec. 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
14 lights will be lit on Mount Royal today at 5:10 p.m., the time the attack began in 1989. As each light is lit, the names of the 14 women will be read aloud.
#December6
14 lights will be lit on Mount Royal today at 5:10 p.m., the time the attack began in 1989. As each light is lit, the names of the 14 women will be read aloud.
#December6
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
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Le cabinet d'astrologie qui m'a appelé à 9h30 un samedi matin aurait dû prévoir que je l'enverrais chier.
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Le cabinet d'astrologie qui m'a appelé à 9h30 un samedi matin aurait dû prévoir que je l'enverrais chier.
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Les medias : ouin ouin y a trop de fonctionnaires. Sont payés trop cher. Faut les virer pour rembourser la dette
Les médias aussi : les délais sont trop long dans l’administration.
Les médias aussi : les délais sont trop long dans l’administration.
«On est pris en otage»: son dossier de succession est au point mort à cause d’un délai de 50 semaines à l’Agence du revenu du Canada
«On est pris en otage»: son dossier de succession est au point mort à cause d’un délai de 50 semaines à l’Agence du revenu du Canada
De gros délais à l’Agence du revenu du Canada paralysent le dossier de succession d’une LaSalloise.
www.journaldemontreal.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Les medias : ouin ouin y a trop de fonctionnaires. Sont payés trop cher. Faut les virer pour rembourser la dette
Les médias aussi : les délais sont trop long dans l’administration.
Les médias aussi : les délais sont trop long dans l’administration.
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Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe, and the other Neolithic Taş Tepeler (“Stone Mounds”) sites in Turkey are yielding stunning archaeological discoveries year after year. Go in-depth at these monumental complexes.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2024/features/discovering-a-new-neolithic-world/
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2024/features/discovering-a-new-neolithic-world/
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe, and the other Neolithic Taş Tepeler (“Stone Mounds”) sites in Turkey are yielding stunning archaeological discoveries year after year. Go in-depth at these monumental complexes.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2024/features/discovering-a-new-neolithic-world/
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2024/features/discovering-a-new-neolithic-world/
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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In case you are wondering why I know this, I wrote a history of psyops in the United States, called "Stories Are Weapons". It makes a depressing holiday gift. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Stories Are Weapons
A <em> Book Riot </em> Best Book of 2024 <br /> One of <em>Publishers Weekly</em>'s Top 10 Politics/Current Events books of Spring 2024 <br /><br /> A sharp and timely exploration of the dark art o...
wwnorton.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In case you are wondering why I know this, I wrote a history of psyops in the United States, called "Stories Are Weapons". It makes a depressing holiday gift. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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For those of us north of the border General Arnold was an upstanding Loyalist British soldier. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧
When will Americans realize the Seriousness of An upcoming Dictatorship by Trump and Republicans. A Traitorous President and Republican Party is in Our Democracy. Wake the Fuck up Americans especially the 90 million Americans who didn’t vote🗳️🗳️😡😡🇺🇸 Elon musk and Trump has all your lazy MFers contacts.
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For those of us north of the border General Arnold was an upstanding Loyalist British soldier. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧
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Frank Gehry. Something else from Canada the Trump said the US didn’t need.
Today, we lost a giant of American architecture with the passing of Frank Gehry, whose iconic designs personified the creativity and dynamism of Los Angeles and California.
May his memory be a blessing, and may his family, friends, and all he inspired take comfort in the lasting legacy of his work.
May his memory be a blessing, and may his family, friends, and all he inspired take comfort in the lasting legacy of his work.
December 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Frank Gehry. Something else from Canada the Trump said the US didn’t need.
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Patrice Roy est tellement fier de son entrevue avec MBC qu’il en fait des réels sur sa page perso.
Ce gars là lèche les bottes des fachos et veut le faire savoir.
Honte à ces propagandistes.
(Non, ce n’est plus un journaliste).
Ce gars là lèche les bottes des fachos et veut le faire savoir.
Honte à ces propagandistes.
(Non, ce n’est plus un journaliste).
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Patrice Roy est tellement fier de son entrevue avec MBC qu’il en fait des réels sur sa page perso.
Ce gars là lèche les bottes des fachos et veut le faire savoir.
Honte à ces propagandistes.
(Non, ce n’est plus un journaliste).
Ce gars là lèche les bottes des fachos et veut le faire savoir.
Honte à ces propagandistes.
(Non, ce n’est plus un journaliste).
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Theres a certain essential righteousness to getting utterly toasted and watching TNG
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Theres a certain essential righteousness to getting utterly toasted and watching TNG
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Is there a certain #EssentialRighteousness to getting #UtterlyToasted and watching #WilliamShatner aka #CaptainKirk singing #RocketMan? 😉😇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4...
(AUDIO RESTORED) William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' 1978
YouTube video by Ultra verba, lux mentis.
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Is there a certain #EssentialRighteousness to getting #UtterlyToasted and watching #WilliamShatner aka #CaptainKirk singing #RocketMan? 😉😇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4...
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Still unsure how to respond to the violent taking of lives by bombing ships in the Caribbean: it's not the illegality, it's turning the taking of a life into a joke, it's the basest dehumanization.
I lit a candle for those killed (what I do for family and dear ones), I don't know what else to say.
I lit a candle for those killed (what I do for family and dear ones), I don't know what else to say.
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Still unsure how to respond to the violent taking of lives by bombing ships in the Caribbean: it's not the illegality, it's turning the taking of a life into a joke, it's the basest dehumanization.
I lit a candle for those killed (what I do for family and dear ones), I don't know what else to say.
I lit a candle for those killed (what I do for family and dear ones), I don't know what else to say.
The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins
YouTube video by Leonard Nimoy - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Sky high
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sky high
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You know what sucks?
When someone leaves your cake out in the rain.
Man, it’s awful. I don’t think I can take it, cos it took so long to bake it.
Y’know?
And, dammit, I’ll never have that recipe again.
When someone leaves your cake out in the rain.
Man, it’s awful. I don’t think I can take it, cos it took so long to bake it.
Y’know?
And, dammit, I’ll never have that recipe again.
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
You know what sucks?
When someone leaves your cake out in the rain.
Man, it’s awful. I don’t think I can take it, cos it took so long to bake it.
Y’know?
And, dammit, I’ll never have that recipe again.
When someone leaves your cake out in the rain.
Man, it’s awful. I don’t think I can take it, cos it took so long to bake it.
Y’know?
And, dammit, I’ll never have that recipe again.
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📩 Read in our weekly newsletter:
- NYTimes fights back against Pentagon prior restraint
- FPF demands court lift secrecy in Catherine Herridge’s privilege case
- Reckless federal agents are the threat, not cameras
- US journalists abducted by Israel describe abuse and US indifference
- NYTimes fights back against Pentagon prior restraint
- FPF demands court lift secrecy in Catherine Herridge’s privilege case
- Reckless federal agents are the threat, not cameras
- US journalists abducted by Israel describe abuse and US indifference
Caving is out, suing is in
FPF demands court lift secrecy in Herridge privilege case
freedom.press
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
📩 Read in our weekly newsletter:
- NYTimes fights back against Pentagon prior restraint
- FPF demands court lift secrecy in Catherine Herridge’s privilege case
- Reckless federal agents are the threat, not cameras
- US journalists abducted by Israel describe abuse and US indifference
- NYTimes fights back against Pentagon prior restraint
- FPF demands court lift secrecy in Catherine Herridge’s privilege case
- Reckless federal agents are the threat, not cameras
- US journalists abducted by Israel describe abuse and US indifference
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So Carney could be setting up another separation crisis by trying to suck up to the Alberta government
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Feds' backtracking on climate action is 'fuelling' Quebec separatism, ex-minister Guilbeault says | CBC News
The federal government is stoking Quebec separatism by walking back its climate commitments — including in its recent deal with Alberta — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says.
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
So Carney could be setting up another separation crisis by trying to suck up to the Alberta government
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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“I’m not fleeing” — Alleged Antifa cell member says he was accidentally released from jail: Daniel Sanchez Estrada, who was arrested for transporting anarchist zines after an ICE protest, turned himself in to the feds.
“My charge is allegedly having a box containing magazine..."
@theintercept.com
“My charge is allegedly having a box containing magazine..."
@theintercept.com
“I’m Not Fleeing” — Alleged Antifa Cell Member Says He Was Accidentally Released From Jail
In an interview, Daniel Sanchez Estrada speaks about his arrest for transporting anarchist zines after a protest against ICE in Texas.
theintercept.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“I’m not fleeing” — Alleged Antifa cell member says he was accidentally released from jail: Daniel Sanchez Estrada, who was arrested for transporting anarchist zines after an ICE protest, turned himself in to the feds.
“My charge is allegedly having a box containing magazine..."
@theintercept.com
“My charge is allegedly having a box containing magazine..."
@theintercept.com