Dr. Andrea Chandler 🇨🇦
@andreachandler.bsky.social
Ph.d. in Political Science. Retired academic, now a Professor Emeritus. Ottawa, Canada.
Loaf on a Shelf
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Loaf on a Shelf
We don't have Elf on a Shelf. We have Loaves in a Corner
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We don't have Elf on a Shelf. We have Loaves in a Corner
Hypothetically, suppose someone was kicked out of the "Neighbourhood Karens" Facebook group, for using profanity to call out anonymous ablist trolling. Would it have been better to refrain from profanity so as to keep calling this s**t out, or is it better to rejoice and gloat? Asking for a friend
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hypothetically, suppose someone was kicked out of the "Neighbourhood Karens" Facebook group, for using profanity to call out anonymous ablist trolling. Would it have been better to refrain from profanity so as to keep calling this s**t out, or is it better to rejoice and gloat? Asking for a friend
My cat, getting his spa treatment from the blow dryer (low setting) He loves it!
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My cat, getting his spa treatment from the blow dryer (low setting) He loves it!
Found this gem (1961) helping my mom downsize.
Not as ridiculous as it looks. Drink water, go easy on donuts, strengthen the core muscles.
I'm not sold on the slimming benefits of suntanning, tho
Not as ridiculous as it looks. Drink water, go easy on donuts, strengthen the core muscles.
I'm not sold on the slimming benefits of suntanning, tho
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Found this gem (1961) helping my mom downsize.
Not as ridiculous as it looks. Drink water, go easy on donuts, strengthen the core muscles.
I'm not sold on the slimming benefits of suntanning, tho
Not as ridiculous as it looks. Drink water, go easy on donuts, strengthen the core muscles.
I'm not sold on the slimming benefits of suntanning, tho
Helping my mom downsize and pleased to find many photos of my granny protesting when she was in her 80s.
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Helping my mom downsize and pleased to find many photos of my granny protesting when she was in her 80s.
I just had the most hysterical, prolonged laughing fit when my son told me a bar he liked in Halifax, which when I was a student was a pretentious joint you might go to in the 80s if you were a law student wearing a skinny tie and Top-siders, ordering a blue margarita and listening to J. Geils Band
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I just had the most hysterical, prolonged laughing fit when my son told me a bar he liked in Halifax, which when I was a student was a pretentious joint you might go to in the 80s if you were a law student wearing a skinny tie and Top-siders, ordering a blue margarita and listening to J. Geils Band
Oh, hello
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Oh, hello
When packing a portable coffeemaker for a trip, it is a good idea to check first that there is no coffee in it before putting it in your luggage 🙄 oops
What a morning already
What a morning already
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
When packing a portable coffeemaker for a trip, it is a good idea to check first that there is no coffee in it before putting it in your luggage 🙄 oops
What a morning already
What a morning already
They're up to something
What is it this time?
What is it this time?
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
They're up to something
What is it this time?
What is it this time?
My cat watching Kraftwerk, "Autobahn" on Youtube
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My cat watching Kraftwerk, "Autobahn" on Youtube
The cake made it home just fine
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The cake made it home just fine
But ringette!
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
But ringette!
Good morning, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good morning, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Good morning, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Good morning, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Ottawa.
Of course, this satire could not possibly resonate with Canadian city dwellers. Too over the top!
In this satirical work by
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Of course, this satire could not possibly resonate with Canadian city dwellers. Too over the top!
In this satirical work by
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In this satirical work by
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
a 19th-c. Russian writer, a shiny new town mayor shows up. Nobody knows why, but everyone likes a new mayor. Yet one day he's found in his office with his head separate from his body, and his head has no brain! Shocking, but the mayor keeps talking, remains mayor. Absurd!
17 hours after posting, ZERO likes.
What a mayor!
What a mayor!
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
17 hours after posting, ZERO likes.
What a mayor!
What a mayor!
Are there any cities in Canada where the mayor and suburbs don't blockade the city and wreck it?
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Are there any cities in Canada where the mayor and suburbs don't blockade the city and wreck it?
In the past, a mayor would
have found that debate on Lansdowne absolutely humiliating. I listened to that debate for a
few hours, and I thought the pro-Lansdowne people were utterly unprepared and clueless about basic economic and policy concepts. But they don't seem to notice.
have found that debate on Lansdowne absolutely humiliating. I listened to that debate for a
few hours, and I thought the pro-Lansdowne people were utterly unprepared and clueless about basic economic and policy concepts. But they don't seem to notice.
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In the past, a mayor would
have found that debate on Lansdowne absolutely humiliating. I listened to that debate for a
few hours, and I thought the pro-Lansdowne people were utterly unprepared and clueless about basic economic and policy concepts. But they don't seem to notice.
have found that debate on Lansdowne absolutely humiliating. I listened to that debate for a
few hours, and I thought the pro-Lansdowne people were utterly unprepared and clueless about basic economic and policy concepts. But they don't seem to notice.
I have many family memories of trying to drive my kids to ballet and swimming and being cut off left and right by people driving to RedBlacks games, running red lights and stop signs, and making chaotic U-Turns.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I have many family memories of trying to drive my kids to ballet and swimming and being cut off left and right by people driving to RedBlacks games, running red lights and stop signs, and making chaotic U-Turns.
Once again, the Mayor shows his unfamiliarity with basic statistical concepts, despite a fondness for spinning numbers. You cannot have a "sample size" of two years. A sample size is a number of people surveyed or of items being researched. Two years is rather a short duration, not a sample.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once again, the Mayor shows his unfamiliarity with basic statistical concepts, despite a fondness for spinning numbers. You cannot have a "sample size" of two years. A sample size is a number of people surveyed or of items being researched. Two years is rather a short duration, not a sample.
Oh, ffs. How dare you presume to know what creates "cherished memories" for Ottawa residents? How dare you? What cherished memories will NOT have an opportunity to be formed if this goes forward? What makes these people so determined to earn the contempt and scorn for the taxpayer?
Lansdowne 2.0 vote is a defining moment for the city I love | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/lans...
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh, ffs. How dare you presume to know what creates "cherished memories" for Ottawa residents? How dare you? What cherished memories will NOT have an opportunity to be formed if this goes forward? What makes these people so determined to earn the contempt and scorn for the taxpayer?
Wow, some of you City Councillors think the public is very stupid. Do you know that members of the public are here in the room?
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wow, some of you City Councillors think the public is very stupid. Do you know that members of the public are here in the room?