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Andrew Wahl 🇨🇦
@andrewwahl.bsky.social
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B2B tech content marketing strategist and still sometime journalist.
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Proud husband and dad.
Cottage DIYer 🛠️
Jays fan ⚾️
Canadian indie rocker🤘🏻
Craft beer quaffer 🍻
Sci-fi nerd 👽
Fierce ally of good people. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧🌎
(He/Him)
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My daughter spotted this at our tiny local library.

Surely just a coincidence.
The spines of two books next to each other on a library shelf. On the left, “White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America,” and on the right, JD Vance’s memoir,“Hillbilly Elegy”.
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Pretty sure the entire lake can hear me.
October 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Your last three episodes kept me company on my drive to the cottage this morning. Cheers!
October 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Some days the coffee tastes especially good.

#TorontoBlueJays #MLB #GoJays
A coffee mug featuring a vintage logo of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club being held up against a backdrop of sunrise over a northern Ontario lake.
September 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Honest question: Is there significant evidence of this? And is/was any of it even remotely as vitriolic and violent as from the right? I would hope not, and maybe I just don’t follow the wrong kind of left, but I haven’t seen it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
An excerpt from the New York Times article, “In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission” reads: “Plenty of left-wing voices online have fueled the divisions,” which is highlighted. The excerpt continues: “Within hours of Mr. Kirk's death, Americans of all stripes began pointing fingers at each other, even before a suspect had been caught or any motivation had been firmly determined. Mr. Trump and other allies of Mr. Kirk's, who were distraught at the senseless killing of a 31-year-old rising star on the right they knew and liked, expressed roiling indignation at comments that gave the impression of cheering or rationalizing the murder of someone over political views.”
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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No, that’s Lucy. (She is also in charge of water testing.)
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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In our house, we go do a pond census. Today: 6.
September 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Happy #NationalDogDay from our Lucy. 🐾
A black Labrador Retriever wearing a bright blue bandana and a maroon ball cap. She appears uncertain whether she can pull off the look, but she totally can.
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Yowza. @nicollewahl.bsky.social, I like our little pond friends better.
A simple green frog sits on a rock.
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Good morning from #AnstrutherLake, in the heart of the #KawarthaHighlands.
A red tin camping coffee mug on a gingham table cloth. The mug has printed on it a white maple leaf with 1967 inside.
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Lucy is here for you.
A closeup of black Labrador retriever.
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I’m a little embarrassed to admit my first association with that graphic was not butterflies.

Also, Monarchs aren’t blue.
A large illuminated highway information sign on Ontario’s 407, with a graphic of a blue butterfly and the caption “Welcome back Monarchs.”
June 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Good morning from Anstruther Lake, Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park.

#CottageLife #AnstrutherLake #KawarthaHighlands
A red coffee mug on a wooden deck railing against a blurred background of a rising sun, water, and trees. On the mug is an emblem of a maple leaf with “1867” inside a shield, and in smaller print below, “Canada 150”.
June 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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New to me. A perfectly fine way to enjoy the cottage deck.
A can of Wilder, Session IPA from The Second Wedge Brewing Co. 4.5% ALC./VOL. BEER/BIÈRE 473 mL.
June 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Always love flying this beauty off our small town front porch. #HappyPride #PrideMonth

(Photo credit: @meghancwahl.bsky.social)
A Progress Pride flag on an angled flag pole with leafy green trees in the background. The Progress design is an updated version of the traditional rainbow pride flag to now include black and brown stripes to represent people of color, and pink, white, and blue stripes to represent the transgender community.
June 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I like him better every day.
May 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I like the guy better every day.

#blinkblinktilt

#Canada
#ElbowsUp
#MarkCarney
#PMCarney
May 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This makes very little sense. Nearly 900 fewer Canadians (897) voted for the NDP than the Bloc – essentially the same share of the total vote – but the Bloc gets 15 more seats.

cc @fairvote.ca
A screenshot of a table from CBC News showing the results of the 2025 Canadian federal election. A box is superimposed to highlight the BQ and NDP parties' seats won versus popular vote. The BQ won 22 seats and the NDP won only 7, but both had 6.3% share of the total vote.
April 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Happiness is the first homemade barbecued burger of spring.
A juicy hamburger on a plain white bun, coated in cheddar cheese and stacked high with tomatoes and lettuce.
April 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The “Story” on @mlb.com isn’t much better.

First mention of “Black” is slide 17 of 20.

Jackie Robinson bio career highlights - MLB Stories www.mlb.com/stories?s=ht...
Picture of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Caption on photo reads: “4/15/1947 | Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers and goes on to win the NL Rookie of the Year Award.” Picture of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Caption on photo reads: “1973 | The Jackie Robinson Foundation is established, aimed at lowering the achievement gap in higher education.” Picture of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Caption on photo reads: “Now | Generations later, Black players pay homage to Robinson for the path he trailblazed.”
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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From Book of Faces…
Screenshot from Facebook of a big red sign reading “Lulu’s”. The caption reads: “Remember when this place was a weekend destination? You know it was 25 years ago this week that Lulu's closed its doors. Now Bounce is located right where Lulu's used to be! We even have the sign up for memories' sake. :)”
April 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Also was excited to find a bit of hometown memorabilia, on what happens to be the 25th anniversary of its closing. #KW #KWawesome #Kitchener
Closeup of a tall shot glass with “Lulu’s Roadhouse” imprinted in red.
April 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Isn’t it a bit early in the year to play Alf on the Shelf?

(Found this at a local antique mall this afternoon.)

#Alf
A stuffed toy of the 1980s’ character Alf sitting on a shelf.
April 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Sisters gonna fight when blitzed.
Two tabby cats hiss and swipe at each other through the opening of a round felt shelter.
April 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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We spray catnip oil in our cats’ “Oval Office”. They go nuts in there.
A tabby housecat peers out of a small round felt shelter. A tabby housecat peers out of a small round felt shelter.
April 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM