Brian Busby
@brianbusby.bsky.social
Writer, écrivain public, anthologist, literary historian, bibliophile, and three-time winner of the Ice Capades Colouring Contest.
Author of Character Parts (Knopf), A Gentleman of Pleasure (McGill-Queen's UP), and The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis).
Author of Character Parts (Knopf), A Gentleman of Pleasure (McGill-Queen's UP), and The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis).
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Canadians will confirm.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Canadians will confirm.
This Canadian, with American relatives and friends, looks across the St Lawrence to New York State nearly every day. Its less than two miles away. I doubt I'll ever visit the US again. That this monster was elected once amazed. The he was elected twice has me wondering whether I ever knew the US.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This Canadian, with American relatives and friends, looks across the St Lawrence to New York State nearly every day. Its less than two miles away. I doubt I'll ever visit the US again. That this monster was elected once amazed. The he was elected twice has me wondering whether I ever knew the US.
Your president is a fucking disgrace.
We in the rest of the world are shaking our heads in wonder... when we're not laughing at you.
We in the rest of the world are shaking our heads in wonder... when we're not laughing at you.
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Your president is a fucking disgrace.
We in the rest of the world are shaking our heads in wonder... when we're not laughing at you.
We in the rest of the world are shaking our heads in wonder... when we're not laughing at you.
"Sometimes 66%," but more often zero.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Sometimes 66%," but more often zero.
What is the perimeter?
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What is the perimeter?
Move them all to Canada and Mexico. It will be safer for all involved.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Move them all to Canada and Mexico. It will be safer for all involved.
Margaret Millar is deserving of three volumes, just like her husband.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Margaret Millar is deserving of three volumes, just like her husband.
I'm sixty-three myself. Must have something to do with that commie socialized medicine we have up here in Canada.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm sixty-three myself. Must have something to do with that commie socialized medicine we have up here in Canada.
Hard to believe that Brendan Carr is just 46.
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hard to believe that Brendan Carr is just 46.
Don't mean to alarm, but Montreal's unseasonably cold and gloomy weather makes me wonder whether we're on the path to full Quintet.
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Don't mean to alarm, but Montreal's unseasonably cold and gloomy weather makes me wonder whether we're on the path to full Quintet.
The most beautiful subway system in the world.
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The most beautiful subway system in the world.
The sad fact is that Trump was reelected AFTER voters had seem the chaos of the first term and the storming of the Capitol. Even more people cast ballots for him. That country is forever changed. It's unlikely I'll ever set foot in it again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The sad fact is that Trump was reelected AFTER voters had seem the chaos of the first term and the storming of the Capitol. Even more people cast ballots for him. That country is forever changed. It's unlikely I'll ever set foot in it again.
For fuck's sake, Donald. Your wife won't even let you hold her hand.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
For fuck's sake, Donald. Your wife won't even let you hold her hand.
"She's smart, she said 'yes.'"
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"She's smart, she said 'yes.'"
Full disclosure. I am Ricochet's Series Editor.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Full disclosure. I am Ricochet's Series Editor.
Here's an idea. Why not get Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and China to cut those checks - 'cause, you know, tariffs are paid by foreign countries.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here's an idea. Why not get Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and China to cut those checks - 'cause, you know, tariffs are paid by foreign countries.
This Canadian paid $5 before leaving Women's College Hospital, Toronto with our newborn daughter, but that was only because I wanted to keep the beaded ankle that had her name.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This Canadian paid $5 before leaving Women's College Hospital, Toronto with our newborn daughter, but that was only because I wanted to keep the beaded ankle that had her name.