Michael DeMoor
@michaeldemoor.bsky.social
Political theorist and Dean at the King's University in Edmonton. Pluralism, democracy, history of political thought, but don’t expect much.
Saw our firsts in a while with @nyhofs.bsky.social . Hopefully she’ll post better pictures.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Saw our firsts in a while with @nyhofs.bsky.social . Hopefully she’ll post better pictures.
If, for some reason, you want an insight into my character, a key exhibit is the fact that I am slavishly obedient to a passive aggressive cartoon owl.
I am also still nowhere near fluent.
I am also still nowhere near fluent.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If, for some reason, you want an insight into my character, a key exhibit is the fact that I am slavishly obedient to a passive aggressive cartoon owl.
I am also still nowhere near fluent.
I am also still nowhere near fluent.
‘Course it took me until my 20s to learn about this perfect album. When I was 16 I’d have chosen this one (which actually still holds up better than you’d think):
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
‘Course it took me until my 20s to learn about this perfect album. When I was 16 I’d have chosen this one (which actually still holds up better than you’d think):
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Folksingers need to write a song about the dignity of work and about the struggles of unemployment. Todd Snider wrote “I was looking for a Job”
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Folksingers need to write a song about the dignity of work and about the struggles of unemployment. Todd Snider wrote “I was looking for a Job”
Hi Ottawa. Wish I had more time .
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hi Ottawa. Wish I had more time .
This chart is pretty great. But is @jlisayoung.bsky.social going to let @jaredwesley.ca challenge her for Alberta-Politics-Flow-Chart-Making Supremacy?
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This chart is pretty great. But is @jlisayoung.bsky.social going to let @jaredwesley.ca challenge her for Alberta-Politics-Flow-Chart-Making Supremacy?
My oldest is out clubbing for the first time. Glad they’re checking in.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My oldest is out clubbing for the first time. Glad they’re checking in.
I think I confused it. Or maybe I’m confused.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I think I confused it. Or maybe I’m confused.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
Trinculo wants the Jays bats to wake up.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trinculo wants the Jays bats to wake up.
He was too nervous to watch that Vladdy at bat. But it worked out ok!
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He was too nervous to watch that Vladdy at bat. But it worked out ok!
Trinculo is trying to distract Snell. It’s working
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Trinculo is trying to distract Snell. It’s working
What a great description of some homes I’ve been in. Grateful for faithful parents who didn’t expect us to live this way.
From Sarah Perry’s “Enlightenment”
From Sarah Perry’s “Enlightenment”
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What a great description of some homes I’ve been in. Grateful for faithful parents who didn’t expect us to live this way.
From Sarah Perry’s “Enlightenment”
From Sarah Perry’s “Enlightenment”
Folks are quick.
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Folks are quick.
More to the point, I stayed. And as I was leaving the polling place after 8 pm there was an hour’s worth of people still in line, also staying.
I wanted to high-five them all.
But let’s be clear: being made to wait more than 15 minutes to vote is unCanadian .
I wanted to high-five them all.
But let’s be clear: being made to wait more than 15 minutes to vote is unCanadian .
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
More to the point, I stayed. And as I was leaving the polling place after 8 pm there was an hour’s worth of people still in line, also staying.
I wanted to high-five them all.
But let’s be clear: being made to wait more than 15 minutes to vote is unCanadian .
I wanted to high-five them all.
But let’s be clear: being made to wait more than 15 minutes to vote is unCanadian .
Bellyful of meatballs and the new Richard Osman on audiobook should see me through the wait.
Proud of my fellow Edmontonians toughing it out.
I just hope they blame the guilty rather than the innocent.
Proud of my fellow Edmontonians toughing it out.
I just hope they blame the guilty rather than the innocent.
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Bellyful of meatballs and the new Richard Osman on audiobook should see me through the wait.
Proud of my fellow Edmontonians toughing it out.
I just hope they blame the guilty rather than the innocent.
Proud of my fellow Edmontonians toughing it out.
I just hope they blame the guilty rather than the innocent.
In the early days of Christian rock they wondered: “why should the devil have all the good music?”
If this is the best he can do, I’m not sure that he does.
If this is the best he can do, I’m not sure that he does.
October 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In the early days of Christian rock they wondered: “why should the devil have all the good music?”
If this is the best he can do, I’m not sure that he does.
If this is the best he can do, I’m not sure that he does.
Time for cracker discourse.
This is the best cracker. But it’s too good to buy regularly. It’s the champagne of crackers. Special occasions only (this time @nyhofs.bsky.social ‘s birthday picnic dinner at Beaverhill Bird Observatory).
#birds #crackers
This is the best cracker. But it’s too good to buy regularly. It’s the champagne of crackers. Special occasions only (this time @nyhofs.bsky.social ‘s birthday picnic dinner at Beaverhill Bird Observatory).
#birds #crackers
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Time for cracker discourse.
This is the best cracker. But it’s too good to buy regularly. It’s the champagne of crackers. Special occasions only (this time @nyhofs.bsky.social ‘s birthday picnic dinner at Beaverhill Bird Observatory).
#birds #crackers
This is the best cracker. But it’s too good to buy regularly. It’s the champagne of crackers. Special occasions only (this time @nyhofs.bsky.social ‘s birthday picnic dinner at Beaverhill Bird Observatory).
#birds #crackers
He’s right, you know. The president is NOT an Oregon judge. Smart lad.
What is (or was) great about the country is that the president- the commander in chief of the military - is still constrained by law, even in the person of an Oregon judge, whom he is not.
What is (or was) great about the country is that the president- the commander in chief of the military - is still constrained by law, even in the person of an Oregon judge, whom he is not.
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
He’s right, you know. The president is NOT an Oregon judge. Smart lad.
What is (or was) great about the country is that the president- the commander in chief of the military - is still constrained by law, even in the person of an Oregon judge, whom he is not.
What is (or was) great about the country is that the president- the commander in chief of the military - is still constrained by law, even in the person of an Oregon judge, whom he is not.
Poor Stanfield. Even in death he won’t be allowed to forget his lack of game.
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Poor Stanfield. Even in death he won’t be allowed to forget his lack of game.
Not only all philosophy but all current affairs are footnotes to Plato.
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not only all philosophy but all current affairs are footnotes to Plato.
Juvenile Little blue heron way out of range (north of Edmonton). Probably looked at how things were going in its home range, realized it didn’t need a passport and made the obvious decision.
Photo by @nyhofs.bsky.social
#birds
Photo by @nyhofs.bsky.social
#birds
September 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Juvenile Little blue heron way out of range (north of Edmonton). Probably looked at how things were going in its home range, realized it didn’t need a passport and made the obvious decision.
Photo by @nyhofs.bsky.social
#birds
Photo by @nyhofs.bsky.social
#birds