Robbo
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Dad, papa, editor, coach, skier, gourmand, Gaelic lover, boater, barista, and veteran of the green chain.
My thoughts and good wishes go out to all of those affected by the events in Tumbler Ridge. Including the media, bringing us news of what happened, and who are often vilified - for providing a necessary service.
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
My thoughts and good wishes go out to all of those affected by the events in Tumbler Ridge. Including the media, bringing us news of what happened, and who are often vilified - for providing a necessary service.
My first reaction, if Trump wants to block the opening, let him.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
My first reaction, if Trump wants to block the opening, let him.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And, think not, that we are somehow superior to our nearest neighbours. Bill C-12 takes a significant step to the south. Part 7, Sect. 87.301.1 allows apparatchiks the power to cancel any number of immigrants, "holus bolus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QA...
Don’t undermine immigration policy by appeasing xenophobia: Senator Paula Simons critiques Bill C-12
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
And, think not, that we are somehow superior to our nearest neighbours. Bill C-12 takes a significant step to the south. Part 7, Sect. 87.301.1 allows apparatchiks the power to cancel any number of immigrants, "holus bolus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QA...
Shakespeare, on immigrants. "A nation of such barbarous temper."
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eidc...
Ian McKellen monólogo Shakespeare
YouTube video by Matías Santos
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February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Shakespeare, on immigrants. "A nation of such barbarous temper."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eidc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eidc...
"After his election in 1933, Hitler rolled out a plan to force out longtime career civil servants with political stooges committed to his vision. He then executed a plan to get two-thirds of the Reichstag to pass an "empowering law" allowing him to govern by decree."
www.alternet.org/hitler-democ...
www.alternet.org/hitler-democ...
Historian reveals how Hitler 'dismantled' democracy in less than two months
After Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, he promptly packed the government full of loyalists and used Weimar Germany's constitution to turn himself into an absolute dictator....
www.alternet.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"After his election in 1933, Hitler rolled out a plan to force out longtime career civil servants with political stooges committed to his vision. He then executed a plan to get two-thirds of the Reichstag to pass an "empowering law" allowing him to govern by decree."
www.alternet.org/hitler-democ...
www.alternet.org/hitler-democ...
Yeah, I know it's Bell. But still. This is great.
Another great Canadian Olympics ad.
The Americans had to make theirs about us.
But we get it — we made ours about us too. 🇨🇦
The Americans had to make theirs about us.
But we get it — we made ours about us too. 🇨🇦
Stronger Together Olympic TV spot
YouTube video by Bell Canada
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February 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Yeah, I know it's Bell. But still. This is great.
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Traditional media at its best: The Associated Press publishes a timeline detailing events around the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie.
apnews.com/article/sava...
apnews.com/article/sava...
Day-by-day timeline in the search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mother
Investigators have released a detailed timeline in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared five days ago.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Traditional media at its best: The Associated Press publishes a timeline detailing events around the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie.
apnews.com/article/sava...
apnews.com/article/sava...
Headline O' The Day:
"North Shore Rescue saves lost hiker in Suicide Gully"
Nuff said.
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"North Shore Rescue saves lost hiker in Suicide Gully"
Nuff said.
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North Shore Rescue saves lost hiker in Suicide Gully
If you get lost in the North Shore Mountains, never go bushwhacking downhill
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January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Headline O' The Day:
"North Shore Rescue saves lost hiker in Suicide Gully"
Nuff said.
tinyurl.com/mrxv7xwa
"North Shore Rescue saves lost hiker in Suicide Gully"
Nuff said.
tinyurl.com/mrxv7xwa
Veteran journalist Terry Glavin looks at invasion and counter invasion plans. My favourite sentence:
"Any new American war game would obviously include a priority given to capturing Alberta by mobilizing separatist quislings and saboteurs."
therealstory.substack.com/p/you-shall-...
"Any new American war game would obviously include a priority given to capturing Alberta by mobilizing separatist quislings and saboteurs."
therealstory.substack.com/p/you-shall-...
You shall hear rumours of war. . .
The American president is crazy. Canada's prime minister is cowardly. Welcome to the "principled and pragmatic" recrudescence of "responsible conviction" at Davos.
therealstory.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Veteran journalist Terry Glavin looks at invasion and counter invasion plans. My favourite sentence:
"Any new American war game would obviously include a priority given to capturing Alberta by mobilizing separatist quislings and saboteurs."
therealstory.substack.com/p/you-shall-...
"Any new American war game would obviously include a priority given to capturing Alberta by mobilizing separatist quislings and saboteurs."
therealstory.substack.com/p/you-shall-...
Favourite headline of the day:
"Police investigating brazen New Westminster Pokémon store robbery"
(Pokemon cards, btw, can be worth up to $5M)
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
"Police investigating brazen New Westminster Pokémon store robbery"
(Pokemon cards, btw, can be worth up to $5M)
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Police investigating wild Metro Vancouver Pokémon store robbery | News
A Pokémon store in Metro Vancouver was robbed, and the owner is putting the suspects on blast on social media.
dailyhive.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Favourite headline of the day:
"Police investigating brazen New Westminster Pokémon store robbery"
(Pokemon cards, btw, can be worth up to $5M)
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
"Police investigating brazen New Westminster Pokémon store robbery"
(Pokemon cards, btw, can be worth up to $5M)
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Agreed. A succinct synopsis of the current world situation.
The whole speech is the best description of the moment from any world leader, at least as far as I have heard bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Agreed. A succinct synopsis of the current world situation.
"Shave and a haircut, two bits" is worming in my ear. So, inflation. Two bits is 25¢ and that price was from 1895ish. Cheapest you could get it today would be $50. So 200 times pricier nowadays. Whoa.
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"Shave and a haircut, two bits" is worming in my ear. So, inflation. Two bits is 25¢ and that price was from 1895ish. Cheapest you could get it today would be $50. So 200 times pricier nowadays. Whoa.
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Overheard in the kitchen:
"I can't talk and send money at the same time."
"I can't talk and send money at the same time."
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Overheard in the kitchen:
"I can't talk and send money at the same time."
"I can't talk and send money at the same time."
Using this logic the feds should take over Alberta's emergency rooms and hospitals.
“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said after this most recent water main break that the province might consider imposing oversight over Calgary’s water system, and future funding could be tied to that provincial oversight.”
The Queen has spoken. 🙄
The Queen has spoken. 🙄
Alberta government will do its own review of Calgary’s water system | CBC News
A week after an independent panel presented a review that pointed to failings within Calgary’s water system, the provincial government has announced it will do its own review of the system.
www.cbc.ca
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Using this logic the feds should take over Alberta's emergency rooms and hospitals.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Kulshan. Thank you. Baker was Capt. George Vancouver's third lieutenant. Later dude.
Kulshan it is.
Kulshan it is.
Hello, Kulshan (Mount Baker) 😍
Once the fog and rain cleared, I caught a beautiful view from New Westminster today.
Taken on my iPhone #NotADrone
#Winter #Canada
Once the fog and rain cleared, I caught a beautiful view from New Westminster today.
Taken on my iPhone #NotADrone
#Winter #Canada
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Kulshan. Thank you. Baker was Capt. George Vancouver's third lieutenant. Later dude.
Kulshan it is.
Kulshan it is.
The water in Victoria's inner harbour isn't pristine, but you can see bottom at low tide. Today it's opaque brown. Is it from the Belleville Terminal Redevelopment Project? #yuck
January 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The water in Victoria's inner harbour isn't pristine, but you can see bottom at low tide. Today it's opaque brown. Is it from the Belleville Terminal Redevelopment Project? #yuck
Never say never - and I live here now - but... never.
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Never say never - and I live here now - but... never.
It's weirdly warm on the coast.
Operations at Mount Washington Alpine Resort are continuing despite unseasonably warm and wet conditions, though several adjustments have been made as crews work to manage the impact on the mountain.
Mount Washington scales back operations as mild temperatures persist
Operations at Mount Washington Alpine Resort are continuing despite unseasonably warm and wet conditions, though several adjustments have been made as crews work to manage the impact on the mountain.
cheknews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It's weirdly warm on the coast.
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“ #Mastodon and #Bluesky are not in competition anymore with the platform #X, because X has changed. It changed from being a #platform to the #power structure for the #neo-royalty, with the #publicsquare shambling along as a zombie … ” connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem
Fediverse Report #148: X is not a just platform problem anymore, it's a power problem, and why you cannot compete as platforms with power.
connectedplaces.online
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“ #Mastodon and #Bluesky are not in competition anymore with the platform #X, because X has changed. It changed from being a #platform to the #power structure for the #neo-royalty, with the #publicsquare shambling along as a zombie … ” connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...
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I have decided that sending butt plugs to US Army bases in Bahrain would be the stupidest pretext for the US to invade Canada, but then, that is probably a failure of my imagination www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
Not one, but two letters were sent from the Pentagon to a Toronto-based sex toy store, found inside the boxes of returned adult items that had somehow made their way to a U.S naval base in Bahrain.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I have decided that sending butt plugs to US Army bases in Bahrain would be the stupidest pretext for the US to invade Canada, but then, that is probably a failure of my imagination www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Seem kinda fitting that the Grateful Dead should live on, even if none of the founders are performing with the band. RIP Bob Weir. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Where Do the Grateful Dead Go From Here? Scenarios for the Post-Bob Weir Era
The death of Bob Weir is a major blow to the Grateful Dead fan community, but it doesn't mean the music will suddenly stop.
www.rollingstone.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Seem kinda fitting that the Grateful Dead should live on, even if none of the founders are performing with the band. RIP Bob Weir. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...