alexander solsten
@solsten.bsky.social
music producer, filmmaker, chief sport enjoyer, former pro cook. On parle franglais icitte (Montréal)
My new album "Cold Concrete, Warm Waters" is out now!
https://solsten.bandcamp.com/album/cold-concrete-warm-waters
My new album "Cold Concrete, Warm Waters" is out now!
https://solsten.bandcamp.com/album/cold-concrete-warm-waters
gotta say calf cramps are some buuuuulllllshit
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
gotta say calf cramps are some buuuuulllllshit
Out at the Carrefour Laval mall at the Apple Store. Never been here before. Fucking luxe mall holy shit, and such a zoo today. The tech team has to do something with my laptop so looks like I have an hour to kill while I wait. Gonna go drink a beer in the parking lot then hit the food court 😂
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Out at the Carrefour Laval mall at the Apple Store. Never been here before. Fucking luxe mall holy shit, and such a zoo today. The tech team has to do something with my laptop so looks like I have an hour to kill while I wait. Gonna go drink a beer in the parking lot then hit the food court 😂
Just walked by what I am pretty sure was a couple having sex in a running, parked car, on Plaza St-Hubert. Montreal is wild man
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Just walked by what I am pretty sure was a couple having sex in a running, parked car, on Plaza St-Hubert. Montreal is wild man
Not religious at all anymore and wasn’t catholic to begin with but I am pretty down with this new direction.
Faith isn’t measured by belief or church attendance, but by how we treat people who are struggling. If Christianity ignores poverty and injustice, it misses its own message. #Religion #FaithAndJustice #Christianity #Poverty #SocialJustice
Faith that costs something: the Pope's challenge to comfortable Christianity
A new Vatican document challenges wealthy Catholics to move beyond charity toward justice, solidarity and real encounters with the poor.
johnmenadue.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Not religious at all anymore and wasn’t catholic to begin with but I am pretty down with this new direction.
You know it’s a good show when they got the characters taking care of the cat that got left behind by a murder victim #Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
You know it’s a good show when they got the characters taking care of the cat that got left behind by a murder victim #Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
Tis the season to be horny
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Tis the season to be horny
Ah yes, the old “picking up ladies by offering them sangria from a straw peeking out from the letter box” trick. Those Swedes’ll get you every time 🇸🇪 #Beck
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ah yes, the old “picking up ladies by offering them sangria from a straw peeking out from the letter box” trick. Those Swedes’ll get you every time 🇸🇪 #Beck
If you want an idea of how deeply corrupt Montreal is, my friend just informed me that the fucking English School Board is mobbed up 🤯
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If you want an idea of how deeply corrupt Montreal is, my friend just informed me that the fucking English School Board is mobbed up 🤯
![Musicians
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Musicians as listed in the album's liner notes are:[16]
Trombone: Jose Rodriguez
Trombone Angel Papo Vazquez
Trombone Sam Burtis
Solo Trombone: Willie Colon
Piano: Jose Torres "Professor"
Bass: Salvador Cuevas
Bass: Eddie Rivera
Bongo & Maracas: Jose Mangual, Jr.
Tumbadora: Eddie Montalvo
Timbales: Jimmy Delgado
Bateria en Platico: Bryan Brake
Maracas: A. Santiago
Chorus: Wilie Colon, Ruben Blades, Jose Mangual, Jr., Adalberto Santiago](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ol7bifw52gyrbassw2vxjnm5/bafkreibnj5uxyyilowh7td5ztqci4fkx77sdmxcyqk4lwuxh4uldt23aqq@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Spineless shit
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Spineless shit
This shit is fucking wild if you haven’t seen this yet @isaiahbishop.bsky.social
Really good job by Reuters here. Someone’s gotta have a spine in this day and age
Really good job by Reuters here. Someone’s gotta have a spine in this day and age
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This shit is fucking wild if you haven’t seen this yet @isaiahbishop.bsky.social
Really good job by Reuters here. Someone’s gotta have a spine in this day and age
Really good job by Reuters here. Someone’s gotta have a spine in this day and age
Not exaggerating when I say that Beck is one of the best tv shows I’ve ever watched. Fucking gunvald and his raincoat man
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Not exaggerating when I say that Beck is one of the best tv shows I’ve ever watched. Fucking gunvald and his raincoat man
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
It’s funny to me when they speak English on Swedish TV series, out of nowhere they’re just suddenly bilingual and have their own special accent. North Americans could fucking never (except Quebecois, Acadians, and Cajuns, obviously)
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It’s funny to me when they speak English on Swedish TV series, out of nowhere they’re just suddenly bilingual and have their own special accent. North Americans could fucking never (except Quebecois, Acadians, and Cajuns, obviously)
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #SvenskaFilm 🇸🇪
Sometimes I really feel like there are glitches in the matrix - this is what happened when I opened the pic my friend sent me 😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Sometimes I really feel like there are glitches in the matrix - this is what happened when I opened the pic my friend sent me 😂
I’m gonna keep reposting this joke until someone laughs at it. The beatings will continue until humour has resumed
You’d think that with all these people doing “AI Upscales” of old shows like Deep Space Nine, they’d have better compression?? 30 gbs?? AI can fake 4k but can’t fake 12gb downloads… more like Amateur Intelligence amirite people
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I’m gonna keep reposting this joke until someone laughs at it. The beatings will continue until humour has resumed
Welp I went out for dumplings and wanted to go out for a drink after but the bar I wanted to go to isn’t open until 10:30 so guess I’m going home lol #OldManHours
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Welp I went out for dumplings and wanted to go out for a drink after but the bar I wanted to go to isn’t open until 10:30 so guess I’m going home lol #OldManHours
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Today I found out that Vancouver's "No Fun City" nickname was first written in 2000 in a tabloid newspaper by a journalist who now works in our newsroom
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today I found out that Vancouver's "No Fun City" nickname was first written in 2000 in a tabloid newspaper by a journalist who now works in our newsroom
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
Dudes who wear shorts in November are fucking sus
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Dudes who wear shorts in November are fucking sus
I am not a huge Carney fan but I’m inclined to agree with this assessment (assuming the second part actually happens - I will believe it when I see it)
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am not a huge Carney fan but I’m inclined to agree with this assessment (assuming the second part actually happens - I will believe it when I see it)
Delusional Tales from Fruit Loop Island
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Delusional Tales from Fruit Loop Island
Life would be a lot better if there were suspenseful synth strings playing whenever something stressful was happening to me
(Beck S02E05)
(Beck S02E05)
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Life would be a lot better if there were suspenseful synth strings playing whenever something stressful was happening to me
(Beck S02E05)
(Beck S02E05)
Accidentally got grano padano instead of Parmegiano Reggiano and I just want to say on behalf of everyone: “Fuck. That.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Accidentally got grano padano instead of Parmegiano Reggiano and I just want to say on behalf of everyone: “Fuck. That.”
It’s good to put myself out there professionally but god I hate the time waiting to see if anyone responds positively. Break a leg, indeed
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s good to put myself out there professionally but god I hate the time waiting to see if anyone responds positively. Break a leg, indeed
Blue raspberry implies the existence of red blueberry
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Blue raspberry implies the existence of red blueberry
An idyllic rural setting. A farmer carries his crops into his cottage. All is well…until a submachine gun moves into the frame
#Beck #svenskfilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #svenskfilm 🇸🇪
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An idyllic rural setting. A farmer carries his crops into his cottage. All is well…until a submachine gun moves into the frame
#Beck #svenskfilm 🇸🇪
#Beck #svenskfilm 🇸🇪