Andy Beaton
@aiabx.bsky.social
“This is not a time to be dismayed. This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.” - Henry Rollins
#astronomy #cycling #boardgames #stratocaster #film
he/him/vax/mask
Toronto/Toronno/Trawna 🇨🇦
also at aiabx@mastodon.social
#astronomy #cycling #boardgames #stratocaster #film
he/him/vax/mask
Toronto/Toronno/Trawna 🇨🇦
also at aiabx@mastodon.social
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Andy Beaton
@aiabx.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Block, block, block and block. Block at will. Block with extreme prejudice.
Also, they're called skeets.
This is all of my Elder Wisdom.
Also, they're called skeets.
This is all of my Elder Wisdom.
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Suspending Dril makes you wonder who’s in charge here
Lol did dril say something about the candy asses moderating this place?
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Suspending Dril makes you wonder who’s in charge here
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Farm workers in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org baristas. #DeleteTheApp
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Farm workers in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org baristas. #DeleteTheApp
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When does advocating for independence transform into treason?
As Alberta separatists deepen ties with the Donald Trump administration, former RCMP intelligence manager Patrick Lennox considers where Canada must draw the line: https://ow.ly/cGuS50Y8vHc
As Alberta separatists deepen ties with the Donald Trump administration, former RCMP intelligence manager Patrick Lennox considers where Canada must draw the line: https://ow.ly/cGuS50Y8vHc
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
When does advocating for independence transform into treason?
As Alberta separatists deepen ties with the Donald Trump administration, former RCMP intelligence manager Patrick Lennox considers where Canada must draw the line: https://ow.ly/cGuS50Y8vHc
As Alberta separatists deepen ties with the Donald Trump administration, former RCMP intelligence manager Patrick Lennox considers where Canada must draw the line: https://ow.ly/cGuS50Y8vHc
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Toronto Bike Lanes So Snow Covered Drivers Not Even Parking In Them.
c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Toronto Bike Lanes So Snow Covered Drivers Not Even Parking In Them.
c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
I must confess I don't love most of the films Catharine O'Hara did but the exception was After Hours. We rewatched that tonight and it holds up very well 40 years later. She doesn't have a big part but she nails what she has.
February 2, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I must confess I don't love most of the films Catharine O'Hara did but the exception was After Hours. We rewatched that tonight and it holds up very well 40 years later. She doesn't have a big part but she nails what she has.
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Some foundational Jamaican ska to get you out of the Sunday afternoon doldrums?
#BlackHistorySpins
youtu.be/K5_GsvONTJY
#BlackHistorySpins
youtu.be/K5_GsvONTJY
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes 'Carry Go Bring Come' (official audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Some foundational Jamaican ska to get you out of the Sunday afternoon doldrums?
#BlackHistorySpins
youtu.be/K5_GsvONTJY
#BlackHistorySpins
youtu.be/K5_GsvONTJY
Finished the Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey, which was excellent and very readable. I’m told it’s a big improvement over the Fagles translation but it’s been so long since I read it that I can’t say and tbh I think I’ve had enough of Homer for now. (Thx @tracyking.bsky.social )
January 31, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Finished the Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey, which was excellent and very readable. I’m told it’s a big improvement over the Fagles translation but it’s been so long since I read it that I can’t say and tbh I think I’ve had enough of Homer for now. (Thx @tracyking.bsky.social )
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Oh my god.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Oh my god.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
Catherine O'Hara was so brilliant on Second City. I've admired her ever since. She will be missed.
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Catherine O'Hara was so brilliant on Second City. I've admired her ever since. She will be missed.
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There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Thank you everyone, keep signing, we are now over 10,008 signatures 🍁💪🏻
Everyone who is sick and tired of American owned media gaslighting Canadians please sign this petition:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6879 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Thank you everyone, keep signing, we are now over 10,008 signatures 🍁💪🏻
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i’m here again to point out that Doug Ford thinks it’s fantastic that we’re equipping ICE
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
i’m here again to point out that Doug Ford thinks it’s fantastic that we’re equipping ICE
-20C in Toronto tonight. That’s cold! Salute to everyone in Minnesota out protesting in this brutal weather.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 AM
-20C in Toronto tonight. That’s cold! Salute to everyone in Minnesota out protesting in this brutal weather.
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Reading yet another article about how tourism in the US from Canada has collapsed and it too glosses over the constant threats of invasion as the reason. Canadians are very angry about this.
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Reading yet another article about how tourism in the US from Canada has collapsed and it too glosses over the constant threats of invasion as the reason. Canadians are very angry about this.
The aurora in Toronto is so dense and bright it looks like clouds illuminated by the city below.
Uncannily like clouds illuminated by the city below.
Uncannily like clouds illuminated by the city below.
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The aurora in Toronto is so dense and bright it looks like clouds illuminated by the city below.
Uncannily like clouds illuminated by the city below.
Uncannily like clouds illuminated by the city below.
People’s Foods, a classic diner run by Greek communists who had emigrated to Toronto (that was the story), open all night with fantastic cheeseburgers and milkshakes and low prices suitable for students and workers.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 AM
People’s Foods, a classic diner run by Greek communists who had emigrated to Toronto (that was the story), open all night with fantastic cheeseburgers and milkshakes and low prices suitable for students and workers.
Post a car picture you took
January 18, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Post a car picture you took
Ruin a movie or TV show series by adding ‘if you know what I mean’
Titanic, if you know what I mean.
Titanic, if you know what I mean.
Ruin a movie or TV show series by adding ‘if you know what I mean’
Last Year at Marienbad, if you know what I mean
Last Year at Marienbad, if you know what I mean
Ruin a movie or TV show series title by adding "if you know what I mean."
There Will Be Blood, if you know what I mean
There Will Be Blood, if you know what I mean
January 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Ruin a movie or TV show series by adding ‘if you know what I mean’
Titanic, if you know what I mean.
Titanic, if you know what I mean.
Got to see the Toronto Sceptres of WPHL beat Vancouver, which was great, really high quality hockey, but the extra rush of the crowd cheering the “glorious and free” line in the national anthem was something else. Defiance of the orange asshole everywhere.
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Got to see the Toronto Sceptres of WPHL beat Vancouver, which was great, really high quality hockey, but the extra rush of the crowd cheering the “glorious and free” line in the national anthem was something else. Defiance of the orange asshole everywhere.
Is it gauche to wear a Leafs jersey to a Sceptres game?
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Is it gauche to wear a Leafs jersey to a Sceptres game?
Just about at the end of the bottle
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Just about at the end of the bottle
Clear sky out there but I just don’t have the energy to set up the telescope after shoveling the walk twice.
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Clear sky out there but I just don’t have the energy to set up the telescope after shoveling the walk twice.
My review of The Piano Teacher (2001):
It is a remarkable piece of filmmaking but so squalid, sordid and deeply, deeply unpleasant that I never want to go through it again.
#filmsky
It is a remarkable piece of filmmaking but so squalid, sordid and deeply, deeply unpleasant that I never want to go through it again.
#filmsky
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
My review of The Piano Teacher (2001):
It is a remarkable piece of filmmaking but so squalid, sordid and deeply, deeply unpleasant that I never want to go through it again.
#filmsky
It is a remarkable piece of filmmaking but so squalid, sordid and deeply, deeply unpleasant that I never want to go through it again.
#filmsky
Saw a 70mm print of 2001 tonight. Incredible the detail you miss on tv screens. I’d never seen the red Soviet star on one of the satellites. Kubrick really sweated the small details
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Saw a 70mm print of 2001 tonight. Incredible the detail you miss on tv screens. I’d never seen the red Soviet star on one of the satellites. Kubrick really sweated the small details