Appalbarry
@appalbarry.com
Writer, Nova Scotia, France, Vancouver. and now Cambridge UK, Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices.
Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/
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Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/
Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
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Appalbarry
@appalbarry.com
· Jul 19
This is where I always ask: Tell me about one example of a government service being privatized, and offering the same or better service for less cost. Just one example.
Response: <crickets>
Response: <crickets>
For the folks in Minneapolis...
January 15, 2026 at 12:10 PM
For the folks in Minneapolis...
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"I’m transitioning so I can join the girls’ basketball team and win everything. Yeah, it’s a totally normal thing for a straight guy with no gender dysphoria like me to do, that’s for sure."
Guys, I Swear I’m Only Transitioning So I Can Cheat at Girls’ Sports
Guys, I know you’ve heard rumors around school, and I’m sure you noticed that I wasn’t at basketball tryouts, and I wanted to make sure you heard w...
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"I’m transitioning so I can join the girls’ basketball team and win everything. Yeah, it’s a totally normal thing for a straight guy with no gender dysphoria like me to do, that’s for sure."
Do you have stuff to write with?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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I've finally gotten around to reading @swordsjew.bsky.social's "Wild Faith" and it's exactly as well-written, scary, and informative as I was sure it'd be.
A good, and useful, read, and an important look into a world that, as a happy agnostic, I'm usually blind to.
A good, and useful, read, and an important look into a world that, as a happy agnostic, I'm usually blind to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I've finally gotten around to reading @swordsjew.bsky.social's "Wild Faith" and it's exactly as well-written, scary, and informative as I was sure it'd be.
A good, and useful, read, and an important look into a world that, as a happy agnostic, I'm usually blind to.
A good, and useful, read, and an important look into a world that, as a happy agnostic, I'm usually blind to.
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it is funny how canadian commentary on mark carney’s visit to big scary china seems to always include note of the two michaels, but never what preceded it: detaining meng wanzhou until the americans were ready to let her go
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
it is funny how canadian commentary on mark carney’s visit to big scary china seems to always include note of the two michaels, but never what preceded it: detaining meng wanzhou until the americans were ready to let her go
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I personally don’t think it has as much to do with Greenland as much as Canada - strategically it makes taking over Canada much easier - in a fight apple.news/AT5bBhYynS7a...
Denmark warns of 'fundamental disagreement' after White House talks on Greenland — BBC News
There was no major breakthrough during the meeting, and President Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring the island shortly afterwards.
apple.news
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I personally don’t think it has as much to do with Greenland as much as Canada - strategically it makes taking over Canada much easier - in a fight apple.news/AT5bBhYynS7a...
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Hockey is like soccer on ice skates and the ball is a puck and you move it with a stick instead of your feet and also it’s more violent
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Hockey is like soccer on ice skates and the ball is a puck and you move it with a stick instead of your feet and also it’s more violent
Seriously? I mean SERIOUSLY?
The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the next four years
NASA Commits to Plan to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030
The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the next four years
www.scientificamerican.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Seriously? I mean SERIOUSLY?
#NovaScotia folks: do not, under any circumstances, accept NSPower's "estimated" bill. Ours was just reduced from $456.67 to $12.54.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
#NovaScotia folks: do not, under any circumstances, accept NSPower's "estimated" bill. Ours was just reduced from $456.67 to $12.54.
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It's not divorcing ICE from policing that helps people see ICE is a problem. It's making the connections between them!
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
It's not divorcing ICE from policing that helps people see ICE is a problem. It's making the connections between them!
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#GVerse The Black Panthers have re-entered the chat!
The Panthers are a revolutionary socialist group that fed & protected the community.
They were such a threat to the dictatorship of capital they were falsely labeled “terrorists.” Their reemergence is necessary.
The Panthers are a revolutionary socialist group that fed & protected the community.
They were such a threat to the dictatorship of capital they were falsely labeled “terrorists.” Their reemergence is necessary.
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#GVerse The Black Panthers have re-entered the chat!
The Panthers are a revolutionary socialist group that fed & protected the community.
They were such a threat to the dictatorship of capital they were falsely labeled “terrorists.” Their reemergence is necessary.
The Panthers are a revolutionary socialist group that fed & protected the community.
They were such a threat to the dictatorship of capital they were falsely labeled “terrorists.” Their reemergence is necessary.
Veterinarians in the Okanagan are urging horse lovers across Canada to take precautions as new cases of an infectious disease, called strangles, spread.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Okanagan vets warn of 'devastating' bacterial disease outbreak among horses | CBC News
There are two confirmed cases of strangles among horses around Kelowna, B.C. The contagious respiratory infection causes abscesses in a horse's lymph nodes that can rupture and spew pus. In some cases...
www.cbc.ca
January 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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HEY @mark-carney.bsky.social DO THIS.
BREAKING: Creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence in the UK from this week, the Technology Secretary has announced
Story to follow.
Story to follow.
January 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
HEY @mark-carney.bsky.social DO THIS.
Meanwhile in #Canada.....
BREAKING: Strong words from Keir Starmer to Parliamentary Labour Party on X and Grok: “If X cannot control Grok, we will - and we'll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate”
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Meanwhile in #Canada.....
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if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
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Today, our trial against the RCMP kicks off in a Vancouver courtroom. We’re fighting to clear a path for all journalists in Canada to do their work without risk of police interference. Want to follow the case, or even attend in person? Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
thenarwhal.ca
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Today, our trial against the RCMP kicks off in a Vancouver courtroom. We’re fighting to clear a path for all journalists in Canada to do their work without risk of police interference. Want to follow the case, or even attend in person? Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
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love to see nonbinary lesbian haircut representation
January 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
love to see nonbinary lesbian haircut representation
@brenttoderian.bsky.social and other planning people
Report going to Halifax council looks at issue of single-stair exits in missing middle housing
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Report going to Halifax council looks at issue of single-stair exits in missing middle housing - Halifax Examiner
Report stems from Sam Austin's motion from August 2024.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
@brenttoderian.bsky.social and other planning people
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Oh, and a word of advice—BEFORE you get the lumpectomy, tell your surgeon that tattoo ink is picked up by the lymph nodes. Scared the everloving shit out of her, she was convinced it had metastasized and somehow no one had caught it.
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Oh, and a word of advice—BEFORE you get the lumpectomy, tell your surgeon that tattoo ink is picked up by the lymph nodes. Scared the everloving shit out of her, she was convinced it had metastasized and somehow no one had caught it.
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I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
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The greatest part of swol bat is I saw him with my colleague Amanda Respess, who was part of planning and curating this exhibit. She said “I have stared at this bat for over a decade and never once seen him as lifting. Now that is him forever.” You’re welcome babe. 😎
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The greatest part of swol bat is I saw him with my colleague Amanda Respess, who was part of planning and curating this exhibit. She said “I have stared at this bat for over a decade and never once seen him as lifting. Now that is him forever.” You’re welcome babe. 😎
Whoa. Things in the US are about to get even worse. What happens when Trump tries to fire the Reserve chair?
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Whoa. Things in the US are about to get even worse. What happens when Trump tries to fire the Reserve chair?
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This is a very kind wish. But I'd also like to ask you to follow other Canadian senators who are already here, and who haven't been as lucky as I have in connecting with an audience. I convinced a fair few Senate friends to give this platform a try, but many didn't feel it worked for them. #cdnpoli
#canadiansky Let’s get the Senator’s follower numbers up to demonstrate engagement here is good comms strategy.
More recently, I had the chance, in a committee hearing, to raise the issue of the CBC’s commitment to X. Here’s what CBC’s top executives told me about why the CBC isn’t on Bluesky or Mastodon. youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?... #cdnpoli
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
This is a very kind wish. But I'd also like to ask you to follow other Canadian senators who are already here, and who haven't been as lucky as I have in connecting with an audience. I convinced a fair few Senate friends to give this platform a try, but many didn't feel it worked for them. #cdnpoli
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So Evan Solomon vows to “protect Canadians, especially women and young people” from harm on X, but concedes he isn’t prepared to actually take action to stop X from harming people
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
So Evan Solomon vows to “protect Canadians, especially women and young people” from harm on X, but concedes he isn’t prepared to actually take action to stop X from harming people