Branden
@bfonovic.bsky.social
Football enthusiast ⚽️, scientist 🧪 and educator 📚
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
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Happy birthday to Anna McGarrigle, born on this day in 1944 in Montreal!
The sister of Kate McGarrigle, the duo released 14 albums together. A Juno Award winner, she was also awarded the Order of Canada. Anna and Kate sang The Log Driver's Waltz for the NFB short.
The sister of Kate McGarrigle, the duo released 14 albums together. A Juno Award winner, she was also awarded the Order of Canada. Anna and Kate sang The Log Driver's Waltz for the NFB short.
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy birthday to Anna McGarrigle, born on this day in 1944 in Montreal!
The sister of Kate McGarrigle, the duo released 14 albums together. A Juno Award winner, she was also awarded the Order of Canada. Anna and Kate sang The Log Driver's Waltz for the NFB short.
The sister of Kate McGarrigle, the duo released 14 albums together. A Juno Award winner, she was also awarded the Order of Canada. Anna and Kate sang The Log Driver's Waltz for the NFB short.
So uh… that was something terrible for the anthems in San Diego right?
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So uh… that was something terrible for the anthems in San Diego right?
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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On the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I always think of T. D. Mischke's '90s radio interview with a historian, who Mischke surprises by *singing every question* to the Lightfoot tune. The historian gamely gives straight answers! (at 8:00) www.mischkemadness.com/audiofiles/t...
For many years I assumed that the Edmund Fitzgerald song was about a shipwreck in like, 1843. But Gordo wrote it the month after it happened! News you can use.
Its November 10th, aka Combination Death of the Edmund Fitzgerald / Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day
November 10, 2024 at 6:17 PM
On the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I always think of T. D. Mischke's '90s radio interview with a historian, who Mischke surprises by *singing every question* to the Lightfoot tune. The historian gamely gives straight answers! (at 8:00) www.mischkemadness.com/audiofiles/t...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@totallyshow.bsky.social @acjimbo.bsky.social anyone still up and watching the Canadian Premier League Final between Atletico Ottawa and Cavalry FC?
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@totallyshow.bsky.social @acjimbo.bsky.social anyone still up and watching the Canadian Premier League Final between Atletico Ottawa and Cavalry FC?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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To this day, Doug Ford has gotten away scot-free with both encouraging the scam strip-mall colleges that led to this mess, the destruction of the legitimate international student system, and his dismantling of Ontario's post-secondary institutions writ-large.
HOLD THE FUCKING PREMIERS TO ACCOUNT!
HOLD THE FUCKING PREMIERS TO ACCOUNT!
Worse news: they are *again* telling the world not to come so applications may tumble further and we won't even make the target.
We provide excellent education to both domestic and int'l students here. We're getting punched in the balls to solve problems at Conestoga college or some damned place.
We provide excellent education to both domestic and int'l students here. We're getting punched in the balls to solve problems at Conestoga college or some damned place.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
To this day, Doug Ford has gotten away scot-free with both encouraging the scam strip-mall colleges that led to this mess, the destruction of the legitimate international student system, and his dismantling of Ontario's post-secondary institutions writ-large.
HOLD THE FUCKING PREMIERS TO ACCOUNT!
HOLD THE FUCKING PREMIERS TO ACCOUNT!
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what if instead of sports we chose happiness
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
what if instead of sports we chose happiness
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Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
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That $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Labour Minister Piccini? Suddenly “cancelled.”
Apparently due to a personal commitment—which sounds a lot like realizing Ontarians are done watching PC donors cash in on public funds.
If there’s nothing wrong, why pull the plug?
#ONpoli
Apparently due to a personal commitment—which sounds a lot like realizing Ontarians are done watching PC donors cash in on public funds.
If there’s nothing wrong, why pull the plug?
#ONpoli
Labour minister’s fundraiser cancelled amid Skills Development Fund controversy
Labour minister’s fundraiser cancelled amid Skills Development Fund controversy
Minister David Piccini, who’s been under fire over how the fund has benefited PC donors and others with ties to the party, said it was called off due to a ‘personal commitment’
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October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
That $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Labour Minister Piccini? Suddenly “cancelled.”
Apparently due to a personal commitment—which sounds a lot like realizing Ontarians are done watching PC donors cash in on public funds.
If there’s nothing wrong, why pull the plug?
#ONpoli
Apparently due to a personal commitment—which sounds a lot like realizing Ontarians are done watching PC donors cash in on public funds.
If there’s nothing wrong, why pull the plug?
#ONpoli
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It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol
I'm participating in Walk a Mile this weekend. A fundraiser for Cornerstone, the local agency involved in the fighting violence against women. Any support would be much appreciated! And yes those are my legs www.justgiving.com/page/branden...
Cornerstone's Walk A Mile
Help Branden Fonovic raise money to support Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre
www.justgiving.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm participating in Walk a Mile this weekend. A fundraiser for Cornerstone, the local agency involved in the fighting violence against women. Any support would be much appreciated! And yes those are my legs www.justgiving.com/page/branden...
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Air Canada flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected a deal on a new collective agreement, with 99.1% of flight attendants voting "no"
September 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Air Canada flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected a deal on a new collective agreement, with 99.1% of flight attendants voting "no"
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People living with #HIV continue to face stigma & discrimination.
Watch Dr Mateo explain the science behind ZERO risk of HIV transmission when people take effective treatment & have undetectable viral load & why we need to destigmatize HIV.
Watch Dr Mateo explain the science behind ZERO risk of HIV transmission when people take effective treatment & have undetectable viral load & why we need to destigmatize HIV.
August 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People living with #HIV continue to face stigma & discrimination.
Watch Dr Mateo explain the science behind ZERO risk of HIV transmission when people take effective treatment & have undetectable viral load & why we need to destigmatize HIV.
Watch Dr Mateo explain the science behind ZERO risk of HIV transmission when people take effective treatment & have undetectable viral load & why we need to destigmatize HIV.
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If Bluesky fails to become big enough for people to extract money from it and just remains a platform where people talk to each other, sharing unimportant nonsense most of the time... good. That's all most of us wanted in the first place.
That's what social media should be.
That's what social media should be.
May 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If Bluesky fails to become big enough for people to extract money from it and just remains a platform where people talk to each other, sharing unimportant nonsense most of the time... good. That's all most of us wanted in the first place.
That's what social media should be.
That's what social media should be.
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Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
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May 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM