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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)
@billydee123.bsky.social
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Ex military (Canadian Forces), retired, love my pets and family, enjoy reading. https://bill-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com/ #LoveCanada #VoteLiberal #SchnauzerGang 🇨🇦
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BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA) @billydee123.bsky.social · Mar 9
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We Will Survive
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💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 144
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TommyRoe (1969)
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NEW * Dizzy - Tommy Roe {Stereo} 1969
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
16. #AgathaChristie (1890 - 1976 ). Mystery, Creator of Poirot, Marple, etc. (80 books). Completed 22 Highlighting 8, then 8 to read
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 4
Book cover, The Witness for the Prosecution & Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Twelve Stories (1932) Cover shows 4 actors in the BBC drama based on the Witness (4.0 stars) Book cover. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Poirot #1 / 1920) Cover is green and shows a bottle of poison (4.0 stars) Book cover. Easy to Kill by Agatha Christie (Superintendent Battle #4 / 1939) Cover is white and in a stylized circle a man, a woman, a skull and a house (4.0 stars) Book cover. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #2 / 1942) Blue cover with white printing and a photo strip of a woman's head (4.0 stars)
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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#Ramadan
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3h
Tonight sunset local time marks the beginning of Ramadan. For 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide it's a time of reflection, community, and giving.

I hope you use this month as an opportunity to learn about your neighbors in a new light. More in today's post.
Ramadan 2026 Begins Tonight
Pick up your copy of Hannah and the Ramadan Gift, join a book reading, and learn about your neighbors
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February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 143
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TinaTurner (1990)
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Tina Turner - Foreign Affair (Live in Barcelona, 1990)
YouTube video by Tina Turner Videos
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February 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
15. #CJCherryh (1942 - ). Sci Fi (70+ books). Completed 2
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (Company Wars #1 / 1981) Daw's publication. Shows a space station with a craft arriving (5.0 stars) Book cover. Visitor by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #17 / 2016) Cover shows a man in a white suit with a folder in his arms being escorted by 4 tall soldiers or guards in black clothing (4.5 stars)
February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Exactly
xelahart.bsky.social Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 2d
Well played Canada.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 142
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#DavidBowie (1985) Maybe somewhat appropriate these days???
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David Bowie This Is Not America Live 2000 HD 720p
YouTube video by them0rus
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February 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
14. #OctaviaEButler (1947 - 2006). Sci Fi / Dystopia (9+ books). Completed 3
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Xexogenesis / Lilith's Brood #1 / 1987) Beautiful green, red, yellow swirls and the face of a black woman inset (4.0 stars) Book cover. Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler (Lilith's Brood / Xexogenesis #2 / 1988) A face peeping out of green & blue branches (4.0 stars) Book cover. Imago by Octavia E. Butler (Lilith's Brood / Xexogenesis #3 / 1989) Pink and gold streaks with a black face inset, looking out (4.0 stars)
February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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#TumblerRidge 💔
mark-carney.bsky.social Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 3d
On this National Flag Day, the Maple Leaf flies at half-mast.

Today our flag carries a message for the community of Tumbler Ridge: Canada is with you.
February 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 141
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheVelvelettes (1964)
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The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
YouTube video by IanLevine
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February 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
13. #JimButcher (1971 - ). The Dresden Files and other fantasy books (25+ books). Completed 5.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #3 / 2001) Cover shows a man with a staff in a foggy crypt (4.0 stars) Book cover. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #2 / 2001) Cover shows Dresden with a staff on the lip of a tall building overlooking a city and full moon (4.0 stars) Book cover. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #4 / 2002) Cover is yellowish and shows Dresden with a staff looking down at two wolves in a forest (3.0 stars) Book cover. Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #1 / 2000) Cover is brown with blood splotches (3.0 stars)
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 140
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheTourists (1980)
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Tourists So good to be back home again 1980 Top of The Pops Feb 1980
YouTube video by Betaman31252
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February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
12. #EdgarRiceBurroughs (1875 - 1950). John Carter of Mars, Tarzan, Pellucidar, etc (50+ books). Completed 17.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter #1 / 1917) Cover shows John Carter with princess in his arms, with Martians all around him (4.0 stars) Book cover. The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Adventure / 1926) Cover shows a man in light armor with a sword raised on a leaping horse as soldiers fight around him. (3.0 stars) Book cover. Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Caspak #3 / 1918) Cover shows two flying creatures with swords also carrying victims (3.0 stars) Book cover. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan #1 / 1912) Cover shows Tarzan swinging on a vine while below him are a great ape and a lion (3.5 stars)
February 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 139
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheStylistics (1975)
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the stylistics - can't give you anything but my love
YouTube video by losu11
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February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
12. #WJBurley (1914 - 2002). British mystery writer, creator of the Inspector Wycliffe series (22 books). Completed 16.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat by W.J. Burley (Wycliffe #6 / 1975) Cover shows actor who played Wycliffe on TV in the foreground and behind a boat docked at a pier (4.0 stars) Book cover. Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death by W.J. Burley (Wycliffe #16 / 1990) Cover has a drawing of Wyclffe in a tweed suit in the foreground and inset a drawing of a breakwater and a church looking over a town (4.0 stars) Book cover. Wycliffe in Paul's Court by W.J. Burley (Wycliffe #9 / 1980) Bluish tinted cover showing an archway and a house beyond (4.0 stars) Book cover. Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat by W.J. Burley (Wycliffe #2 / 1970) A sunset over a harbour with many small boats (4.0 stars)
February 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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💙📚 #BlueSkyBooks #LatestPurchases (Feb 2026)
#Mystery #SciFi #NonFic
#HannahFry #YokoOgawa #TimSullivan #SusieDent
#BookSky
Book cover. Hello World, How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry (Non Fic / 2018) Green cover with a yellow graph (sort of) Book cover. Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent (The Clarendon Lexicographers #1 / Mys / 2024) Green cover. Author's name in yellow, title in white lettering. Shows a raven on an open book Book cover. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Sci Fi / 1994) Cover shows a woman's face but part of it is in scribbles Book cover. The Dentist by Tim Sullivan (Det Sgt George Cross #1 / Mys / 2020. Purplish cover shows a man in shadow walking a bike, a pair of pliers and a dentists pick and a jaguar hood ornament, also inset a photo of a bridge in yellow and organ keys.
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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If there ever was a time to shut down X in Canada, now's the time and it's also time for Canada to follow suit and investigate Musk. #MarkCarney???
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 137
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheStranglers (1983)
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The Stranglers - European Female (Live The Tube 1983)
YouTube video by Pablo Eagle 77
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February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
11. #JohnBuchan (1875 - 1940). Scottish novelist, historian, Canadian Governor General (70+ novels). Completed 7.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Mr. Standfast by John Buchan (Penguin Ed) (Richard Hannay #3 / Thriller / 1918) Cover shows two men climbing up the side of a mountain (4.0 stars) Book cover. The King's Grace 1910 - 1935 by John Buchan (Non-Fiction / 1935) hard cover book with a cross-hatched pattern on the cover. (3.0 stars) Book cover. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (Richard Hannay #1 / Thriller / 1915) Pan book cover. Shows a man running through a wooded field pursued by other men (4.0 stars) Book cover. The Power house by John Buchan with intro by Stella Rimington (Sir Edward Leithen #1 / Spy / 1916) Stylized picture of a group of men in top hats, one holding a red folder, looking at a car (4.0 stars)
February 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 136
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheSpecials (1980)
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The Specials - Rat Race (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO
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February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
10. #JohnBrunner (1934 - 1995). American Sci Fi author (70+ novels). Completed 7.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1968) Shows a man in a test tube and behind people lined up talking (5.0 stars) Book cover. Manshape by John Brunner (1964) Cover shows a space ship taking off and a group of people waving it on. (3.5 stars) Book cover. The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (1972) Cover shows a deformed face within a light bulb?? (3.0 stars) Book cover. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (1975) Pinkish cover with a man on a chair being attached to wires by a woman (3.0 stars)
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Just what I wanted to see... Perfect.
widowspique.bsky.social WidowsPique 🇨🇦 @widowspique.bsky.social · 7d
From the incomparable Michael DeAdder
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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#Alberta Enjoy the celebration
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
billydee123.bsky.social
💙📀 #BlueSkySongs Bill's Driving Songs
Songs from a USB
Music I listen to when I'm driving
All genres, generally one per artist, but not necessarily
Day 135
#Musicsky 🪐📀
#TheSmiths (1983)
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The Smiths Jeane
YouTube video by Christine H.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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💙📚 #BookSky #BucketLists
Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
9. #SimonBrett (1945). Author of #CharlesParis , #MrsPargeter, #Fethering mystery series & others (50+ novels). Completed 13.
#BlueSkyBooks Pt 1 of 2
Book cover. Star Trap by Simon Brett (Charles Paris #3 / 1977) Cover shows a make up table with a revolver amongst the other items (4.0 stars) Book cover. Murder at the Museum by Simon Brett (Fethering #4 / 2003) Cover is grey and shows a old estate (3.5 stars) Book cover. A Comedian Dies by Simon Brett (Charles Paris #5 / 1979) Cover shows a drawing of a man on a stage (4.0 stars) Book cover. A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett (Mrs. Pargeter #1 / 1986) Cover shows an elderly woman running across a field pursued by two men, with sea gulls flying about (3.5 stars)
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM