Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦
@bobmakichuk.bsky.social
Edmonton guy in Ottawa. Also a hack guitarist, reformed journalist, and a GC head of comms.
Views expressed in posts are mine.
Views expressed in posts are mine.
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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦
@bobmakichuk.bsky.social
· Nov 18
a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock saying welcome home !!
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock saying welcome home !!
media.tenor.com
Making the pivot from the dirty bird. Bear with me while I boot up this feed. Appreciate follows as I reconstitute ten years in the other place and revel in some sanity here.
You can always catch the more professional side of my life over on Li. @BobMakichuk
You can always catch the more professional side of my life over on Li. @BobMakichuk
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We remember Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, who passed away two years ago today.
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970
#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970
#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 AM
We remember Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, who passed away two years ago today.
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970
#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970
#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd
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Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton writing "pls print" 35 times in emails on a private server or Donald Trump being mentioned 38,000 times in the emails of a notorious sex trafficker, both candidates had a fraught relationship with electronic communication.
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton writing "pls print" 35 times in emails on a private server or Donald Trump being mentioned 38,000 times in the emails of a notorious sex trafficker, both candidates had a fraught relationship with electronic communication.
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As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
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I accidentally stumbled upon Vivian Maier several years ago in a doc that aired on TVO in Canada. It is streaming now. A must-see about this previously unheralded genius shooter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2714...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2714...
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I accidentally stumbled upon Vivian Maier several years ago in a doc that aired on TVO in Canada. It is streaming now. A must-see about this previously unheralded genius shooter.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2714...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2714...
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Hopefully he'll remember this more than the trauma as he grows up.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Hopefully he'll remember this more than the trauma as he grows up.
It's called flooding the zone, and apparently it works.
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
It's called flooding the zone, and apparently it works.
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2 years ago today 😢
Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Photo by Doug Fulton
#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Photo by Doug Fulton
#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd
February 2, 2026 at 3:31 AM
2 years ago today 😢
Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Photo by Doug Fulton
#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Photo by Doug Fulton
#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Starting to get worried about Alberta separatists? Overlook Saskatchewan at your peril, says Dale Eisler. That should be a Canadian political truism.
The Volume is Rising on Trump’s Threat to Canadian Unity
Saskatchewan joins Alberta as a Trumpian object of desire
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Starting to get worried about Alberta separatists? Overlook Saskatchewan at your peril, says Dale Eisler. That should be a Canadian political truism.
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February Moon
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
February Moon
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
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read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
February 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
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Full Bad Bunny speech
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Full Bad Bunny speech
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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I once had a dream that went like this
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I once had a dream that went like this
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resorts casino, atlantic city, new jersey, 1985
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
resorts casino, atlantic city, new jersey, 1985
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A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days
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Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
An admission that no one anyone would want to see perform there is willing to take the stage so long as his name is on the place.
Boycotts work.
Boycotts work.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
An admission that no one anyone would want to see perform there is willing to take the stage so long as his name is on the place.
Boycotts work.
Boycotts work.
Hopefully he'll remember this more than the trauma as he grows up.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Hopefully he'll remember this more than the trauma as he grows up.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM