Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
@brentvans.com
Canadian. Award-winning, bestselling novelist (brentvans.com), Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
TFW your 12yo decides she would like to do something to mark the day. #lestweforget
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
TFW your 12yo decides she would like to do something to mark the day. #lestweforget
We are viral. #canpl www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Atlético Ottawa’s ‘icicle kick’ lights up blizzard-hit Canadian Premier League final
David Rodríguez scored acrobatic equalizer and chipped winner in an iconic game in which play was stopped every 15 minutes for snow removal
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are viral. #canpl www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
#lestweforget is quickly becoming #shitweforgot.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#lestweforget is quickly becoming #shitweforgot.
That magical time of year where scores of White, privileged capitalists send token gifts to needy people of colour in other places (who they’ll never think about again) and then gather in churches to congratulate each other on their “Christian” generosity.
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That magical time of year where scores of White, privileged capitalists send token gifts to needy people of colour in other places (who they’ll never think about again) and then gather in churches to congratulate each other on their “Christian” generosity.
Overheard: “they just make me so, so tired.” About what and to whom were they referring to? Wrong answers only.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Overheard: “they just make me so, so tired.” About what and to whom were they referring to? Wrong answers only.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel
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welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist
By denying everyone but the military, he’s driving hungry people to recruiting centres to swell the ranks. Whatever could he be contemplating when he dreams of a larger, desperate military…?!
a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his eyes closed and his hands on his wrists .
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his eyes closed and his hands on his wrists .
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By denying everyone but the military, he’s driving hungry people to recruiting centres to swell the ranks. Whatever could he be contemplating when he dreams of a larger, desperate military…?!
To everyone who uses PowerPoint in your presentations: please, please, please learn the rules of accessibility, colour design, and font selection to ensure your slides are readable. #myeyes #accessibility
a cartoon of spongebob with a red band around his eyes
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob with a red band around his eyes
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To everyone who uses PowerPoint in your presentations: please, please, please learn the rules of accessibility, colour design, and font selection to ensure your slides are readable. #myeyes #accessibility
How is it possible that the Epstein files haven’t been hacked/released? Honest question.
October 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How is it possible that the Epstein files haven’t been hacked/released? Honest question.
I'm not a #baseball guy, but I have this sinking feeling that the WHOT (White House Orange Toddler) is going to use his power or say something to his base that will affect the outcome of the #worldseries.
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm not a #baseball guy, but I have this sinking feeling that the WHOT (White House Orange Toddler) is going to use his power or say something to his base that will affect the outcome of the #worldseries.
Y'know, it's almost as though Bibi doesn't really want peace in Gaza, and knows no one is really going to do anything about it, so why not rain down a little more genocide? #gaza #freepalestine #palestine
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Y'know, it's almost as though Bibi doesn't really want peace in Gaza, and knows no one is really going to do anything about it, so why not rain down a little more genocide? #gaza #freepalestine #palestine
Learned this one in Australia. You're welcome. #IYKYK www.youtube.com/shorts/m0Z7Y...
Best way to eat a Tim Tam
YouTube video by Golden Brown Coffee
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October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Learned this one in Australia. You're welcome. #IYKYK www.youtube.com/shorts/m0Z7Y...
Chatting with my pastor about DJT and CK and he just shrugged and said, "It's like we're just accepting bad things as okay these days," then changed the subject. When Jesus-people show such indifference to amorality, I think we need to redefine how we think about sin. #faith #christianity #jesus
October 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Chatting with my pastor about DJT and CK and he just shrugged and said, "It's like we're just accepting bad things as okay these days," then changed the subject. When Jesus-people show such indifference to amorality, I think we need to redefine how we think about sin. #faith #christianity #jesus
Could you imagine a more perfect takedown?
"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Could you imagine a more perfect takedown?
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Pleased to learn in my fifth decade that I, too, can destroy and load into my tumtum an entire bag of potato chips. Lays masala, for those who care about such things. I discovered my #superpower, for sure.
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Pleased to learn in my fifth decade that I, too, can destroy and load into my tumtum an entire bag of potato chips. Lays masala, for those who care about such things. I discovered my #superpower, for sure.
I would legit buy a Bob Ross painting if I had the $$. But since I can't, I hope they go for heaps of cash so PBS and public broadcasting in the USA can continue to defy OTIC (Orange Turd in Chief) and his band of Pedo-Protectors.
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I would legit buy a Bob Ross painting if I had the $$. But since I can't, I hope they go for heaps of cash so PBS and public broadcasting in the USA can continue to defy OTIC (Orange Turd in Chief) and his band of Pedo-Protectors.
Obviously I know that Stephen Miller isn't Joseph Goebbels. Obviously. So, so obviously.
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Obviously I know that Stephen Miller isn't Joseph Goebbels. Obviously. So, so obviously.