Brian Cole 🇨🇦
@briancole5.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🍁 Working stiff, amateur photographer, music lover, developing activist 📎. I support Israel, Ukraine, democracy and LGBTQ+, and do not support IRGC or it's many proxies. Deleted FB and Instagram apps because Zuck sucks. Dump Amzn, Tesla, FB, Insta and X.
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Venezuela became a problem the moment it stopped being convenient. Canada could be next.
youtu.be/Lubxjcar31I
youtu.be/Lubxjcar31I
The Bully on the Playground
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Venezuela became a problem the moment it stopped being convenient. Canada could be next.
youtu.be/Lubxjcar31I
youtu.be/Lubxjcar31I
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I learned some things about Canada today. Thanks, Craig!
The names of Canada's provinces and territories come from many sources.
Some names come from Indigenous words, while others are named for royalty, and some are named for where settlers came from.
This is how each province and territory was named!
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Some names come from Indigenous words, while others are named for royalty, and some are named for where settlers came from.
This is how each province and territory was named!
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January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I learned some things about Canada today. Thanks, Craig!
Ugh. He showed up finally, and I could only listen to 30 seconds of his lies and rambling bullshit before turning him off. I'll read the news later.
Would someone go wake up the old man?
He is late for his own press conference.
He is late for his own press conference.
🚨 Trump just posted a photo of Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Ugh. He showed up finally, and I could only listen to 30 seconds of his lies and rambling bullshit before turning him off. I'll read the news later.
Would someone go wake up the old man?
He is late for his own press conference.
He is late for his own press conference.
🚨 Trump just posted a photo of Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima.
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Would someone go wake up the old man?
He is late for his own press conference.
He is late for his own press conference.
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It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
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Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release
Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release
Netflix documentary part 2 in the works?
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after roughly 14 months in the slammer.…
dlvr.it
January 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release
TACO again
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
TACO again
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Products at Saks Fifth Avenue range from about $60 for cotton rib tank dresses to nearly $20,000 for designer dresses, with handbags typically priced between $100 and $38,280, according to information on its website."
No wonder they are bankrupt.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
No wonder they are bankrupt.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
Luxury retailer Saks Global CEO Marc Metrick steps down as bankruptcy looms
Metrick spent nearly 30 years with Saks
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
"Products at Saks Fifth Avenue range from about $60 for cotton rib tank dresses to nearly $20,000 for designer dresses, with handbags typically priced between $100 and $38,280, according to information on its website."
No wonder they are bankrupt.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
No wonder they are bankrupt.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
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I stand with Bette Midler. 🙌🙏💪👏✊👇
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I stand with Bette Midler. 🙌🙏💪👏✊👇
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The research linking alcohol to breast cancer is deadly solid: Alcohol, regardless of whether it’s in Everclear or a vintage Bordeaux, is carcinogenic.
Drinking may have given me cancer. The alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it.
The science is clear that alcohol raises the risk of breast cancer, but boozemakers have downplayed the link.
www.motherjones.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The research linking alcohol to breast cancer is deadly solid: Alcohol, regardless of whether it’s in Everclear or a vintage Bordeaux, is carcinogenic.
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Good morning, kids.
Be safe out there. 🥰
Be safe out there. 🥰
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Good morning, kids.
Be safe out there. 🥰
Be safe out there. 🥰
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NEW: Fact Checker On Public Hospital Privatization ⬇️
Get the full release here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/re...
#onpoli #healthcare #dougford
Get the full release here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/re...
#onpoli #healthcare #dougford
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW: Fact Checker On Public Hospital Privatization ⬇️
Get the full release here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/re...
#onpoli #healthcare #dougford
Get the full release here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/re...
#onpoli #healthcare #dougford
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For now, Canadians. But provinces like Alberta & Ontario have started to defund hospitals to transfer our taxes to for-profit clinics to usher in American-style healthcare, going against Canada Health Act #cdnpoli
Stay informed: @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social Sign petition, protect free healthcare:
Stay informed: @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social Sign petition, protect free healthcare:
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
For now, Canadians. But provinces like Alberta & Ontario have started to defund hospitals to transfer our taxes to for-profit clinics to usher in American-style healthcare, going against Canada Health Act #cdnpoli
Stay informed: @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social Sign petition, protect free healthcare:
Stay informed: @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social Sign petition, protect free healthcare:
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For nearly four decades, Cape Breton was its own colony in the British Empire.
With Sydney as its capital, it thrived until the eruption of a volcano half a world away led to its financial collapse.
Today, many want Cape Breton to be a province.
This is the history.
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With Sydney as its capital, it thrived until the eruption of a volcano half a world away led to its financial collapse.
Today, many want Cape Breton to be a province.
This is the history.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
For nearly four decades, Cape Breton was its own colony in the British Empire.
With Sydney as its capital, it thrived until the eruption of a volcano half a world away led to its financial collapse.
Today, many want Cape Breton to be a province.
This is the history.
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With Sydney as its capital, it thrived until the eruption of a volcano half a world away led to its financial collapse.
Today, many want Cape Breton to be a province.
This is the history.
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So the civil servants did a feasibility study, and then Doug Ford turned around & hired someone else to do a new study? But won't release the results of the old one?
Guessing it came back as some combination of expensive, dangerous, and ineffective.
Guessing it came back as some combination of expensive, dangerous, and ineffective.
We tried to access the work the government had already done. Our freedom of information requests showed documents existed, but access was denied. The government refused to make the work public when asked. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151718...
globalnews.ca/news/1151718...
Ford government refuses to release completed work on Hwy. 401 tunnel idea | Globalnews.ca
Ontario is refusing to release already completed work on the viability of Premier Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel vision after signing a $9.1 million contract to study it again.
globalnews.ca
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So the civil servants did a feasibility study, and then Doug Ford turned around & hired someone else to do a new study? But won't release the results of the old one?
Guessing it came back as some combination of expensive, dangerous, and ineffective.
Guessing it came back as some combination of expensive, dangerous, and ineffective.
Why are people still on Twitter???
For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Why are people still on Twitter???
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
One driver turned themselves in. The other is a hit and run. They better have called their lawyer and be turning themselves in, or I hope the police hunt them down and arrest them in the most embarassing way they can.
An 80 year-old woman was killed this morning at Dunfield and Eglinton while carrying her groceries. I am heartbroken and express our community’s heartfelt condolences to her friends and family. The two drivers who hit her, one…
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
One driver turned themselves in. The other is a hit and run. They better have called their lawyer and be turning themselves in, or I hope the police hunt them down and arrest them in the most embarassing way they can.
Looks like Russia may have damaged another undersea cable.
Finland seizes vessel suspected of damaging undersea cable
European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines.
www.dw.com/en/finland-s...
European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines.
www.dw.com/en/finland-s...
Finland seizes vessel suspected of damaging undersea cable – DW – 12/31/2025
European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines.
www.dw.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Looks like Russia may have damaged another undersea cable.
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One positive to come out of 2025 is it made me realize how grateful and how blessed I am to be Canadian.
December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One positive to come out of 2025 is it made me realize how grateful and how blessed I am to be Canadian.
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Sorry for the long wait. I was quite busy the last 2 months securing a new 'base' for Flashes with @eurosky.social - account hosting and data processing outside of the US as sovereign social media infrastructure in Europe. There will be news coming out of that one in Jan 2026. The Android alpha...
🤖 Android here we come!
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Donate to Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!, organised by Sebastian Vogelsang
Hi everyone! I’m Sebastian, the developer behind Flashes for Bluesky - … Sebastian Vogelsang needs your support for Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!
gofund.me
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sorry for the long wait. I was quite busy the last 2 months securing a new 'base' for Flashes with @eurosky.social - account hosting and data processing outside of the US as sovereign social media infrastructure in Europe. There will be news coming out of that one in Jan 2026. The Android alpha...
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Happy birthday to Burton Cummings, born on this day in 1947 in Winnipeg!
As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame with The Guess Who before embarking on a successful solo career. He has the Order of Canada, six Junos and is a member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame with The Guess Who before embarking on a successful solo career. He has the Order of Canada, six Junos and is a member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
December 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy birthday to Burton Cummings, born on this day in 1947 in Winnipeg!
As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame with The Guess Who before embarking on a successful solo career. He has the Order of Canada, six Junos and is a member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame with The Guess Who before embarking on a successful solo career. He has the Order of Canada, six Junos and is a member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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On Dec. 31, 1857, Queen Victoria made a decision that had a lasting impact on our history.
She decided that Ottawa was to be the new capital of the Province of Canada.
How did this small community, best-known as a lumber town, become the capital?
This is the story.
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She decided that Ottawa was to be the new capital of the Province of Canada.
How did this small community, best-known as a lumber town, become the capital?
This is the story.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
On Dec. 31, 1857, Queen Victoria made a decision that had a lasting impact on our history.
She decided that Ottawa was to be the new capital of the Province of Canada.
How did this small community, best-known as a lumber town, become the capital?
This is the story.
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She decided that Ottawa was to be the new capital of the Province of Canada.
How did this small community, best-known as a lumber town, become the capital?
This is the story.
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