Michael Buckley
@michaelabuckley.bsky.social
Toronto burger. A real person who should probably be doing something else.
Summer and Summer palaces.
Actually it's an interesting question because the Canadian and Australian crowns are also equal in standing and there's nothing that would presuppose them to Canada over Australia (despite a marginally more successful republican movement) but it does kinda feel right and they would come here.
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Summer and Summer palaces.
I have no idea if I’m being ironic. I really like this portrait.
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I have no idea if I’m being ironic. I really like this portrait.
There’s a cheery thought.
And as you comment, the weight of the pensioner population is only going to increase.
3. The current generation of new pensioners is the last one which will benefit from widespread defined benefit schemes. The next ones won't and this will increase dependency on the state.
3. The current generation of new pensioners is the last one which will benefit from widespread defined benefit schemes. The next ones won't and this will increase dependency on the state.
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 AM
There’s a cheery thought.
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From the late Allan Fotheringham:
"In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment."
"In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment."
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
From the late Allan Fotheringham:
"In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment."
"In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment."
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I have talked on here a couple times about BC's Business Hippies and they confuse everyone. It's so funny. Explaining regional Canadian politics to people outside Canada makes you sound insane.
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I have talked on here a couple times about BC's Business Hippies and they confuse everyone. It's so funny. Explaining regional Canadian politics to people outside Canada makes you sound insane.
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it's so sad that cats can't speak. i'm sure they have rich inner lives but it's just impossible for us to know what they're thinking
January 23, 2026 at 12:59 AM
it's so sad that cats can't speak. i'm sure they have rich inner lives but it's just impossible for us to know what they're thinking
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Good column by @mattgurney.bsky.social today. I won't claim to be a great mind, but was at least thinking alike on this point (see my pinned post).
Anyway, give it a read. He wrote it better and with reporting.
Anyway, give it a read. He wrote it better and with reporting.
Matt Gurney: We should probably stop disarming our future armed resistance
We cannot confiscate civilian firearms and plan a guerilla campaign at the same time. Pick a lane.
www.readtheline.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Good column by @mattgurney.bsky.social today. I won't claim to be a great mind, but was at least thinking alike on this point (see my pinned post).
Anyway, give it a read. He wrote it better and with reporting.
Anyway, give it a read. He wrote it better and with reporting.
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after thinking some more about it, this is p close to the ideal mindset for these days. a true sermon
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 AM
after thinking some more about it, this is p close to the ideal mindset for these days. a true sermon
When did the US navy last do something like real war?
When did the navy last fire in anger? Launching cruise missiles at camels doesn’t count.
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
When did the US navy last do something like real war?
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Plenary globalism dead. bsky.app/profile/fina...
The WTO needs an overhaul ft.trib.al/oulxpaN | opinion
The WTO needs an overhaul
We must question whether the ‘most favoured nation’ principle remains fit for purpose
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January 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Plenary globalism dead. bsky.app/profile/fina...
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Can't believe this Letterkenny clip of a bunch of far right shitheels getting stomped isn't around more youtu.be/JObnr5e0TIg?...
Letterkenny - Natives and Hicks vs The Hard Right
YouTube video by ColdDayInHell
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January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Can't believe this Letterkenny clip of a bunch of far right shitheels getting stomped isn't around more youtu.be/JObnr5e0TIg?...
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For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that
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January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
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I miss this Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yN...
Buzz Mo and Daryn Buy clothes
YouTube video by eastvanmike
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January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I miss this Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yN...
Por que no los dos?
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January 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Por que no los dos?
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The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Mrs. Brisby is so metal. A hero greater than Frodo, carried by none.
She clambers over a midden of corpses to beg aid from a horror. external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Mrs. Brisby is so metal. A hero greater than Frodo, carried by none.
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can we not just tell him he bought greenland and give him a fancy certificate, tho??
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
can we not just tell him he bought greenland and give him a fancy certificate, tho??
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Ho Chi Minh did not reference the Declaration of American Independence in his letters because he was, prior to the war, suffused with anything resembling an actual loathing of America. You have in fact gone from "a bitch to some" to "a problem to everybody"
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Ho Chi Minh did not reference the Declaration of American Independence in his letters because he was, prior to the war, suffused with anything resembling an actual loathing of America. You have in fact gone from "a bitch to some" to "a problem to everybody"
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If we're seriously contemplating war with the Yankees, maybe government policy should chalk some easy wins, like not destroying firearms or alienating those who know how to use them?
I Have PALs Everywhere
Did you bring a civil servant to a gunfight?
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January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
If we're seriously contemplating war with the Yankees, maybe government policy should chalk some easy wins, like not destroying firearms or alienating those who know how to use them?
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National pride surging...
😂😂😂😂 #Fishing #shorts #fish #outdoors #ocean #boat #boats #funny
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January 21, 2026 at 6:02 AM
National pride surging...
Bioluminescent water creatures are so cool.
*If there are live bugs swimming in the dark inside there, and also they live off chemosynthetic Jupiter radiation, that's gonna be severely weird
New hope* for exolife on Europa.
*well, okay, computer modelling
*well, okay, computer modelling
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Bioluminescent water creatures are so cool.
Never forget that Harper would have sent us to Iraq in 2003, in clear violation of the UN charter. Absolute moral lightweight.
We dont thank Quebec enough for keeping us out of gulf war 2 and vietnam tbh
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Never forget that Harper would have sent us to Iraq in 2003, in clear violation of the UN charter. Absolute moral lightweight.
The most amazing animation, with a tremendous sense of scale. Visiting the owl is the bravest thing a little mouse has ever done. "Mrs. JOHNATHAN Brisby?" never fails to give me shivers.
Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The most amazing animation, with a tremendous sense of scale. Visiting the owl is the bravest thing a little mouse has ever done. "Mrs. JOHNATHAN Brisby?" never fails to give me shivers.
The realities of the present and the vision of the future are in creative tension. Fortress Canada alone will be poorer. Much poorer. We need allies, bound by shared values, if we are going to avoid that fate. But we must rally those allies first, before giving Trump the finger.
I don't know guys, I'm kind of confused by a Carney speech talking about boldly naming realities when he's been so mealy-mouthed whenever anything actually goes down. I always like his speeches, but his actual choices moment to moment don't seem to align. We'll see I guess.
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The realities of the present and the vision of the future are in creative tension. Fortress Canada alone will be poorer. Much poorer. We need allies, bound by shared values, if we are going to avoid that fate. But we must rally those allies first, before giving Trump the finger.