Nelson (he/him) 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇨🇦
@nelsonblackthorn.bsky.social
Proud Canadian! Queer supporting, semi-retired cis white leatherman living in Alberta with my partner of 10+years. And btw, Fuck Cancer!
#5debutalbums50s60s
After numerous revisions (and having to drop many excellent choices) here's what my brain says today:
1) Beatles - Please
2) Byrds - Tambourine
3) C.T.A. - S/T
4) Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday
5) Santana - S/T
Also deserving: Faithful, Hendrix, Zep, CSN, Allman, among others.
After numerous revisions (and having to drop many excellent choices) here's what my brain says today:
1) Beatles - Please
2) Byrds - Tambourine
3) C.T.A. - S/T
4) Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday
5) Santana - S/T
Also deserving: Faithful, Hendrix, Zep, CSN, Allman, among others.
February 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
#5debutalbums50s60s
After numerous revisions (and having to drop many excellent choices) here's what my brain says today:
1) Beatles - Please
2) Byrds - Tambourine
3) C.T.A. - S/T
4) Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday
5) Santana - S/T
Also deserving: Faithful, Hendrix, Zep, CSN, Allman, among others.
After numerous revisions (and having to drop many excellent choices) here's what my brain says today:
1) Beatles - Please
2) Byrds - Tambourine
3) C.T.A. - S/T
4) Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday
5) Santana - S/T
Also deserving: Faithful, Hendrix, Zep, CSN, Allman, among others.
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Hey, Hey! The Coal Petition is here. Sign up to canvass but if you can't, bookmark this website so you know where you will be able to sign and tell your friends and family. Water Not Coal affects all Albertans! www.waternotcoal.ca
Water Not Coal | Citizen Initiative Petition
Help prohibit coal mining in the Alberta's Rockies. Register to sign the petition.
www.waternotcoal.ca
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Hey, Hey! The Coal Petition is here. Sign up to canvass but if you can't, bookmark this website so you know where you will be able to sign and tell your friends and family. Water Not Coal affects all Albertans! www.waternotcoal.ca
#5debutalbums9094
Not entirely sure if this qualifies, as they had several successful EP's in circulation prior to this, but this 🇨🇦 album is one of my favorites from this era. If fun, sing along pop rock is your thing, have a listen to this gem. Pretty much a lock for my top five.
Not entirely sure if this qualifies, as they had several successful EP's in circulation prior to this, but this 🇨🇦 album is one of my favorites from this era. If fun, sing along pop rock is your thing, have a listen to this gem. Pretty much a lock for my top five.
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM
#5debutalbums9094
Not entirely sure if this qualifies, as they had several successful EP's in circulation prior to this, but this 🇨🇦 album is one of my favorites from this era. If fun, sing along pop rock is your thing, have a listen to this gem. Pretty much a lock for my top five.
Not entirely sure if this qualifies, as they had several successful EP's in circulation prior to this, but this 🇨🇦 album is one of my favorites from this era. If fun, sing along pop rock is your thing, have a listen to this gem. Pretty much a lock for my top five.
Fellow Canucks (and especially Albertans), if you only read one thing today, this needs to be it.
Last night, so many people tried to read this article that it crashed the website! Let’s try again this morning - for the love of Canada, and Alberta.
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Fellow Canucks (and especially Albertans), if you only read one thing today, this needs to be it.
Someone explain to me why Canada was not part of this??
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@mark-carney.bsky.social
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Joint statement from major NATO members:
“Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”
“Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Someone explain to me why Canada was not part of this??
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social
Wise words indeed. If we want to have a country we can be proud of, it requires every single one of us to be willing to step up and do something to make it a place to be proud of. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Wise words indeed. If we want to have a country we can be proud of, it requires every single one of us to be willing to step up and do something to make it a place to be proud of. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
A good breakdown of some of the issues in our health care system, and why political choices have made the situation worse.
Canada’s Healthcare “Crisis”
A political choice for decades, not a universal healthcare failure
paulstewartii.substack.com/p/canadas-he...
A political choice for decades, not a universal healthcare failure
paulstewartii.substack.com/p/canadas-he...
Canada’s Healthcare “Crisis”
A political choice for decades, not a universal healthcare failure
paulstewartii.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A good breakdown of some of the issues in our health care system, and why political choices have made the situation worse.
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
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Sometimes, the city does the right thing. Looking forward to seeing this.
When the Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre was approached to help design a new Edmonton Transit Service bus wrap, the idea quickly evolved into something far more meaningful than an art project. 🚌 Chevi Rabbit writes.
How Indigenous Seniors Turned a Bus Into a Movement | The Tyee
‘Even when the bus is simply running its routes, it advocates.’
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sometimes, the city does the right thing. Looking forward to seeing this.
After reading this report, it's kind of amazing that an accident like this didn't happen a long time ago.
For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen.
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong
D.C. midair crash was the result of a complete collapse of the protections designed to keep aviation safe — and the institutions that design and maintain them
theaircurrent.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
After reading this report, it's kind of amazing that an accident like this didn't happen a long time ago.
There's so much truth in this piece. It's not just in the U.S., you don't have to look too hard to see a lot of similarities here in Canada.
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
When G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There's so much truth in this piece. It's not just in the U.S., you don't have to look too hard to see a lot of similarities here in Canada.
#5debutalbums7074
Heads & Tales - Harry Chapin - 1972
Unlikely to be in my top 5, but definitely worth a mention. Harry came out with one of his biggest songs (Taxi) on his debut. His real strength though was playing to a crowd, and 'Greatest Stories" ('76) brought that home in a big way.
Heads & Tales - Harry Chapin - 1972
Unlikely to be in my top 5, but definitely worth a mention. Harry came out with one of his biggest songs (Taxi) on his debut. His real strength though was playing to a crowd, and 'Greatest Stories" ('76) brought that home in a big way.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#5debutalbums7074
Heads & Tales - Harry Chapin - 1972
Unlikely to be in my top 5, but definitely worth a mention. Harry came out with one of his biggest songs (Taxi) on his debut. His real strength though was playing to a crowd, and 'Greatest Stories" ('76) brought that home in a big way.
Heads & Tales - Harry Chapin - 1972
Unlikely to be in my top 5, but definitely worth a mention. Harry came out with one of his biggest songs (Taxi) on his debut. His real strength though was playing to a crowd, and 'Greatest Stories" ('76) brought that home in a big way.
Thomas Paine was absolutely correct.
That sign is brilliant, may that hope come true very soon!
That sign is brilliant, may that hope come true very soon!
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Thomas Paine was absolutely correct.
That sign is brilliant, may that hope come true very soon!
That sign is brilliant, may that hope come true very soon!
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This cartoon is gold!
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This cartoon is gold!
#5debutalbums7074
Likely won't make my top 5 as there are so many great debuts in this time period, but still a fine listen. One of my favourite bands from that era.
Likely won't make my top 5 as there are so many great debuts in this time period, but still a fine listen. One of my favourite bands from that era.
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#5debutalbums7074
Likely won't make my top 5 as there are so many great debuts in this time period, but still a fine listen. One of my favourite bands from that era.
Likely won't make my top 5 as there are so many great debuts in this time period, but still a fine listen. One of my favourite bands from that era.
Caution, this post will hurt your brain...
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Caution, this post will hurt your brain...
Generally, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but there are some points in this that make you wonder.....
1/X Everyone and anyone is expendable.
There is something suspiciously covert about the shooting of two members of the West Virginia National Guard in Washington, D.C., that should not be easily dismissed as a false conspiracy theory.
There is something suspiciously covert about the shooting of two members of the West Virginia National Guard in Washington, D.C., that should not be easily dismissed as a false conspiracy theory.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Generally, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but there are some points in this that make you wonder.....
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#5debutalbums7074
This time frame is likely to cause some difficult choices to be made, there's a debut album that is an absolute lock for my #1 choice, and still a favourite to this day, 55 years later.
This time frame is likely to cause some difficult choices to be made, there's a debut album that is an absolute lock for my #1 choice, and still a favourite to this day, 55 years later.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#5debutalbums7074
This time frame is likely to cause some difficult choices to be made, there's a debut album that is an absolute lock for my #1 choice, and still a favourite to this day, 55 years later.
This time frame is likely to cause some difficult choices to be made, there's a debut album that is an absolute lock for my #1 choice, and still a favourite to this day, 55 years later.
Who's next? It could be you.
The UCP only cares about things that line their pockets and get them the attention of their magrat chums from south of the border.
The UCP only cares about things that line their pockets and get them the attention of their magrat chums from south of the border.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Who's next? It could be you.
The UCP only cares about things that line their pockets and get them the attention of their magrat chums from south of the border.
The UCP only cares about things that line their pockets and get them the attention of their magrat chums from south of the border.
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Honestly, invoking the Nothwithstanding clause should automatically result in an election being called and the legislature being disolved. This way at least the people can vote if they support a party using it. It's a very blunt tool. Thisi is wreckless. #Canada #cdnpoli #ableg #Alberta
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Or, more likely, you don't give a rats ass about the rights of the people of the province while you cuddle up to the maga clowns to the south of us.
Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Or, more likely, you don't give a rats ass about the rights of the people of the province while you cuddle up to the maga clowns to the south of us.