Ian Patton
@pattoni.bsky.social
Vancouver, ex-Kootenay kid, married with children. Need to get outside more. he/him
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also like, why is this in the irish times? why haven’t we seen comprehensive reports like this in canadian media?
it’s like she was sanctioned then they all moved on to the next trump story of the week like lemmings
it’s like she was sanctioned then they all moved on to the next trump story of the week like lemmings
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
also like, why is this in the irish times? why haven’t we seen comprehensive reports like this in canadian media?
it’s like she was sanctioned then they all moved on to the next trump story of the week like lemmings
it’s like she was sanctioned then they all moved on to the next trump story of the week like lemmings
Merry fucking Christmas
Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza
The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said the organizations that will be banned Thursday didn't meet new requirements for sharing staff members, funding and operations information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Merry fucking Christmas
Have to say Christmas chocolates seem to have taken a turn for the worse this year. Things haven’t been good for a while but they’re even more noticeably waxy than before. Maybe I accidentally bought Terry’s Chocolate Orange candles?
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Have to say Christmas chocolates seem to have taken a turn for the worse this year. Things haven’t been good for a while but they’re even more noticeably waxy than before. Maybe I accidentally bought Terry’s Chocolate Orange candles?
Never failed to smile when this man came on screen. RIP
Just recently, he was very funny in THE RESIDENCE, one of my favorite shows of the year. Plus THE WIRE, obviously, plus a *lot* of trips to the Law & Order universe, and on and on. A fabulous, versatile presence.
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Never failed to smile when this man came on screen. RIP
What should be a joyful holiday activity, my family putting the miniature Christmas village together, is more contentious than a City of Vancouver public hearing on zoning changes. I am staying well out of the fray and watching Nigella Lawson make a Christmas pavlova.
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
What should be a joyful holiday activity, my family putting the miniature Christmas village together, is more contentious than a City of Vancouver public hearing on zoning changes. I am staying well out of the fray and watching Nigella Lawson make a Christmas pavlova.
Definitely one of my favourite paintings.
As it’s Christmas, I thought I’d share with you a painting by the Low Countries painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c1525-1569) who painted one of the most atmospheric artworks in 1565; The Hunters in the Snow. I’ve used software editing to bring the image back to how it might have originally looked.
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Definitely one of my favourite paintings.
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Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
I’m going in on Christmas Eve.
Want to donate blood? The holiday season could be a good time
Canadian Blood Services calls for donations as holiday season strains supply
Canadian Blood Services is calling on Canadians to roll up their sleeves in the final weeks of December, warning that blood and plasma donations typically drop during the holidays even as patient needs remain constant.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I’m going in on Christmas Eve.
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Power just came back on at our house. I will never trash talk electricity behind their back again.
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Power just came back on at our house. I will never trash talk electricity behind their back again.
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Just emailed Curling Canada to ask them to stand with Skate Canada and stand up for trans curlers. Alberta can go fuck themselves
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Just emailed Curling Canada to ask them to stand with Skate Canada and stand up for trans curlers. Alberta can go fuck themselves
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Imagine if Hockey Canada, Canada Soccer, and Curling Canada do what Skate Canada just did in Alberta?
And Premier Smith citing the IOC...ha! They're right up there with FIFA in their ethical practice and governance.
Did Danielle Smith do any sports, outside mandatory gym class?
And Premier Smith citing the IOC...ha! They're right up there with FIFA in their ethical practice and governance.
Did Danielle Smith do any sports, outside mandatory gym class?
I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Imagine if Hockey Canada, Canada Soccer, and Curling Canada do what Skate Canada just did in Alberta?
And Premier Smith citing the IOC...ha! They're right up there with FIFA in their ethical practice and governance.
Did Danielle Smith do any sports, outside mandatory gym class?
And Premier Smith citing the IOC...ha! They're right up there with FIFA in their ethical practice and governance.
Did Danielle Smith do any sports, outside mandatory gym class?
Absolute chef’s kiss on the photo choice. 🧑🍳
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Absolute chef’s kiss on the photo choice. 🧑🍳
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Need to see more of this.
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports.
Skate Canada to stop hosting events in Alberta due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Need to see more of this.
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People aren't getting it.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People aren't getting it.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
Carney plans to spend $1.7 billion on recruiting researchers from the US or who would otherwise go to the US.
Yay, right?
The *entire annual budget* of NSERC is $1.3 billion. And he's cutting that.
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Mark “Elbows up” Carney’s $83 billion military spending spree has to get funds from somewhere: today it’s stripping libraries of mission-sustaining cost controls. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Mark “Elbows up” Carney’s $83 billion military spending spree has to get funds from somewhere: today it’s stripping libraries of mission-sustaining cost controls. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I don’t usually post on celebrity posts because what can I possibly contribute but this Rob Reiner news is just awful. He brought us all so much joy. What a wonderful human being.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I don’t usually post on celebrity posts because what can I possibly contribute but this Rob Reiner news is just awful. He brought us all so much joy. What a wonderful human being.
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Dallas Brodie has apparently been removed as leader of far-right splinter party OneBC
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dallas Brodie has apparently been removed as leader of far-right splinter party OneBC
I miss Granville Books.
I’m pretty sure that when I was in high school in the early 2000s I’d often go to a Barnes and Noble that was open until midnight a couple of nights a week, like Friday and Saturday?
But it sounds so crazy I don’t even trust my own memory of that now.
But it sounds so crazy I don’t even trust my own memory of that now.
Wal-Mart is open until midnight for the holidays and there’s a bunch of high school kids here giddy that they can run around the store “so late.”
Heartbreaking. They have no idea what was taken from them.
Heartbreaking. They have no idea what was taken from them.
December 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I miss Granville Books.
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I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
Lurchers are the best dogs. Also the weirdest dogs.
“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?”
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
“She’s a werewolf.”
“Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Lurchers are the best dogs. Also the weirdest dogs.
I really like the contrast @kehyslop.bsky.social makes with how we treat these offences when it’s a teacher. We know who the teacher is and also if they’re going to continue to have authority over young people. Cops? Meh. Who knows? It’s kind of gross.
In late Nov. researcher @kwardvancouver.bsky.social pointed me to an OPCC investigation summary into now ex-VPD officer’s abusive relationship with a teenage girl. They met when he made a policing presentation at her high school & she expressed interest in being a cop. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... 1/
VPD Officer Was Quietly Investigated over an Abusive Relationship with Teen | The Tyee
A police watchdog report does not reveal the officer’s name or the school where he met the teenage girl.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really like the contrast @kehyslop.bsky.social makes with how we treat these offences when it’s a teacher. We know who the teacher is and also if they’re going to continue to have authority over young people. Cops? Meh. Who knows? It’s kind of gross.
Very much not going to call in to the CBC from "MacKenzie Heights" to opine on the flooding in the Fraser Valley.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Very much not going to call in to the CBC from "MacKenzie Heights" to opine on the flooding in the Fraser Valley.
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If you’re angry about the Cowichan decision, lay the blame where it belongs. For more than a century, provincial and federal governments have tried to dodge the issue of Indigenous Title — creating problems for First Nations and private property owners thenarwhal.ca/opinion-eker... #bchist #cdnHist
The Cowichan decision is a long time coming | The Narwhal
Governments of Canada and B.C. laid the groundwork for the Cowichan decision by ignoring the issue of Indigenous Title for more than a century
thenarwhal.ca
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you’re angry about the Cowichan decision, lay the blame where it belongs. For more than a century, provincial and federal governments have tried to dodge the issue of Indigenous Title — creating problems for First Nations and private property owners thenarwhal.ca/opinion-eker... #bchist #cdnHist
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE