Ben Minett
@ben-minett.bsky.social
Easily distracted by side quests.
This is a perspective crystallizing article that needed to be written. Kudos to the author! Try to read it! It is pay walled but well worth a one month Globe and Mail membership!
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
March 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is a perspective crystallizing article that needed to be written. Kudos to the author! Try to read it! It is pay walled but well worth a one month Globe and Mail membership!
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Reposted by Ben Minett
The ride up was a little crazy but the snow definitely did not disappoint! #powderday #skiing #onstorm
February 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The ride up was a little crazy but the snow definitely did not disappoint! #powderday #skiing #onstorm
Reposted by Ben Minett
We can’t change the fact that there will always be shocks: like financial crises, geopolitical events, or climate catastrophes.
But we need to understand what we can, and must, change.
But we need to understand what we can, and must, change.
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We can’t change the fact that there will always be shocks: like financial crises, geopolitical events, or climate catastrophes.
But we need to understand what we can, and must, change.
But we need to understand what we can, and must, change.
Reposted by Ben Minett
Hey folks, the world needs as much love it can get. We believe that reading books nurtures love, compassion and understanding.
Get your “I Love Books” bumper sticker at The Bookshelf for free with any purchase!
#guelph #volkswagen #idbuzz #expressyourshelf
Get your “I Love Books” bumper sticker at The Bookshelf for free with any purchase!
#guelph #volkswagen #idbuzz #expressyourshelf
February 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey folks, the world needs as much love it can get. We believe that reading books nurtures love, compassion and understanding.
Get your “I Love Books” bumper sticker at The Bookshelf for free with any purchase!
#guelph #volkswagen #idbuzz #expressyourshelf
Get your “I Love Books” bumper sticker at The Bookshelf for free with any purchase!
#guelph #volkswagen #idbuzz #expressyourshelf
Absolutely worth a read!
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Absolutely worth a read!
Snow. Water. Woods. Dogs. Good company!
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Snow. Water. Woods. Dogs. Good company!
If you want to smash capitalism, I can tell you for certain that there are better places to start your quest than bookstores and libraries?! Am I in the freaking Upside Down from Stranger Things? What the hell is going on?
#capitalism
#books
#reading
#activism
#commentsections
#capitalism
#books
#reading
#activism
#commentsections
November 29, 2024 at 8:56 PM
If you want to smash capitalism, I can tell you for certain that there are better places to start your quest than bookstores and libraries?! Am I in the freaking Upside Down from Stranger Things? What the hell is going on?
#capitalism
#books
#reading
#activism
#commentsections
#capitalism
#books
#reading
#activism
#commentsections
Fascinating reading! I just finished a chapter on Benjamin Franklin's life as a bookseller/publisher/intellectual.
Did you know that in later life, he passed the operation of his business to Thomas Jefferson and published Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense"?
#thebookshop #bookselling
Did you know that in later life, he passed the operation of his business to Thomas Jefferson and published Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense"?
#thebookshop #bookselling
November 29, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Fascinating reading! I just finished a chapter on Benjamin Franklin's life as a bookseller/publisher/intellectual.
Did you know that in later life, he passed the operation of his business to Thomas Jefferson and published Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense"?
#thebookshop #bookselling
Did you know that in later life, he passed the operation of his business to Thomas Jefferson and published Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense"?
#thebookshop #bookselling
If you want to smash capitalism, small businesses are probably not the best of places to start on your quest. I can think of better places.
November 28, 2024 at 11:05 PM
If you want to smash capitalism, small businesses are probably not the best of places to start on your quest. I can think of better places.
Presently feeding the trolls. I know it’s an unwritten rule not to do this but sometimes, especially when they are reductive, simplistic, polarized (you are either with us or against us) and wrong it has to be done. #trolls
November 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Presently feeding the trolls. I know it’s an unwritten rule not to do this but sometimes, especially when they are reductive, simplistic, polarized (you are either with us or against us) and wrong it has to be done. #trolls
Whether you are a MAGA person, a left wing social justice warrior, middle of the road, or all these things combined, this is pretty damn funny!
November 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Whether you are a MAGA person, a left wing social justice warrior, middle of the road, or all these things combined, this is pretty damn funny!
This article articulated the blurred lines of contemporary culture - and its extension to politics - very well.
I have noticed the wolf in sheep’s clothing nature of these folks for some time.
Boys and men deserve better heroes.
#podcasts
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have noticed the wolf in sheep’s clothing nature of these folks for some time.
Boys and men deserve better heroes.
#podcasts
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t underestimate the Rogansphere. His mammoth ecosystem is Fox News for young people | Sam Wolfson
Podcasts like Joe Rogan’s and Theo Von’s aren’t on the fringes. Their blend of off-the-cuff, Trump-leaning commentary blurs traditional lines between left and right – and offers listeners companionshi...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
This article articulated the blurred lines of contemporary culture - and its extension to politics - very well.
I have noticed the wolf in sheep’s clothing nature of these folks for some time.
Boys and men deserve better heroes.
#podcasts
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have noticed the wolf in sheep’s clothing nature of these folks for some time.
Boys and men deserve better heroes.
#podcasts
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Ben Minett
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
November 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Slow clap to the passionate folks steering the direction of Eden Mills Writers Festival!
In the times we are living through, we need as many places to talk about and listen to ideas as we can get.
#books
#emwf
#guelph
www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/7...
In the times we are living through, we need as many places to talk about and listen to ideas as we can get.
#books
#emwf
#guelph
www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/7...
$71K grant kickstarts Eden Mills Writers’ Festival fundraising operations
Resilient Communities grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation helps the festival plan for fundraising this year
www.guelphtoday.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Slow clap to the passionate folks steering the direction of Eden Mills Writers Festival!
In the times we are living through, we need as many places to talk about and listen to ideas as we can get.
#books
#emwf
#guelph
www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/7...
In the times we are living through, we need as many places to talk about and listen to ideas as we can get.
#books
#emwf
#guelph
www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/7...