Brett Fairbairn
bmaverick.bsky.social
Brett Fairbairn
@bmaverick.bsky.social
University academic, administrator, and advocate for higher education in Kamloops BC, Canada

Historian. Specialist in the study of co-operatives

Happily partnered for 41+ years, 3 amazing children

Cats. Photography. Mountains. Science fiction. Go Habs!
A favourite memory for #Caturday #CatsofBluesky
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Recently I was delighted to find this statue in Ōsaka. It’s sort of a #caturday pic!

- “Ship’s Cat (Muse)” by Kenji Yanobe, at Nakanoshima Museum of Art
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A sleepy #Caturday memory of a cool fall day, a radiator, and a furry warm cat.

#cats #Catsofbluesky
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When the sun hits the post you
Like it the most cause
It’s more rays

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
September 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
August 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
don’t go away, her eyes said. We stayed, and less than 3 weeks later she was gone. She looks like a kitten here, but she was 17. She loved the heated floors, hanging cat beds, and her human-cat family til the end. Tisha.
July 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Over the years all the kittens loved our senior cat, Fluffy. He was like a grandad. Who got slept on and kneaded a lot.

#catsofbluesky #caturday
July 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Today was my last day of work as a university president! Looking forward to time for research, family, friends, hiking, photography… and someday more cats. One of my favourite farewell gifts: sticky notes. Apparently people noticed my habit of writing my speaking notes for a speech on a sticky note.
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Caturday when you kind of like each other, and there’s only one paper bag to lie on.

#catsofbluesky
June 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Saturday, when you can’t make the bed.
June 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A lovely memory of kitty cuddles.

#caturday #catsofbluesky #cats
May 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
She was a great cat.
May 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Lazy Caturday
#cats #catsofbluesky
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My daughter asked AI to generate an image of me as a cat.
May 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Did you know one of Canada’s current PM contenders published a 600-page book about economics 4 years ago? Below is his 10-point plan from 2021 for sustainable recovery.
April 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Been a while since I posted a cat. Here are Mëoi and Tisha c. 2006 for #catboxsunday

#cats #catsofbluesky
April 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cat photos help me get through the day - thank you to all who post! I have no cat now but here’s a file photo I call Putting Up With Kitten:

#cats
April 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My father was a newspaper photographer back in the days of analog film and analog newspapers. This shot of his made a desktop calendar. The models are Telperion, Laurelin, Commodore, and Spike.
April 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Dreams.

#cats
March 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
March 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
March 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
March 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Mëoi and Kala grew up to become frenemies, each too gorgeous to accept the other stealing the scene. (17 years ago)
March 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They loved the ledge over the radiator. We said bye to them just over a year ago, aged 19.
February 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Sobering. “The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it. … Not as an ally to be consulted but as an adversary to be contained.”

~ Andrew Coyne, The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2025
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM