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!
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
A favourite memory for #Caturday #CatsofBluesky
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
- “Ship’s Cat (Muse)” by Kenji Yanobe, at Nakanoshima Museum of Art
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 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
- “Ship’s Cat (Muse)” by Kenji Yanobe, at Nakanoshima Museum of Art
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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
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.
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
#catsofbluesky #caturday
July 6, 2025 at 1:48 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
#catsofbluesky #caturday
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
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 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Saturday, when you can’t make the bed.
June 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Saturday, when you can’t make the bed.
May 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
She was a great cat.
May 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
She was a great cat.
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
My daughter asked AI to generate an image of me as a cat.
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
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.
Been a while since I posted a cat. Here are Mëoi and Tisha c. 2006 for #catboxsunday
#cats #catsofbluesky
#cats #catsofbluesky
April 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Been a while since I posted a cat. Here are Mëoi and Tisha c. 2006 for #catboxsunday
#cats #catsofbluesky
#cats #catsofbluesky
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
#cats
April 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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
#cats
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
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.
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
March 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
March 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tariffs explained by a Republican president.
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
Mëoi and Kala grew up to become frenemies, each too gorgeous to accept the other stealing the scene. (17 years ago)
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
They loved the ledge over the radiator. We said bye to them just over a year ago, aged 19.
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
~ Andrew Coyne, The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2025
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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
~ Andrew Coyne, The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2025