Frank Saptel
@franksaptel.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New #bakery in @cabbagetown.
@bluetbakery is only in their 3rd week at 245 Gerrard St. E.
It is not french for blueberry. Is "low-growing North American plant of the bedstraw family, with small four-petaled flowers and paired leaves".
Bought a @turkeyclub sandwich + Halva Pistachio Chunky Cookie
@bluetbakery is only in their 3rd week at 245 Gerrard St. E.
It is not french for blueberry. Is "low-growing North American plant of the bedstraw family, with small four-petaled flowers and paired leaves".
Bought a @turkeyclub sandwich + Halva Pistachio Chunky Cookie
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New #bakery in @cabbagetown.
@bluetbakery is only in their 3rd week at 245 Gerrard St. E.
It is not french for blueberry. Is "low-growing North American plant of the bedstraw family, with small four-petaled flowers and paired leaves".
Bought a @turkeyclub sandwich + Halva Pistachio Chunky Cookie
@bluetbakery is only in their 3rd week at 245 Gerrard St. E.
It is not french for blueberry. Is "low-growing North American plant of the bedstraw family, with small four-petaled flowers and paired leaves".
Bought a @turkeyclub sandwich + Halva Pistachio Chunky Cookie
My Retirement Shirt marks my last day at IAM Union. After nearly 26 years. I'm stepping away from working life.
Community & activist work will continue.
Sincere thanks to: Leadership and Staff. The Membership. The labour activists who helped me learn and unlearn.
THANK YOU ALL
Community & activist work will continue.
Sincere thanks to: Leadership and Staff. The Membership. The labour activists who helped me learn and unlearn.
THANK YOU ALL
July 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My Retirement Shirt marks my last day at IAM Union. After nearly 26 years. I'm stepping away from working life.
Community & activist work will continue.
Sincere thanks to: Leadership and Staff. The Membership. The labour activists who helped me learn and unlearn.
THANK YOU ALL
Community & activist work will continue.
Sincere thanks to: Leadership and Staff. The Membership. The labour activists who helped me learn and unlearn.
THANK YOU ALL
On 22 July, 1796, the British sent Jamaican #Maroons to Nova Scotia. The Maroons were escaped slaves who were brought to Jamaica by the Spanish and the British to work the sugar cane plantations.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/m...
Read the Canadian Encyclopedia article.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/m...
Read the Canadian Encyclopedia article.
July 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On 22 July, 1796, the British sent Jamaican #Maroons to Nova Scotia. The Maroons were escaped slaves who were brought to Jamaica by the Spanish and the British to work the sugar cane plantations.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/m...
Read the Canadian Encyclopedia article.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/m...
Read the Canadian Encyclopedia article.
“Truth often hides in what’s unsaid”
July 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Truth often hides in what’s unsaid”
As of 15 July, 2025, at least 875 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food. 674 were near aid distribution sites operated by the #GazaHumanitarianFoundation, a U.S.-Israeli-org. 201 victims were killed while seeking food on the routes of aid convoys. Another 20+ were killed today.
July 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As of 15 July, 2025, at least 875 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food. 674 were near aid distribution sites operated by the #GazaHumanitarianFoundation, a U.S.-Israeli-org. 201 victims were killed while seeking food on the routes of aid convoys. Another 20+ were killed today.
I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
Iris Murdoch, writer (15 Jul 1919-1999)
Iris Murdoch, writer (15 Jul 1919-1999)
July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
Iris Murdoch, writer (15 Jul 1919-1999)
Iris Murdoch, writer (15 Jul 1919-1999)
We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full.
Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full.
Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
July 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Wow. A real treasure. I think I bought this many years ago (or given to me).
From 17 May, 1919
#WinnipegGeneralStrike
From 17 May, 1919
#WinnipegGeneralStrike
July 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wow. A real treasure. I think I bought this many years ago (or given to me).
From 17 May, 1919
#WinnipegGeneralStrike
From 17 May, 1919
#WinnipegGeneralStrike
Learned an interesting word (from Wordsmith.org)
#AGNOTOLOGY:
"...is the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, [...] through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (disinformation).(Wikipedia)
#AGNOTOLOGY:
"...is the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, [...] through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (disinformation).(Wikipedia)
July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Learned an interesting word (from Wordsmith.org)
#AGNOTOLOGY:
"...is the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, [...] through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (disinformation).(Wikipedia)
#AGNOTOLOGY:
"...is the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, [...] through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (disinformation).(Wikipedia)
The business of the poet
and the novelist
is to show the sorriness underlying
the grandest things
and the grandeur underlying
the sorriest things.
-Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
(2 Jun 1840-1928)
(wordsmith.org)
and the novelist
is to show the sorriness underlying
the grandest things
and the grandeur underlying
the sorriest things.
-Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
(2 Jun 1840-1928)
(wordsmith.org)
June 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The business of the poet
and the novelist
is to show the sorriness underlying
the grandest things
and the grandeur underlying
the sorriest things.
-Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
(2 Jun 1840-1928)
(wordsmith.org)
and the novelist
is to show the sorriness underlying
the grandest things
and the grandeur underlying
the sorriest things.
-Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
(2 Jun 1840-1928)
(wordsmith.org)
How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.
Kenneth Tynan
Theater critic and author (2 Apr 1927-1980)
Kenneth Tynan
Theater critic and author (2 Apr 1927-1980)
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.
Kenneth Tynan
Theater critic and author (2 Apr 1927-1980)
Kenneth Tynan
Theater critic and author (2 Apr 1927-1980)
Now, above all, we must be wary of chauvinistic nationalism - especially in ourselves.
#ChauvinisticNationalism
#ChauvinisticNationalism
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Now, above all, we must be wary of chauvinistic nationalism - especially in ourselves.
#ChauvinisticNationalism
#ChauvinisticNationalism
Core elements of grievance-driven conflicts: historical, social, political, economic grievances, often go unresolved over extended periods. Sense of injustice, oppression, or discrimination, [...] fuels conflict & drives individuals/groups to seek redress.
shorturl.at/GX59S
shorturl.at/GX59S
October 7, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Core elements of grievance-driven conflicts: historical, social, political, economic grievances, often go unresolved over extended periods. Sense of injustice, oppression, or discrimination, [...] fuels conflict & drives individuals/groups to seek redress.
shorturl.at/GX59S
shorturl.at/GX59S
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
October 1, 2024 at 1:07 PM
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
There is no human being who, as a result of desiring to build a better life, should be named or declared illegal.
Alejandro G. Inarritu, film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 15 Aug 1963)
Alejandro G. Inarritu, film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 15 Aug 1963)
August 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
There is no human being who, as a result of desiring to build a better life, should be named or declared illegal.
Alejandro G. Inarritu, film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 15 Aug 1963)
Alejandro G. Inarritu, film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 15 Aug 1963)
Happy Freedom from Colonialism Day
14 August 2024
14 August 2024
August 14, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Happy Freedom from Colonialism Day
14 August 2024
14 August 2024
Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children [...] shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
July 9, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children [...] shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
-Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (b. 5 Jul 1958)
-Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (b. 5 Jul 1958)
July 8, 2024 at 2:38 PM
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
-Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (b. 5 Jul 1958)
-Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (b. 5 Jul 1958)
We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found.
Tzvetan Todorov,
philosopher (1 Mar 1939-2017)
Tzvetan Todorov,
philosopher (1 Mar 1939-2017)
March 1, 2024 at 1:40 PM
We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found.
Tzvetan Todorov,
philosopher (1 Mar 1939-2017)
Tzvetan Todorov,
philosopher (1 Mar 1939-2017)
Very sad news that @OurTimesMag is closing.
"Our Times was founded in 1981 by Frank Lento and Katie Pellizzari and friends as an alternative media for first-generation Italian-Canadian social activists in Toronto."
ourtimes.ca/article/urge...
"Our Times was founded in 1981 by Frank Lento and Katie Pellizzari and friends as an alternative media for first-generation Italian-Canadian social activists in Toronto."
ourtimes.ca/article/urge...
February 29, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Very sad news that @OurTimesMag is closing.
"Our Times was founded in 1981 by Frank Lento and Katie Pellizzari and friends as an alternative media for first-generation Italian-Canadian social activists in Toronto."
ourtimes.ca/article/urge...
"Our Times was founded in 1981 by Frank Lento and Katie Pellizzari and friends as an alternative media for first-generation Italian-Canadian social activists in Toronto."
ourtimes.ca/article/urge...