Mark McGahey
@marktmcgahey.bsky.social
Retired military air navigator, part-time book editor, part-time small town bookstore employee. Fan of dogs and dog-eared paperbacks. I am fond of lakes surrounded by granite hills and riding my motorcycle on twisty back roads.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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In honour of Jane Goodall, who has died. educatedguesses.ca/people/jane-...
Educated Guesses » Jane Goodall
educatedguesses.ca
October 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In honour of Jane Goodall, who has died. educatedguesses.ca/people/jane-...
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This is Frankie. He sometimes comes close to forming a full thought. But always decides it's just not worth the risk. 12/10 (TT: frank.the.pup)
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is Frankie. He sometimes comes close to forming a full thought. But always decides it's just not worth the risk. 12/10 (TT: frank.the.pup)
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Today is Neil Peart Day. If you don’t celebrate by watching at least one of his legendary drum solos, you’re doing a disservice to yourself.
#NeilPeart #Drums #Rush
#NeilPeart #Drums #Rush
September 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today is Neil Peart Day. If you don’t celebrate by watching at least one of his legendary drum solos, you’re doing a disservice to yourself.
#NeilPeart #Drums #Rush
#NeilPeart #Drums #Rush
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Well shit, now who is going to dispense calm, sage, witty advice to hotheaded fools in *every* movie or tv series produced in North America? RIP Graham Greene.
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Graham Greene | Actor, Writer, Producer
Known for: The Green Mile, Wind River, Dances with Wolves
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September 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Well shit, now who is going to dispense calm, sage, witty advice to hotheaded fools in *every* movie or tv series produced in North America? RIP Graham Greene.
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The opportunity for individual Canadians to continue to make an impact is to continue to boycott US goods and services.
#BuyLocal #CanadaSky
#BuyLocal #CanadaSky
EDITORIAL: To understand the current state of negotiations between the United States and Canada, there is a need to read between the headlines — and the increasingly tortured hockey allusions — coming out of Ottawa these days. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #cdnpolitics
Opinion: Pragmatic leaders adjust while game plan remains
“There is a time in a game, in a big game — and this is a big game — when you go hard in the corners with your elbows up. There’s a time in the game when you drop your gloves in the first period and…
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August 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The opportunity for individual Canadians to continue to make an impact is to continue to boycott US goods and services.
#BuyLocal #CanadaSky
#BuyLocal #CanadaSky
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Making my way through YUL on my way to YYT, early morning in August 2025. #photography #YUL
August 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Making my way through YUL on my way to YYT, early morning in August 2025. #photography #YUL
New Coke was the triggering event for woke culture and the DEI movement.
August 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New Coke was the triggering event for woke culture and the DEI movement.
Canadians: removing retaliatory tariffs can be a negotiating win AND remain a retaliatory win if you continue to just not buy anything from the USA anyway. Just sayin'.
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Canadians: removing retaliatory tariffs can be a negotiating win AND remain a retaliatory win if you continue to just not buy anything from the USA anyway. Just sayin'.
Honourary bookseller Miss Jane Marple (formerly known as Sandy) is eager to assist her first customer in finding the perfect late summer read!
August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Honourary bookseller Miss Jane Marple (formerly known as Sandy) is eager to assist her first customer in finding the perfect late summer read!
If you want to talk about inequity, how about the fact that the votes of a handful of uneducated, uninterested, ideologically-driven American swing state voters have such a massive impact on the health, security and prosperity of ... everybody else in the entire world.
August 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If you want to talk about inequity, how about the fact that the votes of a handful of uneducated, uninterested, ideologically-driven American swing state voters have such a massive impact on the health, security and prosperity of ... everybody else in the entire world.
I will be sorely disappointed if this regime isn't toppled by millions of patriots taking to the streets armed with hoagies, heroes, subs, Dagwoods, wraps and sammies of every variety. Can you imagine the humiliation of being defeated by sandwiches?!?!
August 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I will be sorely disappointed if this regime isn't toppled by millions of patriots taking to the streets armed with hoagies, heroes, subs, Dagwoods, wraps and sammies of every variety. Can you imagine the humiliation of being defeated by sandwiches?!?!
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Don't know if it is climate or politics, but I have never seen anywhere near the number of reverse snowbirds visiting my touristy little Ontario town from southern US states as I'm seeing this year. Border state visits are down a bit, but southern state visits are off the chart up.
August 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Don't know if it is climate or politics, but I have never seen anywhere near the number of reverse snowbirds visiting my touristy little Ontario town from southern US states as I'm seeing this year. Border state visits are down a bit, but southern state visits are off the chart up.
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Thou shalt not let them replace PBS with Prager U.
August 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thou shalt not let them replace PBS with Prager U.
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‘Back To Dock’ Voted Most Popular Destination Among Current Rowboat Passengers theonion.com/back-to...
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
‘Back To Dock’ Voted Most Popular Destination Among Current Rowboat Passengers theonion.com/back-to...
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The only two movies I've been actually excited about ahead of time in decades are Dune and a comedy-mystery written by a Brit panel show comedian about octogenarian crime fighters.
The only two movies I've been actually excited about ahead of time in decades are Dune and a comedy-mystery written by a Brit panel show comedian about octogenarian crime fighters.
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Trailer (2025) Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan
YouTube video by ONE Media Coverage
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July 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The only two movies I've been actually excited about ahead of time in decades are Dune and a comedy-mystery written by a Brit panel show comedian about octogenarian crime fighters.
The only two movies I've been actually excited about ahead of time in decades are Dune and a comedy-mystery written by a Brit panel show comedian about octogenarian crime fighters.
The awesome little bookstore in which I work is going to be featured on CBC's All in a Day tomorrow!
July 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The awesome little bookstore in which I work is going to be featured on CBC's All in a Day tomorrow!
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For the aviation geeks, this RCAF pilot has an amazing channel featuring long-form video of helicopter on- and off-shore search and rescue operations in eastern Canada including multiple camera angles, all communications, great editing and clear explanations.
For the aviation geeks, this RCAF pilot has an amazing channel featuring long-form video of helicopter on- and off-shore search and rescue operations in eastern Canada including multiple camera angles, all communications, great editing and clear explanations.
Helicopter Rescue from a fishing trawler in Iceberg Alley, Canada
YouTube video by Mattfrom103
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July 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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For the aviation geeks, this RCAF pilot has an amazing channel featuring long-form video of helicopter on- and off-shore search and rescue operations in eastern Canada including multiple camera angles, all communications, great editing and clear explanations.
For the aviation geeks, this RCAF pilot has an amazing channel featuring long-form video of helicopter on- and off-shore search and rescue operations in eastern Canada including multiple camera angles, all communications, great editing and clear explanations.
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If I can’t take a GO Train to Winnipeg, what even is the point?
Something to keep in mind when we talk about GO train service levels:
May 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If I can’t take a GO Train to Winnipeg, what even is the point?
Would dearly love to see Trudeau and Singh run against Poilievre in Alberta on doomed-yet-hilarious platforms consisting solely of verbing as many nouns as possible.
May 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Would dearly love to see Trudeau and Singh run against Poilievre in Alberta on doomed-yet-hilarious platforms consisting solely of verbing as many nouns as possible.