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Geoff McBride
@mcbgee.bsky.social
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(he/him) Bike and coffee. Theatre, music, and beer. Repeat as required.
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Send a letter to the Premier, Minister Sarkaria and your MPP now! 2/2

www.horizonottawa.ca/back_off_ford
Tell Ford to Back Off Our Bike and Bus Lanes!
www.horizonottawa.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The Elephants Girls are back in #ottawa @gctclive.bsky.social
Don't miss @margo-thespian.bsky.social amazing performance!
margo-thespian.bsky.social Margo MacDonald @margo-thespian.bsky.social · 17d
Ottawa folks! Please come see my smash-hit show about an historic all-woman gang. Playing next week (Nov 13-16) @gctclive.bsky.social for 5 shows only!
🐘👯‍♀️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A woman’s torso, showing cleavage in a man’s unbuttoned shirt and tweed vest with pocket-watch. One hand is a bloody fist, wearing rings on every finger, the other hand is open, holding multiple Victorian-era English coins.
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Pumpkins!
Two carved jack-o-lanterns, lit from inside with candles.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Bread!
A loaf of dark brown sits on a cooling rack.
October 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Reposted by Geoff McBride
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Kneecap was never actually banned from Canada and the Liberal MP who announced it has GONE ROGUE??????

What the fuck!!!!

This is unhinged!!!!
BREAKING Kneecap Not Banned from Canada. Sources Inside Prime Minister Carney's Office Confirm MP Vince Gasparro Went Rogue; Liberals Trying to Hush Story OTTAWA, ON - In a dramatic turn of events on a day already marked by major announcements - Canada's recognition of Palestinian statehood and the tabling of a new federal hate crimes bill - sources inside the Prime Minister's Office have confirmed that Irish rap group Kneecap was never officially banned from Canada, despite Liberal MP Vince Gasparro's public statements. According to a senior PMO insider, Gasparro went rogue in making the announcement, lied about receiving authorization from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and may have committed a serious breach of the federal Privacy Act, an unprecedented scandal in Canadian history. "The PMO explicitly asked MP Gasparro whether he had IRCC's authorization to make his announcement - he said yes. That was false," the source confirmed. "No decision had been made by IRCC or the PMO. His statement was completely unauthorized."
September 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Poppies
Three red poppies surrounded by greenery.
September 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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This one-woman show about a real-life all-female gang of thieves is absolutely wonderful, queer & dark & extraordinary. I'd love to see Margo reach the funding goal to do a 10th anniversary remount in at least two cities!
Donate to Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!, organized by Margo MacDonald
When we premiered The Elephant Girls in a little studio theatre at t… Margo MacDonald needs your support for Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!
www.gofundme.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Good night #sidebysideweekend
Outdoor stage at the Club SAW Courtyard, Ottawa. In the foreground are neat piles of cable and folded microphone stands. There is a piece of red carpet centrestage - where the drum set was. On the fence backstage are three flags. Left to right they are the Trans Pride flag, the Side by Side Weekend banner, and the flag of Palestine.
July 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Late to the party, but SINNERS is a really, really, good movie. Thank you @mayfairtheatre.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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What a party this must have been...
Thank you @thedonpyle.bsky.social
#drawnandquarterly
#jonathanrichman
#shadowymenonashadowyplanet
Black and white poster for the third anniversary party of publisher Drawn and Quarterly. The evening featured performances by Jonathan Richman, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Girl Trouble, and the clown duo Mump and Smoot
May 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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CANADIANS: if you haven't contacted your MP recently about an arms embargo, use this template from @leadnowca.bsky.social -- I was sure to add details to their template about the people I'm communicating with in Gaza.
leadnow.ca/campaigns/ur...
Urgent: sanction Israel with an arms embargo - Leadnow
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May 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Every Canadian has only three friends
C'mon left to right Dean Dallas Bentley, Sir Ian Blurton, Katie Lynn Campbell
May 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Fun things in the mail from #retarecords for some Friday afternoon spins.
Two 7 inch records one the left The Ape-ettes from Northern Ontario and on the right Sister Suzie from Edmonton. The Ape-ettes cover features the legs of the band behind a number of curling rocks. They are all holding curling brooms. The Sister Suzie cover features a drawing of green lips and a long pink tongue stick out with the words "Don't Want To" written on it.
May 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Voted for hope, but expect to be disappointed.
April 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Today's spin: JIMMIE.
Love the way that Jimmie Kilpatrick captures the delight and uncertainity of it all.
@youvechanged.bsky.social
Purple lp plays on a turntable. In the foreground is the lp's cover. In the top right corner is the name Jimmie in yellow, all caps text. The album art is a close up of an animal's brown fur.
April 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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That was a transendent set @mogwai.scot thank you! #montreal #beanfieldtheatre
April 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Support the National March for Palestine on April 12th

www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Palestinian Youth Movement: 'Stop the Genocide' march on Parliament Hill
On April 12th, we will make history in a national march on Parliament Hill, Ottawa to demand an end to this brutal genocide.

 After 15 days of a total blockade preventing the entry of food, water, ga...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Fun things in the mail: How it started, how it's going edition. Years ago (maybe '88?) I heard my first #changeofheart tune on #bravenewwaves Later on a trip to Toronto I bought a copy of 50ft Up - and have been a fan ever since. The other day the new #inthewreckage arrived from #yeahright records!
A cassette tape by the band Change of Heart. The cover of the cassette says the bands name and the album name '50 Feet Up' in light blue text. The text is on top of a black and white picture of electrical cables and the cables used by the TTC streetcars against a cloudy sky. The cover and the inner sleeve of the new album by the band Change of Heart. The cover features a mottled coloured back ground with framing lines arond a dark green border. The inner sleeve is white, the label is a rose colour and features a figure in a white shirt reaching up to the spindle hole.
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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A couple of days late for #transvisibilityday but my stickers from transcare+ arrived. The organization recent got hit by funding cuts and a cyber attack and are, sadly, closing their doors. The are still raising funds to help their staff as the wrap up operations.
transcareplus.org/who-we-are/
Three stickers from Transcare + A large round sticker, with seven drawn characters relaxing amongst flowers and grass. The second is a drawing of a person on roller blades. The text says Protect Trans Youth. The third sticker features the colourful letters 2SLGBTQ+
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Fun things in the mail! The blistering new EP from Shiv and the Carvers, featuring Annie Jane Marie (Dilly Dally) on bass. Great song writing - Dsnger Girl is a banger!
@bandcamp.com
Leopard print tap, stickers, a note, all the fun things!
A handwritten yellow note card sticking out of a blue envelope. Stickers on the envelope say the name of the band Shiv and the Carvers. Below that a cassette tape entitled Tell Me You Love Me Again. The cover features the pierced belly button of a person, two hands with rings and red painted nails are undoing the top button of a pair of blue jeans The corner of a black envelope, at the top of the envelope is a stamp. In the middle of the picture is a sticker of the band Shiv and the Carvers. At the bottom on the envelope is some leopard print duct tape.
March 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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What's better than a star on the walk of fame? A tombstone #YIF #YouthInfringement #ottawafringe
Geoff, wearing blue jeans and a black sweater with blue stripes, kneels next to a prop headstone inscribed with his name. A piece of scenery for the show Odds & Ends at the Youth Infringement Festival in Ottawa.
March 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Had a lovely time talking Muppets, with my muppet pals Victoria, Jess, and Tuong. The podcast is Top 5, lists of things that don't matter. It drops tomorrow:
podcavern.com/show/ranked/

#muppets #podcasts
A photo of Jim Henson's muppet characters from both Sesame Street and the Muppet Show. Superimosed are the title: Top 5 Muppets
March 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I am directing this Lawyer Play fundraiser at @gctclive.bsky.social
I adore working with all the good folks from the CCLA and yhe charity partner this year is Cornerstone Housing.
Poster design by Lorena Morales
Poster for "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare at the Great Canadian Theatre Company. An open book reveals a forest scene. Four figures dance around a maypole. The top of the maypole features a bright red heart.
March 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Fun things in the mail! Thank you @bonnietrash.bsky.social @handdrawndracula.bsky.social The Bonnie Trash lp is absolute haunting thunder! Also check out that lovely colour vinyl
Two lps from Handrawn Records. Mimco "Hi Action" has a red cover with a gold skull on it. The Bonnie Trash "Mourning You" features a dark cover. A hooded figure sits a a desk in a forest beside a fire Bonnie Trash vinyl is a mix of red and black. In the centrr is the label with the album title and track listing
March 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Last night in Montreal. The legendary Jonathan Richman and Tom Larkin
Two men on stage at the Sala Rosa, left drummer Tommy Larkin, right Jonathan Richman
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM