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Nicole Brandon
@nicolebrandon.bsky.social
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nikita_arch on Twitter (RIP). London ON. I specialize in centuries-old garbage (aka archaeology). Environment, cycling, kindness. Trying to be better.
#LdnOnt
#onpoli
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It’s back! Check out the London Food Co-op’s Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday November 22 from 10 to 3 🎉. A great opportunity to explore the co-op and pick up unique gifts from local vendors 🎁. See you there! #LdnOnt
Poster for the Holiday Craft Fair boasting offerings such as jewelry, home-made treats, food tasting, gifts, local vendors, free parking and art show.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Someone make an ad of Reagan extolling the benefits of Free Trade #Episode2
B&W photo of Brian Mulroney, left, and Ronald Reagan signing the Free Trade documents. They are seated at a desk. A third man to the right of Reagan handles the document. A painting hangs on the wall behind them.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Once again, Premier Ford enacts legislation based on his “beliefs” rather than evidence #ontpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Text excerpt from the article with the word “believes” highlighted yellow.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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For #caturday, meet Nutmeg, one of my sister’s furry friends.
Orange-brown tabby cat with front paws over a bed footboard, she’s looking up to the right. Blue bed covers in the background. In far back is a pillow with cat eyes.
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Give yourself a break. Give yourself a cocktail 🍸
A cocktail glass filled with a lemonade-coloured drink. The glass sits on a square, dark napkin with the letter R in the bottom right corner. All atop a red and white-marbled bar counter.
August 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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OA/SIS at Victoria Park. Last skate of the summer! #LdnOnt
A pair of red roller skates sit on pavement in the foreground. People roller skating. Trees in the background with a partially couldn’t sky.
August 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A Globe & Mail cartoon by David Parkins, Aug 13, depicts Uncle Sam falling off a cliff. Caption reads “Gradually - then all at once…”. Arrow sign on the cliff reads Authoritarian Path. 3 messages on stones read “State of Emergency”, “Rule by Edict” & “Deploy the troops”
August 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Today! #LdnOnt
Poster on a tree with details of a porch concert featuring Electric Voice, sat. Aug. 16 at 4 pm, 501 Central Ave.
August 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A legend #Lanois
Daniel Lanois tuning his 1952 Les Paul guitar, in bluish light, 4 stage lights in top left corner. Lanois singing with a band mate, in the background is a screen showing a closer view of Lanois playing guitar from his right, in B&W.
August 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Post-hike ice cream! 🍦😋
Landscape scene with blue sky over a pond, trees in the background, rock in the foreground. There’s a beaver home in the pond.
July 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I see Kraft has mastered deceptive marketing.
2X BIGGER!!
So I’m getting more for the same price?
No.
This 250g Parmesan is twice the size of the 125g Parmesan.
Oh. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️
A container of Kraft 100% Parmesan, 250 g, with yellow bubble that reads, in large red print: 2X BIGGER!* The fine print on the container reads *Compared to our Kraft 125 g Grates Parmesan Cheese.
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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One year with my Rolls Raleigh! She still needs some work, but she goes! 🚲
A green, 1970s 3-speed bicycle in rough shape. Workbench with labelled plastic bins behind it.
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The main reason I’ll be sad when my neighbours move…. is this neighbour in particular 🐈
Floofy brown cat on lap getting ear scritches. Walkway and green grass in background
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Happy birthday to the #LdnOnt Food Co-op! 🥳
Green background with white text that reads London Food Co-op est. 1970
June 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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“He lost because he’s a dick” 😆 Never thought I’d read that in a newspaper but it’s a succinct and true statement #Poilievre
Screenshot of a story in the Toronto Star: But Trump aside, there were other reasons why Poilievre lost what many in his team believe was an entirely winnable election. One reason frequently cited by those around him was Poilievre himself. “He lost because he’s a dick,” one of his advisers told the Star, a sentiment cited by other staffers and insiders.
May 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Let’s not forget that cutting red tape to save $$ can have deadly consequences. RIP to the victims. #Walkerton #ontpoli
The Globe & Mail’s “Moment in Time” for May 24, 2000: Tainted-water Deaths Reported in Walkerton.
May 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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621 Princess Street in OEV!
Green background with white text that reads London Food Co-op est. 1970
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Greatly enjoyed this exhibit of local artist Mark Stebbins at Museum London. Check it out! #LdnOnt
White wall with large text on the left that reads Mark Stebbins Supersampler followed by 5 works of art. An example of artist Mark Stebbins’ work, depicting a flower growing in a pot.
May 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Switch! #summer
A standard switch plate with black Sharpie text that reads Winter above the switch and Summer below it. The switch points to summer.
May 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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For one week of the year, this magnolia is the most glorious tree in #LdnOnt.
A mature magnolia tree full of pink blossoms. Green lawn and red-brick bungalow. Blue sky. Pink magnolia against a blue sky
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A Taste for Life! A wonderful excuse for dinner out with friends. Cheers!
A small red ribbon sits next to a glass half full of Old Fashioned on a dining table. Candle and more glasses in the background.
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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The last time they looked for savings, it amounted to $10 per homeowner 🙄. Hardly worth it.
A clip from the article reads “The group only met a handful of times, but was successful in pushing forward cuts to councillor expense accounts and slashing two community grant programs. The cuts resulted in a 0.03 percentage point drop in the tax hike, or around $10 for the average homeowner.”
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Sorry friends, Union Ten is taking a six-month pause. I wish them well and look forward to a relaunch! I just polished off a bottle of their delightful Canadian Jay Applejack and hope to restock #LdnOnt
The message posted on Union Ten’s website about the six month pause. An empty bottle on a windowsill. The label reads Canada Orchard Jay Canadian Applejack.
March 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Update: fire hydrant buried in snow from the sidewalk plough. I dug it out again. What is #LdnOnt ‘s policy on this?
The top of a yellow fire hydrant emerging from a snowbank.
February 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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FINALLY!!
A green John Deer tractor with snowplough. Porch in foreground, houses in background.
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM